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xmunk , to World News in Iran to designate Canadian army as a terrorist entity

As a cat owner... house cats are definitely terrorists but I love 'em.

xmunk , to Canada in How some federal employees are pretending to work using 'mouse jigglers'

Employment is a mutual arrangement - never be concerned about looking suspicious. Be prepared to explain your choice honestly and stand by the actual work you're producing. Asses-in-chairs style management is toxic and you should push back against it.

xmunk , to Canada in How some federal employees are pretending to work using 'mouse jigglers'

Everyone who would see some difference by using a mouse jiggler should use one. If your supervisor is tracking mouse activity they can get fucked. If your machine auto-locks after a fixed number of minutes it can also get fucked.

I'd suggest just installing Caffeine though.

xmunk , to No Stupid Questions in Ticketmaster breach, beaches in general

Class action lawsuits are very rarely lucrative for the harmed party but they often result in sizeable penalties for companies. They're essentially just punitive.

xmunk , to World News in Apple may face a mammoth fine after the EU said it violated competition rules

Is the fine more than a hundred billion? If not it's fucking chump change to Apple.

xmunk , to No Stupid Questions in Is it generally safe to walk through a field of cows?

Extremely safe - just be careful about where your feet are if you're next to them. More people than you'd think have lost or seriously injured a foot because a cow or, especially, a draft horse, can't see where they're stepping.

If you get a chance and it's just cows then go up and say hi, they're wonderful animals and unbelievaby chill. I'd honestly be more comfortable petting a strange cow then a strange cat... if they shy away or noticeably get irritated when you approach be smart and give them space, but you're probably just going to get licked and mooed at.

xmunk , to Programmer Humor in Linus Torvalds to Rewrite the Linux Kernel in PHP

PHP and C are both fine languages, they have their strengths and their weaknesses. They're tools and if you feel the need to shit on them then you clearly need more practice using a diversity of languages.

xmunk , to Canada in Conservatives win longtime Liberal stronghold Toronto-St. Paul's in shock byelection result

Thinking that NDP voters want a CPC government is a fucking conservative fantasy.

Let's bear in mind that Trudeau handed this win to the CPC by repeatedly failing to pass any kind of voting reform - the CPC will never be able to win a majority vote among Canadians.

xmunk , to No Stupid Questions in Ticketmaster breach, beaches in general

You have the option to sue or join a class action lawsuit - there is currently a class action lawsuit. If that interests you (and it should) be careful not to agree to anything with Ticketmaster.

The chances of you personally recovering much compensation unless you can show real personal damages and pursue Ticketmaster in an individual lawsuit.

xmunk , to World News in Iran to designate Canadian army as a terrorist entity

Not all militaries are equal. Iran != Canada - don't fall into both-sidesism.

xmunk , to World News in Iran to designate Canadian army as a terrorist entity

That's some exceptional watering down of the word terrorist you're participating in there. Keep going and your both-sides-ing will make it so the IDF's actions don't seem abnormal at all!

xmunk , to World News in Greece introduces the six-day work week

I am sure the bizarrely numerous Greek billionaires are completely unrelated to their economy being fucked and not a clear sign of how deeply inequal and stratified the Greek economy is! Lots of hyper wealthy and destitute citizens means that everything is working, right?

xmunk , to Programmer Humor in I Will Fucking Piledrive You if You mention AI Again

I work professionally with actually useful ML stuff (we parse a lot of weird ass files and it's extremely powerful in that context) - we've looked at integrating gpt3 and it scored much worse on accuracy than the model we trained in-house. We're also investigating adding front-end AI bullshit to placate the CEO. Even at the good shops, you'll probably get buried in this bullshit - but there are good opportunities out there!

xmunk , to Programmer Humor in I Will Fucking Piledrive You if You mention AI Again

Fucking awesome writing style there - and a lot of salient points. The only weakness is that it's preaching to the choir - the use of jargon and technical references probably makes it inaccessible to anyone who doesn't agree with its conclusion.

That said, it's wonderfully cathartic.

xmunk , (edited ) to World News in France's Macron dissolves parliament, calls new elections

To be fair, it's a needlessly permanent and scary sounding term for a regular part of the functioning of a parliamentary democracy.

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