valek879

@valek879@sh.itjust.works

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do so many boomers and even some gen x believe so peristently that if you dressup and show up in person anywhere you will get whatever you went there for?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m a millennial, the last time this advice worked for me was in 2019. I applied to the job online and went and sat in their office for an hour and a half waiting to talk to the manager for the position I wanted.

  Eventually we chatted for like 5 minutes, I told him my name, that I applied on line, and that I’m ready to start as soon as they’re ready to hire me.

  I got the job. The next one was a bit less dramatic but still involved some extra bugging after applying online.

  But all of this in a county of 30k people for a labor job that I was overqualified for. I think this would still give you a leg up in the right environment or job search. But I haven’t looked for a job in 4 years and my wife is a programmer and you can’t do this stuff for those jobs. We’re at least 50 applications deep at this point with no contact from companies.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is in for the antivax in a government?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yep, that’s what we see. No one is a villain in their own mind.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is in for the antivax in a government?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  But it does describe an embattled hero surrounded by villains on the snatching victory from the jaws of defeat.

  Heroes kill people all the time in stories. We don’t disparage the hero because they killed because it was for a good cause. And like imagine if the hero didn’t kill the bad guy and next week you’re dealing with the bad guy again. Clearly RFK and friends are fighting the good fight and have to defeat the bad guys once and for all.

  Obviously to me it’s BS but the point is that they might see the bad stuff and justify it because of the greater good or whatever. We’ve learned through countless tales that ends don’t justify the means and doing bad things for the greater good is usually bad and often terrible. But we also have an imagination and empathy. And know how to read.

  Fiction is full of stories that teach you right from wrong. The distinction gets more complicated as we get older so we use stories to explore the ideas. WE do that, our current leaders do not. And because of that they are lacking in empathy and didn’t see the patterns that they are following. And don’t see the history that they are rhyming with.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Choose wisely lemmings⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Peanits

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨One Angry Man⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Power Ranger

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Almost 90% Of Americans Are Worried About The Cost Of Groceries⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s the same mindset and response as is directed at regressive states. Now I’m not saying I don’t agree with the sentiment, but even places like Florida and Texas have literally millions of people that continue to try to do their part too.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are there any AI services that don't work on stolen data?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I heard about Notebook LM recently. I couldn’t tell you what it’s trained on but I’m order to use the LLM you need to provide it source material.

  So say you’re writing something for school. You can gather 50+ papers on the subject you’re trying to write about, upload them, then ask the LLM about what you uploaded. Sounds like turning research from a search for info to an interview with an “expert.”

  Again I can’t speak to how it was trained in the background but this seems genuinely useful.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I have 10 lipa and you don't!⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Damn! Mine are definitely coins, mixed in with a bunch of coins from other countries I’ve been to…I just need to find the yogurt container they all live in.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I have 10 lipa and you don't!⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m pretty sure I have some Kuna around somewhere