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themeatbridge , to Work Reform in Federal judge partially blocks U.S. ban on noncompetes

A lot of abuses and anti-competitive practices make sense. It makes sense to buy your competitors, and pay off regulators. "Smart business" is almost always an attempt to leverage factors outside of normal competition. You don't win at capitalism by playing fair.

themeatbridge , to Work Reform in Federal judge partially blocks U.S. ban on noncompetes

In other words, she's too inept to compete on delivering a quality product.

That's why all non-compete contracts exist, and the same reason they should all be illegal.

If you spend time training someone, and they can turn around and go off on their own, what do you bring to the table? Why should they work for you, giving you the fruits of their labor in exchange for less pay? If you're worried about competition, don't train your competition. Do it better than they do. You aren't entitled to the value of a person's life just because you contributed to their expertise.

themeatbridge , to xkcd in xkcd #2948: Electric vs Gas

I'm with you that we need phev's to bridge the infrastructure gap, but electric motors provide more torque at lower speeds without the need for gears.

themeatbridge , to Ask Science in How does the impact of disposed rubber on the environment compare to plastics?

What's crazy is that we could do soooo much better, but it would mean rich people would make less money. Not no money, just less of it.

Nothing needs to be made of plastic. It's cheap and convenient, which just means "profitable." If we didn't use plastics, we'd use something else and it would be less profitable.

themeatbridge , to Ask Science in Where is all the water going from climate change?

Flash floods happen because dry soil doesn't absorb water very fast.

Here's a video with a visual. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urQHsOmoKLg

Very little water ever leaves the earth via the atmosphere, so most of the water goes to the oceans or to other places.

themeatbridge , to Ask Science in How does the impact of disposed rubber on the environment compare to plastics?

Natural rubber (latex) is biodegradable, but that doesn't mean it isn't bad for the environment. The production and disposal of natural latex causes all sorts of problems unrelated to microplastics.

Synthetic rubber is chemically distinct from plastic, but still breaks down into microplastics.

Natural rubber tires are vulcanized, which makes the rubber more resilient, but also more damaging to the environment.

themeatbridge , to LinkedinLunatics in A good leader always farts first 💨

And in true Michael Scott fashion, below the veneer of inappropriate immaturity, there is nascent wisdom.

themeatbridge , to Work Reform in Every damn day

Yeah, I had a manager try to pull "You'll need to find coverage for the day." I'll ask around, but that kind of sounds like your job. Everybody said no to me, so it's going to be even harder for you. Best of luck!

themeatbridge , to Texas in Texas mom says police held her face in pile of fire ants, covering head and neck with hundreds of bite marks

Ruben Espinoza, the police chief for the Santa Fe Independent School District, told NBC affiliate KPRC of Houston that the video does not tell the full story of what happened.

The video where she's shown hog-tied face down in a pile of fire ants? Yeah, there's nothing she could have done that justifies what we see in the video. No criminal or suspect ever deserves police brutality, regardless of the crime.

themeatbridge , to Work Reform in Louisiana lawmakers vote to remove lunch breaks for child workers, cut unemployment benefits

Conservatives have abandoned all pretext. Trump showed them they don't need to hide. They don't need to pretend they care about people. They don't need to act like they aren't corrupt. They can simply do what is in their own best interest, because conservatives will support them.

themeatbridge , to Work Reform in Woodford Reserve tried to undermine unionization effort at its Kentucky distillery, judge rules

Woodford Reserve is owned by Brown-Foreman, who also owns Jack Daniels, Old Forester, Korbel, and Chambord.

There's no way the subsidiary made those decisions alone. If you're going to scratch Woodford off your list, you should also stop buying Jack, too.

themeatbridge , to Work Reform in If they're people, why aren't they in prison?

*Other thieves…

They’re all thieves.

themeatbridge , to Work Reform in Panera Bread exempt from following California’s new $20 minimum wage law due to relationship with Gov. Newsom: reports

Why should bakers make less than french fry cooks?

themeatbridge , to Texas in Darryl George: Texas judge rules school district can restrict the length of male students’ natural hair

When you’re a bigoted fascist, you take what you can get.

themeatbridge , to Home Improvement in Can I hang kitchen cabinet on my subconstruction I built?

Oh, I see. My apologies, I misunderstood what we were looking at. I thought the framing we see was the entire wall, but it’s just non-structural framing on the interior behind the plasterboard to allow space for wiring.

I am not familiar with this style of construction, so I won’t guess at best practices for hanging cabinets on it. But I would imagine that as long as the wall we see is sufficiently secured to the structural wall behind it, you should be able to hang cabinets. To be safe, you could anchor into the wall, but I don’t know enough to say how to do that without interfering with insulation or vapor barriers.

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