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Comment Re:In-office work is a necessity for some (Score 1) 69

You don't have time to sit around without anyone noticing in retail unless there's not a business case, in which case there's no customers. That business has (at least) two problems.

If there's work to be done, it's immediately noticeable when you aren't doing it, to anyone who understands the job. No one else is qualified to manage people doing it.

Comment Re:Different take (Score 1) 12

There are some significant issues with using GDP to distinguish between what used to be called 1st and 3rd world countries

GDP measures production, not economic distribution. Certain parts of the US and certain countries for example, have high GDP but also high poverty levels. This represents for example, a nation that has a dictator milking large natural resources (often oil) while leaving his population as poverty stricken uneducated peasants. This results in the ruler/ruling class getting very rich while leaving everyone else broke.

In the US, this means Louisiana and Mississippi. Louisiana is a petro state, it has the highest number of oil refineries per capita in the US. Not sure what Mississippi does to screw their population.

Comment Sane Judge (Score 1) 13

You want to block content you claim is inappropriate (Personally I think a lot of political content is the least appropriate), fine.

But you do not have the right to ID someone before they ask for any content at all. By doing so you are clearly attempting to invade the privacy of everyone even if they are not looking for inappropriate content.

This ignores the real problem - your ID methods are shown to be tremendously flawed and easily beaten by the children you claim to be protecting. That is, your ID method never protects anyone.

Comment Re: Why they are more expensive (Score 1) 76

It's been a while so I can't really direct you. When licensing became very uncertain I backed away and haven't done one in a while.

My best advice is to get a good flight controller kit up front so everything works together without a lot of screwing around. Also to read lots of build logs before you do one. And maybe start with a cheap type to build familiarity.

Also any design where you just have arms connected to a central board tends to be flimsy. I started with a SK450 and it's kind of floppy

Comment Quality of work (Score 4, Insightful) 69

Several studies have shown that remote workers do just as good a job as in-house. Whatever metrics were used, no significant difference was found. But they found that management tended to do less well. Their metrics were down slightly. Mainly in helping the employees training for better jobs.

I have a conservative friend that thought this was bullshit and talked about a friend that he claimed took advantage of work from home to work less.

He was wrong. He was seeing the guy during the day, walking his dog. But the guy ended up working longer hours to make up for the mid-day walks.

But even if he was right then that lazy guy should NOT be sent back to the office; he should be sent to the unemployment line.

Working from home is also essential for certain disabled people. A blind person can get to work - but it might take 20% more time. There own home could be much easier to deal with. Do not get me started on wheelchairs and navigating work.

This impacts quality of life tremendously and does affect your qork.

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