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Why Workplace Cleanliness Is Becoming a Key Factor in Employee Productivity Across Baton Rouge Offices

Employee experience teams across Baton Rouge are restructuring how they think about workplace productivity, as a growing body of research quantifies the impact of environmental quality, air cleanliness, and hygiene conditions on cognitive performance, absenteeism, and operational effectiveness. While companies traditionally treated office cleaning as a basic operational necessity, recent studies indicate that variations in cleanliness correlate with measurable differences in employee output, att

The KPI Illusion: Why Performance Metrics Are Failing Middle Managers, According to Veejay Madhavan

“You don’t even need to make profitability a KPI,” says Veejay Madhavan. “That’s just basic hygiene.”For someone who spent decades as a corporate CEO, Veejay is disarmingly blunt about the sacred cows of business performance. Among them: Key Performance Indicators, or KPIs.“We’re given financial KPIs like revenue and margins,” he continues, “but if the company isn’t profitable, no one has a job. That’s foundational. That should be a dashboard item, not a

The Winners, Losers, and Up-and-Comers in Wearables

Consumers give tech giants the highest brand perception and purchase intent.

7 Affiliate Strategies Publishers Are Using This Holiday Shopping Season

As search traffic softens, commerce teams are turning to first-party audiences, tighter deal selection, and new distribution channels.

Shoppers Turn to AI Before Retailers This Shopping Season

Shoppers are increasingly turning to AI first, using ChatGPT and Perplexity to research, compare, and discover gifts before going to Google or Amazon.

Show HN: Hatch v1.16.0 – workspaces, dependency groups and SBOMs

This release wouldn’t have been possible without Cary, our new co-maintainer. He picked up my unfinished workspaces branch and made it production-ready, added SBOM support to Hatchling, and landed a bunch of PRs from contributors!My motivation took a big hit last year, in large part due to improper use of social media: I simply didn’t realize that continued mass evangelism is required nowadays. This led to some of our novel features being attributed to other tools when in fact Hatch was months a

Enterprise security can be messy: Building a Security-Aware Culture

Your executive team gets it. They've approved the budget, they mention security in board meetings, they understand the stakes. You're not fighting for recognition at the top anymore.But then you look at what's actually happening three levels down. The marketing team is sharing credentials to social media accounts. Sales is pushing back on MFA because it adds seconds to their login process. Developers are storing API keys in public repositories because it's faster than the app

Show HN: SceenYou.art-Your Personal AI Visual Studio

To be honest: I absolutely hate taking photos. Whenever a camera points at me, I freeze. I don't know where to put my hands, my smile looks fake, and I definitely don't have the time (or patience) to study "10 best poses for men/women" on YouTube. But as an entrepreneur, I know I need good photos—for my LinkedIn profile, for social media content, and just to document life. I realized I wasn't alone. Most of us want great photos but hate the awkward process and the

Ask HN: Why would you downvote without replying?

Or rather, why is downvoting without replying even allowed on HN (which is supposed to be a place for discussion and enlightenment)? The real life equivalent of this is yelling "boo", and then refusing to elaborate. This is a horrible thing invented by social media: it incentivizes people to behave like booing monkeys rather than intelligent humans that communicate using language. Can we change this on HN?

Show HN: Whole-home VPN router with hardware kill switch (OpenWrt and WireGuard)

With internet censorship and surveillance on the rise, ie; UK Online Safety Bill (July 2025) and Australia's social media legislation (Dec 2025) introducing mandatory age verification (read: initial step on the pathway to social credit), I wanted a privacy-first solution that protects browsing history from ISPs and third-party verification services, but not one that requires you to be an Einstein to deploy.This stack turns a Raspberry Pi (or any OpenWrt-compatible device) into a network-wid

The Hidden Costs of Title Errors in Commercial Fleets

Commercial fleets depend on accurate documentation to keep vehicles active and avoid unnecessary delays. Title errors rarely seem urgent when paperwork is first completed, but over time, they create disruptions that affect operations, timelines, and costs. As Louisiana companies continue expanding their fleets, these issues have become more frequent and more impactful.Industry analysis shows that documentation problems are a growing concern. Deloitte reports that 22 percent of unexpected fleet o

New Analysis Reveals the States With the Highest Hit-and-Run Death Rates — California Tops the List at 11.3%

A new study from the Law Offices of James A. Welcome highlights a concerning and uneven trend in U.S. roadway safety: fatal hit-and-run crashes are rising disproportionately in certain states, particularly those with large metropolitan areas and dense traffic networks.Using National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) data from 2019 to 2023, the analysis reviewed more than 186,000 fatal crashes nationwide. Of these, 13,001 involved a driver who fled the scene, meaning 7% of all fatal U

The Hidden Traffic Spike After Major Games: Fatal Crashes Jump 41% in the First Hour, New Analysis Shows

A new long-term traffic study from The Texas Law Dog reveals a striking and underreported pattern on U.S. roads: the hour immediately following major sporting events has become one of the most dangerous windows for drivers and pedestrians.Using 27 years of crash data, the analysis shows that fatal crashes rise 41% in the first hour after the Super Bowl, creating a post-event traffic surge that is now deadlier than New Year’s Eve and comparable to July 4th.The surge isn’t limited to the NFL. Comp

The True Cost of Starting Over After Divorce: New Data Shows a $23,880 “Restart Budget” in the First Year

Starting over after a divorce is often framed as an emotional reset — new routines, new homes, and eventually new relationships. But Dellino Family Law Group’s new analysis shows that for most Americans, the first year after divorce is also one of the most expensive chapters of their lives. Beyond the average $11,300 legal bill, the study finds that the lifestyle cost of rebuilding amounts to an additional $23,880 in Year One alone.It is a financial shift that catches many people off-guard. What

People Are Sharing Things That Should Be Banned, And There Are No Lies Detected

"Selling food that looks significantly different in person from how it does in advertising."

13 Times Celebs Were Called Out For Lying On Social Media

...allegedly.

19 Times Liam Hemsworth Nailed Social Media In 2016

Liam Hemsworth and his dogs: a love story.

Millennials Are Exploring Why We All Feel So Damn Lonely These Days

Across the internet, people in their 30s and 40s are realizing their loneliness isn’t personal — it's generational. From social media to disappearing "third spaces," they're tracing it to something much bigger than themselves.

Here's What's Going On With Nicki Minaj's Trumpy Social Media Posts

As ICE abducts people, the White House wants us to know that "cities are safer than ever."

Karoline Leavitt's Reaction To Donald Trump's Death Threats Toward Democrats Is Exactly What You Think It Is

The press secretary was asked about Trump's social media messages about certain Democrats during a recent press briefing