FuglyDuck

FuglyDuck , 11 months ago to news in 'There was no kidnapping': Carlee Russell apologizes after admitting hoax

If you want to play a hoax on people… there’s things that will actually make people laugh. Do those. don’t cry wolf and pretend something awful happened to you.

FuglyDuck , 11 months ago to technology in Leaked messages show Amazon will force a 'voluntary resignation' on employees failing to relocate near their team 'hubs'

As another side, a strategy companies are using lately to keep their UI costs low is providing a severance package that pays all or part of the employee’s salary but paying it out over time. Depending on the state and the rules for that state’s UI program, that often counts against any UI benefit the former employee would receive, reducing the weekly benefit (sometimes to $0). It’s a thing I’ve only seen in the past 5 or so years. I would expect States to start to recognize this end-run around the system and adjust the rules accordingly in the near future.

this is an old strategy. It’s called “severance.” Many company will offer a severance package before going to lay offs that enhance retirement packages (especially for people close enough to it anyhow) or otherwise entice people to take it, instead.

As an aside, UI is an insurance product sold (forcibly, by the State) to the employer. The employer pays a premium which rises or falls based on the number and cost of claims that employer generates. Naturally, employers are incentivized to reduce the number of claims to keep costs low, but it’s not, as is commonly thought, the employer paying benefits directly.

It would really, really, suck if you had to rely on a former employer to pay unemployment. Just saying.

FuglyDuck , 11 months ago to technology in Leaked messages show Amazon will force a 'voluntary resignation' on employees failing to relocate near their team 'hubs'

Well, yes. But then they trigger unemployment. The can’t here is that they’re trying to avoid that.

In the us, you have to pay unemployment if they’re not terminated for cause. And refusing to locate is not an “acceptable” cause, so it comes to be an at-will termination (ie “we’re firing you because we can.”)

Also, the jobs they’re talking about usually come with severance packages. It’s not the warehouse gig workers

FuglyDuck , 11 months ago to technology in Where can I archive my past video content? (and get paid hopefully)

I thought everybody liked fried chicken?

FuglyDuck , 11 months ago to technology in Leaked messages show Amazon will force a 'voluntary resignation' on employees failing to relocate near their team 'hubs'

No. The solution is to call their bullshitnout.

A company can’t hire you to work from one location (regardless if it’s WFH or not,) and then unilaterally decide to have you relocate.

“You can apply internally” or anything else that is a new contract doesn’t matter. They’re changing the terms of employment, and they can’t do that unilaterally.

The choices are to agree with their new terms, accept the “out” of taking another position in your area, or reject them. They can use what ever semantics they want, but it’s still a layoff.

FuglyDuck , 11 months ago to aww in Mouse Is All Tuckered Out

that belly floof. probably a trap.

FuglyDuck , 11 months ago to news in Unilever will let Russia employees be conscripted

Whelp. I just hate them a little more now.

Granted they’re an awful company and I hate the a lot. Because they’re an awful company.

FuglyDuck , 11 months ago to technology in Musk's new idea

Not really. Not by any stretch of the imagination. He’s more of a Carnegie type. except Carnegie managed to convince people he was actually a good person. (his philanthropy is responsible for a LOT of the libraries. But also, he came down hard when it came to union busting, and a lot of his dirty work was done by Henry Frick.)

In any case, the reality is, his prior ‘good’ reputation- including for all things you’re saying he’s going to be famous for doing- is more the result of having a good PR staff keep him looking … like that. he’s not a founder of Tesla. he’s not a brilliant engineer (or a brilliant anything else.) he’s just a rich guy tossing money around to make it grow.

FuglyDuck , 11 months ago to world in Crimea bridge is legitimate military target, Zelenskiy says

Of course it’s a military target- they’re using it to bring in military equipment and supplies and people.

If schools and entire civilian population centers are legitimate, a dumb bridge is.

FuglyDuck , 11 months ago to technology in Satellites Are Rife With Basic Security Flaws

They were dumb enough to share their firmware when asked.

Cyber security isn’t a concern they have. Either they’re just idiots, or they feel confident nobody is interested in exploiting things, and thought it might be “interesting” to see what they have to say.

I would assume the secret spy satellites and rods-from-god-dropper have better security….

FuglyDuck , 11 months ago to news in Florida's new Black history curriculum says "slaves developed skills" that could be used for "personal benefit"

Considering that’s what they mean when they say “make America great again”… they would pay themselves on the back with that take of yours. They’d make such nice slave-owning assholes, see

FuglyDuck , 11 months ago to news in ‘The KHP waged war’: Federal judge orders end of Kansas trooper ‘two-step’ maneuver

If any cop asks you if you’re doing something illegal… immediately ask for a lawyer. You’re not obligated to answer any questions or give them any information at all. this obligates them to either cease questioning you and let you go, or arrest you while they fetch a lawyer. they’re not going to do that over a traffic stop where they have nothing else.

Further, if they continue pressing or asking questions, or anything they learn (or “Learn”) from that questioning is tainted and inadmissible; and there’s a solid argument for “they didn’t have probable cause before asking questions, I asked for a lawyer and they said that gave them probable cause” will invalidate anything turned up from a search.

FuglyDuck , 11 months ago to technology in Computer chip with built-in human brain tissue gets military funding

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Okay.

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That shit’s getting freaky.

(sorry. lol. Thanks for the informative comment though.)

FuglyDuck , 11 months ago to news in ‘There’s nothing American about promoting violence’: country star Jason Aldean criticised for anti-protest song

office workers with trucks that never leave paved roads

Not true. They sometimes end up in the ditch after drunken driving.

FuglyDuck , 11 months ago to technology in The ‘90s Internet: When 20 hours online triggered an email from my ISP’s president

20 hours… … …what were you doing?!