Amazon is a company in the technology sector. They might be a retailer but they are also a part of big tech and the foundation of much of the Internet. A large portion of their workforce are tech workers.
Articles like this are not focused on warehouse employees, they have to go into the office to do their jobs at all. This article is talking about people who don't have to go into work to perform their job... Like tech workers.
So like it or not, this is tech news.
I'll add Geocaching to this list. Walk around, find hidden caches and solve puzzles.
It's not focused on the walking places but instead on the finding of caches. I personally need to get out and do some that involve going on hikes!
Hopefully this will include groceries. I hate when I go to buy something and it says $9.99 and I get up to the register and they hit me with this stupid, obnoxious hidden fee!
I only have a $10 bill, it says it costs less then $10. Why is it not false advertising to have it say $9.99 when it costs $12.37 at the register?
The whole thing is a scam.
I mean that's cool but also not really a rebuttal to the user above. Now the person above is not correct. Kids absolutely know when they're getting the short end of a deal or at least when it comes to stuff they care about. And Congress didn't give a flying fuck about the good of the children or we'd have a food guarantee for all children and single prayer health care already.
You know I don't work with fractions of an inch on a daily basis... Or even monthly. But inevitably a couple times a year it's relevant. Every single time I have to take 3/4 multiply it by 2 and get 6/8, then I have to subtract 1/8 to get to 5/8. Repeat ad nauseum to get to whatever time fraction is needed.
It's frustrating and slow and makes me feel dumb.
That said last time I did it, I measured a 1/8th difference between cabinets we ordered from IKEA and the space they went in and I'll tell you what, I felt like a genius when it all just fit, perfectly.
Pshh I bet you use acoustic time.
I have to admit, I've not seen the videos in question here but FriendlyJordies had been putting it videos talking about and exposing corruption in Australian and NSW governments. Even having his house fire bombed over exposing some of this corruption. I think I saw a video talking about this case from him and I have to admit I've never heard the term "wog" before and it doesn't look or sound like much... But that's part of the insidiousness of a slur. Jordies videos have targeted individual politician in the past and I believe this guy in particular because of their corrupt dealings and or ties to the mafia and or general anti-citizen/anti-poor policies.
From what I've seen of Jordies, I would assume he either believed that this politician way forfeited his right to feel bad about the names he's called, kind of like Trump here in the States, or just didn't understand how much emotional damage he was causing. I'm not saying this makes it right but there is likely more to the story than what has been brought up in the court case. I think Australia has some laws about speaking civilly about public figures and it looks like he ran afoul of those laws.
It seems as though you underestimate the appeal of billions of dollars. It's not just the ability to never have to work again. Or power, prestige or any other nonsense. Or even just having tons of money. It's not greed that makes it appealing.
It's the security. The safety if knowing you'll never have to worry about food or housing. That your parents and family will be well taken care of. Your children will be able to have it all, that you've set them up for success and they won't have to struggle. It's knowing that your best friend who was diagnosed with cancer will have the best care available, wherever that may be in the world, and won't have to worry about food or housing or anything else while getting better.
You're either too young to understand or are lacking in empathy.
I'm not saying being a billionaire isn't inherently immoral. But the reason people take payouts like that are not solely down to greed.
A little humor helps.
I finally deleted Twitter from my phone a couple weeks ago.
I only used it for porn for the last 3 years and hadn't been on in over a month but I saw an article on here and was curious. So I opened it up and looked to see how the porn situation was going. I was going to keep it around if I could find a bit of good porn. But I scrolled and scrolled down through my feed and I only had politics, bigots, ragebait, and hateporn. I hadn't realized it had gotten so bad... I also have no idea where all my porn creators fled to.
Oh well, nothing of value was lost.
I wish I could after on the guns things but I should not own a gun! I have a history of depression and I super don't want to have easy access.
That said, put a gun in my hands and I'll do my part to end fascism. I'm even a fairly decent shot for having only fired a gun 3 different times. Just please take the thing away from me when I rotate out.
Better yet, get me an fpv headset.
