Omnicrola's recent activity
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Comment on Seattle’s law mandating higher pay for food delivery workers is a case study in backfire economics in ~finance
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Comment on Google Cloud accidentally deletes UniSuper’s online account due to ‘unprecedented misconfiguration’ in ~tech
Omnicrola Link ParentI mean, that's just disaster recovery best practice. Never keep all your eggs in one basket, etc. In the days before cloud, you never kept backups in the same physical building because in the...I mean, that's just disaster recovery best practice. Never keep all your eggs in one basket, etc. In the days before cloud, you never kept backups in the same physical building because in the unlikely chance the building burned down your company was 100% screwed.
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Comment on EA is looking at putting in-game ads in AAA games — 'We'll be very thoughtful as we move into that,' says CEO in ~games
Omnicrola Link ParentLibraries are the best, for so many reasons. You might as well go, your taxes are already helping support it, go get your money's worth!Libraries are the best, for so many reasons.
You might as well go, your taxes are already helping support it, go get your money's worth!
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Comment on EA is looking at putting in-game ads in AAA games — 'We'll be very thoughtful as we move into that,' says CEO in ~games
Omnicrola LinkIf they were being thoughtful, they wouldn't add advertisements to games that I've already shelled out money for.If they were being thoughtful, they wouldn't add advertisements to games that I've already shelled out money for.
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Comment on The surprising reason few Americans are getting chips jobs now in ~tech
Omnicrola Link ParentIt's mostly bullshit. I'm on the other end, I've written or helped draft a number of those job descriptions. A lot of the time the "5+ years experience in ___" is not actually a requirement, it's...It's mostly bullshit. I'm on the other end, I've written or helped draft a number of those job descriptions. A lot of the time the "5+ years experience in ___" is not actually a requirement, it's someone making an aspirational description of their ideal candidate.
Best advice I can give is just, be friendly and talk to everyone you can. Once you have a certain level of skill, getting a job can more about luck and who is in your network than your actual abilities. The #1 reason I am where I am today is because of people I met 10+ years ago, some of who don't even work in my industry. I'm not even necessarily great friends with them, they just remembered me for whatever reason and clued me into a job opening.
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Comment on Arizona governor Katie Hobbs signs abortion ban repeal bill in ~health
Omnicrola Link ParentYes. I have family members who have stated this clearly to me. That doesn't mean their belief changed (necessarily). It means they've figured out how to rationalize it to themselves in any one of...Do they ACTUALLY believe it's murder though?
Yes. I have family members who have stated this clearly to me.
plenty of them are willing to get abortions for themselves or their daughters
That doesn't mean their belief changed (necessarily). It means they've figured out how to rationalize it to themselves in any one of a dozen different ways that has allowed them live with the belief that it's murder AND ok for them to do it.
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Comment on Opinion: The many US campaign finance violations divulged in Donald Trump’s hush-money criminal trial in ~misc
Omnicrola LinkThis was a refreshingly straightforward piece to read. It gets right to the points and doesn't waste words and I appreciated that a lot given all the other sensational coverage this trial is getting.This was a refreshingly straightforward piece to read. It gets right to the points and doesn't waste words and I appreciated that a lot given all the other sensational coverage this trial is getting.
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Comment on You can now translate sign language automatically with these amazing Raspberry Pi glasses in ~tech
Omnicrola LinkThis is an article (XDA-Devs), about an article (Tom's Hardware) about an actual project page(hackster.io)This is an article (XDA-Devs), about an article (Tom's Hardware) about an actual project page(hackster.io)
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Comment on Residents in southern Illinois county to vote on non-binding referendum to separate state from Cook County in ~misc
Omnicrola Link ParentOr the sentiment of some counties in western Oregon to join Idaho. These kinds of things are all over the place wherever you have urban/rural dichotomies in different sections of a state.Or the sentiment of some counties in western Oregon to join Idaho. These kinds of things are all over the place wherever you have urban/rural dichotomies in different sections of a state.
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Comment on Kroger’s panopticon: Making criminals of grocery shoppers in ~tech
Omnicrola Link ParentI felt like this single sentence invalidated most of the author's complaints. This article frames it like Kroger is trying to implement all or many of these tactics in all their stores to combat...My store is used as a test for new security ‘features’.
I felt like this single sentence invalidated most of the author's complaints. This article frames it like Kroger is trying to implement all or many of these tactics in all their stores to combat shrink. Instead this author has the unfortunate honor of being a guinea pig.
That doesn't invalidate the author's commentary about why the security procedures are a bad idea, but it's a bit hyperbolic.
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Comment on Transformers One | Official trailer in ~movies
Omnicrola Link ParentI avoided clicking on the link all day, thinking "ugh, another one?" but now I'm glad I did. This looks great.I avoided clicking on the link all day, thinking "ugh, another one?" but now I'm glad I did. This looks great.
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Comment on A US FDA-approved device offers a new treatment for tinnitus in ~health
Omnicrola Link ParentThis is the key. Having that FDA stamp ostensibly means that a device has gone through a rigorous evaluation of both safety and evaluation, same as any medication. That process is neither quick...and one newer option – a device approved by the FDA to treat tinnitus
This is the key. Having that FDA stamp ostensibly means that a device has gone through a rigorous evaluation of both safety and evaluation, same as any medication. That process is neither quick nor cheap, which is why it has that price tag attached to it.
