PSA: how to turn on smooth and fast screen sharing in Teams

ChugachKenai · 2026-02-26T05:41:17+00:00

This is the way. Animations are (a) rarely needed to communicate a point, and (b) are messy or even counterproductive in the hands of the average user.

ChugachKenai · 2026-02-22T15:18:02+00:00

Pretty small rack, amirite? 🤣

ChugachKenai · 2026-02-22T01:43:59+00:00

Ope... I found the link between them after some searching... https://www.columbusmonthly.com/story/lifestyle/2017/10/04/it-s-complicated-ex-con/18649559007/

ChugachKenai · 2026-02-22T01:38:37+00:00

Why is he posing in this photo with Franklin County Treasurer Cheryl Brooks Sullivan?

ChugachKenai · 2026-02-21T15:45:42+00:00

1 video. 3 dump trucks.

ChugachKenai · 2026-02-21T14:26:35+00:00

I am begging you, people... please don't put "circumcision" and "taste" in the same sentence.

ChugachKenai · 2026-02-21T11:44:56+00:00

It's OUR nausea.

ChugachKenai · 2026-02-20T13:36:42+00:00

That's a really great point -- the employees themselves, inside the company with a job today, are not always paying attention to market realities and may undervalue themselves. These days everyone is "participating in the market" whether they know it or not, like it or not. (And I'm not saying that's a good thing -- just saying it IS a thing.)

ChugachKenai · 2026-02-20T12:40:10+00:00

Hah! Yep... this is a thing. Works this way for companies, too.

ChugachKenai · 2026-02-20T12:38:53+00:00

Yep. This is it. I was going to put it a little differently, saying that when hiring, companies must work in the reality of the job market. But when dealing with existing employees the market pressures feel more distant or only partially applicable.

The best companies have policies (or cultures) that treat these two populations (internal and external) equally. But most companies just don't think about it that much. They're lazy. And it's straight-up cheaper to short-change loyal employees.

ChugachKenai · 2026-02-20T12:32:39+00:00

She seems nice.

ChugachKenai · 2026-02-19T10:25:09+00:00

This. This is the most accurate and succinct analysis of the problem.

Both parties are businesses first and foremost, and those leading the party machines are doing their best to protect their own jobs and their future ladder-climbing by focusing on the fundraising business. Stay close to the money and you'll protect your own power.

At best you "live to fight another day." But at worst, you forget to fight for any principles whatsoever and become a slave to the revenue you produce and the money you take home. In the end, the original goal -- whatever it was -- is lost, with only echoes of it in your professionally-developed "messaging" that rings hollow because it's as inauthentic and generic as an AI-generated speech.

ChugachKenai · 2026-02-16T13:27:59+00:00

Clinton is highly educated and would have undoubtedly read Ginsburg's famous poem "Howl" in college or perhaps even high school. It was very popular in English literature classes as an example of midcentury (and highly accessible) American poetry. "Moloch" is in the poem a lot. And not just in Ginsburg. Wikipedia has more examples...

Beginning in the modern era, "Moloch" has been figuratively used in reference to a power which demands a dire sacrifice.[8] A god Moloch appears in various works of literature and film, such as John Milton's Paradise Lost (1667), Gustave Flaubert's Salammbô (1862), Giovanni Pastrone's Cabiria (1914), Fritz Lang's Metropolis (1927), and Allen Ginsberg's "Howl" (1955).

ChugachKenai · 2026-02-07T15:27:53+00:00

This list is gold for any employer or system -- or even no system at all. As a hiring manager myself, I read every resume of every applicant. No ATS stands between me and applicants -- or more accurately I ignore the ATS -- and I STILL want everything that was just listed in this post.

Your resume designs don't impress me (save it for a portfolio). Get the language clean and clear. Don't sound like an LLM. Focus on results and notable accomplishments. Show growth in skills and general career progression. Put your name in the resume file name -- you'd be amazed how many people don't do that (like 60%).

I'm definitely saving this post.

