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Pronouns and tribal affiliations are now forbidden in South Dakota public university employee emails in c/[email protected]

[–] TrumpetX 36 points 6 months ago (17 children)

I think the "everyone anyone your pronouns" thing in email, slack, whatever is dumb. But if I lived in SD, I'd start doing it right about now.

ICQ, One of the Oldest Instant Messengers, Is Shutting Down in c/[email protected]

[–] TrumpetX 12 points 6 months ago (5 children)

2278311 🫡

Average U.S. vehicle age hits record 12.6 years as high prices force people to keep them longer in c/[email protected]

[–] TrumpetX 1 points 6 months ago

True, that!

Average U.S. vehicle age hits record 12.6 years as high prices force people to keep them longer in c/[email protected]

[–] TrumpetX 1 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Macroeconomically, it's not wasteful because cars find new life in resale. It's definitely wasteful to your pocketbook to get a new car every 5 years.

Ask HN: Can we create a new internet where search engines are irrelevant? in c/[email protected]

[–] TrumpetX 6 points 6 months ago

Pay to play was the problem there. I had the highest ranking joke page on webcrawler for a stint, but Yahoo wanted $500 to put me on top. My 15 year old self was not interested.

What good/positive habits have you taken away from your time in Covid lockdown and kept up since then? in c/[email protected]

[–] TrumpetX 2 points 6 months ago

I started cooking, period. My wife used to cook, now I do. It's weird, but the pandemic totally flipped our roles.

FTC bans most noncompete agreements between employers and workers in c/[email protected]

[–] TrumpetX 2 points 6 months ago

2 years is too long IMHO. 1 year, forgiven in a prorated fashion seems far more palatable.

FTC bans most noncompete agreements between employers and workers in c/[email protected]

[–] TrumpetX 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

Counter point, the other company pays better because they save on training costs.

3000 isn't much when it comes to onboarding costs, so I don't think that's why, but imagine if it cost 10k,20k, etc.

For clarity, I'm very much in favor of this ruling. But I also sympathize with the above reply.

Nearly all major car companies are sabotaging EV transition, and Japan is worst, study finds in c/[email protected]

[–] TrumpetX 1 points 6 months ago

This is what I've done on my last 2 cars. First was a Leaf that I leased dirt cheap. The second was a used Tesla at more than 1/2 off. I'm looking at a truck now and finding amazing deals on the '23 F150 lightnings. I'd prefer a Rivian and I'm not quite ready to let my Tesla go, but soooooon.

Someday, the deals will be harder to find, but for now take advantage!

Let's do micro service in c/programmer_humor

[–] TrumpetX 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Not in any order of magnitude

Let's do micro service in c/programmer_humor

[–] TrumpetX 10 points 6 months ago (4 children)

I have to look it up every time, but this is always worth reading once a year to remind yourself:

https://gist.github.com/hellerbarde/2843375