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One of the employers who tried the "80 hours over 2 weeks" thing on me also had me on salary as a "manager", so they claimed overtime was unpaid. I pulled out the fact that, under Federal Employment Law, a manager was someone who solely manages the actions of others, not someone who actually...

Unless of course it's the sort of thing that management hopes you'll forget about, but you can use it at the most inopportune time possible ;)

Another trick that some use is to claim that since pay is every 2 weeks it somehow becomes more than 80 hours over two weeks. I've had a couple of employers make that ridiculous claim, over the years.

Yup, saw it coming when they started looking at the doors and what they were looking for, this time. Still, if I don't get to see what's in those damned woods I'm going to be really, really pissed.

I believe that it was the city of Vancouver, British Columbia, that discovered a life sized sign of a police car and an officer standing next to it was as effective a traffic calming measure as actually having a cop and car present. My city currently has over 180 speed cameras (up by something...

Client wanting to send in a laptop for repair because, as I already told them, they're trying to do 16GB worth of active work on a non-upgradable laptop with 8GB. Client asking us to set up a Xerox copier for scan-to-email, when we don't do crap for Xerox. Multiple clients asking for help to...

Unfortunately, this sort of raging is insanely common. It's also virtually attempted murder on a limited access highway.

Typically two quick flashes is the universal trucker signal for "it's OK to move over." Longer, sustained lights might as well be swearing at the top of your lungs.

On the motorcycle board where I'm a mod (Law & Highway Traffic Act section, mostly), I like to remind people that obstructing the flow of traffic is also against the HTA. Look out for 'your' own actions and let the law take care of those of others. Too many wannabe traffic cops on the road and...

Car dealership.

As a kid my teachers referred to me as a very succinct person. .... Then I read Lovecraft.

One of my friends just posted his DS9 meme in the Reddit group. His random knowledge makes Dennis Miller look like a novice. Seems that some took exception and downvoted every post he's made.

I consider part of my job, as technical support, to be helping people to know how they can correct a problem if it occurs again. A big part of that is demystifying the reason for it happening in the first place. Jargon and TLAs obfuscate, they don't explain. Unfortunately, far too many of my...

After the season 2 opener, I want a Justice League HR series.

Gunn hasn't confirmed a season 3 but he has teased that character from the series would be seen in another series. "that isn't Peacemaker."

A 30 second internet search will show the range of claims.

My position is that AI is good at something, not everything, but marketing types are trying to sell it as an everything tool. That's separate from my opinion that stealing other people's work to make money is wrong/illegal.