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  1. Comment on Tildes Book Club - off topic - question re spinoff/ parallel to Storygraph in ~books

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    I like the listing it has. I keep losing track of what’s coming up when and often get the book either late in the month or the next month.

    I like the listing it has. I keep losing track of what’s coming up when and often get the book either late in the month or the next month.

    2 votes

  2. Comment on Virginia lawmaker says he called Social Security Administration and it hung up on him: 'It's very concerning' in ~society

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    I don't think that would have the outcome you expect. They're already positioning "illegals" as bankrupting social security.

    I don't think that would have the outcome you expect. They're already positioning "illegals" as bankrupting social security.

    5 votes

  3. Comment on Windows 11 is closing a loophole that let you skip making a Microsoft account in ~tech

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    This is not new. I’m pretty amazed they managed to change to a benign/good reputation at all.

    Seriously, MS is practically the devil in my eyes at this point.

    This is not new. I’m pretty amazed they managed to change to a benign/good reputation at all.

    16 votes

  4. Comment on Life altering PostgreSQL patterns in ~comp

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    I don't think it matters whether they're single or plural, so long as you pick one and stick with it. Some random combination is so much worse that whatever bad might come from either.

    I don't think it matters whether they're single or plural, so long as you pick one and stick with it. Some random combination is so much worse that whatever bad might come from either.

    1 vote

  5. Comment on US Department of Government Efficiency plans to rebuild Social Security administration codebase in months, risking benefits and system collapse in ~society

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    I'm concerned this means records will be lost. Add much as it sucks for folks barely getting by to miss even one check or for it to be late, it's so much worse if there is no record of that, so...
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    I'm concerned this means records will be lost. Add much as it sucks for folks barely getting by to miss even one check or for it to be late, it's so much worse if there is no record of that, so they never get it.

    These people aren't following the rules and I have no idea what kind of system backups they have or how safe they are from tampering.

    I encourage everyone in the US to make sure you have a current statement from https://secure.ssa.gov/myssa/myssa-statement-ui/home and keep it in a safe place. This is your money, you paid for it.

    I have a family member with memory issues who is a Trump supporter. He doesn't remember 80% of the conversation we had four hours ago, but he remembers that "these illegals are getting social security payments". It feels like a setup to me, preparing us for them to empty the account and blame it on someone else. Pair that with a loss of records and you have a pretty huge disaster.

    18 votes

  6. Comment on How do you feel about your PTO? in ~life

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    The first place I worked at which did this was extremely careful to call it "unaccrued PTO", not unlimited. They would correct you if you referred to it as unlimited. They said it was California...

    The first place I worked at which did this was extremely careful to call it "unaccrued PTO", not unlimited. They would correct you if you referred to it as unlimited. They said it was California law that they could not keep track of what you'd used, if they did they would have to pay you something when you left. I was really unclear on this and nobody else seems to care about it, so maybe it's changed.

    I spent months trying to get a straight answer of what they considered "reasonable". Finally I decided to use what I'd had at my last (government) job, 5 weeks. After I took 3 weeks, I got a talking to from the finance department because I was abusing the policy, so no end of year holiday for me that year. How did they know I was "abusing" it if they weren't keeping track? Timesheets.

    Most companies I've seen using unlimited say that you can take as much as you want, so long as you get your work done. If you work efficiently, they give you more work. If you go above and beyond and work extra hours, they give you more work because you can obviously handle it. If you back off a little and someone notices, you get a bad review. If you don't have a shared workload, you come back from vacation with a backlog of work from the time you were gone.

    One side effect I've noticed from this policy is that I feel like I have to justify my time away, I explain what I'll be doing. I hardly ever did this with normal PTO unless I was really excited about a trip. I think it's because if there's a conflict the manager will have to choose among the people who want to take time off. You usually win if you have plane tickets.

    8 votes

  7. Comment on Our interfaces have lost their senses in ~tech

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    I really think a lot of this has to do with graphics designers not being valued enough. As others have mentioned, we have these packages set up for developers to use for creating web pages, so we...

    I really think a lot of this has to do with graphics designers not being valued enough. As others have mentioned, we have these packages set up for developers to use for creating web pages, so we use those and set everything up in ways that make sense to us. Many of them have a lot of accessibility set up so that nobody feels the need to think about it, and the end result looks like everything else, so it must be fine.

    Designers don’t just make software pretty. They do a lot of research before they make any decisions and they conduct user interviews to make sure users don’t struggle to use the software. I have yet to work at a company willing to assign a designer to internal software, so employers end up wasting a lot of time struggling with the software or refuse to use it altogether.

