If you can't bear to have a single good thing said about someone (anyone)... it may be time to consider whether you're taking it too far, and becoming someone who is working the political divisiveness that you abhor.

Take a break, walk outside, talk to some people... breathe.

I have. I went for a long walk and I also talked to people today of varying opinions about the state of the country and of the event.

If you can link me a video of Kirk being thoughtful, kind, humble, and calling for peace and unity for all Americans and that we should work for a more accepting and loving democracy, I would be interested.

Not all people are good people. That doesn't justify political violence. It means we don't have to automatically speak kindly of people because they have passed.

Here's the intended link target: https://github.com/devcontainer-community/awesome-devcontain...

Poplar is a very wet wood. It tends to take so long to dry, and then burns so quickly, that it isn't worth processing for firewood!

I thought Google was bad[0], but this is just one product from Microsoft.

[0]: https://killedbygoogle.com/

I'm surprised no one has mentioned Typhoid Mary so far!

Sounds like there are some parallels. I'm not sure if it's the same in this case, but Mary Mallon was given a court order to give up her job as a cook, but that was the best paying job she could get, so lacking the financial resources necessary to survive without that job she returned to it.

I think the public policy lesson there is: you can't just tell people to stop doing things they have to do in order to exist. If it's necessary in rare cases to tell people to stop working, then it's up to the state to provide them the financial resources to survive.

Germ theory was also pretty new at the time and not something most working class people would know about, nor did Mary have symptoms.

Contrary to today, germ theory is taught in elementary schools and is well understood by basically everyone. And this woman was clearly experiencing symptoms bad enough to require an ER visit! Visiting the ER likely also means that most of the common religious reasons such as being a Christian Scientist are out the window.

The article mentions translators, so there's evidently some sort of language barrier, and probably a cultural one as well.

Even if she did fully understand that she's supposed to socially distance and observe a lot of very strict precautions to not infect anyone, it's not clear if she had the financial means to actually follow all those rules, which likely prevented her from working.

Same! It's a wild and almost unbelievable story[0].

[0] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Mallon

The previous discussion of this situation (link needed) had some discussion on typhoid Mary. That previous thread was actually where I learned about the story.

And if you don't know, this is how you learn!

Were there significant productivity and quality improvements for a coffee break, when compared to a simple break of the same length without coffee?

My gut feel is that the important part here is the break, not the coffee — prior to that point it was common to work without stopping.

And even if the caffeine did improve productivity over and above the break itself, that still doesn't prove that the bill doesn't come due later, outside of work hours.

I'd like to see the results from comparing coffee, tea, a caffeine-free herbal tea, water, a break without any substance, a break at your workspace vs a break at a breakroom some distance away, sitting while drinking vs standing while drinking, sun vs indoors, conversation vs silence, and so on.

Is 'rate of default' the term you are looking for?

Business Development Representative.

Impressively, the expansion conveys about as much information as the acronym.

"Gatekeeper" is a more accurate translation.

In most companies it's more accurately translated as "lead generator" or "sender of spam emails and LinkedIn messages"

You're fine.

If there is any possibility of legal action, it'll be against the users who use your platform to connect with SAP.

And it's very unlikely that SAP would take legal action against them - their account manager may be in touch to discuss, but they don't jump into action prematurely.

Also: if you're really worried, talk to a lawyer instead of strangers on the internet.