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by slothtrop 2y ago
> their reasons for rejecting you are absolutely banal, and you’d have been better off not hearing anything. If it's banal, I'd like to know. Otherwise you're still left wondering whether it's anything that hinders yo
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by slothtrop 2y ago
More than half of recruiters will ghost me after I've jumped through the hoops (phone call, CV, filling grid, security clearance forms, etc).
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by slothtrop 2y ago
There are so many things wrong with that.
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by slothtrop 2y ago
> Federal government gave billions of incentives Canada did this with a housing accelerator fund, for municipalities. Did not amount to much of anything. It's not clear if provinces can override but there's no political will fo
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by slothtrop 2y ago
The current net migration rate for Japan in 2024 is 0.489 per 1000 population, a 5.23% decline from 2023. I foresee a marginal increase.
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by slothtrop 2y ago
What will boomers, the richest generation, ever do? This is overstated. The alarm was sounded on this 2 decades ago for several east Asian countries, but they're not on fire. They're fine. Old people die. If the fertility rate mat
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by slothtrop 2y ago
Housing supply is inelastic, in part because of zoning (but it's not the only reason). Know what doesn't change very quickly? Policy and law at the municipal level. Know what changes quickly because it's done at the very top
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by slothtrop 2y ago
> workers have no means to demand for higher wages And yet, many workers do make higher wages. Why do you think that is?
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by slothtrop 2y ago
It's not entirely misplaced. There's supply, and there's demand. You can't point to one and ignore the other. I'm all for the YIMBY and zoning reform push, but a) that's decided on the municipal level, b) chang
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by slothtrop 2y ago
lol "important". You're free to flock to some other platform that better caters to extremists.
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by slothtrop 2y ago
> I am not making assumptions. Google notoriously operates in this fashion -- for instance unless you are a very popular creator, youtube functions like that. Their copyright takedown system has been around for many years and wasn't
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by slothtrop 2y ago
The bottom line > babysitting hardware. Businesses are transitioning to cloud because it's better for business.
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by slothtrop 2y ago
> because there are no ways to appeal I already addressed this and you're talking over it. Why are you making the assumption that AI == no appeal and zero staff? That makes zero sense, one has nothing to do with the other. The hum
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by slothtrop 2y ago
> without any option to appeal. Why would that be? Currently content is flagged and moderators decide whether to take it down. Using AI, it's easy conceive a process where some uploaded content is preflagged requiring an appeal (oth
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by slothtrop 2y ago
They are huge no doubt, but until very recently their ISP services were not available outside of QC. Of course realistically it's just a marginally expanded oligopoly, but 4 players is better than 3 as competition is concerned.
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by slothtrop 2y ago
There's also the competition angle, lobbying efforts from the big 3 (Bell, Telus and Rogers) weakens it. Teksavvy periodically makes it into the newscycle pushing for changes with the CRTC. Undermining the oligopoly is in the consumer&
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by slothtrop 2y ago
Yeah, no rental fee on modems though after you purchase one outright. I've used TekSavvy for nearly a decade and they've been great, but be sure to use another DNS provider. Performance is terrible even if they do use CIRA, ostens
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by slothtrop 2y ago
I'm not convinced of the strategic importance of ethanol in the grand scheme; the US produces more of it because the subsidy creates that incentive. Incentive structures can change, entrenchment just makes it less politically viable. &
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by slothtrop 2y ago
> I think we disagree that soil is fungible for growing crops. Even if I were to steelman your stance, it still requires considerable inputs to do so. All of this ends up making food cost more. To transition, yes. This is an upfront cost
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by slothtrop 2y ago
> agriculture isn't necessarily fungible. Land that is used for one product isn't immediately capable of being used for another Key word being "immediately". That's right, but substitutions do exist. Hence, growi
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by slothtrop 2y ago
Mostly yes, though people did get fatter.
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by slothtrop 2y ago
The subsidies predate the "great grain robbery" where farmers sold large stockpiles to the Russians, which helped Nixon secure election victory. Before that, as part of the New Deal, was the Agricultural Adjustment Act which liter
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by slothtrop 2y ago
I'm not going to repeat myself at this point.
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by slothtrop 2y ago
I think the canned answer will be that drive and determination will lead to results if the innate talent is there. Their heuristic then will be that if they're hard to spot, they can't be that great to begin with, because aspirati
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by slothtrop 2y ago
I'm referring to whatever texture Macintosh usually have. It's not pleasant to me.
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by slothtrop 2y ago
Prefacing that I agree - The returns probably manifest at a senior level, where job security is already a non-issue and one has the privileges and power to make this knowledge actionable. This could be why the readers find it redundant and
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by slothtrop 2y ago
They are so mealy. The flavor is nice, but I hate the texture. Empire apples have a similar tart flavor, but with a crisp flesh similar to a golden or red delicious.
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by slothtrop 2y ago
Empire is my favorite because of it's crisp texture and semi-tartness. Granny Smith is probably next, it's the most sour one I can reliably find. Pink lady's texture is not great and I find it too sweet.
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by slothtrop 2y ago
This was an issue of mine for many years. The negative impact was significant, as it ruined sleep, and by extension everything else.
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by slothtrop 2y ago
Yeah, I don't like these gestures that are tied to a specific day. It's blue tribe signaling with no real sacrifice necessary. I believe the "minimalism" movement has been far more impactful in the long-run despite fewer

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