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jobu commented on How many bathrooms have Neanderthals in the tile? johnhawks.net/weblog/how-... · Posted by u/Luc

Oh god, I couldn't deal with having that in my floor; that tile would definitely be getting replaced.

jobu · a year ago

Same. I would look at that every time I was in the bathroom and wonder how they died. Did they suffocate from toxic gasses while exploring a cave? Maybe it was more gruesome like falling into a hot spring and getting boiled to death...

It would bother me forever.

jobu commented on California AG and state senators introduce bill to ban hidden fees oag.ca.gov/news/press-rel... · Posted by u/miguelazo

eganist · 3 years ago

Tons of industries affected by this, though hospitality comes to mind as being particularly egregious. "resort fees" you can't get out of where they tell you what you're "getting" for those fees, Airbnb service fees, cleaning fees, things that should all be spread across the nightly rate. The feds doing this for airfare was the best thing to happen for consumers shopping for flights.

Ideally we would take it further and include restaurant fees post-covid for fair wages when instead they frankly should just be hiking the cost of food and paying their teams properly. Not sure if this bill affects the service industry specifically but the late tacking-on of mandatory fees is getting egregious.

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Edit: I'm staying at an IHG property right now that says I'm getting the following for my $29 amenity fee:

• $15 credit for incidentals

• "premium" wifi

• newspaper access

• tablet from the front desk

• free Lyft within two miles (this is kinda useful if you're too lazy to walk)

• free EV charging

• wine reception

• business center

• gym

• free calls within CONUS

I used none of these and yet they won't refund the fee.

jobu · 3 years ago

> The feds doing this for airfare was the best thing to happen for consumers shopping for flights.

They need to redo it for airfare, because the airlines have figured out how to workaround it by splitting out things that used to be included (seat assignment, baggage, etc). Some airlines now have sliding rates for bags and so you have to know the exact flight to get the price for checked or carry-on bags. Even if it's split out from the total, all of those *potential* fees should be available up-front as well.

jobu commented on Laws of Showrunning (2016) [pdf] okbjgm.weebly.com/uploads... · Posted by u/luu

6gvONxR4sf7o · 3 years ago

Lots of parallels with silicon valley corporate life in here. This one in particular rings true to me:

> So, once they have a show on the air, even the most inept of managers - or the most sociopathic of abusers - muddle through and keep their show on the air on something resembling time and on budget: usually by the sweat of a lot of talented individuals who are then denied credit for their toil at the altar of the "visionary auteur"'s brilliance.

As I keep reading, this document is great advice for any manager or project lead, and very well written.

jobu · 3 years ago

It's really a treatise on good leadership and management from the perspective of a showrunner.

There are a bunch of great quotes, but this bit from 4th Law (Make decisions early and often) really hit home for me:

> But you know what "nice people" and "good bosses" actually do? They rip off the Band-Aid early, make the case for their decision, hear out any remaining arguments to a reasonable degree, then shut down the discussion and send everyone off to get on with their work.

Even worse than making the wrong decision is not making a decision at all, that's true in any leadership position.

jobu commented on Alaska snow crab season canceled after disappearance of an estimated 1B crabs cbsnews.com/news/fishing-... · Posted by u/ijidak

chaxor · 3 years ago

This likely isn't true due to the scale of disappearance of crabs.

*90% of the are gone - in only 2 years* That's not just overfishing, something much worse has happened.

The cod overfishing was also a very unfortunate tale, but they saw the signs and tracked them catching fire and burning to the ground the entire time, just didn't do anything about it.

Here, AFAIK, they were bewildered at how this occured.

jobu · 3 years ago

Other sources I've seen are blaming the dramatic heat during the summer of 2019. It "scrambled the broader marine ecosystem" causing die-offs and migrations for many species of fish. Snow Crabs are primarily deep water scavengers so they had plenty of food that year, but have struggled since.

jobu commented on Focus Time Saved Me from Burnout frankgrecojr.medium.com/f... · Posted by u/frankgrecojr

jobu · 3 years ago

The senior architects and principle engineers at my company have started scheduling focus hours as well as office hours for people to drop in and ask questions.