When I joined the militia I had promised myself to kill one Fascist – after all, if each of us killed one they would soon be extinct.... -George Orwell, Homage to Catalonia
Wait... You what now?
I'm doing my part!
Literally anything as long as I take ritalin first. Turns out I have ADHD.
At the end of the article it says he's being held at a mental hospital until he is well enough to serve his sentence.
Fuuck.
I get it but this reads as:
Be mentally unwell Get seduced by chatbot to commit treason Get caught receive the help you need to be a stable human Spend 9 years in prison Get released as a mentally unwell individual
It also gives you a way to interact with social situations where you feel awkward. Or if you're like me and you are awkward it gives you positive learning social situations. Makes it much harder to quit when you get suicidal interactions that you're craving and don't otherwise get.
Yeah, you're right. I'm glad that they're paid more and I'm glad tipping is still possible but it just seems super uncool to remove the prompt.
I had an argument with a coworker once about their second job. They said they blacklist people who don't tip them for delivering pizza. I was surprised and asked them to explain and they said that most of their money came from tips. Without it they made state minimum wage and the job wasn't worth it.
I said they should be paid better.
My coworker responded that they are paid better by people tipping and that's why they blacklist people who don't tip.
I followed it up by pushing the idea that the restaurant should be paying them more so that the job is worth it without tips. And well... The whole thing devolved for some reason and almost ended with me getting punched.
Either way I think you should be paid a living wage and have the ability to get tips for going above and beyond. Tipping shouldn't be the norm/required but it should be available and it sounds like it is in this case just a bit more hidden.
Exactly. You should have said it so others don't have to point it out.
A lot of people are saying they did this job as a teenager, I did it mid 20's and yes, I liked the job. I never had to deal with customers, I just pushed carts. But people leaving carts in the middle of nowhere were a babe on my existence.
I don't know how many carts there were in or store but on a normal day and especially a busy day they would be constantly used. Our corrals would all overflow simultaneously if not emptied. And then you have some dipshit who decides they can't be asked to walk a little further. I had to have a route in order to collect carts and keep our corrals under control. If I had to walk an extra 10 minutes out of my way to get a cart it would set me back 20+ minutes of work, without fail. And if I didn't collect it then carts would start piling up, without fail. Then you'd get the mixed cart bullshit and you can only push so many mixed carts.
Putting your cart makes the job actually reasonable. You can plan and coordinate and organize yourself to know where to go when to pick up carts. It allows you to predict where carts will end up and efficiently walk so you're not destroying your body. When people screw with that rhythm the whole thing goes to pot.
Strawberry
Or alternatively: Breakfast.
Honestly I love my tablet for reading manga. I know that as a kid I would have found a way to use it for other things but I think I would consider it for my kid for reading manga and comics. Maybe some type of e ink device....
I think the part that always pissed me off more is that it doesn't really matter where it came from! No one is really trying to let out a virus to ravage the planet... Unless they're a bond villain.
We need to figure out where it came from because it's important to prevent it happening in the future but politicizing it was always pretty fixing stupid.
What is more important is we have a new virus that is brutal and we need to stop or show its spread. My parents were on the Fox News bandwagon and would always tell me that I believe they're crazy for thinking it came from China. I tried so many times to explain to them, it doesn't matter where it came from, it's out, in the global population, and we need to try to mitigate and prevent damage.
Hey thanks, this is an idea that I hadn't thought much about and I'll have to consider it. I also need consider storage and how to get to a range without a car but those things are workable.
As for my mental health, I'm doing well and feel in a good place all around. I got married a year and a half ago and have a stable life. I'm doing good. This will have to be a process if I'm going to buy a rifle but your arguments have opened me to the idea.
Don't worry, I've got you covered!
I am also interested in the Lemmy opinion of windscribe. My wife really likes them but their app used to brick my computer requiring a hard reset so I don't use them.
Windows 10. I've since moved on to 11 but haven't tried it since then.
You would think that but you underestimate how much the system likes to punish those who labor for it.
Well that's fucked up
I bought a steam deck and have been checking every day waiting for it to arrive... Or even be shipped! They finally packaged the damn thing!