be_excellent_to_each_other

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I was thinking urinalysis, which I was always told was ~30 days. It doesn't change the argument.

C-level or anyone in the company exempt? Do we monitor alcohol usage so closely? Would people tolerate it if we did? Federal law is the only reasonable basis for an employer to be testing for off the clock use of a drug that is legal or decriminalized in that state. Otherwise it's an invasion of privacy. And yes, it is, whether you tell me it legally is or not.

[–] be_excellent_to_each_other@kbin.social 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

The moment there isn't federal law to lean on, I hope for and expect court cases predicated on the fact that there's no basis for an employer to care more about whether someone has smoked cannabis in the past thirty days than they do about whether that same employee gets blackout drunk every Friday and Saturday night - nor for that matter if the person responsibly drinks a couple beers after work some nights. (Or is someone pushing to detect alcohol use within the past 30 days as a reason to disqualify employment?)

Neither of those details of their lives speaks to someone's sobriety at work, and the basis for considering marijuana usage as somehow "worse" is rooted directly in the racist basis for policies enacted at the very start of cannabis prohibition.

The reality is that drug tests just like felony checks are very good filters for bad employees.

If this is true, drug testing should start at the CEO.

Edit2: Hanging onto this for 2 months before replying, or just like trolling through old cannabis discussions looking for an argument, or...?

[–] be_excellent_to_each_other@kbin.social 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

It wasn't a comparison to Gotti except for a lamentation that the name has been used already. Though if it ends with Trump behind bars too, I can't complain. I'd like to feel some of this turns out to be more than just an annoying inconvenience for him.

fwiw in the future you can find out the path to your drives and their uuid if needed with

lsblk -f

I didn't realize that. That's disheartening.

It's hard for me to imagine 2024 not being the year they do.

I was about to say "How would people know who you meant?" but I'm pretty sure it would catch on.

I mean the physical design of the gun, not the projectile or effect.

I'm a simple man. Same answer for decades.

Someone somewhere is already planning how they will get people to work around the clock this way, and someone else somewhere is probably desperate enough to feed themselves or their family that they'll take it when offered.

[–] be_excellent_to_each_other@kbin.social 29 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Yep. No reason not to think it isn't just corporate greed again.

(from the article about the previous insane egg prices)

In absolutely unrelated news, eggs are suddenly incredibly expensive. A dozen "conventional" eggs are currently averaging $2.88, which is double what they cost a year ago. Supposedly, this is caused by a supply chain shock (an avian flu outbreak).

But – and this will shock you, I know – the single company that dominates the US egg industry, Cal-Maine Food (AKA CALM – ugh) is making record profits. Their Q3/22 net was up 65% from the year before. Cal-Maine's Q4-22 sales were up record-smashing 110% – $801.7m:

[–] be_excellent_to_each_other@kbin.social 61 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (4 children)

The entire apparatus of the United States justice department and executive branch has so far not succeeded in doing more than pissing him off about Jan 06 and election fraud, but this one woman has bloodied his nose repeatedly. Bravo I say!

Maybe this is going to be the one thing he sees actual consequences for.

Side note - pretty sure losing cases like these would have killed anyone else's political career and presidential aspirations. It's a real shame we already used up the Teflon Don nickname.

[–] be_excellent_to_each_other@kbin.social 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Yeah, I'd think outside of movie-style moments it's not something that makes sense 99.9% of the time, I just thought it was an interesting claim. It would have been more interesting if it were true. 😁

(to be clear I'm not the guy who made the claim)

 

Just curious if it's somehow got to do with anything on my end. I'm generally desktop-only, firefox-only.

 

Sorry folks, this didn't look paywalled for me when I posted it.

Links others have provided:

https://archive.md/EwTss

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/12/20/gay-bar-pm-st-louis-police-crash-owner-arrest/71986781007/

 

I currently have to stare at what is presumably @RichardvanDaalen being anally penetrated on the main page, no matter that I have blocked him, and no matter that I have hit refresh several times.

I could post a screenshot, but you'd probably rather I didn't.

 

Sen. Markwayne Mullin blamed “political correctness” for the uproar over his attempt to fight a witness during a Senate hearing.

 

Channel link since this video from OP will go offline in something like 10 hours: https://www.youtube.com/@DDCyprus1Click

 

Police in South Carolina are investigating an incident involving a vehicle that drove through security fences at a nuclear power station on Thursday.

 

“Listen to Elijah’s words,” prosecutor Jonathan Bunge said as police body camera video was played. “When Elijah is on the ground handcuffed, he’s saying over and over and over again, ‘I can’t breathe. Please help me.’”

But instead of helping him, Bunge said, Aurora Police Officer Randy Roedema and his former colleague, Jason Rosenblatt, ignored McClain's pleas for help and told arriving paramedics that he had been resisting and had "crazy strength."

Then the paramedics gave McClain a sedative "as he was drifting closer and closer to death," Bunge said in Adams County District Court.

 

I have never played another FPS that had a mode like this, and it was so damn fun and self-balancing.

Having said that, I don't have the time to game nearly as much as I once did, so I have missed plenty of modern titles, even big ones.

Is there anything still being played that has a mode like this?

From the link, emphasis added:

Nash Werner of GamePro said of the PC version, "With its well-written storyline and thought-provoking missions, SoF's singleplayer will keep you thrilled for hours, and you'll probably be playing the Assassin mode for months.

Edited to describe it: (from memory)

In this mode, it's a lot like Deathmatch mode, except each player is assigned a target. You can only shoot your target or the person who is targeting you. You advance up the rankings by killing your target.

The genius of the mode is that the more you are dominating, the more people will respawn with you as their assigned target. So pro player on the server is going to have essentially every other person on the server trying to kill just them very quickly, while a noob is never going to be targeted by more than one person. If you are having a day where you've really hit your A game, it's very, very satisfying, but it's still fun if you aren't having a great session.

This is happening dynamically throughout the match as people respawn, so it's very fluid, and the balance shifts during the game continuously to keep it fun for everyone.

 

And it’s based on his “advice of counsel” defense

 
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