sunbrrnslapper
@sunbrrnslapper@lemmy.world
- Comment on If only some of our tax money went to firefighting 1 day ago:
I was out in Wenatchee and Leavenworth today (to be fair represented by a Democrat) and it is VERY smoky. We have it easy on the west side.
- Comment on Why aren't you creating more workers?? 2 weeks ago:
I don’t think I mean a complete stop. I mean like a managed approach of tax incentives that over time encourage smaller families. Predicting and paying for degrees or training so we have a workforce that can fit into the economy easily. And a targeted immigration policy scaled to supplement gaps in the workforce or population.
- Comment on Why aren't you creating more workers?? 2 weeks ago:
I think it is worth figuring out how to manage it - the alternative isn’t super sustainable. The other thing is that it is like a 50 year challenge, which isn’t insurmountable.
- Comment on Why aren't you creating more workers?? 2 weeks ago:
Dumb question: do we really need more people? It feels very much like technology/productivity will allow us to support a good lifestyle with fewer people.
- Comment on Dodged the maga family visitors on 4th July by happy accident, now trapped with them at wife's birthday celebration. 2 weeks ago:
Solid advice. Will apply myself.
- Comment on Losing my resolve 2 weeks ago:
It’s probably not playing nicely with your operating system. I don’t have those kinds of issues - all the basics work in the latest Windows. 🤷
- Comment on Losing my resolve 2 weeks ago:
I like Teams. A huge chunk of it is that it is rolled into an overall subscription that includes a bunch of other stuff I need - and is WAY less expensive than piecing alternative apps together. But I also use it to create a central workspace for myself by embedding things like, dashboards, apps/automations, and lists (which can subsquently be attached to automationsnand dashboards). More recently I’ve attached it it Agents to the library of content to help speed up my work. The fact that the share and leave buttons in a meeting are right next to each other and I regularly leave meetings instead of sharing is actually a bonus. I don’t think any of us really want to be on that call.
- Comment on Two weeks notice 3 weeks ago:
They should. Or at bare minimum give the employees enough visibility into the company performance that employees can make good informed decisions (like the company has lost money 3 months in a row and the sales pipe is light - employees can at least determine if they need to start looking).
- Comment on Two weeks notice 3 weeks ago:
I think all businesses should be prepared for this, which is totally legal in the US AND sometimes just has to happen for the employee (family emergencies, health issues, sudden interest in not working there anymore). Any business that can’t handle this is not well run.
- Comment on anyone have personal experience with industrial tourism? 4 weeks ago:
Not sure. I was on a tour that saw the F150 lines.
- Comment on anyone have personal experience with industrial tourism? 4 weeks ago:
They don’t even care if you finish!
- Comment on anyone have personal experience with industrial tourism? 4 weeks ago:
Boeing has an awesome factory tour. So does Ford. Just buy tickets and for the day and time you want to attend.
- Comment on Great Advertise 5 weeks ago:
- Comment on Great Advertise 5 weeks ago:
I’m old. Help me not fall victim to AI slop again. How could you tell it was AI?
- Comment on As an American, I'm offended at AliExpress' portrayal of my people. 1 month ago:
Yeah this guy should be wearing flip-flops.
- Comment on Welcome to petty lane 2 months ago:
I live out in the sticks, and if I don’t go 70, it will take me forever to get where I need to go. Also everyone else is going 70, so the people doing 50 are creating an unsafe situation. It’s the wild west out here.
- Comment on Why do so many homes in rural areas have a front yard full of junk? 2 months ago:
You can make the purchase contingent on junk removal.
- Comment on Why do so many homes in rural areas have a front yard full of junk? 2 months ago:
Near me - lots of homes have junk in the front yard. No idea why. Those homes also appear to be more likely to burn their garbage in the yard. 🤷
- Comment on My Take Home Pay 2 months ago:
Oh crap, you are right.
- Comment on My Take Home Pay 2 months ago:
Your taxes appear to be 15-20%, which isn’t too bad in the whole scheme of things.
- Comment on Full Moon Rising! 2 months ago:
I’m old so take this with a grain of salt. It is a combination of the best looking shoes not being the most comfortable and being told that women look best in heels.
- Comment on Full Moon Rising! 2 months ago:
Oh man, I can practically feel the years of heels that formed those toes. It hurts.
- Comment on Don't tell me what to do. 2 months ago:
Breaking news
- Comment on Why did the cross the he crossed the crossing bunmy the road 2 months ago:
Is this a hare?
- Comment on It used to be that when most countries were or in trouble or needed help they would go to the US for help. My question is who does the US go to for help if or when needed? 2 months ago:
France helped us during the revolution. The world has, generally speaking, been pretty good to us when we ask for help.
- Comment on Why do fancy cars look fancy and cheap cars don't? Can't you just slap a Lamborghini-style chassis onto a lawnmower engine if you want? 2 months ago:
I didn’t know I wanted to slap a Lamborghini-style chassis onto a lawnmower, but now I do.
- Comment on The D.E.N.N.I.S ship 2 months ago:
Is this real?
- Comment on Calm down 2 months ago:
My experience is that all upset people love to be told to calm down. 😉
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
I love this quote about the breakdown of obligations in America. It’s not a direction I want to go, but it does seem to be the direction we are headed:
In America, everyone does whatever they want, society did break down, it’s terrible, and it’s great! You only look out for number one, scream at whoever disagrees with you, there are no bees because they all died, and if you need surgery you just beg for money on the internet. It’s the perfect system!
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
I mean, they tried to enshrine what they believed to be inherent into law. It is literally the opening of the declaration of independence:
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
It is a philosophical debate that continues to this day. But most philophies think there are some obligations somewhere. There’s even a whole Tav show dedicated to the discussion (the Good Place).
