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JC, would the article just get to the point?! I'm a straight guy, but even I can tell mild dadbod with fuller hairline will yield sexier sons than balding try-hard.

I believe every study has shown music of any kind results in a 0x to 0.5x productivity hit.

I agree silence is best for concentration; it's also reflected in the meme "turning down the radio in your car to see better".

We've returned to loud offices now. Instrumental music takes less of a productivity hit than being surrounded by loud conversations and office noise.

Sometimes music is "quieter" than the loud office and chatter around me.

Pretty sure no one's going to give a ____ either way.


Primarily their 80s haircuts and their combustibility in daylight.


lol. My first thought as well.


Sad that GP's wit was lost on you.


And yet I learned something!


I'm aware that I'm in a privileged position

Why? You're a 21st century plumber without union protection. Sort out your company's plumbing, then do wtf you want on your own time.


What I meant by that was complaining about boring work is privileged compared to those people who can't find any jobs at all (at least not ones that pay well).

Still, I feel like I should at least try.


I wouldn't say they were particularly instructive. You couldn't get very far without the cheatbooks. You did however imprint a playful cynicism from seeing the same snarky passages over and over again. Long live Steve Meretzky.


Any proposition is vacuously true following the contradiction between GPL and commercial software. As for your legal exposure, no one, not even Microsoft, has the resources to pursue your infringement, imagined or otherwise.


Someone who doesn't mind dumb questions.


Because people suck? Everyone trying to replace everyone.


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