As someone who grew up with a 20-some inch CRT in a console format (think TV-as-furniture that sits on the floor and not a TV that sits on furniture), and then eventually got a 19" hand me down for bedroom use… yeah, the commonality of enormous flat panels still makes me shake my head in wonder sometimes.

That said, when my parents’ 27" CRT died about 10 years ago, we gave them our old 55" plasma. It was hilariously oversized for the space. But it was free (to them) and we made it work.

Malanya has possessed the Deku Tree.

USA.

Most of the tech teams spent their days working with people in offices across the country (and in Europe), so being physically in the office didn’t matter much unless there was a hardware install or something. Didn’t stop brass (headquartered in the Deep South) from doing their best to wag their dicks around (furloughs and pay cuts for those that remained were not enough, it seemed). Before another 12 months passed half the network team had left and there was constant churn on the sysadmin team. Didn’t matter. The company got bought by a bigger fish and the execs got golden parachutes despite nearly running the company into the ground. Meritocracy!

In my experience the illiterate micromanagers got the nerds to send them reports. Or set up a dashboard to give them a real-time view into how many local vs remote connections there were.

Our RTO mandate was December 2020.

Also, if they have to VPN into their company network, like assume many do, won’t that register as being in the office anyway?

If I’m plugged into the local switch, my IP address is a static 192.168.x.x. If I connect via WiFi, it’s dynamic 10.10.x.x. If I’m coming in via VPN, I’m crossing the external firewall, routed to a dedicated remote VLAN based on network permissions, and dynamically assigned 10.70.x.x.

A business doesn’t need Teams to tell them if you’re remote or not. This is just to wave a big public red flag and sow division.

And my extended family is poised to strike at those evil democrats because almost all of them are fox-pilled.

If god didn’t want our teeth rotted out by the time we were 20 he wouldn’t have invented Pixy Stix and Coca Cola.

Maybe you should have worn something less provocative. Rainbow crosswalks will be rainbow crosswalks, after all.

Sooooooo… healthcare subsidies will be restored, all of the other bullshit stays? Is that how this is going to go down?

Surely, you don’t mean all of it?

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But have you considered pollution pollution?

I’m not sure sanctions are appropriate. Can’t they get a small fine instead?

Sorry, I meant prison.

I mean, yeah. That’s how re-nutrient my towel.

There’s an entire ecology between that carpet and the mattress.

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No offense intended.

I can smell the mildew from here.