I know her job is to work with feet, but I still hope they know each other. Well.
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Semisimian@startrek.websiteto Antiwork@lemmy.world•Read AT&T CEO's frank response to employee feedback about a 5-day RTO mandate — and much moreEnglish42·9 days agoFor the people making the decision whether to return to office or not (AKA management), their job is simpler with everyone in the office. It is the nature of management. If everyone is in the same building, it is easier to keep them on task, foster collaboration, etc. It doesn’t matter that YOUR job is easier for you if you can work from home. Their job of management is more difficult.
Also, for businesses that also own the land underneath their building, the business is another way to purchase real estate. They are in essence double dipping, making money off of the business itself, and building value in the land underneath that business. The reduced square footage of a work from home model does not serve the land grab.
Some people might argue that it’s for a desire for control. Some people might argue that it’s just old people with no creativity trying to do things the way they’ve been done in the past. I think the reasons are more practical and fiscally driven.
Did you just watch 28 Years Later?
It’s a boob joke - I didn’t see anyone mention it. The “she has good genes” is an adolescent euphemism. Now, could they’ve found a person of color with large boobs to do the ad? Of course, and please do. I hope AA tries to remedy their mistake by releasing ad after ad of all the young actresses (using the word loosely for Sweeney) with “good genes.” Double down and give the public what they want!
I know this ‘nuke them from orbit’ sentiment is repeated often, but in retrospect… It was probably the best course of action.
Semisimian@startrek.websiteto Today I Learned@lemmy.world•TIL there is a law called Marchetti's Constant. Humans only tolerate commutes of less than ~1 hour. Housing outside that limit will fail.English12·13 days agoWe have a lot of sprawl here and the reasons are many. Just like Dallas and LA, we have a ton of road infrastructure and zoning laws that eat up a lot of land. We also don’t have any natural barriers, like an ocean or a mountain range, to limit our expansion. Just to keep building and add another lane. Thanks for asking.
Semisimian@startrek.websiteto Today I Learned@lemmy.world•TIL there is a law called Marchetti's Constant. Humans only tolerate commutes of less than ~1 hour. Housing outside that limit will fail.English181·13 days agoMarchetti intended the constant to be 1 hour round trip, so a half-hour commute one-way. It’s an important distinction, since here in Atlanta the exurban commuter is clocking in at 1.5 hours or more into the city, well outside of what is considered tolerable. Multiply that by a million and you get some irritated people.
Semisimian@startrek.websiteto News@lemmy.world•Live updates: Tsunami waves reach Hawaii, California after huge quake off RussiaEnglish35·15 days agoWeather Channel just reported a 6 foot peak in Hawaii. It was the 1st time in over a decade they sounded the tsunami sirens.
Semisimian@startrek.websiteto Archaeology@mander.xyz•Pictures I took of the Hawaiian petroglyphs (article linked, pic's in description)English4·16 days agoThis is really fascinating and the article was a good read. I had no idea carvings this adjacent to the ocean could last that long. On that fact alone, this area should be protected and recorded as best we can. What I know of preservation, my first instinct upon reading that a historian was pushing sand into the petroglyphs to highlight them was horror! But duh, what the hell is she doing that the ocean hasn’t been doing for centuries. And the glyphs still remain! So cool, thanks for sharing.
Semisimian@startrek.websiteto Technology@lemmy.world•US condemns French inquiry into Elon Musk's social media platform X/Twitter.English24·18 days agoOkay, now defend us from the foreign censorship that Israeli lobbyists baked into our state constitutions. https://www.newsweek.com/pro-palestinian-protest-states-colleges-illegal-bds-1895292
Semisimian@startrek.websiteto TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name@lemmy.world•Come, Mr. Bigglesworth!English9·18 days agoI have two theories. Section 31 was terrible at recruiting covert ops and we’ve seen their blundering over and over again on the small screen. Or, they were very good at covert ops and we’ve only seen the few times they misjudged the morality of their operatives.
I’m a carpenter. If I do my job well, you won’t know I was there at all.
Semisimian@startrek.websitetoPlumbing@lemmy.dbzer0.com•We Asked a Plumber What Really Works to Unclog Drains—Here’s What They Swear ByEnglish4·21 days agoNot going to read the article. Plunger. Use a plunger. Sink, tub, toilet, etc. For the sink and tub, use the classic plunger and be sure to cover the overflow hole, otherwise you’ll just be sucking air in and out and not getting pressure to the clog. For a toilet, use the plunger that has the extra flange out the bottom. If you own 2 plungers, you don’t have to worry about cross contamination.
Semisimian@startrek.websiteto News@lemmy.world•Trump EPA 'Hitting New Heights of Absurdity' With Plan to Reapprove Pesticide DicambaEnglish18·21 days agoWhat a wimp.
Semisimian@startrek.websiteto science@lemmy.world•Ozzy’s DNA sequence reveals rare form of Parkinson'sEnglish26·21 days agoWasn’t the genome sequencing in 2010 to determine just how the hell he wasn’t suffering from his epic substance abuse? So that we could get some of that Ozzy sauce and party til we drop, of course. Did Keith Richards ever do the same?
From wiki: “The lake was renamed from its traditional Mono name by American settlers after an incident on September 23, 1871, in which a group of convicts escaped from prison in Carson City, Nevada, and took refuge near the lake. They were pursued by a posse, and after it caught up to the convicts, a shootout followed, in which a number of both posse members and convicts were killed or wounded. The remaining convicts who survived initially escaped but were eventually captured to be taken back to prison. They were lynched instead.”
Wah wah (muted trumpet noise, emphasis mine)
I like to look up sources when quotes are embedded in a pic, since they are more easily spread without due diligence. The origin of this quote, from Wikipedia:
"Economics Cannot be Separated from Politics" speech to the ministerial meeting of the Inter-American Economic and Social Council (CIES), in Punta del Este, Uruguay (8 August 1961)
Semisimian@startrek.websiteto Television@piefed.social•Movies you’d like to see made into a tv series?English4·25 days agoThe Orville is great!
Young Pre-diabetes. Young Crippling Anxiety. Young Fatty Liver. Young Sexless Marriage. Young Survivors Guilt.
I think I prefer the Wu-Tang name generator.
Semisimian@startrek.websiteto Television@piefed.social•Jon Stewart Says ‘I Honestly Don’t Know’ About ‘The Daily Show’s’ Future After Paramount-Skydance Merger: ‘They May Sell the Whole F—ing Place for Parts’English4·25 days agoShe just talked with Adam on the Factually podcast this past week, FYI.
Link the the Legend of Beavis: https://youtu.be/lDPRwLlpdTU