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Microsoft to Convert Gaming Staff From Temps to Unionized Employees

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  • Embrace, Extend, Extinguish.

    Union Edition

    • OpenAI says it is investigating reports ChatGPT has become ‘lazy’

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  • Sounds like ChatGPT is acting it's wage.

    That plan to replace the workforce with cheap AI isn't going to work out.

    • Grandfathered YouTube Premium users will see price increase in January

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  • Future headline: Youtube Saw Youtube Premium subscriptions dip in January.

    • The "i" in Linux and Linus have different pronunciations even when they shouldn't.

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  • Quick recap.

    So, Linux is Linux because a set of events that lead to it being named after Linus.

    It wasn't uncommon at this time for Unix systems to be named after their relevant creator or platform like this. HP-UX, PC-UX A/UX etc.

    Linux would probably be seen as LIN-UX or LIN/UX, it may not seeing as Linux is not Unix, but that's just speculation.

    Linux in its proper reading would be Linus Unix, but that doesn't make any sense Linux is Unix-like, but it was made in a vacuum without access to Unix source or even Unix systems at all near the beginning.

    • What's the equivalent now?

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  • the equivelent now is a 2TB ~ 8TB External Solid State Drive.

    • Biden's 2024 dilemma: US economy looks solid, but voters still not feeling it

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  • Neolibs and the right: The economy is better than ever, why aren't the people happy?

    The People: I'll never be able to afford a house, I can barely afford my rent and feed myself.

    Neolibs and the right:

    • 'I am a Zionist,' says Biden at Hanukkah event, promises continued military assistance to Israel

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  • Throwing an Election (Any%)

    • Pluralistic: “If buying isn’t owning, piracy isn’t stealing”

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  • Which they claim is illegal and a violation of the DMCA

    • 62% of Americans are still living paycheck to paycheck, making it ‘the main financial lifestyle,’ report finds

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  • Unions.

    • UAW files unfair labor practice charges against Hyundai, Honda and VW, accusing them of union busting

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  • “They’re all the target.” Damn.

    • I'll get some water while you finish reading

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  • shortest Yu-Gi-Oh! card description.

    • What Film Are You Surprised Didn't Get A Sequel?

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  • Rat Movie 2: The Movie

    • Pluralistic: “If buying isn’t owning, piracy isn’t stealing”

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  • If you can own nothing, then nothing is theft.

    • Had this conversation with someone who chose to no longer be at my table after meeting a blind NPC

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  • If you don't treat people as people because of a disability, you have both violated the social contract.

    • I think I see the problem with our education system

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  • It would be so funny, if it weren't so sad.

    • Relative size comparison of social media platforms (December 2023)

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  • yes but it doesn't always feel like it.

    LinkedIn feels like Uncanny Valley social media.

    Like there are Alternates there trying to imitate human interactions.

    • Relative size comparison of social media platforms (December 2023)

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  • 'LinkedIn'

    LinkedIn is as much Social Media as talking with your manager is Socializing.

    It's really plastic and fake feeling there, more so than anywhere else.

    • 1.1 History

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    • They brought a present

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  • Nah, you don’t understand.

    Your cat kills a dragon and drops it at your doorstep.

    The treat isn’t a request.

    It’s a demand. And the dragon is a warning.

    • I bet Rockstar is thinking twice about checks notes making a normal looking female character.

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  • Righties 4ish years ago: “Those cuckwokes in the land Downunder are pulling GTA V from shelves over violence, what a bunch of snowflakes. 😂😂”

    Righties today: “um, could you stop doing violence in the M rated video game? My Hypothetical children are getting influenced. 🤓🤓”

    The only thing consistent on that side of the fence is their inconsistency.