susanasj

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by susanasj 3y ago
supporters of Israel's conduct love talking about anything except the thing that is happening right in front of our eyes: mass deprivation and slaughter of Gazan civilians. The reason that you want to talk about something else, like h
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by susanasj 3y ago
CEOs will literally waste millions of dollars by losing half their staff rather than recognize a union. Let's not pretend this is some smart stealth merit-based layoff play by the CEO: the people leaving are likely the ones with option
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by susanasj 3y ago
it is 100% a union busting move. RTO was announced almost immediately after announcement of the union drive
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by susanasj 3y ago
oh ya I'm saying we need to achieve net zero plus have carbon removal. We need to be net negative, we are already in catastrophe territory as far as much carbon is in the atmosphere (I am not a scientist to be clear).
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by susanasj 3y ago
I think, as with any politically charged topic, journalists are going to have biases. I don't think there is any particular solution to this except being conscious of those biases, particularly as they relate to career advancement and
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by susanasj 3y ago
yeah I think it's becoming clear that stopping emissions isn't enough and we will have to do carbon capture but Iceland has a functional carbon removal plant up and running and Exxon apparently sees it as part of their economic fu
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by susanasj 3y ago
ah I think even that is a bit pessimistic. I'm optimistic that we can figure out carbon sequestration and transition to renewables in the next few decades and prevent any catastrophic sea level rise. I fully admit that the global Nor
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by susanasj 3y ago
one underdiscussed aspect of America's car oriented transportation system is that car accidents are a major reason that American life expectancy lags behind other developed countries[0] (along with gun violence). I have family that dr
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by susanasj 3y ago
you're describing the exact chicken and egg problem that we need to take the first steps on with "people still need a car in Seattle". That's only true because Seattle forced buildings and roads to be car oriented for d
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by susanasj 3y ago
Shopify shares up 25% today, which explains most of what's happening here. I agree with all the other comments criticizing the CEO's leadership of furiously hiring and now making massive cuts, but I think that is missing the conte
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by susanasj 3y ago
obviously AI is moving quickly, but every mainstream news article about AI is incredibly gullible. Good time to be the Simpsons monorail salesman but for AI.
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by susanasj 3y ago
yeah they get paid a decent middle class salary. Can they afford a nice apartment in the West Village? No. Can they afford a nice 3BR/2BA in a decent neighborhood in Brooklyn/Queens/Bronx/Staten Island if their partner
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by susanasj 3y ago
I understand the objections to "abolish the police" sloganeering because I think the alternatives of "restorative justice" and all that are pretty poorly defined (I say this as someone pretty involved in left wing politi
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by susanasj 3y ago
"cost optimization and general apathy towards the customer." that's just this stage of capitalism unfortunately. Take an airplane trip and you will experience similar effects.
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by susanasj 4y ago
this is close to just straight up misinformation, but I'll point out the fundamental difference that you are ignoring in your analogy. You pay your union rep (via dues). It's not that you work for your union rep, it's that
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by susanasj 4y ago
I mean, the conclusion that things are better than people think is based entirely on measurements that the authors of the study decide represent "progress". It's true that some gender and racial inequalities have lessened sl
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by susanasj 4y ago
I'm sorry but ban this technology now. The nefarious uses are easy to see and are already happening apparently. If we find good uses later for the public good (I really do struggle to think of these), we can figure out how to use it
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by susanasj 4y ago
I forgot I posted this comment so just seeing this but as an upper middle class lefty tech worker I'll offer an answer. I think your question is a bit too focused on the individual and not the system. I think it's actually diffic
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by susanasj 4y ago
I think this is a good article for tech workers to read to provide perspective on our place in the tech economy (particularly Americans): https://organizing.work/2020/12/there-is-something-missing-f... particularl
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by susanasj 4y ago
ah fair enough, I wondered if I should phrase my comment as a global phenomenon.
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by susanasj 4y ago
I think this has generally been true of a lot of American companies for a while now. I would add it's not even "next few years", it's more like "next few quarters". If the CEO can juice the stock price for sa
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by susanasj 4y ago
I understand feeling psychologically hurt by this as a young ambitious person but as someone that has 10+ years of tech experience my ego wouldn't be hurt by this and I would gladly take a role where I send a few emails a day and keep
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by susanasj 4y ago
you are 100% correct about retraining. Flying Blind is a great book about the MAX failures at both Boeing and the FAA that I just finished a few weeks ago, highly recommend.
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by susanasj 4y ago
The FAA being archaic was absolutely not the cause of the MAX incidents. Boeing released a plane with a single point of failure that failed, and they also neglected to tell pilots and FAA about this single point of failure because pilots u
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by susanasj 4y ago
I think the answer here is not that Google makes bad product design decisions it's that we shouldn't live in a society of incredible wealth but some people still don't have homes and have to sleep in places where they are con
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by susanasj 4y ago
missed this comment earlier, but I'm curious if you're in the US?
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by susanasj 4y ago
shameless plug: https://internetforall.nyc/ There is a coalition of organizations trying to get NYC to start its own public broadband provider. If you live in NY, talk to your friends and reps about it, if you don't,
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by susanasj 4y ago
I agree with complaints about the taxi industry in many cities. However this article is about the workers at these companies, not the consumer experience.
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by susanasj 4y ago
locals have been making fun of this article for the past day as tremendously out of touch, and it is: https://twitter.com/megankimble/status/1540041020192292865
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by susanasj 4y ago
I'll bite on this: we absolutely would be better off with state provided internet infrastructure . I don't care nearly as much about the levels above that, but the fiber in the ground should be a publicly owned utility. there&#x

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