Re: [MBZ] I can not believe how stupid people are

I'm wondering how this affects 2020 and future income taxes. In prior years most people didn't have any consequential "home office" dedicated space or supply expenses. This year, many more people will. I'm using my personal living space, electricity, and internet connection to do work for my employ

Re: [MBZ] OT: I love this bike

Those things are expensive. SEA neighbor got one last Autumn. Loved riding it. WRD struck, his Priapus got the catastrophic converter swiped thrice this year, and some hobo absconded with is bike while he was at the park. Local SEA news channel had an in depth report on the illicit markets th

Re: [MBZ] U.S. Cadillac Dealers to Exit Brand, Rather Than Sell Electric Cars

>The 67 GTFO is one of my favorite cars of all time I believe 3M restored the Monkey Mobile model of one of those. Rick ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: htt

Re: [MBZ] I can not believe how stupid people are -- now remote work

Exact description of the Korean College exams that are being seated this week. Lots of complaints that the physical accommodations are horrid and impacts to future success are being damaged by Plexiglas panels, masking, cyber stalking recording and locked down computers. Not sure, sounds ter

Re: [MBZ] 500 SEL $2,000

What a dummy Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 4, 2020, at 6:13 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes > wrote: > > Looks pretty clean. Why upload screenshots of your phone instead of the > actual photos? > > https://cincinnati.craigslist.org/cto/d/cincinnati-1985-mercedes-benz-500-sel/7241342990.html >

Re: [MBZ] I can not believe how stupid people are -- now remote work

Trousers For me it was home is where the trousers are not worn. Work required I look human and behave human. --- clay I turned my computer upside down and shook it, but the bookmark for what I'm looking for didn't fall out. > On Dec 4, 2020, at 8:29 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes >

Re: [MBZ] 1973 Mercedes-Benz,$7,000

Totally wrong fog lamps. Not sure about the steering wheel, as that might have been a transition year from Bakelite to collapsable. The w115 240D should have had the mushy wheel clay I have no pronouns please do not refer to me. > On Dec 4, 2020, at 7:42 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercede

Re: [MBZ] I can not believe how stupid people are

Pink collar jobs in the legal field are all but gone. There used to be massive word processing, secretarial pools, paralegals and a host of desk occupants. Now the shyster has to do his own WP, support tasks and self help/care. If the firm is large enough, it has a central processing unit (H

Re: [MBZ] I can not believe how stupid people are

For virtual work to function well will require a mass change to home architecture to include work cells for kids and office drones. In normal times social intercourse could be sustained in bars and dining spaces. The current plague is swiftly ridding the landscape of any business lunch or soci

Re: [MBZ] U.S. Cadillac Dealers to Exit Brand, Rather Than Sell Electric Cars

The 67 GTFO is one of my favorite cars of all time --FT Sent from iPhone > On Dec 4, 2020, at 8:53 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes > wrote: > > Dealers were allowed to opt out of Volt and ELR sales/service, but now it's > EV or GTFO. > > Nobody would willingly sell a franchise for $1MM or less

Re: [MBZ] U.S. Cadillac Dealers to Exit Brand, Rather Than Sell Electric Cars

Dealers were allowed to opt out of Volt and ELR sales/service, but now it's EV or GTFO. Nobody would willingly sell a franchise for $1MM or less. Those 17% must have decided that Caddy was a sinking ship and it was time to flee. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com

[MBZ] U.S. Cadillac Dealers to Exit Brand, Rather Than Sell Electric Cars

GM recently gave Cadillac dealers a choice: Accept a buyout offer to exit from the brand or spend roughly $200,000 on dealership upgrades--- including charging stations and repair tools---to get their stores ready to sell electric vehicles, these people said. The buyout offers ranged from around $

Re: [MBZ] 500 SEL $2,000

I see this all the time. Defies understanding --FT Sent from iPhone > On Dec 4, 2020, at 7:13 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes > wrote: > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery

[MBZ] 500 SEL $2,000

Looks pretty clean. Why upload screenshots of your phone instead of the actual photos? https://cincinnati.craigslist.org/cto/d/cincinnati-1985-mercedes-benz-500-sel/7241342990.html Allan ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.

Re: [MBZ] I can not believe how stupid people are -- now remote work

You'd have to get rid of the CEO, CTO and all the other do nothing corporate types that eat up the vast majority of the budget while providing very little in return... -Curt On Friday, December 4, 2020, 3:57:17 PM EST, mi...@mitchellhaley.com wrote: On 2020-12-04 14:53, Curt Raymond

Re: [MBZ] I can not believe how stupid people are

We outsourced some stuff to China about 12 years ago. After 1 year we stopped that, the code that came back was completely unusable. Then we outsourced to the Ukraine and Russia invaded... The problem with outsourcing is not the quality of the code its the oversight required to get quality code.

