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some_guy ,

Was reading Wikipedia about a string of serial murders last night. One of the victims was an 81 yo man on the way home from his work. This was in 1973. It's not a new problem, it's just worse than before.

some_guy ,

It's almost like how local news networks in the USA are reading the same copy of stories by their handlers to spread propaganda. Gosh, do you think this could be the same?

Of course it is.

some_guy ,

That's exactly why. Last Week Tonight has covered this topic. It's probably available free on YouTube if you wanna look for it.

some_guy ,

No, you see, the thing is, Lonnie brought $55B worth of value to Tesla. It’s earned. If you can’t see that, that must be why you’re not a billionaire.

/s

some_guy ,

Right to the top.

Study finds 1/4 of bosses hoped Return to Office would make staff quit ( www.theregister.com )

HR software biz BambooHR surveyed more than 1,500 employees, a third of whom work in HR. The findings suggest the return to office movement has been a poorly-executed failure, but one particular figure stands out - a quarter of executives and a fifth of HR professionals hoped RTO mandates would result in staff leaving....

some_guy ,

Businesses were over-extended by low-interest rate loans, so this isn't a surprise.

some_guy ,

Perhaps true with office work (so many tales of people saying they got shit code from overseas developers) and such, but I think the savings were very real for manufacturing, at least for a period of time. Happy to be corrected if that's wrong.

some_guy ,

I'm so relieved to have gone through adolescence before the age of social media. It was an extremely difficult part of life (for all of us, some more than others) already. I can't imagine how completely terrible it must be now.

some_guy ,

It used to be that employers trained new employees. Then they wanted entry-level positions to be filled by people with 3-5y experience in the role. Now they want you to pay for your own training.

some_guy ,

Looks nice from the screenshot. Very clean.

some_guy ,

But I might join their ranks one day, so this is an aspirational post, right? /s

some_guy ,

I accidentally hit my vape when we experimented with BTO at my last employer. Luckily, I was the first one in and the back door was nearby, so I just rushed outside to exhale. Vaping at home while working had become my norm.

some_guy ,

How to lose my respect on day one.

kde , to KDE
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If you don't use Bing with Edge, Microsoft will tell you your computer needs repairing.

https://www.tomsguide.com/computing/windows-operating-systems/microsoft-now-says-your-pc-is-in-need-of-repair-if-youre-not-using-bing-with-edge

They are not wrong.

To mend your machine:

  1. Ditch Windows
  2. Install Plasma
  3. Your computer is ready.

https://kde.org/plasma-desktop/

@kde

A laptop running the laters version of Plasma, Plasma 6.

some_guy ,

The next step will be for Windows to tell you that you are broken if you chose another browser.

kde , to KDE
@kde@floss.social avatar

Pledges coming from proprietary software companies mean nothing

https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/15/24157496/microsoft-ai-carbon-footprint-greenhouse-gas-emissions-grow-climate-pledg

Get behind the community that is really fighting to curb climate change:

https://eco.kde.org/get-involved

@kde

Poster announcing KDE Eco's monthly meetings, in which like-minded people, like yourself, get together to work on reducing computing's impact on the climate.

Screenshot of a headline of the Verge. A photo shows Satya Nadella talking about Copilot at some bullshit Microsoft event and the headline itself reads: "Microsoft’s Al obsession is jeopardizing its climate ambitions" The introductory paragraph reads: "After pledging to slash its greenhouse gas emissions, Microsoft’s climate pollution has grown by 30 percent as the company prioritizes AI."
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    • some_guy ,

    It's almost as though we need regulation.

    some_guy ,

    Dunno if this will work, but white vinegar kills a lot of stains.

    some_guy ,

    Eh, I’d rather a billionaire weigh in. I don’t trust the opinion of a lowly pleb.

    some_guy ,

    Hey everybody. I'm sorry to let you know that I'm an antisemite. I don't hate or bemoan Jewish people. But I also don't want innocent Palestinian people / children to die. I know; I'm sorry. I didn't realize my views were so harmful. I'm gonna take a break from the internet and think about all the pain that I've caused.

    Sorry everyone. I'm so ashamed of my antisemitism. I didn't realize what a bigot I've been. Sigh…

    some_guy ,

    Too bad we don’t have Iamacompletepieceofshit. Let’s give Texas back to Mexico.

    some_guy ,

    I don’t know how you can better disrespect them than this.

    samojedesamu , to aww
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    cute?

    @aWw

    some_guy ,

    Don't ask me questions when you already know the answer. /s

    some_guy ,

    Unions work. This is awesome.

    some_guy ,

    Think maybe we need gun control?

    some_guy ,

    But try imposing any curtailing on the bad behaviors they perform in the name of Jeebus and see how quickly they cry foul.

    some_guy ,

    Ronnie hates his constituents and will do anything he can to harm them. In that sense, his governorship has been wildly successful. His presidential run, not so much. Pudding-face fuck.

    some_guy ,

    I’m not saving for a retirement that is unlikely to occur. I don’t see the point. Just trying to grow the funds so I can use them in realtime.

    some_guy ,

    Austin-area authorities helped Oracle secure valuable lakefront real estate and offered Tesla some $60 million in tax abatements, including $50 million from the historically struggling school district in Del Valle.

    So, once again, tax cuts for businesses harm the social structure. It's almost as though they shouldn't exist.

