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Thank you! Likewise, I don't actually want to WFH except for the fact that there's a pandemic and it's the responsible thing to do given that I'm able to. It's getting tiring explaining this to management- the argument somehow becomes about WFH during non-pandemic times.

aksjfnkajsndon Your Phone Is Your Castle

> The law protects me from having my landlord just decide to walk in whenever they want, for example.

Depends on the state

aksjfnkajsndon Why do so many people want us back in the office?

how do you downvote?

aksjfnkajsndon Regular cannabis use were associated with poorer cognitive performance

Awful title

aksjfnkajsndon To be creative, Chinese philosophy teaches us to abandon ‘originality’

that's not what that word means though

aksjfnkajsndon Plan the Sprint, Not the Project

> (or better still your type system) capture your business requirements

How do you mean?

aksjfnkajsndon Most “mandatory requirements” in corporations are imaginary

Did you read the article?

aksjfnkajsndon Modeling a Wealth Tax

> No, you are perhaps thinking about "printing" money. Which is that money is injected into the economy instead of having it being generated by the economy.

All USDs are generated by the federal government.

aksjfnkajsndon When your coworker does great work, tell their manager

Wages are tried to be kept secret by a company because a company wants to pay its employees as little as they can get away with.

aksjfnkajsndon Scientists say you can cancel the noise but keep your window open

Permanently removing yourself as a customer from a brand does not send a message. It's only good for making yourself feel good. If one wants to send a message, it's imperative to use collective action- organizing or joining an organized boycott. An organized boycott has a specific start and end date and its demands are publicly known. That way the owners of the company can see the dip in their charts.