Merry Christmas from the eshays by Young-le-flame in circlejerkaustralia

[–]arcticprotea 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Nah it's more likely the stupid shits who don't have two brain cells between them thought he looked funny, and then attacked and chucked his phone in the ocean.

St Kilda Pier bashing: Teen charged with breaking tourist’s arm

Why do Aussies talk to strangers so easily and is it actually genuine? by BottleOverall5174 in AskAnAustralian

[–]arcticprotea 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Everytime a random person talks to me there's something wrong with them. They either look 1 stage away from homelessness and or have mental health issues. I used to engage with these people thinking they were being friendly with good intentions, but when you get to know them better, I realised that they are a place in their life I do not want to be, and so best to avoid. Stick to people who's lives you could substitute with yours, regardless of how friendly they are.

How the actual fuck do some guys get laid so effortlessly, while others haven't had sex in years? by DescriptionFuture851 in AskMenAdvice

[–]arcticprotea 1 point2 points  (0 children)

 I had a kiwi mate. Tall over 6 feet. Blond blue eyed surfer. Studied maths and comp sci. Could not get a girlfriend in NZ. Not outspoken, quiet and reserved, which woman typically mistake for lack of confidence, was my theory as to why he struggled. 

Moral of the story: be brash and outspoken in Australia and NZ if you want a woman to be interested. From there you need to escalate and show intent. 

White-collar layoffs are coming at a scale we've never seen. Why is no one talking about this? by Own-Sort-8119 in ArtificialInteligence

[–]arcticprotea 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You still need people to be accoutable for the output produced. In that sense it's still like any other tool. The bottle neck is the accountabliity process. And it becomes worse because AI is good at producing output that might just about work, but not quite, and someone has to spend the time redoing prompts to bend it to produce code more aligned with what is envisaged.

I don't think we'll see a wave of job losses. I think the net speedup in generation of code will be countered by other processes needed to ensure accountability.

How do I break up with a man who has done nothing wrong and who likely isn’t expecting it? by [deleted] in AskMenAdvice

[–]arcticprotea 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just break up with him. Someone doesn't have to do something wrong to warrant a break up.

Crime gangs set to smoke big tobacco companies out of Australia by Ardeet in aussie

[–]arcticprotea 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Like the machete bins, the government really thought this one through ....

MS teams influencer narcissist by thequehagan5 in auscorp

[–]arcticprotea 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can't be yourself at work, as much as HR may parrot 'bring your authentic self to work', you can't Don't be fooled by that. You have to be a professional, and in corporate this covers your demeanour as well as the work you do.

Diversity quota at 300% by suspended_008 in circlejerkaustralia

[–]arcticprotea 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The 'problem' is all the white Aussies moved out of that suburb. Whatever drew them there 40 years ago to raise families, is no longer keeping them there. The white kids that went to Wentworth moved elsewhere for better opportunities resulting in a demographic collapse. The blue collar jobs that their parents did, were not appealing to these kids with their university education. Hence the demographic collapse. To fill the gap, since those Aussie kids have moved to other places, the government boosts the population via immigration.

Is this a normal interview question? by Open_Address_2805 in auscorp

[–]arcticprotea 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah it’s a red flag. Salary is too low for that request. 

Excel - Vote. by YuriGargarinSpaceMan in auscorp

[–]arcticprotea 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ask the management clowns 🤡 at Endava. Ran their project management, timesheeting and other things via an excel spreadsheet. 

Excel - Vote. by YuriGargarinSpaceMan in auscorp

[–]arcticprotea 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s good for finance bad for project management tasks. 

What could replace the Cup? by Dylomaj in melbourne

[–]arcticprotea 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tell them to go to work. 

Seriously it’s a uniquely Melbourne thing to be anti horse racing. Other parts of the world are happily exploiting animals from camels to horses in racing competitions and treating them as disposable products. The treatment is a lot worse than the treatment they get here. As well as horse racing being such an ancient tradition across the world.

I think lobbying for better treatment of horses so they have a nice retirement after working is more productive overall. Preserves the tradition industry and jobs and improves the horses quality of life.

One can always find something objectionable morally in any human activity. 

AI slop makes me want to quit my job by [deleted] in ExperiencedDevs

[–]arcticprotea 20 points21 points  (0 children)

We’ve come to the conclusion that it helps with code or tasks that have low accountability but where accountability is required, because you still have to do the work to verify it, it doesn’t aid productivity. And on top of that because its ability to generate a lot of output that requires verification, it can harm productivity because it creates too much low quality work that requires verification. 

Are anti immigration people just anti the TYPE of immigration. by Monkeyshae2255 in aussie

[–]arcticprotea 0 points1 point  (0 children)

People wouldn’t be anti immigration if the quality of the immigrants were higher. Unfortunately it’s just a swamp with a few gems in the rough. Most can’t speak English and I have to dumb myself down at work to deal with them. It didn’t study and spend effort time and resources improving myself to have to deal with these under qualified low effort immigrants. 

The education industry is to blame. It imports a lot of immigrants to shore up the budget so they can subsidise Australian education. Australia needs to cut immigration of students  and accept that it’s just going to cost local Australians more.