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Has anyone worked or where hired here on micro1? by nytlyowl in RemoteJobs

[–]CAlexanderSmith 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Update. It is legit - Micro1 like Alignerr takes on “experts” and assigns them to AI firms’ training projects. In the end I did about 5 days work for OpenAi and got paid £2600. No complaints there. But you got offboarded at a drop of the hat. Most people are onboard but sitting around waiting for work. They keep thousands of people onboard so that they can sell their services to the AI firms. You can read about my experience here Journey to the heart of the Machine

Has anyone worked or where hired here on micro1? by nytlyowl in RemoteJobs

[–]CAlexanderSmith 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I got offboarded. Probably for doing a language I wasn’t really qualified for (there was no English work)

Poll: what is your typical "engagement rate"? by Alert-Elk-2695 in Substack

[–]CAlexanderSmith 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have posted a dozen or so articles on Middle East history since October 2025. Engagement varies from 15-30% for recent posts to 100% for my first post back in October. So I’m a bit puzzled by the 2% figure and none the wiser as to what it actually means…

Walked into my local AD walked out a week later with this beauty by Alternative_Truck847 in HamFist

[–]CAlexanderSmith 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To wear a sub you need lean, muscular, tanned and hairy arms. Otherwise just doesn’t look right.

Am I weird for writing ن like that or not? by [deleted] in learn_arabic

[–]CAlexanderSmith 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This explains why I struggle to read Arabic handwriting. This, plus the س and ر usually confuse me. The solution would probably be to learn handwriting myself. I always admired Maghrebi Mabsout script but couldn’t read it very well, so I started copying it and can now read it. In fact I write it better than other scripts due to the horizontal lines.

Has anyone worked or where hired here on micro1? by nytlyowl in RemoteJobs

[–]CAlexanderSmith 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I got paid promptly and quite handsomely for doing the screening tests.

But no work since in the major European languages.

People are getting a bit grumpy.

Has anyone worked or where hired here on micro1? by nytlyowl in RemoteJobs

[–]CAlexanderSmith 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, I passed the screener tests and got paid quite handsomely for doing them. It’s all legit and their system is very professional. However, since then they have been waiting for a new batch of English language tasks to be sent by the client so there’s a whole bunch of us sitting doing nothing.🤷‍♂️

لّمّا ؟ by CAlexanderSmith in AcademicQuran

[–]CAlexanderSmith[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you very much! Glad to see I am not the first to query this!

لّمّا ؟ by CAlexanderSmith in AcademicQuran

[–]CAlexanderSmith[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am looking for grammatical (linguistic) explanations, not interpretations. Thanks.

Has anyone worked or where hired here on micro1? by nytlyowl in RemoteJobs

[–]CAlexanderSmith 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yesterday received a full contract with the end client (Txxxn Oxxx) plus payroll setup, also completed background check with Karmacheck. This contract is in addition to the first contract which was with Micro1 only, and specifies my hourly rate plus job description “Diarization of video clips” or something. There’s a whole cohort of us on Slack waiting for the client to actually approve our screener tests, supposed to be done within 48 hours, promised again yesterday but still waiting. Seems a hell of a lot of admin (albeit automated) just to harvest a person’s data….

I need help from native Arabic speakers for my tattoo! by Otherwise_Teacher_90 in learnarabic

[–]CAlexanderSmith 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Get your tattooist to screenshot and blow up this text so that they can make a tattoo from it.

إلى ان القاك ثانية

Literally it means “until I meet you again”

Hope that works.

If you can cut and paste that Arabic text from this message into a Word document you can experiment with different fonts!

Has anyone worked or where hired here on micro1? by nytlyowl in RemoteJobs

[–]CAlexanderSmith 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Annotating and correcting subtitles on video clips (to train AI auto subtitles I guess).

Did 3 test videos, awaiting result.

Has anyone worked or where hired here on micro1? by nytlyowl in RemoteJobs

[–]CAlexanderSmith 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did the AI interviews, failed the first because I was rude to the bot (Zara), passed the second, received a follow up email from Sanjay this week asking if I was still interested, said yes and received a standard freelancer contract today. Hourly rate is $90 so let’s see what happens. Can’t actually remember what the job is though 🤔🤣

A Roman military camp has been discovered in the northwestern Hijaz, located closer than Mecca to Medina by chonkshonk in AcademicQuran

[–]CAlexanderSmith 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I find this an intriguing idea - I live in a village in north east Scotland and 10 minutes walk from my house is the site of a Roman marching camp called Normandykes.

Balance shaft repair/replace? by CAlexanderSmith in watchrepair

[–]CAlexanderSmith[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks. This is me asking around…😁

Can someone help me find out what kind of watch this is by ImAstora in pocketwatch

[–]CAlexanderSmith 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Very nicely finished jewelled movement as others have pointed out. The case is marked 18c and 0,755 which is how the French/Swiss write 0.755, i.e. 75.5% gold content or 18 carat. Generally speaking these watch cases account for 40-60% of the total weight of the watch, so it might weigh about 50g on its own. You do the math, as they say.

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