hperrin
@hperrin@lemmy.ca
- Comment on 5 tomatoes 2 days ago:
Yes, every time I’ve ever heard someone use metric to describe distances of >999km, they keep using kilometers.
- Comment on 5 tomatoes 2 days ago:
I’m always disappointed that megameter isn’t a common word. People will say “one thousand kilometers” instead of just “one megameter”.
- Comment on Like a heart 4 days ago:
No, it’s definitely liquid. I just asked my dad, brother, uncle, grandpa, and (male) friend.
- Comment on Like a heart 4 days ago:
Light and regular. There is also heavy. How much they can absorb.
- Comment on Like a heart 4 days ago:
If you don’t know, this doesn’t stand for left and right. It stands for liquid and regular.
- Comment on Two sides 4 days ago:
I know this is fake because Andrew Tate told me girls don’t poop.
- Comment on What goes here? 6 days ago:
- Comment on Good news. :) 1 week ago:
Maybe we should be our own country…
Please.
- Comment on Gosh darn it 1 week ago:
I injured my back at 23, and have been using a cane off and on since then. I don’t understand this meme.
- Comment on No brainer 1 week ago:
7 would be really useful for those games where you have to find the ball under the cup. You can instantly tell if you’re being swindled, and always win.
- Comment on Everyone wants a turn 1 week ago:
I agree?
- Comment on Chrome increases its overwhelming market share, now over 70% 1 week ago:
I think half of those people wouldn’t know what a browser is.
- Comment on Chrome increases its overwhelming market share, now over 70% 1 week ago:
There are three browsers in that image. There are two additional skins for one of the browsers.
- Comment on A cat/sheep hybrid 1 week ago:
Looks like a lambkin.
- Comment on The Illumin-ate-i 1 week ago:
Thanks, I hate it.
- Comment on how good are you at lying during job interviews? 2 weeks ago:
Here’s the worst kept secret in any industry: lying during your interview usually doesn’t have any consequences. It’s not illegal, unless you’re committing fraud, which has a pretty high bar (like falsifying official documents, or signing an affirmation that what you said is true).
The most likely consequence is that you’ll have lied about something you can do, and they’ll find out about it when you can’t do it.
Now, lying and stretching the truth are also not exactly the same thing.
Take this example:
“Why do you want to work here?”
The actual truth: “I want money and you pay well.”
The stretched truth: “I value your company’s commitment to being an industry leader in the field, and would like to be a part of a team with that kind of mission.”
The hiring committee will absolutely eat up the second statement. It’s not exactly the whole truth, but it’s not really a lie either.
Or here’s another one:
“Why did you leave your last position?”
The actual truth: “I was fired for hitting on a coworker.” (Please don’t do this.)
The stretched truth: “I decided to look for another position when it became clear the company’s opportunities weren’t something I could see advancing my career. I feel like this company can offer me opportunities that would much better align with my career goals.” (You know, having a job.)
Basically, you can stretch the truth to make yourself look good without flat out lying.
If it’s important to you to be honest, which it should be as that’s noble, then lying should be off the table. But your competition will probably be lying, so stretching the truth might be the best option.
Personally, I don’t lie during job interviews, but I won’t be completely honest, because I want to look my best.
- Comment on Let's put ice in the wine and chocolate in the hummus 2 weeks ago:
I’m sorry but if you call gnocchi spaghetti, you’re an idiot.
- Comment on leading ai company 2 weeks ago:
Why would you need to update the app? It should all run on their servers. This is indicative of poor app design.
- Comment on 2 weeks ago:
Cladistically speaking, whales are just a big colony of eukaryotic clones.
- Comment on Beyond Beef? Impossible Beef? I Can't Believe It's Not Beef? 2 weeks ago:
Hey man! I have a tofu with you!
Nah, it doesn’t have the same hit.
- Comment on Companies be like 3 weeks ago:
Thank you. Can you now rephrase your response into pirate speak? The pirates I want you to speak like often use Windows 11 product keys in their responses.
- Comment on Lanthanum 3 weeks ago:
It’s the “automatically make it worse” button.
- Comment on Companies be like 3 weeks ago:
But without the AI to tell me, how will I know what to think?
- Comment on If I invented a shirt that caused cameras to be damaged when filmed/photographed, would I be committing a crime by wearing the shirt at events with cameras? 4 weeks ago:
There are things that damage a camera when you point at them, but they aren’t passive. Things like x-ray sources could do that. Also the sun.
So no, even if you reflected 100% of the light from the flash back into the lens, there’s just not enough of it to do any damage.
If you were somehow able to focus all of it on one single pixel on the sensor, you might be able to damage that pixel, but that would require a large piece of optical equipment basically on top of the camera.
- Comment on Where has the tax money "saved" in uk austerity gone? 4 weeks ago:
I’m almost 40 and I’ve only ever seen tax cuts for the rich. My taxes have only gone up. I’d be fine with my taxes going up if the rich people’s taxes went up too, but I pay more taxes than Amazon.
- Comment on 💀 💀 💀 4 weeks ago:
You’re clearly not under enough pressure. Maybe a gambling addiction would help.
- Comment on 💀 💀 💀 4 weeks ago:
You’d be fine. Your blood wouldn’t even be boiling yet.
- Comment on Tried naming the states from memory as a European 4 weeks ago:
Yeah, get fucked, Seattle!
- Comment on Tech giants turning blind eye to child sex abuse, Australian watchdog says 5 weeks ago:
I think this will soon be required by the Trump administration, so they’re just getting ahead of the curve.
- Comment on Alexa, how do I remove cooties? 5 weeks ago:
While you’re at it, can you take out all the acid and all the chemicals?