Comments by "Christian Baune" (@programaths) on "TheQuartering"
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Nope, I worked in a private office and it was gold for productivity. Much less interruption, because people had to walk around and open at least two doors. So, instead of asking me things every 5 minutes, they thought more about the issue. Even the questions I ended up with were much grounded!
I have also worked in open spaces and it was just shitty. No way to do your work properly. Even had colleagues playing and chatting although they were not the top performers.
In one place, I was QA and I asked that the IT team was moved in a dedicated room, because performance was not great. They felt liberated and produced more as a result.
And in another company, they broke down teams in no more than 5 people. So, it was a smaller open space with desk far apart, yet you could easily talk over to each other while having complete privacy. And the boss was purposely on the other side of the floor. Reachable, but you needed a walk ^^
So, it's a bit more than private office, it's about employees dynamic. It's stupid, but having an employee to have to take a long walk to reach the boss permits to the employee to give a last thought (walking does wonder) and most of the time, the boss is not asked anything ^^ It's why a lot of floors are shaped like donuts with bosses on one side and staff the other side, with cafeteria in the middle. It's a design which allows employees to take a walk and bifurcate to the resting area instead of going straight to the manager. It also help with flow and shuffling people. It was a way to enforce bonds. Newer spaces are failing in that aspect.
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For those who never filled taxes, yes, you can declare loss in various way and if you don't, your'e an idiot or uninformed at best.
When you run a company you need, for the smallest ones, do a balance sheet. The tax is then mostly applied on the difference.
(mostly, because there are goods who can't be declared as expenditures, same for some services, then you've also partial deductions, like when you buy a building)
For personal income, you can do the same. On my expenses, I have my mortgage and even money I put aside for my retirement. Because it's money I can't use right now, I can put it partially as an expenditure (30%).
So, if you don't know, hire someone once to explain you the basics and you may have much more money in the end.
Also, depending on your state, you may even be able to pay early to have some deduction. It could be the safest placement, even if the interests are low. At least, something to consider.
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@SuperNova Gaming Swearing is also in expression palette.
The issue is swearing just for the sake of it. I seldom swear, but when I do, I mean it.
So, for people knowing me IRL, that's always a surprise and a reason to worry.
I also make use of colorful language for effect. When I say something is "shit", it doesn't means it's bad and I didn't like it. It means I am comparing it to the fecal matter. When I was QA, I did say some work is shit, because it resulted in huge maintenance, security issues and much more work. That was what I called "negative work" (not counter productive or improductive, but destructive). Had me swear a few time and you knew you'll get fired.
For really bad work, I just sat with the developer and ran through his work and explained what's wrong and discussed on how to fix it.
And if you screwed, but it was ok-ish, I did just highlight it and explain the reason, letting you to fix it. So, very different way to express my concerns on someone work ^^
And it's important to use vocabulary correctly, because if you abuse of one level of speech, then it becomes normalized and lose its weight. If you constantly swear, people end up taking it as your baseline and good luck to try to convey that something is unfathomable or utterly unpleasant etc. Same if you are always using joyful language, good luck to show you really appreciate something. It's why it's good to learn to use bland or neutral language. So, all deviations are noticed by others. It's much harder than I make it appear, I am learning this in my studies, so it obviously bias me on the matter ^^
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@BGgungame It's easy to understand, even for a ward of the state like me.
People either live with their parents or with a bunch of other people to share fixed costs, like rent and mostly utility bills.
When they have enough aside (a few months of full autonomy), then they transition to a career job.
When they are settled in their career job, they can move on to be fully independent.
As a ward of the state, it was a bit different. Though, I ended up sharing housing with a friend while I was working a low paying job, then moved out when independent.
I never understood how people can't grasp that they can't go straight to their own apartment and need to do it in steps. To me, it appear stupid to think that one would be able to afford a full rent from the get go, unless he has rich parents or some kind of privilege.
It's like thinking that you just need to think about repairing a car to be able to fix it. Sadly, too many people think like that. I can't count how many people told me "I could do your job" without even understanding what it is. The worse being those believing that anybody can do anything given enough time 🤣
People want to work minimal job wage, because they are more numerous than expert jobs. They are there, readily available with high turnover. Some are even stepping stones to have a foot in the targeted company. They are low skill and accessible too, which means you don't have to develop specialized skills that takes years to master. So, those are very enticing. Especially to get started in life.
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I hired and whatever was the person, if he was good, he was good.
I hired a guy who couldn't even write in PHP (programming language). On top of that, the guy came VERY relaxed (short and tongs) to the interview. Thing is that he was gifted and learning the language was a mundane thing for him. He did an exceptional work after only two or three weeks.
Another guy, black, wasn't able to write Java properly (another language) and he was asking for mobile developer job. His English was abysmal. Yet, when I asked few questions, I saw he was very smart and that he could do great with proper guidance. He did deliver.
And yes, I always ask followup questions to ensure I am not getting things wrong and that entail question like "Do you know the name of the company". I really had to ask that one in presence of the CEO who looked at me like "are you mad?". The guy butchered the company name :-D
I had people who were fantastic with which I clicked and had to say "no". So, not always easy. And that's why I summarize people as a set of numbers. Those are easy to compare and not subject to feelings. It's also why, beside some followup question, I follow a protocol written in advance.
Too many* recruiters do it with their "gut" feeling discarding their own psychology in the process and their training...if even they got one; We are easily influenceable.
