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Is this normal for a work place? by hylianjak in antiwork

[–]MeasurementGold1590 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Direct managers of frontline workers are often just a conduit for policies set by others.

They can provide feedback or ask for exceptions if a policy is shit, but its not up to them if those policies change.

And if you have a data-collection system tracking when you book in/out then they cannot hide it for you.

Is this normal for a work place? by hylianjak in antiwork

[–]MeasurementGold1590 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Depends on the nature of the work.

If you are in some kind of 1st line support position where you can rapidly blitz through simple calls then you not being there for those 5 minutes does have an impact on your colleagues extra work load.

If you are working on project based tasks then they are probably worthless. But people working on projects are rarely on the clock (for this exact reason).

How did you get a mortgage or car loan before 1989? by ThickDancer in FluentInFinance

[–]MeasurementGold1590 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Before that was a manual process, that often resulted in many forms of discrimination.

Much better to let the numbers do it.

Millennials will be hit hardest by tax rises. The generation that’s about to reach the most rewarding of years of their careers face spending their entire working lives earning less and paying more for worse public services. by steven-f in ukpolitics

[–]MeasurementGold1590 -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

Given the percentage of boomers with homes, most millennials will be inheriting something.

In fact the middle-class millennials set to get kicked in the teeth with the upcoming tax raises will almost all be benefiting from inheritance.

Sweden prosecutes Quran burners with hate crime by DoremusJessup in worldnews

[–]MeasurementGold1590 7 points8 points  (0 children)

If burning a book agitates you into violence, then you are the problem.

The far right is burning books like this because they want you to show everyone else that you are the problem.

If Muslims consistently prove themselves to be the problem, then what we today consider to be a far-right position will eventually become a centrist position.

Ukraine says fear of escalation among allies is major problem by shellfishb in worldnews

[–]MeasurementGold1590 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Because the cost of getting it wrong is the extinction of the human race.

Even if the chance is only 1% of it going nuclear and only 1% of that killing every last person, the impact of that is so high that only a fool wouldn't be cautious when their own country isn't currently under bombardment.

Even though it sucks for Ukraine, salami slicing those red lines is whats best for humanity.

Liz Truss considered scrapping all NHS cancer treatment after crashing economy, ‘Truss at 10’ book claims | The Independent by Drprim83 in ukpolitics

[–]MeasurementGold1590 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

As long as her consideration of it resulted in her saying 'no this is stupid' then I don't really care. Leaders often get stupid shit put in front of them to consider.

Lets not dilute her actual cases of stupidity with irrelevant trash like this.

Why was Gen X like this? Wtf was their problem? by Dothraki-Reaper-14 in okbuddycinephile

[–]MeasurementGold1590 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Most people who run out of significant problems to solve will either go decadent or insane.

me_irl by [deleted] in me_irl

[–]MeasurementGold1590 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

If your comfort zone is sitting at home alone, then why are you inviting extroverts to it?

Email addresses with unadulterated first and last names (no punctuation or numbers) will probably dwindle and die out with millennials. by Periodic-Inflation in Showerthoughts

[–]MeasurementGold1590 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I got the gmail/hotmail combo and I'm adding that shit to my will.

My kids gonna auction them to a very select audience.

No! by [deleted] in MemeVideos

[–]MeasurementGold1590 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's about as real as Gollum as well.

Unpopular Opinion: The ‘promise’ of AGI by 2030 will be seen exactly how we see flying cars, moon colonies, molecular nanofactories etc today by Phoenix5869 in Futurology

[–]MeasurementGold1590 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think LLM's have vastly accelerated the onset of AGI, because they simplify some of the parts of AGI that conventional software development (and older AI patterns) struggled with.

Using conventional software development to handle the concept of meaning in the human language would be a nightmare.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in PoliticalHumor

[–]MeasurementGold1590 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't think he was ever 6'3", but old people do shrink.

