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  • C Copper
    11 Nov 2022, 02:40

    @Doctor-Phibes said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

    No, I think the days of folk being told they have to come in 5 days a week are over.

    Not for those who have real jobs that build things or fix things or who perform some service, surgeons for example or bus drivers.

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    Doctor Phibes
    wrote on 11 Nov 2022, 03:10 last edited by
    #540

    @Copper said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

    @Doctor-Phibes said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

    No, I think the days of folk being told they have to come in 5 days a week are over.

    Not for those who have real jobs that build things or fix things or who perform some service, surgeons for example or bus drivers.

    Yes, but we’re talking about Twitter, not bus drivers.

    I was only joking

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    • D Doctor Phibes
      11 Nov 2022, 03:10

      @Copper said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

      @Doctor-Phibes said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

      No, I think the days of folk being told they have to come in 5 days a week are over.

      Not for those who have real jobs that build things or fix things or who perform some service, surgeons for example or bus drivers.

      Yes, but we’re talking about Twitter, not bus drivers.

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      Aqua Letifer
      wrote on 11 Nov 2022, 03:30 last edited by
      #541

      @Doctor-Phibes said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

      @Copper said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

      @Doctor-Phibes said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

      No, I think the days of folk being told they have to come in 5 days a week are over.

      Not for those who have real jobs that build things or fix things or who perform some service, surgeons for example or bus drivers.

      Yes, but we’re talking about Twitter, not bus drivers.

      You can't be all "let the market decide" and at the same time believe in some wooey divide between real work paid in real money and fake work paid in real money where the only difference is in your mind.

      Please love yourself.

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        jon-nyc
        wrote on 11 Nov 2022, 08:24 last edited by
        #542

        So there’s now a big problem with people purchasing blue checks and mimicking verified brands.

        My guess is they’ll need to include actual verification as part of the purchased blue checks.

        You were warned.

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          jon-nyc
          wrote on 11 Nov 2022, 08:27 last edited by
          #543

          You were warned.

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            jon-nyc
            wrote on 11 Nov 2022, 08:46 last edited by jon-nyc 11 Nov 2022, 08:49
            #544

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            You were warned.

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            • A Aqua Letifer
              11 Nov 2022, 03:30

              @Doctor-Phibes said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

              @Copper said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

              @Doctor-Phibes said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

              No, I think the days of folk being told they have to come in 5 days a week are over.

              Not for those who have real jobs that build things or fix things or who perform some service, surgeons for example or bus drivers.

              Yes, but we’re talking about Twitter, not bus drivers.

              You can't be all "let the market decide" and at the same time believe in some wooey divide between real work paid in real money and fake work paid in real money where the only difference is in your mind.

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              Doctor Phibes
              wrote on 11 Nov 2022, 11:07 last edited by Doctor Phibes 11 Nov 2022, 11:33
              #545

              @Aqua-Letifer said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

              @Doctor-Phibes said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

              @Copper said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

              @Doctor-Phibes said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

              No, I think the days of folk being told they have to come in 5 days a week are over.

              Not for those who have real jobs that build things or fix things or who perform some service, surgeons for example or bus drivers.

              Yes, but we’re talking about Twitter, not bus drivers.

              You can't be all "let the market decide" and at the same time believe in some wooey divide between real work paid in real money and fake work paid in real money where the only difference is in your mind.

              The world has indeed changed, it’s just that some people are struggling to catch up. I said as much when I tried to catch the bus to the local steel mill this morning. First, there was no bus, and then the steel mill had closed 30 years ago.

              I was only joking

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                George K
                wrote on 11 Nov 2022, 12:14 last edited by
                #546

                "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                  Doctor Phibes
                  wrote on 11 Nov 2022, 12:41 last edited by
                  #547

                  If they're going to ban everybody who impersonates somebody else, isn't the blue check superfluous?

                  I was only joking

                  G 1 Reply Last reply 11 Nov 2022, 12:47
                  • D Doctor Phibes
                    11 Nov 2022, 12:41

                    If they're going to ban everybody who impersonates somebody else, isn't the blue check superfluous?

