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  1. Comment on Christopher McQuarrie, Michael B. Jordan to tackle adaptation of ‘Battlefield’ video game in ~movies

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    This is just bizarre. It's like some executive saw that BF6 had a huge launch last year and just said "make a movie out of THAT!"

    This is just bizarre. It's like some executive saw that BF6 had a huge launch last year and just said "make a movie out of THAT!"

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  2. Comment on What are the current channels to find remote work? in ~tech

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    It's not my same role, but I'm familiar with it and I know the responsibilities are not nearly as strenuous as the role I'm in now. I was honestly a little flabbergasted when I saw the salary...

    It's not my same role, but I'm familiar with it and I know the responsibilities are not nearly as strenuous as the role I'm in now. I was honestly a little flabbergasted when I saw the salary though, I'm wondering if there's something going on I don't know about because its higher than what most people I know in the company make outside of the senior managers and some engineers. I'm thinking its because of its proximity to the L team there's more of a budget for it because the role would be working with them a lot more than other positions usually get the chance to.

    The company is really not in a good place though in terms of equity of pay, Ed-tech has never been great for pay, but now it seems like there's really no connection between things like performance/required skills and compensation unless you're in a commision based role.

    Even though we're profitable and continuing to grow in the most difficult economy ever for our field, things aren't getting better. Private equity owners control every decision and our board is staffed with ex-FAANG suits who have never even made an effort to meet any of the employees, we don't even really know their names. We're nothing but another one of their acquisitions and if the spreadsheet number doesn't look good enough, another round of layoffs and offshoring will happen.

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  3. Comment on What are the current channels to find remote work? in ~tech

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    It probably works for some roles that are heavily in demand.

    It probably works for some roles that are heavily in demand.

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  4. Comment on What are the current channels to find remote work? in ~tech

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    What's it like to be in demand 😭

    What's it like to be in demand 😭

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  5. Comment on What are the current channels to find remote work? in ~tech

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    Damn, this is a very stringent list of requirements, can I ask how you get all this information from candidates? A lot of this feels like you couldn't possibly know if someone is being truthful...

    Damn, this is a very stringent list of requirements, can I ask how you get all this information from candidates? A lot of this feels like you couldn't possibly know if someone is being truthful from a few interviews. Are you going off of vibes?

    Also somewhat unrelated, it's a little sad to see so many requirements on this list basically completely exclude a lot of autistic individuals haha, but I guess that's not unexpected for such an in-demand role.

    3 votes

  6. Comment on What are the current channels to find remote work? in ~tech

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    Applying for one, no; though since it's a different team it's not a super easy transition. My company doesn't do a lot of internal transfers because backfilling your position is difficult at the...

    Applying for one, no; though since it's a different team it's not a super easy transition. My company doesn't do a lot of internal transfers because backfilling your position is difficult at the salaries they have us on. (Yay Ed-tech, where the expectations are high and the pay is awful) I also really don't want to leave my team because I was just promoted to a lead position and they desperately need someone who is willing to put in the work to support them right now.

    Negotiating a raise? Never. This company will literally lay off the most competent and productive people at the company for asking for competitive wages. Somehow we're "at market rate" despite making less than nearly any other equivalent employee at other tech companies. Leverage right now is at an all time low, and there's always a feeling that they are 1 step away from offshoring a role to Bangalore if you put up too much of a fuss. My company went from being 95% US based to around 60% in the last 2 years.

    4 votes

  7. Comment on What are the current channels to find remote work? in ~tech

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    I'm not really looking for a job but this is a neat site, good to have a place to look that's not completely infiltrated with bullshit ads like LinkedIn or Indeed. Edit: I used this site to find...

    I'm not really looking for a job but this is a neat site, good to have a place to look that's not completely infiltrated with bullshit ads like LinkedIn or Indeed.

    Edit: I used this site to find out my company is hiring people for roles I know are easier than mine at up to $35k more a year 🙃🙃

    10 votes

  8. Comment on An insight into looksmaxxxing/blackpill "ideology" in ~life

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    Just as long as we don't let the extremely manipulative and unethical cosmetics industries use this movement as an excuse to expand their market share. Last thing we need is corporations telling...

    Just as long as we don't let the extremely manipulative and unethical cosmetics industries use this movement as an excuse to expand their market share.

    Last thing we need is corporations telling more people they aren't attractive/likeable/worth loving if they don't buy some bullshit cream or treatment. It's actually disgusting what society has allowed the health and beauty industry to get away with when advertising to women. The weaponizing of body insecurities on every level in order to push young people into depression and dysmorphia just to make that share price go up a little bit makes my blood fucking boil.

    17 votes

  9. Comment on The center has a bias in ~tech

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    I remember hearing a story about a 1980s~ programmer (Richard Stallman) who reached out to someone at Xerox to try and get the source code for one of their printers in order to program something...

    I remember hearing a story about a 1980s~ programmer (Richard Stallman) who reached out to someone at Xerox to try and get the source code for one of their printers in order to program something that would stop them from jamming up all the time and he was flabbergasted that they denied his request. The concept of IP law on code was so alien to him that it inspired him to start a whole organization dedicated to providing software freely to everyone.

