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Comment Re:They could do that? (Score 1) 105

Also illegal in the UK. While they can relocate offices, they'd have to go through an employee consultation process and they certainly would be making redundancy payments. It's also typical to have 1-3 month notice periods in employment contracts. The way TFA is phrased sounds like constructive dismissal.

Comment Re:Side effects (Score 3, Insightful) 146

Anti-Semitism has been weaponized to destroy people like Jeremy Corbyn

Bullshit. That's a conspiracy theory by anti-semites. The EHRC found the Labour Party to be anti-semitic. Corbyn did nothing but let it fester, even as his Jewish MPs left the party either because he was too weak, or more likely, because he's also anti-semitic himself.

You're cut from the same cloth, as you've repeatedly demonstrated in your words on this site. I won't be distracted by your whataboutisms, which is the only thing you have to defend yourself from the truth.

Comment Re:Side effects (Score 1, Troll) 146

We know where you stand in terms of anti-semitism. Remember this thread where you ducked and dived and tried to avoid admitting that you supported bigoted politicians like Jeremy Corbyn: https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.slashdot.org%2Fcomm...

Why won't you people apportion any blame to the Gaza situation on Iran and terrorist organisations like Hamas? Admit it: you're just an anti-Jew, anti-Israel bigot.

Comment Re: Haha (Score 1) 150

Burdell made a point about out-of-hours meetings being about managers thinking their time is more important than theirs and how they wouldn't enjoy working in a company with 24x7 high-level staff.

Austerity Empowers said that this was about India, although without explaining why.

You then replied with a perfectly valid and common case about companies spanning many time zones, which essentially points out that this is more than just about India. I totally agreed with your point. Then you started waffling on about making people in India being optional in your meeting, which was a totally unnecessary addition when your first paragraph stands very well by itself. Are the people out of hours in other time zones given a free pass, or are they wondering why the Indian team(s) get it easy?

Protip: don't be a condescending twat.

Comment Re: Well, duh (Score 1) 70

I didn't miss your point, but I don't think it's valid. All operating systems come with a minimum set of applications and tools that make it useful. Apple's selection might not be the best or the most functional, but they're good enough to at least get started. I don't think it's their job or right to sift through all the third party alternatives to select what they think is the best for their users, and nor do most people want the Linux experience where you get a dozen of everything and no help deciding which is the best to use.

Comment Re: Markdown (Score 1) 27

Nothing like HTML. Itâ(TM)s far more lightweight and interferes with legibility a lot less. I couldnâ(TM)t imagine trying to type Slack messages on my phone in HTML, what a nightmare, but its flavour of MD is fine. Iâ(TM)m surprised you havenâ(TM)t encountered because itâ(TM)s everywhere. I will have used it in GitLab, Jira and Slack by mid-morning, and maybe somewhere else too.

Comment Re: Markup, Stupid! (Score 1) 27

Thatâ(TM)s a stupid question, but you were just trying to whinge about something completely unrelated, werenâ(TM)t you? The only way this issue will be fixed is if /. fixes its bugs. Until then: weep. It must be frustrating knowing that /. will never fix this bug as they donâ(TM)t spend money and are just try to squeeze out a dwindling supply of revenue from a niche website with declining numbers and an audience whoâ(TM)s very proactive about blocking ads.

Comment Re: in CA (Score 1) 163

Before GPS navigation, I would study my route in advance and write down a list of road numbers and towns. If I hadnâ(TM)t managed to memorise it, I had a summary that was really quick to check and refresh myself from. If I actually needed to look at the road atlas, I pulled over instead of driving dangerously. The modern equivalent of the turn by turn instructions from Google are ridiculous and way too detailed to the point of being useless. Eyes should be on the road.

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