Re: [MBZ] 1973 Mercedes-Benz,$7,000

1973 was a transition year. I think that steering wheel might be correct on later production 1973 models. Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 4, 2020, at 11:43 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes > wrote: > > Incorrect (and probably cracked) steering wheel is all wrong. As is the > price... > >> O

Re: [MBZ] OT: I love this bike

I don't know why, but I entered this thread expecting an electrically assisted pedal bike, which seem to be all the rage among those of a certain age (Sammich loves his). ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ T

Re: [MBZ] I can not believe how stupid people are

Mitch Haley via Mercedes writes: > It's been credibly alleged (I have no direct knowledge) that Indian > coders working remotely produce horrible code. I've directly experienced it but it was about 10 years ago. No idea what things are like today. Allan ___

Re: [MBZ] I can not believe how stupid people are -- now remote work

On 2020-12-04 14:53, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: I've read about folks who have workstations that track active time, so if you don't interact every 5 seconds or so it assumes you've left. Pretty good sign it's time to get a new job... How hard is it to track $$$ spent vs work received, and

Re: [MBZ] I can not believe how stupid people are -- now remote work

On 2020-12-04 15:28, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: I’ve heard that our certification authorities are doing stuff like this so they can still have people testing for certs. I’m curious as to how they do it… I did a 16 hour webinar for CPE credit last month. 4x an hour a prompt would appear on t

Re: [MBZ] I can not believe how stupid people are -- now remote work

For the online exams, you have to install and use a "lockdown browser" which takes over your computer and prevents you from accessing any other applications or unapproved websites. Your camera and microphone is used to verify that nobody else is in the room helping you, and supposedly also to catc

Re: [MBZ] I can not believe how stupid people are

On 2020-12-04 14:20, Allan Streib via Mercedes wrote: If it does prove to be that virtual workers are acceptible for many companies or jobs, the 6-figure-income techies in California can say goodbye to their jobs. There are smart motivated people in eastern Europe, Asia, and elsewhere who will do

Re: [MBZ] I can not believe how stupid people are -- now remote work

Rick Knoble via Mercedes writes: >>Also since I use an obscure OS at home, > > What OS? OpenBSD. Allan ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okieben

Re: [MBZ] I can not believe how stupid people are -- now remote work

I’ve heard that our certification authorities are doing stuff like this so they can still have people testing for certs. I’m curious as to how they do it… -D > On Dec 4, 2020, at 3:15 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes > wrote: > > The next thing is using the camera and screenshots to verify that

Re: [MBZ] I can not believe how stupid people are -- now remote work

>Also since I use an obscure OS at home, What OS? Rick ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com

Re: [MBZ] I can not believe how stupid people are -- now remote work

The next thing is using the camera and screenshots to verify that you are sitting at the computer and actually working on work stuff. Similar stuff is being done for students taking online exams, to try to detect cheating. Yeah I would not work under those conditions. Also since I use an obscure O

Re: [MBZ] I can not believe how stupid people are -- now remote work

Agreed. Just as there are app developers out there who have come up with apps that “twitch” your mouse every few minutes, too. -D > On Dec 4, 2020, at 2:53 PM, Curt Raymond wrote: > > I've read about folks who have workstations that track active time, so if you > don't interact every 5 secon

Re: [MBZ] I can not believe how stupid people are -- now remote work

I've read about folks who have workstations that track active time, so if you don't interact every 5 seconds or so it assumes you've left. Pretty good sign it's time to get a new job... Curt Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Fri, Dec 4, 2020 at 2:28 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: Ou

Re: [MBZ] OT: $800 MacBook with iPhone CPU?

On Fri, 4 Dec 2020 14:22:46 -0500 Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: > Hee. Having been a trainer, I can really relate to this. I ran into it when I was a TA for an undergraduate physics lab class. At one point I got tired of students writing their lab report around the (sloppy and confusing!) raw d

Re: [MBZ] I can not believe how stupid people are

I will say this I have worked remotely the last 15 years. At my previous job we had company meetings and people got to know each other there pretty well. Aside from that we got to know each other well on our weekly calls, just calling each other for help etc. We were not millennials though and p

Re: [MBZ] I can not believe how stupid people are -- now remote work

Our HR department was reaching out to find some sort of application or logging method to track employee’s time via Active Directory or VPN access. We pretty much told them “No” and explained that logging can’t be a means of time racking, as it’s easy to spoof and doesn’t always relate directly t

Re: [MBZ] OT: $800 MacBook with iPhone CPU?

