BeanBurrito's recent activity
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Comment on Substack has a Nazi problem in ~tech
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Comment on Italy bans cultivated meat in ~food
BeanBurrito Link ParentThe free market for thee, but not for me.The free market for thee, but not for me.
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Comment on What minor or inane decisions have had the biggest butterfly effect on your life? in ~talk
BeanBurrito Link ParentSame.Same.
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Comment on Why do people make inflammatory posts and comments on LinkedIn? in ~tech
BeanBurrito Link ParentI understand what you are saying, but I am not sure I would want to work for a boss who would be impressed by someone troll posting on LinkedIn.I understand what you are saying, but I am not sure I would want to work for a boss who would be impressed by someone troll posting on LinkedIn.
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Comment on Why do people make inflammatory posts and comments on LinkedIn? in ~tech
BeanBurrito Link ParentIn that non-anonymous email list I wrote about I told people what they were doing was similar in danger to being interviewed on the local news or posting what they wrote on a billboard. It made no..."I'm a person and I read what you wrote". They aren't writing a diary; what we publish on social media is real and can reach a huge audience.
In that non-anonymous email list I wrote about I told people what they were doing was similar in danger to being interviewed on the local news or posting what they wrote on a billboard. It made no difference.
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Comment on What minor or inane decisions have had the biggest butterfly effect on your life? in ~talk
BeanBurrito Link ParentI took both too. One time when I was looking for work the application process required that I take a programming quiz. They sent me to a 3rd party site that allowed me to take practice questions....I took both too.
One time when I was looking for work the application process required that I take a programming quiz. They sent me to a 3rd party site that allowed me to take practice questions. One of those practice questions I just could NOT solve. To satisfy my own curiosity afterwards, I found a discussion board for mathematics. The people there told me that the solution involved finding the area of an irregular polygon and they gave me a formula for that. There is a good chance I learned that in high school and forgot it long ago.
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Comment on Why do people make inflammatory posts and comments on LinkedIn? in ~tech
BeanBurrito Link ParentI can see some high rollers benefiting in the way you described, but not ordinary worker bees looking for their next salaried position. So, I guess one could say being inflammatory on LinkedIn is...I can see some high rollers benefiting in the way you described, but not ordinary worker bees looking for their next salaried position.
So, I guess one could say being inflammatory on LinkedIn is a status symbol.
The person who can afford to do it or profit by it is higher up the career food chain.
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Comment on Why do people make inflammatory posts and comments on LinkedIn? in ~tech
BeanBurrito Link ParentOh, I never believed that. Even in the 90s when email lists were still "The Internet". I belonged to an email list for activists for a particular cause in my metropolitan area. People used their...This is why I don't fully buy the "people are terrible to each other online because of anonymity"
Oh, I never believed that.
Even in the 90s when email lists were still "The Internet".
I belonged to an email list for activists for a particular cause in my metropolitan area. People used their real names and rubbished other activists who they might want/need to work with someday.
As you mentioned, since then there has been no shortage of people mouthing off on Facebook and losing jobs as a result.
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Why do people make inflammatory posts and comments on LinkedIn?
I go to LinkedIn to find work. My real name is there. My picture is there. My career history is there. There are many places on the Internet where I can anonymously post inflammatory opinions...
I go to LinkedIn to find work.
My real name is there. My picture is there. My career history is there.
There are many places on the Internet where I can anonymously post inflammatory opinions without endangering my job, my career, or my reputation in my field.
I kind of feel like that is the situation on for everyone else on LinkedIn too.
So... why do some people post inflammatory opinions about politics and other non-career related subjects on that site?
All risk and for zero gain.
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Comment on What minor or inane decisions have had the biggest butterfly effect on your life? in ~talk
BeanBurrito LinkTaking a typing class in high school. Eons before the rise of personal computers, but has provided lasting benefits ever since.Taking a typing class in high school.
Eons before the rise of personal computers, but has provided lasting benefits ever since.
