[-] Arete@lemmy.world 60 points 5 months ago

The extraverts had the tables turned on them in 2020 and have been itchy for a captive audience ever since. It's a drug fix for these people, nothing more. I've skipped every cross country in-person team building gibberish since 2020 and will continue to do so.

[-] Arete@lemmy.world 49 points 5 months ago

If true they cut off Internet to themselves, some powerful Arab neighbors, and Mumbai. Seems like a spectacularly stupid move. The bar is low for these idiots and yet they keep finding ways under it.

[-] Arete@lemmy.world 87 points 6 months ago

Ah yes Iran, that great bastion of human rights where they throw gay people off buildings and stone people to death.

Iran doesn't give a shit about Palestinians. Instability in the region keeps them in relative power. Everything they do should be viewed in that light.

[-] Arete@lemmy.world 54 points 6 months ago

Fun fact: the US Chamber of Commerce is not a government agency. It's just a private (nonprofit) business that loves to be confused with one.

[-] Arete@lemmy.world 49 points 6 months ago
  1. it landed upright and tipped over
  2. transporting water to orbit, the moon, or beyond, is expensive. Mining it may be cheaper.
  3. not everything needs to be a critique of capitalism
[-] Arete@lemmy.world 169 points 7 months ago

Because the best performing employees will leave for more money in other remote roles, dumping a ton of work on the remaining workers who are either a) mediocre, or b) incompetent extroverts who can't wait to spend all day talking about fantasy football with a captive audience.

[-] Arete@lemmy.world 80 points 7 months ago

LGPL requires distributing the license with any code. I imagine unity does that with the core code, but it would be difficult to enforce that for assets distributed in their store, which they would be liable for legally. I imagine this will be resolved, but I no longer use Unity so idfc

[-] Arete@lemmy.world 50 points 7 months ago

This article is a classic "find some stats to back up my political position" nonsense. They admit that the world bank findings directly contradict what they want and so redefine "purchasing power parity" to suit their needs. Apparently a more socialist weighing of "basic needs" better suits an argument for socialism? Then they make the somewhat bizarre assertion that socialist China had better life expectancy and infant mortality than Indonesia, Brazil, and India at that time. Maybe that's true, but wtf does it have to do with the merits of socialism?

[-] Arete@lemmy.world 86 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Buying land in rural California to potentially incorporate a new town is not remotely comparable to seceding from the United States.

Some fun absurdities:

  • The article repeatedly refers to the plan as "secretive" while also discussing "packed town hall meetings", official statements, lawsuits, etc
  • there is a link to a supposed lawsuit, which actually links to an obituary.
  • the term "network zone" is defined as some kind of physical dystopian neighborhood with a billionaire ruling as king, but the linked definition describes the term as having to do with online forums.
  • the article defines secession as "paying people in gold or crypto" and attending private school.

It's a wild ride.

[-] Arete@lemmy.world 88 points 7 months ago

The last time Iran damaged a US warship we destroyed their entire Navy in one day, with resources that happened to be nearby. I don't like their chances here.

[-] Arete@lemmy.world 104 points 1 year ago

I unsubscribed after reading Madison's thread. Anyone who's gotten stuck in a toxic work environment knows just how crushing it is mentally. Constant low-level anxiety, feelings of dread, and the inability to even decompress off the clock due to intruding thoughts, replayed arguments, feelings of being gaslit, and the knowledge that it's all going to happen again tomorrow. Combine that with the sexual assault allegations and it's not surprising at all that she'd self harm.

If even 10% of her story is true we're looking at systemic failures in the entire management chain both to recognize and triage toxic behavior, and to demonstrate professionalism and lead by example.

[-] Arete@lemmy.world 82 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

If Linus knew he wasn't going to recommend anyone buy the waterblock no matter how it performed, but also didn't want to show it off as a niche 'supercar' of waterblocks, then why agree to review it at all? Was he maybe not in the loop at all until shooting the video?

Seems like there was no good way for this to turn out for Billet which is a real shame since they seemed to just want to show off something cool and maybe get some publicity for their startup.

And auctioning off their handmade prototype, even accidentally and for charity, is a collosal fuck up that really can't be solved with money alone.

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Arete@lemmy.world to c/voyagerapp@lemmy.world

Blocking communities with a long press on the community name works but doesn't play well with small font sizes or compact views. More often than not I end up opening an external link to the community instead. Would appreciate being able to assign a gesture to it where applicable.

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