NovemberMan

drahardja, 5 months ago (edited 5 months ago) to random

WebMD’s parent company, Internet Brands, released a cringey and abusive internal video threatening their employees to #returnToOffice. “We aren’t asking or negotiating at this point”, the CEO says. “Don’t mess with us”, the video reads at the end. The video features employees dancing and celebrating RTO (at gunpoint? or at least under threat of firing by HR?).

I know corporate videos are all kinda crappy, but this one is…spouse-beating levels of terrible.

#flexibleWork #remoteWork

https://www.vice.com/en/article/7kxqnx/dont-mess-with-us-webmd-parent-company-demands-return-to-office-in-bizarre-video

malwaretech, 5 months ago to random

A while back I wrote a couple of blog posts about how I think LLMs will be a net negative (at least in the near term), due to the extreme overhyping giving people unrealistic expectations of their ability. The direct result will be an overall degrade in internet usability as people begin flooding platforms with low quality spam that they erroneously believe to be high quality. Previously it was fairly easy to spot someone who doesn't know what they're talking about, but now LLMs enable them to word things convincingly enough to waste the time of even domain experts.

Even now I'm still often surprised by all the creative ways that people are finding to waste other's time. I just saw this post from one of the curl maintainers reporting that they've been receiving nonsense bug bounty reports based on LLM hallucinations, which I imagine is likely due to people trying to automate bug hunting despite lacking the understanding to confirm their finding. They reported that in one case the submission was convincing enough that they went over the code 3 times before coming to the conclusion that no bug existed and the report was likely AI generate.

https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2024/01/02/the-i-in-llm-stands-for-intelligence/

RickiTarr, 5 months ago to random

Today let's spread the love!

@ someone in the comments who has made your Mastodon experience better, a little explanation as to why would be awesome too! You are welcome to do more than one.

GottaLaff, 5 months ago to kentucky

#WompWomp

“Former county clerk Kim Davis, who refused to issue marriage licenses in #Kentucky to same-sex couples, must pay a total of $260,104 in fees and expenses to attorneys who represented one couple, according to a federal judge’s ruling.

That’s in addition to $100,000 in damages a jury said the former Rowan County clerk should pay the couple who sued.” #LGBTQ #legal
https://apnews.com/article/b99cdf7b93a1e144fdff2c3b24d96c2c

TonyStark, 5 months ago to random

Monstrous decision that says women’s lives are not to be protected, even in the face of a medical emergency. Gun owners are fiercely protected in Texas. Women, not.

A lot of people need to take a hard look at how they are voting or plan to. Who gets elected in Texas is one thing, but the Fifth Circuit is comprised of judges appointed by Presidents.

Emergency rooms not required to perform life-saving abortions, federal appeals court rules:
https://www.texastribune.org/2024/01/02/texas-abortion-fifth-circuit/

RickiTarr, 5 months ago to random

What are your true opinions and thoughts on marriage?

Just for fun, this is a photo from my wedding day (ignore the reflection of my phone lol) I was all of 21.

johnshirley2024, 5 months ago to random

[right wing politicians trying to keep women from divorcing their husbands]

A Running List of Politicians Talking About Making Divorce Harder

On the right, there is a renewed push to enshrine family values by pushing against no-fault divorce laws.

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/12/running-list-politicians-divorce-harder-no-fault-divorce-tom-cotton-mike-johnson-jd-vance/

scalzi, 5 months ago to random

Cool, now everyone else in the automotive industry do the same

https://www.engadget.com/volkswagen-drivers-want-more-physical-buttons-instead-of-touch-controls-044931087.html

RickiTarr, 5 months ago to random

What is your favorite breakfast? What is the actual breakfast you usually eat?

StillIRise1963, 5 months ago to random

I'm sick and fucking tired of Louis DeJoy and Post Office threats. GET RID OF HIM. wtf.

GottaLaff, 5 months ago to random

Via emptywheel:

What has the Republican Party come to when a POTUS candidate assumes that no members of the Republican Party would care about slavery?

