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- Comment on Amazon's strict RTO policy is costing it top tech talent, according to internal document and insiders 1 week ago:
Plus, they can get the top talent back through illegal aquisitions of competitors every few years.
- Comment on what does it mean being nice to your coworkers to you? 2 weeks ago:
During the middle of the work day: it’s one of the nicer parts of my job, as long as nothing urgent (to me, personally) is waiting.
At the end of the day, when I’m on my way home: “My kids are waiting for me to pick them up.” Doesn’t matter where my kids are, they’re always waiting for me, in the same way that it is five o’clock somewhere. Also, the dog needs let out.
- Comment on Frick 2 weeks ago:
Thank you! I have been “volunteering” there - two days each week - since the City Council thoughtfully invited me to.
- Comment on xkcd #3135: Sea Level 2 weeks ago:
Blue.
Edit: No! PINK!
…aaaahhhhhh!!!
- Comment on Frick 2 weeks ago:
they lack the ability to manufacture and have little to no engineering education.
…so far.
- Comment on Frick 2 weeks ago:
Yes! I want bigger spiders, too. How can I help?
Wait…I might have lost the logic thread, on this one…
- Comment on Mastodon says it doesn't 'have the means' to comply with age verification laws 2 weeks ago:
How do you think a third entity would identify you?
You may want to join us reading along in the privacy communities of the fediverse.
But long story shortened - third parties are very much identifying each of us in staggeringly novel ways.
- Comment on xkcd #3135: Sea Level 2 weeks ago:
It’s not like anyone makes you take a quiz to go wander around outside.
I knew it! I am so not answering any more of his questions, next time I go out.
- Comment on I Tried Every Todo App and Ended Up With a .txt File 4 weeks ago:
I’m not sure I want company in the “amazingly productive professional” club.
Let’s not share this insight too far, okay?
I’ll be quite content if everyone competing with me for money keeps investing their energy in AI tools.
- Comment on Popup Ads in Your Pickup Truck? RAM Trucks Now Feature Scammy Ads on the Center Display 5 weeks ago:
That’s perfect timing, since in a moment the car will be started, and they can resume drinking…
- Comment on Popup Ads in Your Pickup Truck? RAM Trucks Now Feature Scammy Ads on the Center Display 5 weeks ago:
Someday in a few years there will be an accident in the opt out service that routes 95% of attempts into a 500 error screen. All they have to do is underpay and never check on the server admin for that service for years until they don’t care.
- Comment on If CEOs think they can replace everyone with AI, why do they think Wall St. will need CEOs? 5 weeks ago:
Nah. We would have to add patriot dollars that can be spent on freedom necessities, instead. We don’t tolerate communism.
- Comment on If CEOs think they can replace everyone with AI, why do they think Wall St. will need CEOs? 5 weeks ago:
Right. All this consideration of medium-term consequences for decisions is why Lemmy isn’t ready to build a CEO LLM, yet.
- Comment on If CEOs think they can replace everyone with AI, why do they think Wall St. will need CEOs? 5 weeks ago:
It really might be an improvement.
Totally random behavior would likely outperform optimizing for the next quarter share price.
If an AI simply fails to commit to various wasteful hype trends (return to office, DEI policy rollbacks, needless investment in AI) the company run by it might well outperform companies run by humans who jump on those trends.
- Comment on Does anyone say "What ho!" anymore? 5 weeks ago:
Well…I do now.
- Comment on Steam Survey for July 2025 shows Linux approaching 3% 5 weeks ago:
The Windows team has been looking for ways to remove the deeper hooks ever since the CrowdStrike outage last year.
- Comment on Steam Survey for July 2025 shows Linux approaching 3% 5 weeks ago:
- Comment on Should I unplug my smart tv from the internet? 5 weeks ago:
What if being offline for a very long duration of time - means that when connecting it again - the firmware update bricks my TV?
