It's the sixth version of The Swamp. What could possibly go wrong?
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The absolute fucking best tres leches cake is made by this exact person here in Tucson. It's surreal and perfect.
Racer wrote:We raced Killington Beast today. It was great! Thank you for putting on such a wonderful race.
However, there were tons of people in the age group category that didn't have the "4 points" required to qualify as per the rules. I thought that the rules clearly stated that if you didn't have the 4 points, you'd be dropped to Open.
In the Women's 14-17 age group, the top 2 podium finishers shouldn't have even been in the AgeGroup heat, since they didn't have the qualifying points. Good for them they had a good race, but why go back on your own rules?
We spent the summer traveling around to different Spartan races to rack up enough point to be here. Seems unfair that that rule is now ignored?
Look, I'm not sure this is the most fair way to run a contest, but you made the rules. Play by your own rules and award the podium only to the people who qualified.
Jerloma on Slack wrote:Julia from Texas wanted to do the 14-17 AG NAM Championship this past weekend. She had two points from Houston and Baylor, and then flew out to Utah to do the USNS Super for 3 more just to qualify because she was told she'd be moved to the Open heat if she didn't. So, she came in 4th just missing the podium, but it turns out that the top 2 finishers hadn't earned a single point, but were allowed to race. Looking at their profiles, HERE and HERE, she's not wrong. Her grievance is below, and unless there's some mistake, I'm not sure what to tell this kid.
CS Lead wrote:Hey @KyleD This one will likely go to timing eventually, but let's have @garyb weigh in on this one. These may have been special invites.
Guys...there is no mother humping way I'm doing that! I'm ready to start a revolution over this kid! She cannot be more right about anything in the history of everything ever. I won't do it. You wouldn't do it, right?Race Production Lead wrote:Yeah that’s what we can say. Spartan reserves the right to allow special invites based on outside factors.
And then today found out that my company (Nanostring) lost a patent infringement lawsuit brought by that company (10x Genomics) in the EU. Yeah...not so great for our stock prices.DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Tue Sep 19, 2023 12:20 pm Found out last night that the son of one of our friends has accepted a job with a company that is my company's direct competitor.
NEW YORK – 10x Genomics said on Tuesday that it has been awarded a preliminary injunction by the new European Unified Patent Court that will prevent NanoString Technologies from selling its CosMx high-resolution spatial biology platform and associated RNA detection reagents in Europe.
According to 10x, the injunction — issued by a panel of four judges — requires NanoString to stop selling or providing services using the CosMx Spatial Molecular Imager instrument and RNA detection reagents in Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia, and Sweden.
I started my career at Dept of Homeland Security shortly after 9/11 and enforced the USA Patriot Act. I threw out my idealism and morals and followed orders, so I don’t have a leg to stand on here.Jerloma wrote: ↑Wed Sep 20, 2023 9:50 pm So this is almost definitely going to be the end of my second career.
Guys...there is no mother humping way I'm doing that! I'm ready to start a revolution over this kid! She cannot be more right about anything in the history of everything ever. I won't do it. You wouldn't do it, right?
Our "All Hands" meeting with the CEO this morning was interesting. Lots of flop sweat...DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Wed Sep 20, 2023 10:20 pmAnd then today found out that my company (Nanostring) lost a patent infringement lawsuit brought by that company (10x Genomics) in the EU. Yeah...not so great for our stock prices.DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Tue Sep 19, 2023 12:20 pm Found out last night that the son of one of our friends has accepted a job with a company that is my company's direct competitor.
10x Genomics Wins Preliminary Injunction Against NanoString, Stopping CosMx Sales in Much of Europe
NEW YORK – 10x Genomics said on Tuesday that it has been awarded a preliminary injunction by the new European Unified Patent Court that will prevent NanoString Technologies from selling its CosMx high-resolution spatial biology platform and associated RNA detection reagents in Europe.
According to 10x, the injunction — issued by a panel of four judges — requires NanoString to stop selling or providing services using the CosMx Spatial Molecular Imager instrument and RNA detection reagents in Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia, and Sweden.
I love your worldview.Jerloma wrote: ↑Thu Sep 21, 2023 7:19 pm So do companies exist whose main purpose doesn't seem to be to bleed as much productivity out of you while paying as little as they can get away with, and also have a semblance of a moral conscience, or is that just not a thing?
Also, let's say you have a problem resolution group. Your goal is still to produce because that's what justifies your budget. On the other hand, why does a company want more problems? Problems are inefficient and expensive. In a perfect world, you wouldn't need a problem resolution group. So, why the fuck are you putting the people running the problem resolution group in charge of reducing the fucking problems?
Sure, but they're small and bootstrapped. Once you have investors, it's hard to not put profits at the top of priority list.
What kind of problems are you talking about? Pretty much all work beyond manual labor involves solving problems.Jerloma wrote: ↑Thu Sep 21, 2023 7:19 pm Also, let's say you have a problem resolution group. Your goal is still to produce because that's what justifies your budget. On the other hand, why does a company want more problems? Problems are inefficient and expensive. In a perfect world, you wouldn't need a problem resolution group. So, why the fuck are you putting the people running the problem resolution group in charge of reducing the fucking problems?
Just need more Jesus in their lives.Jerloma wrote: ↑Thu Sep 21, 2023 7:19 pm So do companies exist whose main purpose doesn't seem to be to bleed as much productivity out of you while paying as little as they can get away with, and also have a semblance of a moral conscience, or is that just not a thing?
