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I'VE HAD A CHANGE OF HEART REGARDING EMPLOYEE METRICS

The job of a manager is to know what their reports are up to and whether they're doing a good job or are generally effective. A manager that can't do that is themselves ineffective - which is the responsibility of their manager and so on up the line. Improving employee metrics tooling won't help managers do their jobs better if they aren't able to notice what is going on. Managers can end up relying on these tools too much instead of doing their jobs properly.

REGULATORS DELIVER SUCCESSIVE BLOWS TO AMAZON AND META'S NUCLEAR POWER AMBITIONS

Amazon and Meta's plans for building data centers near nuclear power plants to fuel its electricity needs have run into regulatory roadblocks that have nothing to do with nuclear power itself. Meta's data center faces issues due to the sighting of a rare bee species on the land. Amazon's plans were blocked as it could cause other customers of the nearby nuclear power plant to suffer lower reliability and higher costs. Microsoft's plans to revive a reactor at Three Mile Island are still moving ahead.

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