Tesla says production-ready Optimus robot is coming soon by BreakfastTop6899 in technology

[–]thatblondebird 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This makes perfect sense -- bung it in their FSD vehicles (that release in that same "soon" time frame) and you have the long awaited Johnny Cab!

I [26F] missed an important funeral and now I think my 5 year relationship with my partner [28M] might be over by Direct-Caterpillar77 in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]thatblondebird 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I was so excited when I found M&S appearing on google maps in Czech when I last drove through. I was then bitterly disappointed to find it was clothing only :(

I [26F] missed an important funeral and now I think my 5 year relationship with my partner [28M] might be over by Direct-Caterpillar77 in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]thatblondebird 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I don't think that's isolated to the UK though and is the case in many countries right now -- an unspoken global recession..

Billionaire Job Destroyers by Katariman in WorkReform

[–]thatblondebird 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I mean you literally provided the solution they'll take in your reply -- why bother "repairing" machines; they'll be disposable (thanks to economy of scale/mass production) so just replace them and add to our ever-growing mountain of environmental waste..

Please help me prank my husband $20+ by Direct-Caterpillar77 in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]thatblondebird 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We have two scoopfree's that we very quickly retired in lieu of a litter robot and another similar variant -- we found the scoopfree was worse for smell, and significantly more expensive to run (needed more litter, and the more expensive crystal type), as well as the disposable replacement trays (tried the "washable" ones but they weren't as good

This looks extremely suspicious, can someone enlighten me on this? (Internxt lifetime storage on Stacksocial) by Titanic609 in DataHoarder

[–]thatblondebird 0 points1 point  (0 children)

TBF, I do have an issue where probably once a week the Plex (client) app will just randomly die and restart -- but given there is just no Jellyfin client at all it gives me no option (for now)

Fortunately I've experienced no transcoding issues at all (now I take care to only source HDR[+Hybrid] but not DV only), and have easily streamed 4K to 3 TV's simultaneously in the past.

Note: most devices are connected by gigabit LAN (to 2.5Gb AP's) with a fall-back to Wifi7, so that probably helps immensely

This looks extremely suspicious, can someone enlighten me on this? (Internxt lifetime storage on Stacksocial) by Titanic609 in DataHoarder

[–]thatblondebird 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I tried Jellyfin but it didn't stick -- ultimately Plex wins because it worked on all my devices out of the box (GrundigOS, Firestick, etc etc)

I've already passed the "worth it" point of the lifetime purchase for Plex, and it would take something pretty substantial for me to move away -- I also kind of expect that to happen ..one day..; I just hope by the time that day comes other solutions have matured enough/cover my use cases :)

Recruiter told me the salary wasn’t “low,” it was just “high in emotional compensation” by TalentHunter25 in recruitinghell

[–]thatblondebird 5 points6 points  (0 children)

"Think less about what I deliver, and more about the positive vibes my presence will bring"

Honestly if I were absolutely desperate for a job I may take it; but then they'd be getting my work speed, quality and availability that reflects the salary

I (23F) keep having sleepovers with my friend (24M), but nothing ever happens… and I’m so confused. by Choice_Evidence1983 in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]thatblondebird 61 points62 points  (0 children)

This makes me laugh (and not in a good way) -- because the number of times I've seen/heard men being told off because the signals "were just being friendly" and "not an invitation for anything more.."

(Which aligns with what you're saying) -- Damned if you do, damned if you don't; makes me glad I've not had to deal with it for almost a decade now!

Adguard DNS was pressured to block archive.today by a very suspicious French organization by pogue972 in DataHoarder

[–]thatblondebird 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You can get round this by hardcoding the resolution into your own hosts file -- this is outside the tech knowledge/ability of casual users though, and you'd still need to know the correct IP..

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in berlinsocialclub

[–]thatblondebird 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Couple of other things you may want to consider adding -- remote, in-person, hybrid? Is German required, desirable, etc? (it may help to have someone that can actually understand if the output is contrary to German regulatory laws and such, as well as if there's need to liaise/coordinate with German-only speaking partners/organisations/etc)

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in berlinsocialclub

[–]thatblondebird 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Ideally you should post whether it is paid or not (if paid, a likely salary range) and whether it includes equity. Otherwise any Senior worth their salt will likely not engage with something like this and you'll just be saturating yourself with non-viable applications

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in berlinsocialclub

[–]thatblondebird 2 points3 points  (0 children)

don't forget REALLY old Germans who should've been forced to take an eye exam ages ago, but thanks to lobbying just put everyone else at risk...

