They wouldn't, because they know that when those people got sick, they would also feel compelled to come in to work.

FTO or "Flexible" Time Off systems shift the burden to the employee to ensure that they're taking off a healthy amount of time. I have worked under both systems, and always try to ensure that I take at least 4 weeks off per year.

Of course, employees that don't do this may end up working more and taking less time off, as you said. Without the PTO balance giving them a "justification" for subverting perceived work culture, some employees may also feel more pressure to not take time off; or, maybe they just don't think about it. For those reasons, combined with the fact that it allows companies to avoid having a "negative balance" when an employee with accrued time off leaves, makes the argument that FTO systems are at least somewhat predatory and lopsided not too much of a stretch.

Not sure if you meant "wary" or "weary", as both almost fit here...

This is crazy, but the name of the practice is "Chiropractic". Chiropractors practice Chiropractic. Terrible word.

Even more, it can be a security issue. If the thing you're typing is a password, and you're about to hit enter on that password, and a window pops up and you didn't notice, you might type that password and hit enter. I can't count how many times I look at another window and think, "Why is part of my pass... oh."

Check out the Asus Zenfones.

Several platforms make it hard to find the watch list. I'd like to think that there must be some research behind the UX that I just don't grok, but perhaps that's me being too optimistic.

I think the point is that it was probably only worth that much because of the history -- its origins in an era where a single TV show can become a "cultural icon", like HBI said.

Even if it's not labeled, usually one of those 8 buttons on the side of the screen is bound to mute. Just hit them all until it shuts up.

At this point, it's just a Slashdot feature. It's charming.

When I was in my 20s, I was legitimately worried about being a viable software engineer in my 40s. I'll be 41 this year, and I'm very glad that either there was a reduction in ageism since then or it wasn't as big of a problem as everyone was talking about it being. It's hard to know which one it was.

No matter what the cause is, I've found that companies sometimes /only/ hire senior engineers (discussions about the viability of that for them or the industry notwithstanding). What I /can/ say, for sure, is that I almost never meet coworkers who /act/ old, in the stereotypical sense.

I have no mod points, so I just want to confirm this. Steam Link is amazing, though I think that my poor little Steam Link box might be getting old in the tooth.

The only person who can allow your dignity to be taken is you.

(The general "you", not you, the poster.)

Max Keyboard is another "peripheral" brand that makes tank-quality keyboards. I've had mine for ~6 years now and it's still working great. I also wouldn't ever get a keyboard without brown or brown-like switches. They're the most versatile.

https://techcommunity.microsof...

Microsoft wants to manage Linux as well.