The other one, in VM, building a Microsoft cluster with 2 members you need a total of 4 drives, 2 get shared between the members. Somebody always ends up making 6 drives, no shares and can't figure out why the cluster fails...Took me hours to figure out what they had done the first time I saw it

Re: [MBZ] I can not believe how stupid people are -- now remote work

I keep a definite separation of church and state, 8 hours after I log in I log out and go do something else.Or sometimes, like hunting season, I take a couple hours off to hunt and log back in after dark.I think the hip and trendy term is "work/life balance". Curt Sent from Yahoo Mail on Androi

Re: [MBZ] OT: $800 MacBook with iPhone CPU?

Hee. Having been a trainer, I can really relate to this. -D > On Dec 4, 2020, at 2:19 PM, Curt Raymond wrote: > > I get one or two students in every class that dont listen and end up with no > GUI. "So it's like I told you..." > > Curt > > Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android >

Re: [MBZ] OT: $800 MacBook with iPhone CPU?

I get one or two students in every class that dont listen and end up with no GUI. "So it's like I told you..." Curt Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Fri, Dec 4, 2020 at 11:36 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: I know, it’s just that I find it annoying. That and if you’re a relative new

Re: [MBZ] I can not believe how stupid people are

I feel the same way. You said it better than I did in a reply that I started and then trashed. Also it's one thing for established workers to continue their jobs remotely, but it seems to me very difficult to bring on new hires and get them integrated into the "team" if everything is remote and yo

Re: [MBZ] I can not believe how stupid people are -- now remote work

This is a common finding in the research on remote workers who work from home. They typically put in more hours because there’s no disconnect between home and work. There can also be concerns that there is a perception that if they’re not producing they’re not working. This is also something tha

Re: [MBZ] I can not believe how stupid people are -- now remote work

On 04/12/2020 11:29 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: I was teleworking full time before I retired this summer . . . Did I miss something? I don't recall you saying you had retired. Congratulations! You made it out alive. RB ___ http://www.okieben

Re: [MBZ] OT: I love this bike

My '62 R69S looked just like that - but it also had a little folding luggage rack thingy on the back. The Earl's fork front suspension goes up during braking instead of down, so if you balanced the front and rear brakes, you stayed level. On Fri, Dec 4, 2020 at 10:44 AM Andrew Strasfogel via Merce

Re: [MBZ] I can not believe how stupid people are -- now remote work

I was teleworking full time before I retired this summer and as you said, missed the daily interactions with other humans. I also found that working from home meant LONGER hours, since I had no reason to log out and there was always a new email to open, which often kept me well beyond 8 hours. On

Re: [MBZ] I can not believe how stupid people are -- now remote work

I would agree with this. I have a team that I work with, two of which are younger people about 20 years my junior, and one who is a few years older than me. We all get along well and have a lot of common interests, so the social interaction was definitely a part of the work day. I definitely mis

Re: [MBZ] I can not believe how stupid people are -- now remote work

I realized when I was at Lotus that I was working mostly with people who were not in my office so it really didn't matter much where I was.  Instead of fighting traffic at 830 I would drop the kids at school, go home and work for a coupla hours, make phone calls, emails, work on computer stuff,

Re: [MBZ] OT: I love this bike

By the time the auction ends it will be in five figures and out of my range. On Fri, Dec 4, 2020 at 11:28 AM Randy Bennell via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Just buy it and get it over with. Consider it an investment. > > RB > > On 04/12/2020 9:47 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes w

Re: [MBZ] 1973 Mercedes-Benz,$7,000

Incorrect (and probably cracked) steering wheel is all wrong. As is the price... On Fri, Dec 4, 2020 at 11:27 AM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > looks pretty nice > > > https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/13759591029/?ref=search&referral_code=undefined > >

Re: [MBZ] OT: $800 MacBook with iPhone CPU?

