xtr0n
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- Comment on These were found in Cascadia in mid-November. What are they? 1 day ago:
I do not know enough to identify these, but I’m wondering if they bruise blue.
- Comment on Congratulations to the 47th US President 4 days ago:
This needs a NSFL tag.
And RIP to the camera person’s eyes. Surely they were blinded by the glare.
- Comment on Why do social workers get upset when you don't want their help? 2 months ago:
Ah, that’s unfortunate. If you say you’re happy in your SUV then showing you places to live that aren’t your SUV isn’t very helpful. Having a discussion about whether you’re aware of and prepared for any risks associated with living in an SUV could be productive - either you’d learn something from social worker’s knowledge of many people living in vehicles or the social worker could be reassured that you’re not in a terrible situation.
Do be careful out there! I hope you’ve got enough cash in the bank or enough credit to recover if someone messes with your SUV.
- Comment on Why do social workers get upset when you don't want their help? 2 months ago:
Depends on the country and jurisdiction
- Comment on Why do social workers get upset when you don't want their help? 2 months ago:
Out of curiosity, what were her arguments?
If you have enough resources to weather any (literal or metaphorical) storms, then you might be OK but that is not the typical situation.
- Comment on Advertisers plan to withdraw from X in record numbers | CNN Business 2 months ago:
I’m going to contact my State Farm agent about this. Maybe Geico or Progressive are more adverse to Nazis.
- Comment on In Leaked Audio, Amazon Cloud CEO Says AI Will Soon Make Human Programmers a Thing of the Past 2 months ago:
They can try. But cleaning up a mess takes a while and there’s no magic wand to make it ho faster.
- Comment on In Leaked Audio, Amazon Cloud CEO Says AI Will Soon Make Human Programmers a Thing of the Past 2 months ago:
And then we should all charge outrageous hourly rates to fix the AI generated code.
- Comment on Real Facebook ad that doubles as a god-tier shitpost 3 months ago:
Oh. Doy. I completely missed that you were joking. Today is not my sharpest day.
- Comment on Real Facebook ad that doubles as a god-tier shitpost 3 months ago:
How else would you explain those companies that put a rainbow on their logo for a few weeks every year?
Perforative rainbow washing? 95% of those companies still donate to GOP candidates that fight gay and trans rights every step of the way.
- Comment on CrowdStrike offers a $10 apology gift card to say sorry for outage | Some of the people said that when they went to redeem the offer, they got an error message saying the voucher had been canceled 3 months ago:
It’s really hard to know for sure. Some percentage of elective surgeries or procedures end up detecting something life threatening. If the canceled procedures were rescheduled promptly then the outcomes probably haven’t changed in a meaningful way. But in the US, stuff is booked out months in advance so it may be impossible to get everyone rescheduled for something in the next week or two.
- Comment on [Serious] Why do so many people seem to hate veganism? 6 months ago:
There are enough vegans who absolutely discuss their diet immediately to keep the joke alive. Given how difficult and isolating it can be in many places, I get how it can become really core to one’s identity.
- Comment on mmm space chocolate 7 months ago:
Are we sure that this isn’t a giant space Jiffy Pop?
- Comment on Thousands of Software Engineers Say the Job Market Is Getting Much Worse 10 months ago:
Downturns happen. They don’t last forever. There is a lot of pressure from businesses to depress wages and get more work out of software engineers and IT and etc., since we’re one of the few classes of workers who actually get paid. But thinking that developers will be replaced by AI anytime soon is wishful thinking on the part of the bosses. 20 years ago it was how we’d all get replaced by dirt cheap engineers overseas. Well, I’m still waiting on that to happen. If the MBAs could clearly and unambiguously articulate exactly what needs to be implemented, then maybe it would work. But if they can’t do that when we’re all in a conference room together then they’re sure as shit not doing it over email with a 12 hour time difference.
Keep your head up and keep trying to get an entry level gig somewhere. It doesn’t have to be Google or some hotshot startup or even a tech company. Doing IT or websites for an insurance company is still good experience.
- Comment on Gen Zers are turning to ‘radical rest,’ delusional thinking, and self-indulgence as they struggle to cope with late-stage capitalism 11 months ago:
makes dating and marriage seem pointless too. Can’t even afford a place of my own how am I going to support a wife and maybe kids? Assuming she doesn’t work which she would almost have to anyways.
You should date to enjoy someone’s company (or find someone who’s company you enjoy). That’s the point. It doesn’t have to have a larger point where anything not getting you closer to marriage and kids is a waste of time.
I don’t know about the point of marriage and kids, those have pretty personal motivations, but it would be a shame to let buying a house be the gatekeeper. You can have a very happy marriage in a rented flat. You can raise lovely children without owning a house or even having a great financial outlook. Sharing expenses with a significant other who has similar values can be a huge financial boost (on the flip side, marrying the wrong person can lead to financial ruin). Like don’t have 20 kids that you can’t afford to feed, but don’t feel like you have to be wealthy to have a family, if that’s what you really want out of life.
- Comment on Gen Zers are turning to ‘radical rest,’ delusional thinking, and self-indulgence as they struggle to cope with late-stage capitalism 11 months ago:
If people who believe in a magical bearded sky father manifesting their bedtime wishes and helping devotees win sporting events and awards are somehow taken seriously, well, I feel perfectly fine choosing to believe in free will.
Humanity didn’t have a clue about all kinds of shit just a few generations ago. It’s quite possible that there is more to the world than what we currently understand and that we really are more than some crazy elaborate finite automata. It’s an egotistical blindspot to think that there are no more unknown unknowns.
- Comment on Mastercard should stop selling our data 1 year ago:
Owning your data is seeming less and less possible. Even paying in cash isn’t an option in some places now
Some municipalities had passed laws saying that retail businesses had to accept cash since going 100% electronic is discriminatory towards the poor. But covid fucked that up
- Comment on Amazon Prime Video is able to remove a video from your library after purchase. 1 year ago:
And is that amount of money enough to replace the item that’s been taken away? Like if the DVD were widely available at the same price at the time of the digital purchase, but you got the Amazon “purchase” instead (for convenience?) then what are the odds that you can still get the DVD for that price today?
- Comment on What went wrong 1 year ago:
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- Comment on Google Chrome now targets ads based on your browser history, here's how to turn that off 1 year ago:
There are some web apps that only support chrome on windows (or chrome and edge). An app from my doctor’s office refused to run on FF for a while. Thankfully it now has a “try running on unsupported browser “ link so I’m not blocked. (Let’s not get into why I’m running windows)
- Comment on It’s an never ending cycle of sleep deprivation 1 year ago:
If you use a neti pot or bottle, use two salt packets. The extra salty saline helps draw water out of your nasal tissue which helps with swelling
- Comment on It’s an never ending cycle of sleep deprivation 1 year ago:
Good luck with the sinus infection. That shit suuuucks. Drink lots of water and rest.
- Comment on Mmusks new ideas 1 year ago:
Becoming a billionaire requires winning so many dice rolls that it’s difficult (impossible?) to really understand that you can lose sometimes.