Given the massive layoffs happening under the Assumed Intelligence banner, the answer has always been: “cheaper labour”

Apparently people who actually know how to do their ICT job are too expensive, right until the shit hits the fan, at which point it’s “drop everything and help me, now!”

Organisations are no longer run by Founders, instead they’re run by accountants and lawyers who only care about shareholder value, not the societal or environmental impact.

When the bubble finally explodes we’re going to be looking at an altered economic and technology landscape, if we don’t self ignite before that.

When I did events, I’d wear two pairs of socks, thin pair against my feet, then thick pair over the top of that.

I’ve also used moulded sole inserts from time to time.

In other news, Aussie Influencer discovers that the UK has an even stricter social media ban…

I’ve been washing clothes for many decades and although I was also taught to turn some clothes inside out, I’ve never noticed any difference if I didn’t and these days I’ll often wash with them oriented normally, mainly because that’s how I prefer to hang them in the cupboard or fold them into drawers and turning them when wet or after taking them off the line or out of the drier makes the whole process even more tedious than it already is.

On a positive note, a Dev responded to that post indicating that the behaviour of the platform is being reviewed.

See: https://lemmy.radio/post/10006706

Depends on what your blender is capable of.

It means your coffee pod machine just came online and the coffee is currently spewing from the spout … probably.

In Australia:

https://reebelo.com.au/

Very cool, didn’t know this existed!

For anyone who wants more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schumann_resonances

If it’s never happened to you, how would you know that it’s happening at all?

Does this mean that the reverse is also true?

Skin cancer is like an iceberg, what’s under the skin is what will kill you. Go and see your doctor.

Between the clickbait, YouTube “enhancements”, exploding AI slop videos and the atrocious search facility, the platform is rapidly becoming completely unusable for finding relevant information when you’re looking for answers.

As an entertainment platform it’s forcing creators to make long form content and making viewers sit through more and more low quality content.

It’s evolving, but I’m pretty sure it’s heading towards extinction, rather than greatness.

I wonder what the criteria are to define what an artist is, or what requirements are needed to qualify for such assistance.

Oblivious or Complicit, neither is something you want to run your government.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_Tiananmen_Square_protests_and_massacre

So the people in that office are either oblivious, or complicit.

I wonder if the USA will run out of essential items before or after the next election.

It’s likely going to take down whole companies if not countries.