sigmaklimgrindset

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You have a lovely home in c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works
[–] sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I mean, it's clearly rage/engagement bait. Ever since Twitter added viewcounts in 2022/23 it's all bullshit "hottakes" like this, and people fall for it every time.

How did we forget ye olde adage of "do not feed the trolls" within one generation?

My type of satire in c/tumblr@lemmy.world
[–] sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 week ago

Mara Wilson had some good shitposts on Twitter. One of the few follows I miss from that site.

days of future past in c/programmer_humor@programming.dev
[–] sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Sorry, I was unclear. I meant the layoffs were related to replacing pandemic hires working from home with cheaper H1Bs willing to RTO/take cheaper salaries, since by then everyone was boostered up and ready for travel, and visa applicationswere actually being processed instead of "backlogged" (ignored) by Trump Admin 1.0.

days of future past in c/programmer_humor@programming.dev
[–] sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Wasn't this more related to the Trump era H1B limitations expiring under Biden around 2022? I may be misremembering the timeline since time after 2020 is fucked, but I swear I remember a greater uptick of H1B hires in tech around this time, as well as outsourcing teams to India.

My type of satire in c/tumblr@lemmy.world
[–] sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Conclave if it was good.

Why are we OK with doctors and nurses working double or triple shifts? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

There are probably many more minds that could hack being a good doctor, but are smart enough to go into a field where the work-life balance hasn’t been a terrible trope since 1900.

This was me. Studied for and did well on the required exams, interviewed at a couple of schools, and in between my interviews and acceptance letter I talked to a couple of people in residency at my university. The descriptions of their work-life balance was so atrocious, and the altruism of the profession so stomped out of their mentality that I decided I could probably help people in other ways.

As I watched a couple of my close friends battle depression all through medical school and residency with very little institutional or mentor support, I decided I absolutely made the right choice. I really respect you for staying within the system and becoming an RN, because you guys also have it just as rough, along with the added disrespect of "But you're not a DOCTOR."

I don't know why medicine is so gatekeepy in it's processes. Being strict in education and procedures I understand. But the heirarchy, egoism, and political games to grind down all these young trainees is quite archaic.

Why are we OK with doctors and nurses working double or triple shifts? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
Ordinary WiFi can now identify people with near perfect accuracy in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 week ago

How is this better????

Oh that is BRUTAL in c/memes@sopuli.xyz
[–] sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I'm sorry to have to tell you this but cocaine isn't a pharmaceutical, buddy 🥲

Cuba is a national security threat to the US, Rubio says in c/world@lemmy.world
[–] sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 week ago

Some would argue these immigrants were the formally wealthy class fleeing the revolution, and that was initially true. But that was just over 60 years ago now. This doesn’t explain modern asylum seekers very well

To be fair I think a lot of Cuba’s struggles and failures are a direct result of decades of US embargo and interference.

This I can agree with. I don't think Cuba is like...HEAVEN for people living there, by the way. But I also disagree that it was an "absolute hellscape" before the Trump Admin 1.0 came in and destroyed any forward momentum the Obama administration created towards fully lifting the embargoes, and I don't think (as far as I know) the Biden administration did as much to reverse them. The last 12 years is really what has cemented the hardships in Cuba (and Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Nicaragua etc) are suffering from, and this is reflected in the stories of the (non-American) Cubans I hear from daily around me.

Then you have fuckers like Rubio pushing for taking over Cuba "for their own good" and to "save the country" and like... I'm sorry if I feel like residual bitterness of my Cuban friends and family towards American Cubans pushing this narrative colour my view.

How about a second one? in c/lotrmemes@lemmy.dbzer0.com
[–] sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You just make me realize I technically do use a second monitor... it's my laptop 💀I run Discord/Nexus/whatever through it because my gaming group likes to play on console as well as PC, and it's just easier to take the second screen/voice chat to the TV this way.

How about a second one? in c/lotrmemes@lemmy.dbzer0.com
[–] sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 week ago

Fair. Tbh, I just hate the bezels in between the monitors, my brain alerts me to it no matter how thin. The solution is probably for me to get an ultrawide, but most ultrawides nowadays are curved which...I also don't really care for.

Maybe I should use a TV as my monitor...

