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They'd probably do it again these days.
  • I recommend looking up The Deathworlders for a similar feeling. Or better yet, the origin story for that from the Humanity Fuck Yeah community. I forget the exact name, but something Jenkins.

  • Millennials are exhausted by working more for less.
  • I'd argue it depends on context. When it comes to corporate budgeting, 'resource' is appropriate, as it could be a contracted company, a tool, or an individual. When it comes to actual manpower, I think referring by title is reasonable.

    But in the context of hiring and HR, "resource" is the only term they understand, especially if there is trouble making the ROI clear

  • How do we actually get out of this climate disaster?
  • It boils down to cash.

    Companies can make money off penicillin. Governments can readily allocate funds to visible, common disasters.

    Disasters that have been a century in the making and require whole nations to change the way they do things for an observable result decades down the line is almost impossible to get money for. Our shortsightedness is our downfall

  • I have unlimited cellular data on my phone but not if I use it as a hotspot.
  • Edit: wait, you might be right. As I understand, net neutrality is for the last mile ISPs, not the L1/L2 providers. So uh... what I explained below isn't relevant. Eh, I'll leave it in case people wanna learn stuff.

    It was a bad explanation, assuming you had knowledge of network infrastructure things, but it does make sense. I'll explain things if you're interested.

    Net neutrality is the idea that ISPs must treat all content providers equally. Your phone is not a content provider (most likely. You could run a web server on your phone, but... no). YouTube, Netflix, Facebook, TikTok, and your weird uncle's WordPress site are content providers. Without net neutrality, ISPs can say, "Hey YouTube, people request a ton of traffic from you on our network. Pay up or we'll slow down people's connections to you." The "neutrality" part means that ISPs must be neutral towards content providers, not discriminating against them for being high demand by consumers.

    For the L1 and L2 part, that's the networking infrastructure. The connection to your home is just tiny cables. I don't recall how many layers there are, but it's just "last mile" infrastructure. The network infrastructure between regions of the country or across the ocean are giant, giant cables managed by internet service providers you've never heard of. They're the kind of providers that connect AT&T to Comcast. These are considered L1 or L2 providers. The data centers of giant companies, like Google for YouTube's case, often pay these L1 or L2 providers to plug directly into their data centers. Why? Those providers are using the biggest, fastest cables to ferry bits and bytes across the planet. You might be pulling gigs from YouTube, but YouTube is putting out... shit, I don't even know. Is there a terabyte connection? Maybe even petabyte? That sounds crazy. I dunno, I failed Google's interview question where they asked me to estimate how much storage does Google Drive use globally. Anyway, I hope that gives you an idea of what L1 and L2 providers are.

    I'm not a network infrastructure guy, though. If someone who actually knows what they're talking about has corrections, I'd love to learn where I'm wrong

  • Philippines lodges its 'strongest protest' against China over a water cannon assault in disputed sea
  • In case you were innocently using whataboutism without meaning to, here's a tip to avoid it.

    If you're going to compare to the US or wherever, first ask yourself if that place was mentioned in the comment you're replying to. If not, it's whataboutism.

  • What’s the last thing you’ve done that’s made you ask “Am I stupid?”
  • I haven't worked a union job, so I know nothing about this. But a family friend always rails on unions and how they do more harm than good, citing these kinds of situations. I generally like the idea of unions because I've seen how companies abuse employees without them. So I'm torn.

    Can you explain to me how the union prevents you from getting promoted/a raise? I'm specifically curious about how the mechanics of it work

  • Who is doing the most good in the world, and how?
  • I run a group that does free software programming education in Seoul. There's a similar group in LA. When I came to Korea, I just set up a meetup account, paid the fee, rented some space, and started teaching people stuff and studying together. Great way to make friends. Been running it for 7 years now. I've had about a dozen or so people come say the group has helped them change their career to IT for the better. A dozen sounds like a small number, but it's a huge impact on those people

    So be the change you want to see. If you have a skill that can help people improve their lives, whether it's career or life stuff, share it! Learning a new skill is hard, and having a community to support you in learning, goes a long way

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    OpenAI’s GPT Is a Recruiter’s Dream Tool. Tests Show There’s Racial Bias
  • Not the original commenter, but I would guess that the goal would be to reflect the population. Women are about 50% of the population, so assuming all things created equal, they should be about 50% of any other population, like those with a specific job title.

  • Lemmy, what's your internet speed in mbps?
  • 100/100 for 22,000 KRW/month (about $16.50 USD).

    Other options with my provider:

    • 500/500 for 35,750 KRW ($26.85)
    • 1000/1000 for 41,250 KRW ($31)
    • 2500/2500 for 44,000 KRW ($33)
    • 5000/5000 for 55,000 KRW ($41.31)
    • 10000/10000 for 82,500 KRW ($62)

    And that 100/100 is effective. Shit downloads fast

    One of many, many reasons I'm not fond of going back to the US. Maybe Europe next, we'll see. For now, Korea is pretty sweet

  • Billionaires should not exist.
  • Correct, but there are those that would take this as a source of truth and run with it. It's not the smart thing to do, but we already see people doing this sort of behavior on other social media.