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                    George K
                    wrote on 11 Nov 2022, 12:47 last edited by
                    #548

                    @Doctor-Phibes supposedly, now, if you create a parody account, it has to say "parody" in the name, not just the description.

                    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                      jon-nyc
                      wrote on 11 Nov 2022, 12:49 last edited by
                      #549

                      Any parody or just mimicry? Does Titania McGrath now have to put parody in the name?

                      You were warned.

                      D 1 Reply Last reply 11 Nov 2022, 12:53
                      • G George K
                        11 Nov 2022, 12:47

                        @Doctor-Phibes supposedly, now, if you create a parody account, it has to say "parody" in the name, not just the description.

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                        Doctor Phibes
                        wrote on 11 Nov 2022, 12:50 last edited by
                        #550

                        @George-K said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                        @Doctor-Phibes supposedly, now, if you create a parody account, it has to say "parody" in the name, not just the description.

                        So what happens if I ask them to blue-check my parody account?

                        86f22668-4d40-47af-b0d9-915582906ca2-image.png

                        I was only joking

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                        • D Doctor Phibes
                          11 Nov 2022, 03:10

                          @Copper said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                          @Doctor-Phibes said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                          No, I think the days of folk being told they have to come in 5 days a week are over.

                          Not for those who have real jobs that build things or fix things or who perform some service, surgeons for example or bus drivers.

                          Yes, but we’re talking about Twitter, not bus drivers.

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                          Jolly
                          wrote on 11 Nov 2022, 12:51 last edited by
                          #551

                          @Doctor-Phibes said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                          @Copper said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                          @Doctor-Phibes said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                          No, I think the days of folk being told they have to come in 5 days a week are over.

                          Not for those who have real jobs that build things or fix things or who perform some service, surgeons for example or bus drivers.

                          Yes, but we’re talking about Twitter, not bus drivers.

                          No, I think LuFin's comment was a little broader. Tech may continue to let folks work from home, but even the fruit company is now making people come into the office a few days of the week. It's very hard to manage some employees remotely, even in tech.

                          As for the rest of the working world that isn't plopping computer keys most of the day, most of those folks are physically back at work, with more coming back everyday. I think the exception are the people that have figured out the dole allows them to live as comfortably as working their lower pay jobs. As we lurch into recession again, and inflation takes its toll, it will be interesting to see what happens with all classes of workers...

                          “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                          Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                          • J jon-nyc
                            11 Nov 2022, 12:49

                            Any parody or just mimicry? Does Titania McGrath now have to put parody in the name?

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                            Doctor Phibes
                            wrote on 11 Nov 2022, 12:53 last edited by
                            #552

                            @jon-nyc said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                            Any parody or just mimicry? Does Titania McGrath now have to put parody in the name?

                            What happens if I use irony or sarcasm in my posts? Do I need to have somebody walk in front of me waving a big red flag with 'PARODY' written on it, so that everybody realises I'm only joking?

                            I was only joking

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                            • J Jolly
                              11 Nov 2022, 12:51

                              @Doctor-Phibes said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                              @Copper said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                              @Doctor-Phibes said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                              No, I think the days of folk being told they have to come in 5 days a week are over.

                              Not for those who have real jobs that build things or fix things or who perform some service, surgeons for example or bus drivers.

                              Yes, but we’re talking about Twitter, not bus drivers.

                              No, I think LuFin's comment was a little broader. Tech may continue to let folks work from home, but even the fruit company is now making people come into the office a few days of the week. It's very hard to manage some employees remotely, even in tech.

                              As for the rest of the working world that isn't plopping computer keys most of the day, most of those folks are physically back at work, with more coming back everyday. I think the exception are the people that have figured out the dole allows them to live as comfortably as working their lower pay jobs. As we lurch into recession again, and inflation takes its toll, it will be interesting to see what happens with all classes of workers...

