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Mick T.Jun 22, 2023

For my birthday this year I'm asking people to help me support the RNLI in Bundoran, County Donegal, Ireland in honour of my Mother Maureen Timony.

https://www.facebook.com/donate/219262360981858/

If you don't Facebook, you can donate via the RNLI's Website, please mention the donation is for the Bundoran RNLI

https://rnli.org/support-us/give-money/donate

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Mick T.Mar 23, 2023

@snk Unlike most of my colleagues I have very few meetings. Most weeks it's 2 - 4 hours.

Mick T.Mar 19, 2023

Pierre Bourdon Mar 18, 2023

CVE-2023-21036 / acropalypse is absolutely bonkers.

Apparently for 5+ years the cropping / editing tools for screenshots on Google Pixel phones was only overwriting the start of the screenshot PNG file, but not truncating.

All screenshots shared for the past 5+ years might have data recoverable from them. Demo available at https://acropalypse.app/

Google still hasn't communicated anything on this.

(h/t ItsSimonTime on Musk's site)

acropalypse screenshot recovery utility

Mick T.Mar 12, 2023

Steve Silberman Mar 12, 2023

If you wonder what drove your racist uncle and your sister-in-law who is suddenly obsessed with drag queens OUT OF THEIR SKULLS, BANANAS, FREAKOUT CITY, it's FoxNews producers pandering to the worst insincts of people they think are ignoramuses. #USpolitics https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/03/12/raj-shah-fox-trump/

Ex-Trump aide at Fox wrestled with election claims, network’s interests

Documents show Raj Shah privately derided the White House’s narrative of a stolen election. But he also pushed back on efforts to dispute the claims.

The Washington Post

Mick T.Mar 12, 2023

Kacey Nov 18, 2022

Next time someone complains about singular "they" I'll point them to this 17th century rant against singular "you"

Mick T.Feb 20, 2023

Paul "Princejvstin" Weimer Feb 19, 2023

"We are not a work from home company" - the CEO of the company I work for

https://fortune.com/2023/02/16/return-office-real-reason-slump-productivity-data-careers-gleb-tsipursky/

"Forcing employees to come to the office under the threat of discipline leads to disengagement, fear, and distrust"

The return to the office could be the real reason for the slump in productivity. Here’s the data to prove it

Productivity jumped as offices closed, and stayed high through 2021. When companies started mandating a return to the office, productivity dropped sharply.

Fortune

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Mick T.Jan 22, 2023

@nedbat We should talk about that in a fortnight.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fortnight

When I first came to the States I was surprised that people didn't understand that term, and am still surprised but can understand that people don't understand bi-weekly.

Definition of FORTNIGHT

Definition of 'fortnight' by Merriam-Webster

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Mick T.Jan 22, 2023

Take these layoff numbers in the tech industry with a pinch of salt. I'd say many of these companies hired too many people or their growth projections were over optimistic. That doesn't mean they won't use this as an excuse to layoff their longer term employees whom are paid more and keep the newbies.

Mick T.Jan 22, 2023

>From its fiscal year-end in September 2019 to September 2022, Apple’s workforce grew by about 20% to approximately 164,000 full-time employees. Meanwhile, over roughly the same period, the employee count at Amazon doubled, Microsoft’s rose 53%, Google parent Alphabet Inc.’s increased 57% and Facebook owner Meta’s ballooned 94%.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-apple-has-so-far-avoided-layoffs-lean-hiring-no-free-lunches-11674274185?mod=djemwhatsnews

How Apple Has So Far Avoided Layoffs: Lean Hiring, No Free Lunches

The iPhone maker’s workforce grew 20% in the past three years, a far slower pace than rivals

The Wall Street Journal

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Mick T.Jan 22, 2023

@HalvarFlake Corporations talk about things like "loyalty" and "teamwork" but that's a one way street, they expect you to be loyal to them, they're not loyal to you.