Searching for product recommendations has become harder and harder over the years. I used to google or browse reddit for reviews, used them to create a shortlist of products and then actually dig deeper and compare them....
We let corporations take over without limit or recourse.
Walmart pays a wage to people whose job it is to help other Walmart employees apply for government assistance. That’s way cheaper to Walmart than paying people more. Then the government assistance comes from the lower 90% who do pay taxes.
Minimum wage hasn’t been raised in decades. It has increased a bit only in a few places.
Over half (guesstimate) of prepared food workers do not have a steady income. They rely on a few customers to tip. And very rarely have any sick time or vacation time or health benefits.
You’ve eaten food that has been handled by someone sick with a fever because they were highly discouraged from staying home sick.
The benefits of incorporating in a Republican state: We can say none of our employees is on government assistance. (That’s because our state doesn’t have government assistance.)
Texas Republican governors have specifically rejected free money from the federal government that is supposed to go to healthcare and unemployment and education.
The current Texas governor has specifically told state employees to avoid federal money grants because there might be “woke” requirements to using the money.
Climbing up and down a ladder seems like a lot more work than just stairs. And I complain about stairs. Plus you can’t travel with anything handheld using a ladder.
The FTC is not taking specific action against any automaker at this point. Instead, the blog post is meant to be a warning to the industry.
So, the only thing that will change will either be a tiny EULA on the underside of the car, or car companies will hire better security teams to keep the data collection hidden.
Not even an apology. They’ll spend money smearing the FTC leader. And call it a witch hunt. And publicize all the people who will lose their jobs if the company has to pay these fines.
And they are hedging their bets that Trump becomes president and the FTC gets gutted, so there won’t be any fines anyway.
I have many conversations with people about Large Language Models like ChatGPT and Copilot. The idea that “it makes convincing sentences, but it doesn’t know what it’s talking about” is a difficult concept to convey or wrap your head around. Because the sentences are so convincing....
Hey, but at least there aren’t any more foreigners simultaneously using up all the social benefits from their couch and also taking everyone’s job, right?
Well, imagine how bad it would be if an outside government (The European Union) was directing this movement of goods between many countries. Only the UK knows how to keep life moving best for UK citizens.
development slowed considerably after people returned to offices that had been empty due to the covid pandemic and after a number of key employees left.
I wonder if those two things are related. Hmm.
Also, the return to office was a conscious and forced decision with lots of evidence against it, so boo hoo.
After a pair of resignations rocked the pageant world, organizers have found a replacement for Miss USA but not Miss Teen USA. Last year's runner-up said this week that she turned down the crown.
Resistance is futile (lemmy.world)
How do you search for honest product recommendations?
Searching for product recommendations has become harder and harder over the years. I used to google or browse reddit for reviews, used them to create a shortlist of products and then actually dig deeper and compare them....
The starting salary for a new American Airlines flight attendant is low enough to qualify for food stamps in some states (fortune.com)
How do you make Linux more popular? (www.youtube.com)
Report Indicates Israel Uses WhatsApp Data in Targeted Killings of Palestinians (truthout.org)
By using WhatsApp, people are risking their lives," one human rights advocate said....
Edward Hopper – [shuttle service in an] Office in a Small City (1963) (lemmy.world)
OpenAI strikes Reddit deal to train its AI on your posts (www.theverge.com)
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[Help] Keyboard key presses are extremely sensitive in GRUB
I recently upgraded my PC to a AM5 motherboard. My system runs KDE neon with full disk encryption....
What is a good eli5 analogy for GenAI not "knowing" what they say?
I have many conversations with people about Large Language Models like ChatGPT and Copilot. The idea that “it makes convincing sentences, but it doesn’t know what it’s talking about” is a difficult concept to convey or wrap your head around. Because the sentences are so convincing....
Brexit border IT outages delay import of perishable items to UK by up to 20 hours (www.theguardian.com)
Lorries carrying meat, cheese and cut flowers held up by new checks, with retailers rejecting some orders...
Meta will shut down its Teams competitor Workplace next year (www.theverge.com)
Unless you work at Meta.
Fallout continues from the Miss USA resignations as a runner-up declines the crown (www.npr.org)
After a pair of resignations rocked the pageant world, organizers have found a replacement for Miss USA but not Miss Teen USA. Last year's runner-up said this week that she turned down the crown.
How the US Is Destroying Young People’s Future | Scott Galloway | TED (www.youtube.com)