R3qn65's recent activity
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Comment on TikTok ban fueled by Israel, not China: US Congressional insiders spill the beans on how the law was passed in ~society
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Comment on How often do you replace your phone? in ~tech
R3qn65 Answering mostly because my answer is different than everyone else's (thus far) - I replace my phone every year or two. Trading in so frequently means that I get a massive trade-in offer and only...Answering mostly because my answer is different than everyone else's (thus far) - I replace my phone every year or two. Trading in so frequently means that I get a massive trade-in offer and only pay $300-400 for the new one. I like new technology and enjoy experiencing the updates (e.g. apple intelligence on the new iPhones). And tech near the end of its useful lifestyle - laggy, poor battery life, etc. - drives me absolutely nuts.
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Comment on The Airbnb/Hotel Gap: Private common spaces in ~life
R3qn65 There are a few - very few - boutique hotels/commercial properties offering things like rental cabins and so on. That’s about the only way to get a full kitchen through a standard commercial...There are a few - very few - boutique hotels/commercial properties offering things like rental cabins and so on. That’s about the only way to get a full kitchen through a standard commercial lodging provider. Otherwise, you’re best off either continuing to go with AirBnB or doing what @knocklessmonster suggested and getting one suite and a bunch of regular rooms.
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Comment on Apple debuts iPhone 16e in ~tech
R3qn65 (edited )Link ParentModem in this case for receiving the signal - which every phone has. It’s more accurate to say that this is the first iPhone with an apple-designed modem. Every phone for the last while has had a...Modem in this case for receiving the signal - which every phone has. It’s more accurate to say that this is the first iPhone with an apple-designed modem. Every phone for the last while has had a 5G modem - that’s not the interesting part. The idea is that since apple built it in-house, they can optimize for their phones and what they care about, theoretically getting better performance. Same reason apple does their own silicon (the chips) now - and it’s really worked out quite well for them.
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Comment on Peeves, opinions, and hot takes about style in ~humanities.languages
R3qn65 Hah, I love this one. Equally annoying is when they use the pull quote in lieu of the words in the text. I try hard not to read the pull quotes so all of a sudden the text just stops making sense...Hah, I love this one. Equally annoying is when they use the pull quote in lieu of the words in the text. I try hard not to read the pull quotes so all of a sudden the text just stops making sense to me.
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Comment on New users: Ask your questions about Tildes here! (v4) in ~tildes
R3qn65 Personal preference. For me, I loathe pet names, so it's "tildes users" and nothing else.Personal preference. For me, I loathe pet names, so it's "tildes users" and nothing else.
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Comment on Dating app cover-up: How Tinder, Hinge, and their corporate owner keep rape under wraps in ~tech
R3qn65 Interesting. I stand corrected regarding a police report, though I do think it's reasonable for them not to want to open that can of worms.Interesting. I stand corrected regarding a police report, though I do think it's reasonable for them not to want to open that can of worms.
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Comment on Attorneys are resigning in response to orders from US President Donald Trump's government in ~society
R3qn65 (edited )Link ParentYou're probably not misinterpreting it. JD Vance, for instance, has said that "judges aren't allowed to control the executive's legitimate power." The theory is that the president is elected...You're probably not misinterpreting it. JD Vance, for instance, has said that "judges aren't allowed to control the executive's legitimate power." The theory is that the president is elected directly by the people while justices are appointed, so the president has a more legitimate claim when the two come into conflict. (This politico article is probably the best summary of Vance's position).
To expand, things are complicated. The constitution doesn't exactly say "the president must do what the supreme Court says." Here's the most relevant article.
The judicial Power shall extend to all Cases, in Law and Equity, arising under this Constitution, the Laws of the United States, and Treaties made, or which shall be made, under their Authority;--to all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls;--to all Cases of admiralty and maritime Jurisdiction;--to Controversies to which the United States shall be a Party;--to Controversies between two or more States;--between a State and Citizens of another State;--between Citizens of different States;--between Citizens of the same State claiming Lands under Grants of different States, and between a State, or the Citizens thereof, and foreign States, Citizens or Subjects.
So it's clear, obviously, that the court decides on laws (and other stuff), but there's so much of the federal government that's done via norms and executive orders rather than law.
Lincoln, rather famously, declined to comply with the Court (sort of). That's not to say that trump and Lincoln are the same or even that the things that they would be non-complying over would be similar, but just to point out that things are complicated.
