Not the usual floor desk! I like that this one can be tucked away in a corner and the storage space would probably work out well (I guess it depends on how well it's constructed) for keeping books or supplies...or cats.
Took a quick client call, grabbed supplies from the table drawers, and packaged up sales from the weekend, and my main working space was invaded. 20 mins away, tops. Not shown - the three other cats just out of frame, sniffing around a new pile of toys. Anyone else regularly sharing workspace on the floor with furry family members?
Another DIY floor desk. This one looks very similar to the IKEA Lack table but adjusting for best height is likely easier going the DIY route than it is cutting down an IKEA leg and marring the veneer. Probably sturdier, too.
Another beautiful and simple floor desk. Finding it hard to decide which style to go with to replace my old IKEA table!
Apparently, YouTube is a treasure trove of DIY floor desks!
How did it start for you? Were you the kid who always felt more comfortable on the floor and just never "grew out of it"? Did you give a floor desk or floor sleeping a try and expand the concept? Did you read about the idea in a book or see a YouTube video? I'd love to know!
Love hearing about other people's reasons for working at a floor desk!
At the moment, no source (other than screenshots from social media) is off-limits for posting to the community - either as a direct link to discuss or within the body of a post/comment. All along the political spectrum, from around the world, major publications to brand new Substacks (just please don't spam your *own* Substack...) - it's all allowed.
There have been some rising concerns for years about how much information is collected when we click the links to read, and with the article that came out last week (America’s largest newspaper chain, USA Today Co., partners with Palantir to analyze audience data as search traffic falls), there have been some calls to consider what sources are allowed in this subreddit both from the angle of maintaining privacy and as a matter of principle. Before we go further, here are the main points of the article that have caused some of you to reach out:
"Palantir has been the subject of controversy in recent months for providing its technology to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the U.S. Department of Defense, and the Israeli military."
"The company’s co-founder and chairman is Peter Thiel, the billionaire entrepreneur..."
"USA Today Co. isn’t the only media company to enlist Palantir’s services. Axel Springer — which owns Business Insider, Politico, Bild, and The Telegraph — and Fox News have also partnered with Palantir for its data intelligence tools. Thomson Reuters also supplies data to Palantir, which had been used by ICE, 404 Media reported in March."
"...this incredible AI and software that Palantir has to allow us to move so much faster and to be so much smarter with the data we have today. And…take a lot of the anonymous interactions we have today and turn those into known relationships…The more known relationships we have, the more data we create, the more signals we create, the more actionable intelligence we have.”
Creepy, sure. The article also mentions that USA Today owns "...more than 200 local newspapers in the United States, along with its national daily USA Today." so avoiding USA Today by itself won't keep you from offering up data to Palantir.
And the company's statement on privacy, standards, and ethics made to the reporting agency was this: “USA TODAY Co. complies with applicable data protection and privacy laws and maintains strong standards for data security and governance,” the company said in a statement to Nieman Lab. “We require this of our vendors and partners as well, reflecting our belief that safeguarding protected personal information is essential to our business and the audiences we serve. Our editorial decisions remain independent and are guided by our longstanding journalistic standards and ethics policies.”
Links to articles about the economy are the lion's share of content posted here. Members have expressed more frustration with apparent self-promotion of linked blog posts and websites than with the privacy concerns about Palantir so far, but the conversation needs to be had before this gets to be a bigger/more known issue.
Personally, I'm not sure where I stand on allowing or not allowing publications that share data with Palantir here in this community. Privacy on the internet is seen mostly as an individual responsibility but it's hard to not acknowledge that there are too many people who don't know what they don't know and are not aware of good practices for keeping safe on the internet. So here's what I'm thinking our choices are:
I'm open to other ideas. I think we all anticipate an uptick in economic woe as we get closer to election time, harvests begin, holidays approach, etc. I want to make sure that the concerned voices have their moment to speak up before we might see more traffic, especially if the community wants to make changes.
That being said, I'm also still looking for another Moderator or two. No large workload, just someone (or two) who can be around to take action when needed. If you're interested, reach out via Mod Mail.
Tell me about that low unemployment number again…
"Unexpectedly".
"Trump said this past weekend that he canceled a planned attack on Iran, adding that talks between the two countries would resume Monday. U.S. media reports on Friday said the president was gearing up for a new wave of strikes as hopes for a negotiated settlement to the war diminished and energy prices surged.
Signals that the U.S. has backed off from its earlier threats against Iran were also likely pushing stocks higher, with pressure on artificial intelligence-related stocks showing signs of easing up, Michael Monaghan, partner and portfolio manager at Founder ETFs, told CNBC."
So bored of this.
Finally got a dealership to perform the work on the PCV valve recall! I posted a few years ago about inheriting my late father’s ‘09 328i and a few of you reached out in DMs with advice on immediate maintenance and things to look out for. When I had trouble getting a service department to call me back about getting the recall taken care of, I was offered phone numbers to corporate. *Those* calls worked! A very nice woman got back to me with a list of local dealerships and told me to “choose whichever is most convenient - any of them will get you in ASAP”. So the car went in today finally!
Now I’m asking for help on what’s happened since I got it home. It was parked immediately after getting home and my husband and I took our other car to some appointments. Came home three hours later to a garage FULL of fuel vapor. Immediately opened the other garage door to air it out and called the dealership. This has never been an issue before and he didn’t smell anything in the ~8 min ride home with it. Dealership says to bring it back where they’ll charge me $230 for diagnostic (waived if the issue is something they caused). Fine. Go out to bring the car back to them and the smell is just as bad with all the doors open and there’s a visible puddle under the front of the car.
I called the dealership back to confirm it was safe to drive to them and they sent a tech to the house instead. Guy came and admitted he could smell fuel, but said the puddle was water from the a/c, and showed us there were no fuel leaks. Fuel line looked clean. Started it up and nothing crazy happened. He said if it happened again to give them a call or just drop it off. Okay, but where are the VAPORS coming from? He had no idea and assured us it was safe to drive. Said all he did was splice in the wire for the recall and never touched anything else.
Fine, I guess. We went back out again and took the BMW. Performed just fine so we figured it was some one-off thing. Before we went to bed tonight, though…you can clearly smell gasoline in our kitchen. The garage is flooded again. This is the part where I would have called my father… :/
I feel like I should roll her out into the driveway as a safety thing. I’m lost on what to say to the dealership tomorrow when I call. Is this something that could be caused by the work they did today? Should I be checking something completely unrelated? Do I insist they come back or do I tow it there?