BeardededSquidward

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[–] BeardededSquidward@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Typical neo-liberal then. Does Pelosi endorse him because they sound like birds of a feather.

True enough. It's your typical Democrat work, make a half measure that doesn't readily improve the situation but looks like it can.

I actually looked into migrating a bit under Bush and they were more lax then. It was at least a year waiting list, you often had to have a marketable skill of some sort in demand in the country or enough money to basically never work again there. You had to have a clean record, pay several thousand for paperwork and lawyers, wait for approval, some wanted you to try and find employment before hand. It's probably much stricter no as I doubt I could immigrate to Canada from the USA. They're looking primarily for healthcare workers now and a lot of places because of their aging populations and lower birth rates. It's nuts.

You can blame the USA government for setting standards for light bulbs that planned obsolescence became a thing. They recommended to make light bulbs with filament that burns after a certain time of use to prompt more purchases of light bulbs. And that's where everyone else got the brilliant idea to make things not last as long. As well people didn't have the funds to buy new appliances all the time, they were still a relative luxury so if you made something that broke in a year and cost $300 back then you might have a mob with shotguns at your door.

[–] BeardededSquidward@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I don't want any sort of device or appliance in my home that requires an internet connection that doesn't get a long time of security updates. My old printer died and they're so bad now I just don't have one. I'm going back to a dumb flip phone because this one's battery s dying. I use everything I can without spending money because I've never had a lot to spend to try and maintain my privacy. I keep spam email for the random site that wants you to enter one. The IoT is cancerous, it creates huge security holes because these appliance manufacturers don't care about security one iota. I have worked in IT for 15 years professionally with over that personal experience. I hate what the internet has become, I want something more akin to the 2000s back or at least the scrubbing of corporate mandates cut out. It's actually more dangerous to be on it because of advertisements. I would still have internet and gaming PCs regardless, but I want tech that's basic and functional.

[–] BeardededSquidward@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 days ago (2 children)

You're expecting people who are worth a minimum of 7 figures to consider the plight of people who struggle to maintain 5 figures. Companies were already lowering time employees worked to begin with regardless.

They were keeping people below full time hours to begin with, it just got lowered to squeeze that extra penny from their buttholes.

Don't blame the ACA, those companies always had people working part time and just lowered the hours further.

Good luck getting either party to do so with the amount of corporate money thrown their way. :/ You might be able to shout at the Dems to do something but it'll be a half measure of allowing an opt out system.

I called a terrible IT person for suggesting not connecting smart TVs to the network as a simple means of by passing the issue with their updates and invasion of privacy. I think it'd be easier to do that and hook up an old computer for streaming from.

It's probably just as bad because we see more Republicans get outed as kid diddlers than anyone else.

Why just leave it a fear?

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