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  1. Comment on a/s/l? Tildes user survey question. in ~tildes

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    Thank you for representing but also feel free to edit your post later :)

    Thank you for representing but also feel free to edit your post later :)

    1 vote
  2. Comment on a/s/l? Tildes user survey question. in ~tildes

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    I think young girls like me want to be influencers these days. And uh, become gamble master crypto queens. right?

    I think young girls like that me want to be influencers these days. And uh, become gamble master crypto queens. right?

    2 votes
  3. Comment on a/s/l? Tildes user survey question. in ~tildes

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    You guys can visit PEI when you read Anne of Green Gables to her :) Cape Breton is all kinds of dramatic and might speak to Albertans living in sight of the mighty Rockies. NFL would be really...

    You guys can visit PEI when you read Anne of Green Gables to her :) Cape Breton is all kinds of dramatic and might speak to Albertans living in sight of the mighty Rockies. NFL would be really cool to visit as well, for cultural and historic reasons.

    1 vote
  4. Comment on a/s/l? Tildes user survey question. in ~tildes

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    For historical reasons, women are far less likely to self report on threads like this. I'm in Atlantic Canada; we have a lot of things in common :) congrats on being a new parent! It's a tough...

    For historical reasons, women are far less likely to self report on threads like this.

    I'm in Atlantic Canada; we have a lot of things in common :) congrats on being a new parent! It's a tough time but the rewards are also unparalleled.

    7 votes
  5. Comment on a/s/l? Tildes user survey question. in ~tildes

    chocobean
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    wait a minute, wait just a darn minute here Also 18/F/Cali 'sup

    wait a minute, wait just a darn minute here

    Also 18/F/Cali 'sup

    8 votes
  6. Comment on a/s/l? Tildes user survey question. in ~tildes

    chocobean
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    Lux is adorable! Also interested in your "as it happens" hurricane reports

    Lux is adorable!

    Also interested in your "as it happens" hurricane reports

    3 votes
  7. Comment on WikiTok in ~tech

    chocobean
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    nice! I especially respect their non-tracking non-algorithmn approach. It's like Stumbled Upon but for wikiepdia. They already have different languages.... I wonder if it's possible (edit: for me)...

    nice! I especially respect their non-tracking non-algorithmn approach. It's like Stumbled Upon but for wikiepdia.

    They already have different languages.... I wonder if it's possible (edit: for me) to make one for my dad, just animals, scenery, maybe if we can also get some dancing aunties in there .... might be able to combat hostile brain rot from tiktok et al. Maybe the Wikipedia API has categories.... wouldn't want to randomly scroll into an article about human atrocities at 7am.

    5 votes
  8. Comment on Offbeat Fridays – The thread where offbeat headlines become front page news in ~news

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    Nature's Glow is cute, and I wouldn't mind a giant one of those. But the pink squishy thing is just weird :| not totally creepy but "doesn't spark joy" , shall we say.

    Nature's Glow is cute, and I wouldn't mind a giant one of those. But the pink squishy thing is just weird :| not totally creepy but "doesn't spark joy" , shall we say.

    3 votes
  9. Comment on Ask Tildes: Job security - does it exist, how to deal with lack of, how to process being fired / unemployment in ~life

    chocobean
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    Absolutely :D it's the only way I can rank things out of 10 anymore

    Absolutely :D it's the only way I can rank things out of 10 anymore

    4 votes
  10. Comment on Tildes feels like the last bastion of the Information Superhighway in ~tildes

    chocobean
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    Hear hear! Thank you to the aforementioned, but also thank you to the Old Guard for having us :) and thank you to the regulars for being here together, for the occasionals to add their...

    Hear hear! Thank you to the aforementioned, but also thank you to the Old Guard for having us :) and thank you to the regulars for being here together, for the occasionals to add their perspectives like sprinkles on cupcakes, and for the lurkers who keep us honest with your votes

    14 votes
  11. Comment on How to lose weight in four easy steps in ~life

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    Aww, it's an article about loss :) Good solid advice, 1, 2, and 4. And 3 is very beautiful. Thanks for posting it; good content is good even if older. I haven't read this before.

    Aww, it's an article about loss :)

    Good solid advice, 1, 2, and 4. And 3 is very beautiful. Thanks for posting it; good content is good even if older. I haven't read this before.

    7 votes
  12. Comment on Ask Tildes: Job security - does it exist, how to deal with lack of, how to process being fired / unemployment in ~life

    chocobean
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    Once, I gave three month's notice, and they didn't even try to hire until two weeks before I was gone.

    Once, I gave three month's notice, and they didn't even try to hire until two weeks before I was gone.

    1 vote
  13. Comment on Ask Tildes: Job security - does it exist, how to deal with lack of, how to process being fired / unemployment in ~life

    chocobean
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    Response from friend: My comment : How a company chops heads is probably more important that that it does. Not just for the mental health of the one doing it or the one done to, but also for...

