Interesting Links for 31-07-2022

[andrewducker]

1. This is very nearly exactly what you don't want to happen while rock climbing

(tags:rocks Doom video )

2. Confusing British words: a very abbreviated list

(tags:language UK English )

3. Apparently "doing your job" is now called "quiet quitting"

(tags:work wtf )

4. The Sandman Creator Explains Why He Tears Down Online Trolls

(tags:neilgaiman racism )

5. The benefits of special interests in autism

(tags:autism psychology )

6. Covid cases could give just 28 days immunity as scientists warn of shorter, sharper Omicron variant waves

(tags:Pandemic Doom )

7. Genetically engineered rice needs less fertilizer, makes more food

(tags:food rice genetics )

8. I approve of arming orangutans

(tags:ape funny )

Comments

[channelpenguin]

3. FFS! Solidarity, people. Let's just all do our jobs for the workday and knock off on time and have a life. We're not getting the rewards of business owners, there's no reason for us to do extra. Latterly, I'll even include "own learning in own time" as a probable "no". Eyes, brain, body, nervous system can only do so much in a week long term and it's pretty much the std 40hrs.

I've done this my entire work life - until maybe now. I will / have stopped. Am seriously thinking of new job

[bens_dad]

1. Request denied.

[danieldwilliam]

Surely Orang Utans have already got more than an average amount of arms.

[danieldwilliam]

I am certainly in a quiet quitting frame of mind again the moment.

[danieldwilliam]

The EU ban on GM crops is one of the worst bits of legislation I can think of. Up there with Prohibition.

[snippy]

3. The problem is that employers want to use the standard of someone who is both an outlier in natural energy & application and willingness to use those attributes for their job to create the default expectation for all potential employees. Frequently those outlier people don't even realize, or acknowledge, that they are outliers.

I'm disabled enough that it's hard in multiple ways to work a 40-hour job, but my employer doesn't know because all the rest of my time is spent buffing myself up to return to work. If the norm in the US were less onerous I would benefit.

[bens_dad]

8. I would approve of giving guns to wild orangutans, except that
a) they might shoot each other, and
b) I'm sure that some people with guns would shoot the orangutans to get more guns ...