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Indeed, I'm going to work tomorrow.
It's going to be so empty and nice! 
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The management had a meeting today (on Phone) and we will all be working from home for at least the next couple of days. Even the support staff won't be coming in. I won't go as far, to say that we have a giant user-base but we do have a good number of people who use our product.
The thought of no support has been making me giggly all day! 
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We just had a department meeting and I managed to be one of the half a dozen people who will not be working from home (out of about 95 in the dept.). The others are support staff who need to be in... I volunteered. 
1. I get to work in a private office all by myself with multiple screens, instant access to our intranet, database servers, TFS server (sorry, Azure DevOps server as it's now called), very high speed internet with no competition for bandwidth, the ability to play my choice of music without the need for headphones, all the coffee I can drink, effectively a private bathroom, and lots of peace and quiet plus sackfuls of Brownie Points. 
2. I only live 20 minutes away (less when traffic is light, like now) and have secure parking that I have to pay for whether I use it or not. 
3. I avoid all the honey-dos she indoors would have me doing if I was home, working or otherwise. 
4. Easy Social Distancing!
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Do you get Hazard Pay as well?
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
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I wish. 
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Forogar wrote: I avoid all the honey-dos she indoors would have me doing if I was home, working or otherwise
People who think "working from home" means you can interrupt your work day to do things that are not work-related are people you would not want working for you remotely.
Years ago (at a previous job where working from home was an option) we had interviewed a lady who suddenly got rather ecstatic at the idea of not having to pay for daycare services. We tried to explain that's not how it works. She didn't get the job.
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dandy72 wrote: People who think "working from home" means you can interrupt your work day to do things that are not work-related are people you would not want working for you remotely.
This.is.hard.
Especially if you are not, or cannot be setup properly; or if in this case you have kids in the house at the same time.
And the corollary, working from home does not mean working more than your usual number of hours; so no work in the evening or during the week-end.
I'd rather be phishing!
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That's the other thing I will avoid. Once I am working on something I tend not to stop until someone turns the lights out on me!
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Maximilien wrote: Especially if you are not, or cannot be setup properly; or if in this case you have kids in the house at the same time.
No kids, no wife, no girlfriend. If I get interrupted, it's by phonecalls. And people who know me now understand that if they wouldn't call me during work hours about something if I was working at an office, then it should wait until after 5. Most are smart enough to understand that.
Maximilien wrote: And the corollary, working from home does not mean working more than your usual number of hours; so no work in the evening or during the week-end.
Totally agreed. If I'm on a roll and I'm making great progress at something, then I'm not necessarily gonna stop just because of the clock...but I absolutely do not make a habit out of this.
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Quote: No kids, no wife, no girlfriend
OK, you're in heaven. Stop bragging about it! 
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Life choices my friend. I still remember some aunts of mine thinking I was being cute when I said at the age of 7 I was never going to get married. The older I get, the less incentive I feel I have to change that. And the more people give me reasons not to.
modified 16-Mar-20 19:31pm.
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#3 alone makes it all worthwhile. 
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I don't mind working from home - I have the house to myself (except for the pugs, who sleep all day). I have worked from home several times, since I live in Florida and have worked (remote) in Iowa, Virginia, and a company about 40 miles away. I agree with the precept of dressing for work, and no non-work interruptions (no TV, Pandora playing, dedicated work-only laptop). Since the first of the year medical reasons make work from home almost mandatory.
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, navigate a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects! - Lazarus Long
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Hi All,
Back from FAT testing last week spent the day updating JIRA tickets with results and playing with the camera that was bought for taking photo evidence. Using the basic interface it is just acceptable, As it is a web camera rather than a DSLR we can't use the recommended DigiCamControl. It is an Anran 'AN 80-F' I have been using the iSpy 64 software which gets around most of the issues we were seeing. I was wondering if there were any better options you know of...
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That link seems to have others more fun for tomorrow!
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Apparently some web cams can be controlled after suitable payment.
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Ahhh, not this *k though!
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Is the number of people who confuse "to" and "too" amazing two you?
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
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Further proof English was planned it happened... 
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To much time in thoo hands 
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Not really, but the number who confuse have and of is.
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Sorry.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
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Greg Utas wrote: the number who confuse have and of is.
Odviously.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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