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#91
Off the Record / Re: TV/Movies Megathread
Last post by Josephus - March 27, 2024, 04:29:36 PM
^^^^^^^

Ditto.

Shogun is surprisingly good. Love the little nod to the Siege of Malta

Three Body Problem and I'm two epidsodes in. Not sure what to expect, dove in not knowing anything. It's certainly different.
#92
Off the Record / Re: Israel-Hamas War 2023
Last post by garbon - March 27, 2024, 04:20:05 PM
Just imagine ramifications if Netanyahu was caught on a hot mic talking shit about him.
#93
Off the Record / Re: Israel-Hamas War 2023
Last post by The Minsky Moment - March 27, 2024, 04:04:12 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on March 27, 2024, 02:46:13 PMDisagree.  It's my belief that the one interest group he considers absolutely indispensable is evangelicals.  And Israel is their pet.

I disagree that is reliable. Evangelicals have swallowed tons of cognitive dissonance to support Trump; disagreement over Israel policy would not push them over.  Evangelicals supported Pat Buchanan for years despite Buchanan being one of the most anti-Israel politicians of significance on the right. If Trump changed gears on Israel, the evangelicals would follow like the Trumpy sheep they've been since rapey, porn star screwing vulgarian got up from his golden toilet and descended down the Trump Tower escalator.

I don't think Trump would turn on Israel for other reasons - Stephen Miller is strongly pro Likud and and I assume Trump is still close enough to Jared that mideast policy would largely follow the term 1 script.  But Jacob has a point; Trump is entirely selfish and unreliable, and he could turn on a dime if he felt offended or another policy interested him personally.
#94
Off the Record / Re: TV/Movies Megathread
Last post by crazy canuck - March 27, 2024, 04:00:59 PM
Also enjoying Three Body Problem and Shogun
#95
Off the Record / Re: Working From Home
Last post by crazy canuck - March 27, 2024, 03:58:05 PM
Quote from: garbon on March 27, 2024, 02:23:28 PM
Quote from: Sheilbh on March 27, 2024, 02:19:52 PM
Quote from: garbon on March 27, 2024, 02:08:46 PMMaybe it depends on industry as in my project based world, evals have always been on did you get assigned tasks done or not. You aren't punished by being given more work if you are efficient.
Yeah - similar in my experience (and broadly, being efficient is good), not sure it's just project based. And the other side is that you're expected to work beyond your hours, or maybe you need to work over lunch if necessary - if that's always happening, or if you've always got loads of time there's probably a problem.

:yes:

I agree with all of that, and I'm not sure what I said that is different. 

One thing that is important to differentiate is that employment standards laws apply to different types of employment differently.  so for example, lawyers are excluded from the protection of employment standards, and so it would be very usual to expect a lawyer, who is an employee to work as many hours as needed without any additional pay.


That is also true in some high-tech sectors, as well as other sectors, consult your local employment standard law, for all of the exceptions to the general protections given to employees.


My point is related to employees who are protected by employment standards, and for whom employers have no flexibility to require employees to work as many hours in a day as is required to meet their objectives.

In those circumstances, time theft becomes an issue, because productivity will necessarily drop as the employee is working less than anticipated by the employer.
#96
Off the Record / Re: TV/Movies Megathread
Last post by Sheilbh - March 27, 2024, 03:12:17 PM
Mary and George - very fun.
#97
Off the Record / Re: TV/Movies Megathread
Last post by HVC - March 27, 2024, 03:11:43 PM
Last episode was a little slower, what with the flashbacks. Still good though. Shame it's only one season. But I guess that means we won't have to watch the shine rub off.
#98
Off the Record / Re: 2024 US Presidential Elect...
Last post by HVC - March 27, 2024, 03:10:11 PM
Quote from: FunkMonk on March 27, 2024, 02:56:10 PMIf only we had 50 OvBs.

:lol: suffering from the Berkian Collapse.
#99
Off the Record / Re: TV/Movies Megathread
Last post by FunkMonk - March 27, 2024, 03:05:26 PM
How is this Shogun show so good jesus christ
#100
Off the Record / Re: Facebook Follies of Friend...
Last post by Syt - March 27, 2024, 03:02:35 PM
Shared by my family. Not bothering to anonymize these names - none of them are part of my family, and it's publicly accessible.