sevan

@sevan@lemmy.ca

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Petrichor⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  You can study to become a beer judge, even just for fun: dev.bjcp.org/…/beer-judge-training-study-program/

  One of the parts of that is to get a kit that helps you recognize “off” flavors: www.bjcp.org/education-training/…/sensory-kits/

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨In the era of remakes and remasters, what niche game would you like to see receive the treatment?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Deus Ex. When I first played it I was amazed by the graphics and I specifically remember being impressed that your character was reflected in mirrors. I’ve been replaying it recently and the graphics are obviously very dated, but it also doesn’t run smoothly on modern hardware. My PC gets louder and louder as I play it and eventually the game starts to stutter and I have to restart it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What do I put down on my resume?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If you use this equipment frequently, try to quantify them on your resume to show you have experience. You can ask chatgpt for better wording, but you might have something like “unload 20-30 trailers per week using an electric pallet jack.”

  Create a list starting out of everything you might want to tell a future potential employer. The original list can be messy and have awkward wording, but try to list all of the useful skills you have and wherever possible, quantify your impact. Once you have that, then go to your AI of choice and practice some different prompts to see what kind of results you get. You’re not going to get a great or even necessarily accurate resume on your first try, you have to put in some effort to edit and re-prompt for improvements. Here are some possible prompts to play with starting out:

  • “You are an experienced recruiter helping me craft a resume to get a job in a warehouse. Review this list of experiences and recommend better wording to show that I have the skills to be an effective warehouse employee.” <paste your list that you created>

  • “For this experience, recommend how I can quantify my impact to show that I added value.” <paste a bullet that you want to improve>

  If you find a job description that represents the kind of job you want, you can also provide that to your AI friend to get even better results. Something like this:

  • “Using the following job description recommend changes to my resume that better reflect the role.” <paste the job description>

  Once you’re done editing your resume to fix any errors the AI gave you or to change the wording to be a better reflection of your writing, you can paste the resume in again and ask for a final review.

  • “Review my revised resume to improve readability and recommend any changes to better fit the job description.” <paste your updated resume>

  The first time you do this, you’ll probably think “wow, this is so much better than what I started with” or possibly, “this is garbage, it’s making things up that aren’t even true.” Either way, if you keep playing with it, you’ll start to get a feel for a good balance of words that reflect your experience, but also connect well with job descriptions for jobs you’re interested in. Or maybe you’ll get lucky and get a job offer right away and not have to think about it again for years!

  Some bonus prompts for when you get an interview:

  • “You are an experienced recruiter helping me prepare for a job interview. I have an upcoming interview with a <recruiter/hiring manager>. Based on the job description, what are 10 questions they are likely to ask me. Explain what the purpose of the question is.” <paste the job description>

  You can take it another step and provide your resume and ask it for suggested answers to the question. Careful here though because you don’t want to try to memorize the answers. And finally, you should always ask questions in an interview (ALWAYS), try this:

  • “What are some questions that I can ask in the interview to show that I am engaged and very interested in the role?”

  Good luck with your job search!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How to make home-made cider⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  When I used to make cider, I used store-bought juice and fermented with safale s-04. I like my cider slightly sweet, so after fermentation I would add some frozen apple juice concentrate to sweeten it and then keg it and refrigerate it immediately so the added sugars don’t ferment.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Good Cider Yeasts?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I haven’t made any in a long time, but I always liked using Safale S-04 for my ciders.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Massive generational gap: Gen Z flocks to multiplayer, while 55+ sticks to single-player⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not 55 yet, but I was also way more into online games when I was in my 20s than I am now.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨👣👣👣⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I once had to post a position that was specifically made for my employee, but my recruiter was awesome. I told her there was no possibility I would pick anyone else, so she suggested I make the requirements hyper specific. So, I met with my employee and we worked up a list of 10-20 things that she had done in her career and put them all in as requirements to qualify.

  I received no other “qualified” applicants, so I only had to interview the one. My next meeting with her I said, “this is your official interview, do you have any questions for me?” She said “no” and I congratulated her on being selected for the role.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨English Ivy⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Same. I have a fence that’s barely still standing now that I removed the ivy. I’ve been pulling it and spraying it for several years now. I know I’ll never win, but I’m doing my best to keep it in check. The most painful part is when I go to garden centers and see it for sale. It makes me want to cry.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I make games and this literally happened to me this morning⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Wish listed! Also bought Be a Rock, I look forward to being a rock later tonight, it sounds fantastic!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Brytophytez⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I can definitely ID 2 mosses: long moss and short moss.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨USA | You can now legally bet on the 2024 elections⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I think the way to play this is to place a ruinously large bet on the candidate you hate most. That way, if they win, you’ll at least have a large payout as a consolation prize.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Proton launches privacy-focused Google Docs alternative: Docs in Proton Drive is an open-source, end-to-end encrypted collaborative document editor⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The only use case I can see for Access is when you absolutely must have a database and your company will not provide you a real database solution. I have experience with both, but haven’t touched Access in years (and hope to never do so again). To be fair, I also regularly use Excel for things that I should probably be using Word for because it is easier to get formatting right in Excel.