PrefersAwkward

@PrefersAwkward@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Quantum] Computing just changed forever… but there’s a catch (from Fireship) [4:59]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  QC in tech and in business is generally ubiquitous to mean quality control though

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨you better be ready⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Re-enters group reluctantly, 29 minutes after the message, and sighs: “Fine. It’s been almost an hour since the last time. I really am overdo for more”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨checkmate⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  y govment not explains. i move to bunker

  Am scare

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I knew there was something I didn't like about Komodo dragons.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I agree the joke is played out. IIRC, radios would play them because people wouldn’t typically dislike their music so much that they’d change the station or turn the radio off. A lot of music is quite polarizing so people love it or hate it and will leave the station when they dislike a song. Nickelback had a little of every rock genre under the sun, so while some people loved them, few people hated or disliked them.

  But then they were overplayed and more people who were on the fence for tired of it. A bit like Mariah Carey’s Christmas song and some of Fallout Boy’s songs.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨impossible⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  There is actually a global scarcity of 9’s but about 80 percent of the world’s 9’s are stockpiled in Nevada

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨GTA 6 has patented a new locomotion system to make "highly dynamic and realistic animations"⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I think this would make it tough to enforce the patent if it’s actually commonly used. If I were somehow granted a patent on tap dancing, its common usage by others before me would probably cause my patent to be invalidated if I then tried to sue a tap dancer.

  Not a patent lawyer, but IIRC, US patent law had some protections for things that are already common practice.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨LTT: What do we do now?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  AFAIK, we have nothing from Madison but her word. It seems little, if anything, was written down. The best we can hope for is a denial or affirmative from anyone else at LMG about her testimony. Even then, it’s all “he said, she said”, unless there is actual corroboration or evidence.

  That said, I think what we can corroborate from her is probably the managerial issues and workflow problems. That’s what I’m most confident in.

  For all the rest of her testimony, the sexual harasshment and toxicity she endured, I think it’s more likely than not that she is sincere. Women in my life have endured similar treatment elsewhere, under the radar, and they often do not report it, sadly, and I don’t blame them. Anyone can lie about anything, so we have to be careful, and just accept that we may never know factually what the real story is on some of the issues.

  If more employees were to speak out or some other evidence came to light, we’d have far more confidence one way or another. Maybe there will be a lawsuit between Madison and LMG and more evidence can come from that. We’ll see