Are you saying that she's a bot or a troll?

I always liked this one. And I always get this one in my head whenever I encounter any of the words.

Not my favorite one, but I really liked Kliban. Very surreal sometimes.

It isn't. We really do have a two party system. Voting for a third party that's closer to your ideology just takes a vote away from the major party candidate that's the closest to it. We have several examples in the past where a third party candidate cost an election for the closest major party candidate, and zero examples where a third party candidate came close to winning. Roosevelt came by far the closest when he ran independent in 1912 and got 27% (which is why Wilson win).

I'm not sure I've seen that one, but it does seem to have the same vibe.

I think you responded to the wrong comment

That all makes perfect sense, and I think you're spot on.

There's another factor I've noticed, too. Like I said, I'm a manager. Honestly, when I'm home, I get more done because there's fewer interruptions. But many of those interruptions are employees popping in to talk to me. Sometimes they just want to say hi or whatever, but not infrequently it starts with "Hey, there's something I wanted to talk with you about..." and they tell me about some issue or something going on. They could email/message/call me about those things, but often they just don't.

So I think my job as a manager is more effective when we can talk face to face. I go into the office three days a week.

That sounds far fetched until you remember that they diagnosed women with hysteria and treated them by giving them orgasms. When the vibrator was invented to treat muscle pain much later, doctors latched onto them for treating hysteria to give their hands a break.

I have mixed emotions about it. I manage a software engineering team at an aerospace company. I do see some increased quality and productivity when folks who work together and colocated. But there are tradeoffs, and happier employees for sure needs to be in the trade. Our company has sites in different states, and for years and years we've grabbed the skills we need from wherever they are. That is, we've recognized that it's workable to have at least some people not colocated, and are willing to take that hit if it buys us something.

We were nearly 100% remote for the better part of two years, and it was fine. Our productivity was at least adequate. My personal feeling is that a hybrid arrangement, where everyone has some overlapping days, is the sweet spot. But I've fought for individuals being fully remote when it made sense.

The article says the "or else" was that they'd become ineligible for promotion, and half decided to do it anyway. So they didn't lose their job.

I'm fairness, a calculator wouldn't explain how to get there. An LLM might not explain it correctly, but it will explain it.

I honestly didn't mind when stores sell Christmas stuff early. Some people like to plan things out. What bugs me is when they put up their own decorations early or start playing Christmas music.