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05-11-2021, 08:47 AM #51
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05-11-2021, 08:54 AM #52
Has this stuff really changed or is it just the mediums of cell phones and the innert00bs have expanded the choices? Especially when contrasted with McCarthy era laws and behavior or Jim Crow laws for example.
Plus, thanks to the news media, we find out about this shit a lot more readily.
Disagree with the ability to travel freely, especially given the costs.
I must be missing what you mean.
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05-11-2021, 09:01 AM #53
Air travel. Specifically, fellow passengers/assholes and security shit.
And yeah Buster, I miss black Afghani hash.
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05-11-2021, 09:08 AM #54
Putting a lift on Kachina peak.
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05-11-2021, 09:09 AM #55
Radio
Broadcast TV
Newspapers
Traffic
Average product knowledge of any given store employee
Air travel - pre 9/11 was a different eraWait, how can we trust this guy^^^ He's clearly not DJSapp
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05-11-2021, 09:09 AM #56
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05-11-2021, 09:12 AM #57
Here are some of my thoughts on travel inhibition . Prior to 9/11, I didn't have to go thru metal detectors to board an airplane, and I didn't have to wait in line for an hour to get thru customs or to clear security. I could board an airplane without ID, or with a ticket purchased in my sister's, friend's, or anyone else's name. If I wanted, I was able to smoke pot or cigs. in the lavatory, or even in my seat. I know, different times, but to me these are examples to how travel restrictions have changed.
Sure, one can argue that travel is more easily available at cheaper rates, but I used to fly People's Express or Freddy Laker to London from EWR for $99.
IDK, I just think that the government's philosophies behind Patriot Act and NSIS laws have given Big Brother a permanent hold on the public, and I consider this to be a step backwards.“How does it feel to be the greatest guitarist in the world? I don’t know, go ask Rory Gallagher”. — Jimi Hendrix
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05-11-2021, 09:18 AM #58
Yup. There are a couple ways to look at this
1. The boss may just be sending that email/text because that minor question popped into their head and they wanted to write it down before they forget about it
2. The boss really needs that answer right now for (reasons)
3. You're comfortable enough in your job to know this isn't critical and it can wait until Monday
4. You value your time off and don't give a shit if it's critical or not and it can wait until Monday
5. You're a bootlicker and you'll answer your boss right away no matter what
Most items fall into items #1 & #3. Most people fall into #5, but blame #2 and cry about it. Bootlickers gonna bootlickWait, how can we trust this guy^^^ He's clearly not DJSapp
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05-11-2021, 09:20 AM #59______
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Granted, I am not a technology expert, but it seems infinitely easier for government to track your every move via various technologies (electronic records, cellphone, etc) which leads to them doing things like bypassing warrants to get location data they can now just buy from private third parties.
Yes, we find out about the abuses, but has the behavior actually changed?
Admittedly, I am less concerned about government than I am about Silicon Valley hacking my brain for profit.
Social media, 24/7 news and all the associated crap and decline in quality (although access to really high quality stuff is better in some ways) that goes along with it is definitely high on my list of net negatives since I was a teenager.
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05-11-2021, 09:25 AM #60Banned
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05-11-2021, 09:29 AM #61______
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This is a real problem though. Many companies and bosses have cultures around being connected that you have to figure out how to navigate.
Every time I am issued a new device I turn off all of the alerts on all applications, email, text etc.
IME, the easiest solution to this is to a) realize that email is not a text message and b) does not require an immediate response. You would have called or texted if you needed an immediate response. I have a 24 hour response rule for everyone except the boss. I will respond to your email in some fashion within 24 hours, which may or may not contain an answer depending on my workload and importance of your question. I may or may not respond to your text/call depending on how important your issue is relative to my other workload.
I have done number 1 at a crazy hour as the boss and then had someone reply. Had to talk to them about turning off at the end of the day. There is also a way to set you emails to only send during certain hours so you don’t create weird expectations.
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05-11-2021, 09:29 AM #62
9/11 was just one of the cuts, there was also the “shoe bomber” (December 2001) then the purported plots to bomb short term parking (again sometime after 9/11) and other things that made the public at large support security hysteria.
I remember timing arrival at midsize airports 20-30 minutes before departure. Park the car in short term which was a minute or two walk to security, which waved you through, where you could check in at the gate and be on your way. Flying was easy.
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05-11-2021, 09:44 AM #63
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05-11-2021, 09:54 AM #64
Ummm....
"Between May 1961 and the end of 1972, there were 159 aircraft hijackings in United States airspace.
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Starting January 5, 1973, the FAA instituted universal physical screening of passengers, and everyone had to pass through metal detectors and have their bags searched. In 1974[8], the Air Transportation Security Act sanctioned the FAA’s universal screening rule, forcing U.S. airports to adopt metal-detection screening portals for passengers and X-ray inspection systems for carry-on bags."
