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The Sealed Document TikTok Doesn't Want Two Senators to See(bloomberg.com)
30 points by formerlurker 12d ago|1 comments
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by formerlurker 14d ago
There is also no guarantee that the people you hire do not have criminal or psychological issues because these things are not checked or shared internationally. For example, a woman in my college got killed by a foreign PhD student because
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by formerlurker 14d ago
Not sure about you but I am fully supportive of the $100k H1B fee. In addition, I am considering voting Republican because of the disregard of qualified U.S. citizens. This is despite me not leaning towards that party in particular. The big
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by formerlurker 2mo ago
“The first AI platform created for professional journalists, communicators, and publishers.” It’s quite ironic that he went on to cater to communicators after harassing bloggers.
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by formerlurker 2y ago
You’re right. This article describes many lawsuits of how U.S. citizens would get replaced with Indians on H1B. > Insiders Tell How IT Giant Favored Indian H-1B Workers Over US Employees [1] https://www.bloomberg.com/grap
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by formerlurker 2y ago
I agree. H1Bs are akin to indentured servants who do not have the ability to vote. Meanwhile, employers make large payments to politicians to keep the status quo. What I dislike most is the cheating from H1Bs though. My friend in an AZ univ
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by formerlurker 2y ago
The bad experience made me realize how easily the data I put out there can be used against me or nefariously. If you have daughters you may know about people making indecent photos or videos using their images. Someone in Eastern Europe act
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by formerlurker 2y ago
Perplexity’s business model is still following the Google model of selling people to advertisers. The only LLM service with privacy protection I found so far is Claude. If I am paying for a subscription I would expect privacy to be included
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by formerlurker 2y ago
I do not know about Perplexity because I avoid it. Instead, I prefer and pay for Claude over Perplexity because Claude offers actual privacy protections. All other services take in my data and use it to further train their models and that
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by formerlurker 2y ago
Someone who works at LinkedIn told me that Linkedin measures success by how many times a user opens the app. It would not surprise me if the numbers are exaggerated to make someone look good for a promotion. My take is that it must drive en
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by formerlurker 2y ago
I wonder what would happen if we purposely start polluting the training data? It may be too late for older technology but technology is always changing. If this is a way for me to protect my job and increase my value I actually consider doi
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by formerlurker 2y ago
Merry Christmas to you too!
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by formerlurker 2y ago
This is one of the most actionable and sound comments on this post. If interested, I always recommend the book “The Gulag Archpielago” because of all the repression examples and how to protect oneself. I wish you would speak with the other
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by formerlurker 2y ago
I went to Japan recently and one of the most striking things to me was how easy it was to walk to places. Their infrastructure astounded me because it was set up with people in mind and not car companies.
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by formerlurker 2y ago
The only thing we would agree on is that disconnecting self worth from a job is, in general, a good idea. I have spoken with professionals in ballet and they actually feel mental strain from having to file for unemployment when off season.
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by formerlurker 2y ago
Larry Page and Sergey Brin control over 51% of all votes at Google. Similarly, Zuckerberg controls over 60% of the votes at Facebook. I took a look at https://www.opensecrets.org/ and surprise surprise, Google and Facebook
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by formerlurker 2y ago
So, reduce people to numbers and accept the suicides?
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by formerlurker 2y ago
The awesome thing about not going to the office is that I no longer have to deal with repressed nerds and tech bros. I hate being asked out for coffee after I say no for the third time. I no longer have to deal with them looking at my body
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by formerlurker 2y ago
Could you please link the studies you mention? I only have anecdotes so I am curious to see studies about bullying and intimidation.
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by formerlurker 2y ago
If you read TeamBlind you will see a large quantity of misogynistic thoughts from Indian men. They are so unashamed they do not even hide where they are from.
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by formerlurker 2y ago
Apple did the same at an SPG (special projects group) and it too changed my view about corporations. People uprooted for those jobs only to have the rug pulled from under them.
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by formerlurker 2y ago
Roblox exposes children to predators. I hope parents pay more attention and get their children out of Roblox because it doesn’t seem Roblox will do anything. Source: https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2024-roblox-pedoph
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by formerlurker 3y ago
The timing coincides with layoffs at the company I work for, Aurora Innovation. I assume it’s done on purpose to be overshadowed by larger layoffs.
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by formerlurker 4y ago
I agree. I also wonder if there will be other examples like this one that teach us something about ourselves as humans or maybe even something new. For example, I recall from the AlphaGo documentary the best go player from Korea described a
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by formerlurker 5y ago
Thank you for pointing out that the plant is 6 times bigger. I watched the HBO series Chernobyl and it opened my eyes to the dangers of a nuclear meltdown. I hope the new containment tech is enough to avoid a disaster.
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by formerlurker 5y ago
Not really. I have been worried because performance reviews are around the corner and I don’t know where I stand. Previously I had a more involved manager and I did well while working under him (I got a raise and promotion). But as the comp