smeg

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[–] smeg@infosec.pub 6 points 2 hours ago

The stock market performance is entirely irrelevant to her inability to perform her job.

[–] smeg@infosec.pub 37 points 17 hours ago

The US attorney general, whose job is to enforce the nation's laws, in a hearing about why she is protecting the Epstein abusers instead of prosecuting them, refused to answer questions on the substance of the matter. Instead, she started making personal attacks against members of Congress, and when that failed to stop the questions she proceeded to shout about how the Dow was at 50,000.

[–] smeg@infosec.pub 3 points 1 day ago

We've tried nothing and we're all out of ideas.

[–] smeg@infosec.pub 11 points 1 day ago (2 children)

But no accountability in the US for politicians or the wealthy. 🤔

[–] smeg@infosec.pub 6 points 1 day ago

But no accountability in the US for politicians or the wealthy. 🤔

[–] smeg@infosec.pub 2 points 1 day ago

Negotiating how to divide Poland again?

[–] smeg@infosec.pub 16 points 3 days ago

A huge problem is the incredibly low bar to receive a driving license. Read a booklet, pass a paper test that barely mentions non-autos, and maybe take a basic practical exam. And there are many ways around the practical exam portion.

[–] smeg@infosec.pub 4 points 3 days ago

I drink ground chicory coffee (but not like New Orleans, mine has zero real coffee in it). It's dark and bitter, just like the way I like my coffee. And it has no caffeine! Which is good because caffeine gives me tremors and panic attacks.

[–] smeg@infosec.pub 4 points 3 days ago

My fam and I are all O. Like you, they don't like me. They'll go for anyone else. I also find that they will land on me and not try to bite - or if they do, they don't put in a lot of effort and don't pierce the skin. Even if they do bite, my skin doesn't appear to react and they seem to quit quickly.

Meanwhile, my poor spouse and kid are delicious. And they have soft, sensitive skin. It's ok, I always remember the repellent just for them.

[–] smeg@infosec.pub 4 points 4 days ago

One potential hurdle for implementation is the lack of new funding in the bill for local governments and election offices, which would be responsible for enforcing its provisions.

American politics loves unfunded mandates. The result will be the lack of ease of voting for as many people as possible.

[–] smeg@infosec.pub 4 points 5 days ago

Incompetence of HR staff plays a huge role in this. Hiring teams have zero understanding of what they're hiring for. They subscribe to services that design a candidate profile for them, which then filters candidates based on that candidate profile. There's a lot of keyword matching, education grading, even resume format analysis, and of course some subtle forms of discrimination (inferring age, for example). They want someone who is likely expecting the lower end of the salary band, as well, which is calculated. There's also a personality scoring system based on language and public profile analysis. All of this happens before a single person sees your resume. If the score isn't 9/10, the resume is discarded.

BCIS degree and the tool filters for "Computer Science"? Instant-reject.

And then there are ghost jobs. Companies have learned that the markets infer their health based on job openings, so they put up plausible openings with no intent to fill them. They might even promise internal teams that they will fill them, but they won't.

My employer has had a position open for 9 months, I've referred 2 people to it who were really good fits, and both were rejected within 4 hours. It's a ghost job.

The only reliable path to having a human make any intelligent judgment on your candidacy is with a referral from an existing employee.

Nobody has a textbook career history, but that's all recruiting teams know to look for. Most internal recruiters are failed sales people, and sales people are already pretty clueless most of the time. They outsource all of the thinking to external services.

[–] smeg@infosec.pub 15 points 5 days ago

His loyal paramilitary goon squad

 
 

The article is in Dutch. The city is reducing the speed on many city roadways from 50 km/hr to 30 km/hr, to increase safety for cyclists and pedestrians. The goal is to reduce traffic injuries and deaths by 20-30%.

As usual, carbrains on social media are complaining left and right. "Some ebikes are faster!"

 

Government policy and privatization of rail has reduced the quality of rail service. Meanwhile, government funds roads freely. Surprise, passenger vehicle numbers are growing.

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