They were getting stretched pretty thin by being invited to design meetings for multiple different teams, and the office hours have been a great way to combat that burden. People drop in, ask some design questions and leave. Since there are usually multiple people waiting to ask questions it keeps the discussion short and focused instead of filling up a 30-60 minute meeting just because that's what was scheduled. It also lets the architect decide to schedule a focused design session if it's needed instead of letting others fill their calendars.

jobu commented on Association between ADHD medication and depression: A 10-year follow-up ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti... · Posted by u/imperio59

nobodyandproud · 3 years ago

I take phentermine (another legal amphetamine; partial doses), and this doesn’t surprise me at all.

The bipolar-level manic highs and depression/lows are very real.

The feelings of suicide and hopelessness creep up; I have enough personal awareness and grit to ignore it but it feels awful.

To avoid that creep-up, the best thing I found is to have “break” days at least once or twice a week. That is, no pills.

I doubt your daughter or others with ADHD have that luxury though.

jobu · 3 years ago

> The bipolar-level manic highs and depression/lows are very real.

I've had to be very careful about NOT using those terms when talking to doctors and psychiatrists. As a layperson that description seems to fit, but it causes huge red flags for medical professionals and they freak out, resulting unnecessary tests and evaluations for my kid.

The key term for the "manic" phase after the meds wear off is "Rebound Effect". Also when the dose is too high the generally accepted term is "zombie mode" or "zombie-like". Calling it an "overdose" will really cause people to freak the fuck out.

jobu commented on Association between ADHD medication and depression: A 10-year follow-up ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti... · Posted by u/imperio59

adastra22 · 3 years ago

What is she taking?

jobu · 3 years ago

It's changed a few times over the years because of insurance, but right now it's Focalin XR and 5mg Ritalin as needed up to 2 times a day.

jobu commented on Association between ADHD medication and depression: A 10-year follow-up ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti... · Posted by u/imperio59

pflats · 3 years ago

The study also does not claim to show a causal relationship.

jobu · 3 years ago

As the parent of a child with ADHD that is medicated, it seems completely plausible that it could cause depression. When my kid has had too high a dosage (or accidentally takes a double dose) she's like a zombie, completely flat affect, and very little motivation. It's like it drains her life away.

Part of the problem is that it's very difficult to get the right dosage for any given day because diet, metabolism, and hormones seem to have a big impact on how effective it is. We've found it's better to go with a lower-dose extended release, and then let her self-medicate with 5mg regular tablets as needed. This works great now because she's a fairly responsible teenager (when medicated), but it was really hard when she was younger.

jobu commented on IBM ordered to hand over ex-CEO emails plotting cuts in older workers theregister.com/2022/06/1... · Posted by u/Bender

dangus · 3 years ago

IBM should be on everyone's "never work here" list along with companies like Amazon and Oracle.

In my opinion, IBM only cares about patents, not actually solving any problems or accomplishing anything.

jobu · 3 years ago

According to a coworker that had worked at IBM for a couple decades it was a great place to work until sometime in the mid 2000s. It was like they suddenly noticed how shitty Oracle was and decided that was the business model they needed to follow. Labeling older employees as "dinobabies" is a perfect example.

jobu commented on Coffee drinking linked to lower mortality risk, new study finds nytimes.com/2022/06/01/we... · Posted by u/mistersquid

softwaredoug · 3 years ago

A plausible theory is people who CANT drink coffee, or dont drink as much, have health issues that often prevent them from drinking coffee...

jobu · 3 years ago

> Baseline demographic, lifestyle, and dietary data from the UK Biobank were used

This data is from the UK where coffee is still significantly less popular than tea. Would be interesting to see the mortality risk of coffee vs tea drinkers though.