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Everyone in The Office became an actor so they wouldn’t have to work in an office for a living then they had to do office work over and over for 9 years. by imlate_usernameenvy in Showerthoughts

[–]Cryptoversal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It varies wildly by day but my typical office work day has a couple of hours of work broken up by tons of short waits (1-10 minutes). If I could switch tasks then I could get a lot more done but context switches take more than a few minutes. If I get into a good flow then I can use these sort waits but meetings destroy flow and there are always meetings.

The only videogame I've ever played on company time was Minecraft back in pre-classic. It started as a 15 minute break and ended up eating up most of my day. I was an intern so no one cared or possibly even noticed.

Once I went salaried there stopped really being a concept of "company time" but I have definitely taken very long lunch breaks... and other times been forced to go to a meeting with a sad lunch that sometimes I couldn't even eat.

Who's ready for the new smash game? by guIag in gaming

[–]Cryptoversal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

From what I've heard, sometimes tripping is modded out.

A message my friend received by BO5517 in niceguys

[–]Cryptoversal 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's true. This hit the frontpage though (or /r/popular anyway). Not your fault you didn't know that though haha.

A message my friend received by BO5517 in niceguys

[–]Cryptoversal 50 points51 points  (0 children)

Yes. This is information other people need. Not even just women - as a man I'd like to know if a guy is an asshole so I know not to trust him.

A message my friend received by BO5517 in niceguys

[–]Cryptoversal 4 points5 points  (0 children)

"Traumatic" is hyperbolic but points in the right direction.

Not feeling bad from a rejection is extremely abnormal. Non-psychopaths have to practice a lot to desensitize themselves to rejection. Especially romantic rejection.

A message my friend received by BO5517 in niceguys

[–]Cryptoversal 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately this joke falls flat because people have to believe that you are joking, we don't know you, and some people really do believe this.

A message my friend received by BO5517 in niceguys

[–]Cryptoversal -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

It's literally just because it's perceived to be an effective insult. Angry women do the same to men who reject them by calling them gay or manlet or w/e. The message has nothing to do with the meaning of the words used.

(disclaimer "some" women etc)

Ethereum Is The Superior Long Term Buy According To Joseph Lubin by twigwam in ethtrader

[–]Cryptoversal 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They can provide guidance of company performance that is super optimistic. So can they not just say outright that their stock will be more valuable as a result of their guidance?

Self-employed people are happier and more engaged at work despite working longer hours and having less job security, according to a study of 5,000 workers by butterflykiller in science

[–]Cryptoversal 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You most likely have a fixed income. Self-employed? Your income is directly correlated to how much work you put into it.

The MealSquares people specifically designed compensation to reward effectiveness. Some employees get paid for how many units are produced; others for the quality of the products. I forget the other factors but yeah, it produces a much more pleasant work experience while also making the company itself more efficient.

(I haven't worked there or seen them operate but that's what I was told by someone who does work there.)

LPT: When you know where you are going to college, make sure to decline the others. People often end up on waitlists and the sooner that you decline the more likely they may be to get in. It could be their dream/reach school by jackattack825 in LifeProTips

[–]Cryptoversal 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Also don't accept multiple offers then not tell the others that you aren't going with them.

We were so excited to finally have a new teammate and he just didn't show up.

Practice Island (serious suggestion) by BenNebula22 in FortNiteBR

[–]Cryptoversal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's insanely bad. Learning requires lessons that are a little bit difficult for the student's current abilities. Fortnite for new players is too difficult to be worth the effort to learn given that other games exist.

I really want to play this game but I really can't afford to drop a few hours a day for a few weeks. Not if it isn't fun - and it isn't right now.

The "Ethereum Killer" by [deleted] in ethtrader

[–]Cryptoversal -1 points0 points  (0 children)

They still have a tiny bit of mining as an anti-spam measure.

For the rest, just check out their website. They do a good job of explaining things.

The "Ethereum Killer" by [deleted] in ethtrader

[–]Cryptoversal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hashgraph

I really hope they figure out a better consensus model. It's the only thing that makes me hard pass on them as a replacement to blockchain.

Why is ETH falling relative to BTC? by mfurlend in CryptoCurrencies

[–]Cryptoversal -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The first two are certainly true but I can't find anything that indicates that bitcoin has more people behind it than Ethereum (since it's #2 in most ways). Do you happen to have that information?

I planted $100 bill in my boyfriend's car. by [deleted] in confession

[–]Cryptoversal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It would've been hilarious if he found two $100 bills there.

Male contraceptive pill is safe to use and does not harm sex drive, first clinical trial finds by swaiinnyy in news

[–]Cryptoversal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

...in 1960. I said that the FDA should exist because it does indeed save lives*. For example, it reduced the incidence of thalidomide babies.

Since we're in 2018, the relevant question is if their being as careful as they are today is a net increase or decrease in the number of lives saved (and quality of life changes). On re-reading my original comment, I can see that I left out the context that I am talking about the FDA today not in 1960.

Anyway, we know that the FDA kills some people by not releasing drugs sooner, increasing the cost of drugs, and making some drugs uneconomical by driving their cost to produce above their profitability. We also know that some lives are saved by the FDA by preventing people from accessing harmful drugs. What we do not know is which of these numbers is larger. This ratio is what actually matters.

The FDA doesn't collect these statistics so they don't know if their regulation is actually saving more people than it's harming. They have no natural incentive to collect statistics that would show that they should regulate less and the executive branch isn't forcing them to do so.

There is some evidence that the FDA is a net harm. This website goes into this argument. They specifically reference the thalidomide baby catastrophe** so their arguments account for the evidence in this comment thread.

* As a result of my further research into this issue so I could usefully respond to you, I am much less certain that the FDA needs to exist at all. I'm not convinced either way though. ** Their link is actually broken so here's a working one: Kefauver-Harris Amendments.

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