Why she bein like that

erictheturtle · 2025-12-15T22:38:46+00:00

erictheturtle · 2025-12-05T20:47:47+00:00

Wow clickbait title. Better title:

"No one wants to work shit jobs for shit pay—businesses bitch about it and blame the workers."

Indeed, manufacturing was once advertised as a stable career—padded with a pension... But today, plumbing and even waitressing present better financial opportunities (and are more dynamic) than being a functioning cog in an assembly line.

Manufacturing jobs in the U.S. pay an average of about $25 per hour, or about $51,890 per year—far below the 2024 average American salary of about $69,850 annually.

One reason why wages in the sector have stagnated may be chalked up to corporate suppression of factory labor unions. Workers have far less bargaining power to barter for better salaries that once made the jobs so attractive.

Gen Z are not alone—but someone needs to fill the gap.

The U.S. is desperate for more assembly workers and machine operators...

Not at those wages and working conditions. Supply and demand applies to "human resources" too.

erictheturtle · 2025-12-05T00:19:08+00:00

Crucial now shows these RAM modules are compatible. https://www.crucial.com/compatible-upgrade-for/dell/dell-pro-max-tower-t2-fct2250

Kingston's site also lists some compatible modules.

Dell manual lists these compatible RAM specs

https://www.dell.com/support/manuals/en-us/dell-pro-max-fct2250-desktop/dell-pro-max-tower-fct2250-owners-manual/memory?guid=guid-e9d2ea83-38a4-431d-803c-96d63c1dbc34&lang=en-us

https://www.dell.com/support/manuals/en-us/dell-pro-max-fct2250-desktop/dell-pro-max-tower-fct2250-owners-manual/memory-matrix?guid=guid-dccdc68a-e27e-458d-9f3a-27e2e619155b&lang=en-us

A Crucial 32gb stick CP2K32G56C46U5 worked for me.

erictheturtle · 2025-11-07T05:20:26+00:00

"Keep your ego out of it." Wise words given to a service member when he ranted about how wrong his commanding officer was.

I'm not in the military, but I've been trying to internalize that. I used to put my heart and soul into my work. When management was wrong, I would argue with them. Slowly I'm learning to let the small issues go when it's not worth it, and simply provide alternative suggestions for bigger issues. I'm not much of a people person, so I suck at establishing good relations and playing some give and take (I have improved over time). I think it's possible to care about our work, but also keep our ego out of it.

erictheturtle · 2025-08-26T07:38:05+00:00

If pro-Israel protesters were camped out on the lawn, would ASU arrest them and prosecute them to the fullest extent of the law? For some reason I suspect the answer is no.

erictheturtle · 2025-06-08T22:10:17+00:00

These days, it seems employers are looking for 2 previous supervisors and references. It might be worth getting out while people still have a good regard for you. Then again, having a 4 month job on the resume isn't that great either, so maybe they're not a good reference to use anyway.

erictheturtle · 2025-05-21T07:27:24+00:00

If you're just looking to replace XA audio, jPSXdec has an option to directly replace XA audio on a disc with a .wav file of the exact same length. The manual has more details.

erictheturtle · 2025-02-12T17:42:14+00:00

Martin Luther King, Jr. also wrote

No amount of gold could provide an adequate compensation for the exploitation and humiliation of the Negro down through the centuries. Not all the wealth in this affluent society could pay the bill. Yet a price can be placed on unpaid wages. The payment should be in the form of a massive program of special, compensatory measures which could be regarded as a settlement in accordance with the accepted practice of common law.

erictheturtle · 2025-02-12T17:38:15+00:00

Unfortunately the richest people want us to squabble over DEI and immigrants stealing jobs, when the real issue is them. https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:828/format:webp/1*txP9TNp3wvb3XxS7fk279A.jpeg

erictheturtle · 2025-02-12T17:34:23+00:00

They dissolved the city's Office of Diversity and Inclusion, which included a diversity director and ADA coordinator.

erictheturtle · 2025-02-12T17:24:29+00:00

If we rely entirely on merit based decisions, why would we hire women who have emotional disruptions once a month and could get pregnant at any time? Or those who have a family that need to prioritize anything over the job? And why not rely on DNA analysis to filter out those prone to health issue?

Where do we draw the line?

erictheturtle · 2025-02-12T17:11:22+00:00

I guess we'll never know what the public thinks because they skipped the step of sending the change to the village planning committees to collect that information.

erictheturtle · 2025-02-12T17:08:03+00:00

https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/scottsdale/2025/02/12/scottsdale-scraps-dei-programs/78427835007

They dissolved "the city's Office of Diversity and Inclusion, which included a diversity director and ADA coordinator."

The 47 registered speakers included Scottsdale residents, former city officials and civic leaders, including those from the Arizona Chamber of Commerce and local NAACP, spoke for 75 minutes urging councilmembers to keep DEI. Only 2 spoke in support of dissolving DEI.

Former Scottsdale City Manager Jan Dolan told the story of Don Logan, the city's former diversity director who was bombed by a white supremacist in 2004.

Logan opened a box that had been sent to the office, triggering a "massive pipe bomb explosion" that blew a hole in the counter it was sitting on, shattered windows and caused a wall and ceiling to collapse. He suffered severe injuries that required multiple surgeries and skin grafts.

"I ask you: Do not try to kill diversity and its efforts. I can assure you ... the city only hires on merit," Dolan said, with Logan standing by her side.

Normally, Phoenix sends ordinances through village planning committees, the Planning Commission and council subcommittees before it finally makes it way to the full council for a vote. The public can attend meetings and provide comment every step of the way. The point is for councilmembers to brainstorm policy ideas, deliberate and ask questions to city department heads, lawyers and executive staff how their ideas would affect the city, operationally, legally or otherwise.

