Modern_medicine_isnt

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 weeks ago

If you are in the US, and maybe other places, check your local library. Ours has a library of things. It includes tools, board games, musical instruments, electronics, cooking gear, toys and tons of other stuff. Otherwise, the local home depot rents things like chainsaws at a reasonable price.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 weeks ago

More than that. You probably use them in public, where there are tons of cameras. So if you forget you phone in say a restaurant, odds are they have video of you unlocking it.
And let's not forget all the poorly secured wifi access points people commonly connect to...

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago

Truth in advertising laws. Make it illegal to lie, mislead, or deceive in advertising. And I mean criminal, like jail time for the CEO, or they can specify an executive that must sign off on all ads if they like. That person takes the fall. And who decides if an ad breaks the law. A jury, or something more streamlined but still made up of regular Americans who decide.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

Or they don't feel like they have a better option. I have never met anyone who said, I like adds on my streaming service.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Honestly, you don't have to create a kill switch. Most stuff will fall apart due to dependency on manual intervention. Usually because there isn't enough staff to automate it. Tech debt comes for everyone.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago

Hope the info sec guy got some hazard bonus. Doubt he/she would ask for it though.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

I just don't like soap operas, whatever the form. My kid does though.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Conserve thier god given right to exploit everyone and everything for thier short term benefit.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Yeah, it isn't a new thing. It's just that the pundits think there are people in dark caves writing code all day with zero human contact. Hasn't been like that for a long time. Coding is the easy part of the job now for the vast majority if competent coders. Figuring out how to balance what the users want, and what the prod7ct manager tells you to do is the really hard part.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

It's dead, not eradicated. It's just not what people spend all day doing like they used tp.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Yeah I never understood why ads make so much money. Seems like some kind of gift is going on.

 

So they say that sitting too much shortens your life and all that. They also say that most of us sit incorrectly. I know I do. I constantly slide my butt forward and slouch. And I was thinking, what I need is a seat belt to keep me from sliding forward. But such a thing doesn't seem to exist. There must be some problem with them that I am missing. Since Lemmy has lots of desk jockeys, I figured I would ask here.

 

The wife and I are getting older. We have been working for decades at this point. But we are too young to retire, and we had kids late. But one of us could totally switch over to a lower stress second career. Ideally something with benefits, maybe even a chance to get a pension. And since we still have kids, needs to be flexible. One of our kids has autism, so lots of random doctors appointment and stuff.
We both work with computers all day. What are some good options for a second career that doesn't need to have long term growth potential. We have 8 years where ideally both of us are working so we can cover each other with benefits if something happens. After that, the kids are out of high school at least. So it isn't like it would be a "short" term career/job. Just not a 30 year thing. And ideally, something that could at least partially be done at home.

 

I know the board has some fiduciary duty, but can a company put some guardrails on it when they go public, like saying the environment will always come first, or employees or customers or something?

 

It's been a grey winter, and looking to stay that way. I work remote, so I was thinking of getting an SAD light. But I remember from years ago when I had one (and worked in an office) that if I put it next to my monitor it gave me a headache and made my monitor hard to see. Those of you using SAD lights, where do you put them, how long do you use them per day and all that?

 

what movie has the greatest turnaround. Like all hope is lost, people are fleeing or whatever, and something happens, then everyone rallies and of course wins the day.
Its in tons of movies, usually pretty cheesy. But there must be some that do it right. What are they?

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