I don't get the active mortgage requirement either and I live in NZ.

It's about control. If a middle manager (or higher) can't see you, they don't believe that you're working. No matter how much work you actually get done.

On my work computer, at least four - one each for the web apps, like Notion or Monday.com in which I'm working. Sometimes, I have a couple of tabs open for each app.

On my own computer, two maybe three - one for email, one for Nextcloud, and whatever one I'm using for browsing.

Back in the 1980s, some Japanese companies had rooms in which you could whack at an effigy of the boss with a shinai. Just to let off a bit of steam. Will Meta's workers be able to do something like this with Zuckerberg's AI clone?

"The extraordinary efficiency of Japan’s Edo economy"

"A simple PHP based blogging platform."

You're pointing at Stripe's main page which isn't showing 1) how your store was attacked, or 2) how Stripe finished the job.

Been giving calendar.txt a third try since discovering it back in 2023. I got an LLM to code me up a simple graphical front end that makes working with a calendar.txt file a bit more palatable. So far, so good.

I'm sure that RFK Jr. will soon be touting the wonders of raw water (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raw_water).

Next up, the American version of the Reichstag fire (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reichstag_fire) ...