Non-IT News Thread
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@Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
Just a tad scary here: https://arxiv.org/abs/1611.04135
The scariest part is the probable use of lawyers saying that being a criminal is genetic.
Yup. The idea that you are guilty by being born rather than by your actions.
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
Just a tad scary here: https://arxiv.org/abs/1611.04135
The scariest part is the probable use of lawyers saying that being a criminal is genetic.
Yup. The idea that you are guilty by being born rather than by your actions.
Lol. I was going the other way, they couldn't be guilty, because they were born - that way.
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Double posting as this is really where this goes.
Tropical Storm Otto kills four in Panama
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Judge Suspends Rule Expanding Overtime for Millions of Workers
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@Danp said in Non-IT News Thread:
Judge Suspends Rule Expanding Overtime for Millions of Workers
That'll save @jason's company a lot of money since all of their IT staff appear to be under $47K. Entry level IT managers everywhere are rejoicing in being able to avoid overtime.
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@Danp said in Non-IT News Thread:
Judge Suspends Rule Expanding Overtime for Millions of Workers
That'll save @jason's company a lot of money since all of their IT staff appear to be under $47K. Entry level IT managers everywhere are rejoicing in being able to avoid overtime.
Who exactly does this qualify for?
I thought there was a recent change in many businesses who were moving their IT staff out of salaried positions and into hourly because their IT jobs weren't really what qualified for salary-exempt anyway?
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Not sure if political or not but this is kind of a big deal....
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/11/trumps-fcc-advisor-wants-to-eliminate-most-of-the-fcc
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@Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
I thought there was a recent change in many businesses who were moving their IT staff out of salaried positions and into hourly because their IT jobs weren't really what qualified for salary-exempt anyway?
No, @jason had said that because he realized that his post had made it obvious that even his managers were below the overtime threshold. IT is not doing that in general. There is a new law, but people should not have been widely affected by it. If anyone was moving salary to hourly because of it, there was a problem before.
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@Dashrender Same scenario. The judge decided that it was improper for the limit to be raised so high.
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@Danp said in Non-IT News Thread:
@Dashrender Same scenario. The judge decided that it was improper for the limit to be raised so high.
It was rather high. And why IT is not treated the same as related fields no one knows.
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@coliver said in Non-IT News Thread:
Not sure if political or not but this is kind of a big deal....
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/11/trumps-fcc-advisor-wants-to-eliminate-most-of-the-fcc
Wow, that's terrifying...
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@coliver said in Non-IT News Thread:
Not sure if political or not but this is kind of a big deal....
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/11/trumps-fcc-advisor-wants-to-eliminate-most-of-the-fcc
Eliminating the bloat isn't bad. But that's probably not the goal.
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@StrongBad said in Non-IT News Thread:
@coliver said in Non-IT News Thread:
Not sure if political or not but this is kind of a big deal....
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/11/trumps-fcc-advisor-wants-to-eliminate-most-of-the-fcc
Eliminating the bloat isn't bad. But that's probably not the goal.
right, seems like net non neutrality is the goal.
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@Danp said in Non-IT News Thread:
@Dashrender Same scenario. The judge decided that it was improper for the limit to be raised so high.
It was rather high. And why IT is not treated the same as related fields no one knows.
Right, I don't understand why non managers non developers (not sure why devs are included) are considered exempt positions?
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@Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@Danp said in Non-IT News Thread:
@Dashrender Same scenario. The judge decided that it was improper for the limit to be raised so high.
It was rather high. And why IT is not treated the same as related fields no one knows.
Right, I don't understand why non managers non developers (not sure why devs are included) are considered exempt positions?
Any engineering position should be exempt in theory. The idea of overtime is really only sensible for positions that are time based, like administration.
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Devs are software engineers, they should totally be exempt.
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
Devs are software engineers, they should totally be exempt.
remind me the reasoning behind that?
That crazy company I mention all the time - West - My friend's team is M-F 8-5. Sometimes they work later, but they aren't expected to be dev'ing outside of work time. Troubleshooting, yes, developing, no.
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@Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
Devs are software engineers, they should totally be exempt.
remind me the reasoning behind that?
That they are engineers? They design products, same as any engineer.
Why exempt? Because they are thought workers, white collar professionals. They don't work "by the hour".
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Snow falls in Tokyo in November for the first time in 54 years
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Israel fires: Tens of thousands flee as fires hit Haifa
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-38088651