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October 2nd, 2023 | Return to Office Is Bullshit and Everyone Knows It
Oct 3, 2023
Former cryptocurrency expert warns of talent exits due to return to office policies. Debate on remote work and employee rights. Exploring Unicode and Nom Nom tool for source code diagrams. Python 3.12 release and Nobel Prize for mRNA vaccine development. Bias towards conventional wisdom and challenges of academia. iOS jailbreaking journey and Windows Defender flagging Tor browser. Streaming LLM for language models and AI voice cloning impact on music industry.
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- Return to office policies create controversy and raise questions about employee rights and manipulation of remote work promises.
- Understanding Unicode is crucial for software developers, involving aspects like UTF-8, grapheme clusters, localization, and libraries for string operations.
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Passionate Exit Over Return to Office Policies
A cryptocurrency expert resigns from a large tech company due to their non-negotiable ultimatum to return to the office, sparking a debate about remote work, company policies, and employee rights. The discussion covers manipulation of work from home promises, legal protection for employees in remote work situations, and the varying reactions of companies to the pandemic.
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