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What will be this generation's "If you want a good job just go to college!" career advice? in c/[email protected]

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

Haha that's one way. Seems like it would make it harder to land the next job, though.

What will be this generation's "If you want a good job just go to college!" career advice? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

I so need to do this. Been at the same job for almost 10 years and it feels like everyone else I started with has surpassed me for this reason in terms of salary and position. But i hate applying for jobs in tech so much, having to do the leetcode study bullshit as if I'm still in school and all that. It's so exhausting and annoying. Maybe it's the ADHD, but it's hard to bring myself to sit down and do it.

But also, I could really use more money, it's been impossible to save for a house where I live, and I'd love to be able to have one someday. I know it's not too late, I still have so many years before I retire, but I'm still jealous of you guys that could sit down and more easily do the interview dance every 2-3 years.

Houses in my area increases 82% in just 4 years in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Shout out to [email protected]

What features would you like added to Lemmy itself? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

True. There's some good advice in this thread for features people might not be familiar with.

Which country specific instances do you wish existed on Lemmy? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I think it would just be cool to have regional specific communities and a shared culture. For example, one thing about Reddit was that there was subreddits for some local neighborhoods and such. I was able to help a couple move in return for a bunch stuff for my new apartment through that, and get advice on where I was moving to, etc. Just cool local things like that would be nice to have on here, but it would probably require a bigger population.

Which country specific instances do you wish existed on Lemmy? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

I wouldn't mind the some more regional US instances, like midwest.social,.but for socal or norcal or the west coast in general, northeast, south, etc.

When people vote third party do they ever get tired of the crowds of people cheering and the thunderous applause they receive after leaving the voting booth? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

That might be why the candidates are running, but it's not why people are voting for them. You haven't seemed to have applied any empathy or gone into the mind of a third party voter at all, especially in this election, which is a different situation because of the ongoing genocide.

What features would you like added to Lemmy itself? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Or the app they use maybe didn't implement it yet.

When people vote third party do they ever get tired of the crowds of people cheering and the thunderous applause they receive after leaving the voting booth? in c/[email protected]

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

The point is to scare one of the main candidates to not support a genocide, so doing it silently would be against that. Tbh, it's also the same reason I think a lot of them are bluffing and will end up voting for one of the main two instead.

How many subscribers does a community need to have to become self sustaining so that the active posters can retire? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You guys are fighting the good fight!

Microsoft fires employees who organized vigil for Palestinians killed in Gaza in c/[email protected]

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

Oh nice. See, this is the kind of stuff I'll have to look up lol

Microsoft fires employees who organized vigil for Palestinians killed in Gaza in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

I need a practice laptop to learn Linux with...

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Could We Set Up Vote Swapping? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/44904749

I heard about this in the UK elections recently, and someone recommended it to me recently for the US elections, because I said I empathize with the people who are voting against Kamala because of the genocide, despite being a Kamala supporter myself (you've probably seen me around arguing as such lol).

Basically, it's a system where people in safe states, like me, agree to trade votes with someone in a swing state. So the safe state person would vote with the heart of the person in the swing state, so they can kind of vote their heart and mind at the same time.

Is this a thing we could set up? Would it be legal to make a community for that, or would it rub against laws about affecting votes or something? There was even a whole site for the UK, but not sure if it would work in the US.