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2020-03-31
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jiriknesl03:03:38

For working remotely - a strange thing is that in Oxford, people are way more likely to meet you (not just on a polite level, but really meet you) than they did in Pasadena, CA & San Francisco, CA where I lived before. So even when I work from home, I have way more physical contact than I had in years. Greets from Gibraltar as of now 👋

dharrigan06:03:23

Good Morning!

dominicm07:03:11

My body clock is skewed

guy07:03:51

Yeah im feeling this pain too as both my kids are in different sleep patterns

guy07:03:59

One goes to sleep "late" and the other wakes up "early" Its not ideal 😭

Jakob Durstberger07:03:28

I am just honked that now the alarm does off when it is still dark 😕

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guy07:03:00

Thats really sad

dharrigan08:03:17

I think we should get rid of this daylight savings thing

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alexlynham08:03:51

assume that’s a nod-and-a-wink joke?

alexlynham08:03:54

text is hard

mamapitufo19:03:24

I was hoping that they would cancel the daylight savings time thing, same as we've cancelled a bunch of other things :(

alexlynham13:04:10

daylight savings is no longer gonna be a thing from next year, if memory serves

guy07:03:33

Morning!

Ben Hammond20:03:44

maybe I don't understand what instacart is

Ben Hammond20:03:51

I thought it was like shopify

Ben Hammond20:03:11

and didn't really understand the boycot thing

Ben Hammond20:03:21

but turns out its more like ocado

Ben Hammond20:03:56

which suddenly makes more sense

seancorfield21:03:30

I have some friends who work for Instacart and it can be kind of brutal even when there isn't a pandemic happening. I have a very low opinion of most of these "gig economy" companies because they are pretty abusive to their (contractor-not-employee) staff -- and of course most of the folks who work for them are doing it because they're already low-paid and don't have much of a safety net.

seancorfield21:03:44

(overall these "disruptive" Silicon Valley companies are just vile in terms of labour laws and accountability -- Uber, Lyft, AirB'n'B... they make my blood boil!)

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dominicm21:03:24

How is uber fairing amidst corona?

seancorfield21:03:53

Whilst feeling sympathy for its poor, abused drivers, I hope Uber is dying the death of a thousand cuts 😐

seancorfield21:03:09

They are offering millions of free rides to healthcare workers and seniors etc but I just saw a report their business was down 94%

dominicm21:03:41

Better than I expected

dominicm21:03:12

I guess they only bleed money on trips, so this slows the problem rather than accelerating it