Ja, ist es. Nur mit dem Unterschied, dass man im Home-Office keine Kürzung des Gehalts zu erwarten hat. Vermutlich ist es doch so, dass diejenigen, die solche Verdachtsmomente erheben, ihr eigenes Verhalten projizieren (im Home-Office arbeitet man nicht, wer sich krankschreiben lässt, macht blau, und Bürgergeldempfänger machen sich einen faulen Lenz).

Das höhere Ziel solcher Ideen soll wahrscheinlich sein, dass der Arbeitnehmer sich etwas unterwürfiger dem Arbeitgeber präsentiert, denn die “Bock auf Arbeit”- Kampagne von Herrn Lindner kam ja nicht so gut bei den Arbeitnehmern an:

• wenn ich mich krankschreiben lasse, dann kommt der Arbeitgeber zu Kontrolle vorbei (siehe Tesla), und unterstellt mir trotzdem, dass ich blau mache, also geh ich lieber krank zur Arbeit. So vermeide ich auch Gehaltseinbußen.
• bevor ich als fauler Sozialschmarotzer gebrandmarkt werde, nehme ich lieber den Scheißjob mit der hohen Pendelzeit an, bzw., wenn ich mich gegen die Arbeitsbedingungen auflehne, dann ist man rucki-zucki den Job wieder los
• ich arbeite lieber etwas länger von zuhause aus (ohne es aufzuschreiben), damit nicht der Eindruck entsteht, ich würde nur meine Haushaltsarbeiten machen, außerdem lasse ich mir Trackingsoftware installieren, damit der Arbeitgeber auch sehen kann, dass ich arbeite

Der nächste logische Schritt wäre, dass der Arbeitgeber auch den Wohnraum stellt - praktischerweise wird die Miete gleich mit dem Arbeitsentgelt verrechnet. Bei Kündigung ist man dann zügig obdachlos. Hoffentlich kommen solche Ideen nicht.

https://www.wiwo.de/finanzen/steuern-recht/krankschreibungen-its-crazy-blaumachen-heisst-jetzt-selbstfuersorge/30038330.html

Original-Link (könnte bald eine Paywall enthalten)

Nur mit Bargeld kommt Trinkgeld auch bei denen an, denen es zusteht.

I would never mix private data with work related data. You should get a second phone for work related things. As pointed out by others, it may be technically possible to have both on the phone without interfering with each other (which also would be more convenient), but keeping things separated physically has another advantage: Data you are handling/ generating at work belongs to your employer. This means that he can demand (problbly backed up by law) to search your phone when things should go south in the future. You don’t want your employer to have a peek at your personal phone, do you? Also, your employer might want you to install tracking/ logging software to make sure you really do the work. By having a dedicated phone for work related stuff your private stuff is out of focus.

Auf Wikipedia gibt es ein Schaubild, das die Generationen gut darstellt. Ich halte mich immer an diese Einordnung. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3e/Generation_timeline.svg

I can’t access the link in this post. I found a paper on the internet that describes the process and also has some pictures: A Complete Electron Microscopy Volume of the Brain of Adult Drosophila melanogaster

Convertibles are being phased out worldwide.

Reasons for the decline of convertibles include practicality, durability, cost increases, and new panoramic sunroofs and glass tops, according to experts. Automakers are also investing capital in off-road models and electric vehicles. Source

The VW plant described in the article, known as Karmann before being overtaken by Volkswagen, traditionally had produced the convertibles for Volkswagen and Porsche. Demand has changed now, from sedans and compact cars as convertibles to SUV models that don’t offer a convertible option anymore. .

Wichtiger wäre es, die echten Probleme anzugehen: Die Mitarbeitenden in Jobcentern fühlen sich seit Jahren überlastet, die Digitalisierung der Verwaltung läuft schleppend. Viele, die Grundsicherung bekommen, brauchen aber möglichst schnell Weiterbildungen, Sprachkurse und unbürokratischere Zugänge zum Arbeitsmarkt. Unter den Bürgergeldempfängerinnen sind viele Alleinerziehende. Wie sollen die arbeiten, wenn ihre Kinder nicht ausreichend betreut sind?

Das sind die Probleme, die mit den Sanktionen kaschiert werden sollen. Es geht wohl kaum um die ca. 16.000 Bürgergeldempfänger, die sich total verweigern, eine Stelle anzunehmen.

Es werden sich in den nächsten Jahren noch so einige CDU/SPD/AfD-Wähler umgucken, wenn es auf einmal sie selbst betrifft.

I live in Germany.

