One of the best things about fetchmail is that one can decide to just not run it outside working hours.
Schlagwort: Arbeit
Ohne Betriebsrat ist auch teuer.
Weil ein Arbeitgeber einem Jurastudenten fristlos gekündigt hatte, als dieser einen Betriebsrat gründen wollte, muss er Schadensersatz für dessen Verdienstausfall, entgangenen Freikonsum von Getränken und Speisen sowie Trinkgeldern zahlen. Außerdem muss er sich für Formulierungen im gerichtlichen Schriftsatz schriftlich entschuldigen.
Anastassia Liutyi (lto.de): Jurastudent erstreitet 100.000 Euro Entschädigung (2025-07-21)
Nothing is better than something.
The Laziness Lie is rooted in capitalism and a particularly harsh breed of Christianity, and it preaches that salvation comes from hard work. That belief system carries over into how we talk about productivity, effort, and achievement. It teaches us to view idle time as a waste and to try to constantly keep ourselves occupied. It leads us to assume that there is more virtue in doing something than there is in doing nothing, no matter what that “something” is.
The illusion of time as space.
Is there a point in (working) life where we switch from using the month view of your calendar to the (multi)week view, and never go back?
Timeonality.
[...] person who has not done one-half his day’s work by ten o’clock [...]
Emily Brontë: Wuthering Heights