I actually like it when these code helpers guess from one line what the rest should be and suggest it. It's even more fun when it keeps guessing and the suggestions get progressively more whacky. Then they just start making completely unrelated shit up.
Once you say no, it goes back to the beginning and meekly repeats the very first suggestion, like a scolded puppy.
An old, dear friend and his family are in town to drop off his daughter at graduate school. Reconnected with him back in April when I visited his side of the country. Looking forward to having them over and introducing them to my own family.
Was listening to an interview with NY Governor on imposing cell phone ban in schools. Said if they left it to individual schools or school districts, there would be lots of pressure from parents or individual groups not to do it and the whole thing would fail. And if they made it voluntary, some kids would comply, but there would be social pressure to keep things as-is, due to FOMO.
Instead, the government would pass a uniform, mandatory law and take the heat.
Seems like that's what will be needed to change everyone to a 4x8 week. Similar dynamic. Do, not ask.
I've always kept a strict separation between work and personal projects, including a personal laptop, accounts, and yes, paying for AI services. For a while, a few years ago, while commuting on the company shuttle, I even had my own MiFi cell access point and a laptop battery booster so I could work on my own projects on the bus and not be accused of using company resources.
Most employment contracts spell out that anything you create using company resources is the property of the company. Legally, they own everything that passes though their computers, software, and networks.
Also, many corporations run system monitoring services on their laptops and MDM mobile data management on mobile phones (for example JAMF on Apple devices). These monitor things like file access, copying, communications, and web access. This data is sent to central servers for processing and looking for anomalies based on pre-set rules. This might sound tin-foily, but it's mandated by legal in a lot of companies, including small and medium sized ones.
If you want to use non-company data to do AI work, or develop a service or idea on your own, or even keep your text messages and email private, you'll want to use your own equipment, accounts, and services.
Edit: also, if you get laid-off or fired, you'll want to have a decent personal rig so you can continue working on your own projects while looking for work. Even if working on a novel on the side, suggest keeping everything off company systems.
Google and Facebook already went down this route. Lots of amenities on-site (at least, in their headquarters). But they were more used as carrots to induce people to join the company and stay. The stick approach of 'you can't leave' is an interesting variation.
Let's see how long before the 'apology/I was misquoted/retiring to spend more time with family' tour kicks off...
Why not move gradually toward 4x8, but give employees the option of taking an annual pay raise or reduce a few hours each week until, after a few years, the numbers have stabilized? This way, the labor cost to the company stays the same, but employees have a choice of higher pay or more free time.
We used to have the same problem. Years ago, a relative recommended a Miele canister-style. They were pretty pricey, but took a chance. It could practically pull the floorboards up (fortunately, the power level is adjustable). It lasted forever.
Replaced it with the same brand. Apparently, some models are now made overseas and use cheaper components, but the higher-end models are still made in Germany. Totally worth it.
IRL, arms manufacturers claim they're not culpable when their products are used to blow up civilians. They point at the people making decisions to drop the bombs as the ones responsible, not them.
This legislature tries to get ahead of that argument, by putting reponsibility for downstream harm on the manufacturers instead of their corporate or government customers. Even if the manufacturer moves their munitions plants elsewhere, they're still responsible for the impact if it harms California residents. So the alternative isn't to move your company out of state. It's to stop offering your products in one of the largest economies in the world.
The intent is to make manufacturers stop and put up more guardrails in place instead of blasting ahead, damn the consequences, then going, oops 🤷🏻♂️
There will be intense lobbying with the Governor to get him to veto it. If it does get signed, it'll be interesting to see if it has the intended effect.
The otherwise sensible people I know who are still on Twitter all say it's because of a specific interest or group, and the community of people around it who are all on there as well. They all hate what it's become but put up with it because nobody is sure where else to go.
There's also a sense of FOMO when it comes to realtime news updates. Until government, news media, and personalities go somewhere and take all their followers with them, it will be hard to break away.
I remember seeing a while back a small, collapsible meat slicer that folds into a box shape. Just googled it. Made by SuperHandy, but no longer for sale on Amazon. May be available elsewhere. One place had it listed for 75 british pounds (around $100). FWIW, saw a used one on EBay for $65.
Places center and forward something that has always been troubling about SCOTUS decisions.
The one part missing is how the threat of 'activist judges ruling from the bench' is always trotted out against liberal judges during confirmation hearings, but when conservative SCOTUS just makes up its own rules and privileges and completely ignores precedent, nobody should question them.
Wait until AGI!
AGI: Yes.
Wait until the sentient robots!
Sentient robots: Yes.
Wait until biological...
Biologics: Glub, glub. Yes.