tony

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

After thinking about it that's exactly what they're doing.

They sold tickets at $700 each to loads of men. So loads of men turned up.

What did they expect to happen. They knew in advance how many tickets they'd sold and to who.. and nobody raised any flags. A few % lying about gender (if they did, gender is complex) wouldn't tip the scales that much.

[–] [email protected] 59 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (6 children)

Removing subsidies is a start.. they've never made any sense. If a company can't make money selling fuel then they must be the most incompetent company on earth.

This is just posturing for COP28 though.. makes good headlines but won't happen.. lots of countries talk tough before COP so they can claim it wasn't their fault when nothing is decided, again.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

No. Mostly you run around collect business cards and then go online to apply for the jobs.. that you could have done without going to the job fair in the first place.

TBH It's a huge red flag if a recruiter wants upfront payment with no guarantee at the end of it (or even if they 'guarantee' one). If the recruiters are so desperate for someone they want to organise a job fair, they can bloody well pay for it themselves.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Apple laptops you can't upgrade any of those things and they sell like hotcakes. It's really not something most people do.

Chromebooks have their niche, beyond education they're good as second laptops where you're really only doing mostly browser stuff. Mine is getting on a bit now, a 2017 pixelbook.. but it doesn't go EOL until next year and I'll probably keep it beyond that because it just works.. only thing I'd like really would be a bigger screen.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (19 children)

Far less, since they're quite locked down (hence their popularity in education).

I suspect it was just a reference to google spying on people.

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

Well to the last, yes definitely.. it'll become worthless as a skill. Once you can make an AI that speaks any line perfectly you don't need anyone special to do it.. joe shmoe off the street would be just as good a 'voice actor' as the current professionals. There's obviously skill in making the AI do that seamlessly but that's a different job.

Translation went through something similar. It used to be something you paid someone a lot of money for now you just type the sentence into your phone.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The problem is we're not fixing the economy at the other end. People work later because they're healthier, and that could be good.. but that means more people to do the same amount of work, increasing unemployment.

Until we stop demonising non-work and that's going to be hell for those stuck on it. Get some level of basic income so it's a valid choice. Meanwhile in the UK our govermnent is appealing to the boomers by announcing increased punishment of the unemployed.. We're a long way from fixing the issues.

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

5000 is 3-4 notifications a minute 24/7. I'm not seeing how a phone could be usable at that point.

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

I had one tried that, I crossed it out before signing.. it's total BS.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Not only have they thought of that, they charge a premium for it. Of course it doesn't work and the accompanying software is lowest bidder shit that has never been tested in the real world... but what do they care, they have your money.

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

Pixel 5 was peak pixel.. I have a 7a now but TBH preferred the 5 just for its size and rear fingerprint reader.

On the iphone side I picked up an iphone SE 2020 for £120 (no an ios fan but it's good to have around for development and testing).

There's really not justification for £800 phones any more when the older ones are this good..

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Well.. contract lengths are getting longer, what do they expect?

Also, one phone is very much like another these days. You don't get a lot by upgrading.

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