Banducci is set to retire from the Woolworths Group in September 2024. The announcement occurred days after Banducci made national headlines for walking out of an interview with the ABC’s four corners as part of their investigation into price gouging by major supermarkets in Australia.[3]
Path finding, computer vision, optical character recognition, machine learning and large language models were all unambiguously considered to be vAI technology before they were widespread, and now the media and general public tend to avoid the term for all but the most recent developments.
Just in case you’re not just satirically listing things that are already awful;
Supermarkets increase their “retention” by limiting signage to keep you wandering and avoid “just get that thing and go” shopping. I don’t know how common this is, but when I was a kid the major supermarkets had long lists of what items were in each aisle, plus highly visible signs in the aisle to show exactly where each category was. Now days at the major chains those in aisle signs are completely gone, and the categories have been whittled down to a few major categories; most products aren’t represented on the sign at all e.g. you have to assume “cake mix/decorating” are in the same aisle as “flour”.
Unskippable ads on all pumps are absolutely a thing that are getting more popular. Mobil is particularly bad for it in my experience.
Reading is a recent development for me in the grand scheme of things, dyslexia meant I was hindered till I was about 18, picking up my first actual book 1984 at the age of 24....
I read Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein right after Manufacturing Consent and I think that worked really well. It’s got some overlap in content that helps solidify concepts, but it’s a bit more modern and a much easier read (less dry)
Other recommendations
If you have any interest in economics:
Debt: the last 5000 years by David Graeber
the Defecit Myth by Stephanie Kelton
If you have interest in digital freedoms and copyright law:
Chokepoint Capitalism by Rebecca Giblin and Cory Doctorow
And they still maintain their SteamOS, although it is only supported on Steam Decks.
It’s not important, but there is no connection between the original Steam OS and there new one. The original was an Ubuntu derivative, and there new one is an Arch derivative.
These things are not related. Git uses the system default editor, which is exactly what a cli program dropping you into an editor should use. If that’s Vim and you don’t like that, you need to configure your system or take it up with your distro maintainers.
They confined their attacks to manufacturers who used machines in what they called “a fraudulent and deceitful manner” to get around standard labor practices. “They just wanted machines that made high-quality goods,” says Binfield, “and they wanted these machines to be run by workers who had gone through an apprenticeship and got paid decent wages. Those were their only concerns.”
The agency’s operational control director Andrew Page-Dove says action was being taken to “close the gap between how drivers feel and what the safety statistics show”.
I try my best to make my IDEs follow the principal that I should be able to type without looking at the screen, but apparently IDEs are really invested in return accepting completions to the point it’s often nit configurable when every other key is.
I assume less custom configs are better, but I’ve seen Ansible yaml files that are just convoluted bash scripts written in yaml, which makes them even more convoluted.
Woolworths CEO says supermarket contributes 'very little' to food waste (www.abc.net.au)
Online Content Is Disappearing (www.pewresearch.org)
cross-posted from: lemy.lol/post/25166889
That's not troubling at all (lemmy.world)
What it's like to be a developer in 2024 (sopuli.xyz)
Source
See what’s changing in Firefox: Better insights, same privacy (blog.mozilla.org)
To disable it in about:config...
Why is there no global language that at least nearly half the world speaks (3.5 billion, I'm talkin', including non-native speakers)
Is the Tower of Babel still affecting us or something?...
Wayland usage has overtaken X11 (lemmy.world)
Source: linux-hardware.org/?view=os_display_server...
Reading books can be world changing
Reading is a recent development for me in the grand scheme of things, dyslexia meant I was hindered till I was about 18, picking up my first actual book 1984 at the age of 24....
I am a sinner (sh.itjust.works)
It's Time to Bring Back the Steam Machine (steamdeckhq.com)
KHAAAANNNNN!!! (lemmy.world)
The AMOC is based on the difference in the percentage of salt in the northern and southern hemispheres' ocean water which is based on the stream's circulation (discuss.tchncs.de)
history's mysteries (mander.xyz)
GOD DAMMIT STEVEN! NOT AGAIN! (lemmy.world)
How G.M. Tricked Millions of Drivers Into Being Spied On (Including Me) (www.nytimes.com)
[BBC News] Claims that smart motorways tech leaves drivers at risk (www.bbc.co.uk)
Unused variables (sh.itjust.works)
weed (mander.xyz)
We should have taken it more seriously. (lemmy.world)
Victoria [Australia] bans gas rebates and incentives for homes as shift to all-electric gathers pace (reneweconomy.com.au)
I want daylight savings time to end. Who do I whinge to?
I fucking hate DST. It’s like dog diarrhoea splashed over a fat girls tiddies....
Don't require people to change 'source code' to configure your programs (utcc.utoronto.ca)