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officialjunk commented on Salesforce is hiring over 3k people, despite axing 10% of staff   businessinsider.com/sales... · Posted by u/frob
browningstreet · 3 years ago
I was part of a layoff this year. I was the highest performing member of the team — and awarded as such — but my skip level VP didn’t like me. So I’m gone. It was similar across the board.. lots of my coworkers, many of whom were good at their jobs, were selected-out not based on performance either.

So yeah, sometimes you can cut the chaff this way, and sometimes it’s just a way for those in power to consolidate their crews. And sure… this is technically a management right, but some who were retained were kept because they were abusable more than they were useful.

officialjunk · 3 years ago
Do you know why that VP didn't like you?
officialjunk commented on Ukraine Says It Eliminated Advanced Russian Air-Defense System in Crimea   wsj.com/world/europe/ukra... · Posted by u/JumpCrisscross
drt5b7j · 3 years ago
Following Russia at war is a source of enjoyment.
officialjunk · 3 years ago
People are dying.
officialjunk commented on Debris Field Confirmed as Titan   independent.co.uk/news/wo... · Posted by u/methodical
ChuckNorris89 · 3 years ago
Just how instant is that death? Do you die from quickly drowning in the water or is the water pressure enough to also crush your skull quick enough to make sure you die without having the chance to feel anything?

Guillotined people can still be alive and feel about 30 second safter their head has been removed from their body.

officialjunk · 3 years ago
i would expect the impact of the water rushing in that quickly to knock everyone out.
officialjunk commented on Volkswagen-backed Gotion unveils new EV battery with 1k km range   technode.com/2023/05/19/v... · Posted by u/hunglee2
all2 · 3 years ago
This is a hysterical take given that China, next to India, is the single largest polluter on the planet and continually refuses to have anything to do with the West's obsession with climate change.
officialjunk · 3 years ago
not if you compare per capita. those countries you name have a significant sized populations that should be taken into account to normalize comparisons to other counties with much smaller populations.

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officialjunk commented on Tell HN: iOS lets carriers add WiFi networks that you can’t stop from joining    · Posted by u/newZWhoDis
officialjunk · 3 years ago
can you elaborate on the workaround to remove the settings? after removing an eS and resetting all network settings, once the eSIM is active again, wouldn't the unwanted network settings be added back again?
officialjunk commented on Lab leak most likely origin of Covid-19 pandemic, U.S. agency now says   wsj.com/articles/covid-or... · Posted by u/cainxinth
wkat4242 · 3 years ago
That's what China wants yes.

But while this helps the CCP party save face, it doesn't help to move on with the investigation. It's not even about the blame. We investigate air crashes in such detail so we can prevent them from happening again. Of course with an even bigger event like this we should do the same.

The pandemic has happened and no kind of blame or money can revert it. But we can try to learn everything about it that we can to stop the next one. I'm sure it was an accident but we need to know what happened.

For this reason I really think China should cooperate with the investigators.

officialjunk · 3 years ago
let's remember that the US contributed the the funding of this research https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/06/29/1027290/gain-of-...
officialjunk commented on Lab leak most likely origin of Covid-19 pandemic, U.S. agency now says   wsj.com/articles/covid-or... · Posted by u/cainxinth
mwbajor · 3 years ago
Doesn't matter if they understand the nuance. The lab leak theory takes a back seat for the following reason:

Lets say it is found out with definite proof that it was a lab leak. Then what? Grandma's dead, china killed her and there is nothing you can do. We are not going to let this ruin trade relations even more ($$$ LOL) so you're just going to have to forget about it.

Every American touched by covid knows this in the back of their head.

The first stage of grief is denial.

officialjunk · 3 years ago
let's remember that the US helped fund this research too https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/06/29/1027290/gain-of-...
officialjunk commented on Dow said it was recycling our shoes. We found them at an Indonesian flea market   reuters.com/investigates/... · Posted by u/boristhespider
hermitcrab · 3 years ago
This is a great piece of investigative journalism. We need for of this holding big companies to account.

BTW Trainers being re-used is good. But big companies lying to us to is not good.

officialjunk · 3 years ago
so let's imagine what this journalist expected to happen to the shoes really did happen, and mulched up pieces of metal and batteries from the trackers really ended up in playgrounds intended to provide a soft and safe surface to play on.

maybe the journalism is good, but it poses danger to kids getting cut and being exposed to battery chemicals.

also if i ran a playground surface mulching service i would have a metal detectors for safety reasons and not allow these shoes to be mulched, which could be what actually happened.

officialjunk commented on Apple Responds to Report About Thieves Spying on iPhone Passcodes   macrumors.com/2023/02/24/... · Posted by u/tosh
xnyan · 3 years ago
I don't know a single person outside of tech (and a handful of other fields like government and journalism) who uses anything besides the shortest possible pincode allowed. I believe most people would use no passcode if possible.
officialjunk · 3 years ago
No passcode is possible. I have it configured that way for a device I have mounted on the wall at home. But apple makes it difficult to do so, as in a lot of extra steps, warnings and reminders, not just initially but every single update too. They've made it inconvenient intentionally, which is good.

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KarmaCake day1374March 19, 2011View Original