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Comment on Most US Black and Hispanic adults expect to get the new COVID-19 vaccine, though most white adults don’t in ~health
BeanBurrito LinkThe pandemic is killing about 1,200 Americans a week https://mastodon.social/@WeeklyAmericanPandemicDeaths I got the new booster shot as soon as it was available. I still wear a mask when indoors...The pandemic is killing about 1,200 Americans a week
https://mastodon.social/@WeeklyAmericanPandemicDeaths
I got the new booster shot as soon as it was available.
I still wear a mask when indoors and not at home.
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Comment on The US tried permanent daylight saving time in the ’70s. People hated it. in ~life
BeanBurrito Link ParentDo you really want sunrise at 4:15 AM in June? I'm sure gardeners with lawn mowers and construction works will take advantage of that.Do you really want sunrise at 4:15 AM in June?
I'm sure gardeners with lawn mowers and construction works will take advantage of that.
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Comment on The US tried permanent daylight saving time in the ’70s. People hated it. in ~life
BeanBurrito LinkAll this happened before, all this happened again. Americans in the 70s hated changing clocks too. President Nixon accommodated them and put the U.S. on permanent Daylight Savings Time. Americans...All this happened before, all this happened again. Americans in the 70s hated changing clocks too. President Nixon accommodated them and put the U.S. on permanent Daylight Savings Time. Americans hated it so much it was voted out.
Time Sunrise Time (approximate) Permanent Daylight Savings Time sunrise in January would be about 8:20 AM Permanent Standard Time sunrise in June would be about 4:14 AM -
The US tried permanent daylight saving time in the ’70s. People hated it.
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Comment on ‘Reddit can survive without search’: company reportedly threatens to block Google in ~tech
BeanBurrito LinkNot being able to find Reddit posts in web search results will make Reddit far less relevant. I keep reading ex-redditors writing things like "I'm DONE socializing there, but it is a great place...Not being able to find Reddit posts in web search results will make Reddit far less relevant.
I keep reading ex-redditors writing things like "I'm DONE socializing there, but it is a great place to find information about some things".
Nobody is going to log into Reddit and use their horrible native search engine to do research.
Spez seems determined to keep making stupid decisions.
It makes me wonder if he was at a party with other social media founders, found out how rich they are compared to him, got really angry, and started making spite motivated decisions.
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Comment on Toyota inks deal to mass produce solid state EV batteries with 932-mile range in ~transport
BeanBurrito (edited )LinkLooking forward to 2028!Looking forward to 2028!
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Comment on Winter is near for some of us. Any suggestions on improving health or mitigating flu and colds in ~health
BeanBurrito LinkWear a mask when you are indoors and not at home. It not only protects others from getting Covid 19 from you (many people are unknowingly carriers) and you from them, but the number of flu cases...Wear a mask when you are indoors and not at home.
It not only protects others from getting Covid 19 from you (many people are unknowingly carriers) and you from them, but the number of flu cases dropped during the pandemic when people started wearing masks.
BTW, the pandemic never went away and the death counts are climbing again
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Comment on I’m a microbiologist and here is what (and where) I never eat in ~food
BeanBurrito Link ParentOr continue supporting enforcing food safety regulations. :-)Maybe people just need to build up a higher tolerance for bacteria?
Or continue supporting enforcing food safety regulations. :-)
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Comment on Incel ideology has entered the mainstream in ~life.men
BeanBurrito Link ParentNeither does my idea of requiring social media to categorize content and then disallowing algorithms from being applied from politics/current events/subjects of misinformation. YouTube could be...didn’t make it outright illegal to present certain information
Neither does my idea of requiring social media to categorize content and then disallowing algorithms from being applied from politics/current events/subjects of misinformation. YouTube could be free to publish it all. They just wouldn't be able to mummify people in it based on clicked links.
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Comment on Israel-Gaza Conflict Discussion Thread in ~news
BeanBurrito (edited )LinkI've been hearing all the same comments about Israel and Palestine for a lifetime. Literally since I was a child.I've been hearing all the same comments about Israel and Palestine for a lifetime. Literally since I was a child.
Kind of like Twitter. All sorts of big famous liberal progressive names have been very slow to respond to the platform turning bigoted.