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The progression of airline security screening serves as an excellent historical example of the implementation of a technical security control as a reaction to a widespread and credible threat.
https://www.ibm.com/blogs/systems/a-...tal-detectors/
Boarding a plane with no ID and a ticket in someone else's name is and was idiotic. Not being allowed to smoke on a plane is a good thing. Now, there's no shortage of airline fuckery and this post should not be construed as defending the industry, but you're smarter than that post.
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05-11-2021, 09:54 AM #65
You're both correct, but it's also true that people come in with these expectations. It is indeed up to us to subvert those expectations. I also refuse to answer late night weekend e-mails, but there's always those workaholic butt-smooching team members who ALWAYS respond 24/7 which skews the management's expectations back to square one. Then it becomes a workplace culture thing as more team members start going along with it. Should go in the shit that annoys me thread.
That said, screw those bosses in your scenario #1. Back in the day (yes, even after the dawn of e-mailing), there was a general respect of business hours. Bosses/clients/customers typically wouldn't ever bug you at home or on the weekends. Now we get notifications on our phones 24/7, so now you don't even have to be sitting at your computer during work hours to get harassed. Workplace group chat (mine uses Google hangouts) is also annoying. Handy sure, but again, the bootlickers screw it up for the rest of us. Inversely, girlfriends/wives didn't used to harass us at work either. When you were at the office, they HAD to call you on your office, and they wouldn't do that unless it was really freaking important. Now people think its ok to call when you're at work, which I still think is unprofessional. Especially when it's to blather on with inane details about their day. THAT is a cultural shift for sure. Thankfully my wife's good about it, but my ex's were all terrible about it. Again. Expectations management was key, but they ALL come in with those expectations.
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05-11-2021, 09:59 AM #66
Bingo. Especially when you work for/with a bunch of workaholics who apparently have no lives. This has become increasingly problematic since I entered the work force in the 90s and I blame hyper-connectivity for much of it. It sucks when you can't just shut off your brain from work after hours and focus on your family, friends, and other pursuits. People have become slaves to work more than ever IMO. Especially my tech friends who's work demands have just become insane. It's like they get zero time off. WFH has compounded that problem even further over the last year.
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05-11-2021, 10:00 AM #67
I don't think it's changed that much except for the Patriot Act which actually isn't as bad as the McCarthy regulations where people lost their careers as a result of being suspected of being a communist. Point being that if the McCarthy era had cell phones and innert00bs, privacy violations would have been worse.
Admittedly, I am less concerned about government than I am about Silicon Valley hacking my brain for profit.
Social media, 24/7 news and all the associated crap and decline in quality (although access to really high quality stuff is better in some ways) that goes along with it is definitely high on my list of net negatives since I was a teenager.
Social media is a 2 edged sword. I avoid the Fecebook stuff and wish that based on the above that google would get sued and put in place.Merde De Glace On the Freak When Ski
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05-11-2021, 10:07 AM #68______
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Man, I remember how cool I thought Facebook was when it came out for .edu email addresses and allowed me to stay connected to old college friends, etc.
I’ve been steadily moving away from all things google as much as possible as well.
All social media is way creepy now.
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05-11-2021, 10:07 AM #69yelgatgab
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Remind me. We'll send him a red cap and a Speedo.
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05-11-2021, 10:13 AM #70Registered User
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American's sugar intake.
The FDA has turned a blind eye, and at this point is complicit.
We are fat AF. It affects our health. It affects our lifespan.
Zero national interest in making Americans healthier, which is ironic as the pandemic should have brought that to the forefront.
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05-11-2021, 10:18 AM #71
Media, the best and the worst.
Overall, I think things have gotten better, but given the constant onslaught of information and disinformation via ubiquitous and omnipresent digital media, it sure seems like things are worse.Merde De Glace On the Freak When Ski
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05-11-2021, 10:19 AM #72Registered User
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Heh, I have a coworker that talks with his stay at home spouse for at least a couple hours a day. WTF are you doing that you have time for that shit.
Can’t relate to any tech workers but I am currently reporting to a workaholic of epic proportions. I’m talking 13-14hrs M-F and no less than 8 on Saturdays, in the office, not counting the 2 hour daily commute. Leaving at 10hrs is considered cutting out early, doesn’t matter if you’ve got all your shit done, we’re told they’ll find more to keep you longer.
This kind of attitude is what I chalk up to be class A bootlicker work ethic. Basically kill yourself at your job to get 1 peg higher in the corporate ladder shitshow. Before too long working like that is all you know, because you don’t participate in any of your hobbies anymore, you’re not missing out on life. It’s a shame that being a “hard worker” is now synonymous with being the last douche in the office everyday.
Will never submit to that kind of bullshit lifestyle.
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05-11-2021, 10:22 AM #73
Huh. Ya don't say? I made that EXACT same assertion in the Fear and Loathing thread like a year ago and nobody wanted to even talk about it. I agree with you though and still maintain it's one of the biggest reasons our death rates were so unnecessarily atrocious. Now, I'll back off before I get this thread accidentally derailed into PolyAss territory. Hehe. Carry on, folks.
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05-11-2021, 10:22 AM #74
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05-11-2021, 10:25 AM #75
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