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Comment on Dating app cover-up: How Tinder, Hinge, and their corporate owner keep rape under wraps in ~tech
R3qn65 It really doesn't seem that unreasonable to me that it takes a police report/arrest to get removed from the app. I think we all agree that businesses have some obligation to try to provide a safe...It really doesn't seem that unreasonable to me that it takes a police report/arrest to get removed from the app. I think we all agree that businesses have some obligation to try to provide a safe environment, but I think that's a lot easier with something like a gym banning a creep where an employee can personally observe the situation. I'm sympathetic to an app not wanting to ban users based on what is effectively hearsay until there's a police report.
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Comment on The crisis of ethics in the United States in ~society
R3qn65 While I tend to agree with the OP, this is an extremely important point as well. Westerners are beyond blessed to have systems that are, in general, ethical. I've spent much of my adult life...While I tend to agree with the OP, this is an extremely important point as well. Westerners are beyond blessed to have systems that are, in general, ethical. I've spent much of my adult life living in Africa. Here, corruption is the expected behavior from leadership. And I'm not talking about the US-style "fancy trips and maybe a job promise" corruption, but about literally siphoning the state's money into offshore accounts and subverting the system to remain president-for-life.
Even in the West, it wasn't that long ago that mankind lived under kings who believed that the peasant class (and indeed the nation!) existed to serve them. The very concept of leaders existing to promote the welfare of the people is new. President Trump, as awful as many of his decisions are, is open about trying to make America great - not about trying to install his child in the throne.
Obviously we can and should demand more. But we should also be grateful for the progress humanity has made.
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Comment on US Transportation Security Administration workers who are trans forbidden from performing pat down searches in ~society
R3qn65 Yeah, they long ago applied a filter so they just see a gray human outline with a yellow box where suspicious things are.I believe they might have later made the images more fuzzy and less explicit than they were when the machines were first adopted but there were definitely many cases of TSA agents ogling passengers through the machine.
Yeah, they long ago applied a filter so they just see a gray human outline with a yellow box where suspicious things are.
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Comment on Should leftists in the US be armed? in ~society
R3qn65 If you're uncomfortable with guns, not in good health, and have a history of depression, you should not buy a gun for the purpose of resisting the government. The potential gain is nil and the...If you're uncomfortable with guns, not in good health, and have a history of depression, you should not buy a gun for the purpose of resisting the government. The potential gain is nil and the risk (or accident, suicide, etc.) exists.
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Comment on Should leftists in the US be armed? in ~society
R3qn65 Training is immaterial. If you're not willing to kill someone, then in the scenario where you're in some sort of armed confrontation with agents of the government, having a gun just means that you...Training is immaterial. If you're not willing to kill someone, then in the scenario where you're in some sort of armed confrontation with agents of the government, having a gun just means that you get shot and die rather than getting arrested. Besides, if you think there's going to be a civil war, then the states will be arming their soldiers anyway - you having a gun is irrelevant.
Probably the least likely conceivable scenario is one in which armed federal agents are rounding up innocent people, and they're all going along with this absurdly unconstitutional order, and the states are letting this happen, but somehow random civilians with guns are able to stop it.
In any event, I have seen civil war. 90% of people just live their everyday lives as best they can. Another 9% of people have guns buried in their yard, but never actually do anything even during an active war - and then about 1% is engaged in active fighting, which is almost always limited to one part of the country. Look at Ukraine right now - and that's not even a civil war, they got invaded.
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Comment on Unique 0-click deanonymization attack targeting Signal, Discord and hundreds of platform in ~comp
R3qn65 For sure - kid is definitely going places. He has the security mindset for sure.For sure - kid is definitely going places. He has the security mindset for sure.
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Comment on Unique 0-click deanonymization attack targeting Signal, Discord and hundreds of platform in ~comp
R3qn65 How would cloudflare fix this, though? It's not really a bug, exactly.How would cloudflare fix this, though? It's not really a bug, exactly.
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Comment on How best to get a thorough inspection after avoiding doctors for a decade? in ~health
R3qn65 If it makes you feel better, there is no universal normal for any of this stuff. This is part of why doctors always ask if there's been a change - they're trying to establish if something is new...I think what OP wants, and what I've wanted for years, is a way to establish a healthy baseline from which I can note deviations in the future. Are these random aches and pains normal? Is this level of fatigue normal for my 30s? Is this frequency of headache normal? I know that it's normal for me, but does that mean that it is normal, or that I've had a problem for years?
If it makes you feel better, there is no universal normal for any of this stuff. This is part of why doctors always ask if there's been a change - they're trying to establish if something is new or normal for you.
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Comment on US Supreme Court unanimously backs law banning TikTok if it’s not sold by its Chinese parent company in ~tech
R3qn65 CA was a separate company which harvested data from Facebook and sold it to inform political decisionmaking. It was a scandal for a reason (mostly because they were collecting data from friends...And Facebook actually has a proven track record of electoral manipulation, considering the Cambridge Analytica scandal surrounding the 2016 election of Trump.
