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zen  ·  3174 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Why Republicans Are Being Devoured

I wouldn't fund anyone who couldn't spell 'creating'.

Your labeling of Hitler as a progressive reveals you for the sicko you are - back to 1930's Germany, Goebbels.

Hi - I feel for you. I was in a similar situation when I was just about to have a child. I ended up leaving that employer, but that might not be the answer for you.

First things first - are you expected to go to these meetings? Will they implode without you? Can you decline and it wont be thought much of? Is it forever, or just for a while?

Where I am (not Europe) I tend to see European countries as generally being progressive about workers rights, and European employers generally being progressive about work/life balance - can you talk to your bosses boss and explain how you come in early and thus leave a little early so you can get these other 'life' things done at a reasonable time?

If you cant decline the meeting or talk to your higher ups about it in a reasonable manner, maybe you can claim you have to be home at a certain time due to family commitments? Like having to pick up your nephew from school or something. Employers don't need to know your whole life situation to know you have a non-movable commitment.

Anyway, it looks like you may have to have a long and hard think about your role in this organisation if its not living up to what you consider to be your work/life balance - staying and growing angry and resentful can be worse for you in the long run than if you found another job.

zen  ·  3923 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The new Kid Cudi is incredible

I didnt like it. I listened to it the day after its stealth release - maybe I was expecting some more club beats like 'Day N' Night', but I dont feel this album was as good as Man on the Moon.

zen  ·  3932 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Time travellers: please don’t kill Hitler

not to mention the wartime technological breakthrough that occurred. we might still be flying around in single prop planes and never landed on the moon!

zen  ·  4063 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: So what is the Australian population on Hubski like?

sydney, read alot, dont post alot.

zen  ·  4111 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: If Microsoft were to make Windows open source, what would you change?

nah its the only way to script things without writing vbscript <shudder>, which still uses the cscript or wscript executable interpreter. powershell is infinitely more powerful than batch, and much more user friendly and easier to troubleshoot than vbscript

zen  ·  4145 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Check Out How Much Food I Got From The Dumpster Last Night

we have trader joes in australia now? arent those frozen meals under the strawberries and next to the eggs? why were they thrown out?

zen  ·  4202 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Emergence of Spear Technology (90 kya)

Isn't kya an abbreviation for 'thousand years ago'? So you are saying 90 thousand thousand years ago? Shouldn't it be 90kya?

zen  ·  4276 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: "House of Cards" and the Liberal Imagination

he isnt a sociopath - he just does what he does out of vengeance. he definitely has feelings for claire, and is not anti social

zen  ·  4280 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Ben Stiller is Humiliated by 6 Year-old Girl in Exhibition Doubles Tennis Match

she's 9 not 6

zen  ·  4364 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Ask Hubski: What were the most significant scientific discoveries of 2012?

higgs bosun (potentially 2 different types!) would have to be up there