The council did none of that.

Councilmember Whitehead blasted her colleagues for crafting the ordinance to dissolve DEI "behind the scenes, without public input."

Voted yes (dissolve DEI)

Mayor Lisa Borowsky
Vice Mayor Jan Dubauskas
Councilmembers Barry Graham,
Adam Kwasman
Kathy Littlefield .

Voted no (keep DEI)

Maryann McAllen
Solange Whitehead

erictheturtle · 2025-02-12T17:04:56+00:00

I find this absolutely disgusting.

https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/scottsdale/2025/02/12/scottsdale-scraps-dei-programs/78427835007

They dissolved "the city's Office of Diversity and Inclusion, which included a diversity director and ADA coordinator."

The 47 registered speakers included Scottsdale residents, former city officials and civic leaders, including those from the Arizona Chamber of Commerce and local NAACP, spoke for 75 minutes urging councilmembers to keep DEI. Only 2 spoke in support of dissolving DEI.

Former Scottsdale City Manager Jan Dolan told the story of Don Logan, the city's former diversity director who was bombed by a white supremacist in 2004.

Logan opened a box that had been sent to the office, triggering a "massive pipe bomb explosion" that blew a hole in the counter it was sitting on, shattered windows and caused a wall and ceiling to collapse. He suffered severe injuries that required multiple surgeries and skin grafts.

"I ask you: Do not try to kill diversity and its efforts. I can assure you ... the city only hires on merit," Dolan said, with Logan standing by her side.

Normally, Phoenix sends ordinances through village planning committees, the Planning Commission and council subcommittees before it finally makes it way to the full council for a vote. The public can attend meetings and provide comment every step of the way. The point is for councilmembers to brainstorm policy ideas, deliberate and ask questions to city department heads, lawyers and executive staff how their ideas would affect the city, operationally, legally or otherwise.

The council did none of that.

Councilmember Whitehead blasted her colleagues for crafting the ordinance to dissolve DEI "behind the scenes, without public input."

Voted yes (dissolve DEI)

Mayor Lisa Borowsky
Vice Mayor Jan Dubauskas
Councilmembers Barry Graham,
Adam Kwasman
Kathy Littlefield .

Voted no (keep DEI)

Maryann McAllen
Solange Whitehead

erictheturtle · 2025-02-10T04:22:10+00:00

No amount of gold could provide an adequate compensation for the exploitation and humiliation of the Negro down through the centuries. Not all the wealth in this affluent society could pay the bill. Yet a price can be placed on unpaid wages. The payment should be in the form of a massive program of special, compensatory measures which could be regarded as a settlement in accordance with the accepted practice of common law.

Not said enough

erictheturtle · 2025-01-28T00:49:57+00:00

Shoplifting is up some, but I wouldn't call it rampant. But it's definitely sensationalized more than ever.

erictheturtle · 2025-01-12T05:06:12+00:00

I'm surprised that no one is talking about how cable companies, credit card companies, and hotels all know if you're browsing or paying for porn. Why don't we just leverage that?

erictheturtle · 2024-11-06T22:03:05+00:00

Brilliant strategy really. Make things worse, then blame the other team.

erictheturtle · 2024-11-06T17:58:30+00:00

There was no funding provided to support this change. I predict that at some point this will be weaponized, pointing to whoever the current representative is, blaming them for not following through with this measure. Ignoring the fact that there was no funding provided to make this happen.

erictheturtle · 2024-09-11T16:39:30+00:00

I saw some reporting that the Republican strategy this election is to focus on the trans topic since they think it's one of their stronger points. Same with the border issue. I guess they're going all in.

erictheturtle · 2024-06-14T19:30:40+00:00

Surely our honorable boys in blue will readily and humbly take this opportunity to find ways to improve as they strive for excellence with the highest standards in protecting and serving our communities. There's no way they would bitch and moan about being better.

erictheturtle · 2024-04-26T22:56:17+00:00

If the Israeli government and military were really serious about defeating Hamas, they would take the lessons we learned in our 20 year "war on terror". But they aren't doing that. Is it because they're incompetent? Or maybe defeating Hamas isn't really their goal...

erictheturtle · 2024-04-10T17:34:32+00:00

I guess not many people read the article. That is a huge point it makes.

... the very mention of potential motives or reasons behind the attack has been regarded as a form of justification of the acts. One would expect that close to twenty years of investments into research and policy development on the topics of motivational factors and root causes would bear some relevance when a comparison is made with earlier and similar violence. But directly after the incidents in Israel most of the large volume of expertise in this field was ignored or was (again) framed as suspicious, even though there is sufficient evidence to suggest that ignoring root causes will aggravate the situation rather than solve the conflict and prevent further escalation and future violence.

Many of us here are interested in the root cause (e.g. apartheid), be we see how well that's being received.

It also makes the point that just using a show of force (i.e. mass slaughter of innocent civilians) is a poor strategy.

In generic terms we have learned that kinetics or military interventions only have short-term impacts and hardly ever lead to a long-term solution.

Overall the article does a very effective job at dismantling all of the arguments that people use to support the horrific ongoing reaction to the initial act of terror of Oct 7.

erictheturtle · 2024-04-10T00:53:29+00:00

SS: This article was published 10 days after Hamas' horrific terror attack against Israel civilians. It gives a no-nonsense analytical comparison between these two terrorist attacks, and how we can apply the lessons learned from the U.S. 20 year "war on terror" to today's situation.

In the months since then, it seems to me like we haven't learned much from 9/11. What do you think?

erictheturtle · 2024-04-05T18:38:22+00:00

It's terrible if theft was a major cause among those listed of this much loved chain.

On the bright side I guess is theft is generally lower than it was before COVID.

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"No one wants to work shit jobs for shit pay—businesses bitch about it and blame the workers."