Zephorah

@Zephorah@discuss.online

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Silicon Valley AI Startups Are Embracing China’s Controversial ‘996’ Work Schedule⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I certainly hope these people aren’t driving themselves to work with this schedule. In addition I hope no one on it has a heart condition.

  www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2004-143/…/2004-143.pdf

  pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6617405/

  researchgate.net/…/309714292_Long_Working_Hours_a…

  The sweet spot for 12s is in having 4 days off per week. There isn’t time for anything in life on work days except work, sleep, commute. Thirdly, the first day off is a wash. Recovery. Like a nap that simply goes on all day. 12s are great but only with block scheduling and days off.

  This schedule proposal sounds like something out of pre-OSHA, possibly intended to kill people. Live to work, not the other way around.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Surprising no one, new research says AI Overviews cause massive drop in search clicks⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not a programmer. Let me state it better though. I want the algorithms or lack thereof of the early 00s. I want to be able to search for something and get more than scrape sites and top 14, 17, or 22 lists. I want to be able to search for a businesses and contractors and get more than national chains with 800 numbers. If I type in electricians in city, state, I want it to actually do that instead of making me find a map app.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Surprising no one, new research says AI Overviews cause massive drop in search clicks⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I want todays content in 2002 search engines.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Surprising no one, new research says AI Overviews cause massive drop in search clicks⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Enshittify search to the point of it being nearly useless. Then introduce a little bot to find it for you. Predictable.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ChatGPT advises women to ask for lower salaries, study finds⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Glass door used to post salaries and hourlies. There were visible trends of men making more, hourly, than women. I haven’t viewed the site in years though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨US | Donald Trump says those interested in Jeffrey Epstein inquiry are ‘bad people’⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  He’s lost it in this point. Beyond the usual.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Danish Ministry switching from Microsoft Office/365 to LibreOffice⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Of course, but it sets an example, proves to people that Linux can be mainstream and usable well beyond the corners where that mindset already exists.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Employees at Amazon headquarters were asked on Monday to volunteer their time to the company’s warehouses to assist with grocery delivery⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Imperfect Foods used to deliver weekly, perishables included, and they ended up being bought out by Misfit Market. Now, it’s overpriced crunchy product, like shopping Whole Foods from home instead of saving on ugly carrots, grapefruit sized cabbage, and overstock.

  They’re not out of business yet. There is a market for perishables and produce delivery. and people are used to Amazon so they may win on this, sadly.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Danish Ministry switching from Microsoft Office/365 to LibreOffice⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This is what is needed to push back on Microsoft.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨In 6 hours it will be illegal to say "I support Palestine Action" in the UK, with a sentence of up to 14 years in prison.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  At risk of sounding like that dipshit Vance, you guys don’t have free speech, not really. The uk seems to exist in a “yes, but no” realm. The press can’t report on trials such that it might influence outcome. 1988 law iirc. That’s smart, but it’s still a guardrail on speech. Some of the arrests and even sentences over there, for speech and sometimes even ideology related infractions, are a bit wild. I remember reading something about a woman being fined for calling her ex a leprechaun on social media.

  That said, I feel a need to reiterate how crazy this defense of war and slaughter is. I’ve been a casual observer at best but I do not understand why either government cares if a people across an ocean (who are not and never will be boots on the ground for either side of this war) say they don’t like a war. So what? The war will rage on regardless of wether or not college students in Michigan walk around outside on a nice day holding signs. Or if some guy in London posts an objection on social media. That’s not even a speed bump to this war or either government if either government even sees or hears any of it. So why does either government even care? Why even spend energy on that? For them, it’s like a volume setting that maybe can’t be turned to zero, but in the end it’s just a bit of noise to them. So why bother? The war will continue. As such, their reaction makes no sense whatsoever.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is anyone else not feeling that patriotic for July 4?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s a free show. With the right people it’s good, but I understand your feeling.