*euphemism
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This should just be bonus. Elon is inquiring around and suddenly, there is a miracle whistle blower ?
It's like I said to a friend about a customer he has: do not prepare for the current situation or what you perceive, prepare for the worse. So, in the worse case, you will just smile and say FY. If you don't prepare, then you will have to react to the worse case and it's much much tougher. Especially because you will have less time, more stress and much less vision to piece evidence together, even if today it seems obvious.
I went to court and my file was filled to the brim, as such that if one thing didn't pass, I had 10 other things. Obviously, it atomized the other party.
It's how it work, complainer say something, you dismantle with ease because you're prepared. Everything they say is refuted, then you can start to pile all the lies with evidences and they can't have proper defense for all, especially if you are smart enough to leverage contradictions and have them realize that now, they have to chose the truth that will be the less costly to them. Meaning you just won.
And yes, it takes time and dedication without a lawyer. You have to understand consolidated laws, match with your points to have a solid ground and push through, even if "obviously they broke the law". The judge can interpret and give passes, but he can't be obnoxious with that. It's a number game.
And to be fair, I first lost the case with an attorney who had solid evidence and thus, stopped at that, thinking it was enough. Dismissed him during the calendar and worked my ass on the file. Not telling it's the brightest idea I got, but it worked well.
I do think Elon will follow the same route. Whatever how good it looks for him, he will dig deeper. At least, I hope so.
In the end, it's good for everyone, except for tyrants.
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Be warned, the coming lines are hard to read as you will be fighting against your own biases. IF YOU ARE EASILY IMPRESSED, DO NOT READ FURTHER!
This is some filler to say that there is nothing wrong in being easily impressed and that's your last chance to stop reading. Next paragraph is the rough stuff.
Some German guy did atrocious experiments on humans and it benefited the society... Today "scientist" conflate science with "political correctness" and are eager to invalidate (or more precisely, not validate) the findings. There is a moral and ethical component for it (the guy did torture people for his experiments), but even what can be replicated is often dismissed (mostly the psychological studies which did happen in questionable conditions, but could be replicated with people consent without real damage. One of his finding was that trucks should be equipped with a small source of light to be used right before opening doors, so deported would not try to breach the door. He also premiered the Milgram experiment, he was one of the first to understand how to get total obedience of unwilling people without having to menace them! (Milgram experiment is a setup to replicate those findings, the scenario is more or less ethical -- since someone really believe they are torturing someone else, which is by itself very damaging)
It's an example that from evil, good can be produced. Because to make evil things, he had to do things that the good guy can't do AND it brought benefits good guys could never reap.
It almost sound "apologetic" to that 1940 guy, but that's because you are not reading what is written. You are victime of a bias ^^
So, to be clear, that guy was evil and if you consider why I wrote this and how I describe the experiments, you'll see I despise him.
It's a good exercise to fight against your biases and you should probably save this and read it every month as an exercise if you even though one second that it was an apology to that guy!
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@egobrain6826 Omg, what you wrote sounds stupid. Not everyone even has a job. Not everyone can even work. I know that most people in the streets are men, but there are also women.
In the same vein, there are women working and still not able to make it through the end of the month and having to chose between eating, paying bills and getting higienic products.
Not everyone is a student living in momy and dady house either.
It's too easy to brush off that issue by blaming others, isn't it. It certainly makes you much more comfortable.
Get to know and keep in mind that we have very different paths in life and not every course of action is our design. I was myself a ward of the state and got punished by extra-stupid teachers with the same discours as yours. That if I didn't buy video games, candy, the latest nikes and technology gadgets, then I would be able to buy the calculator, ruler, compass and all the material he required. Ah yes, with almost 1$ of pocket a month, sure, I would be able to afford a 60$ calculator...I ended up yielling at that teacher after one of the lesson, to explain him that some pupils are ward of the state and that he should have some awareness instead of making our lives harder than it is.
I wish you to live an eye opening exeprience, like being on the street for a few days or having an abusing landlord. Not for too long, just the time to realise how stupid it sounds to write "they just have to".
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2:07 All those stock graphs are misleading, because they don't show the zero. Worse, two graphs can look the same AND have a different offset, making them very different.
In this graph, most people will see a huge decline, while in reality it's a 3USD drop. But it looks like zeroing. If the zero were present, it would just look like normal noise.
There are article justifying it by saying "it's done to make a point" (it's a way to say "to not be neutral" or "fit data representation to a narrative". Or even better, they justify by saying "if it is the norm, like in stock charts". That can't be invented 🤣
The best is to show the two views, because it makes it easier for people to understand that:
- Overall, it's not that consequential
- Recent event DID influence negatively the stock price
Those two bullets seems to contradict each other, so here is an explainer: The value decreased due to recent events and it may be a trend, looking at an higher scale though, the effect is limited and even less than the noise (people passing order and influencing themselves the stock price, regardless of any event).
So, that tells us that what is happening with Elon definitely skew the share price, but not sufficiently to be alarmist. Yet, it can worsen.
Good thing to do:
Go in Google, search the stock and look at it on different periods, consider the %age difference instead of absolute values, try to plot the graph with the y axis starting at zero.
Ask yourself that question: is it stable or chaotic? If stable, does it show a trend ? If chaotic, does tacking a larger period into account make it more constant ? Is considering the graph with a y axis starting at zero make it less noisy ?
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