    I officially file as not for cause so they get unemployment. [...] I called an all hands and informed them the person had been given notice and put on admin leave until the separation date.

    Response from friend:

    I was the one they asked to cut off her access so I know for a fact it wasn't as kind as what you described. I can't share anything with the team but people are definitely scared

    My comment :

    How a company chops heads is probably more important that that it does. Not just for the mental health of the one doing it or the one done to, but also for overall team morale. Thank you for your insight, and I hope more organizations share your approach: give clear expectations, give chances, give time and measurable deliverables they could have met, and then when that fails let them take unemployment.

    10/10 response from management side (11/10 with rice)

    4 votes
  14. Comment on Ask Tildes: Job security - does it exist, how to deal with lack of, how to process being fired / unemployment in ~life

    chocobean
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    The older I get, the more I come to believe People > systems representing people. Thank-you

    The older I get, the more I come to believe People > systems representing people. Thank-you

    3 votes
  15. Comment on Offbeat Fridays – The thread where offbeat headlines become front page news in ~news

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    Duh, they should have used the PET scan 🙄

    Duh, they should have used the PET scan 🙄

    14 votes
  16. Comment on Offbeat Fridays – The thread where offbeat headlines become front page news in ~news

    chocobean
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    Very cute!! ABC with different photos https://abcnews.go.com/International/hotel-guest-returns-room-finds-seal-taking-nap/story?id=118518940 Edit - seal bites however are very serious business,...

    Very cute!!

    ABC with different photos
    https://abcnews.go.com/International/hotel-guest-returns-room-finds-seal-taking-nap/story?id=118518940

    Edit - seal bites however are very serious business, due to their super weird jagged teeth and the mouth bacteria

    7 votes
  17. Ask Tildes: Job security - does it exist, how to deal with lack of, how to process being fired / unemployment

    Posting for a friend My company just acquired another company, and there is restructuring. A good work friend was let go today with no warning. She had been talking about the upcoming office...

    Posting for a friend

    My company just acquired another company, and there is restructuring. A good work friend was let go today with no warning. She had been talking about the upcoming office gathering next month, and in the afternoon I got the notice to cut off her security access. I haven't spoken to her yet, her phone has been turned off. I'm still in the office processing this....this....sudden and unacceptable throwing away of a human being. I don't care what they say about how this is necessary for success and how the rest of us are safe and whatever. It doesn't make me feel better even if they tell me she'd been failing PIP or whatever (not what they said but just an example). How are we supposed to live in a society where money absolutely rules everything, where we must pay crazy amounts of money to live close to work, often making 25-30+ year mortgage commitments, when the company has no such commitments to us?

    How do you cope with job security?

    I have a lot of angry words and cynicism but that's probably not helpful for my friend right now.

    42 votes
  18. Comment on Single most useful program you daily use? in ~tech

    chocobean
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    How are people using user scripts? I've never tried them before, so they're sort of client side quality of life improvements in an increasingly hostile web world? Brief search reveals use cases...

    How are people using user scripts? I've never tried them before, so they're sort of client side quality of life improvements in an increasingly hostile web world?

    Brief search reveals use cases such as:

    • enabling right click paste where native form doesn't not allow;

    • space bar to pause a YouTube video, button to download MP4, resize playback window etc

    • highlight newest comments on a thread;

    • auto convert currencies or metric/imperial units

    • price comparisons (how this work?)

    • "Remove the box that says you must register or log in to view this page on Facebook."

    • forces site feed to display chronologically

    Wow. What are your other must haves?

    4 votes
  19. Comment on US children joked about school shootings. Then the sheriff sent them to jail. in ~news

    chocobean
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    How else are children supposed to cope with a world where they do lockdown drills, spend hundreds of millions, have school police, have alarm lights and locking doors, but won't reform gun laws?...

    How else are children supposed to cope with a world where they do lockdown drills, spend hundreds of millions, have school police, have alarm lights and locking doors, but won't reform gun laws? Gallows humour will continue because they live in an insane and absurdd world where only laughter make any sense

    7 votes
  20. Comment on US children joked about school shootings. Then the sheriff sent them to jail. in ~news

    chocobean
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    I'm in complete agreement with you that plaintext SMS should still be private and not considered publicly viewable, and hence not easily readable by FBI/law enforcement without a warrant. My very...

    I'm in complete agreement with you that plaintext SMS should still be private and not considered publicly viewable, and hence not easily readable by FBI/law enforcement without a warrant. My very thin hope is that when kids say text they don't mean just SMS but categorically, for all kinds of digital communication. Sort of like how calling on someone used to mean visiting their house in person and then usually about telephone calls.

    It's a very thin hope. The far more likely scenario is that law enforcement is monitoring the private communications of citizens via plaintext over non public channels .....

    1 vote