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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Ah my bad. I thought the song was written by Brandon Flowers after catching his girlfriend cheating on him in a bar in his hometown of Las Vegas.

https://www.radiox.co.uk/artists/the-killers/what-is-the-killers-song-mr-brightside-about/

During lockdown in April 2020, the frontman looked back at the video and noted: "It's just a song about betrayal. I was betrayed and I was able to turn it into a masterpiece".

[–] [email protected] 44 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Mr Brightside by the Killers. The tune was good and felt energetic when it came about, but it's about a guy being cheated on. Having had someone cheat on me around the time it came out it hit really close to home and I just don't enjoy listening to the song.

The problem with being in the UK is that it's so overplayed and I just have to tune it out.

 

Just in case anyone wanted an update on the preservation efforts of the giant spiders....

[–] [email protected] 66 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I'm truly impressed by the photographer not being in the photos.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Got a couple.

The first bad interview I turned up and had to wait for the owner who rocked up 15 minutes late. We had a discussion and he was happy with my IT skills, we then got into a discussion of how to run the business.

He asked me what would I do if a salesman kept selling Linux support to businesses but the company had no one that had experience of it, I said it didn't feel morally right to sell something that you can't actually fulfill currently, put a cork in the salesman regarding Linux support, train/hire staff and when ready then continue to offer it. He said that's not how his business works and to drive the business the salesman was doing the right thing.

During that interview I saw someone walk into the office that I had worked with in the past, they were incredibly unreliable, bad at the job and were fired, this one guy appearing gave me the final sign this was not the workplace for me. After the interview they gave me an offer that I declined.

The second interview probably a out 2 months later I turned up to was a small company of maybe 3 people. I turned up and it was a shared office space they used, he walked up to the receptionist and asked if there was a meeting room available, she said no. So he led me to the kitchenette area where he offered for me to sit on a sofa not to dissimilar to this...

Thee casting couch....

Having the hum of a vending machine in the background added to the ambience. We got to chatting and it sounded like the guy didn't really know what he wanted to do with the business or how to run it, generally seemed disorganised.

Towards the end of the interview wouldn't you know it, the same guy I used to work with walked into the kitchenette wearing the t-shirt of a company in the building, gave me "the nod" and proceeded to use the vending machine, which failed to dispense his choice and he stood there shaking the machine.

This guy must have been some kind of angel in place to stop me from taking bad jobs. I declined the offer they gave me. A year or so later I was telling a friend about this and we checked on the company, it went out of business.

They were bad interviews, but I still got something out of them.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

You probably already have one, but if you don't; get an electric toothbrush.

Also get a water flosser for when you CBA to manually floss! Imo something is better than nothing.

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

This is a US website no?

Image of The Sun U.S logo

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago (1 children)

As adults we are dubious of the results that AI gives us. We take the answers with a handful of salt and I feel like over the years we have built up a skillset for using search engines for answers and sifting through the results. Kids haven't got years of experience of this and so they may take what is said to be true and not question the results.

As you say, the kids should be taught to use the tool properly, and verify the answers. AI is going to be forced onto us whether we like it or not, people should be empowered to use it and not accept what it puts out as gospel.

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

"It's the anxiety associated with real-time conversations, potential awkwardness, not having the answers and the pressure to respond immediately" - this hits the nail on the head for me about not wanting to be on the phone/teams call in the work place. Being pulled into a call with no context is my biggest nightmare.

 
[–] [email protected] 64 points 2 months ago (27 children)

Surely this is better than the crypto/NFT tech fad. At least there is some output from the generative AI that could be beneficial to the whole of humankind rather than lining a few people's pockets?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It would be cool if it included other names for things. E.g. Kubernetes can also be known as K8s. Also not too mobile friendly when looking at more info. Besides that it is an interesting concept!

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

Can confirm Iceland still do the official sausage rolls. Had one for lunch. Still can't get them to cook right in the air fryer, and feel like it's a waste putting the oven on for a single sausage roll.

 

I know this is probably a long shot but does anyone know of a non-biased source of all party Manifestos?

I remember some time ago there was a site where people could answer questions on subjects that were important to them and based on those which party is recommended.

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