TipsForCanoes

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by TipsForCanoes 5mo ago
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by TipsForCanoes 5mo ago
This "research" has no controls, no blinding, no quantitative data. The historic work mentioned all come from a time when there was no reliable way to confirm that someone was actually asleep. The recent research is full of weasel
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by TipsForCanoes 5mo ago
> I think it's because the complexity of the tasks varies, and it's also difficult to predict this complexity. I don't know what that means in relation to the Kanban methodology. What I'm looking for is something like
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by TipsForCanoes 5mo ago
Could you do me a favor and just explain what you found not to work?
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by TipsForCanoes 5mo ago
I'm curious exactly what you found not to work. How was your manager using the WIP constraints and triggers, that you didn't like? I ask because in my experience the main 2 reasons are either a manager who doesn't understand
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by TipsForCanoes 5mo ago
> "WIP" does not work Such a bold statement when you must know that countless people have a very different experience. Kanban the team methodology is about process efficiency and avoiding bottlenecks. WIP limits are triggers to
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by TipsForCanoes 5mo ago
The fundamental idea behind Kanban was WIP Constraint Management. Unfortunately, so many people have been doing cargo-cult agile for so long that now the word "kanban" means 'task board with columns' to most people. It s
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by TipsForCanoes 5mo ago
Can you show the capacity and flow management parts?
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by TipsForCanoes 5mo ago
> Why Zip drives dominated the 90s, then vanished almost overnight This is such an odd take to me. I sold and supported computers in the 1990s. Outside of a few industries, such as desktop publishing, Zip was not popular. The vast majori
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by TipsForCanoes 6mo ago
Banner says "custom tees, delivered at cost" but then the preview page shows a price that is double what I get going to their drop shipper directly (printful). No detailed product info on shirt type or quality. No company info. Ha
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by TipsForCanoes 6mo ago
For anyone interested in a deep dive, I recommend the book Vision or villainy: origins of the Owens Valley-Los Angeles water controversy.
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by TipsForCanoes 1y ago
I have been using this software continuously for close to 20 years. My desktop doesn't feel right without it. Thank you Bill Wilson!
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by TipsForCanoes 1y ago
You're not wrong if you adhere to the Bible. Tipping appears nowhere in the Bible. However, the practice of fair and honest trading appears many times.
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by TipsForCanoes 1y ago
I know a few people who work in food service and make close to 6 figures with tipping. Without tipping they'd be at or close to minimum wage. Of course they are in favor of tipping. One friend shared with me in detail how she plans and
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by TipsForCanoes 1y ago
I think this could be solved with two small legal changes. 1. Abolish lower minimum wages for so called "tipped" workers and raise it to a fair value. 2. Make it illegal for any business to solicit tips. If a customer wishes to ti
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by TipsForCanoes 1y ago
One of the reasons often given for why one must tip in US restaurants is the rampant wage theft in that industry. In law the restaurant must make up the difference if tips fall short of the minimum wage but, we are told, wage theft is so co