win11 is hot trash. seems like every other windows release is a skip. did Ballmer enshrine that or was it Gates?

thats going to be an issue - at my work roughly 60% of the userbase is connected via VPN at any given point - so, ~40,000 people or so

and you're not even supposed to have a cellphone in use while driving in WA, that's an automatic ticket... though the police have you catch you doing it first.

almost sounds like the CCP knows exactly where covid originated

a one-seat majority isnt going to last for that long... right?

if a content creator doesnt want people to be able to skip the ads/demonetize the content, then they should post on a platform that makes ads mandatory.

problem is that no one will watch crap on that sort of platform

Jesus Christ Marie, They're Minerals!

the place I work has tried RTO policies several times now - with very limited success. well over 90% of all white collar jobs can be done from wherever you can get internet so your VPN software will function. the customer facing part of the business has to be there 100% of the time, they dont have a choice, that's how the business model is designed. I go in a few days a week but honestly dont ever actually need to be there. maybe 2 days a month, tops, is my presence absolutely required.

the really interesting bit, which the article didnt touch on (not much of an article to begin with) is that there is a commercial real-estate bubble. the big buildings in the downtown business district/cores of most cities, that real-estate isnt worth much if there's no one renting the space. businesses that used to rent the space no longer need to because all of their employees work from home now. the people who invested in those big buildings are not seeing a return on their investments - and they are unhappy. that is, imho, a big driver behind the RTO movement.

depends on the restaurant, each has their own vibe. most places, if you're spending a lot they wont care if you occupy a table for half of a day. some places will and you learn to avoid them.

letters are literally whatever you want to spell.

murder and violating a corpse.

2.5 tons of gold doesnt seem like a lot to back the currency of an entire country... so I looked it up. 2.5 tons = 80,000 oz = $186,880,000 (at the moment, gold's value varies quite a bit).