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by okeuro49 5y ago
All that is useful to the company, but not to the employee leaving. I would agree there are potential upsides to a company, but there are only potential downsides for the employee. If a company wants to get feedback from the shop floor, the
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by okeuro49 5y ago
I would much rather program in any language that is compiled to web assembly rather than JavaScript.
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As I understand the word "vaccine", it is something the confers lasting protection. The goalposts have been shifted for this vaccine, as it only lasts for a few months. Israel is one of the most vaccinated populations in the world
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> Sex is a multidimensional spectrum. "Sex" categories are, in fact, genders--social constructs. Sex is not a multidimensional spectrum. There are two sexes: male and female, this is statistically observable as a binary. Deviat
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> What a silly strawman No, it was a criticism of whataboutism of the first part of your comment, which didn't address the problem, but rather compared its magnitude to a different problem. I think it was your comment, actually, whi
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by okeuro49 5y ago
> I know what the conversation is referring to, and my response is in regards to the naiveté demonstrated by responses like yours Please read some autobiographies of people from diverse backgrounds trying to break into atypical careers,
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by okeuro49 5y ago
This conversation is referring to a specific phenomenon that has become strongly noticeable in the last 5 years or so. That problems of nepotism, or cronyism have already existed to some extent, is another conversation. I also don't kn
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I don't know, but it must be horrible not knowing whether you got the job on your own merit, or if you were just hired to tick a box, if a company has some cynical hiring policy.
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> Wait until you find about about languages like Hindi where the plural form can be used for respect even when referring to an individual :) I speak German, which uses uses the plural sie/polite Sie. It's completely different t
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I'm referring to the situation in the UK. The sole rationale for restrictions and vaccinations has been to stop our healthcare system from being overwhelmed. That's the way it was presented by the government to the public. It wasn
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The sole rationale for mandatory health measures, is to prevent healthcare systems from being overwhelmed. Other than that, when Covid becomes endemic, vaccinations should be offered to those who wants them, as has always been the case with
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> Brexit starting British ‘politician’ [never elected as an MP Don't think it's necessary to put politician in quotes. He won his seat for the European Parliament five times before it was abolished and led UKIP, which forced th
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I've noticed that fast fashion is also a gendered problem. I'm often assured that "toxic masculinity" doesn't mean an inherent criticism of masculinity, and is a phrase that many institutions seem to think is a prod
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> To me, helping others is the core of leftism People on the right wing also want to help others, but the method is different: helping people to help themselves. I think there are risks to both. People can become dependent on safety nets
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On the other hand, when Office 2000 was popular, the popular alternative was quarterly_sales_figures_final_v2_2002_Q2_3_final_v3.xls
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> he mostly wins arguments by carefully crafting his phrases and forcing his view to less skilled communicators I think it's the other way round. When people interview Jordan Peterson, they use pre-prepared phrases to and ascribe to
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All property is imaginary. It's a human concept enforced by legal systems and force. (Talking as someone who likes the concept of private property).