Blood and Oil is a fascinating book about the rise of MBS. They literally had a guy on the inside in Twitter in California who would feed them back information like this. Definitely not a boring book, it reads like a thriller more often than not
Surely this is satire?
I suspect that these big corporations were advised by banks and the government to scale back work from home policies to avoid triggering a real estate market collapse in cities by vacating expensive office space en masse. This could cause defaults by landlords and a housing crisis as workers no longer need to pay premiums to live near offices. An exodus from cities would crater housing markets, which would severely damage the overall economy. Thus corporations are pushing for office returns to shed some staff but also to avert an economic crisis, despite the cost savings of remote work
Good advice, thanks. And the heatmap idea in general is pretty clever
She’s a native of Port Douglas originally so she’s been up to her ears in reef stuff for a while. Thanks for the response, seems like it’s a good spot for now
Looks like Cinnamon is the way to go, thanks. I’ll give it a spin tomorrow, thanks for your help
Plenty of good info there, thanks for the thorough response. I’ll probably go the live USB route, which I’d forgotten was a thing. That way any hardware issues should be apparent pretty quickly
Yeah, there’s definitely a big sunk cost thing going on too
Where might one find these heatmaps?
Absolutely, this return to office stuff has been an absolute gift for CEOs wanting to downsize, it’s the perfect fluffy PR way to turn the thumbscrews. Factor in the popular idea that you’re a slacker if you don’t work hard all the time and you basically have public support too.
I’m sure plenty of people will just suck it up and view the past few years as a very extended break from office nonsense and commuting hassle, but enough will jump ship to fill quotas
What version on Linux is most like Windows? I’m not a gamer and nearly everything I do runs in a browser so compatibility isn’t going to be an issue, but any time I’ve tried to migrate over it’s been a nightmare of weird errors and non-stop troubleshooting
Have you tried Pi? It’s pretty amazing!
And Claude might help with your writers block if you ask for ideas
It is a solar-powered watch that uses Citizen’s Eco-Drive technology. This means it converts any light, natural or artificial, into energy to recharge the battery. So it never needs a traditional battery replacement.
The Satellite Wave model has the added ability to sync its time globally using signals from GPS satellites. There is a small antenna under the dial that receives satellite signals.
When in range of GPS signals, the watch syncs to the atomic clock time signal from satellites orbiting the Earth. This keeps the time accurate anywhere in the world and automatically adjusts for daylight savings time.
Syncing can happen automatically when the watch is exposed to bright light. There is also a button on the case you can push to manually trigger a time sync if needed.
Between syncs, the Eco-Drive technology keeps the watch powered and keeping accurate quartz time. The power reserve when fully charged is about 6 months
Very cool!
Or a version of Gigabrain that works with Lemmy. Otherwise too many domains
Some sad movies from the last decade, courtesy of Claude:
Manchester by the Sea (2016) - A depressed uncle is asked to take care of his teenage nephew after the boy’s father dies.
Moonlight (2016) - A young black man struggles to find his place in the world while growing up in a rough Miami neighborhood.
Lion (2016) - A young Indian boy gets lost on a train and is subsequently adopted by an Australian couple. Years later, he sets out to find his lost family.
A Monster Calls (2016) - A young boy seeks the help of a tree monster to cope with his single mom’s terminal illness.
The Fault in Our Stars (2014) - Two teens with cancer fall in love after meeting at a support group.
Short Term 12 (2013) - A supervisor at a facility for at-risk teens connects with a girl who reminds her of her troubled past.
Fruitvale Station (2013) - The true story of Oscar Grant III, a 22-year-old Black man killed in 2009 by Bay Area Rapid Transit police officers.
If Beale Street Could Talk (2018) - A pregnant African American woman tries to clear her fiancé’s name after he is falsely accused of a crime.
Philomena (2013) - An Irish woman searches for the son who was taken from her decades earlier when she was forced to live in a convent.
Still Alice (2014) - A linguistics professor is diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s disease.
Boyhood (2014) - Filmed over 12 years, this drama follows a boy from age 6 to 18 as he grows up in Texas.
Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012) - In a Louisiana bayou community cut off from the rest of the world, a six-year-old girl goes on an adventure to save her ailing father.
Precious (2009) - In 1987 Harlem, an abused, illiterate teen pregnant with her second child is invited to enroll in an alternative school.
12 Years a Slave (2013) - In the antebellum United States, Solomon Northup is kidnapped and sold into slavery.
The Place Beyond the Pines (2012) - The story follows two fathers - a bank robber and a cop - whose destinies collide and whose sins haunt their sons.
Room (2015) - A young boy and his mother escape captivity and adjust to life outside Room.
Blue Valentine (2010) - The relationship of a contemporary married couple deteriorates into heart-wrenching crisis.
Rabbit Hole (2010) - Becca and Howie Corbett are a happily married couple whose perfect world is forever changed when their young son dies in a tragic accident.
The Impossible (2012) - The story of a tourist family caught in the destruction of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.
Amour (2012) - Georges and Anne are an elderly couple dealing with Anne’s debilitating health issues.
The Tree of Life (2011) - The story centers around a family with three boys in the 1950s. The eldest son witnesses the loss of innocence.
Biutiful (2010) - A man involved in illegal dealings sees ghosts of the people he’s killed. He’s also diagnosed with terminal cancer.
Never Let Me Go (2010) - Friends at an isolated boarding school face a haunting reality.
Her (2013) - A lonely writer develops an unlikely relationship with his newly purchased operating system that’s designed to meet his every need.
Dallas Buyers Club (2013) - An AIDS patient smuggles alternative treatments into the US since they aren’t approved by the FDA.
What’s the story with bad/unfunny comics and Lemmy? 90% of them are pretty terrible and I don’t recognise the art style, Reddit stuff was/is much better but there shouldn’t be a difference unless the migration is all nerds with no sense of humour, of course, but that would be presumptuous. There’s certainly a lot of geeky content compared to Reddit