I don't live in the US, but I've been a traveling tech for all my life, and I've got a few comments:
First paragraph: Here in my country, and I guess all of the EU since these things are usually harmonized, if you're on the clock and you have to leave your work place (which is specified on your contract), not only the company HAS to pay for transportation, but most companies WON'T let you use your own vehicle, so either public transport, a company car or a rental. That is because of the various interpretations of workplace safety regulations.
At my current company, if I leave the "province" (let's say 50km radius from the main city, to simplify) for at least 4 hours, I get paid for a "travelling work" day, a daily extra for each day of work I spend away from the work place. This IS NOT standard, I know many people don't have this on their contract, but it's common for my kind of work.
I have a company card, and every expense has to be registered, it's actually a pain in the ass 'cause I have to both scan every receipt, and also staple them on sheets, detailing the type of expense.
So, in my country (I believe it's the same in the rest of the EU), we have fixed amount of PTO days every year (the amount depends on your contract, but, like pay, it cannot be below 4 weeks), and you HAVE TO USE THEM.
Some people try to build up PTO reserves for whatever reason, and usually their employers have to force them to take time off.
I've been doing HomeLab and HomeLab-adjacent things for over 10 years at this point. My first experience in the space was a Raspberry Pi 2 that I used for a few years to run various services such as Pi-Hole, CUPS, and numerous other software.
Captain Burnham and the U.S.S. Discovery are sent to retrieve a mysterious 800-year-old Romulan vessel; until the artifact hidden inside is stolen, leading to an epic chase. Meanwhile, Saru is offered the position of a lifetime, and Tilly’s efforts to help pull her into a tangled web of secrecy.
I am currently looking into upgrading storage for my homelab. The two routes I am looking at are grabbing a dell r730 or a disk array. They are both about the same price, but my major purchase concern is heat and noise. My office/homelab is in a 10x10 foot room. I have worked hard to get the sound floor at my desk to be around...
I hope this doesn’t violate the low-quality rule. For those who don’t know, when you right click an archive in Dolphin, the extract menu has a “Extract archive here, autodetect subfolder” option and its absolutely brilliant! If you’ve ever extracted a zip, tar, etc and ended up with files splattered everywhere this...
Grindr has lost about 45% of its staff as it enforces a strict return-to-office policy that was introduced after a majority of employees announced a plan to unionize....
I worked hard at imitating the Leonard Nimoy Spock’s raised eyebrow for quite a while. I don’t regret the time spent practicing that in front of a mirror. I never mastered a fully raised eyebrow, but I can do a slight eyebrow raise....
I saw someone on Reddit wondering why the community was so sure of Trek going dark again with Paramount not doing so well financially. Seeing the response was unfortunate as most people feel that it might be a bad time for Trek. And I guess it makes sense with the Hollywood strikes as well....
This one’s certainly new.
They make specific valves for this purpose, which can be enclosed in concrete and where the cartridge can be replaced from the front without needing to break the concrete, with faucet cartridges like this: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07HD6PX74/
is this employee in the room with us right now? ( sopuli.xyz )
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/surazghimire_linkedin-joke-influencer-activity-7209045694303633408-y-I4
American Airlines flight attendants say their pay is so low, they fight for airplane meals to save money and sleep in their cars—and they're ready to strike ( fortune.com )
Employees Who Stay In Companies Longer Than Two Years Get Paid 50% Less ( www.forbes.com )
Every damn day ( programming.dev )
Teachings from years of HomeLab ( blog.cloudhub.social )
A slightly less technical post - these are some things I've learned from having a HomeLab for over a decade.
What kind of institutional gaslighting is this? ( i.redd.it )
Baby elephants are too cute ( lemmy.world )
Star Trek: Discovery final season will premiere at SXSW; logline released ( schedule.sxsw.com )
Captain Burnham and the U.S.S. Discovery are sent to retrieve a mysterious 800-year-old Romulan vessel; until the artifact hidden inside is stolen, leading to an epic chase. Meanwhile, Saru is offered the position of a lifetime, and Tilly’s efforts to help pull her into a tangled web of secrecy.
Quentin Tarantino's 'Star Trek' Movie Would Have Been a "Balls-Out Hard R" Movie ( collider.com )
Happy Birthday Terry Farrell ( i.imgur.com )
To the Trill with the license to thrill, happy 60th birthday!
JBOD/Disk array noise/heat generation
I am currently looking into upgrading storage for my homelab. The two routes I am looking at are grabbing a dell r730 or a disk array. They are both about the same price, but my major purchase concern is heat and noise. My office/homelab is in a 10x10 foot room. I have worked hard to get the sound floor at my desk to be around...
Just some fun size comparisons ( startrek.website )
Not sure how accurate it is but given the figures I vaguely recall, this feels pretty accurate....
To whomever made Dolphin's "Extract here, autodetect subfolder" feature - I love you ( outpost.zeuslink.net )
I hope this doesn’t violate the low-quality rule. For those who don’t know, when you right click an archive in Dolphin, the extract menu has a “Extract archive here, autodetect subfolder” option and its absolutely brilliant! If you’ve ever extracted a zip, tar, etc and ended up with files splattered everywhere this...
I just finished DS9, and I'm sad to know that we'll never get anything like it again ( sh.itjust.works )
It was so good, I am sad to have finished it....
I died. This made me laugh for 5 minutes. I couldn't breathe. ( lemmy.ml )
‘We Can't Defend Ourselves’: Amazon Isn’t Doing Enough About Its Dog Bite Problem, Drivers Say ( www.vice.com )
Drivers who spoke to Motherboard described not being allowed to carry defensive spray and inadequate training....
Grindr loses nearly half its staff to strict return-to-work rule ( www.latimes.com )
Grindr has lost about 45% of its staff as it enforces a strict return-to-office policy that was introduced after a majority of employees announced a plan to unionize....
New Era of Star Trek - promotional trailer for new shows on Paramount+ ( youtu.be )
This was included in the Star Trek Day content, but released separately a couple of days ago....
‘Star Trek: Lower Decks’ Season 3 Available For Free On YouTube, Prime Video And Pluto TV In USA ( trekmovie.com )
The Scariest Lie at the GOP Debate Wasn’t About Donald Trump ( www.thenation.com )
The debate confirmed two things: that climate denial is thriving in the GOP, and that these candidates will do absolutely nothing to save the planet.
What Star Trek Mannerism or Phrase Do You Often Use
I worked hard at imitating the Leonard Nimoy Spock’s raised eyebrow for quite a while. I don’t regret the time spent practicing that in front of a mirror. I never mastered a fully raised eyebrow, but I can do a slight eyebrow raise....
Reddit seems all doom and gloom on the topic but what about Lemmy? And the future of Star Trek?
I saw someone on Reddit wondering why the community was so sure of Trek going dark again with Paramount not doing so well financially. Seeing the response was unfortunate as most people feel that it might be a bad time for Trek. And I guess it makes sense with the Hollywood strikes as well....
U.S.S. Enterprise vs The Borg by Misrad Agic ( lemmy.world )
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/1730411...
Advice needed: exposed water valve in shower ( fedia.io )
(all text is linked)