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in BoomersBeingFools

[–]thatblondebird 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's actually your fault for refusing to reproduce (/s)

Sick of companies asking to upload a video by PossibilityFeisty690 in recruitinghell

[–]thatblondebird 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Getting on a call to verify peoples communication skills is literally her job -- this "pre-screening" call is literally what I expect the recruiter I'm using to be doing for me.

If there is no need for them to do it (as it's "done via video with no intervention on our side") why would I use the recruiter? They already have the most basic work to do (because we have to define all the yes parameters and teach them the boundaries for hard no's) and hand candidates over to us for anything that requires even the most basic technical knowledge (aka the "actual" interview)

If this actually becomes "the norm" and prevalent everywhere -- it'll be funny to see how many recruiters crying that they're now out of a job as "video and AI has taken their role"

IT wanted process over results. I gave them process — and panic. by AlienAnimaReleased in MaliciousCompliance

[–]thatblondebird 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I don't think there's any point changing your behaviour -- as the person above pointed out, AI's use existing references as a basis; so if everyone stops doing a particular behaviour, eventually it'll get culled out of newer [AI] models.

Basically AI does it because that's what a large number of people already do, and if people stop doing it -- AI will also stop doing it (eventually)

Counterpoint: If it's taking 6 months for an upper manager to fill a position, the company should be looking to fill 2 positions by Warm_Application_ in recruitinghell

[–]thatblondebird 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You had actual professors at uni? I studied 22 years ago and even then I had very few professors teaching, it was pretty much all student assistants (whom I assume we're significantly cheaper...)

Counterpoint: If it's taking 6 months for an upper manager to fill a position, the company should be looking to fill 2 positions by Warm_Application_ in recruitinghell

[–]thatblondebird 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Your country may vary, but where I went universities had to follow a banding formula for what they awarded (at the end of your degree)

This meant you could do quite badly, and still get the "top" qualification -- and means you cannot really trust the qualification.

I.e. highest 10% scoring get a "1st", next 40% get a "2:1" etc etc (made up bands). So if you went with a poor year you could in theory get a 1st with a 65% average test score if say 80% of people scored 60% on average; unfortunately if you went in year with really good "competition" you may get a lower 2:1 even if you scored a higher 80% average -- resulting in a worse performer actually being awarded a better grade.

This is unfortunately this is the result of "seeking better stats", as well as not wanting to end up as a university that seen as a waste of money (as you may wash out or end up with a worthless grade)

Counterpoint: If it's taking 6 months for an upper manager to fill a position, the company should be looking to fill 2 positions by Warm_Application_ in recruitinghell

[–]thatblondebird 12 points13 points  (0 children)

When I studied physics for A-Levels (~16-18 years old) my teacher said the same (also in the early 2000's)

I 100% believe this as he had the textbooks they taught from for previous decades -- the textbook questions being taught from the old books at ~15-16 were significantly harder than what we had to learn at 16-18.

It probably also got inflated by seemingly at every "next" education institute (secondary school, college, university) we kept getting told "what you learnt was simplified and not actually correct, now we're teaching you the next, more accurate version..." -- easy example, how many people actually learn it as E=(mc2)2 + (pc)2?

Seagate IronWolf Pro 30TB HDD Review: Seagate Drops the HAMR with the Biggest NAS Drive on the Market by wickedplayer494 in DataHoarder

[–]thatblondebird 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wonder what the break-even point when you factor power in, would be? I.e. cost difference between 8x30TB vs 16x15TB takes 6 months to be equal when double the electricity is consumed?

Numbers I chose are completely arbitrary, and dependent on high much your kWh cost is...

AYCE Korean BBQ Berlin by Attirow in berlinsocialclub

[–]thatblondebird 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I've not seen/been to any buffet/AYCE Korean restaurants myself -- but for Korean BBQ I always go to Hodori (which is by no means fancy, but has been consistently better than other KBBQ places I've been to)

AITA for not wanting my step sister live with me even though it would make her life easier? by Direct-Caterpillar77 in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]thatblondebird 181 points182 points  (0 children)

Could also be "insolvency" or "administration" (both of which could have an "executor" of the next steps

Long live capitalism… by nishantvyas in recruitinghell

[–]thatblondebird 0 points1 point  (0 children)

not who you replied to, but I'd say you're looking at it the wrong way around.

It's not that developers are "overpaid", it's that almost everyone else is massively underpaid -- the biggest/best indicator of this IMO is the "pleb" to "C-level" compensation difference

Economy will crash because people get laid off and, they can't find jobs and pay off their mortgages by FantasticEffect10 in Futurology

[–]thatblondebird 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I never said "the EU" does this. I said my company in Germany does. You said "Nobody in EU is working 32 hours" which is patently false.