CA was a separate company which harvested data from Facebook and sold it to inform political decisionmaking. It was a scandal for a reason (mostly because they were collecting data from friends who didn't opt in) but it's completely different from the allegations against bytedance. (Basically "you weren't careful enough about letting other companies harvest data" versus "you're intentionally harvesting data at the behest of a foreign government.")
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Comment on I need to be making $90,000 in ~life
R3qn65 (edited )Link ParentI'm with @F13: there's no place for soft skills unless you can point to specific things that have come from them, and even then it's probably best for the cover letter. Meaning that unless you've...I'm with @F13: there's no place for soft skills unless you can point to specific things that have come from them, and even then it's probably best for the cover letter. Meaning that unless you've received some sort of award for communication, or been assigned special duties because of how good at communicating you are, or can point to a personal blog with 100k visitors/month or something, it doesn't count, you can't put it on your resume, and if you do it will actively hurt you.
Selling yourself is easy. Find a problem, figure out how you could fix it, and then tell people that. It doesn't require arrogance or being a blowhard. And note that all problems should be simplified to reducing costs or making more money. If you can explain how you will help the company do one of those two things, they will be interested.
People get uncomfortable with the idea of selling themselves because they think it should be something like "I'm the greatest, and I'll be taking no questions." No! It's not about you; it's about the problem you've identified and how you can fix it. You only sound like an asshole if you can't point to concrete results. (Just like the soft skills - sound familiar?)
You may be struggling in part because this is harder in a vacuum. It'll be easier if you find some companies you're interested in (and that have openings), do a bit of research to understand their business, and then craft your resume and cover letter appropriately. You should also find someone in the company to talk to (ideally the manager of the listed position) - ask about what challenges the job is facing and ask about company culture.
(A note, because people get extremely weird about this. Put yourselves in the shoes of a manager. Imagine you get an email from someone saying "hi, I'd like to understand this job posting better to see if it's a position where I could add value, before I apply." Do you now think less of this person?)
It's hard and time-consuming, no doubt - but sending out resumes blindly is a sucker move. Especially from other parts of the world.
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Comment on I need to be making $90,000 in ~life
R3qn65 What does your professional network look like? Making a totally lateral move is super difficult endeavor and harder if you’re just randomly applying to places. You also need to rethink how you’re...What does your professional network look like? Making a totally lateral move is super difficult endeavor and harder if you’re just randomly applying to places.
You also need to rethink how you’re pitching your skills. “Learning new things quickly” doesn’t really translate to anything in the workplace. Neither does being “good at communication.” (What jobs don’t need you to be good at communication?). This is especially true since you’re shooting for 90k jobs, which are going to be more competitive than being a manager at Spoons or something.
So: think in terms of deliverables. Making a company more money; reducing costs; etc. Think as specifically as possible. For example, I think you could make a compelling story combining your library science degree with your CRM management experience. Can you help a company streamline their Salesforce database, uncovering new insights that will double their lead generation? That’s a compelling pitch, that’s a 90k job, and you can probably do it remotely. But you need to learn to sell yourself first.
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Comment on A note on Worm - A review of John McCrae's Worm in ~books
R3qn65 Agreed - and the closest figure to superman in the story, in terms of powers and ethics (Legend), is gay. (This in a story written a couple of years before gay marriage was legalized in the US)....Agreed - and the closest figure to superman in the story, in terms of powers and ethics (Legend), is gay. (This in a story written a couple of years before gay marriage was legalized in the US). As far as I can recall, there's not a single line in the story that's critical of homosexuality, and Panacea being a lesbian is not what makes her a monster. (And other lesbian characters - like Flechette - are not monsters.)
I think we should be really cautious of levying accusations of homophobia against works in which some of the bad people happen to be queer, you know? That doesn't serve anybody.
The steelman version of the argument is that the American congress - looking especially at the democratic party, here - isn’t necessarily concerned about anti-Israel bias in and of itself, but about the fact that creating such bias is possible.
I get where you’re coming from, even if I think it’s complicated. Chomsky wrote in Manufacturing Consent about how editorial filters affect what message is shown to the people, which is a perversion of free speech.
Let’s assume that the allegations that TikTok’s algorithms promote certain viewpoints are correct. If that’s true, is that really free speech? It may be technically free speech (“hey, you can post whatever you want…”) but there seems to be a critical difference between that and substantively free speech (“…but the algorithm will ensure nobody sees it.”)