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- Comment on Dell said return to the office or else—nearly half of workers chose “or else” - Workers stayed remote even when told they could no longer be promoted. 1 week ago:
Dell is out there just proving that the best promotions are external promotions.
- Comment on Futuristic movies timeline 2 weeks ago:
This is a diverging bar chart sorted by the date in which the film was supposed to take place.
The vertical line on 2000 represents the “Distant Future, a new millennium” that a lot of sci-fi and dystopia media looked at in the past.
The left side of that bar represents the ~year the film was produced in our reality.
The right side of the bar represents the year that the film takes place.
- Comment on Frack you, Walmart 4 weeks ago:
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OP mentioned this also happened outside in the parking lot and was implying active blocking.
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There’s ways for stores to work with telecoms to get service broadcast inside the warehouse/building as well to get around the natural passive blocking from the building materials.
I was well aware of the difference between active and passive blocking.
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- Comment on Frack you, Walmart 4 weeks ago:
- Comment on Frack you, Walmart 4 weeks ago:
This is more likely a coverage issue than Walmart illegally blocking signal according to FCC regulations.
Report the coverage issue to Verizon and your local Walmart. Both of which will want to increase coverage of where people are gathering. This is because as bad coverage areas in places where people gather causes people to switch services or stop going to those gathering areas if there’s alternatives.
- Comment on If it's not broken... 2 months ago:
Yeah, composite & RCA are synonymous with eachother. IIRC it’s the difference between the connector name & cable name similar to rj-4 connector l/port vs cat-# cables.
- Comment on If it's not broken... 2 months ago:
These are the cables I was familiar with way back then.
- Comment on If it's not broken... 2 months ago:
Yes, I had a TV in the 80s that had vhf/uhf tuning dials and coax as qell since it was “cable ready”. Transitional era technology is fun like that.
- Comment on If it's not broken... 2 months ago:
HDMI/Composite to coax convertor if that TV was recent enough to be “cable ready”, otherwise you’ll then need a coax uhf/vhf/fm adapter in the chain.
IIRC, back in the day, there were even composite-to-vhf adapters, but I can’t seem to find any currently sold so either my memory is lying to me or they’re no longer produced.
- Comment on Windows users don't want copilot on their taskbar 2 months ago:
I’m an American, I won’t get the luxuries of the EU court rulings.
- Comment on Windows users don't want copilot on their taskbar 2 months ago:
And you’ll have a choice to not install them. Or to install versions that you know how they were trained and have guardrails you approve of.
- Comment on Activision/Blizzard QA workers form the largest US video game union yet 3 months ago:
I could agree on the
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being sardonic over sarcasm. With how irony has been slowly redefined over the years I can see how people could preceieve why that would be a sarcastic statement and accepted as such, cus language changes over to time and whatnot. - Comment on Activision/Blizzard QA workers form the largest US video game union yet 3 months ago:
But it’s not sarcasm.
Those are things the Blizzard employees have had happen to them. The boys club that was going on there was horrific and the women that worked there went through a ton of shit.
For those unaware: theverge.com/…/california-activision-blizzard-gen…
- Comment on Cloudflare Employee records her final meeting where HR tries to fire her 5 months ago:
They likely fall under already exiting tech related unions.
- [techworkerscoalition.org](Tech Workers Coalition )
- https://www.joinifpte.org/tech
The Teamsters Union even has a tech worker umbreall now.
- Comment on JBL debuts replaceable batteries for its new portable Bluetooth speakers at CES 2024 5 months ago:
Awesome first step.
Now if only the EU (because the US would never) would add some regulations for battery for factor standards as well as regulations on requiring battery swapping of electronics.
I’m tired of tearing down my devices every 1-3 years to replace a simple battery pack to extend the life of a device that should last 10+ years.
- Comment on Saints Row developer Volition permanently shuts down 9 months ago:
This has more to do with Embracer Group’s June announcement for upcoming large scale restructuring, layoffs, and studio closures than anything else. Embracer has even hit hard at studios that were profitable or had games in the pipeline that were expected to be a huge sales success.
As much as I love games, the industry is a tough place to work, and the layoff cycles are striking once again.