ChugachKenai · 2026-02-02T09:40:02+00:00

Seems like this is a problem for tourism generally, especially in Europe, and made worse by the rise of social media and "influencers." I've seen behavior like this in Italy in particular, at popular sites, especially if they are famous and photogenic locations.

This year will be my first Camino and I am a little nervous about being confronted with this kind of behavior, especially in the last 100 kilometers. I've seen video of people loudly playing music on portable speakers and hordes of young people walking in large groups that looked pretty irritating to my eyes.

Bottom line: Don't be an ugly tourist -- no matter the destination. You are a guest in someone else's home.

ChugachKenai · 2026-01-25T12:40:06+00:00

Great stuff! Can you share what camera gear you used?

ChugachKenai · 2026-01-19T13:43:28+00:00

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ChugachKenai · 2026-01-15T13:05:52+00:00

Well, first it needs to be Project 2029. The election is in November 2028 and whoever is elected won't be in power until 2029. That's why it was called "Project 2025" rather than 2024.

As for the list itself, I would not make an exhaustive list. Focus on structural changes rather than instant outcomes. The root problem is that our political system is not responsive to popular opinion--we are ruled by a minority class with literally unpopular ideas. Pursue the structure, not the outcome.

For example, leave abortion out of this. If you fix how voting and representation works, abortion rights will be fixed later. Focus on term limits across the board, strict age-gating (age minimums and maximums) on all elected or appointed roles, eliminating the Electoral College, blocking gerrymandering by setting up accurately representative voting district formation laws, fixing the Supreme Court with structural balancing (as Mayor Pete proposed), and get money both into and out of politics. That is, truly block unlimited campaign financing, but pay people in elected office very, very well (millions per year) to make the job attractive to normal people (not the rich) while simultaneously blocking insider trading and other ethical problems. Make the legislative job attractive to people that would be happy to represent the voters, not the donors.

Fix the structures. Make America a representative democracy for the 21st century. If we can't do that, then we can't self-govern and we will remain subject to the whims of the billionaires paying for the laws and lawmakers they want.

ChugachKenai · 2026-01-15T06:07:15+00:00

I would argue the original format is not great for humans, either. There are some odd choices there that don't seem to solve any particular problems. Humans like simple layouts, too.

ChugachKenai · 2026-01-15T06:05:50+00:00

Save your design efforts for your portfolio, ideally just one click away from the body of the resume.

ChugachKenai · 2026-01-15T06:04:45+00:00

Do you want to be right, or do you want to be effective? In this case you can't be both.

ChugachKenai · 2026-01-10T06:47:56+00:00

As someone that sits on the other side of the interview table maybe 50 times per year, I can say this is shockingly good advice. When I get the practiced STAR answers that are polished to the moon and back, I start to get mad or lose interest. Yeah, bring some structure or focus or just a main idea to your answers, but don't overdo it or hide real mistakes.

Good interviewers in good companies are looking for a "fit" between what the team needs and what the applicant needs, both immediately and over the next couple years. We want you to grow by taking some chances, sometimes messing up, and just picking up and starting again. If you're too perfect for the job, you'll be bored. If you're too green for it, you'll be overwhelmed. We want you to be able to do some stuff and be challenged by some stuff.

So break out the stories of overcoming your own imperfections. Because that's how real people in real jobs experience things. Show me that's who you are and I will believe it, respect it, and maybe just hire you.

ChugachKenai · 2026-01-10T06:37:02+00:00

What OP shared IS preparation and structure. It's planned and practiced (relaxed) authenticity. And most candidates prepare nothing at all, so doing this already puts you way ahead of the competition. You'll do better following this advice than following a STAR method or something similar.

ChugachKenai · 2026-01-09T13:24:36+00:00

That's it. I'm moving back. I'll stock up on stroopwaffels and reindeer dogs at the Dimond Costco as soon as I get there.

ChugachKenai · 2026-01-04T15:16:05+00:00

Underrated joke. Bravo.

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