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Comment Re:Dude it's 2026 (Score 1) 22

There are two types of managers. Low level managers who are just trying to take care of their team, and managers who are trying to climb the ladder.

The managers who are trying to climb the ladder are WORSE than nothing, because they will actively slow their employees down so they can hire more people below them. Ever have a useless meeting that could have been an email? Now you know why, a manager who is worse than nothing.

Comment Dude it's 2026 (Score 1) 22

You don't have a lot of managers that don't do anything. You basically have three types of managers. The first are Union busters. They are just there to keep the employees in line and are useful to the company not you. They aren't getting in your way because they are incompetent it's because they need to make sure you don't unionize.

After that you have accountants you also have to do your HR paperwork.

And finally there are line workers who have been promoted into management in order to give them or work for about the same pay.

It's extremely unlikely Tesla fired their Union busters they kind of need those guys to keep pay down. And the same goes for their managing accountants.

That means they more than likely lost some folks who do actual work and wound up with a manager title.

Comment It's a really light car (Score 3, Insightful) 22

From the article:

calling the Cybercab the “most efficient EV ever” is technically accurate, but it’s a bit like comparing a motorcycle’s fuel economy to a sedan’s. The Cybercab is a purpose-built, two-seat autonomous pod with no driver controls. No steering column, no pedal assembly — all of that weight and complexity is gone. Tesla designed a teardrop-shaped body that narrows significantly at the rear, optimized purely for aerodynamics rather than rear passenger comfort or cargo space.

Presumably it's aimed at being a Driverless Taxi, not a consumer car.

Comment LOL Exodus (Score 2) 22

The article contains this gem:

"Meanwhile, the program has been hit by a leadership exodus, with three senior leaders departing since February."

That's a good thing. If their top engineers were leaving, that would be a bad thing. When management leaves, the engineers become more efficient.

Embrace the Tao.

But when told this, the programmer once more refused, saying, "I exist so that I can program. If I were promoted, I would do nothing but waste everyone's time. Can I go now? I have a program that I am working on."

Comment Re:Think of the school children (Score 1) 68

It was mostly people in northern states in the darkest days of winter.

I was in 2nd grade in the southern U.S. the year Nixon had us stay on DST for a while. My friends and I really enjoyed the change. It was dark(-ish) when we walked to the bus stop, but we got to take flashlights to school (much more exciting when you're 7 years old!).

Comment Re:Think of the school children (Score 2) 68

I ask myself why schools don't just start an hour later

Because parents have to go to work, and after-school programs have a set schedule.

Of course, employers and after-school programs could also adjust their start times for the seasons, and we could agree to switch those start times on the same day.

But that's just reimplementing DST.

Comment Re:"Big energy" not "big oil". Shift when profitab (Score 1) 130

Stop making up shit.

https://reclaimfinance.org/sit...

"ExxonMobil’s diversification strategy remains marginal and partly relies on gas and unsustainable energies"

https://www.clientearth.org/pr...

ExxonMobil reportedly spent just 0.2% of its capital expenditure on sources of low-carbon energy like wind and solar.

Comment It's not guys in their 20s (Score 1) 68

Or even their 30s sitting around for hours on end challenging voter registrations and signatures. That takes a retiree. And older people lean towards the Republican party because they're fucking obsessed with Ronald Reagan and the feeling like they were winning that they had back in the '80s.

I called it like I sees it and I sees it like it is. If you don't like how old people are fucking everything up then try to get old people to stop fucking everything up. I can't do it.

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