    6 votes

  8. Comment on Lilo & Stitch | Official trailer in ~movies

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    I didn’t know they remade Pete’s Dragon. I just watched both previews, talk about a tone change.

    I didn’t know they remade Pete’s Dragon. I just watched both previews, talk about a tone change.

    3 votes

  9. Comment on What are your personal reading "rules?" in ~books

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    I initially started listening to audio books because reading on the bus or in a car makes me feel ill.

    I initially started listening to audio books because reading on the bus or in a car makes me feel ill.

    5 votes

  10. Comment on Lilo & Stitch | Official trailer in ~movies

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    At this point I can't really picture anyone else playing Maui.

    At this point I can't really picture anyone else playing Maui.

    4 votes

  11. Comment on Lilo & Stitch | Official trailer in ~movies

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    I love the original. There's nothing pathetic about Lilo, she's awesome. I guess they'll eventually run out of movies. I hope they don't try to do Sleeping Beauty, nobody would be happy with that.

    I love the original. There's nothing pathetic about Lilo, she's awesome.

    I guess they'll eventually run out of movies. I hope they don't try to do Sleeping Beauty, nobody would be happy with that.

    7 votes

  12. Comment on Waymo is now offering 24/7 robotaxi rides in Silicon Valley in ~transport

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    When were they available before?

    When were they available before?

    3 votes

  13. Comment on Gene-edited non-browning banana could cut food waste in ~food

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    Not a word there about how it tastes. Speaking of asexual reproduction in fruit, I am not impressed with seedless watermelons. I’ve had a heck of a time getting any to grow in my yard, which...

    Not a word there about how it tastes. Speaking of asexual reproduction in fruit, I am not impressed with seedless watermelons. I’ve had a heck of a time getting any to grow in my yard, which baffles me. When I was a kid we had them sprouting up all over the areas we’d spit out seeds. I live thousands of miles away now, but still. The summers aren’t that different.

    8 votes

  14. Comment on US war heroes and military firsts are among 26,000 images flagged for removal in Pentagon’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion purge in ~society

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    Aside from unintended items, like photos of the Enola Gay, this seems to come down to removing photos of anyone not white and male. This isn’t about dei, it’s about erasure.

    Aside from unintended items, like photos of the Enola Gay, this seems to come down to removing photos of anyone not white and male. This isn’t about dei, it’s about erasure.

    17 votes

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

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    3 pair, unclear if they were the pokey kind or not.

    3 pair, unclear if they were the pokey kind or not.

    5 votes

  16. Comment on The impact of sand mining - current rates predicted to be unsustainable in ~enviro

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    Materials science really is its own thing.

    Materials science really is its own thing.

    2 votes

  17. Comment on The impact of sand mining - current rates predicted to be unsustainable in ~enviro

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    I wonder how hard it would be to reclaim some from concrete; I assume glass and silicon chips wouldn’t work because of the structural changes. I imagine it wouldn’t have to travel as far.

    I wonder how hard it would be to reclaim some from concrete; I assume glass and silicon chips wouldn’t work because of the structural changes. I imagine it wouldn’t have to travel as far.

    1 vote

  18. Comment on Apple unveils new Mac Studio, the most powerful Mac ever in ~tech

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    I’m happy to see they’ve moved away from the gigantic box model. This thing looks like a small stack of Mac Minis.

    I’m happy to see they’ve moved away from the gigantic box model. This thing looks like a small stack of Mac Minis.

    1 vote

  19. Comment on Sleeping on the floor in ~life.home_improvement

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    I slept on a foam futon for a month or two. The futon itself was very comfortable, and I loved that it folded up to put away. Where fitness comes into it is that it’s on the floor. Every morning...

    I slept on a foam futon for a month or two. The futon itself was very comfortable, and I loved that it folded up to put away. Where fitness comes into it is that it’s on the floor. Every morning you wake up and have to get up off of the floor. It kind of added another sucky to getting up in the morning. It doesn’t sound like a big deal, but it can be if you aren’t used to even sitting on the floor. I was transitioning into being more fit at the time, but was overweight.

    My biggest challenge with it was figuring out how to get dressed, I’m used to sitting on the bed for things like putting on socks. I was waiting on my furniture from a move, so I didn’t have any chairs.

    I still have that futon, it’s now bedding overflow for when we have people over that don’t want to drive home.

    1 vote

  20. Comment on What's the best counter argument to "Well, if I don't do it somebody else will" in ~talk

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    Especially for women. Once that's on your resume, people assume you can't do "real" dev work.

    QA is one of those underappreciated career dead ends.

    Especially for women. Once that's on your resume, people assume you can't do "real" dev work.

    2 votes