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- Comment on Why is it when I watch a movie at home? It seems like I have to go deaf just this way. I can hear the audio of somebody speaking compared to the explosions and other special effect sounds? 4 weeks ago:
The core problem is that many movies have the audio mixed for a movie theatre with multiple separately controllable audio channels. You might see this marked as 5.1 ; DTS; etc. In a typical home environment, you only have stereo sound. This means that the multiple audio channels have to be mixed down to two unless there is a separate stereo audio mix channel provided - basically never except commentary tracks. The shitty way to do it is to just take the left and right front channels which are mainly meant for sound effects and not bother to mix in the center channel which covers the dialogue. It’s still hard even if you mix in some of the centre channel.
Short version: asshole movie makers mix only for movie theatres, not stereo.
- Comment on Workplaces need to do a better job at supporting menstruating workers 2 months ago:
This is a big part of the problem: ‘all or nothing’; ‘gotta be in the office’. Sometimes people might be well enough to work from home but not well enough to get to the office for instance.
- Comment on what should one archive in a fascist regime? 3 months ago:
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- Comment on Why does Olympic Breakdancing get top 40 music, while other events get a lot of royalty free stuff? 6 months ago:
Not how it works- licensing will be through a third party agency
- Comment on Tech CEOs are backtracking on RTO mandates—now, just 3% want workers in the office full-time 6 months ago:
Reduction In Force. I e. Layoffs
- Comment on "Daily Pay" Is Just Another Way to Keep You Living Paycheck to Paycheck 8 months ago:
OP you have some strange ideas. You think it’s better for workers to wait for their money? Why? If this were me and I wanted to paid at the end of the month I could just pay into a savings account daily and collect interest.
Yes daily pay is associated with casual work, like labouring. Some people struggle to turn up for work reliably. At least with this they get paid when they do. Better than zero hours contracts.
- Comment on Michael Caine sends fans into hysterics after posting an impressive stack of DVDs & Blu-rays of his film career 9 months ago:
Mr CaineSir MichaelFTFY
- Comment on Guardian of Rocky Shores 9 months ago:
Wonder what the source of the inspiration was…
- Comment on [deleted] 1 year ago:
In this particular case, a combination of factors:
- The company must ensure that all work-related communications for the traders (the people directing billions for the organisation and its customers) are recorded, not just recording all phone calls and emails, literally everything. They like to have these people work onsite for this because of course nobody can ever be trusted and nobody ever goes to lunch…
- Management is all boomers - literally can’t get their heads around remote work. They think that if you aren’t in the office suffering then you are skiving. It’s literally about an identity and conformity.
- Management is completely focussed on traders - 'if they all have to be here then so must everyone else’
- They pay exceptionally well. Absolutely a horrible environment but if you move the needle at a hedge fund then they will pay you more than any other type of employer.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 year ago:
It’s absolutely about control. Example. I did a short spell at a hedge fund earlier this year and they were hyper-focussed about staff being onsite. Didn’t even have seating in the kitchen or a dining area. Just bank after bank of fixed desks with people yelling at each other on video calls to other people in the same office. Control, control, control.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 year ago:
It’s easy to laugh at the term ‘Future of Work Expert’ because it is inherently ridiculous but some of the actual individuals cited here are people that CEOs will listen to:
- Annie Dean, a panelist and the global head of Team Anywhere at software firm Atlassian, and Meta’s former director of remote work
- Robert Sadow, Scoop’s (‘Powerful planning tools for hybrid employees.’) CEO and cofounder
- Cara Allamano, who heads up people operations at management software firm Lattice—which, like Atlassian, is remote-first
All of these people are very clearly on the ‘remote’ side of the argument but they are also in leadership positions where they are walking it, not just talking it. All of their companies provide tooling solutions for orchestrating staff and projects. At least two of these companies are successful. We already know that the data does not back up RTO mandates. We’re on the Sarah Cycle/Change curve: We’ve done Shock and Anger, we are now at the ‘Bargaining’ stage.
- Comment on Poster for sci-fi noir 'RESTORE POINT' - 2041, it's now possible to bring victims of a violent crime back to life by backing up their brain every two days. 1 year ago:
Not a new idea. This was also done in ‘Motherland: Fort Salem’ although more from an occult than a sci fi perspective.
Black Mirror: “Be Right Back" also did sci fi reanimating the dead
- Comment on What were some ways old community sites grew before stuff like search engine optimization became prevalent? 1 year ago:
Blogrolls and webrings