corsicanguppy

@corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Abusive passengers could be blacklisted from all airlines under new proposal⁩ ⁨⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  It can be both.

  But not like this.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How come Mark Wahlberg got a pass for being the crap out of a Vietnamese guy. But Kevin Spacey, Bill Cosby, Weinstein, do not get a pass? Beside the sexual aspect what is the difference?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I forgot. What charges did Spacey get?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How privatisation is ruining your life and putting the UK out of step with the modern world⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Not necessarily privatisation in general.

  Oh, I think it’s both, in such a case, because - and this is just logic - when the organization providing a human service is beholden first to shareholders and the salary needs of big CEOs, the service provided to the people suffers in that back seat.

  This has been proved repeatedly and consistently.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do you stay on vpn 24/7 or turn it on whenever you need it?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  My day job periodically kills the VPN. I reconnect when next time I notice it. It stays on for like 3 days at a time.

  But, since I need it for the day job, the answer to your question is “yes” as in both.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Watch: Zuckerberg’s superyacht arrives in Seattle just as Meta cuts 1,400 local jobs (video in body)⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  5kg of c4

  overkill. Shitty shotgun loaded with a slug. Hit it at the right spot.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What character is the king of plot armor?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  no wine? miracle.

  Metaphor for conspiracy.

  dead friend? raise em up.

  Metaphor for a friend leaving the cult and coning back. See “X is dead to me”

  not enough food? miracle some up.

  Metaphor for inciting wealth redistribution

  get crucified?

  Brother.

  rise from the dead.

  Metaphor for leaving cult, but coming back for transition when terms of separation were agreed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does anybody actually work from 09:00 to 17:00⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Unionized IT.

  0800-1647 , and it’s generally firm; but we do take time to bottle and checkpoint our work if we didn’t get to it before then.

  OT needs a ticket and is charged out to the .1 hour. Standby has a shitty hourly rate, but at least there is one. They may not expect us to be sober/available otherwise.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does anybody actually work from 09:00 to 17:00⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  till

  'til

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨.ml has got to be the only place on earth where I'd get downvoted for a comment like this⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ll downvote that too.

  It seems to #bothsides an issue via a lot of hyperbole, and risks straw-manning one side just for a favourable comparison.

  I don’t colour myself a tankie, but I do live in a more socialist country than America - low bar, such as it is. I sense I’m not in a position to properly understand how your argument can make sense, but the kneejerk comparison I feel needs some explanation before just throwing that smelly fish out there.

  It’s not cut-and-dried, but presented as such. It’s not helpful and relevant by itself. Thus, downvote.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Would you want to be Michael Jackson-level famous? Why or why not?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The rule is to always be richer than you are famous – for any value.

  Thus, if I was Michael Jackson famous, I would need to be several-private-islands rich.

  Of course, I wouldn’t have an island. But the bunker at the resort I own would be insane.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hexbear is incapable of understanding hypocrisy⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  medias

  That’s already plural. It’s like what on a hat.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do you pronounce 'Niche'?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This is a great way to ask “did you grow up outside America, or as an American?”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨DNAddy⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The must of truly

  Quick! Raise both arms!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What do you think realistically would happen the moment we meet extraterrestrials?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
  1. They remove our ability to leave the planet.
  2. Continually

  Done.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨systemd⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  To kids, anyone with 15 years in is “old”.

  Guess what they called us when we pointed out the procedural failures in its design? Yep: old.

  Meanwhile I’m just here booting my sysV box reliably and not cringing about HUPping dbus. I’ve never seen as frail a shit bag as a Systemd-afflicted install.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨systemd⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  ‘new standards’ vs ‘dunning-kruger-based decisions you are locked into’. Sure.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨systemd⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Systemd ‘haters’ are the people who know better and learned from best-practice.

  Systemd ‘haters’ are no more haters than your parents who told you not to eat candy all day we’re candy haters.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨RIP social media. What comes next is messy.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  minimal acceptable set of politics.

  I like how you said “minimal”, like it’s a floor and not a flavour.

  No-no, it’s perfect like that. Don’t dare change it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AI layoffs backfire as cutting staff doesn't cut it, firms warned⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Those if us around for the days when offshoribg was done kind of magic pill will remember how it wasn’t. Outsourcing to some guy in Delhi, ohio, doesn’t seem so different; apart from time zone, maybe.

  Ai isn’t the cause for this but it certainly was the enabler.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Reddit Reposting⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Prefer a cache since the reddit content could be removed or blocked on a whim?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do I belong in tech anymore? - On quitting, the spread of AI, and the loss of an ideal.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I love asking the “how do you know” all day, but our official IT people have been bitten by outlook and cloud and LLMs so badly that they completely overlook the CLOUD ACT risks and general sovereignty issues inherent with using those from outside America.

  So the “has this been approved” part is not gonna go like I’d like.

  They make you attend the meeting, but if you’re like me you’ll be messaging your boss and saying "I’m not okay with being recorded, so I’ll just mute and shutter for the duration, thanks. I think that’s the best we can do.

  I’m lucky that

  • we’re union
  • we have really strong provisions around recording
  • my boss is awesome

  …so we can refuse to interact while being recorded, without fear of reprisal.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨dont do it⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not allowed anywhere near it.

  I’ve seen it once or twice, by special permissin only, and with an escort.

  Exactly this. We’re in places with concrete tank traps out front and retina scanners and guards behind the glass and all that craziness – but aside from the tank traps it’s all second-hand info from one of the 4 people I know - of thousands - who can actually go onsite and get in. If he doesn’t send the change request beforehand, and it’s all approved and whatnot, the guards will NOT enable the door. No tools in/out, no 3rd-party media out, etc.

  Like, really, man, no one’s getting in. I guess that means I get downvotes; I dunno.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨dont do it⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The DCs where my stuff is stored? You’re not getting in. It’s just not happening.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What would the next pres of USA have to do to gain back trust for America? Hold a televised event saying the last person was just a fuck up?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Depends. I’m sure Cascadia and ColonialUSA will make and keep friends, but the central states far less so.

  It all depends how they re-organize after the country is split in 4.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Try getting rid of your gangsters detroit[:] it helps.

  It was infrastructure costs. The more bungalows you have, the more upside-down your finances are.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨🐙 Octopus is Octopus 🐙⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Student: “language is prescriptive not descriptive”

  Teacher: “you fail 3rd grade spelling”

  And I absolutely support keeping people back who believe English should be guided and evolved through “Likes”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Has there ever been a country who did not have an enemy or pick a fight? And was pretty much like all of you do you we will do us. kind of like isalationism but charitable when it counted?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Fun fact. When Captain Vancouver sailed up the strait eventually named Juan de fuca, he spotted an aboriginal group in canoes, painted aggressively and paddling furiously. He passed a village, near what was ripple Rock, occupied by another band, soon thereafter.

  On the return trip, that village was occupied by the group he saw in the canoes earlier.

  Even before Canada was a country, the people occupying it were displacing others.

  Of course, the Clovis people may have something to say about displacement as well.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fuel is so expensive I can't afford the school run — what can I do?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Wow. I took a bus to school in the first grade, so this is weird for me.

  How do they address the issue where it’s too far for Timmy to walk by himself? Anything 2 km or higher may not be good for the younger kids.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Every piece of software written nowadays⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Whither the enterprise software and its 10 years of ABI guarantees? Oh, right: it was devalued long before it got boring.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨snow isn't real⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Sure. But don’t call me “500 year old map”. #commaSplice