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OriginalGriff wrote: If the soapbox still existed I'd suggest he tries inventing a device to stopping him touching something else ...
Cake?
I don't see what's soapboxy about that.
And it would sell like hot... Um, it would really sell.
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It's funny how people don't see the easiest solution.
A simple surgical mask is extremely efficient at stopping you from picking your nose. 
And while they're fairly inefficient at stopping airborne infections from entering you, they are quite efficient at stopping droplet infections from leaving you.
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Jörgen Andersson wrote: And while they're fairly inefficient at stopping airborne infections from entering you, they are quite efficient at stopping droplet infections from leaving you.
I can't get that into my missus' head. From day one I've been telling her that, unless you also wear goggles, masks are only useful if you've got the virus.
She's right, of course, because if I disagree with her, I'm always wrong.
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I was once an astrophysicist and even though I recovered I find your comments are astrophysicistist.
It may be a funny joke to you but to those who are astrophysicists it is no laughing matter I assure you. What an Astrophysicist does in the privacy of their own home, or even outside it for that matter (though not right now unless as part of their official one hour of exercise or visit to the shops), should be respected.
For the record, technically I was a cosmologist I did of course do astrophysics at University as part of that but astrophysics is really, really boring, not as boring as astronomy mind you (it is mind numbing). Cosmology is the sexy option, so I took it. Sadly no-one wants a graduate cosmologist, they insist on you messing about in a monotone voice with telescopes first, so I ended up in IT. Hurrah!!!
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Eek Ten Bears wrote: I find your comments are astrophysicistist
Damned straight! Some people deserve "isms" -- terrorists, murderers, molecular gastronomists, and anyone whose job title begins with "astro"!Eek Ten Bears wrote: What an Astrophysicist does in the privacy of their own home, or even outside it for that matter
It's what they do for a living that bothers me. I hate it when people just play with numbers and high-tech toys and call themselves scientists.Eek Ten Bears wrote: technically I was a cosmologist
... Which doesn't begin with "astro", so you've found a loophole, rather than a black hole.
Typical! 
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I confess to having the occasional pop at scientist on my work message board. Particularly when they make up stuff (like bubbles in space) to explain why other stuff they made up (the Hubble Constant) doesn't work! If it had been April 1, the Bubble/Hubble 'coincidence' might have throw doubt on the article! 
So, I suggested they do something useful - like find a cure for coronavirus, or solve the 'loo roll crisis'. I'd like to take that back. They need to stick with their day jobs, where they can do less harm! 
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5teveH wrote: Particularly when they make up stuff (like bubbles in space) to explain why other stuff they made up (the Hubble Constant) doesn't work! If it had been April 1, the Bubble/Hubble 'coincidence' might have throw doubt on the article!
It's all made-up stuff!
Black holes, exoplanets, dark energy, the lot!
Dark matter is real enough, but they only called it that to grab attention, headlines, and grant money.
Its correct name is "low-mass, non-reflective particles".
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I suppose he is the living proof that a theoretical high IQ doesn't really mean to have plain common sense.
M.D.V. 
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A magnet up his nose. Are we sure he wasn’t just trying to make himself more attractive?
If you can't laugh at yourself - ask me and I will do it for you.
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Easy one to start our second week of lockdown ( UK anyway )
Ethical rat maybe staged (10)
"We can't stop here - this is bat country" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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THEATRICAL
It goes without saying
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Yep you are up tomorrow
"We can't stop here - this is bat country" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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This is quite funny.
After a tiresome meeting with the Great-Grand-Bosses, we are supposed to start our own internal team meetings. Me & my boss are part of the Great-Grand-Meeting. So we have to again schedule the meeting with our teams.
The first grand meeting has a fixed time. The second/other meeting moves based on when the 1st one ends.
After the 1st meeting. Me & my boss know we are drained. But my boss doesn't reveal it and asks me:
"Oh cool, We dial back at 11:00 am with the team"? (When the 1st (gruesome) meeting has happened between 8:00 am to 10:45 am.
I reply back saying "How about 11:15 am"?
Boss replies back "Okay, we'll keep it round - 12:00 pm"
Oh man he's very nice. He's quite older but still hard working. Our company is putting everybody into trouble. Our CEO is afraid that we would get into a slumber mode as everybody is working from home.
So he wants to ensure our minds are not tired with rest but with work.
But equating meetings to work , well we have spoken enough.
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Nothing like 6 hours of meeting everyday to boost productivity! 
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Is this the same in office too?
Can you not suggest more emphasis on non-meeting types of communication like emails, which also have a written record?
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It has to be a live call & that too, it has to be a VIDEO call. All employees should be appearing with the right attire.
And our internal calls should also happen the same way.
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Looks more like a factory-mindset, rather than a software company. (I had a boss who valued the time-in and time-out timings much more than what was actually done in the office).
Perhaps, they want to make working-from-home much tougher than working-from-office.
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Amarnath S wrote: Perhaps, they want to make working-from-home much tougher than working-from-office.
Prehaps?
That's exactly the strategy for some IT-Analphabets and prehistoric bosses...
doing home office a nightmare, people will be glad to come back to the office where they think they have more control.
M.D.V. 
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Amarnath S wrote: Looks more like a factory-mindset, rather than a software company.
True. Since all are working from home. The CEO doesnt want to take chance. He wants all the work logs of all the people visible to him. And conference has to be only Video chats. & So many other rules in place.
Once the lockdown is over, we'll be back to the normal slacking routine. It should not be a problem.
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So, during the lockdown period, the CEO is keeping aside what he has to really do - which is strategy. Is getting busy with tactical things, like micromanagement, throughout the day.
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The CEO also happens to be the founder as well. If he's really that dumb, I'm not sure if he could have continued to feature in the top Millionnaire's list in country. I don't think he's dumb. He just wants to ensure people settle for a new routine properly than take it as Corona-holidays.
And the only meeting that he takes part in the morning detailed meeting. He's doing plenty to support the government. So we have good respect for him.
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Making the meeting during lunch time will keep you popular for sure. 
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Munch Munch, We(chomp chomp)ll, Yuuu(chomp chomp)ou, aree(chomp chomp) cooorr(chomp chomp)ect. Absolute(Sllluuurrrp)ly. Munch Munch.
We are used to this obfuscated protocol now.
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Huh. I've been working from home for the last two weeks, and had my first online meeting just today. The rest of the time it's been emails and IM's.
It was actually kind of nice to talk to the other folks and see how they were doing. The funny thing is, I think we're more productive when we're all working remotely.
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