Josh Marshall:

#NikkiHaley blames a 'Democratic plant' for Civil War question that tripped her up

skykiss, 5 months ago (edited 5 months ago) to random

Republicans openly admitting to sabotaging efforts to fix the #border.

Of COURSE republicans don't want to fix anything. They'd have nothing to run on if shit got fixed. #DEMOCRATS fix things. Republicans muck shit up and then cry about how democracy doesn't work. From: MSW

Ron Johnson says he’s leading an effort to obstruct a deal on #border #security.

Ron Johnson takes credit for the Senate recessing before voting on any border security measure.

#RepublicansAreTheProblem #Disinformation #radicals

NovemberMan, 8 months ago to Colorado

Today's Annular Solar Eclipse, as seen through the lensing effect of tree leaves in #ColoradoSprings . Love it. 🌞😎

#Eclipse #Colorado #science #cool

codinghorror, 6 months ago to random

Your Scientists Were So Preoccupied With Whether Or Not They Could, They Didn’t Stop To Think If They Should https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnUAcNZDiAI

NovemberMan, 8 months ago to random

If you're not a fan of #MAGA, get your tacos and Kentucky Fried Rat somewhere else:

https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2023/10/05/parent-company-of-taco-bell-kfc-pivots-to-funding-right-wing-causes

#BoycottYum #BoycottTacoBell #BoycottKFC

NovemberMan, 6 months ago to eattherich

I'm still looking for that Advent calendar, the one that every time you open a window an Oligarch falls screaming to his death.

#EatTheRich #HappyHolidays

NovemberMan, 9 months ago to random

I'm neither Republican or Democrat; I act and vote according to the cruelty index. If a politician chooses to be a dick to a community, or group of people; if they choose to take away from the poor, or deny someone their rights or choice; if they make choices based on what their "God" told them or what their magic book says; then that person can piss off. I'll vote for their opponent.

Btw, if your religion teaches you to hate, it's wrong.

NovemberMan, 8 months ago (edited 8 months ago) to random

#Fensterfreitag

How much is that gato on the window? 😸

#everydayiscaturday #catsofmastodon

CharLight, 5 months ago to random

#3GoodThings (rough week but it's only a week- for others, it's a month, a year, a lifetime)

1- the mental price you pay for empathy, pay it anyway, and keep paying it forward
2- the darkness will lift...it's temporary
3- love...no matter what...when those that don't deserve it...find others to fill your cup 💜

NovemberMan, 7 months ago to random

Congratulations US #airlines , you've enshittified Air travel to the point that experts are advising against it! https://www.npr.org/2023/11/13/1199885876/holiday-travel-best-flights
#StayTheFHome #UnitedAirlines #AmericanAirlines #DeltaAirlines #Southwest

TonyStark, 5 months ago to random

Some days I just can’t. This is one of them.

People have hated Jews for centuries. We make jokes to comfort ourselves. Thanks to conspiracy theories that have endured for centuries, Jews are being attacked in many countries. It’s not because of Israel. It’s because we exist.
(Someone will call me a victim now but whatever.)

How Twitter turned a viral story about Chabad into blood libel – The Forward:
https://forward.com/opinion/575722/chabad-tunnels-antisemitism-twitter/

NovemberMan, 5 months ago to random

Dear #Boeing : NO

Boeing still hasn't fixed this problem on Max jets, so it's asking for an exemption to safety rules - ABC News https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/boeing-fixed-problem-max-jets-exemption-safety-rules-106147798

CALL US BACK WHEN YOU'VE FIXED YOUR SHIT!

NovemberMan, 5 months ago to animals

The princess is ready for #Caturday , and her close up. Lizzy loves a foot rest.
#catsofmastodon #EveryDayIsCaturday

NovemberMan, 5 months ago to random

Ok? And?

Failing to see the down-side here 😁👍🏻

GOP candidate vows to withdraw from Colorado primary unless Trump is reinstated on ballot - Raw Story https://www.rawstory.com/gop-candidate-promises-to-withdraw/