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limelight79 @ limelight79 @lemm.ee Posts 9Comments 852Joined 2 yr. ago
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I had it happen a few times. I moved away from Kubuntu as a result.
I've had it happen too. In fact it is what prompted me to move away from Kubuntu.
Maybe he's going to run Links and Wordstar!
/u/spez: "Thread? What thread? Everyone on reddit loves Trump."
It's not a buyout. This is a delayed resignation - resign now, keep working and getting paid until September, or sooner if you like. Oh and you can telework during that time.
From what I've heard the message they sent is nearly identical to what was sent to Twitter employees.
Basically it threatens employees and notes that they might end up with nothing if they don't resign now. It's pretty off the deep end.
Here's the email in full:
During the first week of his administration, President Trump issued a number of directives concerning the federal workforce. Among those directives, the President required that employees return to in-person work, restored accountability for employees who have policy-making authority, restored accountability for senior career executives, and reformed the federal hiring process to focus on merit. As a result of the above orders, the reform of the federal workforce will be significant.
The reformed federal workforce will be built around four pillars:
1)Return to Office: The substantial majority of federal employees who have been working remotely since Covid will be required to return to their physical offices five days a week. Going forward, we also expect our physical offices to undergo meaningful consolidation and divestitures, potentially resulting in physical office relocations for a number of federal workers.
2)Performance culture: The federal workforce should be comprised of the best America has to offer. We will insist on excellence at every level — our performance standards will be updated to reward and promote those that exceed expectations and address in a fair and open way those who do not meet the high standards which the taxpayers of this country have a right to demand.
3)More streamlined and flexible workforce: While a few agencies and even branches of the military are likely to see increases in the size of their workforce, the majority of federal agencies are likely to be downsized through restructurings, realignments, and reductions in force. These actions are likely to include the use of furloughs and the reclassification to at-will status for a substantial number of federal employees.
4)Enhanced standards of conduct: The federal workforce should be comprised of employees who are reliable, loyal, trustworthy, and who strive for excellence in their daily work. Employees will be subject to enhanced standards of suitability and conduct as we move forward. Employees who engage in unlawful behavior or other misconduct will be prioritized for appropriate investigation and discipline, including termination.
Each of the pillars outlined above will be pursued in accordance with applicable law, consistent with your agency's policies, and to the extent permitted under relevant collective-bargaining agreements.
If you choose to remain in your current position, we thank you for your renewed focus on serving the American people to the best of your abilities and look forward to working together as part of an improved federal workforce. At this time, we cannot give you full assurance regarding the certainty of your position or agency but should your position be eliminated you will be treated with dignity and will be afforded the protections in place for such positions.
If you choose not to continue in your current role in the federal workforce, we thank you for your service to your country and you will be provided with a dignified, fair departure from the federal government utilizing a deferred resignation program. This program begins effective January 28 and is available to all federal employees until February 6. If you resign under this program, you will retain all pay and benefits regardless of your daily workload and will be exempted from all applicable in-person work requirements until September 30, 2025 (or earlier if you choose to accelerate your resignation for any reason). The details of this separation plan can be found below.
Whichever path you choose, we thank you for your service to The United States of America.
Upon review of the below deferred resignation letter, if you wish to resign:
1)Select “Reply” to this email. You must reply from your government account. A reply from an account other than your government account will not be accepted.2)Type the word “Resign” into the body of this reply email. Hit “Send”.
THE LAST DAY TO ACCEPT THE DEFERRED RESIGNATION PROGRAM IS FEBRUARY 6, 2025.
Deferred resignation is available to all full-time federal employees except for military personnel of the armed forces, employees of the U.S. Postal Service, those in positions related to immigration enforcement and national security, and those in any other positions specifically excluded by your employing agency.
DEFERRED RESIGNATION LETTER January 28, 2025
Please accept this letter as my formal resignation from employment with my employing agency, effective September 30, 2025. I understand that I have the right to accelerate, but not extend, my resignation date if I wish to take advantage of the deferred resignation program. I also understand that if I am (or become) eligible for early or normal retirement before my resignation date, that I retain the right to elect early or normal retirement (once eligible) at any point prior to my resignation date.Given my impending resignation, I understand I will be exempt from any “Return to Office” requirements pursuant to recent directives and that I will maintain my current compensation and retain all existing benefits (including but not limited to retirement accruals) until my final resignation date.I am certain of my decision to resign and my choice to resign is fully voluntary. I understand my employing agency will likely make adjustments in response to my resignation including moving, eliminating, consolidating, reassigning my position and tasks, reducing my official duties, and/or placing me on paid administrative leave until my resignation date.I am committed to ensuring a smooth transition during my remaining time at my employing agency. Accordingly, I will assist my employing agency with completing reasonable and customary tasks and processes to facilitate my departure.I understand that my acceptance of this offer will be sent to the Office of Personnel Management (“OPM”) which will then share it with my agency employer. I hereby consent to OPM receiving, reviewing, and forwarding my acceptance.
Upon submission of your resignation, you will receive a confirmation email acknowledging receipt of your email. Any replies to this email shall be for the exclusive use of accepting the deferred resignation letter. Any other replies to this email will not be reviewed, forwarded, or retained other than as required by applicable federal records laws.Once your resignation is validly sent and received, the human resources department of your employing agency will contact you to complete additional documentation, if any.OPM is authorized to send this email under Executive Order 9830 and 5 U.S.C. §§ 301, 1103, 1104, 2951, 3301, 6504, 8347, and 8461. OPM intends to use your response to assist in federal workforce reorganization efforts in conjunction with employing agencies. See 88 Fed. Reg. 56058; 80 Fed. Reg. 72455 (listing routine uses). Response to this email is voluntary. Although you must respond to take advantage of the deferred resignation offer, there is no penalty for nonresponse.
