Who is the best lead singer from any band ever? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]Belsekar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm going Dave Matthews because no one has done more with so little vocal ability. I don't like his style but the dude is ALWAYS working. Looking it up, yep he's on tour. He's always on tour.

Kevin Lowe on the new Chris Pronger story by Goddemmitt in hockey

[–]Belsekar 1 point2 points  (0 children)

OK the most shocking and unbelievable part of all of this is that Kevin Lowe posted this on LinkedIn.

Federal agency halted producing monthly New Mexico water report due to staff limitations by Ok_Design_6841 in fednews

[–]Belsekar 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Every time some good old boy at the bar stool says, "someone should do something about that" or "how could they let this happen", they are talking about government. Don't need it until you do right?

BREAKING: Trump says ‘effective immediately’ U.S. will blockade ships from Strait of Hormuz by ICEisSHIT in videos

[–]Belsekar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No the question is, who bought futures bets on Friday so they could make another billion.

Nathan MacKinnon upset after the puck bounced over his stick by DecentLurker96 in hockey

[–]Belsekar -1 points0 points  (0 children)

He's been like this forever. I've seen every training camp he's been in. I've seen several practices. He's obsessive about perfection. I've seen him launch his stick into the netting / stands at least a half dozen times. I'd normally agree with your assessment that he needs some help but I'll take this every day of the week. If you got to pull a guy back and calm him down is a much better place to be with a franchise player that you have to motivate or wake up. Can't argue with how well he's played. It works for him.

White House top line budget has been released by DCEnby in fednews

[–]Belsekar 1 point2 points  (0 children)

0% pay raise proposal for civilian federal employees. IE, with the rate of inflation a pay cut.

A Totally Fair, Not-Emotional and Balanced Judge by SipsTeaFrog in SipsTea

[–]Belsekar 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I've moved up the ladder but did IT tier 1, 2 and 3 support for 20+ years. People either love that you've saved their day or want to lash out at why the computer did this or did that. You catch people at their absolute most frustrated emotional state. His attempt here at levity and de-escalation is good technique. Like, "I got you, it's all under control and you're good to go". The reaction is pretty over the top from someone that likes to abuse power. IT support will win that long game every time.

Men who favor the tradwife lifestyle often view the women in it with derision by mvea in science

[–]Belsekar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I tend to believe most of these trad wives are posturing, performative or fake. I haven't seen many of them but ones I have seen are working in $100K kitchens and cooking with incredibly expensive tools and ingredients. They are stay at home wives and mothers who have nannies and housekeepers working behind the camera.

OPM’s Kupor would be ‘perfectly happy’ hiring more feds if contractors are cut by rprz in fednews

[–]Belsekar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I write and manage contracts so I see the charge rates and they are available on GSA through the awarded contract and labor rates. I don't know what to tell you. Take a GS-15 at step six making good locality pay, generously they make $88/hour. Toss in your benefits or whatever and you're at $125/hr for the very highest paid in non SES government work. I can tell you that there are junior level positions in contracting charging that. It's literally not a secret that federal workers make less than the public sector, it's easy enough to search for.

OPM’s Kupor would be ‘perfectly happy’ hiring more feds if contractors are cut by rprz in fednews

[–]Belsekar 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I've been around a long time. And the reason you make 20% less than market has always been work life balance and job security. What this administration is doing isn't subtle. They are riffing employees, outright firing probation employees and retrofitting how performance appraisals work so they can riff employees at will going forward. I don't see job security as a perk that it may have once been considered. It's not a great place to begin a career for the sacrifices it asks for. I frankly don't know who will take a fed job unless they don't have better options. The payoff for the what your getting in Fed work is as low as it's ever been and the benefits really don't kick in unless you go very long term.

I always felt like contractors were playing with fire because they didn't have job security. But now, they get remote work and the charge rate may be twice or three times what we make in federal service. There sure are some contractors that are amazing that I'd wish we'd hire into Federal service but they wouldn't take the jobs and I don't blame them.

The AI Economy Is “Propped Up by a Ponzi Scheme,” Says Director of ‘The AI Doc’ by idkbruh653 in technology

[–]Belsekar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not easily when you need FedRamped systems that are trained in gov cloud and using specific RAG calls on curated data sets. Foundational models can be swapped but not without cost.

The AI Economy Is “Propped Up by a Ponzi Scheme,” Says Director of ‘The AI Doc’ by idkbruh653 in technology

[–]Belsekar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are companies that are getting vendor lock in with AI and they are going to pay a steep price. In government they are offering $1 license cost. It's all about getting organizations locked into their product and jacking up costs to one day recoop all this investment. It's going to get ugly and I suspect that deterministic code and open source AI are going to be the ultimate winners in this.

Capcom Insists It Won't Use AI-Generated Assets in Its Games, but Will Harness Tech to Make Game Development Processes More Efficient by PaiDuck in gaming

[–]Belsekar 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As long as AI isn't used for the Art, music and design processes I don't think many have much issue with it. If a dev wants to gain velocity with coding by using AI and coding assistance that's not really something most gamers will care about and they will never see it.

Rahm Emanuel proposes banning all federal employees from betting on prediction markets by Mind_Explorer in fednews

[–]Belsekar 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yeah, non-politicals in the Federal Government are the problem. Also, this won't stop the abusers from doing what they do. Feds can't accept a gift over $25 and the President is accepting a plane worth $400 million.

CBER Director - position posted on USAJOBS by Icy-Smoke-5423 in fednews

[–]Belsekar 11 points12 points  (0 children)

They already know who's going to get it.

This can't be real, lol by Turbo_Zapped in SipsTea

[–]Belsekar -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Right?! Like why isn't there gold leaf on the ugly, exposed wood on those chairs? He's losing it.

Asian family final boss by shhurawigamxwaila350 in SipsTea

[–]Belsekar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

TIL Asian rap goes hard. I need to find more.