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[–] tdawg@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

I think that applies in life more generally tbh. People who tend toward extremes don't handle nuance very well. Most of life is nuance

[–] tdawg@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

I mean maybe. A lot of people today aren't having children bc of the general state of things and concerns around climate factor into that

[–] tdawg@lemmy.world 0 points 5 days ago

Does the graph include how palm farms are built on precious forest land that has since been burned down? and that the land primarily being burnt is some of the most important land for storing carbon and providing oxygen?

[–] tdawg@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

So language is this funny thing that organic creatures do. And organic creatures, being organic, change over time. So too does the things they do

[–] tdawg@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

That's a great point. I had a similar realization when riding one for the first time. It was something along the lines of capitalism "fixing" problems that it itself causes. Can't afford a car? Rent a scooter

[–] tdawg@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Oh for sure. My deeper point is just that culture is a factor that never really comes up in these conversations and memes. So while yes, the pic is funny, and yes it's getting at the heart of the issue. That doesn't change the fact that some people just dont care and also doesn't change the fact that the transition period away from car dependency is awkward for a lot of people

[–] tdawg@lemmy.world 10 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (8 children)

Two things can be true. I live in a downtown area with plenty of open space for bike parking and kids will leave the rent bikes in the middle of wherever they want

[–] tdawg@lemmy.world 32 points 5 days ago (29 children)

I mean yeah but also people do leave them littered everywhere

[–] tdawg@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

I'd like to share a revelation that I've had during my time here. It came to me when I tried to classify your species. I realized that you're not actually mammals. Every mammal on this planet instinctively develops a natural equilibrium with the surrounding environment, but you humans do not. You move to an area, and you multiply, and multiply, until every natural resource is consumed. The only way you can survive is to spread to another area. There is another organism on this planet that follows the same pattern. A virus. Human beings are a disease, a cancer of this planet, you are a plague, and we are the cure.

Fuck man. Now I need to rewatch The Matrix

[–] tdawg@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Better prep the patient for surgery

[–] tdawg@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Maybe not, but people with adhd are definitely more likely to talk about something that bothers them

[–] tdawg@lemmy.world 123 points 1 week ago

Wow there. We can't go around regulating things. What do you think we are COMMUNISTS?!?

 

RIP my island adventures. I'll never underestimate werecreatures again

 

I've been incredibly skeptical of Linux gaming for a long time now. But more than that I've been fed up with windows. I finally bit the bullet and bought some new ssd's. Burned a bazzite iso and booted from the thumb drive. Honestly? The setup was flawless. The only thing I could see a non-technical person struggling with is burning images and booting from a drive. If a shop starts selling pre-builts with Linux configured for gaming then this might actually be the year of the Linux desktop

Now excuse me I'm gonna go play Arx Fatalis

 

I was spinning up Chrome while trying to move around a Firefox window to my other monitor. Crazy though I haven't seen issues like this on any OS in at least a decade

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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by tdawg@lemmy.world to c/jobs@lemmy.world
 

Hi everyone.

For context I'm a software engineer who lives in America.

I've been job hunting for a couple of weeks now and have started to land some intro calls. The first one went great and ended up lasting nearly an hour.

Unfortunately this post isn't about the intro call I had that went well. This other one seemed to have the exact opposite response. The person interviewing me was UK based (so maybe there's some kind of cultural difference?

But anyway basically what had happened was we started out being pretty casual and chatty. Talking about the weather (the usual). She asks why I'm looking for work I tell her the company isn't doing so great and we've already gone through a number of layoffs. She doesn't really have a response to this other than something about it "being smart to look now". She asks what kind of notice I would need to give and I tell her the standard 2 weeks is fine given the situation at the company.

She asks me some questions about my skills and then I ask her if she wants a rundown of the projects I've worked on and my role in them at my current job. She obliged so I go into a high level on each on. The product, the client's buisness, and some high level architecture to (hopefully) hit the buzzwords she's looking for. I even hedge a little bit here and apologize for talking her ear off, but she confirms it's all good stuff.

Anyway, she asks if I'm okay with the salary range on the listing and asks what I'm looking for next. I give her some blurb about how I've been getting more and more into data modeling and architecture so I'd like to continue that route. (She doesn't really say anything). Then she pivots totally and asks if I'm self taught and wants to know my story (seemingly interested). I give her the normal story about being a struggling worker shortly after graduation and this that and the other thing. She tells me she thinks it's fascinating to learn everyone's different perspectives. (Which imo is a green flag right?)

But then at that point she's like "alright. Thanks for your time. It was nice talking with you. I'll speak with the team and see what they think. Get back to you Monday?" So obviously I'm a little shocked at the abrupt ending (it has been a total of 15 minutes) but I echo her words and we wave good bye. (She didn't even ask me if I had questions!)

SUMMARY: the meeting felt very short and had a lot less chit-chat than I'm use to. If they were American I would mark the interview down as a failure, but I wanted to ask here if anyone has experience interviewing with a British company? Am I missing something? Should I have focused less on the projects? Is there some British social norm I'm not aware of? 15 minutes feels painfully short even for an HR call

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