I am in general a big proponent for going to go to the office, I am an IT guy, and I find I have more focus when in the office, I also don’t want to associate my home with work, I need the physical separation and I find it to be easier to coordinate with others in the office.

Some people do.

The trick about remote work is not that it lets us all work from home, but that it gives us another location and we can pick our best environment.

I found a job that promises “work from anywhere in the country”, and many people min-maxed their location for profit. They only have to match time-zone to ensure they’re punched in during ‘business hours’ (and, for some, starting later in their day to synch with the home office is f’n awesome).

But they still maintain “hotel” spots, two of them permanent. People did find some days or many days in the office each week is their jam. Some come and go as per their current needs and best environment. One of my peers went camping, and did a server update over VPN over starlink over smores, and then put the laptop away for the weekend. He was proving he can camp while on-call.

Sometimes I like my view. Sometimes I need a featureless wall to cut down on distractions. I find what is best and I rock that shit. And that’s what it’s about: find your best space.

When the only space is Office Space, then there is no freedom to find that environment where you crush it today, and that needs to be seen as an impairment. Let us pick our time and place and - sun tzu - victory is assured.

I thought houses would look drastically different in the future

I’m only impressed to learn that the houses for sale in this area for 1.8m are 110 years old and 110x as expensive as when built.

We had two choices among those who could get into power.

We took the least-worse one, by far.

Cool article.

Former infantry. You fucking cosplayers are a danger to yourself and others.

Um, I mean, you should be able to get hand grenades. One each. And go camping with whiskey.

Need is too easy to dispute.

Because it needs to be disputed. You want a gun, you make a case for it.

I’m supposed to wade through all the log files in /var/log myself??

You configured your logging. You could have made them all one file.

predictable and consistent.

Or none of those.

Oh. My NIC didn’t ‘start’ because systemd and network manager are fighting again? Neet.

it’s like three taps to block someone,

Three taps for you, for me, for them, for everyone.

When problems affect many people, it’s neat to solve them en masse.

Does “only recorded dissent” mean she’s the only one voting against it, or that she’s the only one leaving feedback with the case?

But why?

I a world where we can’t really be sure what’s in an upgrade, a super-clean start that burns any ephemeral data is about the best way to ensure a consistent start.

And consistency gives reliability, as much as we can get without validation (validation is “compare to what’s correct”, but consistency is “try to repeat whatever it was”).

Did they look down and see blue? That’s a hint you’re not over land anymore.

r u going out 2nite?

Before t9, this could save time. After t9, it was needless and tired. In my circle, now, we call that kid-pidgin.

T9 was a mid-'90s thing. We are now closer to a 3c warming target than we are to pre-T9 texting.

Right now I’m working on a medical repair to my Achilles, so a round trip with any of barber, family doctor, hospital(MRI), blood lab, groceries, dentist, pharmacy, pizza, home, is about 700m and includes way too many medical stops.

The metro is 40 the other direction if I need access to a big shopping center.

You say inflation makes numbers go up each year?

Well, I mean, it was a choice; but for most of us who did want to fly that day, we chose the option they wanted.

Also, don’t call the cancer box a cancer box to TSA. You may get the gung ho loser who needs to shout rebuttals at top volume while you now just hope you’re gonna fly today.

I’ve had the reverse: a few times I’ve connected into the shop just as things were falling apart. It’s hard to prove your innocence when you’re the only admin on the system just as it all goes to hell.

The repeated belief is that the people most vocally against vaccines are usually all vaxed up. Occasionally we see data supporting this, or we can infer from policies – like all Fox staff needed to be vaxed despite all their on-air personas disparaging the idea.

I’m not sure whether the hypocrisy is borne out here, but I’m so biased I’ll believe he’s up to date.

That sounds like your kids responded in a way that every karate club teaches against.

Autocorrect on the phone, suggestions on computer. Grammar check is junk, though, as 95% of the world isn’t - checks notes - American, and don’t follow the prophet Webster.

… To fix errors, divine.