DashboTreeFrog

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[–] [email protected] 49 points 2 weeks ago

I legit had the same thought just yesterday. I'm typically very hard on myself about doing a good job with my work and meeting my own expectations, but seeing Hegseth et al. play down Signal-gate got me thinking, I have never in my life fucked-up that bad and these fuckers still have the confidence to say they're good at their jobs, and that makes me feel better.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (9 children)

There's still some toxicity around Buddhism at least. Living in SEA I now know several people who are really turned off by the practices and beliefs of their family's religion, Buddhism, from the way all troubles are explained away as karma to neurodiversity and Learning Differences being hidden because that would mean that person did something bad in their past life.

I used to think Buddhism specifically was the "good" religion that's more like philosophy, but spending more time with people who grew up deep in Buddhism has made me see there's really more to the community and it's beliefs and practices than I thought.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago

I agree with this advice of having someone take a look at your resume. Way back, I had an older friend of mine with experience managing CV's help me work on mine and even the base template of my cover letters. I've done a number of interviews, mostly unsuccessful though I'm happy with where I'm at now, and one consistent thing I've heard is that I have an impressive resume, and I'm forever thankful to my friend for helping me put it together.

I don't quite agree on customizing your CV for every submission, but I do do this for my cover letter/correspondence.

Also, yes, reaching out directly to places you want to work with has worked for me a couple of times. If there are hiring/networking events for your field, even online ones, I'd recommend that too. Best success I've had landing interviews is through these kind of events and I've only done online ones.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

I'm in South East Asia, seen them in different countries here, mostly in malls but even in my current apartment building. Feels very Cyberpunk even just walking by and hearing it.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Beats the ads on screens I see playing in many elevators...

[–] [email protected] 40 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Industry groups-

Yup, got it, big money controls everything.

[–] [email protected] 82 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Columbia University PhD student Ranjani Srinivasan calls accusations that she’s a ‘terrorist sympathizer’ absurd, telling CBC’s David Common that she feared for her safety after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials showed up at her door.

That's the entire text with a 7 minute video on the page.

Newsworthy and valuable info in this climate, but I can't be the only one who gets frustrated when a news site posts basically just a video and no actual article. Maybe just a personal gripe

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm taking a sick day too. Except for the first time in nearly a decade, my current employer doesn't require a doctor's note for anything less than 3 days.

Honestly, most doctors just give you a note if you go in no matter what anyway, so I've always felt that it's more about your workplace tracking you than trying to make sure you're alright. The need for a doctor's note doesn't hold up to scrutiny. Sucky, relatable situation, you got my sympathy

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

Oh, so if it's going to be down voted anyway, then a lot of down votes feels good? Guess that's more validating than a middling response

[–] [email protected] 31 points 3 weeks ago

I spent two years in Saudi Arabia in the early 2000s and was hearing stories like this even back then as a kid. I remember some kids even put on a skit involving maid abuse for some kind of social justice style project (I don't remember the specifics) so it was a well known enough issue even then. Terrifying stuff and disgusting that they still hey away with it.

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