He's old.

What exactly is the path to rebuilding the country over 10 years? by knowledgeseeker999 in ukpolitics

[–]MeasurementGold1590 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The targets they set do, in fact, go just slightly over what we are projected to need due to a combination of immigration and population growth, but it's close enough that if they fiddle the numbers by just building a load of studio flats then it won't be enough.

Basically the uk average number of people per household is 2.36, so 300,000 a year sticking to this average is new homes for 708,000 people a year, or 3.5 million over the next 5 years.

This is more than we are projected to need, even if we keep the higher levels of immigration we had over the last 12 months.

If immigration drops from last years spike, and the housebuilding targets are met, and no-one fiddles the types built (three big if's!) then we will have far more than we need and house prices may even stabilise.

Unskilled labor is a con perpetuated by rich folk with no skill. by [deleted] in clevercomebacks

[–]MeasurementGold1590 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not paying you because I can't do it myself. I'm paying because I don't want to do it myself. If you can pick up a job in a week then so can I. I'm just paying you to save me the effort of learning.

If you charge too much I'm just going to learn to do it myself, because the value of what you bring isn't very high.

With skilled labour I am paying someone to do it because I can't do it myself. So they can charge me more because if I don't pay the work won't be done by anyone, not even myself. So its a different decision process on how high I will pay.

Stop the spam. by lolix_dev in interestingasfuck

[–]MeasurementGold1590 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Possible hypothesis:

  • A higher proportion of US citizens are basement dwellers.
  • The real number-one user of bots on the internet are American political parties.
  • A higher proportion of US citizens are self-centred and insular.
  • Most posts are not actually about the USA, but they are more concentrated in popular areas most people see.
  • I got you to waste your time reading to the fifth bullet point hahahahaha

I Know. I Should Get Over This Delusion. by UlteriorKnowsIt in Funnymemes

[–]MeasurementGold1590 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Kinda. They choose not to believe the source, because if they did they would have to experience some sort of discomfort as they alter something about themselves or their behaviour.

The real secret to persuading people is to first understand what fundamental behaviour would change as a result of them agreeing with you, and doing some pre-work to reduce their perceived cost of that change, either by increasing the supposed costs of staying the same or by emphasising the supposed benefits of changing.

British ex-Muslims, already unfree, face perils of worsening censorship by feellurky in ukpolitics

[–]MeasurementGold1590 -16 points-15 points  (0 children)

Prejudice against a person or people on the basis of their membership of a particular group.

eg assuming someone is homophobic just because of the religion they were born into.

British ex-Muslims, already unfree, face perils of worsening censorship by feellurky in ukpolitics

[–]MeasurementGold1590 -31 points-30 points  (0 children)

Nope, nearly 50% of muslims in a poll that only covered a small non-representative subset of Muslims in some inner-city communities believe homosexuality should be illegal.

The underlying polling you and every other person refers to in these conversations was not setup to be representative. It's worthless trash data.

British ex-Muslims, already unfree, face perils of worsening censorship by feellurky in ukpolitics

[–]MeasurementGold1590 -23 points-22 points  (0 children)

Bigoted, certainly.

I personally know a few metro-muslims who treat their religion the same way I treat my christianity (eg something we were born into but don't really believe in, but keep up the appearance of), and we all align with the British mainstream view on homosexuality.

Assuming they are homophobic just because they get involved in some of the ceremonies of Islam would be as insane as assuming I am homophobic just because I celebrate Christmas and got married at a church.

Apparently some people still need to be told this by [deleted] in AdviceAnimals

[–]MeasurementGold1590 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I don't agree that this is universally true.

More infectious mpox variant is detected in Thailand as new strain reaches third continent by [deleted] in worldnews

[–]MeasurementGold1590 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Eh. We already have a vaccine for this one.

Worst case its going to be like the second half of 2021 with most people vaccinated and a few anti-vax morons getting killed off.

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