I know, it’s just that I find it annoying. That and if you’re a relative newbie and don’t know to avoid this during setup, you’re surprised by a machine and interface you didn’t expect. -D > On Dec 4, 2020, at 10:55 AM, Curt Raymond wrote: > > 16 and 19 both ask during install. > > Curt > >

Re: [MBZ] OT: I love this bike

Just buy it and get it over with. Consider it an investment. RB On 04/12/2020 9:47 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: Somebody lock me away from the computer. https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1965-bmw-r60-2-6/?utm_source=dm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2020-12-04 _

[MBZ] 1973 Mercedes-Benz,$7,000

looks pretty nice https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/13759591029/?ref=search&referral_code=undefined -- --FT ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: ht

Re: [MBZ] I can not believe how stupid people are

Max says: >I've been thinking that the current situation of almost all virtual work (for >those that can do so) is a losing proposition in the long term. I would agree, but not for the reasons you state. If one can work for a company from home for $100k a year, that "work from home" position ca

[MBZ] The front Mercedes symbol on the front is diamonds

I think that would be the one on the front, the front one, not the back one M-Class ML 500 Sport Utility 4D $6,000 https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/395249475057572/?ref=search&referral_code=undefined -- --FT ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search li

Re: [MBZ] OT: I love this bike

I drove a single cylinder R25 during my senior year in college. On Fri, Dec 4, 2020 at 10:50 AM Jim Cathey wrote: > > https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1965-bmw-r60-2-6/?utm_source=dm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2020-12-04 > > > Oooo > > -- Jim > > ___ h

Re: [MBZ] OT: $800 MacBook with iPhone CPU?

16 and 19 both ask during install. Curt Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Fri, Dec 4, 2020 at 6:42 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: The thing I didn’t care for in the later Windows Server products was that the “base” install is a headless design, CLI only. -D > On Dec 3, 2020, at 8:

Re: [MBZ] OT: I love this bike

> https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1965-bmw-r60-2-6/?utm_source=dm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2020-12-04 > > Oooo -- Jim ___ http://www.okieb

[MBZ] OT: I love this bike

Somebody lock me away from the computer. https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1965-bmw-r60-2-6/?utm_source=dm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2020-12-04 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change de

Re: [MBZ] I can not believe how stupid people are

And in a nutshell that’s what this company found. While the initial approach was to let roughly 50% of the employees work remotely, about a third of those ended up wanting to return t the office if I recall correctly. Many of them were younger people whose social lives involved relationships wit

Re: [MBZ] I can not believe how stupid people are

A wise company will do an intelligent mix. Those who do better working from home, work from home. Those who do better in an office environment, work in an office. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubsc

Re: [MBZ] OT: $800 MacBook with iPhone CPU?

On 2020-12-04 08:14, Meade Dillon via Mercedes wrote: But the OS is not Winders. Operating System = Arch Linux 5.9.9-arch1-1 x86_64 in the first test you linked to. Check out the OS on this one. Somehow I don't think that's a Ryzen 7 CPU https://browser.geekbench.com/v5/cpu/5136824 Was this

Re: [MBZ] I can not believe how stupid people are

Along those lines, there’s a “Hidden Brain” episode that addresses a study that a company in China did in the last year on remote workers. It’s pretty interesting, especially the social aspects of what they discovered. You can fast-forward in to about 11:00 or 12:00 when the segment on this star

Re: [MBZ] OT: $800 MacBook with iPhone CPU?

But the OS is not Winders. Operating System = Arch Linux 5.9.9-arch1-1 x86_64 in the first test you linked to. - Max Charleston SC On Fri, Dec 4, 2020 at 7:25 AM Mitch Haley via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > In theory, that's close to a low wattage Ryzen 7 in a laptop.

Re: [MBZ] I can not believe how stupid people are

I've been thinking that the current situation of almost all virtual work (for those that can do so) is a losing proposition in the long term. I'm not sure when the impact will be felt, but eventually the work-place relationships will shrivel up into superficial and shallow relationships, and the t

Re: [MBZ] OT: $800 MacBook with iPhone CPU?

On 2020-12-04 06:44, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: https://www.cultofmac.com/729236/m1-mac-mini-runs-windows-10-enormously-faster-than-microsoft-surface-pro-x/ In theory, that's close to a low wattage Ryzen 7 in a laptop. https://browser.geekbench.com/v5/cpu/5031421 Or an i7: https://browser.

Re: [MBZ] OT: $800 MacBook with iPhone CPU?

https://www.cultofmac.com/729236/m1-mac-mini-runs-windows-10-enormously-faster-than-microsoft-surface-pro-x/?utm_campaign=Cult%20of%20Mac%20Today&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue%20newsletter

Re: [MBZ] OT: $800 MacBook with iPhone CPU?

The thing I didn’t care for in the later Windows Server products was that the “base” install is a headless design, CLI only. -D > On Dec 3, 2020, at 8:42 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes > wrote: > > For Windows 10 I've given up on using menus for anything. I just hit the > windows key and star