Frankly I'd be suspicious if it was cheaper (at least to start). If it's effective market forces will drive the price down eventually.
What that doesn't stop someone from doing is making a cheap replica using a factory in China, and selling it for "non-medical purposes" that is "not intended to treat or cure any medical condition". It's a thin line to walk though.
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Comment on ‘Heroes’ reboot in the works from series creator Tim Kring in ~tv
Omnicrola Link ParentOof. Cancelled after one season? That does smell distinctly of monkey paw shenanigans.Oof. Cancelled after one season? That does smell distinctly of monkey paw shenanigans.
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Comment on ‘Heroes’ reboot in the works from series creator Tim Kring in ~tv
Omnicrola LinkI'm compelled to point out the lesser-known but IMO much more well done "people-with-abilities" show The 4400 that was created within the same era (early 2000s). I'd much rather someone reboot...I'm compelled to point out the lesser-known but IMO much more well done "people-with-abilities" show The 4400 that was created within the same era (early 2000s). I'd much rather someone reboot that show, it was way more interesting and had much more compelling characters. The original had some excellent actors too, among them Mahershala Ali, who absolutely shines in it.
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Comment on The Yorkshire Pudding recipe battle royale in ~food
Omnicrola LinkI don't have anything uniquely interesting or earth-shattering to add, but I will strongly advocate for using tallow if you have it or can find it. I took the trimmings from a brisket and melted...I don't have anything uniquely interesting or earth-shattering to add, but I will strongly advocate for using tallow if you have it or can find it. I took the trimmings from a brisket and melted it down in the oven and then let it harden in mini-loaf pans. I keep the cubes in my freezer. That stuff is gold.
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Comment on Truong My Lan: Vietnamese billionaire sentenced to death for $44bn fraud in ~finance
Omnicrola Link ParentThis has been part of my personal viewpoint for a number of years now. The concept that the death penalty is useless as a deterrent. IMO if a person commits any crime "worthy" of the death...This has been part of my personal viewpoint for a number of years now. The concept that the death penalty is useless as a deterrent.
IMO if a person commits any crime "worthy" of the death penalty, they have demonstrated that they are de-facto mentally unwell and normal rational thought has gone straight out the window. They are therefore likely incapable of properly judging their own actions and consequences, and the severity of the punishment becomes irrelevant.
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Comment on Truong My Lan: Vietnamese billionaire sentenced to death for $44bn fraud in ~finance
Omnicrola Link ParentThe death penalty seems like a step too far. Life in prison would suffice, IMO. Though from reading this article I have the suspicion that she didn't get tried and convicted because someone...The death penalty seems like a step too far. Life in prison would suffice, IMO. Though from reading this article I have the suspicion that she didn't get tried and convicted because someone finally caught her, but because the political winds shifted and she didn't follow and/or pissed off the wrong person. She was conducting her fraud brazenly for years. Rich people don't go to jail because they commit a crime. They go to jail because someone(s) more rich/powerful than them got tired of dealing with them.
The scope of this fraud is kind of wild though:
Vietnamese law prohibits any individual from holding more than 5% of the shares in any bank. But prosecutors say that through hundreds of shell companies and people acting as her proxies, Truong My Lan actually owned more than 90% of Saigon Commercial.
They accused her of using that power to appoint her own people as managers, and then ordering them to approve hundreds of loans to the network of shell companies she controlled.
The amounts taken out are staggering. Her loans made up 93% of all the bank's lending.
According to prosecutors, over a period of three years from February 2019, she ordered her driver to withdraw 108 trillion Vietnamese dong, more than $4bn (£2.3bn) in cash from the bank, and store it in her basement.
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Comment on With a near-unprecedented official license for its fan server, 'City of Heroes' lives again in ~games
Omnicrola Link ParentThere's enough that the group running it offers it for free. Last I checked, they only open donations up to pay for the server costs once a month, and it is usually met within 24hrs. Then anyone...There's enough that the group running it offers it for free. Last I checked, they only open donations up to pay for the server costs once a month, and it is usually met within 24hrs. Then anyone who wants can play for free. Which I have immense respect for, especially in the modern economic landscape of Season Passes and micro-transaction cosmetics.
I played it when it originally came out, and it was a cultural milestone in the evolution of MMOs. Once WoW came along it declined in population but as with all games, there will always be a hardcore fan base.
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Comment on Donald Trump’s lawyers told the court that no one would give him a bond. Then he got a lifeline, but they didn’t tell the judges. in ~misc
Omnicrola Link ParentAgreed. The failure here is not "the system" in the legal sense, it's in the social sense. For any other presidential candidate in any other era, any single event or even single verbal mis-step...Agreed. The failure here is not "the system" in the legal sense, it's in the social sense. For any other presidential candidate in any other era, any single event or even single verbal mis-step that Trump has uttered would have immediately ended a politician's career. Trump is not special. At all. He merely happens to exist in a time when a lot of people are collectively lashing out in anger and frustration, and see him as exemplifying the behavior that they think they want in a leader right now.
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Comment on California store sells returned Amazon packages — still in the box in ~finance
Omnicrola LinkThis just screams Midas Plague (page 11) to me.This just screams Midas Plague (page 11) to me.
Offhand speculation : the Chinese/pizza places often had/have very strictly defined delivery areas that restricted how long/far a driver had to go. They also often had a minimum order size. AFAIK the modern apps don't have a delivery radius limit (and if so, is so generous that I've never encountered it).