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bluGill, to asklemmy in Mandatory security check followed by a long travel to area of work. When do you clock in?

Sometimes. Generally the.company doesn't order you to live where you do. If you want paid commuting time they will tell you to move next door so your time is 1 minute (that zoning doesn't allow this or someone else lives there isn't their problem ).

If you are told to travel from one office to another though you should be paid for your time. If they transfer your office they may owe you moving expenses so your commute isn't too long '

bluGill, to asklemmy in Those of you who work 8+ hours outside in the cold regularly, how do you dress for the job?

Carhart overalls (knock off brands might or might not be good). A good sweatshirt. Unzip or remove as needed - different parts of the day and different activities demand different levels of outwear. At the end of the day find all the clothes you shed and pack them back home for the next days.

For chilly days the cheap "jersey" gloves work great: buy a case. You need a new pair every day, but they are thin enough that they are easy to work in and cheap enough that you don't care about a new pair daily. For cold days the yellow "chore gloves" work great, keep a dozen around so you can switch when they get wet. Most of the time I just let them air dry in my car.

Only really cold days have breakfast and start later in the day.

The only think I can't help you with is when it is -1C and raining. If at all possible stay home.

bluGill, to privacyguides in Google-hosted malvertising leads to fake Keepass site that looks genuine

They have failed one of their code jobs: validating advertisements are legitimate. I don't know why any legitimate company would advertise with google as you get associated with the scams they allow on their ad platform.

bluGill, to mildlyinteresting in An "airport neighbourhood" where people can store their planes in their yard and taxi directly to the runway

Plane pollution is not that much worse than a car. Depending on what metric you measure it can be better (planes are more fuel efficient and thus less CO2. Small planes like the picture generally use lead fuel and old engine designs that pollute more) on long trips.

bluGill, to linux in KDE's Nate Graham On X11 Being A Bad Platform & The Wayland Future

Mostly they are the same people.

bluGill, to linux in Linux Audio Nerds, Take Notice — The Fedora Audio Creation SIG is being revived

If you use a linux audio distro linux is easier than windows. Everything works out of the box, not weird drivers to install with all their bloatware.

Try to do it manually is hard, but there are some great pretuned distros that make it easy.

bluGill, to asklemmy in What's the simplest thing humans are too dumb to grasp?

Traffic is a numbers game. I've often observed that in free flowing traffic where I live (a tiny city with only about 700k people in the entire metro) that if you take two cars that are a safe following distance apart there will be 5 cars in between. If we put in 6 times as many lanes (already a 3-4 lane freeway each way, so we are talk 20 lanes for my tiny city!) traffic wouldn't go any faster, but they would space out to most maintaining a safe following distance. (if you put in 7 times as many lanes they would get farther apart yet, but still not go faster)

bluGill, to asklemmy in What's the simplest thing humans are too dumb to grasp?

Unintended consequences. People like to propose grand schemes that will "fix everything", but refuse to accept that there are downsides to that grand scheme.

bluGill, to upliftingnews in Heat pumps sold so fast in Maine, the state just upped its target

Geothermo is great if you have it, but it takes a lot of money to install for the few days you need backup heat. A regular gas furnace is a better backup.

bluGill, to asklemmy in What is the least shit online store of the shitty ones? such as: Wish, AliExpress, etc..

Often there is a small company based in the us that has real reviews because they have used the things. ThingYouWant.com or some variation. They don't have everything, but they have a good selection ofithat one thitg for prices not much worse than amazon - and useful advice about what is quality. Find and support them.

bluGill, to asklemmy in What are some channels or creators that do science/engineering experiments?

Are there any that are not on youtube? I'm trying to degoogle my life, and youtube is on the hardest ones to find alternatives to.

bluGill, to asklemmy in What's the simplest thing humans are too dumb to grasp?

Instead of buying a ticket I just search the sidewalk for the winning ticket (that someone else lost) while I'm otherwise doing my normal activities. My odds are winning are nearly the same as someone who buys a ticket, so I can dream just as much - but I can spend the money on something else.

bluGill, to asklemmy in What's the simplest thing humans are too dumb to grasp?

That won't help much. By the time anyone notices the roads are slowing down there are six times as many cars on it as it can safely handle. Driving skills will help on backroads, but that isn't where most people are driving. No amount of training can make heavy traffic safe.

bluGill, to asklemmy in What's the simplest thing humans are too dumb to grasp?

No, PRIVATE transit. I don't support the government building roads - that is meddling in the natural state of things and makes private industry unable to compete. If you must have socialist roads than you must have socialist transit as well, but I reject that.

bluGill, to asklemmy in What's the simplest thing humans are too dumb to grasp?

Sure, but I'm the guy doing the speed limit in the right lane.

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