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Comment on Reminder to myself that my employer does not give a shit about me in ~life
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Comment on Reminder to myself that my employer does not give a shit about me in ~life
vord Link ParentThe theory is great: Take what you want/need, so long as you get your job done. The practical application of that is a bit rough. I think a reasonable ask would be to pay for FMLA time off, up to...The theory is great: Take what you want/need, so long as you get your job done.
The practical application of that is a bit rough.
I think a reasonable ask would be to pay for FMLA time off, up to 12 week.
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Comment on Reminder to myself that my employer does not give a shit about me in ~life
vord (edited )LinkThat seems so bass-ackward. You'd think they'd want PTO accounted for as much as possible to be able to plan around it. I guess having it planned makes it possible to see how much everybody is...That seems so bass-ackward. You'd think they'd want PTO accounted for as much as possible to be able to plan around it. I guess having it planned makes it possible to see how much everybody is (not) using, and a malignant beancounter could use that to justify 'unproductivity' or creating an insane policy in place of 'take time off if you need it.'
But yes....it seems that for every case of a good company that will treat its employees right, that there is an ocean of shit run by garbage dwellers who care much more about metrics and quarterly growth than getting jobs done and doing right by society (employees inclusive).
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Comment on There is no ‘hard problem of consciousness’ in ~humanities
vord (edited )Link ParentHowever, these are deeply intertwined. Just the physicists seem to have forgotten that Newton was a philosopher.And if I want to know about the philosophy of mind, I ask a person with a degree in cognitive science or philosophy, not theoretical physics.
However, these are deeply intertwined. Just the physicists seem to have forgotten that Newton was a philosopher.
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Comment on There is no ‘hard problem of consciousness’ in ~humanities
vord Link ParentPhotons. Newtonian physics aren't correct. It's a useful approximation that was disproven by Einstein. Your paragraph here is incidentally part of why the foundation of physics hasn't progresssed...The p-zombies equivalent would be like asking to imagine there being an object with no mass but still behaving in accordance to Newton's laws.
Photons. Newtonian physics aren't correct. It's a useful approximation that was disproven by Einstein.
Your paragraph here is incidentally part of why the foundation of physics hasn't progresssed in 40 years. The philosophical aspects of physics have somewhat been tossed to the side.
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Comment on There is no ‘hard problem of consciousness’ in ~humanities
vord Link ParentI do find it fitting having a (borderline) p-zombie refute the arguement that p-zombies do not exist.I do find it fitting having a (borderline) p-zombie refute the arguement that p-zombies do not exist.
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Comment on Survey: The temperature in my room now is _____ and it feels _____ in ~talk
vord Link ParentI mean, I'm still very concerned. But at least not literal steam.I mean, I'm still very concerned. But at least not literal steam.
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Comment on Ryan Gosling to star in Ghost Rider movie for Marvel Studios, director Shawn Levy in ~movies
vord Link ParentBut we already have the cinematic masterpiece featuring Nicholas Cage.But we already have the cinematic masterpiece featuring Nicholas Cage.
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Comment on Make an origami circuit board in ~design
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Comment on Make an origami circuit board in ~design
vord LinkFor a bit easier: Copper tape Fun stuff. Great for cards.For a bit easier: Copper tape
Fun stuff. Great for cards.
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Comment on Your cookware got worse on purpose: who owns Pyrex and All-Clad now in ~food
vord Link ParentIt's almost like having a mandatory "zero questions" warranty period of 3 years, and a "reasonable usage" clause of 10 would eliminate an awful lot of straight-up garbage from polluting our lives.It's almost like having a mandatory "zero questions" warranty period of 3 years, and a "reasonable usage" clause of 10 would eliminate an awful lot of straight-up garbage from polluting our lives.
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Comment on How much energy do data centers and artificial intelligence use? in ~enviro
vord LinkBear in mind that global energy consumption typically grows on the average of 1-3% annually. 2% of the global energy usage for a tech that defacto did not exist 10 years ago is somewhat...Bear in mind that global energy consumption typically grows on the average of 1-3% annually. 2% of the global energy usage for a tech that defacto did not exist 10 years ago is somewhat outrageous.
