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  • Just in Time shipping and manufacturing only serves one purpose, making quarterly reports look good. Managers and equity firms LOVE JiT because keeping inventory on hand doesn’t balance well on their spreadsheets. They can not quantify inventory getting used over the course of a few years because they can’t see past the next quarter. To them, it’s lost profit; even if it doesn’t lose its value and is all but guaranteed to get used/sold eventually.

    You would think more companies would have learned the merits of Just in Case manufacturing. Those that did absolutely thrived under COVID as they were the only ones still able to produce.

    But no. The COVID crisis “ended” and companies went “Well something like that will certainly never happen again! Back to the old ways!”





  • I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.worldtoPolitical Memes@lemmy.worldIt's not "deportation"
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    The definition of deporting does not specify that it must be to the country of origin. It is simply the expulsion of a foreigner from a country. No specific destination is needed.

    This may seem pedantic, but words matter, and if you’re starting your argument by trying to twist and change what words mean, then you’re already weakening your point. Especially when you end your argument with GET THE LANGUAGE RIGHT.






  • Gmail on mobile is pretty horrendous as well.

    Me: “Hey Google, can you pull up the emails with links to the concert tickets I purchased a few months back?”

    Google: “Here is every correspondence you’ve had with the ticket seller smashed into a single email with only the latest one visible”

    “But I purchased two tickets separately that came in different emails, how do I just get to those?”

    “🤷‍♂️”



  • Here’s my take on it:

    On days when I’m working at 100%, I’ll admit, I do better in the office than I do at home.

    However, I don’t always work at 100%, and I have MORE 100% days at home than I do at work.

    In an average week, I will get more accomplished working from home than I will at work, simply because I am more motivated and energized while at home.


  • I get the feeling you’re not from the US. In the vast majority of US cities, bike infrastructure is either non-existent, or so limited/unprotected that it’s still dangerous to use.

    Let me try to give a good comparison. Telling people to switch to biking in US cities is like telling someone to switch to biking on the Autobahn. It’s impractical, it’s dangerous, and often it’s even illegal. You might think that’s hyperbole, but I promise it’s not. For many major cities, 40 MPH (65 KPH) is considered a low speed, found on side-streets and other non-major roads; in neighborhoods, where kids play, it drops down to 30 MPH. On highways, you’re looking at 50 MPH minimum, sometimes up to 75 MPH, and these are inner-city highways.

    Americans don’t choose not to bike out of laziness, but because, in most places, biking as a form of transportation will get you killed.







  • In DnD, there are many ways of approaching character creation. You can make a serious character with a deep background which influences the story and play style… Or you can completely ignore all that and just make a goofy little guy. You will usually get some mixture of both in most DnD groups.

    So the first two characters are discussing their serious background and their motivations and then the other two are just like “I am a fancy lil frog nobel.” and “I’m a farmer!”