EnderMB
@EnderMB@lemmy.world
- Comment on Or Germans on the Ryanair flight from Frankfurt Hahn to Mallorca 1 day ago:
I mean, I feel absolutely horrible after hearing some of the stories from the aftermath of that show, but fucking hell they knew how to get that look…
- Comment on I fucking hate the job search 1 week ago:
Definitely not a US thing. Here in the UK I don’t think I’ve worked 9-5 for over 20 years…
- Comment on How many people actually want fully on-site IT jobs? 1 week ago:
Why would a company decide to grant you a working visa when you will primarily be remote? Furthermore, why would the government grant you a visa when you could, in theory, work from your own country?
- Comment on Thanks 1 week ago:
Yep!
- Comment on How many people actually want fully on-site IT jobs? 1 week ago:
There is one reason I think onsite works, and that’s for relocation.
If you are from the US and you want to move to the UK, how do you intend to move via work if your work is remote?
I love remote work, but I’ve not heard a rebuttal for this other than “don’t let foreigners move here” or “let’s let people move based on their level of education”.
- Comment on Amazon hit with $5.9 million fine for violating California labor law 1 week ago:
The corporate jobs aren’t much better. The pay is great for tech workers, but no amount of money makes the 10% yearly cull, the added layoffs, and micromanagement easier.
To your last point, though, you’d be surprised at how hard it can be as a very experienced candidate from outside the US to land a role in the US. I have had multiple HM’s that have wanted to hire me for my experience in their market, but they have been forced to take domestic candidates or to run weeks of interviews with external candidates to rule out that a foreigner should get a tech role.
- Comment on Thanks 1 week ago:
I’m in the UK, and First basically hold the monopoly in my city. There are so few buses that they often skip stops at rush hour because they’re already full, or because they’ve decided in the moment that your stop doesn’t matter.
Nothing wakes you up during your commute like listening to a woman get fired over the phone because she’s going to be late for work, despite still being 60 mins early for what should be a 20 min journey.
- Comment on Bethesda Is Charging $7 For A New Starfield Mission, And Players Are Upset 1 week ago:
I liked Outer Worlds, but while I do see some “NV magic” there, it feels like both Bethesda AND Obsidian are no longer the same companies that they once were. Obsidian are still quietly putting out some solid games…but not to the same quality of two generations prior.
- Comment on Bethesda Is Charging $7 For A New Starfield Mission, And Players Are Upset 1 week ago:
Tribalism is surprisingly rampant in gaming, especially when a developer picks a side/is acquired by the creator of “their” console.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
Yes! I think the stuff I took was called Moviprep, and it was supposed to be lemon flavoured. It kinda was, but it has such a horrible chemical taste that it took everything I had to finish the dose.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
As someone that has had a colonoscopy, this is basically an accurate account of what the prep is like.
- Comment on My tortured soul is thimble deep 2 weeks ago:
The show had so much potential, but at times it was an absolute mess of ideas, whether it was weird musical numbers, or bizarre tone shifts. The whole “they’re the chosen one with amazing powers given by birthright/zero effort” trope aside, it often felt like the show was an audition for the actors/writers to show range for future work. I started the show happy, and finished it feels a mixture of confusion and annoyance…
The aunties were great, though - and always great to see Eowyn on screen again.
- Comment on Anon tries to be a different person 3 weeks ago:
It just kinda sounds like OP is growing up, and a big part of that is embracing who you are, faults and all. You learn that masculinity is a stupid concept and one that is largely unattainable for many, and you also learn that outward perception often isn’t the full reality of someone’s life.
I’ve known manly guys that are struggling with demons, family men with a string of former partners that lost their virginity to a hooker in their late twenties, autistic people that embraced their lot in life and have great success, and people with millions in the bank that are struggling to get by. We’ve all got our own shit to deal with, and in the nicest possible way, no one cares about your issues. We make do, and we live with it.
- Comment on Endangered Species 3 weeks ago:
It’s sad that I know this, but no.
Years ago, I buried one of my guinea pigs that had died. I dug the hole really fucking deep, but each night our lawn was getting brutalised by foxes or whatever tried to dig holes in the night. One night I looked out, and saw multiple animals digging at the hole.
I mentioned this to someone at my gym, and one person chimed in to say that they worked in forensics. Apparently lots of dead bodies are dug up either partly or fully by animals that can smell the body, so much of what they had to work with was tainted by animal markings. The animals might not smell below the ground, but you probably dug the hole with the body nearby…
TLDR: Animals don’t give a heck about the law.
- Comment on Scientific dietary advice 5 weeks ago:
I work in AI.
We’ve known this about LLM’s for many years. One of the reasons they weren’t widely used was due to hallucinations, where they’ll be coerced into saying something confidently incorrect. OpenAI created a great set of tools that showed true utility for LLM’s, and people were able to largely accept that even if it’s wrong, it’s good for basic tasks like writing a doc outline or filling in boilerplate in scripts.
Sadly, grifters have decided that LLM’s were the future, and they’ve put them into applications where they have no more benefit than other, compositional models. While they’re great at orchestration, they’re just not suited to search, answering broad questions with limited knowledge, or voice-based search - all areas they’ll be launched in. This doesn’t even scratch the surface of a LLM being used for critical subjects that require knowledge of health or the law, because those companies that decided that AI will build software for them, or run HR departments are going to be totally fucked when a big mistake happens.
