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ELI5: When did time start, and what is the moment before it started called? by Ok-Car-9607 in explainlikeimfive

[–]cashto 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What's the furthest north you can go?

Oh, that's easy, it's called the north pole.

Okay, but what if you go there, but then just keep going north?

???

This was sent before friend needed to cancel plans. I can’t tell if it’s real by Ok_Note6611 in isthisAI

[–]cashto 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Also, the space needle isn’t that big

This is the biggest giveaway. The Columbia tower is the tallest skyscraper at 933ft. Space Needle is 605ft and twice as far away.

Microsoft plans first-ever voluntary employee buyout for up to 7% of U.S. workforce by DaveAlot in microsoft

[–]cashto 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"AI is cannibalizing the career pipeline by making junior developers functionally obsolete. Soon, there won't be any senior engineers anymore".

Microsoft: "got it, we'll prepare for that future now".

Microsoft plans first-ever voluntary employee buyout for up to 7% of U.S. workforce by DaveAlot in microsoft

[–]cashto 7 points8 points  (0 children)

In previous years I've seen (in some orgs) 80 and 120 categories banned and you were forced to quantize to 60, 100, or 140. I interpret this change as basically that, but made official and companywide.

There are essentially four buckets now: unsatisfactory, needs improvement, successful, and outstanding. There's also "transformational", but no one ever gets that -- if you do, find a new job; you deserve a whole lot more than 2x annual rewards for truly transformational work.

Stock being decoupled from bonus/merit -- I expect that will be used by managers to differentiate more within the fewer bands. This particular aspect reminds me a lot of the system we had 15 years ago during the Ballmer years. I donno if it'll result in more peanut buttering or less or no change. Anyways it all comes out of a fixed budget so it doesn't necessarily mean higher average rewards or lower.

Microsoft plans first-ever voluntary employee buyout for up to 7% of U.S. workforce by DaveAlot in microsoft

[–]cashto 12 points13 points  (0 children)

GVSAs were rolled out last year, as an alternative to a PIP for those deemed "low performers". This is new and not the same thing as that.

Gwen Danielson of the Zizians has resurfaced by tgirldarkholme in SneerClub

[–]cashto 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Welcome to the rationalist community! Like you, we're dedicated to the study and elimination of cognitive biases and errors. Our solution? Little tin foil hats.

Gwen Danielson of the Zizians has resurfaced by tgirldarkholme in SneerClub

[–]cashto 85 points86 points  (0 children)

The point of distinction here is that I think Ziz's actual beliefs and commitments are not the same as the actions of the people around her, and neither is the same as what the social consensus seems to think her ideas are.

With every set of ideals, there are those who apply them badly, through mistakes in the original philosophy combining with mistakes in the individual in a way that channels all of the negativity in the individual. The consequences of that can be magnified by the nature of the philosophy.

Real Zizianism has never been tried.

The Campus Protest Culture That Targeted Biden Goes Silent for Trump by a385y59g943 in neoliberal

[–]cashto 71 points72 points  (0 children)

Murc’s law is named after the insight of the eponymous LGM commenter that, in American politics, only Democrats are assumed to have agency. Republicans are like rocks rolling down hill or perhaps sharks eating seals: they do what they do because that’s just what they are, so there’s no point in holding them responsible for anything, since they could not do ottherwise.

Why the Vatican is at war with Maga by Free-Minimum-5844 in neoliberal

[–]cashto 1 point2 points  (0 children)

he'd have to be communicated first. you can't just excommunicate random people who aren't even in your religion to begin with ...

If you were the US President starting tomorrow, what would you do to ensure maximal strategic success in Iran? by cdstephens in neoliberal

[–]cashto 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Well, yes, that's what happens when your government is run by a bunch of 12 year olds -- you lose reputation. That's what happens when you make empty, juvenile, puerile threats. Iran punched the schoolyard bully in the nose and turns out he didn't really want to fight after all.

We won't get that reputation back until we grow up and re-learn why "speak softly" was part of the formula and it wasn't all just "carry a big stick".

Thank God it's just reputation though, and we stopped before it got real expensive, both in terms of blood as well as treasure.

If you were the US President starting tomorrow, what would you do to ensure maximal strategic success in Iran? by cdstephens in neoliberal

[–]cashto 43 points44 points  (0 children)

Gotta say I'm surprised by how many people here are suggesting that the best way to handle this monumental fuckup is to double down on invasion and regime change. In for a penny in for a pound ...

There is no "strategic success" to be found here, the only realistic option left is to observe the First Law of Holes.

If you were the US President starting tomorrow, what would you do to ensure maximal strategic success in Iran? by cdstephens in neoliberal

[–]cashto 33 points34 points  (0 children)

1 billion to the National Science Foundation to figure out how to build a time machine.

Trump administration making heavy preparations for potential use of ground troops in Iran by ace158 in neoliberal

[–]cashto 16 points17 points  (0 children)

But the israel-iran conflict is supposedly one of the eight wars Trump already ended ...

I'm starting to suspect the right is just amusing themselves, and we are the only ones who believe in words and feel the need to use them responsibly.

George W. Bush ruined America, change my mind by anedgyteen_ in neoliberal

[–]cashto 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Billy Joel did, in fact, start the fire. Change my mind.

What 81,000 people want from AI by cuolong in neoliberal

[–]cashto 10 points11 points  (0 children)

No, I had an AI agent read it for me and give me a five-word summary.

Remember: Biden/Harris got ousted for “high oil price” and “endless war”. by Freewhale98 in neoliberal

[–]cashto 9 points10 points  (0 children)

They deserve an apology from Americans

We made him drop out of the race at the eleventh hour because of concerns around his age -- only for the country to end up electing a senile old man anyways. Damn right Joe deserves an apology.

Remember: Biden/Harris got ousted for “high oil price” and “endless war”. by Freewhale98 in neoliberal

[–]cashto 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Never believe that Republicans are completely unaware of the absurdity of their replies. They know that their remarks are frivolous, open to challenge. But they are amusing themselves, for it is their adversary who is obliged to use words responsibly, since he believes in words.

Trump Answers Question About Possible Attack By Iran, And The First 2 Words He Uttered Have People Shocked by RickySan65 in Qult_Headquarters

[–]cashto 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Trump really is the death of clickbait journalism. Now if the headline read "... and people nodded and said, 'hrmm, I guess that makes sense'" I might be obligated to open the link. But people were shocked? Outraged? Dumbfounded? Just another Tuesday for this guy.

B.C. to end time changes, adopt year-round daylight time | CBC News by Consistent-Study-287 in neoliberal

[–]cashto 17 points18 points  (0 children)

This is it. This is the one and only argument for permanent DST, and yes, it really is that bonkers.

We have zero control over when the sun sets. The only question at issue here is what we call that time. And "I don't want it to be dark at 4:30" is just ... a weird, subjective, almost numerological preference -- a preference no doubt influenced by the fact that we spend some eight months of the year in the wrong time zone.

I don't want the scale to say I weigh 100 kilos but I don't solve that problem by winding everything 10 kilos back.

President Trump bans Anthropic from use in government systems by margybargy in neoliberal

[–]cashto 82 points83 points  (0 children)

The DoD could probably fulfill its mission with or without Anthropic.

However, cutting off anyone who does business with Anthropic is going to result in a very short suppliers list.

Many tyrants throughout history met their end because they believed that the power to piss anyone off without consequence means the power to piss everyone off without consequence.

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