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I assume this was in Europe? I've read elsewhere about some of the protections over there and length of time it could take to lay someone off as well as even putting in your own notice (like a month in the UK?).

I really wish there was a bit of a balance here in the US but I think the at-will stuff (along with stagnant wage growth) is why companies have such a hard time keeping people. Most of my working career has been (about 15 years discounting part-time work in high school) has been one in which I've worked with other people that very clearly knew or experienced that there was no such thing as stability in the modern workplace and you can be out on the street on a whim.

At least in the Duke professor's case, there was a process and a means of appeals it seems. There has to be a more human way for us to do this that balances the needs of people (and their faults) with that of a business.

Where is the 'reward' of at-will employment? It seems it's mainly on the employer side.

That's a good point about missing the satire and why movies like "Boiler Room", "Wolf of Wall Street", etc can rub me the wrong way. Sure, there's a fall and consequences after all the money and partying but that money and partying looks pretty good (especially if you don't get caught).

Yes, this is kind of the issue with a lot of things (props/measures) we get on the ballots. Some are worth a direct vote, others should be phrased in the way you're describing as "this is an issue we'd like you to take up, research, and debate".

I personally find it annoying that sometimes we end having to vote directly on things that really fall under the job of our representatives.

Edison bulbs, wood, microbrews, and board games on hand. See you at trivia night!

Yeah, it seems the already available people with clearances would be the big selling point.

It doesn't even have to be somewhere completely foreign or far away. Getting out of LA just a few hours out to other parts of CA, whether the rugged coast, wineries, eastern Sierras or sparse Mojave for a few days can help one decompress. I know I'm looking forward to my the week I'm taking off in December no matter whether it's a 2 hr drive or flight to Mexico.

No, that's an answer. I also mistook you for the parent comment.

To each their own but seeing travel, or even a short non-work break of some sort, in purely economic value might not be the most healthy outlook.

Who knows -- if you were to take even a one week trip somewhere else maybe the time away from your work will give you better insight into it, or even better thoughts/ideas, that might lead to more money / economic power, if that's your goal.

What are you doing the work for?

That and there were things that, yes, might've taken a little time to maintain, but at least gave it a 'face' outside of normal corporate BS such as being able to share stuff with friends on there. Also, star ratings going away, I think reviews are gone now too, as well as the ability to dismiss things you aren't interested in the past (I think that disappeared a few years ago).

The UI and findability sucks if you're on a PC but is fine if you're on a big screen tv (which is the direction I assume it's been aimed in, as well as big buttons for touch screen or visibility). When I was subscribed, I would use a third party website like instantwatcher to easily sort and search what so I could browse quickly.

Recommendations and the whatever algorithms they're using now aren't very useful (maybe coming full circle on the limited content leading to limited choice).

People suffer through a lot more for a lot lot less.

What sort of dumb mistakes?

Also, what engineering/technical challenges do you think Netflix still has to resolve? It seems like things are stable and right now the focus is on content growth / ownership, especially in the face of other companies catching up and trying to compete in the streaming space.

If you're interested in WWII and film history, I recommend "Five Came Back" by Mark Harris.

"In Pictures at a Revolution, Mark Harris turned the story of the five movies nominated for Best Picture in 1967 into a landmark work of cultural history, a book about the transformation of an art form and the larger social shift it signified. In Five Came Back, he achieves something larger and even more remarkable, giving us the untold story of how Hollywood changed World War II, and how World War II changed Hollywood, through the prism of five film directors caught up in the war: John Ford, William Wyler, John Huston, Frank Capra, and George Stevens."

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18114047-five-came-back

Also made into an excellent, 3-part documentary:

https://instantwatcher.com/title/80060406

Also something to consider if you might go for a Master's or above in the US. I worked in admissions in a graduate-level only film school and there were definitely issues with someone's BA being "good enough" for the school. I didn't directly validate anything but I assume there was a master list somewhere for those whose jobs it was to qualify the degrees.

Excellent counterpoint. Malcom's Harris' "Kids These Days" goes into a lot of that. Not only the debt but psychology of how their perspectives are groomed in US society.

https://www.amazon.com/Kids-These-Days-Capital-Millennials/d...

Why is it offline?

That might bring the wrong kind of attention and doesn't really resolve the issue. Given that the past few months has seen a lot of posts of articles about this, hopefully attention is reaching the people that should be taking a look at it in the government - FCC, FTC, etc.

