NW Florida here. 50F for a high today, windy, coldest it’s been so far, promise no one will dress appropriately. Right now people are running in and out of stores, hugging themselves tight in their summer clothes.

Women are usually more sensible as they have rockin’ fall clothes. But still. Yes, those riding boots are very cute. No, the paper thin, breathable pants aren’t doing you any good.

Our floor plan + regulations made for a stupid setup. All three bedrooms and hallway require an alarm. All 4 are within 8’ of each other.

And there isn’t one in the kitchen!

Perhaps we should be afraid of learning new things and be happy in our echo chambers? How very conservative of you!

Dude’s getting railed, bitin’ that pillow!

When the AI bubble pops we’ll all be too broke to buy any PC anything.

The Buffett Index, America’s total stock valuation vs. GDP, is at 200%. It was around 130% in 1929, 2000 and 2007. Guess what? Chicken butts. (is what we’ll all be eating)

I was going to say hurricane, but you’re right, it was flooding in 2011.

Devil’s advocacy here:

Employees are the biggest expense of about any business. Won’t line it all out, but having worked in a payroll firm, the business’ actual cost is nearly double your hourly wage, especially for lower skilled/paid employees. You make $15, they’re paying $25. (worker’s comp, unemployment insurance, taxes, payroll overhead, on and on)

If you hire to meet demanding times, what do you do with those people when business slows? Yes, the monster companies have no issue laying off thousands, but very few of us actually work for such outfits. Small business is loathe to have to layoff. During COVID our CEO was more than a little emotional when he pulled us all into Zoom to explain. Predictably, HR was totally cold blooded.

Speaking of, from a purely cold-blooded perspective, layoffs can (almost always?) crank up state unemployment insurance rates. In any case, here in Florida they have to pay $7,200 out during an employee’s first year. (7-yo info, probably higher now.)

Worker’s comp insurance companies don’t like to see turnover, bad sign you’re a safety minded employer when you constantly have new people. And whoever is handling your payroll is going to factor turnover into your rates.

And I haven’t even touched on the loss of tribal knowledge, moral and future turnover when you enact layoffs. Training and any required certifications are another factor. Hell, even Lowe’s put me through 2 weeks of computer classes before I hit the floor to sling mulch.

Yes, many dipshit companies hire and fire with no regard to what all I just said. They don’t often do well, especially in the long run. Our local Lowe’s vs. Home Depot is a great example. The Lowe’s is well run, employees are fairly happy, many have been there for years and years, managers from the top down worked their way up. They do loads of business. Local Home Depot employees seem miserable and as if they’re brand new. Their parking lot is empty compared to Lowe’s.

tl;dr: Don’t hire more than you absolutely have to. Initial costs are high and there’s no good path to layoff or fire people.

(This is an American perspective. European companies operate under even higher costs and tighter restrictions.)

64 x 96 is a hella improvement on 30 x 30. :)

Should I give up on finding a tech job? Surely my resume won’t stack against all these laid of people. I mean, it’s not bad, and I’ve scored great jobs before it was as stacked as it is today. Been unemployed for over a year and a half, haven’t looked too much.

Spent the first half of my life in Tulsa. If the complex or neighborhood isn’t gated, then at least everyone has fences. Assumed it was like that everywhere.

Move to Chicago and not only are gated areas really rare, nobody has fences! Weird.

Now I’m in the South and nothing is gated, fences maybe, maybe not. We don’t even have curbs down here, forget sidewalks, not even in the bougie suburb and nice neighborhoods.

As a cable guy in Tulsa, we all knew how to get into any gated area. We knew loads of codes and some where predictable, MMYY, 1125 this month. Also, if you have ladders on top of your truck and wear a tool belt, you become invisible.

Cable guys and pizza delivery people know how to get into every gated complex in the city.

I’m from Tulsa and even the poor apartment complexes are gated.

Then you would love Oklahoma!

He’s not getting $1T, no matter what.

https://old.lemmy.world/post/38489786

Might that not be a case of the building having a monster concentration of ferrous metal?

EDIT: Apparently lemmy doesn’t believe concentrations of iron affects magnets. Go on.

The lack of basic science around here annoys me. Had thought this crowd was smarter than FB Boomers.

I think that came out after rehab, which really struck me as funny. Method acting indeed!

Republicans jumped ship last two votes and I’d imagine loads more are looking for an excuse this time around. They need a way off this train without pissing their voters off. If the Democrats can come with something related to the Epstein files, that may do the trick.

Me too!

a strong derogative slur for disabled people

Oh for fuck’s sake OP. I have never in life heard gimp used that way. One might be limping a bit and say, “My hurt leg’s still a little gimpy.” If one were back in time by several decades.

Where are you from? This isn’t a thing in America.

Didn’t Duchovny check himself into rehab for sex addiction?