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Airbnb bookings dry up in New York as new short-stay rules are introduced

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  • Airbnb has fought the rules in court, arguing they were essentially a ban, and that they would hurt visitors looking for affordable accommodation.

    They’re called hotels.

    I don't know about prices in NYC but I can assure you that the cost of an airbnb in asia is nothing compared to the cost of a hotel (for the same standard)

    • Boston.com: Giant inflatable ducks are floating in a Maine harbor, and no one knows where they came from

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  • they came from hong kong obviously /s

    • All of Japan's Toyota Assembly Plants Shut Down for a Day Because Their Server Ran Out of Disk Space

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  • this is software speciifcally for assembly line management?

    • Is there a word in English to describe someone who wants to preserve a (minority) culture against erosion from a majority culture?

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  • In my country (Chile 🇨🇱) there are people and communities that are recognized for preserving history & culture that would be otherwise forgotten by modern society, they are given the title of “Living Human Treasures”.

    I’ll leave a link to a goverment website (in Spanish) with further info:

    https://www.cultura.gob.cl/patrimonio/tesoros-humanos-vivos/

    cool, gracias!

    • Should multilingual employees be compensated extra for completing work in their additional language(s)?

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  • Extra compensation for any responsibilities beyond the scope of their role, yes.

    yes this is what i meant

    • Should multilingual employees be compensated extra for completing work in their additional language(s)?

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  • We get an extra dollar an hour for a second language if we pass the test for it.

    !?!? is this real

    • Should multilingual employees be compensated extra for completing work in their additional language(s)?

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  • “I am sorry, but the job description did not specify translation, what compensation is being offered for a travelator role?”

    i like this, will keep it for the future!

    • Should multilingual employees be compensated extra for completing work in their additional language(s)?

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  • do you experience this yourself? how do you push for this in the interview?

    • Should multilingual employees be compensated extra for completing work in their additional language(s)?

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  • I am refuse to take on the legal risk any mistranslation may have on the company.

    I agree with this!

    I had an argument with someone who worked in medicine; they spoke french to a patient without requesting a translator although they did not have experience working in medical in french. I said that they should not have done this because they run the risk of mistranslation and there would be a heavy cost.

    • Should multilingual employees be compensated extra for completing work in their additional language(s)?

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  • To answer my post, I think work such as translation should be sent to a dedicated translation team or compensate an employee for using the extra skill (because they would be doing "extra" work for the same pay as their teammates).

    I often see these requests made of Chinese speakers in North America/Asia, Spanish speakers in America, French speakers in Canada, and French/German/Italian in EU countries.

    • California moves closer to historic caste discrimination ban

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  • I got a ton of resumes with that kind of stuff that’s illegal for me to ask. I asked one of the existing employees from KL what was up with it and he explained it’s normal there because ethnic Chinese people are disliked there. So a lot of the companies based in KL require a photo so they can throw out anyone that looks Chinese.

    isnt malaysia like 30% chinese?

    • California moves closer to historic caste discrimination ban

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  • pretty shitty that this is even a thing we have to address

    • California moves closer to historic caste discrimination ban

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  • the level of bigotry in the US is nothing compared to caste discrimination in south asia

    • California moves closer to historic caste discrimination ban

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  • Most people can tell Chinese, and Japanese people apart just by looking at them.

    i'm not sure this is true

    • California moves closer to historic caste discrimination ban

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  • They ask innocent, shallow questions that don’t seem to get much information from you: last name, home town, schools, diet, temple where you worship. Add that to visual clues like whether you have a string around your chest, where you have a dot placed on your face or how big the dot is or whatever, etc. Put all those small, innocent little bits of information into a big picture and it’s basically a logic puzzle of finding enough clues to narrow down the caste.

    exactly

    • California moves closer to historic caste discrimination ban

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  • Does anyone know how caste discrimination is usually accomplished? Unlike with racism or sexism, the basis of the bigotry shouldn’t be remotely visible, and unlike bigotry based on sexuality or religion, it’s not even determinable from the person’s knowledge: everyone knows what they’re attracted to and their own philosophical views, but almost no-one knows who their great-great-great grandparents were. It seems a curious thing to be bigoted based on something so challenging to assess.

    last name, skin colour sometimes, city of origin

    i've been on hiring teams and seen resume come through with photos of applicants (a big no no), religion (also a big no no), father's name (unheard of usually), and caste (again, unheard of otherwise)

    • This nail polish comes with a built in swatch

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  • that nail was done terribly

    • Hong Kong’s top court rules in favour of legal recognition for same-sex couples

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  • hong kong's govt is just a ccp lapdog

    • Kim Jong Un 'to visit Putin for weapons talks'

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  • could get 2 of them done for the price of one?

    • Chinese gatecrashers at US bases raise espionage concerns

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  • I'm so tired of the CCP