I don't see you with a Fungineering degree!
I'm at Disney this week, so Fungineering is on my mind.
No, it should work fine, but a backup is always a good idea.
It's not like Windows where it has to install a bunch of new drivers via 7 reboots. It just sees the new hardware and uses the correct drivers.
The house makes me think it's the one where Fry gets to say goodbye to his mother and father.
It's not a bad car for what it is, but I find it slow, uncomfortable, and annoying to drive. I don't need a screeching alarm going off after it misinterprets a situation. The entertainment system has several bugs in it.
It handles well, and it does get good fuel mileage.
I wouldn't have bought it in the first place, but my wife wanted something smaller than our Accord, and she basically only drives that vehicle.
I always thought it was just me, but maybe not. In the push to make everything smaller to cram more in, maybe the weight they use to generate the vibrations is just too small.
We don't feed our cats donuts, but I have no doubt in my mind they would recognize it as food and go for it, if they really wanted to. (With our current cats, we've never had an issue, but we had one before that would go after any food you left out. And he was super thin, just very food-driven.)
But yeah they're feeding that cat junk food.
Heh, it's not digital, but our pickup has small km/h speeds printed on the speedometer, like most cars. But when I was driving in Canada, I found they were nearly illegible (my eyes just weren't good enough to read the small print). I had to switch to the digital speed display in the dash so I could read my speed in km/h.
Oh my SIL had one of those for a while, it looked pretty nice.
Our Mazda projects the speed, cruise control status, and icons for vehicles next to us on the windshield. It really is very nice - one of the few things about that car that I actually like.
Yeah, there are times when I'm like, "Aha! It's definitely vibrating now!" Pull it out of my pocket and look, no notifications or anything.
Man my local bicycle shop is looking for mechanics, and I'm like.........could I afford that instead of my current desk job?
I'm qualified; I'm pretty good mechanically, except for wrapping bar tape. I'm slowly getting better at it, but I'm definitely not to the professional standard a bike shop would want. But I'm sure they'd make me practice that.
I don't know about other people, but I often miss vibration notifications. If I'm doing basically anything at all, even just walking, it's a good bet I'll miss it. The pattern of vibration, etc., doesn't seem to make much difference, either. I basically have to be doing nothing before I'll detect it. This has been true of every phone I've had - flip phones, iPhones, and Androids. I keep it in a front pocket, too, so it seems like that should work.
I still use vibrate all the time. If there's something I'm specifically waiting for that I don't want to miss, I'll turn on the sound.
Yeah as someone that was in the car scene during that era, I can't recall a single time it was used to refer to a person. It was all about the car and its mods - and even then, it was used to describe any car, Asian or other, that was overdone or, often, just not to the taste of the viewer. One time since described my user of a Sony radio as "rice" because they were supposedly not reliable. I never had any issues, but that was their reaction.
I understand why people might consider it racist, and I'm not a fan of the term because of that, and I'd prefer something better. But I do not believe racism was the intent when I saw it used.
This is common. I drive and ride a bicycle a lot, so I know the area really well and rarely need a GPS for day-to-day navigation. I'll use it during rides to make sure I stay on the route for the ride, and for unusual situations (like confirming the most direct route home after a major mechanical problem). But, in general, the GPS is the backup to my knowledge.
There have been many times when a route change was proposed for some reason, and the change was laid out clearly with road names, on roads we're familiar with, and people are in agreement. But it turns out most of them have zero idea where we're talking about, and when the turn comes, they're all confused - "I thought the route went straight here!" Uh, it did, until we decided to change it at the last rest stop, as we discussed...
These are people that have been riding these roads for years or even decades. We're generally older people, too, that grew up without GPSes, so you'd think that navigation would be built in. At 49, I'm usually the youngest of the group. There's one guy - older than me - that has been riding in the area for two decades, and he does truly know every road and every port-a-pot in the area. He also doesn't use a GPS bike computer and just memorizes the routes. But most people seem to have little idea of road names or how it all fits together.
After a few incidents where confusion reigned after a course change mid-ride, I've banned "day of" route changes from rides I lead, for anything other than a serious problem - unexpected bad weather, mechanical or medical issues, road construction, etc. People just don't know what change we're making, and it causes all kinds of confusion.
I live in the suburbs outside Washington, DC. One evening, we were in Bowie, MD (east of DC) at a shopping center, and a woman asked us for directions to the Mormon Temple.
For those who are not familiar, the Mormon Temple is off the beltway north of DC. It's 25 miles away, and right now - nearing midday - it's showing a 34 minute drive. However, when this happened, it was the evening rush hour, so it was at least an hour away, probably closer to an hour and a half, honestly. It was a drive I wouldn't want to make, if I could avoid it.
She didn't believe us. My wife just headed into the store we'd been heading for. I tried to convince her some more, but eventually she just drove off to ask someone else. I wonder how that adventure ended for her.
The only thing I can figure for how she got so far off course: I think she started typing the address of the Mormon Temple (which is on Stoneybrook Drive in Kensington) into whatever map app she was using, and the app gave her a result on Stonybrook Drive in Bowie, and she went with it - the shopping center we were at is just off Stonybrook. Note they aren't spelled the same, but I can understand overlooking that. Who knows where she started and how long she'd been driving already.
People make themselves all about one thing all the time. Car is just one possibility. Surely you've met those incredibly dedicated sports fans that build their entire lives around whatever team they follow. Some people are very proud they use Arch Linux. Others build their identity around Elon Musk or Donald Trump. It's just a form of tribalism.