Also, let's say you have a problem resolution group. Your goal is still to produce because that's what justifies your budget. On the other hand, why does a company want more problems? Problems are inefficient and expensive. In a perfect world, you wouldn't need a problem resolution group. So, why the fuck are you putting the people running the problem resolution group in charge of reducing the fucking problems?
Ha! And it needs to start in the public schools. JLo’s moral stand ends in forced prayer (Christian only, of course) in public schools. This could be a Black Mirror episode.duff wrote: ↑Fri Sep 22, 2023 8:55 amJust need more Jesus in their lives.Jerloma wrote: ↑Thu Sep 21, 2023 7:19 pm So do companies exist whose main purpose doesn't seem to be to bleed as much productivity out of you while paying as little as they can get away with, and also have a semblance of a moral conscience, or is that just not a thing?
Also, let's say you have a problem resolution group. Your goal is still to produce because that's what justifies your budget. On the other hand, why does a company want more problems? Problems are inefficient and expensive. In a perfect world, you wouldn't need a problem resolution group. So, why the fuck are you putting the people running the problem resolution group in charge of reducing the fucking problems?
That does workDaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Fri Sep 22, 2023 11:56 am How do you get Customer Support to respond? Email the CEO and threaten to cancel all your orders.
Love a "Hair On Fire" meeting on a Friday morning.
That makes all the sense. Thank you. I think I was a little worried about having the email address but with the shit that corporations do with email addresses, I guess that has to be fair game.
Has this shown up on reddit, twitter, bluesky, or such? Feels like something that would be shared by the person you contacted.Jerloma wrote: ↑Mon Sep 25, 2023 9:02 pm I couldn't get past the idea that this was kind of pointless other than appeasing my moral conscience because my manager was just going to take the ticket and tell her the same brazen, insulting lie, so I emailed her to assure her that she's absolutely right and this was a blatant money grab with no regard for competition, and if they did anything other than DQ the non-qualifiers and ship her the second place medal, it's gross.
Is that bad? Am I bad? Can I get in trouble for that?
If they fire you for cause, they can also withhold unemployment. At least in Texas. Learned that in 2018 when my wife lost her job for the biggest bullshittiest of reasons (and we have actual proof now it was bullshit) and they denied her unemployment after her former job objected.
Texas sucks for employment laws. NJ you are eligible if fired except for "gross misconduct" which implies a committing a crime.Giff wrote: ↑Tue Sep 26, 2023 10:38 amIf they fire you for cause, they can also withhold unemployment. At least in Texas. Learned that in 2018 when my wife lost her job for the biggest bullshittiest of reasons (and we have actual proof now it was bullshit) and they denied her unemployment after her former job objected.
Or in Bob Menendez's case, not even then!The Sybian wrote: ↑Tue Sep 26, 2023 10:42 amTexas sucks for employment laws. NJ you are eligible if fired except for "gross misconduct" which implies a committing a crime.Giff wrote: ↑Tue Sep 26, 2023 10:38 amIf they fire you for cause, they can also withhold unemployment. At least in Texas. Learned that in 2018 when my wife lost her job for the biggest bullshittiest of reasons (and we have actual proof now it was bullshit) and they denied her unemployment after her former job objected.
Eh, he's in a different office.A_B wrote: ↑Tue Sep 26, 2023 12:48 pmOr in Bob Menendez's case, not even then!The Sybian wrote: ↑Tue Sep 26, 2023 10:42 amTexas sucks for employment laws. NJ you are eligible if fired except for "gross misconduct" which implies a committing a crime.Giff wrote: ↑Tue Sep 26, 2023 10:38 amIf they fire you for cause, they can also withhold unemployment. At least in Texas. Learned that in 2018 when my wife lost her job for the biggest bullshittiest of reasons (and we have actual proof now it was bullshit) and they denied her unemployment after her former job objected.
Oh no, I submitted my resignation along with my grievance and all of my systems access was revoked within an hour, so I definitely quit. However, for RI, if your resignation is justified, you can still get approved. I happen to have documentation of them clearly asking me to commit fraud, so...Giff wrote: ↑Tue Sep 26, 2023 10:38 amIf they fire you for cause, they can also withhold unemployment. At least in Texas. Learned that in 2018 when my wife lost her job for the biggest bullshittiest of reasons (and we have actual proof now it was bullshit) and they denied her unemployment after her former job objected.
All worth it.This is the most awesome email I’ve ever received.
It’s so good to know there are people with integrity in the world. That’s so much more important than any race result. Thank you.
Sorry about your job, but hope this change is your gateway to bigger and better things.
I don't think so but I wanted to start a thread on R/spartan that I just quit my CSR job and field any questions and give people tips on not getting screwed by their regressive registration policies and some discount hacks. It says that it's run by Spartan volunteers which probably means they just get free races, so I presume they have some jurisdiction over it. I asked Johnnie offline and he sort of indicated that Reddit may not be the cauldron of free speech that it markets itself as.wlu_lax6 wrote: ↑Tue Sep 26, 2023 6:51 amHas this shown up on reddit, twitter, bluesky, or such? Feels like something that would be shared by the person you contacted.Jerloma wrote: ↑Mon Sep 25, 2023 9:02 pm I couldn't get past the idea that this was kind of pointless other than appeasing my moral conscience because my manager was just going to take the ticket and tell her the same brazen, insulting lie, so I emailed her to assure her that she's absolutely right and this was a blatant money grab with no regard for competition, and if they did anything other than DQ the non-qualifiers and ship her the second place medal, it's gross.
Is that bad? Am I bad? Can I get in trouble for that?