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Ah that's fair. I do it for the warm and fuzzies, not for my own self-interest.

In your next employer, if your recruiter is game, just do what I suggest upthread, don't bother asking permission.

Some kind of minimal helpful feedback upon request after an unsuccessful on-site is the big one for me. The hiring manager can share one sentence of filtered feedback with the recr…

Indeed. When somebody is a true YIMBY it's major news: https://piedmontexedra.com/2019/07/piedmont-resident-terry-m...

Maybe by getting younger people to vote more? (I know this has been tried since forever, but have we tried everything?) And, holding public comment hearings outside of traditional …

In candor, I only skimmed them, and all I saw was "the reasons lines repel certain birds is not fully understood". When I submitted the article here, part of me was hoping someone …

It's fairly popular in my organization yes, but too much trouble for me until/unless Google Meet supports it in Firefox.

Yep, simple blur seems most classy, thanks for mentioning that as it wasn't directly implied by "virtual background". To be clear, Google Meet does not support a simple blur on Fir…

Ah, I meant cheap (in terms of apartment space and interior, not in terms of rent). I'm in a nice neighborhood in Oakland, CA fwiw.

Yep, I look forward to upgrading my housing at some point, for these great reasons and more..

Heh, a neutral wall in my 600 sq ft place? I have such limited layout options to put my desk, that would be an additional challenging constraint. Virtual backgrounds are popular in…

I'm happy for you! Out of curiosity, did your current housing situation provide the space for a comfortable and productive home office, or is this unexpected development putting pr…

Would you say more? Are you speaking as a Canadian? We have alternative words that fully qualify the US.. and I’m probably the only one on HN I’ve ever observe to use them (and I’m…

Probably something to do with homeowners that oppose any marginal incremental density in their neighborhoods. No idea how they are able to effectively disregard the state laws (if …

Mobile Safari reader mode was effective for me. Maybe because I have Purify for ad blocking (which didn’t remove transparent gray overlay, unfortunately).

I thought it was interesting that it’s apparently a mystery why hanging lines deters sparrows (see the papers linked at the end of the first paragraph).

All the plans I've seen to separate California, would create more red states..

Hey now! Patagonia ish is comfy af. (Just sayin. I upvoted you for your candor)

As a Bay Area snob, I gotta say certain neighborhoods in Cincinnati rock. Watch out :/ Maybe don’t praise Cincinnati on HN…

so what's the new RICE?

Not a strawman (I don't think? not sure what you meant by this..), just very curious. You have a setup that is in between useless when grid is down, and fully self-sufficient. Seem…

Would you spell it out for us? What exactly happens when the grid fails at your site? Overnight, obviously you have no power. Then "the sun rises" but surely if there's any load, i…