AFKBRBChocolate

joined 2 years ago
[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Haven't seen one in many years, but used to find them on the car in the 70s and 80s.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Made for it in what way? I'm not seeing a slot for it to sit in or anything to hold it in place. Regardless of whether it's the intended place or not, a flat panel TV just resting on its edge with nothing holding it in place is asking for trouble.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago

Oh! Was it the Liberian guy that Trump complimented on his good English when that's an English speaking country? Okay, I'm slow. Funny!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

What does Liberia have against Trump?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

That probably would have been a good design feature because it turns out potatoes grow well in space, but we opted to go with solar power.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

Our Aussie for comparison

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (4 children)

We actually had a very cool laser program for many years. One of the times that the company changed hands, the parent company kept the lasers part.

But we did a lot of very neat electrical power systems, including the whole electrical power management system for the space station.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Looks like a dachshund/Australian shepherd mix. Or is it some particular breed?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (6 children)

I worked for 40 years at a company that made most of NASA's rocket engines, and a host of other impressive technology. There were many, many geniuses there - lots of literal rocket scientists, and leaders in fields like materials science and chemical engineering. One thing I learned early on was that most of the true geniuses looked down on people who mentioned being members of Mensa. It was like a red flag that the person cares too much about being perceived as smart. People who care so much about that put more energy into fostering the image than actually contributing.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

I was a manager at an aerospace company for a bunch of years, just recently retired. One of my takeaways was that, like so many facets of managing people, there's no single right way to do WFH. I had employees who could WFH 100% of the time, with increased productivity and increased morale. I had employees that fit OP's description and were super lonely during the pandemic because their whole social life revolved around work. I had employees who preferred WFH, but were much more productive when they could collaborate in person.

I was frustrated that my company insisted on implementing one-size-fits-all solutions, which eventually became 100% RTO. I thought it would have been most effective to let managers decide what worked best for individuals and teams. For many of my employees, I would have asked for a hybrid arrangement, where they came into the office two days a week, with one of those days being common to the team and one being flexible, and the ability for anyone to come in more than that if desired. But I also had employees who either didn't have a collaborative job, or they collaborated with people at different sites (so had to do virtual meetings anyway), and those people I would have said could 100% WFH.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Summary: Mostly because droughts in the places that raise beef have forced ranchers to sell off their herds (so supply is less than demand), but also because of grain prices and tariffs. Cattle are slow-growing so prices are expected to stay high for a few years.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Sounds stressful for you and for the folks around you.

I think you're going to find that most people don't have great advice for how to do it because it's not something they've struggled to overcome. There might be people here who have that issue or one similar enough, and overcome it, so they can tell you how they did. But your better bet is going to be to look into some kind of anger management techniques.

view more: ‹ prev next ›