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[Scouse]

Anyone seen my violin?

Again, I wouldn't complain if I had sick pay, entitlement to holidays, etc. You know - all the cushy stuff you scared permies desparately cling to whilst you accept the bent-over-a-barrel salaries you get paid whilst you lie to yourselves that your company gives a shit and wouldn't make you redundant en-mass if the full-stop was on the wrong bit of the spreadsheet.

Jealousy becomes you tho Bodhi old bean. Turns out the green-eyed monster isn't just the preserve of communists and champagne socialists eh?

 

[Bodhi]

Again, I wouldn't complain if I had sick pay, entitlement to holidays, etc. You know - all the cushy stuff you scared permies desparately cling to whilst you accept the bent-over-a-barrel salaries you get paid whilst you lie to yourselves that your company gives a shit and wouldn't make you redundant en-mass if the full-stop was on the wrong bit of the spreadsheet.

Jealousy becomes you tho Bodhi old bean. Turns out the green-eyed monster isn't just the preserve of communists and champagne socialists eh?

Aw bless, Such anger that you now have to pay your own way, and contribute to society like the rest of us.

 

[Scouse]

Fertility rate: 'Jaw-dropping' global crash in children being born

Nearly every country will see their populations fall as the world has fewer babies.

www.bbc.co.uk

surely this is a good problem and not a bad one like the article seems to point at.

Wholesale changes to societies are rarely painless.

Personally I think it's indicative of the fact that bringing up kids is both a financial drain and a total time drain on a couple.

I wasn't interested for environmental reasons - Tam's not interested because to do the job well would compromise her career if she didn't want to end up like the frazzled overworked parents she sees amongst all her friends.

For Tam, and presumably loads of educated women, having kids in this time-poor capitalist society looks like a shit life.

 

[Embattle]

Fertility rate: 'Jaw-dropping' global crash in children being born

Nearly every country will see their populations fall as the world has fewer babies.

www.bbc.co.uk

surely this is a good problem and not a bad one like the article seems to point at.

Yes/No, as the article also points out you need ways to offset it under our current systems.

 

[Wij]

Again, I wouldn't complain if I had sick pay, entitlement to holidays, etc. You know - all the cushy stuff you scared permies desparately cling to whilst you accept the bent-over-a-barrel salaries you get paid whilst you lie to yourselves that your company gives a shit and wouldn't make you redundant en-mass if the full-stop was on the wrong bit of the spreadsheet.

I'm not entirely unaware of a company that seems to be getting rid of permies but not (currently) contractors.

 

[Scouse]

I'm not entirely unaware of a company that seems to be getting rid of permies but not (currently) contractors.

Yeah. We're about to sack 30,000+.

They had a little respite during covid but are about to go ahead.

At the same time consultancies like IBM that charge £3k+ a day (for people they pay £70k/year) are increasing.

Contractors? Who knows...

 

[Moriath]

Yes/No, as the article also points out you need ways to offset it under our current systems.

Yes why i said its a good problem or a better problem to have than ever increasing populations. Which is unsustainable. Yes in the short term there would be more old ppl to look after but its like a speed bump toa more sustainable population going forward.

 

[Wij]

At the same time consultancies like IBM that charge £3k+ a day (for people they pay £70k/year) are increasing.

Sickening isn't it but they have the cash to fund the Tories I suppose.

 

[Raven]

 

[Bodhi]

View attachment 41974

Not the Nine o Clock News rang, it wants its joke back.

 

[Scouse]

Not the Nine o Clock News rang, it wants its joke back.

Like the best jokes it's both funny and relevant

 

[BloodOmen]

Part of reddit I've been going to lately

Reddit - The heart of the internet

www.reddit.com

It's rather good tbfh, has data from lots of different things on there

 

[Moriath]

 

[Bodhi]

Like the best jokes it's both funny and relevant

It was funnier when Griff Rhys Jones did it.

40 years ago.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kByzfK2bLvo

 

[Moriath]

hooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooorse

endless.horse

 

[Wij]

I think Bill Gates got hacked. Status has gone now but text was:


Everyone is asking me to give back, and now is the time.

I am doubling all payments sent to my BTC address for the next 30 minutes. You send $1,000, I send you back $2,000.

BTC Address - bc1qxy2kgdygjrsqtzq2n0yrf2493p83kkfjhx0wlh

Only going on for 30 minutes! Enjoy!

 

[Wij]

Elon Musk too.

 

[caLLous]

And Jeff Bezos. And Apple and Uber. Jesus, that's some move.

 

[Moriath]

Funny. Bet some ppl fall for it too. That billgates doesnt have a blue tick either

 

[Deebs]

People did fall for it, amazes me how thick we can be. Twitter has a lot to explain, will be interesting to read. So far looks like either

a) internal help
b) employees were targeted and then allowed the hackers into the network

Fun times!

 

[Raven]

They got hold of some tools apparently, so either its an inside job or twitter itself got ram raided.

 

[Job]

 

[Wij]

So. Not a hack at all really. Victims did nothing wrong. Plain old inside job.


View: https://twitter.com/josephfcox/status/1283593343365050368

 

[Deebs]

So. Not a hack at all really. Victims did nothing wrong. Plain old inside job.


View: https://twitter.com/josephfcox/status/1283593343365050368

Be interesting to see what the official response is, as if this is an inside job then criminal proceedings will be sought.

 

[BloodOmen]

People did fall for it, amazes me how thick we can be. Twitter has a lot to explain, will be interesting to read. So far looks like either

a) internal help
b) employees were targeted and then allowed the hackers into the network

Fun times!

Notice how Donald Trump didn't get targeted? at least I don't think he did... or anyone affiliated with him.

 

[Job]

Ha as if anyone would think Trump would hand out his cash.

 

[BloodOmen]

What a joke

Shamima Begum can return to UK to fight for citizenship, Court of Appeal rules

The 20-year-old, who joined the Islamic State group in Syria, has been denied a fair hearing, judges say.

www.bbc.co.uk

Judges saying "She hasn't had a fair trial"

Where was the fair trial of the people she watched butchered at the hands of ISIS? where was their justice? what a farce, I hope the government wins the appeal to keep her the fuck out.

 

[Embattle]

Twitter lost control of its internal systems to Bitcoin-scamming hackers

Celebrity accountholders weren’t the only targets. Late hacker Adrian Lamo was, too.

arstechnica.com

 

[Bodhi]

Archived Petition: Impose sanctions on China over its treatment of Uyghur Muslims

The UK Government plans to introduce “Magnitsky law”, a law which targets people who commit gross human rights violations. Through this law or alternative means, this petition urges the UK Government to impose sanctions on China for their human rights violations on the Uyghur people.

petition.parliament.uk

Don't normally get involved in these things but have just signed the above - Maajid Nawaz of LBC is going on hunger strike until this petition gets to 100k signatures to draw attention to the plight of the Uyghur Muslims in China.

Not sure how effective it will be, but worth a signature imo.

 

[BloodOmen]

Archived Petition: Impose sanctions on China over its treatment of Uyghur Muslims

The UK Government plans to introduce “Magnitsky law”, a law which targets people who commit gross human rights violations. Through this law or alternative means, this petition urges the UK Government to impose sanctions on China for their human rights violations on the Uyghur people.

petition.parliament.uk

Don't normally get involved in these things but have just signed the above - Maajid Nawaz of LBC is going on hunger strike until this petition gets to 100k signatures to draw attention to the plight of the Uyghur Muslims in China.

Not sure how effective it will be, but worth a signature imo.

Signed.