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Isn't this basically Peeple except gender locked to women? Peeple failed because they couldn't eliminate bias and gossip against anyone. If someone was jealous of another, for example, that person could just write false slander and claim it was real with no evidence. That would have affected the victim for jobs, dates, etc. So it was laughed at by VCs and everyone online and it shut down.

How is Tea even legal? Isn't this just a legal libel timebomb waiting to happen?

How the heck does a US president have military powers so powerful and broad? If congress can only declare war, it doesn't make sense to me that the president can put the entire country at risk of war by directly bombing another country. Like then at that point, congress has to approve right..? Because the damage is already done. It's a big slap on the face at the global stage, with no room for political face-saving. The damage being already done to both global reputation and national sovereignty. There's no going back.

If another country bombed the US, and then their system of government was like, "oh well it isn't technically war cause it was just our single head honcho making his own decision. But good news, our second government entity officially declared not going to war with you, kthxbye srry lol", that logic isn't going to fly in the US. The US is gonna retaliate and consider it an act of war, because it was bombed by a foreign power... damage being already done.

How the heck can Trump do this. I get it if the US got attacked, then it's useless to wait for congress to decide war-or-not-war... but this literally puts the US on a direct war path with Iran. the US literally just bombed another country unprovoked.

And Trump said he hated war, which was his platform when running. He was gonna end the war in Ukraine because nobody wins and war is nasty. What is going on.. why is Congress so spineless too. They probably won't even do anything. This is the worst timeline ever.

An employee doesn't just suddenly go awol for no reason if they've been a model employee for over 10 years. This is burnout probably triggered by something big that happened in their personal life. Maybe a death in the family, a broken relationship, etc. It's no joke.

That's gonna make them really wonder about the meaning of life. If you haven't been paying him well or been providing increases to his salary, then that's gonna trigger an even more avalanche of existential thoughts.

The guy needs a break, let him have it. People aren't machines that are oblivious to external pressures outside of work. You can ask if everything's ok, but don't push it as it's people's personal lives. Propose he take a long vacation in your next 1:1, at least one month break. If he doesn't have enough vacation to cover, then just grant him special permission to take it under the table. He's been there for 10 years, he deserves a rest.

Don't be like shitlassian. https://shitlassian.com/ The fact that management is already considering firing this person for slipping after 10 years without any consideration to the person themselves, but can't because of some 'technical company rule' is pretty toxic IMO.

nice! was this built in electron?

The point of technology is to make our lives easier and cheaper. There's no point to have chatgpt to charge this way other than to make the capitalist owners more money.

Otherwise the self-serve machines at Mcdonalds should cost the company the same as an employee with a fair salary. Mass assembly lines building cars and machines should cost the same as 100+ workers including costs of health benefits and breaks.

> ProjectionLab has no link to your real financial accounts and the data you enter stays in your browser unless you choose otherwise.

How does the webapp get all the financial data from different banks and stock accounts? Do I have to plug it all in myself everyday?

Ultimately you know what's best for you. But I would follow what you wrote here:

> Last option, work on it while employed and hope I won't get sued. Maybe quit around the time I'm close to be done with a v1 and start marketing to reduce risk a bit.

Keep in mind that 99% of startups fail. Better be safe than sorry financially! Just don't mention anything to your colleagues at work, your boss, etc about it.

> Also, is it actually good for the union workers in the bigger picture?

What's the alternative? Wait forever for Boeing to give workers a decent raise, which absolutely will NOT happen? Workers just got a big pay raise by demanding for it.

But yes, you're right that Union leadership is also spineless. Modern union leaders tend to appease the big bosses by giving in to what they want, trying to convince workers that the lower offers is the best they can get, and then trying to get the workers to vote for it. Stronger leadership would have rejected it because they know that workers are the soul of a company: without workers there is no company.

Yea, try everything you can think of and good luck! But my 2cents is to do these things while having a job. You'll have positive cash flow for financial security and if things don't work out then you'll at least still be able to afford to go out with friends, travel, etc. Just find a dev job that doesn't demand too much (or if it does, push back regularly or increase scrum estimation), and work on your side projects after work. I was in your position once, never made it, don't think the sacrifice was worth it, so I really recommend this.

Most author's don't even make money from their books. Publishers take a massive chunk out of any profits they make, leaving them with barely anything.

So even if you buy the book, the author isn't really getting that much, they're probably still starving. The truth is it's the publishers that's not getting paid, and that's why all these lawsuits are happening. The political power one needs to even get someone extradited alone implies it's not just random authors banding together to sue, it's powerful rich publishers, someone with political connections. And prosecutors are going all out it seems, piling on BS charges of money laundering??

I hope the zadmins win. Maybe the ACLU can get in on this to drop the case, but they generally only take open-shut cases in their favor sadly.

