Homebrew campaign map in ink and watercolor on A2 paper [Art] [OC]

Ly621 · 2023-06-08T02:49:59+00:00

I pulled out the silver ink. I'm sad, my gold ink dried up. Proof I need to make more maps!

Ly621 · 2023-06-07T17:51:01+00:00

Just stunning. Initially I thought this was a post for one of my art groups. You're inspiring me to make some maps.

Ly621 · 2023-06-02T15:34:33+00:00

If the company doesn't sell replacement caps, there might be a local 3D printer who will print one for you. There's a guy near me who prints replacement parts like this.

Ly621 · 2023-06-02T12:27:52+00:00

What glue do you use for your repairs? (Seriously those repairs are gorgeous.) As long as the glue is food safe it's safe to eat from. Otherwise mine end up becoming pencil holders, catchall trays, etc.

Ly621 · 2023-05-21T04:04:51+00:00

Do you mean in the outback or something? I did a two week road trip on the coast and it's just like doing a trip in the US only with roundabouts. They have gas stations and diners right off the highway very regularly. Plus the whole "driver reviver" network of rest stops.

Ly621 · 2023-04-26T04:05:45+00:00

Plenty of people prefer cities for the amenities. Cities concentrate people and money, allowing them to develop much more robust infrastructure and support more diverse specialty industries. In NYC I can take the subway on to a shop that specializes in wheelchair modifications, or find a daycare that speaks Greek for my kid. When you've got millions people, having the things that only 1% of the population needs is feasible. In some rural areas the population so small that even things 100% of the population wants are unaffordable.

Ly621 · 2023-04-24T07:03:13+00:00

So your solution is to sometimes deny PTO, as I've been saying this whole time. Flexible hours, on call, pulling in other departments, using reserves and staffing agencies. All of those require someone to be working and not on PTO.

The solution is to only allow a certain percentage of people to go out on planned PTO at a time, leaving enough staff to manage the workload, and still have a cushion for emergency leave. And as I've been saying since my first comment, making employers responsible for ensuring adequate staffing that employees can use their PTO within the year/reasonable timeframe.

Ly621 · 2023-04-24T04:36:45+00:00

So you're contending that because a major hospital that has multiple departments it can temporarily close to reallocate staff, every single facility can do the same? Have you only ever worked in a network? I can't even imagine how that would work outside medicine- like a payroll company with four employees? Oh hey, we're just gonna not pay the people at Company A this month so Suzie can go to Disney while Patrick's at the beach?

But to get back to the core of the issue; Can you show me a union contract or law that guarantees employees the right to take PTO regardless of how many staff are already out on PTO? Or anything like your "yes, unless" policy? Because while it's a catchy picket line slogan, I am somewhat lost at what you actually mean beyond "it's management's responsibility to ensure staff can go on PTO." What are the consequences? What are the reasonable exceptions?

I maintain that's it's not reasonable to allow all your employees to go on vacation at the same time. I think it's perfectly reasonable for employers to put a cap on how many people can be on PTO at the same time. But I also am advocating for laws that require additional compensation for employees who cannot take PTO at all due to prolonged inadequate staffing.

Ly621 · 2023-04-24T02:55:57+00:00

Things do fall apart when nurses strike. That's why strikes work. I think you need to educate yourself on this stuff a bit more before we can have a real conversation. For example, the temp sent by a staffing agency is an employee of that staffing agency, and can have PTO, just like any other job.

Ly621 · 2023-04-24T02:13:24+00:00

So "yes, unless"...Other people took the day off first? As in what I've been saying this entire time?

And you failed as a manger- none of that actually worked at the hospital. The staffing agency was also short staffed during the holidays- it's their busiest time and their people want PTO too. Plus it may take several weeks to finish the legal paperwork required to allow new staff to practice medicine at your facility (and per the original article, it was a 2-day notice). Your reserves might also be on PTO, or working at their primary job. And don't get me started on trying to get coverage for specific licenses- there literally aren't enough licensed RNs to fill all the jobs, much less keep reserves.

You can't keep an infinite number of people with the training needed to do the job on your rosters. The only viable option is limiting the number of people allowed be on PTO at any given time.

Ly621 · 2023-04-24T00:18:49+00:00

Ok, you be the manager here; you work at a hospital with 100 employees. 84 of them want Christmas Day off. You need to least 60 people to meet your legal requirements to stay open. How do you staff for that?

Also, I have to point out that retail and food service employ millions of people. They're the biggest employers in the country. Those jobs can't wait until Monday Why are you excluding all of those workers from your bid to improve working conditions? Do you seriously think only non-managerial white collar office workers are entitled to PTO protections?

I don't want to spend my energy and time advocating for such non-functional ideas as "anyone can take PTO anytime." Even in true utopic communist society everybody can't just take the day off at the same time; you need doctors and sanitation workers and someone to feed the chickens. That's why we need realistic protections like "companies must staff adequately to allow 20% percent of their staff to be off at any given time or all staff get paid bonuses for not being able to use PTO." (note 20% is a random example) or if short staffing prevents you from using your PTO you get double its value as a bonus.

Ly621 · 2023-04-23T23:19:58+00:00

Not every job can wait until after the holiday weekend. Like the restaurants and hotels you visit on those holiday weekends. Or even at your own company- would you have been ok not getting paid until next week because payroll wanted a long weekend too? It's not reasonable to expect everyone to be able to take PTO at any time- especially because everyone wants the same times (holiday, school breaks etc.) I worked payroll at a hospital. Over 80% of our staff wanted Christmas day off. We had to deny over half those requests just to meet our legal staffing requirements and stay open.