It’s an arms race that no one wants, and one that arguably hasn’t created anything worthwhile yet, outside of a wildly expensive tool that will save you some time. What’s even sadder is that I bet you could go to any of these big tech companies and ask IC’s if this is a good use of their time and they’ll say no. Tens of thousands of jobs were lost, and many worthwhile projects were scrapped so some billionaire cunts could enter an AI pissing contest.
- Comment on Rishi Sunak announces 4 July general election 5 weeks ago:
This is an unpopular opinion, but vote for who you believe in. If there is a party or candidate that backs your beliefs then you should vote for them. You only need to look at UKIP/Brexit/Reform to see that a small party can have a big impact, even if it’s backed by the media and run by bellends.
Wanting your vote to count by voting for a big party is like supporting Man City because you want your support to count…
- Comment on Sainsbury's staff beat up shoplifter after dragging him into the back room 5 weeks ago:
It’s definitely a thing in the UK. Much like how a person will have insurance to cover theft, businesses have theft insurance, alongside insurance to cover damages.
- Comment on Sainsbury's staff beat up shoplifter after dragging him into the back room 1 month ago:
While I don’t support shoplifting, it’s literally not inconveniencing anyone involved here. Worst-case, security calls the police, and they claim losses from insurance.
That man will probably press charges, and get some money he probably needs, assuming he’s okay. Those involved will almost certainly lose their jobs, and will probably end up in the position that this other person was in - unemployable.
I really don’t get what their end goal was here, other than to beat the shit out of someone.
- Comment on who's tried it? what does it taste like? 1 month ago:
Ever tried shandy? It’s basically that, but Guinness.
The sweetness of the Monster is countered by the stoutness of…the stout, basically making a shandy.
- Comment on Come on, science! 1 month ago:
I recently upgraded from a OP6 to the new Pixel, and aside from being a bit shinier in some ways, it felt like an expensive downgrade, since I’ve lost a headphone jack and gained features I didn’t particularly care about.
The days of a phone upgrade bringing new features feel like a lifetime ago.
- Comment on The post title is "Best Tablet for Kids 2024" 2 months ago:
Has anyone tried to scrape Reddit, so that the valuable content from some subs isn’t lost for good?
- Comment on Anon encounters a Switch owner 2 months ago:
What’s a real game?
I own a PS5 and a Switch, and I’d say my Switch gets the most use because of the sheer amount of great indie titles available. The new Sony and Microsoft systems still don’t have truly killer games, and they’re in the second half of their lifespan…
- Comment on They really want people to RTO 2 months ago:
Same, about a decade for me too, and never worked from my bed once.
If I’m tinkering with something, I might sit on the sofa or lie in bed for half an hour, but no way would I work from bed. Sounds like a sore neck waiting to happen…
- Comment on this one goes out to the arts & humanities 2 months ago:
Not sure why you’re downvoted, but this is already happening. There was a story a few days ago of a long-time BBC voice-over artist that lost their gig. There have also been several stories of VA workers being handed contracts that allow the reuse of their voice for AI purposes.
- Comment on this one goes out to the arts & humanities 2 months ago:
That’s why it would need regulation to work…
- Comment on this one goes out to the arts & humanities 2 months ago:
My own personal belief is very close to what you’ve said. It’s a technology that isn’t new, but had been assumed to not be as good as compositional models because it would cost a fuck-ton to build and would result in dangerous hallucinations. It turns out that both are still true, but people don’t particularly care. I also believe that one of the reasons why ChatGPT has performed so well compared to other LLM initiatives is because there is a huge amount of stolen data that would get OpenAI in a LOT of trouble.
IMO, the real breakthroughs will be in academia. Now that LLM’s are popular again, we’ll see more research into how they can be better utilised.
- Comment on this one goes out to the arts & humanities 2 months ago:
I work in AI. LLM’s are cool and all, but I think it’s all mostly hype at this stage. While some jobs will be lost (voice work, content creation) my true belief is that we’ll see two increases:
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The release of productivity tools that use LLM’s to help automate or guide menial tasks.
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The failure of businesses that try to replicate skilled labour using AI.
In order to stop point two, I would love to see people and lawmakers really crack down on AI replacing jobs, and regulating the process of replacing job roles with AI until they can sufficiently replace a person. If, for example, someone cracks self-driving vehicles then it should be the responsibility of owning companies and the government to provide training and compensation to allow everyone being “replaced” to find new work. This isn’t just to stop people from suffering, but to stop the idiot companies that’ll sack their entire HR department, automate it via AI, and then get sued into oblivion because it discriminated against someone.
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- Comment on Anon learns about nuts 2 months ago:
I’m all for introducing the saying “I’m not Joe Rogan stupid, but…” into the wider world.
- Comment on 400,000 species 2 months ago:
I don’t mind them. I think if you listen to them through the lens of being one of the first bands of their kind, their appeal makes far more sense.
As a story, the way they honed their craft is very interesting. While I doubt it’s all “hard work”, they’re a good example of how practice makes perfect.
- Comment on meow_irl 2 months ago:
I’m getting some serious “The Most Interesting Man In The World” vibes from your cat.