Those guys sure are pressing up their lower lips. They look like they have a lot of resolve.

Mayonnaise cake is another option to minimize elbow grease.

On the phones making the calls. The FBI is Trumplandia.

Oddly, although I can use chopsticks to eat, I can not visualize what my grip is from these pictures. It’s delegated entirely to my hand at this point and I don’t think about it any more.

He’s above the law. He knows it.

All these fuckers are our neighbors and for many of us former employers.

We know exactly how they think, and what they think of us.

Andreesen is the tip of the iceberg.

Mitch doesn’t scare anybody any more now that he’s only half there.

Every photo of him looks like he’s barely hanging on.

Dude, republican degens would line up to drink her bathwater. She’s gonna be fine.

My boobs disagree. Have you ever actually had sex?

What an absurd comment, pathetic that this is where republican bootlickers find themselves these days

They learn it in church, exactly the same behavior.

I found that keeping up with people over video works better when you’re in the same time zone. When I was managing teams at +8 hours and -12.5 relative hours, communication and trust just weakened steadily over time and creative collaboration stalled. Spending a week there in person usually got things unstuck.

I know people on split engineering teams between LA and Seattle who prefer all virtual and it’s worked long term. LA to NY I think would be a heavier lift.

And, of course, this whole discussion is always dominated by software engineers; there are lots of jobs that involve actual manipulation of matter where in person collaboration is essential to communicate skills.

the executives locked themselves into expensive long term leases for their offices and don’t want to feel embarrassed that it’s a wasted cost.

This is exactly what happened at Alphabet.

Defenestration Room

Using the right tool for the right task is a big part of being a good engineer.