I think I've said this before here but this sucks for individuals (I get these) but this is also dangerous for certain sectors as well. I work at a hospital and we will have consecutive robocalls tie up all the ER lines, ringing at the same time, for anywhere from 5-15 minute periods. I don't work on the telecom side of things but they say all they can do is report it to the FBI. This has been going on since I've worked there (6 months or so) and occurs at least once a month across the entire hospital.

lol I've been seeing signs for the light rail since I was a kid (in my thirties now). Are they making any headway or is that still a bit of a joke?

Didn't realize that was a thing there now. Spectrum is definitely not helping my blood pressure charging $60-70 for 100 Mbps here in LA.

I live more centrally in LA. It can take an hour or longer for me to get to the beach in SM, Venice or, for quiter, nicer fare, Zuma. There are large portions of the city that are about the same distance or further so it takes even longer, not to mention the amount of traffic you're sitting in the whole time vs the excellent roads everywhere in North Carolina.

Also, as someone from NC, I'll go ahead an say while I'm a big fan of the dramatic scenery of the West, the coastline and beaches of NC have their own special charm, not to mention are cleaner. Only problem is, with sea level rise, the Outer Banks probably won't exit in a couple decades.

Working in a hospital at the IT Service Desk, it has been astounding to see the vast amount of software at play and overwhelming sometimes to keep track of it (and especially, who to track down if the system goes down).

I don't have much experience in the EMR system we use but we have two teams of about 5-6 people each dedicated to working specifically on the software on the clinical and business sides of it. The clinical side, from what I understand, all have backgrounds in nursing so at least when they're doing interface and other upgrades, they have that experience to draw on.

The article touches briefly on it but the sheer amount of work the nurses and doctors do also have to be a factor. 12 hour or longer days and very rushed.

Anyway, thanks for sharing this.

That does sound really interesting. Couldn't find it on Amazon just by the title. Who is the author or authors?

Off the top of my head, "Balkan Ghosts" by Robert D Kaplan might fit the latter criteria. If you're willing to stay within the realm of the revolutionary but stray a bit further north, "The Magic Lantern: The Revolution of 1989 Witnessed in Warsaw, Budapest, Berlin, and Prague" by Timothy Garton Ash is good.

/r/AskHistorians' Book List might be cover pretty much anything else:

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/wiki/books

We deal with this on a semi-monthly basis at the hospital I work at. We'll here from one department ("Hi, this is the Emergency Dept, all our phones are busy with a robocaller") then it will roll across other departments for about 20-30 minutes. The best our telecom team has come up with is to take the numbers, give to the FBI, and ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. Last time, they had spoofed the number of FedEx so we couldn't even report that.

Most are very noticeable for being in Chinese and tying up multiple lines at a time. That's not really great though, like in the example, when it's all the phones in the ED.

Nice website. 1/2 my cohort of close friends are doctors and I'm sure they would've loved something similar. I'll send this their way in case they know people that might be able to use it.

The top comment on this recent HN is from an orthopedic surgery resident who also has a side business so seems there's plenty of ways to continue to integrate both in your life:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18077766

Haven't down there yet but was really surprised by this photo collection in The Guardian about Australian suburbs:

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/gallery/2018/apr/10/sydne...

Quite surprising how closely it resembles some of the US, especially Southern California, in the sprawl, car culture, and surburbia. Then again, I hear Melbourne and Brisbane are quite livable with better public transit options.

I'm not sure about the effectiveness but have heard there are "wake up" lights now that gradually come on. I have a light on a timer that suddenly comes 'on' but don't think this is the best solution. It works but I get more surprised into wakefulness than really liking it.

Also, Dan Pink has a new book out about timing with some discussion of the 'stages' of our day. Some people have naturally different stages.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qR-NqSpS_cE

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/timing-is-everyth...

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I'll also second the OP as I'm not what I consider a morning person (when unemployed, more 10a-2a for natural rhythm) but my current job has me getting up around 5:30a. I might be a convert though because, as they said, getting a lot done early is pretty amazing. I like being home by 4 and having a large block of time to do spend however I want. And it translates to weekends too where I find myself up in the world early. I live in LA though so our daylight shifts aren't as drastic in winter as other places.

Not the person above but doing some thorough searching through the subreddits below might be helpful. Quite a bit of DevOps/AWS Cert discussion on /r/ITCareerQuestions.

https://www.reddit.com/r/ITCareerQuestions/

https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxadmin/

https://www.reddit.com/r/devops/

https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/

Would also recommend looking at A Cloud Guru for certification course learning:

https://acloud.guru/

Same for the last two normal jobs I've taken. I was surprised to also be presented with an arbitration agreement when visiting a new doctor for the first time. I think it's become quite standard since no one is really able to stand up against them.