How many workers on the job at a typical fast food restaurant?
While waiting for an order to be fulfilled, I count the number of staff working at fast food restaurants, espresso cafes, and so on. In the past, there were usually…
October 12, 2021: OHA stills says wear a cloth face covering, avoid using masks that actually might work
Public health remains stuck in the dark ages, about 200 years ago. As of October 12, 2012, Oregon Health Authority still asks the public to wear “cloth face coverings” We…
Post-pandemic, corporate training likely to stick with e-learning methods
During the pandemic, many corporations moved to online training programs – doing away with offline education seminars, workshops, conference sessions. This also means less business travel, fewer overnight stays, and…
HR resume robot scanners may be eliminating 27 million potential workers, says Harvard study
This may explain part of the “worker shortage” – much of it may be a self inflicted shortage created by automated hiring practices: Automated-hiring technology known as Applicant Tracking Systems…
“Flight shaming”: Global travel should be banned.
Saving the planet requires that we stop gaping and gawking at travel blogs and vacation selfies. Instead, everyone who cares about the environment should shame those who clamber onto an…
‘HOAs are basically neighborhood tyranny systems’
True: ‘HOAs are basically neighborhood tyranny systems’ — why people are blasting homeowner’s associations on Twitter – MarketWatch I have only had one home that fell within an HOA. The…
Parody: “Counterfeit COVID-19 vaccination cards bound for New Orleans seized by U.S. Customs”
The level of idiocy in the country is amazing. Last spring you could download the PDF file from official government public health web sites and print them yourself. You can…
Time to start hoarding again
Yesterday, I completed a long cross country driving trip. On the last day, we encountered a restaurant that had just gone out of business, other restaurants that are back to…
Heh – Company CEO favors tax on his competitors
Laughable: The founder of the world’s biggest plant-based meat company has suggested that a tax on meat could help tackle some of the problems from growing meat consumption. Source: Beyond…
Six US States ban the sale of high end gaming computers because “climate change”
My house is powered by solar photovoltaic panels – why should my use of a gaming PC be prohibited? I generate my own power, carbon free. US States California, Colorado,…