This just feels so money-lobbied to me by the US auto industry. Objectively, here we have a nation that is pushing for green energy by having their government subsidize it, something that every nation on Earth should be doing in order to collectively meet climate goals. This is a net positive for the whole world. We should be moving more toward green energy than not, and if this accelerates it, then all the better?

I understand if people are concerned whether the cars are up to standard, built well, have good reparability and convenient repair garages. But this doesn't seem to factor in here, just that profits are hurt for US car companies because they have been outcompeted.

Who gets naming rights in these cases? If I find a fossil, but some other scientist classifies it, do I still get rights to name it? Is there a legal framework around this, or is it just whoever has the biggest ego wins?

Yes, employers should pay for the phone if they require on-call, 2FA, or any other reason that requires an employee to be pinged by mobile.

In fact, this should itself be a law.

Something seems to be blocking the reddit links. Not sure if it's Reddit or HN itself.

Here is the actual link:

https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/14puynz/chatgpt_bots_...

Alternatively if you type in the thread's title, it'll show up in google

If you're considering legal action, I would stop posting here because anything you've posted can be used in court.

Just get a lawyer and get a first consultation to see where you are.

> In January, Microsoft announced it was planning to lay off 10,000 employees, told them it would pause most raises this year, and said it would reduce bonus and stock awards

> And yet, Microsoft is set to report record-breaking revenue. The software giant is worth $2.5 trillion, and its stock is near a record high.

> In light of this, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella took to the company's internal message boards on Wednesday to thank the troops in a message viewed by Insider.

Looks like Satya wants a massive bonus for himself this year. Thanks troops for your sacrifice...

Sometimes your gut feelings are right. Be on the lookout for more red flags, they're sure to pop up. The thing is, unless you are indispensable to the company, they're possibly gonna axe you without a second thought. Your gut feeling is telling you there's a good chance of that. They company isn't going to care about your baby, it cares only about money. Even on the more personal level, your direct boss doesn't give a damn about you it seems, so don't count on human empathy to give you any leeway here.

The reality is you can't do much. It's not up to you whether you can save your position, if the company is planning to axe you then it's gonna do it without any regard to what you think is fair. So just keep that in mind, and plan your current situation to your advantage:

First I would check to see if they pay out PTO. Some PTO like floating holidays or personal days may not get paid out (read your contract). Optimize on taking that PTO first, immediately. Since you have a baby, take your parental leave soon. Even if they lay you off, you can get severance and also be able to apply for unemployment benefits to cover some costs of your newborn and support your family while you're not working. Do not just quit yourself, because then the company wins: they get to skip out on severance, and you can't apply for unemployment.

Then after your parental leave is over, see if there's sick days you can use. Sometimes it's use-it-or-lose it, so you can use that time to find a new job if you don't like your current one. You don't have to take this all at once, just disperse it here and there to lighten your workload so you can have time to practice those leetcodes and whatever for your interviews.

Whatever you do, just remember you have to look out for yourself and your family first, and congrats on the baby!

Jon Stewart touches on this issue (but for the US): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tU3rGFyN5uQ

It's rather funny (and sad) to watch the entire conversation reflecting how inflation solutions are geared towards benefiting corporations over the people.

> “Amazon is one of the most valuable companies in the world, worth $1.3tn and its founder, Jeff Bezos, is one of the richest men in the world worth nearly $150bn,” Sanders wrote in the letter. “Amazon should be one of the safest places in America to work, not one of the most dangerous.”

That's a very good point.

> Why don't you have Mr Beast financial or influence level?

> What's stopping you or anyone else?

Ad hominem fallacy. Life is not lucky for most people in the world. Don't really have to explain this if you look at how wealth disparity or how poverty trap works. You can wikipedia this yourself.

> why is that necessary to structurally improve healthcare?

Have you ever tried to intensely petition something? Or get an issue in front of your representative to take seriously? Do you know how much work and effort that takes? It's not simply doing an online poll. You literally have to go door to door every day to get signatures, to go out and talk to convince people to your cause, all the while fighting billionaire-funded counter groups and cops.

Everyone's gotta work to feed themselves and their families, get access to employer-only healthcare. People don't have time or money for intense political work. There's a reason why disinformation and interference in politics from Russia was such a big deal.. You have a state-level actor with state-level infinite money pouring into political groups creating societal havoc at the structural level. A regular joe can't do this kind of damage. Only people with serious money can.

The only other way things change structurally is through solidarity. Everyone protests in the streets. Cop reforms didn't come about because people asked nicely. People died and got mad.

So yea, unlike literally 99% of the people on earth who have to slave away at a job, if I had Mr Beast's money I would do the next step and fix issues permanently, because at that income level it's possible to give it a try. Instead, I see a few comments saying he spent a good chunk of that fortune on running a low quality burger chain lol.

Exactly. What's stopping them? Nothing, right? They've got all the money they'll ever need, and powerful friends if they need something money can't buy. Yet like you said, what's being done to fix structural issues within society?

