@matigo Back onto tape, from whence it came? In which case it would've been faster to ask Tumblr to courier the tape over.
// @streakmachine
@matigo I see nothing wrong with playing the game to the best of one's ability — that's how to win — but bad spending habits are unfortunate.
As for starting a family…yeah, that's a whole other issue.
Received a contract yesterday. Not even 24 hours had passed before someone started chasing me to come back with comments or they'd assume I had no objection to its contents.
- It really annoys me when people have a deadline in mind, but don't communicate it until the last minute. I'm strongly disinclined to entertain such nonsense.
- If you're going to insist on speed on my part, at least make sure the work you did was properly done, or it's just embarrassing.
- I read through the document once and identified 17 ambiguities or typos that I requested to be clarified/amended before I signed. Ambiguities I can't pass judgement on, since I have no legal background, but the whole document is only 30 pages — surely it's not that hard for a lawyer to avoid typos, since they all still use Word(Perfect)….
- A document with a "reference error" (as might be generated by LaTeX when referencing a section that doesn't exist, e.g. because you called the wrong variable) does not constitute a "pretty much final draft".
Really interesting that someone else, who I know needs to sign the same document, apparently managed to read it way faster than I did — and agreed to its terms.
@matigo Sure, but he's just playing the game and he seems to be happy with the limitations of that game.
@matigo Well, for as long as that CRB program exists, it's not a terrible idea. Free money is free money, as long as the opportunity cost is worth it to him.
@matigo As I'll be head of operations at the startup next year, I hope to push things in that direction. Deep thinking, rather than busywork.
@matigo Unfortunately muting the WhatsApp group as well could also mean missing genuinely important messages.
It's a shame when people abuse group chats.
The problem, as I see it, is that rather than working to reduce the overall number of automated notifications (i.e. not a manually typed message that says "I just sent you an email") such that each notification is actually looked at, many people conclude that those notifications are background noise and find other ways to send even more notifications.
Which strongly suggests that the only suitable industry for them is advertising.
I have noticed a weak correlation between
- Those who say "WhatsApp me if you need anything, I get too many emails."
- Those who send an email and then immediately follow with a WhatsApp message.
For this reason, I mute notifications liberally.
@matigo Hey, guaranteed weight loss and you get paid for it!
// @variablepulserate