DigitalDilemma

He ain’t going to be the only one. US President can threaten anyone with impunity, the courts have already shown that.

Vote better.

Gizmodo flying a bit close to the libel laws in that article.

Despite saying they can’t confirm it’s genuine, then saying stuff like " it’s pretty clear that Mangione was motivated by the tremendous injustices regularly perpetrated by the healthcare industry in the United States."

Was he? Did he write those words? Is he the shooter? Doesn’t this kind of reporting compromise the chance of a fair hearing?

Surely he deserves the right to a trial before being found guilty, as per the Sixth Amendment?

Adults saying “poop”

Am British where it’s what kids call it. For adults it’s poo or shit.

Walking on Dartmoor one cold, gray and rainy winter’s morning.

A young man in a sodden T-shirt and shorts emerged out of the mist on the same moorland path I was on. He was carrying a tesco carrier bag with a ram’s skull sticking out and what looked to be the spine stuffed into it.

Sheep die out there all the time so it was probably a chance find - but walking in what were difficult conditions so poorly dressed, but with a carrier bag…? I still wonder what he was going to do with his prize.

Oh, and that time when I drove around a corner to find five pirates pushing a horse and carriage up a hill. (It was a themed wedding and the horse was slipping on the way to the reception so the followers got out of their cars and helped push - but it earned a second glance)

And when these guys discover local auctions, the storage requirements explode. So many half-broken mowers, engines, chests of old tools - all needing sorting out, fixing and keeping forever.

That shit is essentially a full time job. And it’s forever ongoing full time job, with 24/365 on call type job if emails are mission critical.

Totally agree. No fun being a small guy in a dugout and a rifle when the spam and malware arms race is bombing you with nukes.

IKR? This is the dumbest thing I’ve seen on the internet for a long time.

If that horse bolts, she’s not going to have a fun time at all.

Don’t.

Two reasons:

Many employers require you to install phone-management software as part of the data loss mitigation/data exfiltration requirements - and those requirements might be set by their insurers.

This gives them the ability to remotely lock or wipe your phone at any time - useful to them because they remove company data if you lose your phone, or you leave the company, or are suspended for any reason. Obviously that’ll also lose any personal data on the phone, but that’s your problem, not theirs. They can also monitor its location and similar things.

That’s obviously a reason why you should never, ever, use a work-issued device for personal use - besides it being against their acceptable use policy. If your employer requires you to check email then they are required to issue you the means to do so. They cannot insist that you use any personal devices for that.

It’s bad for your mental health.

Keep work to work hours. Keep work devices for work. Keep personal hours and devices for your personal use.

This physical separation requires a little discipline but, having been on all sides of this barrier (employer, employee, suffering with poor mental health, and currently, in good mental health) - I know this to be the only way to achieve a health balance.