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-sadly twerking while being detained by ICE- (sopuli.xyz)
 
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Jan. 6 video evidence has 'disappeared' from public access, media coalition says (www.npr.org)
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Jan. 6 video evidence has 'disappeared' from public access, media coalition says (www.npr.org)
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It's like interpreting a different language... (sopuli.xyz)
 
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DAE feel a bit out of the pop culture loop using Lemmy as their primary social media? (sopuli.xyz)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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I love interacting with you all very much, and I know there's a lot of important political issues in the world going on right now. I love my Linux Mint setup, I support Palestine and trans people, and I've blazed through all of OG Star Trek, TNG, Voyager, and am now on DS9.

But I also want to discuss Luka to the Lakers and Kendrick calling Drake a pedophile and getting 5 Grammy's, a tour, and a Superbowl halftime show out of it, you know? I wanna talk about your country's Eurovision entries. Am I just not in the right communities?

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With a TikTok Ban Looming, Users Flee to Chinese App ‘Red Note’ (www.wired.com)
 

American Tiktok users would rather use ACTUAL Chinese spyware app than Meta. XiaoHongShu (meaning "Little Red Book") and ChatGPT (for translating the Mandarin only app) are currently #1 and #2 on the App store.

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The gender wars continue 🥹 (sopuli.xyz)
 

This is not my personal opinion, I know Gen Z men who voted for Harris. But the voter demographics really speak for themselves, and maybe now people will look at the radicalization of young men as a serious (but solvable) issue.

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Cat tax to Lemmy for helping me catch this guy (sopuli.xyz)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz to c/cat@lemmy.world
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I posted on asklemmy the other day asking for advice on how to catch a stray cat, and I am now posting the fruits of my labour. Huge thanks to everyone in that post for taking the time to give me step-by-step instructions, telling me their own experiences with strays, and just being concerned about both mine and the stray's wellbeing!

Here he is at the vet for a check up after I caught him. Honestly, he seemed so happy to be indoors and somewhere warm and safe that I teared up a bit! He is currently in my garage sleeping on a heated cat bed and couldn't be more content as I try to figure out next steps.

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How do you lure a stray cat to your yard/house? (sopuli.xyz)
 

There's a cat that has been loose on my street since May apparently, but only came into my yard Thursday night. I tried to catch it, but it bit me and ran away. Someone has also shaved it for some reason, and I want to catch since it's getting colder in the evenings. I saw the cat last night too was and was friendly to me, but it had a bit of a cough, so I'm worried. Didn't see it tonight, and it's really cold and windy.

A couple of my neighbours have been feeding it, but no real effort in trying to trap it or check to see if it's microchipped. I want to take it to the vet and see if it has an owner/check for diseases. Apparently the cat likes dry food over wet, so I don't think leaving cans of wet food will work.

Any advice given from experienced pet owners/ trappers would be helpful.

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Nvidia is now worth $102M per employee (sherwood.news)
 

"...For Nvidia, after this latest run-up took it north of the $3T milestone, the company is being valued at more than $100M for each of its 29,600 employees (per its filing that counted up to the end of Jan 2024).

That’s more than 5x any of its big tech peers, and hundreds of times higher than more labor-intensive companies like Walmart and Amazon. It is worth noting that Nvidia has very likely done some hiring since the end of January — I think the company might be in growth mode — but even if the HR department has been working non-stop, Nvidia will still be a major outlier on this simple measure.

We are running out of ways to describe Nvidia’s recent run... but a nine-figure valuation per employee is a new one."

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Nvidia is now worth $102M per employee (sherwood.news)
 

I know this is more business than tech related, but for some reason I am not able to post it to the business community, so I'm posting it here.

"...For Nvidia, after this latest run-up took it north of the $3T milestone, the company is being valued at more than $100M for each of its 29,600 employees (per its filing that counted up to the end of Jan 2024).

That’s more than 5x any of its big tech peers, and hundreds of times higher than more labor-intensive companies like Walmart and Amazon. It is worth noting that Nvidia has very likely done some hiring since the end of January — I think the company might be in growth mode — but even if the HR department has been working non-stop, Nvidia will still be a major outlier on this simple measure.

We are running out of ways to describe Nvidia’s recent run... but a nine-figure valuation per employee is a new one."

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The Verge shows how Google search is useless (www.theverge.com)
 

The Verge published this spam article about the "best printers of 2024" to demonstrate how terrible Google's search results are. It now appears as the top non-sponsored post if you search "best printer" on Google.

I love a good, informative troll.

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