Yes that would be great. Let AI take our jobs as long as we have money to spend.

I’m kinda sick of my job anyway.

I’m not a capitalist, but I do hate bureaucracy. Especially when it’s just a fantasy for the sake of compliance. Because nobody I know actually reports their real hours. The company just tells the employees they are responsible for timekeeping. If you don’t report the exact number of official hours every day you get penalised. Besides that the pressure on employees (not on me like I said but on some others in the same company yes) is still as hard as ever. I have no ambitition to rise in my career so for me it’s a bit different.

What I object to is this law not actually improving things but companies weaseling out of it as usual.

Yes but they still are, that’s the thing. The big corporations just added another layer of pretend compliance and the rest is not policed.

I think the politicians came off with a publicity win but nothing was actually changed in practice.

In most countries a second job is just not really allowed without your primary employer’s approval. Which they are very unlikely to give. It’s more a US thing for people who have problems making ends meet.

We have similar laws here in Spain but it is a bit annoying, my employer is making me ‘clock in clock out’ now all the time. So they can comply with this stuff.

Previously I just worked when I needed to, I work in IT and I was often flexible, hopping out to the shop or the doctor during the day and in the evening I’d hop on a call with someone in Australia. But now everything has to be formalised and officially requested which is honestly annoying. So I tend to just report bullshit hours and do whatever I did before, there’s just another bullshit bureaucracy load on me. I was not being exploited and probably worked less than my requisite hours. Just saying these things can backfire as well.

Meanwhile the Indian guy in the mini market downstairs still works 12 hours a day because they only look at large corporations when they enforce this. Which weren’t the ones where the problem was in the first place. Because nobody bothers to check the little businesses.

I’m not against laws preventing the abuse of employees, but I mean it just feels I got the short end of the stick, again. The company just shifted their responsibility onto me. People just report fantasy hours, the company is happy because they ‘comply’ and nothing actually changed.

What does it mean when a religion is officially recognised by the military? Do they get extra time for prayers or something?

Yeahhh I think it will be to be honest lol. She doesn’t really write anything positive about them.

Yes I miss her too. I found her stories super interesting, even more so than her tech content. Like the one where she explains how and why she looks so heavily feminised.

A lot of people were complaining she used her sexuality to get attention but I never thought that was the case. She didn’t seem to be playing a role. And I can totally understand her story. ❤️

I bet most of its buyers never even have a need for a truck bed.

Well it kinda is because that certificate is needed for the phoning home. If it didn’t need to communicate at all it wouldn’t have needed an SSL certificate so there would have been nothing to expire.

Cool but if you handle complex documents with stuff like macros you’re straight out of luck. Even if you can get some compatibility you’re never going to be quite sure it will all work and look perfectly.

This is how Microsoft keeps their position.

Was it really more of a hell than it is now?

Especially if you don’t exactly agree with the government it’s not a very nice place to be right now.

Yeah name Chiang Kai-Shek in particular hehehe

Loll I thought of the first two too. Of course the first is a given considering his picture is right there on the post.

The third was Naomi Wu. One of the few influencers who really managed to captivate the west (in her niche). But unfortunately she was silenced as she was too critical about the government (and IT security issues in particular in the pinyin input module, which she had really good points about). Basically she was arrested and told to stop youtubing or else…

I think this plays a role too. Influencers that capture a western audience often get silenced when they don’t toe the party line. And when they do they are obvious shills so they don’t appeal to us. The same reason linkedin is insufferable as social media.

It’s too bad because people like her really fostered understanding of Chinese culture. Which is good for China and its government too but they’re too focused on their internal hold on power to see that.

She came there realising the potential of political influence and tried to turn it into a power for good. She failed, obviously.

I think she’s a good person if a little naive.

It’s not Windows but I know what you mean. And totally agree.

This is so sad. I read her book. She’s a really good and brave person.

I’ve never bought a new car in my life. Always bought old bangers. Because I hated needing a car and I wanted to waste the least amount of money on it.

Now I haven’t owned one in almost 9 years and I’m much happier. But I live in a city with amazing public transport.

❤️ Cuba

Yeah that’s what I’m saying. Southern Europe (and I would count France under this too especially culturally) and Eastern Europe smoke a lot more. In Holland and Germany and the Nordics it’s a lot rarer.

I think the difference is cultural. Those countries tend to be more laid-back while the further north you go the more serious people are about life and rules. Just as an example, if your whole street has green front doors in Holland and you paint yours blue, you can bet you will get a visit from some local council pencil pusher ordering you to change it right back. In Spain you just do whatever the fuck you please with your own house. The only thing you get complaints about are actual dangers (eg plaster falling from the facade and possibly injuring people).

And I’m not saying that to bash them. In fact I moved from a northern to a southern European country in part because I like the looser outlook 🫶