wet_lettuce

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[–] wet_lettuce@beehaw.org 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Thats pretty reasonable. I'm sure there are a ton of orphan accounts just lingering out there. Including accounts that other people may like to have.

All of these companies are tightening their belts. Those interest rates going up are sure making companies reassess their business models.

 

Personally, I married pretty late. I was 17 years older than my parents when I married.

 

This is incredibly impressive. The level of talent here is humbling.

[–] wet_lettuce@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago (4 children)

A couple of things: It sounds like you are assuming I am white.

This response doesn't seem all that nice or inclusive. Calling someone with an, ironically, slightly different opinion than you (read: diverse), fragile and sensitive seems to be counter to the community you are trying to build here. Right? Am I crazy?

I think we need to strive to have an environment where we can have open, honest, and sometimes uncomfortable conversations about all of this stuff. Being dismissive of it as "white fragility" isn't productive or helpful.

As I said in my initial comment, I understand the intent of that section of the report, and I think more diversity is better than homogeneity, but the way that information was conveyed, and almost specifically that information, seems unwelcoming. For what its worth, I very intentionally joined Beehaw vs any other instance because I truly appreciate what you are trying to do here. So hopefully you take this in the manner it is intended: (hopefully) constructive criticism and food for thought.

[–] wet_lettuce@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago (7 children)

I understood the intent, but words mean things and phrasing matters. As written, it doesn't seem welcoming or inclusive. They phrased the other sections much better--(which almost makes it seem more targeted even though I sincerely doubt it is)

"We don't have as much diversity as we would like in this area, so in an effort to cultivate a richer community, we'll need to do more analysis and outreach. We are open to ideas!".

The reality is: you can't force diversity. You can only make an environment where its welcome and encouraged--and you should be welcoming to everyone. Obviously this rubbed some folks the wrong way.

As an aside: it's also a little short sighted to assume that bucketing people in a "white" group means they aren't diverse in their own right. I'd imagine there is quite a diverse makeup of "white people" on here-- people from Western Europe, Eastern Europe, the US, Canada, Australia, and elsewhere who all have very different perspectives, cultures, and norms that they bring to the table.

[–] wet_lettuce@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Because fuck that bot in particular!

[–] wet_lettuce@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago (10 children)

The part where he says it's "mostly white people which is unfortunate" was an odd thing to say.

Doesn't make white people feel very welcome I'd imagine.

[–] wet_lettuce@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The part where he says it's "mostly white people which is unfortunate" was an odd thing to say.

Doesn't make white people feel very welcome I'd imagine.

[–] wet_lettuce@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

The GPL doesn't "encourage" redistribution. It requires it.

[–] wet_lettuce@beehaw.org 6 points 1 year ago

I want to throw AntennaPod out there for anyone looking for a solid android podcast app. Its FOSS as well for those that care about that sorta thing.

https://antennapod.org/

[–] wet_lettuce@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

Look at what they are doing with Mark Zuckerberg. Their big PR campaign to show him as a mans man. Posting that he did the Murph challenge, talking about ju jit su, and accepting Elon's ridiculous challenge for a cage match.

There is this fairly obvious PR campaign to make him seem less like a emotionless robot.

[–] wet_lettuce@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

That combined with the lack of capitalization is off-putting for some reason. It grates on me and I can't put my finger on why.

[–] wet_lettuce@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

“I have listened to people in D.C. for years and years and years, going back decades. Republicans and Democrats always chirping about this, and yet never actually bringing the issue to a conclusion,” DeSantis told a crowd in Eagleton, Texas, announcing the plan Monday.

-The guy chirping about it with a plan that wouldn't possibly bring it to a conclusion.

Any "policy" that requires a constitutional amendment isn't ever going to be implemented. This is grandstanding at its worst.

The immigration issue requires nuanced understanding problems and compromise. Those aren't earmarks of most of our politicians--especially not a blowhard like DeSantis.

[–] wet_lettuce@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

Most companies that are going back to the office are STILL HAVING VIRTUAL MEETINGS. The hybrid environments ABSOLUTELY are. So you are getting all of the shitty aspects of going into the office and all of the downsides of not-in-person collaboration. It's the worst of both worlds.

When you ask an employee to wake up an hour earlier, spend an hour in traffic, to pay for parking, to sit in a 'hotel cube', to get on a virtual meeting that they could have done at home...you are absolutely going to have people leave your company.

The data on people equating lack of flexibility with a 2-3% paycut seems incredible low to me.

I think its a much more significant impact than that. I know people who have basically taken a 20% paycut (lost their cost-of-living adjustment) to move to a different state--doing the same job remotely. That's basically a way of saying flexibility/remote work is work 20% to them.

 

Its an interesting article about subsidizing ebikes.

 

A dev recently discovered a browser built into the settings (for any google app that lets you edit settings). From there you can bypass parental controls or enterprise restrictions.

This is a pretty exciting "extra feature", Google!

 

It's like they are trying to irritate people into canceling their accounts.

Imo, this one might actually be worse than the account sharing and cause people to quit. As soon as you have people messing around with their subscription version, it's all too easy to just say "nah, I actually don't want this anymore".

 

I wholeheartedly agree with this blog post. I believe someone on here yesterday was asking about config file locations and setting them manually. This is in the same vein. I can't tell you how many times a command line method for discovering the location of a config file would have saved me 30 minutes of googling.

 

"We won’t be collecting your saved passwords, passkeys, usernames, and any URLs associated with your items. Your private information is just that – private.

All event data will be de-identified and processed in aggregate before it’s used for analysis. "

It sounds like they plan on releasing the technical details in the coming days/weeks. I'm curious how its de-identified and processed.

 

I am not sure if this is the right community for this, but this made me chuckle.

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