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bobbles··on Aging Parents with Lots of Stuff, and Children Who Don’t Want It
1. Huge majority of stuff I used to have in 'volume' is now digital - Books, DVDs, CDs, records of certification, documents in general.

2. Technology stuff I had is far smaller (think transition from CRT to LCD screens).

3. I cant afford anywhere NEAR the size property that my parents would have so the number of actual furniture items I can own is already significantly reduced, and this in turn includes available storage space.

bobbles··on Assume positive intent
I think its safe to assume in general people are just trying to do the best they can, whether they have the tools and support they need to get there is another matter
bobbles··on Salesforce fires red team staffers who gave Defcon talk
You can be fired as an Australian employee at any time but they will still need to pay out the notice period in their contract and whatever accrued annual leave they had.

Most notice periods in AU are 4 weeks so you either are fired with 4 weeks notice or fired immediately and paid for those 4 weeks.

(The notice period also applies if you decide to leave the organisation)

The rule specifically is:

Can notice be paid out instead of worked?

Yes. An employer can either:

Let the employee work through their notice period, or

pay it out to them (also known as pay in lieu of notice).

If the employer pays out the notice, the amount paid to the employee must equal the full amount the employee would have been paid if they worked until the end of the notice period. This includes:

incentive-based payments and bonuses loadings monetary allowances overtime penalty rates any other separately identifiable amounts.

If the employer pays out the notice, the employee does not accrue any annual leave for the notice period they were paid out for.

https://www.fairwork.gov.au/ending-employment/notice-and-fin...

bobbles··on Apple Watch sales up over 50% since last year
Well the watch only works with an iPhone right now...
bobbles··on Alibaba Cloud
Aliyun is Alibabs cloud computing unit so i dont know what else youd expect?
bobbles··on Uber Founder Travis Kalanick Resigns as C.E.O.
When any story about your company needs a tagline like 'embattled CEO blah blah blah' it might be time to step back
bobbles··on Surface Hub, by Microsoft
Price: Contact Us

Really? I get its an enterprise product but come on

bobbles··on Google starts tracking what people buy in physical stores
Unfortunately now anything you buy in person using non-cash is likely being tracked by them anyway
bobbles··on New Surface Pro
I have SP4 - despite many other issues I have with it, the kickstand DOES make it great to use on a lap. In fact I find it much easier to use on my lap than any laptop that I have used.

Being able to adjust to any angle means you can use it just as comfortably in an airport chair vs on a lounge etc.

bobbles··on New Surface Pro
I have the exact same problem with my Surface Pro 4 (among many many others that Microsoft refuses to fix).

As a pro-tip you can disable the touchscreen in device manager. Even if you do this the pencil/pen will still work on the touchscreen, but 'touch' will be disabled, so you can can still use it in a pinch but without it being a non-starter device.

bobbles··on Apple WWDC 2017 Conference Scholarship Recipient Denied Entry to the US
Of course being rejected in advance is better
bobbles··on [dead]
The new logo appears to be a shadow of its former self (quite literally)
bobbles··on The iPad Mystery
I'm using an iPad mini 2nd gen - I would love a newer one but this one just keeps on being usable...

I seriously think the upgrade cycle for these devices is just much much longer than most people think it is

bobbles··on Star Citizen Raised $148M from Fans, and Now It’s Raising Concerns
They have been upfront about plans and missed targets for the entire duration - communication is why people are still happy
bobbles··on Smartphones can be fooled by fake, digitally composed fingerprints
Maybe because the headline is: That Fingerprint Sensor on Your Phone Is Not as Safe as You Think

when in fact, probably they are

bobbles··on Google accuses Uber of creating a fake company in order to steal its tech
This is amazing - especially reading the thread following as almost all these discussions have been going on again in recent weeks.
bobbles··on Show HN: My first native iOS app – Cone, a real time color picker
I have zero reason to use this but i love it - thanks!
bobbles··on StarCraft Remastered
It just leads to the starcraft website
bobbles··on Apple has acquired Workflow, an automation tool for iPad and iPhone
Unless of course they axed it because they knew this was coming and want it to take its place
bobbles··on What is a decibel?
So 'zero' is saying 'full power' and -10db is saying '10 times less power than full power' ?
bobbles··on Onedrive is slow on Linux but fast with a “Windows” user-agent (2016)
Dont forget the 'please provide a full system dump of every possible event and log for your error of 'word wont save''
bobbles··on [dead]
tl;dr:

- $0 taxes referring to income tax only

- completely within NZ tax laws - theyre paying 30% tax to Australia instead of 28% to NZ because of the AU/NZ tax agreement

- typical clickbait headline

bobbles··on TSA gave my MacBook Pro to another passenger at LAX, and now it's gone
Isnt this actually the story of this random woman stealing this guys laptop?

TSA just picks up the items and motions towards the queue with them, just because they point a laptop at you doesnt mean you claim it and walk off with it...

bobbles··on Three Women Blinded by Unproven Stem Cell Treatments
I know its not good news, but it is worth mentioning that the treatment was for an illness which causes blindness, and was injected into their eyes.

It's not like some unrelated treatment was used and caused them to go blind.

bobbles··on Uber Driver Tip-Hustling Schemes
Why even keep it as a service charge.. just put it into the price
bobbles··on Uber Driver Tip-Hustling Schemes
Make sure you give a low rating and explain exactly why you did to the uber customer support, have always had refunds when dealing with this
bobbles··on Tech workers live 40 to a house in high rent San Francisco
Thanks there is actually a room tour link on the page. Looks about a double bed, desk and a small amount of floor space. Bigger than a dorm room I had to stay in at least
bobbles··on Tech workers live 40 to a house in high rent San Francisco
From the article: "It has three floors and roughly 50 rooms"

How they can state something like that and not give SOME visual indication of what these supposed rooms look like sounds like theres some obvious context missing from those statements.

bobbles··on What no one talks about when running and selling a business
>When you roll up to someone’s house in a Tesla, how can they help but assume that you’re just a judgemental asshole?

This guy is projecting so hard he could be a movie theatre

bobbles··on Demo of Short-Range Wireless Power Transfer
A whole room of disney animatronics that are completely wireless and battery powered for crazy interactive experiences would be pretty cool
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