People get weirdly upset about that kind of stuff so it would not surprise me tbh.
Too many bored people with too much time on their hands and deeply invested in some kind of “culture war”
I wouldn’t say the sources are 100% authoritative but in my experience the answers are basically what the sources say - haven’t experienced hallucinations on phind after months of daily use. Depending on the case it is still good to confirm with the source.
I love that it gives you a good summary of the source and links to it.
It’s my replacement for trad search engines now.
I feel like all the articles are ignoring the important question: what kind of spiders? Obviously the roaches are dubias. Just hand those off to an employee at the nearest pet store and they'll be pleased as punch. What kind of spiders though? Cobweb spiders, jumping spiders, tarantulas? These are all very different situations. Heck, there's tarantulas that go for 100s of dollars. This could have been a thoughtful gift gone wrong.
In all seriousness these dudes thought they were the internet resale mafia and I've very much been enjoying reading how every piece of their plan blew up in their faces. They thought they were so damn slick. There's internet harassment and then there's sending a couple a book on how to deal with a spouse dying. Glad to see they're looking at jail time.
Love that sentiment!
The Internet Archive is in many ways one of the best things online right now IMO.
One of the few organisations that I donate regularly to without any second thoughts.
Protect the archive at all costs!
Honestly a very depressing outlook.
If I would really think this way I wouldn’t wanna work in this industry.
The only times I was really happy and motivated at work was when I was working within a team where we were really friends - I’m still in contact with most of them years after the fact and some became really close friends - this was outside of IT though.
Your line of thinking seems to be common in the IT industry and I wonder if it’s a good industry for me to be in long term. I only was at one company so far where we had a really close-knit team.
There is a difference between your colleagues -- as people -- with whom you can have a close relationship, and the entity that is your employer, which you really have to assume would jettison you at a moment's notice, because almost all companies would if the need arose.
I don't think of it as depressing to act as if a fictional entity like a corporation isn't part of your family. By all means, be friends with your coworkers, show up and work hard, but don't get emotionally invested in a relationship with an LLC or a C Corp that can't love you back.
Corporations are not fictional entities. They are real things with their own goals and decision making networks independent of, and capable of enacting larger environmental change than, any individual human.
It's completely the opposite. Only humans can take action and make decisions. A "corporation" is at most a piece of paper in some filing cabinet. It is essential in life to understand the difference between what exists and what does not exist. A corporation is an abstraction that is 100% under human control. It is something that doesn't exist.
It is depressing, with more years of experience I see that there are no friends at work, lots of lies and politics. Managers lie to their teams constantly. Team members lie about amount of work done, working hours worked, experience in cv, etc.
At first place of work I had really nice team of young engineers, we've been students without kids, with lots of energy. Job was quite boring, but days were full of jokes and friendship.
And yes, I would like to exit this industry but am not ready to switch to x0.2 salary. Golden handcuffs!
The only times I was really happy and motivated at work was when I was working within a team where we were really friends
Ditto!
A business is made of employees, but the employees are not the business. Sometimes that means decisions have to be made in favor (sometimes arguably) of the business over you.
Understanding the ephemerality of the situation can help you appreciate when it's going well and the people you work with, while helping you be prepared if and when something happens. Hopefully you will have gained a lot more experience, a bigger network of good friends, and have a decent nest egg to take you to the next job.
> If I would really think this way I wouldn’t wanna work in this industry
I've got bad news for you about pretty much every other industry. They'll throw you away at the first opportunity to make the CEO a few more bucks too. It's the Jack Welchification of the American economy
> Honestly a very depressing outlook. If I would really think this way I wouldn’t wanna work in this industry. The only times I was really happy and motivated at work was when I was working within a team where we were really friends - I’m still in contact with most of them years after the fact and some became really close friends - this was outside of IT though.
It's important to differentiate between colleagues and the business. The people you work with can become friends, but ultimately the business will do whatever sociopathic thing makes the number go up the faster/helps to deal with the crippling emotional turmoil of the execs.
You can be friends with the people you work with/for, but if there comes a time when the business and the people's interests diverge, the business will normally win. As long as you are aware of this, you can be OK throughout it (sortof, getting laid off really, really sucks).
Oh yea I totally agree with your comment (and the others in the chain in this vein)
It is extremely important (to me) to form some kind of relationship with the people I work with to stay motivated.
It doesn’t have to be everyone and super close friendship - but that certainly helps if it comes naturally.
And yea businesses are like a form of “slow AI”. They will do what is necessary to survive even at the expense of the people who built them. And it is important to be mindful of that. But I can’t work with a Damocles sword hanging over me constantly. At some point I have to lie to myself and assume the business will also act in my interest if I do good work - even if it’s a naive and arguably stupid belief which has bitten me a couple times already. It wasn’t anyone’s “fault” or anyone acting with evil intent.
In the end I live after Juicy J’s eternal philosophy:
“Everything is business
Ain’t shit personal.”
On the other hand I would argue that evolutionary pressure works differently for modern humans in the 20th century and beyond than it did for the majority of human evolution.
Sure uneducated people now often have more kids due to less contraception options/knowledge and as old age insurance.
But then again rich people have more kids than middle class because of well more money and everything that comes with it.
In any case all of this is anecdotal and emotion based because there is not much good data on this. Or maybe there is?
Do they? I am pretty sure that the vast majority of the human population is poor and not just "I can't afford an iPhone poor" but "I have no food on the table" poverty. The rich are but a tiny minority. In terms of reproduction, poor people win easily. Last time I check, rich people are more likely to be highly educated compare to anyone else and education is a predictor of reproduction rate (more education and less reproduction and less education and more reproduction).
Often when pointing out how people fell victim to a con they won’t thank the person who tells them about the con but rather attack them.
Basically they can’t admit to being so stupid as to have bought into a con.
On some level you can be happy they didn’t come after you or something.
> A multiple-CEB unit that makes interlocking blocks that don't require mortar could build on work from this project.
They have a page about interlocking blocks and according to it, they are simply too expensive, as you need a higher share of cement in blocks to stabilize them.
Interesting but I'm highly suspicious of his claim that industrial machines like tractors are planned for obsolescence. From those who operate such machines I've heard the exact opposite.
Well, obviously. But it is very rare that you will get your theoretical rights when your legal opponent is a cop. One of the cases linked in the article literally had a camera running when a cop assaulted them[1], and yet they got charged for assult and resisting arrest first, dragged through court for a year while the prosecutors office refused to prosecute the police offer due to "lack of public interest, slim chance of guilty verdict and low degree of guilt". They look out for each other.
In rough terms, negotiating in good faith means negotiating in a way that is likely to yield an agreement. Bad faith means just going through the motions for the sake of appearance, or even making moves to spoil the process.
