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Great advice overall !

What is even the point of measuring this at all times????

Hmmmm... not exactly an endorsement for parenting...

The economist talking about crypto.... talk about biased

The question isn't "are the funds there right now" the question is "can we trust you" and the answer is probably no.

Why is the answer probably no? Because of what happened with FTX?

Am I just the luckiest gen x tech dork alive?

... yes?

I mean I worked my ass off for years (and got raises every year, so lucky me). But when I asked for a promotion they gave the post to some new comer with less experience. (???) Lesson learned.

I loled, thanks for the laughs. Totally true though, everyone does this.

I totally relate. Had the same experience in a pseudoFAANG digital giant.Except the autistic etc part...

Thanks for the corrections! You are of course right, I'm not very up to speed on the different nuances.

If you don't accept the 4 month renewal of the probation period it is usually a firing reason for them... of course YMMV.

It is quite perplexing. I have the 1950X and can't update, can't even do the updates of win10 (maybe for some other reason) but still...

There is indeed a lot of red tape but these are the avenues to fire someone:

- Severe underperformance (building of a dossier over months will be necessary for solid proof).

- The employee doesn't come to work anymore without a valid reason

- There is the 'faute grave' reason. It means that the person did something very very bad in the company, for instance sexual assault, or put critical assets in jeopardy, fraud, blatant misbehavior, stuff like that.

Usually there is at least a 8 month probation period (for engineers and most high paying jobs) in which you can fire someone with between 2 days and 2 weeks notice. No need for a reason whatsoever. (This applies to France)

A LOT of less waste maybe ?

It is very inconvenient and a hassle to have 5 different cables for 5 different devices. It is a waste of space, materials... The economic gains by volume continent wide should not be underestimated.

Thanks for setting the record straight

And why the hell the government will keep the fingerprints?

The government already does... just saying.

Apple quoted me 900 EUR to repair a motherboard problem (replace the whole damn thing). On a 3K EUR macbook pro.

I went to a third party, 250 EUR, they just repaired the motherboard, works like a charm, and did it in 1 day. It's been 2 years. Fuck apple.

You cannot know everything.

........right?

spoiler alert... it won't

Sure, it really depends on the subject. I have a slight preference for the quick meeting (5 minutes) -with a followup email- rather than a long come and go in slack.

Until you have disagreement on the summary because it turns out not everyone came to the same understanding verbally

This itself is a victory. This means the subject needs more discussion or is too complex for a 5 minute meeting.

I prefer to spend 2 hours to make a subject clear to all parties rather than developing under a false interpretation and having to fix the issue through a grueling 5 day back and forth.

I think writing before and after the meeting is both desirable. Before to specify the object of the meeting and to limit its scope, afterwards to conclude and archive the decisions made.

I mean you can always have the best of both worlds. Do the zoom meeting by all means but never forget to send a meeting summary to all parties with an agreed statement about the objectives and assignments.

This way there are no ambiguities and no one can evade responsibility. This avoids a he-said vs she-said situation as well.

What makes a good manager for you?

A kind of procrastination I guess.

This is a great idea, I have exactly the same problem. I'll try it out, though I'll probably have to print a hundred pages ha...

But it took Teslas to spark the electric vehicle industry. Now there's a lot of choice. I wouldn't be surprised if something similar happens here.

I really hope not. There are enough satellites out there, there are already too many, space pollution is real. Maybe we can find a better solution to this particular problem.

What about OpenBravo ?

On a margin that far surpasses almost all other countries in the west.

Which developed country doesn't it surpass? From what I've seen the Netherlands is well on the road to becoming today's Mexico.

What about Ecosia

So you put China and Burundi on the same category? Really?

Sure we can be an open society, it's all about proportion and equality. Why should we continue to let them buy our companies freely when they haven't changed their draconian corporate laws?

We have been open, we gave them the opportunity to reciprocate, they refused, then we close up shop for them. It is only fair. We are an open society, but we are not idiots, (at least I like to think so...).

What I still don't understand is why European governments haven't made tit for tat measures against China in corporate law.

Why do we allow free market access to chinese companies when they don't? Are we crazy? Why not give the keys to our factories/companies while we are at it?