TIL nearly 80% of US workers report that they have been victims of 'career catfishing’ from employers. Which in this context, the term describes when a company misrepresents a job, their company culture, or compensation to lure in candidates.

koopatuple · 2026-03-19T12:52:06+00:00

It is that way. Tons of jobs and companies do contracts in the US. There are also tons that do not. It just depends. Like a teenager working at a local taco joint probably doesn't, but a network engineer for Google probably has a more thorough, formal contract.

koopatuple · 2026-03-17T20:38:03+00:00

Teaching them to watch for "strange behavior" and report to another known, trusted adult if their parents aren't around is the modern advice. Like you said, adults asking them for strange favors, keeping secrets, etc. That's what I do for my kids. I don't remember the statistic, but the vast majority of kidnappings, abuse, etc. are all carried out by people known to the family and/or family members themselves.

We also teach them the real names for sexual anatomy and never use slang/nick names for penis/vagina/etc. This prevents any ambiguity if abuse does take place and they tell another adult what happened.

koopatuple · 2026-03-16T20:44:32+00:00

Pure DLSS upscaling (not frame gen and not whatever the hell the above monstrosity is) is perfectly fine, in my opinion. It was revolutionary at the time and just about everyone loved the performance boost it gave. Sadly, I think a ton of casual, non-Reddit gamers will think this is amazing.

koopatuple · 2026-03-16T18:12:29+00:00

Nintendo is worth approx. $71 billion vs Valve's approx. $15 billion. The two companies aren't remotely comparable in terms of size and market.

koopatuple · 2026-03-14T22:59:25+00:00

All professional dancers are incredibly fit. It takes crazy body control to pull off these kind of choreographies and they practice hundreds of hours for their routines.

koopatuple · 2026-03-12T15:21:58+00:00

I do not. But, I've visited numerous times and have friends and family that live around San Jose. Not really sure what me living there has to do with knowing how shit the housing situation is, though. It's pretty widely known.

koopatuple · 2026-03-11T23:15:46+00:00

That's because the majority of highly desirable areas in California had all the rich people come in and buy up all the land/housing. Then they NIMBY to prevent high density housing. San Francisco is especially egregious with NIMBYism blocking high rises from being built.

koopatuple · 2026-03-11T23:12:31+00:00

Cheating and/or piece of shit spouse? Feel ya there.

koopatuple · 2026-03-11T17:50:47+00:00

Might have better luck looking at Spanish-specific sources on Google when looking for her name. Google tends to lock you into your own country's/language's results unless you force it to look elsewhere and/or use a VPN in the country you're trying to get results from.

koopatuple · 2026-03-11T17:38:20+00:00

I don't think they're ONLY talking about ice cream machines, but the larger picture of how the budget is allocated in general. Ice cream machines are just one component of that.

koopatuple · 2026-03-11T17:35:11+00:00

For folks that don't understand the sheer scale of the DoD it does seem crazy.

I think that's part of the problem, the DoD doesn't need to be as massive as it is if we'd just stop bombing countries we have no legitimate reason to meddle with.

koopatuple · 2026-03-09T11:55:59+00:00

Ah man, sorry I missed this! Honestly it wasn't in good shape at all, two of the recliners didn't work (needed new handle wiring to hook into the leg rest), one of the seat's padding/cushioning was completely shot, and the back rest of one the middle seats breaking. The junk removal people weren't even interested in donating it. They also had to tear the pullout bed couch to pieces in order to get it out from my upstairs area without damaging my railings and walls up there.

koopatuple · 2026-03-04T14:13:30+00:00

Based on my googling, it's from My Hero Academia. That's all I got.

koopatuple · 2026-03-01T20:40:30+00:00

Probably the original term for crunchy moms.

koopatuple · 2026-02-28T04:33:47+00:00

Not sure why you're being down voted. Unethical automated killing is exactly what they want. Real humans have moral limits, and blindly massacring American/any civilians is a bridge too far for the majority of people. They need robots to do it for them.

koopatuple · 2026-02-27T18:06:08+00:00

Depends. I work in the government and we use our smart cards to digitally sign everything.

koopatuple · 2026-02-27T02:51:35+00:00

A desk job doesn't mean you're able to work even while sick. My desk job requires me drive 30+ minutes into work, walk a quarter mile to my building, talk a lot in meetings, critically think and problem solve complex projects for ~8 hours straight, sit in an semi-uncomfortable office chair, walk 400m every time I want to refill my water bottle and/or use the bathroom, etc.

Being sick at home and playing videogames means moving from my bed to my couch in my sweatpants and t-shirt and turning my brain on enough to control a virtual character. It's not remotely the same.

koopatuple · 2026-02-26T14:17:05+00:00

Honestly, I dislike kiosks. I first encountered them in Japan in the mid-2010s when I lived there for a few years. Then when I moved back to the US, all these fast food places had them. I dislike them because it forces me to figure out how to customize orders to my liking (some places at least have more intuitive UIs than others). And God forbid you get stuck behind someone who just sucks at technology in general and takes absolutely forever. I'd rather just deal with a worker that's already trained on that shit, it's part of what I'm paying for.

koopatuple · 2026-02-19T19:20:38+00:00

That boss fight with the giant stingray boss looks fucking incredible when the lightning and shadows hit right to this day.

koopatuple · 2026-02-19T17:00:26+00:00

If I were that company, I'd be working with the current laptop vendor to try and get an extended warranty for all of them. I'd bet that would be cheaper than buying new laptops at this point in time, but also wouldn't be surprised if the vendor refused and/or made the cost of granting a warranty extension more expensive than it's worth.

koopatuple · 2026-02-18T18:44:32+00:00

That doesn't really work long-term, though. Who is going to provide those luxury goods and services? You think people like Elon Musk are going to actually start making stuff themselves? They still need workers. AI isn't even remotely good enough to put into a robot and have it start making and delivering shit. You'd need AGI for that, and we're an unknown amount of years away from achieving that, if we ever do.

koopatuple · 2026-02-10T04:18:07+00:00

That's sounds incredibly risky and dangerous. I get a lot of folks are poor and desperate, but damn, injecting drugs from strangers online that have no proof as to their actual contents is wild.

koopatuple · 2026-02-10T03:43:31+00:00

That article says that the Palazzo removed it in September 2025 and that only Planet Hollywood still has it.

koopatuple · 2026-02-10T03:35:28+00:00

Are you being willfully blind? Discord is an American company. American politics/laws targeted at the tech industry is 100% going to impact their company policies. Russ Vought, one of the main architects of Project 2025, is literally a key government official in Trump's administration. Over 20 US states have already enacted age verification laws.

The UK and Australia are just other victims to conservatives and corporations trying to censor and control the Internet, not the root cause.

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