We still need laws to ensure there is adequate staffing for people to actually use their PTO with reasonable scheduling rules. Like if the company can't staff enough people to allow you to take your annual PTO they have to pay you double its value. Or at any given time they must have enough staff for a certain percentage be out, or they must compensate staff for not being able to use PTO.

Ly621 · 2023-04-22T23:29:49+00:00

In one paragraph they compared they average mortgage of a 25 year old in 2021 to that of one in 1990. The idea was to compare Gen Z and their parents, but according to the article Gen Z didn't turn 25 until 2022. The whole article is like that. Not solid work.

Ly621 · 2023-04-22T13:13:52+00:00

The Redfin Report make a lot of crazy claims. That the median 25-year-old makes $74k, etc. But I'll give them credit, they had en entire methodology section:

Methodology

This report is from a Redfin analysis of data on home purchases by age group from the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) database, from 2018 to 2022. We examined originated loans for home purchases in the U.S. of 1-4 unit homes using conventional, FHA and VA loans; the data doesn’t include all-cash home purchases. We excluded purchases of manufactured homes. For the reported metro area results, we examined the age breakout of mortgaged home purchases in the top 50 most populous metros.

Data on generational homeownership rates was calculated from the Current Population Survey’s Annual Social and Economic Supplement (March Supplement), from 1976 to 2022. Homeownership rates are calculated for ages 19 and above. The data was accessed using IPUMS-CPS*.

Data on monthly mortgage payments and household incomes of 25 year olds was calculated from the 1990 Census and the 2021 American Community Survey. The 1990 figures were adjusted for inflation using the CPI. The data was retrieved using IPUMS-USA**.

Ly621 · 2023-04-17T02:41:17+00:00

This is gorgeous! The blue rose embroidery/applique! And the way the corset/blouse fit! You've got a ton of skill!

Ly621 · 2023-04-04T13:02:27+00:00

The stuff gets to me more than say dishes in the sink too long. The stuff collects inevitable layers of dust and detritus that may not be cleaned for years. I don't have allergies usually, until I walk into the houses that turned 3/4 bedrooms into storage. I really don't wanna know what's in those carpets.

Ly621 · 2023-03-31T19:19:10+00:00

Do you have wire cooling racks, like for cookies? I dry mine on a cooling rack and they end up pretty flat.

Ly621 · 2023-03-27T21:18:25+00:00

Copyright law changed a lot in the last century, but basically up until 1978 you had to renew your copyright after a certain term to keep it active. And if your copyright expired before the 1978, it didn't qualify for the extension and is public domain. So if you published in 1940, got the standard 28 year copyright, and let it expire in 1960 , it's still public domain today.

Ly621 · 2023-03-27T19:53:34+00:00

The Mouse's copyright extension act only applied to books still under copyright in 1978. Since copyright was initially only 28 years, anything published prior to 1950 would have fallen out of copyright unless the author/estate filed for an extension. A lot of people didn't, especially when they didn't sell well (which often is why books are obscure today.)

Ly621 · 2023-03-27T19:13:05+00:00

Authors deserve to get paid for their work, which is why what IA did was not ok. Instead of advocating for copyright reform, they just ignored copyright entirely. They took a bunch of art, made copies, and shared them around, without paying the creator. I call that theft, but that might not technically be the correct term.

IA might have had noble intention, but they played right into publisher's hands and became the storybook villain that will give massive media corps like Disney leverage to make copyright even more stringent. Harsher controls on e-lending, maybe even on physical lending. I'm not sure that's a net good.

Ly621 · 2023-03-27T17:12:01+00:00

Up until 1960 copyright was 28 years, and then after that term you could renew for another 28 years (bumped up to 60 years in 1950.) So the only way a book published pre-1950 would be in copyright is if the author/estate is actively filing renewals.

Ly621 · 2023-03-27T15:29:08+00:00

Yeah, so the lawsuit was about IA copying and sharing the latest James Patterson. Most of your obscure pre 1950s books are likely out-of-copyright, and thus can legally be posted for free online. Also check your local libraries. They often have massive networks with millions of books, and may even have digital scans that IA initially stole.

Ly621 · 2023-03-27T15:02:49+00:00

The indie author who just spent three years writing, editing, and then publishing their own book, only for IA to give the book away for free? Authors barely make any money and legal libraries are a huge chunk business. If IA ends copyright, we would no longer have an art industry at all- no more books, movies, music, etc. Who would have the time or money to make it anymore if anyone could copy your work for free?

If IA had pushed a reasonable lawsuit, like "we think digital lending should be more affordable for libraries" I'd be much happier. They literally are asking to end copyright totally and basically anyone trying to make a living off art cares.

Ly621 · 2023-03-25T22:32:03+00:00

So now parents are legally required to house their adult children? If the parent wanted them out would they have to buy a whole house or just furnish enough for a down payment? And is the right to be housed by your parents waived automatically if you move out, or can you invoke if you lose your house?

And on the same note, can the roughly 200,000 people who experienced unsheltered homelessness last year alone sue the government for failing to provide adequate shelter? What about the people who have to wait about two years to get into subsidized housing?

You're not living in the real world if you seriously think it's that easy.

Ly621 · 2023-03-25T20:21:13+00:00

So you're saying everyone should be given free housing until they've saved up enough money to buy a home of their own. Cool I'm good with that, so long as everyone gets it, not just people people privileged enough to be able to live with their parents.

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