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The two things every IT person now needs, a USB-C cable tester[0] and a USB Charger tester[1]. 0. https://www.pcworld.com/article/3014680/your-usb-c-cables-ar... 1. https://www.fni…

This "research" has no controls, no blinding, no quantitative data. The historic work mentioned all come from a time when there was no reliable way to confirm that someone was actu…

> I think it's because the complexity of the tasks varies, and it's also difficult to predict this complexity. I don't know what that means in relation to the Kanban methodology. W…

Could you do me a favor and just explain what you found not to work?

I'm curious exactly what you found not to work. How was your manager using the WIP constraints and triggers, that you didn't like? I ask because in my experience the main 2 reasons…

> "WIP" does not work Such a bold statement when you must know that countless people have a very different experience. Kanban the team methodology is about process efficiency and a…

The fundamental idea behind Kanban was WIP Constraint Management. Unfortunately, so many people have been doing cargo-cult agile for so long that now the word "kanban" means 'task …

Can you show the capacity and flow management parts?

> Why Zip drives dominated the 90s, then vanished almost overnight This is such an odd take to me. I sold and supported computers in the 1990s. Outside of a few industries, such as…

Banner says "custom tees, delivered at cost" but then the preview page shows a price that is double what I get going to their drop shipper directly (printful). No detailed product …

For anyone interested in a deep dive, I recommend the book Vision or villainy: origins of the Owens Valley-Los Angeles water controversy.

I have been using this software continuously for close to 20 years. My desktop doesn't feel right without it. Thank you Bill Wilson!

You're not wrong if you adhere to the Bible. Tipping appears nowhere in the Bible. However, the practice of fair and honest trading appears many times.

I know a few people who work in food service and make close to 6 figures with tipping. Without tipping they'd be at or close to minimum wage. Of course they are in favor of tipping…

I think this could be solved with two small legal changes. 1. Abolish lower minimum wages for so called "tipped" workers and raise it to a fair value. 2. Make it illegal for any bu…

One of the reasons often given for why one must tip in US restaurants is the rampant wage theft in that industry. In law the restaurant must make up the difference if tips fall sho…