Another way to phrase this is "AI has more than doubled the amount of new energy buildout required."
Or another way: AI is consuming resources that should otherwise be directed at converting all the oil/gas home heating and cooking to electric.
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Comment on Why socialists should embrace luxury apartments in ~society
vord Link ParentYes,but in my neck of the woods they're building gold-crusted shells that sit unused for years while the shit-covered ones go up to match gold-crusted rent minus 20%.Yes,but in my neck of the woods they're building gold-crusted shells that sit unused for years while the shit-covered ones go up to match gold-crusted rent minus 20%.
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Comment on Boycotting palm oil in general is actually bad for the environment in ~enviro
vord Link ParentSome people have tried their hands at assassination of world leaders and gotten surprisingly close. Be the change you want to be in the world.Some people have tried their hands at assassination of world leaders and gotten surprisingly close.
Be the change you want to be in the world.
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Comment on The coming loop in ~comp
vord (edited )LinkI hadn't been able to come up with proper words for this, but yes. The exception handling and overabstraction of functions. Things that make it easy to feign competence. Once had Claude vibecode a...I hadn't been able to come up with proper words for this, but yes. The exception handling and overabstraction of functions. Things that make it easy to feign competence.
Once had Claude vibecode a class. Came out to be 1000 lines. Once I stripped away all of the useless abstractions (defined as function definitions that get called precisely one time ever), ancient method calls, and overcomplicated exception handling I had cut it down to 300.
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Comment on US Immigration and Customs Enforcement is threatening to deport witnesses of its latest shooting in ~society
vord Link ParentI more or less give up on that when it hits that point. At a certain point you can't cure a bone infection, you have to amputate. But in this case it's because free markets, authoritarianism,...I more or less give up on that when it hits that point.
At a certain point you can't cure a bone infection, you have to amputate.
But in this case it's because free markets, authoritarianism, bigotry, conspiracy, and religion have all been tightly coupled into a big ball of hate known as American Christianity.
And there is a reason they call them holy wars.
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Comment on US Immigration and Customs Enforcement is threatening to deport witnesses of its latest shooting in ~society
vord Link ParentMaybe it's because you're kinder than I, but mine has been varying shades of '"fuck off if you can't comprehend how wrong this is." It's almost as cathartic as telling Boomers who are demanding...I just have no more words to say to people who aren't as horrified, at least for now.
Maybe it's because you're kinder than I, but mine has been varying shades of '"fuck off if you can't comprehend how wrong this is."
It's almost as cathartic as telling Boomers who are demanding tax breaks from property taxes that they already get tax breaks if their income is below average.
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Comment on China is dealing with its own manosphere in ~life.men
vord Link ParentOh I get that the men themselves are not to blame, merely their parents who were shortsighted enough to not see the potential problems of rejecting female babies. Or to put another way: Don't...Oh I get that the men themselves are not to blame, merely their parents who were shortsighted enough to not see the potential problems of rejecting female babies.
Or to put another way: Don't blame the women (as manosphere bros tend to do) for the patriarchal tendencies of your parents.
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Comment on China is dealing with its own manosphere in ~life.men
vord Link ParentOh yes, woe are the men who are without women because their parents saw female children as inferior.Oh yes, woe are the men who are without women because their parents saw female children as inferior.
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Comment on Readers rate poems worse when they believe they're written by AI, despite their ability to detect AI being no better than chance in ~humanities.languages
vord Link ParentOr how literally everything Kevin Spacey was in is now essentially unwatchable even though many things are objectively top-tier. Doesn't matter how good if there is no soul.Or how literally everything Kevin Spacey was in is now essentially unwatchable even though many things are objectively top-tier.
Doesn't matter how good if there is no soul.
And that's why anybody working a 40 hour week should be making a quality living wage.
$35/hr should be baseline. $150/hr a cap.