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FOUR whole parking spots
My favorite thing is to just leave a note that says, "I'm sorry about the scratch."
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FOUR whole parking spots
My favorite thing is to just leave a note that says, "I'm sorry about the scratch."
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In-N-Out bans mask wearing for employees in some states
They have Bible verses on their packaging.
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r/reclassified has been banned from Reddit
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It would almost be better if they kept it because they agreed with it. In fact they don't care about the content. They care about "engagement", which is the same reason you got terrible content on Facebook, pre-Elon Twitter, etc. Anything that made clicks was good. Promoting hate because it's profitable is one of those "banality of evil" moments.
Edit: I'm not saying post-Elon Twitter is better. He's promoting hate for a different reason.
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Uno reverse 🔁
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In defense of Zuckerberg -- and there's something I never thought I'd say -- they changed the name of the company so that they could introduce new brands. They were not dumb enough to rebrand the successful products. It's just now Facebook by Meta.
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Fuck SUVs in particular.
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It's not that simple. In the US at least it's more of a case of standards that created an accidental loophole, which could have been closed quickly, but because car manufacturers found it so profitable they have fought ever since to keep the rules from being revised. When the original cafe standards were passed trucks were actual utilitarian vehicles and CAFE did a lot to raise average mileage. It's time to stop exempting trucks and SUVs.
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Oh yay new features
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The current stuff is smoke and mirrors and not intelligent in any meaningful sense, but that doesn't mean it isn't dangerous. It doesn't have to be robots with guns to screw over people. Just imagine trying to get PharmaGPT to let you refill your meds, or having to deal with BankGPT trying to figure out why it transfered your rent payment twice. And companies are sure as hell thinking about using this stuff to get rid of human decisionmakers.
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My name is Wil Wheaton. I Live With Chronic Depression and Generalized Anxiety. I Am Not Ashamed.
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As a person who has done a lot of interviewing don't lie. Good chance you'll give yourself away and come across as dishonest. Do say something basically true but without detail and that is something the interviewer can't follow up on. Examples:
"I had some savings built up and I took some time off to travel/hike/paint." If you want to embellish: "I'm really thankful I had that opportunity and I'm looking forward to this next step/building my career/opportunity/blah blah".
"I needed to take some time off to care for a family member." (You're a family member, right?)
etc. Make it something personal that they shouldn't follow up on. As an interviewer I want to know your experience and you should come across as honest. I don't want to know your personal life. If someone asks follow up questions about the sick family member you really want to avoid working there.
Personally I rarely ask about gaps, but some recruiters and interviewers will just do that to check the box.
So be honest but don't share personal stuff.
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Reagan was the literal actor hired to play president by a group of Machiavellian assholes, many of whom were also behind the scenes of both Bushes, Nixon, and lots of Republican Congress members. Not disagreeing that Reagan is where they really got traction on their dreams of power, but Reagan wasn't the architect.
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"They need us. We don't need them:" The fall of Twitter is making the trolls and grifters desperate
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What Twitter did well I think was handle the non-trvial problems of scale, and did a fairly credible job of content moderation. I can find fault with a lot of how they handled that but they did honestly try. Becoming the dominant platform is always largely luck, but had they not adequately handled scale and content they would not have lasted for so long. Content moderation is a people, process, and technology problem.
Twitter like it or not has been pivotal for connecting people around the world especially those with less developed infrastructure. The Arab Spring events would not have happened without it. Which is why I think the Saudis were happy to give Elon money. They knew he'd either make it more friendly for them, or kill it and they'd have a hold on him because of the money he owes.
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16-year-old Chick-Fil-A worker sent home over ‘unnatural’ hair color
I have interviewed probably a thousand people, hired and managed many teams, though not retail I have to admit. I have had precisely one conversation about hair in all of that time. I was interviewing a guy who had a very large number of thick braids. I said, "the job sometimes requires wearing a hardhat. Is that a problem?" He said no, that he did it all the time, he just needed to tie them back. I should emphasize this dude had a truly impressive amount of hair so I really did doubt he could get it in a hat, but I hired him and he did.
I've also had to have conversations about long nails and body odor. It's not comfortable, but we should not be afraid of these topics ONLY if they are directly relevant to the job. I see nothing in this story where her hair interfered with the job, unless the job is pleasing bigots. Oh.
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Trump’s Lawyers Ask Him to Cancel Press Conference on Georgia Election Before He Makes Matters Worse
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Be right back. I'm creating 50 truth social accounts and messaging him to show us what a real strong leader he is and go through with it.
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Massachusetts couple denied foster care application over LGBTQ views, complaint says
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We can and should as long as it's based on relevant behavior not religious affiliation. If you don't believe in using proscribed antibiotics you should not be caring for kids, for example. I don't care if it's because your god told you they were evil or because you think your healing crystals are better.
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S.F. bakery won't serve cops, police union claims. Store says it's about the guns, not the cops
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"against your Christian religion". Fixed that for you.
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Windows 12
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The Start menu will now be hosted in SharePoint Online so that your shortcuts are available everywhere!
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Ohio teen dubbed 'hell on wheels' after killing her boyfriend and his friend in a crash is sentenced to 15 years to life
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Luck, car engineering, and medical science. She was seriously injured. Was she trying to kill herself, I have no idea. Clearly needs mental health treatment which she's not likely to get in prison. Not that I think she should be free either.
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Republican panics because of Republicans
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It's more than that. Cubans in Florida have been a very reliable Republican voting block for a long time. They bonded over their hatred of Castro. The Cuban business base in Florida started with wealthy people who fled Cuba. Now it's on to second and third generation born in the US.
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Which PG-13 film made the best use of its one allocated F-word?
I wish they'd kept the one in Galaxy Quest that was obviously overdubbed.
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Trump's lawyers propose 2026 trial date in federal election case
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Nothing Trump has ever done has been in good faith.
They're proposing a ridiculous date expecting to "compromise" on after the election.
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Tesla sued for false advertising after allegedly exaggerating EV ranges / The proposed class action accuses Tesla of fraud
It seems like Teslas get way less range when it's cold, especially the ones without heat pumps. This is no surprise whatsoever but it's not well covered by EPA range estimates because combustion engines get free heat. So it's not something people are used to thinking about.
Seems like where Tesla f'd up is by making a team to lie about it instead of just telling people, "yeah that's what happens." As usual it's the cover-up that worse than the crime. Tesla will probably win the case but will look stupid. Should have just been honest about it.
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Mega Thread: Trump Fourth Indictment and 18 co conspirators into the 2020 Georgia Election Investigation (41 Counts, 13 against Trump)
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I fear for her, her staff, and their families. There are a lot of rabid Trump supporters. I hope they stay safe.