    Information wants to be free mannnnnn

    18 votes

  10. Comment on I worked as a professional video editor until 2014. How much has changed since then? in ~tech

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    Davinci resolve is great, if you aren't already indoctrinated into the Adobe ecosystem I'd 100% recommend it. Probably the best pro-sumer editing software out there in terms of how many resources...

    Davinci resolve is great, if you aren't already indoctrinated into the Adobe ecosystem I'd 100% recommend it. Probably the best pro-sumer editing software out there in terms of how many resources there are to learn it, especially since it's free! (Unless you need some specific features)

    6 votes

  11. Comment on OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s home targeted with molotov cocktail in ~tech

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    AI is being used as another tool to squeeze the working class for everything they can get out of us. It itself isn't the problem (at least intrinsically.) It's just another cog in the orphan...

    AI is being used as another tool to squeeze the working class for everything they can get out of us. It itself isn't the problem (at least intrinsically.) It's just another cog in the orphan crushing machine, albeit it a particularly large and annoying one.

    Technology in general has always being harnessed by the powerful to subjugate the masses. It's getting terrifyingly efficient at it now though. They can know where you live, when you sleep, what you do, who you talk to, what you eat, your medical records, your purchasing habits, listen in on your conversations, and use any of that information however they want to.

    14 votes

  12. Comment on OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s home targeted with molotov cocktail in ~tech

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    God I hope so. Automation is supposed to make everyone's lives better, not just the freaks at the top.

    God I hope so. Automation is supposed to make everyone's lives better, not just the freaks at the top.

    7 votes

  13. Comment on How worried should I be about plastic water bottles? in ~talk

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    You're probably fine with a plastic container there, but you could also look into something like glass like those ones you see in hotel lobbies. Edit: I'm thinking something like this, comes with...

    You're probably fine with a plastic container there, but you could also look into something like glass like those ones you see in hotel lobbies.

    Edit: I'm thinking something like this, comes with risk of shattering if you drop it, but I think if you're careful that's not that big of a deal.

    11 votes

  14. Comment on How worried should I be about plastic water bottles? in ~talk

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    Realistically probably not much, but studies around that kind of thing are extremely difficult and we still don't understand the effects of all the different kinds of plastics on human health. Do...

    Realistically probably not much, but studies around that kind of thing are extremely difficult and we still don't understand the effects of all the different kinds of plastics on human health.

    Do you need a 12 liter water bottle? What's the use case, I'm assuming not just for personal drinking or anything. If you want something like long term storage of water, there are better solutions than a big metal container.

    15 votes

  15. Comment on Graveyard Keeper 2 announced for 2026. Original game now free to keep on Steam. in ~games

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    I was going to write something pretty negative about this game but realized you basically voiced my experience perfectly. Not a good game for me, it doesn't follow the gameplay conventions I've...

    I was going to write something pretty negative about this game but realized you basically voiced my experience perfectly.

    Not a good game for me, it doesn't follow the gameplay conventions I've been conditioned into expecting and it felt incredibly scatterbrained and tedious to me.

    2 votes

  16. Comment on Bitcoin’s creator has hidden behind the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto for 17 years. But a trail of clues buried deep in crypto lore led to a 55-year-old computer scientist named Adam Back. (gifted lnk) in ~finance

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    I'm not educated enough in crypto to know, but is it possible he could have other wallets that aren't known to be tied to him? I imagine having your theoretical wealth not all in one basket would...

    I'm not educated enough in crypto to know, but is it possible he could have other wallets that aren't known to be tied to him? I imagine having your theoretical wealth not all in one basket would be an attractive idea.

    2 votes

  17. Comment on Bitcoin’s creator has hidden behind the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto for 17 years. But a trail of clues buried deep in crypto lore led to a 55-year-old computer scientist named Adam Back. (gifted lnk) in ~finance

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    If he actually is worth that much money I'm guessing he's got some pretty good personal security. A crypto nerd doesn't strike me as someone who would solely rely on security through obscurity.

    If he actually is worth that much money I'm guessing he's got some pretty good personal security. A crypto nerd doesn't strike me as someone who would solely rely on security through obscurity.

    6 votes

  18. Comment on Donald Trump posted on Truth Social this morning that "a whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again" as his threatened attacks on Iranian infrastructure loom ahead of deadline in ~society

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    Im so tired of feeling helpless.

    Im so tired of feeling helpless.

    54 votes

  19. Comment on Software job openings surge this year, defying AI fears in ~tech

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    It's good for them until the companies decide to move it somewhere even cheaper, or decide that AI can replace them. I will not be cheering on the race to the bottom for labor costs.

    It's good for them until the companies decide to move it somewhere even cheaper, or decide that AI can replace them.

    I will not be cheering on the race to the bottom for labor costs.

    4 votes

  20. Comment on Software job openings surge this year, defying AI fears in ~tech

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    It's hard for people facing one of the worst labor markets in decades to see this as a bad thing. Companies offshoring labor because they can pay them literally 1/4th the salary or less doesn't...

    It's hard for people facing one of the worst labor markets in decades to see this as a bad thing.

    Companies offshoring labor because they can pay them literally 1/4th the salary or less doesn't strike me as something anyone who values the labor of the working class should be celebrating. It's a huge win for the shareholders though, so I guess that's something!

    2 votes