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The Young Are Quitting Their Jobs

Posted on 2021-11-04 by jcs

Time—I know, I know—has an article on the Great Resignation and in particular how young people are quitting their jobs. In some respects, the article is the usual Time silliness but it does make several interesting points. There appears to … Continue reading →

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The 40 Hour Work Week

Posted on 2021-11-03 by jcs

I haven’t written about Matt D’Avella for a while but he has a new video that fits into one of Irreal’s recurring themes: our working environment. The video is about the death of the 40 hour work week. For as … Continue reading →

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Question: Do You Primarily Read on Your Smartphone?

Posted on 2021-11-02 by jcs

The other day, I was reading an article by David Perell on Riding the Writing Wave. The article is about developing a writing regime and improving your productivity and quality as a writer. It’s worth taking a look at if … Continue reading →

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Ivy Completions

Posted on 2021-11-01 by jcs

John Kitchin has a new video up on his Scimax Channel. The video’s theme is Ivy’s completion mechanism. It doesn’t seem like there would be a lot to say but, of course, there’s plenty. Kitchin begins by explaining completing-read, a … Continue reading →

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Rant: Entering Credit Card Numbers

Posted on 2021-10-31 by jcs

The other day, my bank texted me to say there was a suspicious charge on my credit card and did I make it. When I responded that I didn’t, they invalidated the card and sent me another. I hate when … Continue reading →

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If You Collect It, They Will Come

Posted on 2021-10-30 by jcs

Here’s another case, this time from the Netherlands, demonstrating the Iron Law of Data Collection. Modern cars all collect information on the car’s operation. Accident investigators love this type of information because it tells them the vehicle’s speed, braking, and … Continue reading →

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Red Meat Friday: Shakespeare Was Right

Posted on 2021-10-29 by jcs

Article 16 of the GDPR says, among other things, that The data subject shall have the right to obtain from the controller without undue delay the rectification of inaccurate personal data concerning him or her. A normal person would take … Continue reading →

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Keyword Warrants

Posted on 2021-10-28 by jcs

The Daily Mail has an article that serves as a nice coda to my previous post on how to avoid search warrants and DuckDuckGo not logging searches. In case you thought that concern over keyword searches was overblown, the Daily … Continue reading →

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Zamansky 80: Completions and More

Posted on 2021-10-27 by jcs

Mike Zamansky is back with another video in his Using Emacs Series. This one is about completions, Marginalia, and Embark. As he said in his last video, he’s refactoring his Emacs configuration and trying to make it simpler so he’s … Continue reading →

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Remote Work Offers

Posted on 2021-10-26 by jcs

Via Paul Graham, he have this: This looks like a permanent shift, and a really big one too. From 30% to almost 80% just like that. A change on this scale is bound to have all sorts of interesting consequences. … Continue reading →

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