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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Onion buys conspiracy website Infowars after $1.5b ruling against founder Alex Jones⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s real. The Onion won the auction for “Jones’s company’s intellectual property, such as its website, customer lists, inventory and certain social media accounts, and the production equipment” (from The Guardian), and worked with the Sandy Hook families to make the finance for the bid work (I think the families reduced their awarded damages to allow the Onions bid to be viable).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘Who dreams this crap up?’: Kevin O'Leary slams new rule that allows employees to ignore their bosses after hours⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This is about bugging people to work when they are off the clock.

  And that’s exactly what Kevin is advocating for. He wants the benefits of an on-call team without having to pay for an on-call team.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘Who dreams this crap up?’: Kevin O'Leary slams new rule that allows employees to ignore their bosses after hours⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If you are in an industry where an emergency at 2 am cannot wait until 0900 (or whenever shift starts in the morning), fucking pay a swing shift to be there. Or fairly compensate your employees for calls off the clock. Either way, stop expecting free labor from your employees. And if your business can’t afford to exist without fairly compensating those who work for it, then your business should not exist.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨People warn about culture shock, but nothing prepared ne for this solid toilet paper roll in Vietnam⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  There are some commercial rolls I’ve seen in the US that seem to be a happy medium…the holder itself in the stall has a thin plastic rod for the TP to go on, and the rolls have a very small opening in the center (and no cardboard) to go on that rod.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Abbott: Border barriers needed between New Mexico, Texas⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  …he forgot that NM is part of the US again, didn’t he

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are there any video games in the Warhammer universe that are actually good?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  DOW II is perfect for co-op with a friend. You have much less to keep track of, and it’s a good time playing through it!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is there no sense of "camaderie" in the workplace?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  DoD work (both civilian and active duty) tends to bind people together a lot more than other industries, in no small part due to the factors you mentioned, but also because a) the additional barriers of national security/clearance work make it only really possible to vent about work to coworkers/friends from work, b) the work can often be unique enough that only coworkers have shared experiences to bond over and empathize with, and c) the civilian side of the DoD tends to attract career folks a lot more than it does transitory people. I think a disproportionate amount (when compared to private industry) of civilians who hire into the DoD stay in federal service for their whole careers. And people sticking around their whole careers tend to invest more in personal and professional relationships in the workplace, because networking is how you get opportunities, and you never know who you might owe a favor some day (or who might owe you one).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why does lemmy.ml use the "ML" country code for Mali?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I think the meaning is that the Lemmy.ml fascists aren’t actually communist.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do I verbally say 2.1 ng/kg⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That is correct. The ratio is nanograms of substance to kilograms of bodyweight

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What do I need to trouble shoot second hand desktop computer? And how?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Okay, most absolute basic troubleshoot check: is there an on/off switch on the power supply that might be off?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Just asking questions⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The better phrasing is definitely “Questioning science in good faith is science”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What kind of institutional gaslighting is this?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If they communicated better, and offered the training/position/salary increase as incentive to stay, that would (imo) be a better course of action. This just feels rude and incompetent

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Michael Rapaport rips progressive lawmakers, Democrats: ‘I will not vote for Joe Biden’⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  …and his apparent other option is just as, if not more pro Israel?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump demands 'no more funding' after NPR scandal: 'Not one dollar!'⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Also they’ve argued in court that they are entertainment, not news. So why do people still go to them for current events?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Terraria will add roller skates for super-fast building and 2D grinding in its “final stretch” of updates⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  How many “final stretches” of updates have they had now?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Phil Spencer wants Epic Games Store and others on Xbox consoles⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  EGS isn’t any good on PC. What makes them think a workable console version is coming any time soon?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's up with Epic Games?⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Does the EGS store even have a shopping cart feature yet?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Snapchat's new avatar design⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  You know it’s a great service when you charge people to not have to deal with it