orbitingpluto

I had one particularly nasty supervisor who gave me a project, then asked me how long it would take to program, then without fail tell me that was unacceptably slow, then tell me that my predecessor could have done it in half the time, and finally question my competence.

So one day he brings me a short programming project that previously took anywhere from say 2-3 hours, asks me how long it will take to program, and I respond with, "30 seconds". He then replies, "That's too long. So and so could have done it in 15... wait, what did you say?"

I've mostly or completely automated several of my own jobs, and when done with that, proceeded to reduce my co-workers' work load. Usually it does not end well. Either someone higher up in the organization will perceive the automation as wasting time (still can't wrap my head around that), think of you as now redundant, or see little reason to offer additional compensation while moving you into a new position that does nothing but automate. After all, if you were willing to automate in the previous position at the previous level of compensation, why should they have to pay you more now?

But then, who should you be listening to about whether to vaccinate your kid? Jenny McCarthy on social media or a bunch of people who each had to spend several years of effort to be called a doctor? Obviously, go with the better user experience.

It just worked.

I miss that separation between the phone and the mobile platform.

I was left with feeling that I had only learned yet another trick until I read Churchill & Brown's Complex Variables and Applications.

The chapters are first, second, and higher order were all a bunch of useless tricks. Then they introduce you to series solutions, where it starts to feel useful, and then they hit you on the side of the head with useless transforms.

ODEs are taught the way they are taught out of tradition, a bad tradition.

"You've been provided two opportunities to cite those articles." That is worded in the most irksome manner. What is wrong with you?

But not everyone can do a triple flip with a half twist while navigating the financial system.

i.e. I think I reworded my original comment in reverse.

Unless they forego their employee contribution to the RSP, they have very little flexibility.

It's also amazing how small investment fees can become.

My comment that was up-voted multiple times was reset to 1 point. It now remains at 1 point. I even created another account from a different IP address and tested it.

"Perhaps you are not subjecting yourself to monitoring by Google so that they may further monetize your Internet history."

My initial argument stands:

"If security keys are so great, why is Google subjecting me to so many CAPTCHAs? Perhaps it is because they want free work. A password and security key challenge should be all the proof that Google needs."

I've had similar discussions before. I've even had someone call me a criminal for running an ad blocker. I'm not fond of the word shady either.

reCAPTCHAs are ubiquitous and becoming increasingly time consuming. I probably have to spend 4 minutes every day filling them out. Google is getting 20-25 hours of free labour from me this year.

The class action suit that was questionably dismissed by the judge in 2016 should be revisited.

That has got to be one of the scarier things I've read in some time as to the depth and breadth of current surveillance.

The smallest breaches of protocol snowballed into her becoming a persona non grata all while trying to please a system that doesn't actually care.

I hope that whoever is attempting to hack the Utah voting system has no nefarious purpose greater than changing "Mitt" to "Mittens.