YonderEpochs @ Benjaben @lemmy.world

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Yeah I don't think my comment is right lol.

Auto to me (if A is Auto) sounds like it'd truncate unnecessary digits (4 or 4.0 instead of 4.0000) maybe? Whereas if F is Full then you'd get full precision?

Idk seems logical but not especially useful, probably not a great guess.

I can't help but see it this way too. And healthcare before some of the ACA's protections was similar. "Yes, give us those premiums, everything's looking pretty safe, we've got you covered if something happens! Wink wink, nothing does really, so we've got you!"

And then the moment that changes, it's "woah there, too risky for us, are you crazy? We're gonna lose money! You're on your own". And all the 10s of thousands paid when times were good and there was very little likelihood you'd need help are just gone, and fuck you.

I understand insurance companies only make sense if the risk of paying out heavily is small enough. But still, you paid to be covered when the shit gets bad, they should have to taper down over time or return some premiums or something. Not just "welp thanks for all the money, it looks like we're gonna have to start giving some out soon so we're just gonna stop here while we're ahead". It's just a legal scam.

I mean, a banjo could show up in country music of any kind, but it feels quite Appalachian to me. Though after looking apparently the top half of Alabama counts, anyway, so TIL!

So we do swallow rocks!

You seem to have chosen only a few of the words in my comment to read. Feel free to read the rest, or fuck right off with your ridiculous nonsense, your call. Blocking you regardless so enjoy whatever you choose I guess.

Interesting perspective, but also a little derogatory or at a minimum...overly prescriptive about the folks coming here on those visas?

I've known multiple PhDs here on H1-B as well, and while the exploitative nature of their living status depending on their employment is always there and a problem, and I'm sure they were underpaid compared against a US citizen equivalent - the pay was nowhere near the fractions you're describing, and several of them were far more knowledgeable about their areas of study than any citizens I met at the company.

One of them probably has top-100 understanding of his field globally, if I were to guesstimate. Let's not portray all H1-B recipients as fundamentally less qualified than Americans. Not only is it overly reductive, our increasingly poor educational performance compared against e.g. China and India are starting to reverse that idea in a lotta cases, too.

Edit to add: I should say I also met one who was a fraud at best and a spy at worst. Totally clueless about his supposed "field". I understand some parts of the world have issues with corruption and buying of degrees, but I know little about it.

I read it as him saying Tesla, SpaceX, etc. couldn't have succeeded without H1-B visa workers.

Fun fact (eh...more like barely recollected memory, likely to be wrong to some extent) -

The tires on those big ass haul trucks are seriously dangerous as they reach end of life - a blowout on something that size is real violent. Far as I know, they've got a ton of instrumentation these days to keep track of conditions and remaining life, etc.

I love the instant good mood they get like that lol

IS IT LUIGI MANGI-MOTHAFUCKIN-ONE?!

PreGANANANT?!?!

Wait what?! Install several, pick upon login?! Had no idea, that's awesome.

Delicious. That last one especially, scrolls right off the tongue.

Feels like something Ricky from Trailer Park Boys would deliver.

I'm definitely aware of that move, you can kinda tell who has gotten burned the worst (or maybe just most recently) by this behavior - by how insistent they are about the paper trail.

For me, I'd rather fuck off altogether, I want to work with people who want to get shit done. This nonsense is for the terminally unproductive, and that ain't me.

But, alas, myself and many others...ya play the hand you're dealt, I guess. Working on swapping some cards though.

Ya know, that's super insightful and I bet there's something to that. Our brains are so strange, and marketing (as an industry itself) has gotten to know them so well.

ENTIRELY possible that this exact line is what sent me down the path of noticing and loving tortured idioms. And I forgot all about it, so thanks!!

Color me intrigued!

Is this the one where he also goes "OW, my sperm!"...?

I could look it up, but my favorite characters would be disappointed if I did.

I love botched idioms so much. "It's not rocket surgery" is my go to, but the best ones are unintentional (and completely torture the original).

Best I've heard lately was on the air, local NPR affiliate, and the unfortunate lass said something, complimenting I think a film director, saying "He's hitting all cylinders at just the very top level".

(The original is "firing on all cylinders", which just describes an internal combustion engine working properly and not suffering from that particular degradation, cylinders misfiring. Hitting them, anywhere, let alone "at the top level", is utter nonsense and it was delightful to me, she flat out abused that idiom)

Edit to add: some related favs which aren't quite botched idioms but which kinda "rhyme" with the idea - both meaning "okay, time to get the thing done":

• "let's kick this puppy" (given to me by a particularly influential teacher)
• "let's shake this baby" (my own personal creation, occurred to me while getting my kiddo ready for one thing or another)
• (these having the same flow as e.g. "let's knock this out", "let's blow this taco stand", etc.)