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Re:Trick Yourself into Breaking a Bad Habit by adhesive_wombat on Sunday June 04, 2023 @09:54AM (#36185625)
So maye much be spyed also, by the company and pastyme that he useth. (Heinrich Bullinger, 1541, translated to English by Bishop Myles Coverdale).

Though surely the idea goes back to antiquity and someone like Seneca would have something to say about it (but not in English)!

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Re:Trick Yourself into Breaking a Bad Habit by samstave on Sunday June 04, 2023 @09:57AM (#36185647)
This is an amazing prescient quote of the current state of employee monitoring, and its 500 years old.
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