Scarblac

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721.
by Scarblac 3y ago
Yes, in many countries in Europe, the industry wide unions negotiate with representatives of the industry employers, and government can declare the deal binding for all companies of a certain size in the industry. Also if workers go on stri
722.
by Scarblac 3y ago
They're not deciding anything there, the group is way too large for that. It's a networking event, people are getting to know other people. I mean, I find the existence of a class of incredibly super rich people just evil, but not
723.
by Scarblac 3y ago
But in order to close the deal you have to agree as well, it's not only up to the recruiter. So if you are only prepared to go for jobs that pay 300k, why not tell the recruiter that?
724.
by Scarblac 3y ago
Well, I still care about my salary and need to negotiate it. Just in the context of a single job that I would like to have. The article is supposedly about salary negotiation, but it only considers the case where all jobs are interchangeab
725.
by Scarblac 3y ago
So weird to me to focus so much on the money. I care about what the company does and what I'll be contributing to that much more. Choosing based on salary offered seems like a recipe to always be in jobs you hate. Also, I usually have
726.
by Scarblac 3y ago
It costs some money to have a bank account, bank transfers don't have a fee associated with them. Card processing costs a small fee. Cheaper than handling cash though.
727.
by Scarblac 3y ago
Maybe in the US. My bank has 27 offices left in the entire Netherlands, and I don't think many of them take cash. I wouldn't even know how to get 3000 euro in cash into my bank account these days.
728.
by Scarblac 3y ago
Of course people spend that regularly, but not with cash.
729.
by Scarblac 3y ago
It's the Netherlands, we don't do backup plans for natural disasters anymore sadly.
730.
by Scarblac 3y ago
Same as what happens when it turns out you didn't bring enough cash, I guess.
731.
by Scarblac 3y ago
So?
732.
by Scarblac 3y ago
Bank transfer from my phone. It's as instant as handing over cash.
733.
by Scarblac 3y ago
> Because I pay cash and keep the bankers out of the transaction it costs me less and it costs the seller less. Other way around (in the Netherlands, which is the subject), bank transfers are free but depositing cash as a business costs
734.
by Scarblac 3y ago
Government insures personal bank accounts up to 100k euro. You have your 10k.
735.
by Scarblac 3y ago
Yeah, and your income is also none of our business, we just have to blindly trust what you fill in on the tax form? There's way too much fraud around, government unfortunately cannot blindly trust everybody.
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by Scarblac 3y ago
Of course it needs to exist, but at the same time using it for huge numbers like 3000+ euros is in practice almost only done by criminals. It's a good balance imo.
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by Scarblac 3y ago
They can already do that by rationing meat, like they did in WW2. Require that you have the correct stamps for buying what you want. Or probably introduce some horrible mobile app for it. No need to outlaw cash for that.
738.
by Scarblac 3y ago
Sounds good to me. It's hard to imagine anyone actually legitimately paying amounts like that cash these days.
739.
by Scarblac 3y ago
I don't have an argument either, just a strong feeling that animals who show signs of emotions, playing etc and are very similar to us biologically, probably have a subjective experience. I would be astonished if they didn't. But
740.
by Scarblac 3y ago
There are many animals (including many mammals) that don't recognize themselves in mirrors, and are therefore usually assumed not to have self awareness. It'd be weird to me if they didn't have qualitative experiences though.
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by Scarblac 3y ago
I don't think consciousness by itself should equal rights. A crucial difference between AI and biological life is that biological life has wants and needs. It wants to keep living, it has feelings and emotions, because that's how
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by Scarblac 3y ago
AHN2 was measured between 2007 and 2012. AHN3 from 2014 to 2019 and I believe AHN4 is actually complete now (measured from 2021 to 2022?). Better resolution, more up to date -- but I don't know of such a nice point cloud viewer for it.
743.
by Scarblac 3y ago
Rather than going to that extreme, English spelling could be made easier. My native language is Dutch. For Dutch there are spelling reforms every so many years. English is still using Shakespeare's spelling, I think. The advantage of s
744.
by Scarblac 3y ago
As for the genre as a whole, here's Pratchett on considering fantasy "genre": https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/lvoi3t/the_late_si... (I didn't quickly find a more readable fo
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by Scarblac 3y ago
It wouldn't, but insects are a promising source of animal protein with less environmental impact than other forms of livestock. There are many plant and fungus based sources as well, of course, and in general there is an obesity epidem
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by Scarblac 3y ago
Maybe it's the difference between trying to sound friendly and actually being friendly. If it's noticeable that someone is using an unusual way of talking, the first impression is that it's merely the first, and insincere.
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by Scarblac 3y ago
To me a core part of agile is self managing teams. It makes sense that a team manager sees it as not the answer.
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by Scarblac 3y ago
In the US that's true, but not necessarily everywhere. My wife was out of work for 15 years after a burnout and while raising kids with their own difficulties, and it was definitely financially stressful where I am (Netherlands). Besid
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by Scarblac 3y ago
And of course managers and other stakeholders have their own Excel sheets, emails, etc. They don't use Jira, Jira is for developers.
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by Scarblac 3y ago
Because they need an estimate in time units. E.g. marketing needs to plan their campaign for when the new release comes out; management needs to know whether we can finish that potential new project in the time frame the customer needs or n

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