We don’t see many updates that outright brick your product (yet). What we do see is updates that just happen to make your product run much slower than it used to. There’s always excuses why it is necessary, but in the end those updates tend to lead to sales of new devices.
Keeping the device fully offline is a defense against such an update.
Myself, I don’t see any reason for my TV to ever be online, so I take some comfort that it will not receive such an update.
- Comment on Wikipedia editors adopt a policy giving admins the authority to quickly delete AI-generated articles that meet certain criteria, like incorrect citations 5 weeks ago:
How would you determine that a cited source was wrong?
Subject matter experts do still exist. They’re dying off, and it’s unclear how many more we intend to create. But we do still have some.
- Comment on The AI bubble is so big it's propping up the US economy (for now) 5 weeks ago:
Lemmy is ironically incredibly tech illiterate
I disagree with all these self hosting Linux running passionate open source advocates, so they must be technology illiterate.
- Comment on The AI bubble is so big it's propping up the US economy (for now) 5 weeks ago:
it’s possible to both increase efficiency of combat machines and not increase the chances of civilian casualties and friendly fire (when somebody is at least trying to not have those).
But how does this work help next quarters profits?
- Comment on Socially inept, introverted employees. How do you survive the workplace? Because I’m in dire need of some serious advice. 5 weeks ago:
Haha. Thanks!
I try to apply Wil Weaton’s law as consistently as I can.
Also I forget who said it but I ask myself “would am asshole say that?” and if so, I try to say something else.
The faking it part is weird, since it applies to everyone I interact with, for different reasons:
- Coworkers - I just need to earn money to buy stuff. Plus, they’re just in the same boat.
- Staff at places I shop - they’re just trying to get by, and don’t need my crap to make their day worse.
- Actual friends - they probably don’t realize how much I appreciate them, so every little bit helps.
I guess my philosophy is we’re all going through some shit, so I hope I’m making it a little easier where I can.
- Comment on Socially inept, introverted employees. How do you survive the workplace? Because I’m in dire need of some serious advice. 1 month ago:
Here’s some ways I can relate:
- I would rather not talk unnecessarily at work.
- But I am aware that I occasionally come across as rude, abrasive or disdainful.
I found that people began to forgive my occasional accidental rudeness after I built up habits for myself to proactively communicate to others that I like them.
Now I have a whole set of habits that don’t take me much energy to apply, and make others feel likes by me. It helps tremendously when I later put my foot in my mouth, which I still sometimes do.
I don’t mean to imply that is your situation. It was my situation, at a time when I felt as you do now.
- Comment on Apart, low in cholesterine 1 month ago:
Imagine living in a world wherein all food products might have at least a little bit of rat poison in it.
Right. Imagine. Wild.
- Comment on Microsoft CFO calls for 'intensity' in an internal memo, after blowout earnings 1 month ago:
“intensity, clarity, and bold execution”
Not just “intensity”.
- Comment on Is this the end of Bootloader Unlocking in the EU? 1 month ago:
Yes. I guess no more nine volt batteries in Europe. Or maybe we should focus on banning the sale of assorted lengths of wire.
- Comment on Puppets Explained, Sybok Teased, TAS Episode Scrapped, And More ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ SDCC Reveals 1 month ago:
I’m sad about the puppets being muppets instead of practical creatures,
I agree. It feels to me that Start Trek has not leveraged creature shop puppet special effects much, over the years. More frequent practical puppet effects would be a welcome addition.
- Comment on Peter Thiel Just Accidentally Made a Chilling Admission. Five Decades Ago, One Man Saw It Coming. 1 month ago:
The world would probably be a better more peaceful place if he could find a pair of heels that fit, and the right place to rock them at.
Even if he’s not into that, there’s still more lifestyle options he may have missed.
- Comment on "A guitarist who's also an astronaut" sounds more impressive than "An astronaut who plays the guitar", despite both meaning the same thing. 1 month ago:
- Comment on If you had 1 dollar and 24 hours what would you do? 1 month ago:
Nice try, FBI.