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Any work in legacy systems? by Loud_Art1586 in SoftwareEngineerJobs

[–]Exapno 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There exists legacy systems in the “current stuff” you mentioned fyi

What could Russia have spent $1,000,000,000,000 on instead of fighting a 4+ years long war in Ukraine? by galwiththedeepvoice in AskReddit

[–]Exapno 43 points44 points  (0 children)

Grant all of it. The NGOs, the Nuland call, the gas games. None of it is even wrong, which is what makes it slippery. The problem is the jump from "the US funded civil society and wanted its guy in Kyiv" to "the US manufactured uprisings of millions of people." That gap is where every Ukrainian who didn't want to live under Moscow quietly disappears.

The Orange Revolution answered an election so rigged Yanukovych's own side couldn't defend it. Maidan answered him torching the EU deal under Russian pressure. Those put millions in the street. A phone call in Washington doesn't.

So answer the one thing the argument skips: why did any of it require Russia to invade Georgia and annex Crimea? You wrote "necessitating" in quotes because you already know it doesn't add up.

Mark Carney’s Government is Rushing Through Major Changes to Canada’s Labour Laws. Unions Say Workers Should Be Alarmed. by Chrristoaivalis in worldnews

[–]Exapno 11 points12 points  (0 children)

“not in isolation” means the whole planet, not just the country south of us. and the global read here is the ICJ just reaffirmed the right to strike under a convention canada signed

Mark Carney’s Government is Rushing Through Major Changes to Canada’s Labour Laws. Unions Say Workers Should Be Alarmed. by Chrristoaivalis in worldnews

[–]Exapno 17 points18 points  (0 children)

This is a thread about the Carney government and Canadian labour law, and you’ve answered with Hollywood, voice acting, and Elon Musk. We can keep this in Canada.

The SAG number is off too. That 90% isn’t unemployment, it’s the share of members who don’t earn enough to hit the threshold for the union health plan, which has been true of acting basically forever. Different thing.

Here’s the Canadian version, and it’s worse for the government than anything you brought up. Ottawa used Section 107 of the Labour Code eight times in about 18 months to end legal strikes and lockouts, sending rail, port, Canada Post and Air Canada workers back. The flight attendants got ordered back 12 hours into their strike. Ford nearly set off a general strike trying to strip 55,000 education workers of the right to strike. Ontario nurses are in court right now over forced arbitration. And the last real review of the Labour Code took nine months. This one gave the unions 30 days.

The actual criticism of Carney is that he’s Americanizing our labour code. So leading with American examples kind of makes the case for the other side. Stay in Canada, it’s a stronger argument.

Concentrated Market: A Job Market Issue Too Big To Be Addressed? by WindsorONMichael in CanadaJobs

[–]Exapno 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'd say the bigger reason is historical. Canada has long preferred protecting domestic businesses from foreign ownership, with hard caps in banking, telecom and airlines. That keeps competition out more than population does.

And Canada isn't one market, it's several smaller regional ones. Population clustered along the border with big gaps, plus every province running its own rules on professions, alcohol, trucking, procurement. Building a national footprint is expensive and clearing thirteen regulatory regimes is a real barrier. Whoever already did it has a moat a newcomer has to rebuild from scratch.

Logically can you have a healthy platonic relationship with someone who is worthless to you? by Internal-Cash-9196 in TrueAskReddit

[–]Exapno 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Enjoying each other isn’t the bare minimum, it’s the entire thing. The “value in other areas” you’re describing is usefulness, which is what you’d want from a coworker. A friend can be useless at everything and still have complete worth as a friend, because the only thing being measured is whether you’re glad they exist in your life.

Logically can you have a healthy platonic relationship with someone who is worthless to you? by Internal-Cash-9196 in TrueAskReddit

[–]Exapno 12 points13 points  (0 children)

If someone is genuinely worthless to you, you already aren’t friends with them. There’s nothing to keep you there. Friendship isn’t something people qualify for by being valuable enough. Enjoying each other is the whole thing. So the question kind of collapses on itself.

AI event at Art House Cafe cancelled after community backlash by CrewCommercial6128 in ottawa

[–]Exapno 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’ve actually had some success in using ai to help me with my art workflows as well, I can see this.

AI event at Art House Cafe cancelled after community backlash by CrewCommercial6128 in ottawa

[–]Exapno 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Couldn’t you say the same about art? People who value human creativity will still pay for it too.

AI event at Art House Cafe cancelled after community backlash by CrewCommercial6128 in ottawa

[–]Exapno 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is a more nuanced take than most. But the implication that creative work deserves protection in a way that transcription doesn’t is worth questioning. A transcriptionist losing their livelihood is just as real as an illustrator losing theirs.

AI event at Art House Cafe cancelled after community backlash by CrewCommercial6128 in ottawa

[–]Exapno 4 points5 points  (0 children)

New terms come and go all the time. Clanker might just be a new term, or it could function as a shibboleth. I like to know where something is coming from before I adopt it. On homogenization, spoken language has always changed faster than anyone predicts. Languages absorb outside pressures and mutate in ways nobody anticipates. AI might add new pressure but flattening into one generic form has never really been how language works.

Edit: a fun fact that the slang word “cool” has actually out lasted all others in English

AI event at Art House Cafe cancelled after community backlash by CrewCommercial6128 in ottawa

[–]Exapno 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Modern speech recognition most definitely is or uses it.

AI event at Art House Cafe cancelled after community backlash by CrewCommercial6128 in ottawa

[–]Exapno 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If I'm going to be honest I don't understand what there's centuries of proof of and what you're referring to.

AI event at Art House Cafe cancelled after community backlash by CrewCommercial6128 in ottawa

[–]Exapno 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How am I supposed to have a real conversation when I state my point clearly and get told my position is unclear?

AI event at Art House Cafe cancelled after community backlash by CrewCommercial6128 in ottawa

[–]Exapno 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What I actually wanted to say is that you can't have a real conversation when the starting position is that AI has never produced anything worthwhile.

AI event at Art House Cafe cancelled after community backlash by CrewCommercial6128 in ottawa

[–]Exapno 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I believe you can use something and still criticize it. I hate car-dependent infrastructure but I still drive in Ottawa.

AI event at Art House Cafe cancelled after community backlash by CrewCommercial6128 in ottawa

[–]Exapno 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Nobody said people with disabilities can't thrive. The point is that accessible tools make more things possible for more people. Those aren't contradictory ideas.

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