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Comment Re:Donâ(TM)t aircraft (Score 2) 67

They still need and use the log books. But, they keep the schedules, reminders, and status in the computer. She deleted schedules, reminders, and changed the status of planes that were scheduled for maintenance or in for service. They look up the status in the computer before checking out a plane so by changing the status, it would be possible for a plane that is in for maintenance could be checked out, flown, and crash because of her actions.

Comment Re:On the other hand... (Score 1) 368

Sure, if you're working in a job, and have skills that are more valuable elsewhere, go for it. A lot of people can do that.

I fixed that for you. Why should anyone stay a company when they can do better elsewhere?

The majority of those "I can get something better" folks... won't.

That is not what the unemployment rate is saying.

Even if they could potentially talk their way into those (generally mythical) "good, easy jobs without real skill requirements,"

Except that isn't what is happening. Employees aren't quitting to look for "good, easy jobs without real skill requirements". They are quitting for jobs that are marginally better in pay, hours, conditions, or benefits. People are leaving jobs that pay $12.00 to go to jobs that pay $13.50. People are leaving part time jobs for full time jobs. People are leaving jobs that have hours that shift all the time for jobs that have stable work hours. It doesn't have to be a unicorn job, it just has to be better than what they are doing now.

Comment Re:One Question (Score 1) 368

The national quit rate is 2.8% but the unemployment rate is still going down. They are going to other jobs that have better pay, benefits, hours, and/or working conditions. Because companies have zero loyalty to employees and will lay them off without blinking in order to increase someone bonus, employees have no loyalty to companies anymore. Now, so many companies need employees that some are doing what it takes to attract employees and employees are leaving their current jobs for the greener grass.

Comment Re:How about sending up a Flat Earther (Score 1) 118

Send up one Flerfer. He sees the world is round. He claims it was a trick and all he saw was an artists rendition because he had to look at it from inside the capsule.
Send up one Flerfer. He comes back and says "The world is a ball". The Flerf community promptly says he is lying or was duped.

It really is a no win situation.

Comment Re:Saving Earth (Score 1) 118

Given that India contributed 2.5 metric tons of CO per capita in 2018 vs 18.44 metric tons in the USA

You misspelt decrease in standard of living.

Let's examine that

For urban areas, it was Rs 1000 per month or Rs 33 per day. Using this methodology, the population below the poverty line in 2009-2010 was 354 million (29.6% of the population) and that in 2011-2012 was 269 million (21.9% of the population)

21% of the population of India lives below the poverty line at last count. They stopped counting in 2011 because the numbers were so bad.
For clarity, Rs 1000 per month is roughly $13.00 per month.

13% of the Indian homes either have no electricity or use generators for electricity
82% of rural households and almost 60% of urban households in India don't have running water
50% of people living in India don't have internet access
14% of the population is undernourished in India.

Are you ready to live with that standard of living? If not, why are you suggesting it?

Comment Re:I recognize this (Score 1) 49

Most flow experiences don't involve teams. Usually, flow is an individual experience.

One can experience flow doing a lot of different things. A painter painting can experience flow. A person playing Civilization or Doom can experience flow. A developer can experience flow. An athlete can experience flow.

When one experiences flow, one is generally working at a level of difficulty where one is stretching one's ability but not overreaching them. If you have ever been doing a task and it seemed like everything was just happening and time wasn't passing but then finished and realized you had been doing that task for hours, that was flow.

Now, the article itself is about team flow, where a group doing a task all experience flow at the same time. It is a special case of an individual phenomenon occurring in all members of group.

Comment Self-inflicted injury (Score 1) 97

These requirements are being imposed not by regulators but by Mastercard, a credit-card giant. Websites can always choose not to work with Mastercard. But given that the company handles about 30% of all card payments made outside China, to do so would be costly. Visa, which manages a further 60% of payments, is also taking a firmer line on adult sites. And the trend goes beyond porn. In the shadier corners of the web, and in industries where the law is unclear or out of date, financial firms are finding themselves acting as de facto regulators.

The credit card companies are doing it to themselves because they are bowing to pressure from cancel culture and SJWs. If they don't want to be the "de facto regulators" of the internet, then they should stand up to those who are demanding that they regulate the internet.

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