The only structural changes I see are wealth disparities getting increasingly wider in society, with laws and tax cuts being favored for the ultra rich after each new presidential leadership. Who's putting the work into this? Not me, and probably not you. So who?

They for sure donate to make-a-wish foundations or whatever, which is great. But think of it this way: how does that help you or your kids when cost-prohibitive life-saving surgery is needed? Are you gonna quit your job and camp out near a rich youtuber's house to get that lucky chance encounter in the hopes you'll get picked for the next individual success?

Right, that's on the individual level. You and I can donate to a medical organization that helps people 'see and hear' too. Or fund a go-fund-me to help that person. It's great that person got immediate access to the healthcare they needed with this money. We can do basically what Mr Beast does right now if we pooled our resources together.

The bigger issue is why that healthcare is inaccessible to them in the first place? How do you or I go about solving this? How are you and I gonna bring this attention to Congress, and get their asses to work on that issue? Unless we both quit our careers to go into politics, it's not really possible for a random no-name person to make that change for the greater population. How about the other 10k people who can't see or hear? What about them?

If I had Mr Beast's financial or influence level, the next step I would be doing is wondering why those 1k or 2k people didn't get their healthcare and then trying to patch that. We all know how much of a scam our current system is. Once that's patched, everyone gets to eat for life, not just a single batch of 1k people in my lifetime.

Individual contributions are great and welcomed, but temporary. Societal change is where things get real. Cmon bro. It's why we have 40 hour work weeks, why women can vote and get college education, why lgbt community is accepted. And it's not like individual contributions and making society change are mutually exclusive... So what' stopping Mr Beast from going to that next step?

> Can someone give me some examples of philanthropy that is NOT predatory/extractive?

Richard Stallman and his work on free software?

I think what OP is saying is that at Mr Beast's income level, he can effectively create a lasting change that most of us can't. Instead he focuses on people individually, giving them nice gestures but nothing life-changing, and he continues to do this because his viewers demand these types of low-scale altruism. So effectively he's just an entertainer that earns his salary by doing small acts of kindness, nothing more.

It's like the old proverb in a way: "Give a man a fish, you feed him for a day. But teach him to fish, and you feed him for life". Mr Beast is just giving people fish for a day, but it doesn't help anyone after that one chance encounter with him.

Well nothing can be done about that, Google's trying to force people back and it's gonna do what it's gonna do. Unless people get together an exert their voice.

Though an interesting question is whether people who took a pay reduction for remote working "somewhere cheaper" will get an IMMEDIATE bump in salary due to now having to move back to SF? Like if Google is gonna uplift the entire lives of its workers, then it's gotta be prepared to pay for that to happen.

But companies are companies, so I think we all know the answer to that unfortunately.

Yes, they used these employees statements to establish wrongdoings that Theranos committed... for the sole purpose of proving that the investors were defrauded. Not for people who had incorrect results, who then had to make hard life decisions based on it, not to mention the emotional trauma that this can inflict.

By "victims", I meant it in the context of the restitution. None of that half billion dollars that she owes goes to these people. All the articles I've read say she has to pay her victims in the title. But if you read the articles closely, they just say it's to pay back investors.

If the court system can try kids as adults for their heinous crimes, then the "should've known better" reasoning doesn't stand up. Plus she went to fancy schools, and was highly educated. She already "knew" better than most people living in the US.

They both should have gotten longer jail sentences, their convictions should have been about the people she harmed with her machines. Instead it was all about how she and Balwani mislead/ripped off their investors (who didn't even do their own work in due diligence).

Now Balwani is serving at a Club-Fed prison. The $452 million restitution she's been slapped with? Just for investors, it seems. Can anyone find an article that states actual people being victims? Nearly all news reports say the restitution is for "victims", but then the victims are just Safeway, Rupert Murdoch, Walgreens... etc.

There is no justice here. Not in the ruling, not in the sentencing, not even for real people. "Being wiser" or "older" is just a BS made-up reasoning. Let's at least not sugar coat why she got less of a ruling than Balwani. It's enough of an insult to those who were actually affected to have seen how this all played out.

Do you only sell e-books? Or you self publish physical books too?

Are you sure it's a new replacement monitor? Every warranty product I received was always a refurbished one, even if the product broke in less than a month (confirmed by support as well).

I also will never buy dell in my lifetime, and have encouraged all family/friends not to as well.

Another story about RTO just came on the front page of HN: "Dell goes back on WFH pledge, forces employees to come back to the office"

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35944295

So yea, business gonna business. No sense in worrying about it. They'll either force you with random reasons or not.

Remote work isn't going to go away because of this. If the business wants people to return to office, then they'll force it with any excuse. We already heard some of them claim people are 'more efficient' in the office as a top reason for RTO.

If we worry about everything then I guess people in the offices should stop working efficiently cause that will ruin remote work too? Nah, cause Business gonna business, they don't care about what's "right".

Just stop worrying and enjoy what's currently available to you :D