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                              Aqua Letifer
                              wrote on 11 Nov 2022, 13:33 last edited by
                              #553

                              @Jolly said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                              No, I think LuFin's comment was a little broader. Tech may continue to let folks work from home, but even the fruit company is now making people come into the office a few days of the week. It's very hard to manage some employees remotely, even in tech.

                              It really isn't, if you know how to manage in this century. Most of the pushback is coming from managerial luddites who should just retire. They're worried about workers running amok because they don't have the skills to manage remote teams, but instead of owning up, they cop excuses and put it on the employees, like all bad managers do.

                              Please love yourself.

                              D 1 Reply Last reply 11 Nov 2022, 14:46
                              • A Aqua Letifer
                                11 Nov 2022, 13:33

                                @Jolly said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                                No, I think LuFin's comment was a little broader. Tech may continue to let folks work from home, but even the fruit company is now making people come into the office a few days of the week. It's very hard to manage some employees remotely, even in tech.

                                It really isn't, if you know how to manage in this century. Most of the pushback is coming from managerial luddites who should just retire. They're worried about workers running amok because they don't have the skills to manage remote teams, but instead of owning up, they cop excuses and put it on the employees, like all bad managers do.

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                                Doctor Phibes
                                wrote on 11 Nov 2022, 14:46 last edited by
                                #554

                                @Aqua-Letifer said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                                @Jolly said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                                No, I think LuFin's comment was a little broader. Tech may continue to let folks work from home, but even the fruit company is now making people come into the office a few days of the week. It's very hard to manage some employees remotely, even in tech.

                                It really isn't, if you know how to manage in this century. Most of the pushback is coming from managerial luddites who should just retire. They're worried about workers running amok because they don't have the skills to manage remote teams, but instead of owning up, they cop excuses and put it on the employees, like all bad managers do.

                                One of my direct reports isn't even on this continent.

                                We do electrical engineering. Obviously, it's not like that's a real job like mowing the lawn or mixing paint, but since most people who do that are illegal immigrants anyway since Americans are too lazy, I don't see the problem.

                                Stereotypes are so useful!

                                I was only joking

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                                • D Doctor Phibes
                                  11 Nov 2022, 12:50

                                  @George-K said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                                  @Doctor-Phibes supposedly, now, if you create a parody account, it has to say "parody" in the name, not just the description.

                                  So what happens if I ask them to blue-check my parody account?

                                  86f22668-4d40-47af-b0d9-915582906ca2-image.png

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                                  Axtremus
                                  wrote on 11 Nov 2022, 14:49 last edited by
                                  #555

                                  @Doctor-Phibes said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                                  So what happens if I ask them to blue-check my parody account?

                                  You pay them $8/month, they give you your blue check.

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                                  • D Doctor Phibes
                                    11 Nov 2022, 14:46

                                    @Aqua-Letifer said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                                    @Jolly said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                                    No, I think LuFin's comment was a little broader. Tech may continue to let folks work from home, but even the fruit company is now making people come into the office a few days of the week. It's very hard to manage some employees remotely, even in tech.

                                    It really isn't, if you know how to manage in this century. Most of the pushback is coming from managerial luddites who should just retire. They're worried about workers running amok because they don't have the skills to manage remote teams, but instead of owning up, they cop excuses and put it on the employees, like all bad managers do.

                                    One of my direct reports isn't even on this continent.

                                    We do electrical engineering. Obviously, it's not like that's a real job like mowing the lawn or mixing paint, but since most people who do that are illegal immigrants anyway since Americans are too lazy, I don't see the problem.

                                    Stereotypes are so useful!

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                                    Aqua Letifer
                                    wrote on 11 Nov 2022, 14:53 last edited by
                                    #556

                                    @Doctor-Phibes said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                                    @Aqua-Letifer said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                                    @Jolly said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                                    No, I think LuFin's comment was a little broader. Tech may continue to let folks work from home, but even the fruit company is now making people come into the office a few days of the week. It's very hard to manage some employees remotely, even in tech.

                                    It really isn't, if you know how to manage in this century. Most of the pushback is coming from managerial luddites who should just retire. They're worried about workers running amok because they don't have the skills to manage remote teams, but instead of owning up, they cop excuses and put it on the employees, like all bad managers do.