    We shouldn't enable the problem, even if it's an innocent mistake

  • The Pact
  • You missed a very, very important keyword there: "deserved."

    Theologians miss a key point of rational debate where they don't provide proper definitions and make big assumptions that aren't great.

    Who defines what the "correct" effect of an action is? Who defines what consequence is deserved by a choice? If God is the almighty being, he decides what is right and wrong. In Abrahamic tradition, God defines all of these arbitrary rules and expects humanity to obey them without question. Shit, God ordered Abraham himself to murder despite that supposedly being against the rules.

    God is like a kid that holds a magnifying glass focused on an arbitrary point near the anthill. He set up the conditions for us to hurt ourselves according to his arbitrary rules. Why didn't he tell Satan to fuck off with the fruit? Why did he allow Satan to exist in the first place? If God created everything, then he is responsible for everything by our human logic. So God can fuck right off

  • Found out my gf (30f) has been cheating on me for over 6 months
  • There are two reasons people cheat: 1) they didn't value the relationship in the first place or 2) they're not getting something they need from the relationship, usually (but not always) trust.

    She was jealous of you with your friend. She was far away. These may be reasons for her to cheat. I only mention this because you may be searching for reasons.

    More importantly, it is not your fault. You did what you thought was acceptable and right. Even if she had reasons, those reasons aren't sufficient justification for what she did. She should have communicated these things. If the jealousy bothered her that much, she should have made it clearer to you. If she wasn't happy with the distance, she should have communicated that to you. She made the choice to prioritize her desires over loyalty to your relationship.

    I'll repeat, she made the choice to do this things. She decided cheating on you was more important than loyalty to you. If you really do want to fix things, this needs to be abundantly clear. She needs to understand that it was a choice, and you both need to understand why she made that choice. Then you need to figure out if it's possible for her to make the same choice again. Given that this was an ongoing thing, she likely doesn't feel too guilty and would probably do it again. I think she will make the same choice again.

    Last thing, it is important for you to understand what happened here, but you have to restrain yourself to some degree. Don't fall into a spiral. Don't obsess about finding a satisfying answer because no answer will be satisfying. Scratch the itch just enough, then move on; don't scratch the skin off.

    Best of luck, friend

  • What were your top favorite video games as a kid?
  • MechWarrior 2: 31st Century Combat

    The Remembrance speaks to us on the evil of man's will, of the reasons for Exodus, and the Rites of the Traveler. Arcadia is our destiny and our right. Enlightenment is our gift. By the Bloodnames of the founders we must return, return and protect that which is unique among the stars. Terra awaits us as it was written. We are the last of the Wardens, the sole hope for the Earth.

    Wolves still prowl

  • German police raid homes of 17 people accused of posting antisemitic hate speech on social media
  • I have zero idea what your angle is, but for the benefit of others...

    Nazi-ism is a chosen belief system with a core belief in depriving other groups of basic human rights. The depriving other people of basic human rights is the key part.

    Hate speech is directed towards people with attributes that they cannot change or religion. Religion gets added in there because changing religion is not a simple thing, and in major religions doesn't hurt people. (Don't start citing religious terrorists - that is fundamentalism within a religion and not a commonly shared belief among all followers.

    So hating on nazis is cool.

  • OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman is leaving, too
  • It's not a matter of reward or punishment. It's a matter of the skills required for continued success.

    Early startups require big risk-taking, progressing at an absurd speed, charisma to get investor capital, and really just being a little crazy.

    Once the concept is proven to be viable and potentially profitable, the focus needs to shift from proving it can work to making it sustainable. This involves less risk, process improvements to avoid issues like getting sued, better money management, more careful time management to avoid burnout of non-founder employees, and generally just being more rational about things.

    It's rare that a person can exhibit both of these sets of behaviors, so companies will often swap out the former for the latter as a company matures. If they didn't, the founders might unintentionally drive the company into the ground by taking unnecessary risks after finding something that already works.

    Does that answer your question, or did I miss the mark, still?

  • YSK about corporations' strategies to kill open source protocols
    ploum.net How to Kill a Decentralised Network (such as the Fediverse)

    How to Kill a Decentralised Network (such as the Fediverse) écrit par Ploum, Lionel Dricot, ingénieur, écrivain de science-fiction, développeur de logiciels libres.

    How to Kill a Decentralised Network (such as the Fediverse)

    Why YSK: If we want to keep the Fediverse in the hands of its users and prevent "enshittification" (search it), it's good to know how corporations kill grassroots projects like this.

    I saw this in another thread on /c/Showerthoughts. I think it's important for this to be circulated widely so that the broader Fediverse community is aligned. We don't want admins second-guessing their decisions when users start infighting. We should be united in our thinking and ready to protect our platform.

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    What was Rome/Italy like between the fall of the Roman empire and the Renaissance?

    I was thinking about patterns in history and was thinking about the fall of Rome. We all learn about the Roman Empire and the Renaissance, but I don't recall ever learning about the time in between. Sure, Rome's empire collapsed, but what happened next? City-states? A hollowed-out Republic? Anarchy? Did the goths raid and pillage everything? Did they just go back north? Did they settle in? I wanna know

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