burningmatches 4mo ago • 100%
It’s the same in many fields. Trainees learn by doing the easy, repetitive work that can now be automated.
burningmatches 6mo ago • 100%
Yeah, but we’ve had countless examples of loss-making tech companies with sky-high valuations. Amazon didn’t make a profit for something like 20 years. Investors of course want returns, but they can differ on the timeframe they’re willing to wait for them.
burningmatches 7mo ago • 50%
Are you being obtuse? English is the most commonly spoken language in the world and US culture is extremely popular worldwide.
burningmatches 7mo ago • 93%
Evangelicals are an almost entirely US phenomenon. In the rest of the world, Protestant countries like Germany and the UK are more liberal than Catholic countries like Ireland and Italy. For example, Italy “legalised” abortion in 1978 but the vast majority of gynaecologists refuse to perform them on religious grounds. Ireland didn’t legalise until… 2019!
burningmatches 7mo ago • 87%
They didn’t assume most people are US-based. They assumed the DMV would be the most widely recognised and understood example to use.
burningmatches 7mo ago • 100%
Yes. Saying “at least half of Ireland” made it sound like you thought Ireland was divided in its religious affiliations. It would make sense if you were talking about Northern Ireland, which has faced more than a century of bitter sectarian division, but Ireland is solidly Catholic.
burningmatches 7mo ago • 100%
Are you thinking of Northern Ireland (part of the UK)? Ireland is more than two-thirds Catholic.
burningmatches 7mo ago • 100%
Proof they aren’t American-trained…
burningmatches 7mo ago • 100%
I think people in the future will look back on how we raise livestock today as barbaric.
burningmatches 7mo ago • 100%
Did you read the article? It looks at voting data.
burningmatches 8mo ago • 75%
You Oughta Know isn’t even from the 21st century.
burningmatches 8mo ago • 100%
Uh, I was replying to someone who said it’s essential to separate lids from their bottles. It’s not psychopaths who are doing this — it’s people who think it’s the right thing to do.
burningmatches 8mo ago • 100%
Separation requirements vary. In the UK, plastic bottle caps are generally tethered to the bottle now to prevent people from separating them.
burningmatches 9mo ago • 100%
It seems like Vision Pro allows selective focusing.
burningmatches 9mo ago • 100%
To further clarify: These figures are entirely based on estimates. They’re not “more visible” because of the abortion bans (the statistics used to make the estimates are based on pre-ban crime figures and an assumption about the percentage of rapes that result in pregnancy).
I’m not saying this to criticise the study, but it’s important to understand what the numbers represent.
burningmatches 9mo ago • 100%
Aviation types still hang out on Pprune.org.
burningmatches 9mo ago • 100%
Are you going to jailbreak roadside assistance?
burningmatches 9mo ago • 100%
That’s like 1% of critics on Rotten Tomatoes. The rest are random bloggers and the food/entertainment critic of the Springfield Courier.
burningmatches 9mo ago • 100%
Is there a reason you don’t just get a joint bank account (or credit card)? Put equal amounts in each month and use that for all shared expenses. Zero effort, totally fair.
burningmatches 9mo ago • 100%
It’s true that a lot of data isn’t sold, but a large chunk of the figure you quote also seems to include business data — stuff that contains zero personal information but is still hugely valuable to companies and investors (look at how much this report costs, for example, or consider that a Bloomberg terminal costs around $25k/yr).
And remember, those investment buyers make up a big chunk of the consumer data market too and are only interested in aggregated insights to inform trading strategies. They don’t care about personal info or targeted ads.
I’m shocked to learn that some cyclists haven’t experienced aggression from drivers.
If I visit a community from Feddit and then another instance, the comments often differ. I understand there are some issues with defederation between some instances, but this doesn't seem related to that. For example, here's the post-race discussion on the Formula 1 community on Feddit: https://feddit.uk/post/320484 And then the same discussion on lemmy.world: https://lemmy.world/post/950479 I don't understand why a significant number of comments aren't visible on Feddit.
Australian joins Astana as 'sprint and lead-out consultant'.