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haalia··on Is being trans a social fad among teenagers?
Because you've failed to make a distinction between gender and gender roles. The former is inherent (if not always matching sex), the latter is socially constructed.
haalia··on Tracking Everything I Wore For 1 Year
I don't associate functional, rugged workwear with "shitty and cheap" myself. Having gone through a workwear phase, I know exactly how expensive quality functional clothing can be.
haalia··on We’re mostly living better than our parents
Very much confused by the 2nd paragraph incel screed.
haalia··on I Spent Hundreds of Hours Working in VR
> The tech works extremely well at making me feel sick.

But you realize this is a you problem, right? Outside the handful of people who get motion sick with VR, the tech is rock solid. Everyone who tries an Index is blown away by how immersive the experience is.

> VR chat is about as interesting as second life, and any metaverse that follows will follow the same path.

You couldn't be more wrong. There's a reason Facebook rebranded to Meta, and Microsoft just purchased Activision with designs on their own metaverse. Big players are putting serious money behind this, and I like those odds.

haalia··on Jeff Bezos Pitching Amazon.com (1997) [video]
"Stepping", he's not out of the chair until Q3.
haalia··on IBM has cut its blockchain team down to almost nothing – sources
I read that as written: fire everybody and start the whole show over from scratch.
haalia··on Chat roulette is on the rise again, this time with AI
The only reason I'd ever heard of Omegle is their ahem "bare bones" approach.
haalia··on Amazon says email banning TikTok from employee phones was ‘sent in error’
Yes, you're correct, and I didn't mean to imply that MSFT forces employees to install their MDM on personal devices. It was optional for me as well, with a large full-disclosure prompt stating that they can remotely wipe your device if you proceed with mobile setup.
haalia··on Amazon says email banning TikTok from employee phones was ‘sent in error’
Microsoft does the latter, so it wouldn't surprise me if Amazon does likewise.
haalia··on Bay Area hammered by loss of jobs: Lack of affordable housing strangles hiring
At this point I'd be perfectly happy with a dilapidated shack in Bellevue. Anything to cut down on the soul-crushing commute.

Now if only employers embraced remote-work fully, I'd move to Gold Bar or somewhere else in the Cascades and dispense with the city altogether.

haalia··on USPS ‘Informed Delivery’ Is Stalker’s Dream
Unfortunately, I'm receiving scans of everything that comes to my mailbox, including mail destined for the previous tenant that is still addressed to my apartment.
haalia··on My Little Sister Taught Me How to “Snapchat Like the Teens”
Well, that was eye-opening. I honestly thought Snapchat was only used to sext off pics of naughty bits.