kent_eh

kent_eh , 11 months ago to technology in Metaverse: What happened to Mark Zuckerberg's next big thing?

what happened

Nobody cares is what happened

kent_eh , 11 months ago to technology in Meta and Salesforce are looking to re-hire some workers they just laid off. It's putting those people in an awkward spot

If you rejoin either of these companies after they already fired you, you get what you deserve.

A signifigant raise and a big signing bonus?

That’s the only way a company that fired me could hope to get me back.

kent_eh , 11 months ago to news in Federal judge again strikes down California law banning gun magazines of more than 10 rounds

Gun deaths in Canada isn’t exactly in a good place, it’s just way better than the US.

It’s also mostly a problem caused by guns smuggled in from the US, where it’s far too easy for people with bad intentions to get guns.

kent_eh , 11 months ago to technology in 25 States Agree To Quadruple Number Of Heat Pumps In America

Wtf, North Dakota and Montana?

You guys stand to benefit from this.

.

Of course, they also have oil wells, don’t they…

kent_eh , 11 months ago to news in Women are less likely to receive CPR in public than men: Study

I mean just getting the electrodes on for a defibrillator you have to lift their shirt

You also need to make sure their bra doesn’t have an underwire and remove it if there is.

kent_eh , 11 months ago to news in Women are less likely to receive CPR in public than men: Study

I am hesitant to put my hands on the chest of a woman who hasn’t given consent.

kent_eh , 11 months ago to world in Over 10,000 British Columbians joined the 1 Million March 4 Children

Note that “rebel news” who produced that video is an extreme right wing “news” company. Basically the Canadian version of Breitbart or InfoWars.

Personally, I wouldn’t trust anything they publish without a lot of independent corroboration.

kent_eh , 11 months ago to world in Massive turnout for Regina rally in support of parents' rights

Note that “rebel news” who produced that video is an extreme right wing “news” company. Basically the Canadian version of Breitbart or InfoWars.

Personally, I wouldn’t trust anything they publish without a lot of independent corroboration.

kent_eh , 11 months ago to worldnews in Massive turnout for Regina rally in support of parents' rights

Note that “rebel news” who produced that video is an extreme right wing “news” company. Basically the Canadian version of Breitbart or InfoWars.

Personally, I wouldn’t trust anything they publish without a lot of independent corroboration.

kent_eh , 11 months ago to worldnews in Over 10,000 British Columbians joined the 1 Million March 4 Children

These numbers are far too high.

The actual number, not the made up propaganda number they called their hissyfit group.

Happily, they were met with large counter-protests in every city where they tried to do their march.

.

Also, for some context, the “rebel news” that made this video is the Canadian equivalent of Breitbart or InfoWars. Treat any claims they might make with a lot of skepticism.

kent_eh , 11 months ago to news in Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signs legislation to ban child marriage in Michigan

That’s literally what the Bible says to do.

Good book, my ass.

kent_eh , 11 months ago to worldnews in The Gruesome Story of How Neuralink’s Monkeys Actually Died

Musk has a track record of giving absolutely no fucks about safety or regulations unless forced to.

While he is a particularly egregious and blatant example, there are countless examples of other corporations generating their profits by doing exactly the same level of ignoring safety, environmental damage, and other harms ti society in their single-minded pursuit of ever inreasing profits.

Internalize the profits and externalize the costs has been a business mantra for centuries.

kent_eh , 11 months ago to news in DEI Jobs Have Dried Up Post George Floyd Protests But The Ones Left Are Filled Mostly By White People

hard to keep up with all these new acryonyms

Especially the ones from foreign countries.

kent_eh , 11 months ago to news in Clarence Thomas Secretly Participated in Koch Network Donor Events

if you had some means of removing judges who can’t even pretend to be impartial.

Could you not imagine all the ways today’s Republicans would try to abuse that against aby democrats appointed justice that ruled against some of the blatantly unconstitutional craziness they have tried to pull?

kent_eh , 11 months ago to world in Indonesia: TikToker jailed for two years over pork video

Yay theocracy…