                                    One of my direct reports isn't even on this continent.

                                    We do electrical engineering. Obviously, it's not like that's a real job like mowing the lawn or mixing paint, but since most people who do that are illegal immigrants anyway since Americans are too lazy, I don't see the problem.

                                    Stereotypes are so useful!

                                    If you don't show up for the office, how in the hell are they to know if you're wearing a suit or not?!

                                    Please love yourself.

                                    D 1 Reply Last reply 11 Nov 2022, 14:57
                                    • D Doctor Phibes
                                      11 Nov 2022, 14:46

                                      @Aqua-Letifer said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                                      @Jolly said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                                      No, I think LuFin's comment was a little broader. Tech may continue to let folks work from home, but even the fruit company is now making people come into the office a few days of the week. It's very hard to manage some employees remotely, even in tech.

                                      It really isn't, if you know how to manage in this century. Most of the pushback is coming from managerial luddites who should just retire. They're worried about workers running amok because they don't have the skills to manage remote teams, but instead of owning up, they cop excuses and put it on the employees, like all bad managers do.

                                      One of my direct reports isn't even on this continent.

                                      We do electrical engineering. Obviously, it's not like that's a real job like mowing the lawn or mixing paint, but since most people who do that are illegal immigrants anyway since Americans are too lazy, I don't see the problem.

                                      Stereotypes are so useful!

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                                      Axtremus
                                      wrote on 11 Nov 2022, 14:54 last edited by
                                      #557

                                      @Doctor-Phibes said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                                      One of my direct reports isn't even on this continent.

                                      Insert joke about American managers with software engineering teams in India or Eastern Europe, reference Dilbert.

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                                      • A Aqua Letifer
                                        11 Nov 2022, 14:53

                                        @Doctor-Phibes said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                                        @Aqua-Letifer said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                                        @Jolly said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                                        No, I think LuFin's comment was a little broader. Tech may continue to let folks work from home, but even the fruit company is now making people come into the office a few days of the week. It's very hard to manage some employees remotely, even in tech.

                                        It really isn't, if you know how to manage in this century. Most of the pushback is coming from managerial luddites who should just retire. They're worried about workers running amok because they don't have the skills to manage remote teams, but instead of owning up, they cop excuses and put it on the employees, like all bad managers do.

                                        One of my direct reports isn't even on this continent.

                                        We do electrical engineering. Obviously, it's not like that's a real job like mowing the lawn or mixing paint, but since most people who do that are illegal immigrants anyway since Americans are too lazy, I don't see the problem.

                                        Stereotypes are so useful!

                                        If you don't show up for the office, how in the hell are they to know if you're wearing a suit or not?!

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                                        Doctor Phibes
                                        wrote on 11 Nov 2022, 14:57 last edited by
                                        #558

                                        @Aqua-Letifer said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                                        @Doctor-Phibes said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                                        @Aqua-Letifer said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                                        @Jolly said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                                        No, I think LuFin's comment was a little broader. Tech may continue to let folks work from home, but even the fruit company is now making people come into the office a few days of the week. It's very hard to manage some employees remotely, even in tech.

                                        It really isn't, if you know how to manage in this century. Most of the pushback is coming from managerial luddites who should just retire. They're worried about workers running amok because they don't have the skills to manage remote teams, but instead of owning up, they cop excuses and put it on the employees, like all bad managers do.

                                        One of my direct reports isn't even on this continent.

                                        We do electrical engineering. Obviously, it's not like that's a real job like mowing the lawn or mixing paint, but since most people who do that are illegal immigrants anyway since Americans are too lazy, I don't see the problem.

                                        Stereotypes are so useful!

                                        If you don't show up for the office, how in the hell are they to know if you're wearing a suit or not?!

                                        I'm British. If we ever showered, we'd do it in a suit.

                                        I was only joking

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                                          jon-nyc
                                          wrote on 11 Nov 2022, 15:03 last edited by
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                                          You were warned.

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