CompactFlax

@CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hay fever season is upon us⁩ ⁨⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Go outside and enjoy the tree jizz up your nose!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Foreign workers say they were paid less than $2 an hour to build a new US Consulate in Milan⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Whenever a worker is brought from a less-developed country to a more-developed country to work, there’s almost certainly exploitation.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Electric cars are starting to take over the world⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s a textbook example of protectionism ending up with industry leaders slowly going bankrupt. It didn’t start with EVs, but it might end with them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If a person goes "missing" and never found. How long does it take for life insurance to kick in and bank accounts resort back to the family?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Alzheimer’s diagnosis is going to make those premiums hefty

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tax-break trees: how woodland became a store of wealth for the rich⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  One of the things I’d love to do if I suddenly became a billionaire is to buy land - especially near cities - and reforest it.

  But not to cut it down again. Why must everything have a profit for the rich?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What was the internet like before Y2K happened ?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Same as post Y2K, but with more stressed out IT and programming staff.

  Y2K didn’t happen, because of massive coordinated efforts to avoid it. Nothing changed as a result of y2k.

  The dot com bubble burst and a few years later web2.0 happened. Those events were much bigger.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What would happen if the US got rid of the majority of their bases and brought all the stationed soldiers home? What would be the impact on society, the economy, and other things?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Not unlike how the 2020 work from home shut down many businesses and demonstrated how much infrastructure is dedicated to travelling between two arbitrary places rather than for living. Businesses that exist to serve bases would shut down (ghost towns eg Rammstein) on both sides of the border - USA has a lot of businesses that sell things mostly to supply a base on the other side of the world with limited practical uses in the USA. Jet fuel demand etc would be reduced. We’d start hearing again about the enormous piles of [toxic] garbage the USA military leaves behind.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why exactly are nursing aids paid so poorly?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Very simple; the shareholders get value.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨In Hollywood why do all actors and such have fake names besides their own? How do they come up with them? If I went to hollywood could i make up something like Don Dickle Pickle Wiggler?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
  1. To use Anglo-friendly name - eg “Estévez” markets worse than “Sheen”.
  2. To separate themselves from others with similar names. Nicolas Coppola, for example, wanted to distance himself from his uncle Francis.
  3. To make a memorable name - linked to 1. Thomas Mapother doesn’t stick in the brain as well.
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Andrew Mountbatten Windsor's Daughters Are Still Receiving Rent-Free Royal Accommodation⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Andrew’s wife.

  She loved how Epstein would fly her around in first class.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Retirement Plan 🕛⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  One of the contributors to the wealth redistribution was the move away from company pensions to “just invest in the stock market” 401k and the like. Pension obligations disappear and stock value goes up.

  I have to buy shares. They are given shares. And even if you’re getting shares as part of your compensation, it’s a fraction of what management gets.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨There was a time when people had to deal with all of these being separate⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  My 2012 DLSR still takes better photos than the phone does. Admittedly, I don’t use it as often given its cumbersome nature.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨DOGE cut 20% of APHIS the agency that protects U.S. agriculture and now the screwworm parasite that wipes out livestock has returned to the U.S⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  And we think beef is expensive now!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Lancashire town with 36 Turkish barbers and 14 vape shops sparks concern⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The only logical conclusion I can draw is that there’s a lot of money laundering going on. Otherwise, it is remarkably stupid to open a business in a market that is already overserved.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is America so surprised when they elected Trump? They bitched and moans how all politicians are liars, cheats, money hungry and so on. So now they got exactly that and they are surprised?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I think you inverted “don’t know what’s going on” and “are displeased”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Put your seat back or no?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s a fair approach, and I was recently on a plane with someone who was all legs and over 6’ (Denmark, wow) and I would have negotiated the situation in that case - but I’d argue they should get priority on the bulkheads or emergency row with nobody in front.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Put your seat back or no?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  During cabin service which usually is the beginning and end of the flight, I’ll have it up. But it’s reclined while I’m watching the screen or sleeping. Person behind me can adjust, much like I adjust.

  It’s a part of the plane. We all know the seat pitch is tight. We all know that the recline feature is there. If it bothers you, fly first class.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What does everyone think of the economic outlook for the next year?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Foods that need fertilizer, eat fertilized crops, or are transported.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What does everyone think of the economic outlook for the next year?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m pretty gloomy based on

  • Pax Americana destabilizing/collapsing; wouldn’t be surprised to see some minor parties make a move
  • Hormuz will remain closed, because USA is anti-diplomatic and Iran has nothing to lose
  • AI spending will continue, but the money will start to need to be real, and the firings will continue until AI wins
  • El Niño will further disrupt food security
  • global warming will disrupt everything
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Lights at police centre to cost 'disturbing' £500k to replace⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Lighting systems are expensive, and if they’re done properly they will add to the building and last a long time.

  A report said the lighting system at the centre, which was built 15 years ago, had cost £6.4m and was, according to architects, hard to maintain due to the redundancy of the fittings and the unavailability of parts.

  15 years isn’t a long time, though. The original planners are the ones who ought to be roasted.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Personal trainer wins £150k payout after driving from Germany for a meeting – only for her boss not to show⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Doesn’t seem to me to be enough. The dickhead manager was supported by multiple levels of management over years of harassment and I wonder how much wasn’t reported and documented.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨UK judge’s decision not to jail boys for rape like a ‘rock in my face’, says victim, 16⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  the first 15-year-old had been diagnosed with ADHD as well as anxiety, the second 15-year-old had an IQ in the “bottom 1% of his contemporaries” and had also been diagnosed with ADHD

  A lot of people have ADHD and don’t lure and rape girls. This occurred with twice with two victims. Premeditated. They entered another guilty plea.

  I believe prison could have very negative effects on these boys, but this does seem too lenient.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Meta is rapidly reorganizing its workers’ jobs around AI: ‘Transfers aren’t optional’⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I was recently reminded that the advances at PARC and Bell Labs weren’t directed from the top down - they were simply smart people given the job of “build something neat”.

  Top down, forceful R&D is probably not going to be terrifically successful.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Time for a bit of medical education⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t think it’s that deep. “I feel ill. Give me pill” and the doctor give something that cures syphilis, so it must be good.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Time for a bit of medical education⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You’ll note that the common cold, norovirus, and influenza aren’t listed. Don’t ask for antibiotics.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Liquidated waste management company in Hampshire fined £1 after worker crushed by 15-tonne excavator⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Fine the shareholders proportionate to their ownership

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A woman has been ordered to remove a gorilla statue from the front of her house in Wakefield or face a fine.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Austerity is slashing NHS but leaving these NIMBY enforcers employed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨UK saves 'millions' of pounds by ditching Palantir for refugee system⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  They say it’s complex but I’m not so sure I agree.

  It’s not “simple”, but it sounds like a pretty straightforward offer UI, Request UI, and backend SQL.

  Palantir is just another data platform. It’s sold as some kind of magic, but it’s just data processing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨UK firefighters called to one lithium-ion battery fire every five hours⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  There’s a terrible influx of badly made cells and battery packs of all shapes it seems. There needs to be more regulation.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We're so back⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Covid spread easily; I don’t think hantavirus is as easy to spread. However, it’s much more deadly and can be dormant for 60 days, spreading itself.