It is a truth universally acknowledged that a sane employee in possession of his wits must be in want of a good manager.
Charles StrossTags: paraphrased humour tribute
Steampunk is nothing more than what happens when Goths discover brown.
Charles StrossTags: humorous from-a-blog-post
Christmas: the one time of year when you can’t avoid the nuts in your family muesli.
Charles StrossTags: kindlehighlight
Nothing stands for content-free corporate bullshit quite like PowerPoint. And that's just scratching the surface...
Charles StrossThe European Parliament responded by focusing on corporate governance. If corporations wanted to be legal citizens they could damned well shoulder the responsibilities of good citizenship as well as the benefits. Social as well as financial audits were the order of the day. Directives outlining standards for corporate citizenship were drafted and a lucrative niche for a new generation of management consultants emerged - those who could look at an organization and sound a warning if its structure rewarded pathological behaviour.
Charles StrossTags: corporations
Some say the Internet is for porn but you know that in truth the Internet is for spam.
Charles StrossTags: internet
Politics is shit; it corrupts everything it touches...
Charles StrossBritain is relying on you, Bob, so try not to make your usual hash of things.
Charles StrossAccelerating to speeds faster than light was, of course, impossible. General relativity had made that clear enough back in the twentieth century. However, since then a number of ways of circumventing the speed limit had turned up; by now, there were at least six different known methods of moving mass or information from A to B without going through c.
Charles StrossBob loses saving throw vs. shiny with a penalty of -5. Bob takes 2d8 damage to the credit card.
Charles StrossTags: rpg humour apple consumerism shiny saving geek d-d roleplaying-games cult-of-jobs d20 saving-throw
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