From the linked article within this article: New commuter concern: cancerous chemical in car seats

Some scientists assumed that humans stopped being exposed to the chemical, called TDCIPP or chlorinated tris, after it was placed on California’s Proposition 65 list in 2013. However, it is still widely used in automobile seat foam. The study shows that not only is your car a source of TDCIPP exposure, but that less than a week of commuting results in elevated exposure to it.

I assume, that this conclusion doesn’t refer to car seats only. Although this chemical compound had been banned for home usage, people who commute by bus, train or airplane might be exposed to these chemicals too, as the seats are made and use to be in an automotive environment.

“If we picked up this relationship in five days, what does that mean for chronic, long-term exposure, for people who commute most weeks out of the year, year over year for decades?” Volz asked.

It seems that these chemicals accumulate faster than they are being broken down, which puts every commuter at risk in the long term. I wonder what the effects of this exposure might be, since these kind of chemicals are known for acting similar to hormones in our bodies. Could the overall agressive behavior that we witness in our society (roadrage, among others) be - at least partial - an outcome of the exporsure to flame retardend chemicals?

I looked it up. Neat concept, but it is availiable within US only. There is nothing similar availiable at my country - at least, not that I know of.

Did you follow the tutorial I posted? If so, the English-translated part may not have the right terminology. I followed the instructions on the linked website: https://www.404media.co/paypal-personalized-shopping-opt-out/. I suppose, this is appliccable worldwide.

To me, it is. I don’t have a credit card - I never got one offered by my bank (…which makes one think…). Back in the “early days” (early 2000s - mostly on Ebay) it was quite common to recieve the bank information of the seller after purchase. Then I had to wire the money to the sellers’ account. There was no online banking. It could take up to a week to wire the money. After the seller recieved the payment, the ordered item got sent with postal service. When Paypal was introduced, it was a game changer: the seller recieved the money instantly, and could send the purchased item right away.

How do you do online shopping then? Most websites offer Paypal as a payment method, among credit cards. Or do you pay with a credit card?

• Einloggen
• Herunterscrollen und unten auf der Seite den Link „Datenschutz“ anklicken
• dann bei Datenschutz festlegen den Link „Datenschutzeinstellungen“ anklicken
• dann das Feld „Interessenbasierte Werbung“ anklicken
• auf jeden der beiden Einträge klicken und den Schalter jeweils auf „aus“ schalten

. Translated from the above:

• Log in
• Scroll down and click on the “Privacy” link at the bottom of the page
• then click on the “Privacy settings” link under Data & Privacy
• then click on the “Interest-based advertising” (Personalized shopping) field
• click on each of the two entries and set the switch to “off” in each case

What kind of toilet paper are you using?

Not that I know of. I think they automatically use the mask that works “best” while these codes are generated. I have tried some (free) QR code generators and there is no hint that the mask can be choosed.

If you have Affinity Designer 2, you are able to generate QR codes within the software. No need to sign up for a free one. But when creating a QR code with Affinity, there is no option to choose the mask.

that is cool.

I feel the same. When I learned about them, I used them for easy access (although a third party app was necessary at the time) to certain websites: I have several house plants at home. I made little signs with the latin name of the plant and a QR code that leads me to a website where care instructions are shown (how many times the plant has to be watered, how much of sunlight these plants have to be exposed to, etc.). It came handy sometimes, especially when leafes were turning yellow. Care instructions could be looked up easily.

Also on business cards: On the back side of my business card there is a QR code that - when scanned - puts the contact information into the adress book. This came in handy a few times when you have to work with workers at a construction site.

I think the major breakthrough came with the Covid pandemic, where these codes were everywhere. Also, later phones do not require a third party app which lowers the entry bar to make use of these codes significantly.

What I don’t like is that restaurants start to use them exclusively, as a substitute for a printed menu.

I think that manufacturers of tech products test their products only with a few standard configurations - but in reality there are too many possible combinations of different configurations:

Take a bluetooth mouse for example. Generally, it connects to a computer and it works. Now imagine that you have a different configuration - a logicboard in your laptop that has not been tested by the manucacturer of the mouse or an obscure model of the bluetooth reciever, that also hasn’t been tested to work with that mouse. Your mouse works well in the beginning, but disconnects at random times. You can’t pinpoint the issue, and when you are looking for help online, nobody seems to have the same problems with that mouse.

In this case, said mouse sucks, because it doesn’t function reliably. A different person with a different configuration of their computer (different logicboard, different model of the bluetooth unit) might have no problems at all with the same mouse.