EnsignWashout

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[–] EnsignWashout@startrek.website 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

please stop taking absolutely everything as a permanent debate.

But I think there's a case to be made that everything is a permanent debate. Let me just paste a quick wall of text here on the topic...

Sorry. Just trying to make you laugh. I will see myself out.

[–] EnsignWashout@startrek.website 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I don't see how even Amazon can try to kill the competition in a market that huge, regardless of price or convenience.

So I assume you wrote this after picking up groceries from your locally owned grocery store? Because you still have one - it didn't collapse due to a Walmart coming to town?

Most of us have a solid example of what driving a grocery store out of business looks like, though.

[–] EnsignWashout@startrek.website 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

"Not everyone in the union will celebrate this corporate partnership. Some members have legitimate concerns about tech giants shaping classroom priorities through financial relationships."

When has a corporation and a Union ever not seen eye to eye?

(Please don't answer. This is sarcasm. Otherwise RIP my inbox.)

[–] EnsignWashout@startrek.website 67 points 3 months ago (5 children)

Many firms are now slashing their number of new hires.

Yes. This sucks.

The main cause of this is artificial intelligence

Unlikely.

The main cause for a chill in hiring tends to be uncertainty about the future. And we know that folks are feeling high uncertainty about the future, right now. (Gestures broadly at current headlines in general and "Not The Onion", in particular.)

Historically, uncertainty about the future is particularly high when the people have low confidence that existing and new laws will be applied in a predictable manner.

I'll leave exactly what changed on that front as a thought exercise.

AI is interesting, but it is not the primary cause of the chill in hiring new graduates.

[–] EnsignWashout@startrek.website 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

and the internet (in the current form) never gets developed.

based on my recent online shopping experiences, we may get there, soon.

It feels like nobody knows how to Java a Script anymore.

[–] EnsignWashout@startrek.website 3 points 3 months ago

It can be hard to guess who to bribe, or how big each bribe should be?

[–] EnsignWashout@startrek.website 3 points 6 months ago

I remember those days, as well!

[–] EnsignWashout@startrek.website 0 points 6 months ago (5 children)

Did I miss something, or is a 12 year old in France now in (indefinite?) police custody for being curious online?

[–] EnsignWashout@startrek.website 0 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Thanks for the heads up. I'll be buying one at the first opportunity.

My other action figures are going to have to stand in the shadow of the glory of "it's just Jack Black, I guess".

(No sarcasm. I'm really going to buy this. I love the idea of Jack Black just playing "Jack Black".)

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