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GLGirty commented on IKEA's retailer's solved global 'unhappy worker' crisis by raising salaries   fortune.com/europe/2024/0... · Posted by u/belter
malfist · a year ago
Look, I'm a DINK, don't have kids, never plan to have kids, don't even like kids. But child care is important to both the parents and society. Not subsidizing child care often means one parent has to leave the workforce, and that's almost always worse off for everyone than if they were able to afford child care and can contribute
GLGirty · a year ago
For single parents, this is the choice between working or not working.
GLGirty commented on Invisibility Training for Motorcyclists [video]   youtube.com/watch?v=x94PG... · Posted by u/dsego
gregoriol · 2 years ago
You are right!

This video should be shown at driving schools to remind everyone that shit can happen at _any_ time and hit _hard_: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOosn78WsMg

GLGirty · 2 years ago
I checked the source and confirmed no one in the car was seriously hurt.

So I will say it:

The way the tire shows up again after the mega damage: just slowly rolling up into the accident; was a pretty good comic beat.

GLGirty commented on Use of antibiotics in farming ‘endangering human immune system’   theguardian.com/society/2... · Posted by u/mdp2021
ciconia · 2 years ago
This isn't just about antibiotics, it's also about monoculture. Both of those combined lead to a never ending arms race.
GLGirty · 2 years ago
> a never ending arms race

  Did you mean, "the great filter?"

GLGirty commented on Anime dating sim that also does your taxes   taxheaven3000.com/... · Posted by u/notpushkin
neom · 2 years ago
They've made a bunch of real stuff, and also do weird stunts. For example I really really loved their ATM leaderboard at Art Basel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKeFWA5etkw - Diplo got first place for a little while but was dethroned the next day: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwfIspLAiLw&ab_channel=tadje...

They've made some wild shoes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNAsx7kQ6PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0KHuSctqtg

Coffeezilla covered them a couple of years ago:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZKGJCbP6Y

As I said when this was posted yesterday, I'm for sure a fanboi.

GLGirty · 2 years ago
I remembered the Satan-themed sneaks, and assumed that was what your link would be for 'wild shoes'. Nope. TIL they also made Strongbad cosplay boots.

Mschf and Improv Everywhere have done some endearing stunts over the years.

GLGirty commented on Meta is building a decentralized, text-based social network   platformer.news/p/meta-is... · Posted by u/archb
hungryforcodes · 3 years ago
Connecting people with their peers is most certainly not damaging-- any more than socializing in general.

Facebook started off GREAT! I singed up almost as soon as it was available to the general public (remember it was just open to university students at first).

At that time my timeline was basically text only and the content came from only my friends. It was like a fun online party -- not unlike online chat systems from the old days.

Then mysteriously all the people I enjoyed interacting with, disappeared from my timeline. Then I started getting content vaguely unrelated to my friends. Then meme photos I didn't want, ads and now basically just videos I hate and am bored of.

So the original concept is fine. It's just where we ended up that is mind numbing and alienating.

GLGirty · 2 years ago
> Facebook started off GREAT!

I'm glad early fb was a good experience for you, but studies have found that when fb was just opening to universities, lower grades and higher demand for mental health services would follow.

https://jonathanhaidt.substack.com/p/social-media-mental-ill...

GLGirty commented on Shaking Ordinary Ice (Hard) Transformed It into Something Never Seen Before   nytimes.com/2023/02/03/sc... · Posted by u/Petiver
Wowfunhappy · 3 years ago
As someone who loves eating ice (and who loves eating snow even more, I'll leave out a cup while it's snowing and then eat the contents with a spoon), the only thing I could think of while reading this was "I wonder what it would taste like."
GLGirty · 3 years ago
Tomorrow's follow up: Scientists Discover New Form of Brain Freeze.
GLGirty commented on How we plan to de-extinct the Dodo bird   colossal.com/dodo/... · Posted by u/geox
deafpolygon · 3 years ago
Also, food supply? Bigger chick~I, mean, Dodo birds.
GLGirty · 3 years ago
Dennis Tito might pay $20M to eat one.
GLGirty commented on Sam Bankman-Fried accused of possible witness tampering [pdf]   storage.courtlistener.com... · Posted by u/jasonhansel
jeffwask · 3 years ago
Do you work for Nestle?
GLGirty · 3 years ago
They didn't even wink...
GLGirty commented on Ugly Gerry – Gerrymandering font   fontsarena.com/ugly-gerry... · Posted by u/sohkamyung
AnIdiotOnTheNet · 3 years ago
In theory a third party could spring up with the singular goal of fixing democracy by doing away with gerrymandering, instituting proportional representation, and removing overreaching executive powers and probably do well enough to get some movement towards those ends from the other parties if nothing else. They could all promise to resign and hold new elections once their goals are met and to not vote on anything else. Throw federally legalized pot in there if they really want to clinch support.
GLGirty · 3 years ago
Lawrence Lessig attempted this, raising over $1M dollars with a kickstarter campaign. So successful that only polysci nerds remember.

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/harvard-professor-larry-less...

GLGirty commented on Sony doesn't want to provide documents regarding Microsoft Activision deal   fosspatents.com/2023/01/s... · Posted by u/MikusR
reaperducer · 3 years ago
MSFT already said their top Activision-published titles would also be available on PlayStation

Fortunately, big companies never lie to regulators in order to get their way, then turn right around and do whatever they want, sometimes paying a meager fine and reaping billions.

Neither Sony nor Microsoft should be trusted to do what's best for the consumer. After all, there's no shortage of people on HN who will tell you with a straight face that it's the companys' obligation to do whatever it takes to make money for themselves and their shareholders. It usually comes along with some pithy statement like "Microsoft is not a charity."

GLGirty · 3 years ago
Legally, this has been true in the USA for more than a century. (Which I take as evidence of bad law, not acceptable practice.)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodge_v._Ford_Motor_Co.

u/GLGirty

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