Maybe everyone else here understands what you’ve posted, but as someone from /all, who has recently switched to Linux, I don’t know what an offline hangout is, and the link you provided is just a survey. How do I learn more about what you’re talking about?
One of its key proposals is to restructure and politicize the federal workforce, replacing many civil service positions (which currently have protections and merit rules) with loyalists and more direct presidential control.
The blueprint explicitly calls for reclassifying or converting many civil servants into political‐appointment roles and weakening civil service rules.
Mass layoffs or deferred resignation aren’t called out specifically.
It’s interesting how critical you are of OP posting content but you’ve never posted anything. Be the change you wanna see and start churning out some high quality postings.
The headline you’ve written is factually inaccurate. They prevent the state from doing business with contractors who boycott Israel. It’s a very different thing. The state of Texas also prohibits its state employees from doing the same.
Let me give you my perspective and the reason I turn them on.
It builds accountability. I want to be a timely replier of texts, but sometimes I fail. Even worse, sometimes I open it and forget to reply at all. This forces me to leave them unread until I’m ready to address them. I know the sender will see that I have read them, so it incentivizes me to manage my texting better.
I think the big difference is that they seem to be optimizing for customer satisfaction where others are not.
My favorite example I use often is how the Steam Deck comes with a case. It’s free and there’s not even an option to not get it. They know you need one, they include it. The Switch doesn’t come with a case. They know you need one but they don’t care. You’ll buy one if you want it bad enough and that’s more revenue.
Short hop (300 miles, 1 car): Mileage = 300×$4.72 = $1,416, but you’ll pay the $2,296 minimum (plus any parking/switching).
Regional trip (500 miles, 1 car): 500×$4.72 = $2,360 (above the minimum). With one night of standard parking, $2,583 before any special switching.
Overnight long-distance (1,000 miles): $4,720 for one car. Two cars on the same request price $8,340 (first car $4,720 + second car $3,620) before parking/switching.
I find that having a task list that you use religiously helps a lot because then you can visually see what you have to do.
At some point though, if you’re getting all your work done and don’t have more to do, work on bettering yourself in some way you care about and enjoy it while it lasts.
Gotcha, thanks for the clarification. Clearly I don’t run in right circles to have ever heard that before.
I’m still getting a ton of reports about this thread. An open call for everyone to cool their jets please. I don’t really wanna lock anything.