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Sgt_Apone··on Meta's embrace of AI is making its employees miserable
Might as well donate money to the AI companies at this point.
Sgt_Apone··on Palestinian boy, 12, describes how Israeli forces killed his family in car
I mean, a simple search reveals hundreds of stories posted about cooking on HN.
Sgt_Apone··on Acme Weather
I think it’s a bug for Canadian users as it doesn’t offer me a trial either. Or they just don’t do trials here.
Sgt_Apone··on The AI wildfire is coming. it's going to be painful and healthy
Glad I was the only one getting lost in that forest. I’ve never seen a metaphor get hammered so much in one piece (AI or otherwise).
Sgt_Apone··on Ex-WhatsApp cybersecurity head says Meta endangered billions of users
iPhone has more users than Android in Canada and Japan as well. I think some Nordic countries too.
Sgt_Apone··on Melbourne man discovers extensive model train network underneath house
Ours did up a full report with pictures. I also walked through with the guy. Seems like something they would mention, even offhand.
Sgt_Apone··on Trump temporarily drops tariffs to 10% for most countries
Seems they reversed course on that. Or, they don’t know what they’re doing.

> It's been a confusing day.

> As Verity said, it turns out Canada and Mexico are not getting a new 10 per cent tariff after all.

> The White House reversed its earlier announcement in a new statement just now. Here's the bottom line: No new developments for Canada and Mexico today.

> That means there are still worldwide 25 per cent tariffs on steel and aluminum, on some auto parts in North America, and on some goods traded within North America outside the rules of the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement on trade (CUSMA).

> The bottom line here: Trump is starting an economic war on China, and U.S. allies are all taking some friendly fire. But a large swath of Canadian trade is spared.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/livestory/trump-pauses-most-gl...

Sgt_Apone··on Generate impressive-looking terminal output, look busy when stakeholders walk by
> Does the fact that WFH is not a thing mean that in the real world, for most people, coming to the office IS actually more efficient?

WFH is still a thing despite some big names pulling back on it.

Sgt_Apone··on Meta Movie Gen
Absolutely. What's even the purpose of this thing? Who is it really serving?
Sgt_Apone··on Amazon tells employees to return to office five days a week
In my experience it’s the people who are working in the office that take calls from the car because they got stuck in traffic during their commute.
Sgt_Apone··on Posts, profiles, and user search are now available without login
Used bsky-social-pnhfr-cejvd (4th down). Thanks!
Sgt_Apone··on How objectivity in journalism became a matter of opinion
> The major problem here is that content is now largely generated based on maximizing ad revenue.

When has news content not been about maximizing ad revenue? That's been the model for decades before the internet.

Sgt_Apone··on IKEA's shopping malls arm plans U.S. entry in major play
Central Rome has smaller format store which mostly has kitchen stuff.
Sgt_Apone··on Age Reduction Breakthrough?
I love those kinds of movies. It's a Disaster (2012) is a good watch.
Sgt_Apone··on Nest Cam status lights can no longer be turned off for privacy
Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20700810
Sgt_Apone··on BuzzFeed employees demand it pay out earned PTO to all laid-off U.S. staffers
The employer pays it for both part and full-time workers. The rates differ by province, but generally this works out two weeks of wages for the first few years with an employer - they can increase this if they want but that's the legal minimum.

In practice this just means that you can take two weeks and still get paid. You can forgo your vacation in some instances, but you still get paid out the vacation money. I used to do that when I worked part-time in college and was short of cash for whatever reason.

Ontario's rules - https://www.ontario.ca/document/your-guide-employment-standa...

Sgt_Apone··on Undercover Agents Target Citizen Lab
> "I know what I'm doing," Lambert said, as he put his files — and his pen — into a bag. Then he stood up, bumped into a chair and walked off, saying "Ciao" and waving his hand, before returning because he had neglected to pay the bill.

> As he paced around the restaurant waiting for the check, Lambert refused to answer questions about who he worked for or why no trace of his firm could be found.

My god. This would be perfect comedy if wasn't so concerning that it happened at all.

Sgt_Apone··on Marie Kondo's Advice Praised by Scientists: “Clutter Is Not a Good Thing”
That's a really great idea for kids drawings. I'll always keep a select few special ones, but any parent knows you'll end up with an art gallery if you keep everything. Making a digital art gallery of that stuff is a really good approach to letting go.
Sgt_Apone··on What’s the rush? The power of a slow morning
I do this and just front load my day to have the more demanding stuff in the morning with the less demanding in the afternoon. It works well for me and if anything I feel my productivity has increased.
Sgt_Apone··on Algorithmic auditors are exposing employee expense fraud
> First, I was required to loan my employer $3000 for a month by paying for all the expenses (including the unavoidable very expensive hotel rate) on my personal card.

This is the part that kills me. In my org people frequently travel at the last minute to Asia for weeks at a time. Those claims sometimes end up into the five figure range depending on the time of year. People have been almost stranded because they've maxed out their personal cards.

Sgt_Apone··on $200 retail whole genome sequencing now available
Their ad copy is also riddled with errors. It's not exactly confidence inspiring.

>Receive actionable insights based on solid genetic and clinical evidence for your and your doctor.

Sgt_Apone··on The Curse of the Honeycrisp Apple
+1 I got a batch of local (Atlantic Canada) Cortlands and it was a revelation. They're amazing in salads too.
Sgt_Apone··on Flickr free accounts will soon be limited to 1,000 photos or videos
Oh man, animated gifs are terrible in any comment section. User reviews in Goodreads are unreadable half the time because of this.
Sgt_Apone··on GM’s data mining is just the beginning of the in-car advertising blitz
I actually own the SV model of this with the backup camera already.

It's an incredibly simple point A to B type car, but I love that about it. I can change the oil and filter without even having to jack it up, it's fuel efficient, and no touch screens. It kinda blew my mind when I was perusing new cars and there is nothing even remotely close to the Micra in terms of cost/value.

Sgt_Apone··on GM’s data mining is just the beginning of the in-car advertising blitz
Exactly, those things were ridiculously easy to snatch up. My friend in high school used to be able to start his 90s era Honda with a flathead screw driver.
Sgt_Apone··on Show HN: Polar – an offline web browser with annotations and tagging
Speaking as a technical writer, this look like it could have a lot of applications for me. The annotations are wonderful. An IDE for books and web content is a great concept that I never knew I needed.
Sgt_Apone··on I Pay for News; Why Do I Still See Intrusive Ads? (2017)
That's a car review, not an advertisement. If you actually read it, they don't even like it much.

>Meh. All-in-all, the Lexus NX 300h is an uninspiring car. If you like hybrids and want to drive one with a luxury badge, the NX 300h is worth looking at. I would have liked the option to suck the battery dry before the internal combustion engine kicks in (à la the plug-in Chrysler Pacifica hybrid). Instead, EV Mode in the NX 300h is limited to low speeds.

Sgt_Apone··on How I Judge the Quality of Documentation in 30 Seconds (2014)
They actually have a fairly active Slack [1] with a job posts channel, as well as a Job Board [2] on their main site.

[1] http://slack.writethedocs.org/ [2] https://jobs.writethedocs.org/

Sgt_Apone··on Questions
I realize this does not necessarily change the point of the joke, but evidence points to the Egyptian Pyramids being constructed by skilled tradesmen, not slaves. https://harvardmagazine.com/2003/07/who-built-the-pyramids-h...
Sgt_Apone··on Thanks for the Surprise Integration with My Website, Apple
That's an absurd statement. There are plenty of "real artists" that want to make a living with their work. You can't pay your bills with exposure.
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