    Oracle, which makes business software, cited Nashville’s strength as a center of the American health-care industry, though it surely also helps that the company is getting nearly a quarter of a billion dollars in tax breaks and incentives from the city and the state of Tennessee. Tesla, meanwhile, laid off workers across the country after the Cybertruck suffered significant quality issues that put the future of its Austin production facility in doubt. The city’s debut in auto manufacturing is a vehicle that apparently rusts in the rain. The factory complex, which Musk once promised would become an “ecological paradise,” recently took advantage of a new state law to exempt itself from Austin’s environmental regulations.

    Do businesses not care about their communities? /s

    some_guy ,

    I buy lots of books. They’re more satisfying than reading on a screen.

    Columbia Suspends Ilhan Omar’s Daughter One Day After Omar Grilled School Administrators ( theintercept.com )

    Omar’s questions to the administrators during a Wednesday congressional hearing on antisemitism at Columbia touched on the school’s response to students being sprayed with a chemical at a campus rally for Gaza and its policy surrounding professors harassing students online....

    some_guy ,

    It was a complete coincidence. /s

    some_guy ,

    Fuck you Starbucks.

    Leaked NYT Gaza Memo Tells Journalists to Avoid Words “Genocide,” “Ethnic Cleansing,” and “Occupied Territory” ( theintercept.com )

    The New York Times instructed journalists covering Israel’s war on the Gaza Strip to restrict the use of the terms “genocide” and “ethnic cleansing” and to “avoid” using the phrase “occupied territory” when describing Palestinian land, according to a copy of an internal memo obtained by The Intercept....

    some_guy ,

    Fuck off, NYT. Bought and paid for. Sock puppets.

    some_guy ,

    Corporations won't do shit unless they have to or they make money.

    some_guy ,

    There was a kid staying with a relative (I think) in a building across from me and I joked that I’d start blasting hardcore porn on my projector with my blinds up to teach him about the birds and the bees.

    some_guy ,

    Texas doing something positive for once. I like it. In this one specific instance.

    some_guy ,

    Why isn't this getting more attention?

    Um, cause it's not that big of news and you're hyping shit just to get clicks.

    some_guy ,

    I'm doing my part!

    some_guy ,

    I have 300 blu-rays ripped full quality and that only takes 8.28TB. My entire media collection is just over 12TB. I have a friend who has a massively larger library and even he gets by with a NAS. My NAS only has ten disks and I have 84TB of storage. You're over-estimating your needs.

    Biden pressure on Israel not enough, say dissenting US officials ( www.bbc.com )

    The views of seven current and former US government officials reflect the way internal objections to policy continue to mount. They said many government workers were voicing their frustrations in unofficial forums that include at least a dozen groups on messaging apps, which the officials said counted hundreds of administration...

    some_guy ,

    Fuck Israel.

    https://kolektiva.media/w/ba1cb5b0-521f-4aee-9334-bd5ab1dd16e1

    Donate to legal funds for those who get captured by police on April 15th or get your ass to a demonstration. This needs to stop.

    ‘Moscow Marjorie’: Republican accuses Marjorie Taylor Greene of irresponsible Ukraine rhetoric ( www.theguardian.com )

    The far-right Georgia congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene is ungovernable and should be known as “Moscow Marjorie”, said a former Republican colleague in the US House, accusing Greene of “getting her talking points from the Kremlin” when opposing new federal aid for Ukraine....

    some_guy ,

    Oh, Margie… say it isn't so!

    The Jewish space lasers fried her brain. Wait, no, she was already cooked. What a demented travesty of an elected official. Scumbag piece of shit.

    some_guy ,

    Talk about having just one look.

    ‘You have imprisoned our democracy’: inside Republicans’ domination of Tennessee ( www.theguardian.com )

    Conservative domination – maintained by gerrymandered districts, disenfranchised voters and an increasing sense of political despair – insulates Tennessee Republicans from political consequences for unpopular decisions. Challenged in public by increasing activism on the left and apocalyptic rhetoric on the right, Tennessee...

    some_guy ,

    I’m so glad my family moved away from that shithole when I was 10.

    some_guy ,

    “The Democrats are coming after me, they are gonna spend more than $100 million this year, George Soros is already spending millions of dollars in the state of Texas,” Cruz told Sean Hannity.

    Oh no, Soros is like Sauron from LotR!

    Anyway, sounds like I’ll need to cut iHeartMedia from my supported podcasts if they turn up in an audit (I support a lot of shows, so I’ll have to check). Too bad there isn’t a market for podcast piracy.

    Fuck Cruz.

    some_guy ,

    Yes, I subscribe to get bonus episodes for some and to avoid ads for others. For some, I don’t pay and I skip over the ads. Some of my favorite content is the extra eps that I get from private feeds.

    In Alabama, abortion and IVF helped flip a red set in a special election ( www.motherjones.com )

    Democrat Marilyn Lands won a special election for an Alabama state House seat, flipping a Republican-held seat by campaigning on abortion rights in the deep-red state that bans abortion with no exceptions for rape or incest. Lands won 62 percent of the nearly 6,000 votes cast, while her challenger, Republican Teddy Powell, won...

    some_guy ,

    Their mistake was thinking they could undo Roe and people would just accept it.

    some_guy ,

    California trying to make life better for workers. I’m here for it.

    some_guy ,

    Check the latest Better Offline podcast ep. It’s all about the shitheads at the top who are tanking news agencies. It talks about Vice in particular. Related to Behind the Bastards on CoolZone Media.

    some_guy ,

    Hey, if a ceo was meant to drive, we wouldn’t have invented planes.

    some_guy ,

    Spekenze Deutsch?

    www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxUm-2x-2dM

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