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Re:Don’t work “remotely” by kbsletten on Monday November 19, 2018 @11:40AM (#18487583)
It's a joke about doing pointless things because he's at home. Nobody actually alphabetizes their socks, but he's saying he gets distracted and starts doing things around the house when he should be working.
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Re:Don’t work “remotely” by ph0rque on Monday November 19, 2018 @12:01PM (#18487765)
To alphabetize your socks, you first have to name them.
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Re:Don’t work “remotely” by breischl on Monday November 19, 2018 @02:02PM (#18488785)
Which is one of the hard problems. That's why it takes so long.
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Re:Don’t work “remotely” by ben509 on Monday November 19, 2018 @05:09PM (#18490161)
You always have a few pairs who disagree what their name should be.
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Re:Don’t work “remotely” by makapuf on Tuesday November 20, 2018 @12:21AM (#18491960)
You have pairs ! Consider yourself lucky.
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