Arxir

@Arxir@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why are so many countries in the world “developing” and poor, while essentially only Western countries have a high standard of living?⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  ethical capitalism

  :D

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can willpower be trained ?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  What you are citing, that willpower is being used up over the day by decisions, is called ego depletion and it is wrong! There are experiments where two groups were either told that this is a thing or the opposite, that willpower is strengthened by every decision instead, and it turns out, that both groups had different willpower self assessments at the end of the trial in accordance with the theory of willpower they were told in the beginning, meaning it’s just a placebo in the end. Neither ego depletion nor the opposite exist, but people feel as strong in willpower in accordance with their belief of how willpower works.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is the Israel thing going on?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  3. After WW1 and the Ottomans were defeated, it passed onto the Turkish (Islamic).

  4. After WW2 the Turkish were defeated and they lost it to Britain. In the same war the surviving Jews were displaced worldwide and had no country to live, so the League of Nations (U.S, Britain, Canada, France mainly) decided to give Jews a new home and call this new place the State of Israel. They put Israel right in the middle of the British controlled Palestine, which no Islamic nation could object to because they were all defeated in war.

  Turkey never fought in ww2. Turkey was, after ww1 completely stripped of territory in the Levant. There also was no league of nations after ww2 anymore, but the UN was founded. No Arabic nations were defeated in ww2. Some of 4. happened after ww1 not 2. The creation of Israel was heavily objected by the neighboring Arabic nations, see 6-Day-War.

  Your summary of events is faulty and misleading.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  No, nobody can be fired for whatever gender, sexual orientation, religion or beliefs they have. The focus on LGBTQ+ or certain religious beliefs is due to the media focus and because of the countless instances where such terminations, both legal or illegally, have taken place. These legislations give these groups the same rights everybody else already enjoys, and are usually formulated in such a way that any discrimination in regards to gender, etc. are forbidden, this includes white, straight cis-men.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anyone who uses a foodbank...⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  What kind of researcher posts a five-question-questionnaire with on Lemmy?

  Who are you and who employs you? What is your agenda? Is this an undergraduate thesis? Where else did you post your questionnaire? Are you accounting for selection bias? Why do you not use a questionnaire service like survey monkey?

  These are all yes/no questions and no questions regarding background, sex, age, income, etc. What kind of conclusions do you think you will be able to draw from that?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Forcing Workers Back to the Office Might Not Have Been a Good Idea After All⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  They lose money if they do it.

  Do what?

  Executives are interested in preserving their buddies and their investments in large corporate rental space.

  How does forcing their own workers back into their office raise or lower the value of their own real estate? If they use it, they won’t sell it, value is irrelevant then.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Forcing Workers Back to the Office Might Not Have Been a Good Idea After All⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I doubt that executives are that clever. I’ve seen this conspiracy theory circulating atm, but it relies on so many assumptions that I consider it unlikely. It assumes that executives “help” each other out by willfully spending money for office space and all it costs, that could be saved in expenses by employees working from home. Corporations are obsessed with cost cutting, why would they willfully waste money? It also assumes that corporations help each other out. Considering the fierce competitiveness corporations are exposed to and how this extends to all fields, including office space, employees, office equipment, etc., this is nothing more than a conspiracy theory. Another assumption is that the push for a return to the office comes from ALL or mostly all executives. Is there actually data supporting this claim? Who is really doing this?

  What I think is the real reason, is far simpler and requires less mental acrobatics to justify: The people, who are pushing for a return to the office, (a) have a stake in the performance of the company and (b) are not working themselves when they are supposed to be working from home. They then project their own behavior upon others, and therefore push for a return to the office to, in their mind, prevent their enployees from slacking off.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How did you get your job? Any advice?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Why don’t you just leave the companies out, where you got let go and worked at for only a short time? How does leaving them in add value, if you think that recruiters think that you are flaking? Maybe a more minimalist resume (education+last job) would do you better? Let’s be honest here for a moment. Everybody stretches the truth on their resume a little bit. Why not extend the periods of your prior work experience to make them seem less spotty?

  What do you usually tell recruiters, when they ask, why you left those companies? I hope you don’t mention your untreated ADHD. Firstly recruiters want to know, that you add value and that you are loyal. How do you communicate these qualities?

  As a suggestion, you could communicate the first by phrasing your time there as the completion of a project/product and a subsequent move on. Additionally you could be honest about the companies not being a good fit, which makes the decision to leave after a completed project seem mature and reasonable. Playing a misfit with start-up-spirit when interviewing at conventional companies and vice versa could help too.

  Regarding the coding challenges. It’s never about the solution, but all about the way to get there. They want to see how you think, how you approach a problem. Go from broad to detailed, from raw to refined, start simple, and talk with them, explain what you do and why you do it.

  Another thing I feel that needs to be addressed are your sicknesses and disorders. Would a compensation really help? What would you need, to be compensated for your disadvantage? How much time is that compared to the base time you would be given?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does the government keep capitalist interests on the top ?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Can you elaborate? I’m interested to understand this better, both what neoclassical economics exactly is what characteristics make it a cult.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do my pictures sometimes post sideways on lemmy?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Did you hold your phone sideways while posting it?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it possible to eat in such a way that you'll never have to fart?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes. A keto diet (less than 20gr of carbohydrates per day) or a no-carb diet make you rarely if ever fart.

  Bacteria in your intestines can break down some carbs releasing methane and hydrogen gas. If there is very little carbs in your diet, then the bacteria in your gut won’t produce a lot of gas.

  This is a common realization of first-timers of these diets and therefore a frequently asked question on r/keto etc.

  Side-note:

  Due to the shift in diet, some gut bacteria, that rely heavily on carbs, might die off, which increases gas, but after a couple of days your body adapts to the diet and the flatulence ends.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's going on with the downvote button?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Probably right

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's going on with the downvote button?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I assume you mean, that you disagree with my idea. In this case I find it a somewhat valid use of a downvote within the system that I outlined. But if everyone downvotes what they disagree with, before actually engaging with the content, it turns Lemmy into just another echo chamber.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's going on with the downvote button?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I disagree. There is rarely a relevance for like/dislike and all upvotes and downvotes are, should be viewed as and used as indicators of relevance.

  Upvote what you find relevant/interesting, not what you agree with or like.

  Downvote what you find irrelevant to the community or what uses language that you find inappropriate for that community, not what you disagree with or don’t like.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is there a way to prevent mixed cereals from separating?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Scientific name of the effect: Granular convection

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Landlord Hires Three Men To Break Into Tenant's Apartment and Threaten Her to Settle Dispute. Isn't Arrested.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Good Point. I didn’t want to shoo you away either. As I said, definitely interesting.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Landlord Hires Three Men To Break Into Tenant's Apartment and Threaten Her to Settle Dispute. Isn't Arrested.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Then I would like the focus of this post to be on how the contractor (the landlord) used unethical business practices against his stooges :D

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Landlord Hires Three Men To Break Into Tenant's Apartment and Threaten Her to Settle Dispute. Isn't Arrested.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  This is definitely shocking news and an issue to settle, but this community is !workreform not !housingreform.