LesserAbe

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[–] LesserAbe@lemmy.world 3 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

What does bringing it to the front mean in this context? If I've already located the photo I want, I can usually do what I need with it. The problem is finding it to start with.

[–] LesserAbe@lemmy.world 8 points 9 hours ago

Love for James Cameron! You should watch the documentary about him designing and building a submarine, done the right way vs the titan submersible.

[–] LesserAbe@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Thanks for sharing this link!

[–] LesserAbe@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago

Don't be a dick

[–] LesserAbe@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago (6 children)

What is a digital concentration camp?

Also I have no idea what this image is trying to convey

[–] LesserAbe@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago
[–] LesserAbe@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

That's what I was getting at, I was trying to understand the mechanism by which they were doing this

[–] LesserAbe@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago (2 children)

From what little I've read there are many organizations claiming they can detect AI written content (I don't know about plugins) but there's little evidence that they're accurately able to do so.

[–] LesserAbe@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

When they say access to social media on smartphones does that mean restricting connectivity to certain sites on devices using mobile IP addresses?

I assume they have no mechanism to remove apps from individual devices.

[–] LesserAbe@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

Interesting idea. Sometimes it's easier to act and come up with something first, then ask other people to join later.

[–] LesserAbe@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

What is your concern about giving your ID to LinkedIn? You mention leaks of IDs, but is that the primary reason? If leaks, what is the worst case scenario?

For me, I think of privacy in terms of other people not knowing my business, not knowing thoughts or activities I don't want them to, and not trying to unduly influence me, especially using information they may have learned about me.

LinkedIn is inherently about sharing information about yourself publicly. It's saying, "Hey, I'm {name} and I'm a {type of profession} and here are the types of work I've done previously." So to me, having to give LinkedIn my id isn't much more of a risk than the endeavor of using LinkedIn anyways. It's giving away a little personal information in order to gain personal benefit.

I've found it to be worthwhile. Since a little over ten years ago I've changed jobs twice and both were from headhunters contacting me. I've also spoke to a handful of other potential employers via headhunters. I don't think they would have found me if it weren't for my profile. So I'd say go for it.

Also for what it's worth, I don't think the "ban" is because they object to a VPN so much as people are constantly trying to create fake profiles. Asking for ID is a way to fend off inauthentic users.

Lastly, if you're not already, I'd strongly recommend participating in a professional association. Despite potential awkwardness of talking with strangers, connecting with someone face to face is a much more effective way of finding work than sending applications out into the void. You're a real person to someone when face to face and participating in activities, instead of an email that can be ignored. In the group I belong to I've seen multiple people show up looking for work and find it.

[–] LesserAbe@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Have to admit I only skimmed the article, but i did not think it was intuitive that one of the groups they put people in was those who "desire chaos." Is that a scientifically recognized trend? Because I don't really think of that being a common personality trait.

 

I'm interested in ways that people document, prioritize and execute items they need to do. What have you found useful?


For me: I don't particularly care about other Outlook functionality, but flagging emails and managing them in the sidebar has helped me a lot. I have it set to display only items due today, and then sorted into categories like "now," "soon," "pending." If I don't expect to get to an item today I change the due date to tomorrow or next week. Items don't have to be based on an email either, you can just type into the sidebar text field.

When I get emails I either immediately reply, flag it for later action, or ignore, and then I drop all emails into one giant folder. If I need to find something I do it all by search.

I've tried other systems like gmail's to do list, but it feels like way more friction to accomplish the same things, especially wanting to only view tasks due today, and categorizing tasks.

Likewise I've tried to-do-list apps, but not being able to instantly convert an email into a task, and not having documentation easily at hand when I go to perform the task makes them feel more burdensome.

 

Recently replaced the headlight bulbs for my car and saw the box indicated you shouldn't put them in the garbage because they contain mercury. I know that some retailers like home depot have a program to recycle florescent bulbs, but my understanding is that's specifically for residential bulbs (like the kind you might get at home depot). AutoZone will take back some parts but don't appear to have a program for bulbs. What's the easiest, responsible way to dispose of these?

 
 
 

In the US most students recite "the pledge of allegiance" every morning before school, which is kind of crazy. If you were in charge, what if anything would you replace it with?

 

I just saw a discussion among corporate event planners where one person was upset that event organizers don't give proper consideration to scheduling over top of Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur.

I can appreciate the annoyance, when I was still a practicing Christian I would never think to schedule a work thing over Easter or Christmas. We should treat others with consideration, and should be mindful of what others view as important days. But I also don't know what each religion considers to be major, non negotiable holidays. Do you?

Another question, does it matter where the event is? (for example, in the US should less consideration be given to holidays of religions that have fewer adherents?)

 

I know people can wear two video cameras to recreate a first person experience in virtual reality. I also know they make those mannequin head stereo mic sets that create interesting spacial audio, supposedly because they mimic the head's shape and position of our ears.

Instead of the dummy head, does anyone make a mic set that you can wear, with the mics in approximately the position of our ears / ear shaped?

I was thinking you could do some interesting things with that, like recording a band in their practice space from the perspective of the band members. Or tracking lead vocals where the singer is singing to a person wearing the mic set.

 

Some animals sing (birds, whales) and plenty of animals make sounds together at roughly the same time (wolves howling, prairie dogs yelling at threats). Are there animals that harmonize? Or animals that make sound that's rhythmically coordinated, like has a time signature?

Guess I'm asking about more finely coordinated sounds. It's something that's pretty neat about human music.

 

No, not talking about their own shit or vomit, har de har. I mean how dogs can't have chocolate, can't eat grapes. Are there things it's no big deal for them but would be toxic for us.

 

Just learned that Wikimedia has a project called Wikifunctions. I'm a big fan of Wikipedia and associated projects, and on its face sounds like a cool site. I do wonder how this would work in practical terms though, like how could it actually be used?

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