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ParticipantI call automatic transmissions “autotragics” or “g..pomatics.” This being said, we get to look forward to no transmissions, just a 10:1 fixed gear reduction unit driven by an electric motor. Electric cars are pretty awesome, basically the best aspects of automatics and manuals in one car, without the complexity of a transmission that changes ratios.
ParticipantMicroplastics.
Also, why not just dry on a clothes line in warm/dry weather? CA has a law prohibiting HOAs from banning outdoor drying lines.
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Strangely, it will also likely benefit current homeowners — if prices fall, they’re less likely to be able ATM their homes for vacations and to renovate kitchens that were last renovated in 2017 — thus painting themselves into a corner.
But yeah, it will also benefit people who want to buy a home.
ParticipantIs it a major repair if the engine stays IN the car? LOL.
ParticipantAverage 30-yr was below 3% about 6 months ago. Now, it’s what, 4.25%? And the hikes are just beginning.
ParticipantDidn’t stop the price increase in the 70s.
Rates were mostly 7-9% until 1979-80, when they shot up to 11%.
Under 3% to over 5% represents a bigger % variance than existed through much of the 70s.
Participant10/1 rates are low.
Now that would be fun to watch … investors taking ARMs now, then being forced into shortsale when they re-adjust.
ParticipantEIA is suggesting energy emergency be declared and new WFH order.
IEA. Fortunately, as an international organization, they have no authority to force states to issue “work from home” orders, and the US has a long history of disregarding the yipping of international organizations.
Nah, let oil prices rise. The higher oil stays, the more economic incentive there will be for renewables, nuclear power, and general electrification of society.
ParticipantI’m pro-vaccine, but I’m not planning a fourth shot until there’s one that’s variant-specific. Also, I was sick as a fucking dog for three Gaht damn days after my third (Moderna), even though I got it 10 months after my 2nd shot … this seems to argue for my immunity not waning all that quickly.
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I work longer hours because the team of people that I supported were people I respected and actually love. What hours I give to the company to get ahead or to support my friends are purely my business and my decision.[/quote]If it’s your decision, it’s fine. If everyone does it and it establishes a norm that hurts others, that’s not so great. No. New. Normal!
This being said, I often pick up for others that are having issues that keep them from working on a given day.
ParticipantFor me the maximum at work day I could give was 9 hours. I was commuting to Irvine from north county. So all said and done… about 11.5 hours a day went to the company.
If I now can remote… I can give 10 hours to the company and I get 1.5 hours back… Win Win.
The company is saving on office space costs, yet they still expect you to work longer for them? How about they save on the office space and you STILL get to work 9 hours, not have your work day expand.
Remember, the person who used to live 15 min from work is being fucked by the expansion from 9 to 10 hours, even if you’re not.
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I discovered that I was happier working in person during COVID … I went the other way from most people. I hear you.Participant^^^ Kidding, or are you an outlier out of all tech workers?
ParticipantThe key is not to force your preference on others.
The problem is that employers will start pushing from-home work on people who DON’T want it (like myself – I’ve learned to LOATHE working from home full-time) if the industry allows for it. Why? It saves them on office costs, and if people have all the tools needed to work from home, there are suddenly no boundaries between home and work. Welcome to 24/7 on-call Hell.
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