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major_glory_v2 t1_j6p8oub wrote

Reply to comment by HaiKarate in Activation Lock is a great feature, but needs a rethink as 2020 Macs are turned into landfill by hugglenugget

This is a great idea imo! Dunno why you're getting downvoted - The number of people who lose access to old email accounts or have family members die or are gifted apple stuff and don't know the original apple id is just going to keep growing and apple don't give a single fuck about the waste created.

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Bensemus t1_j6p7lj4 wrote

Reply to comment by BuckyDuster in Asteroid Mining: SpaceX Will Help A Startup Launch Operations by Mynameis__--__

Kessler Syndrome has no real bearing on stuff traveling through a orbit.

It's about a cascading series of crashes in an orbit that create a dangerous debris field. This cascade can take decades or centuries. It also doesn't make the orbit unusable, just a bit more dangerous.

Wall-E and Gravity are not real depictions of what it could be like.

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Bensemus t1_j6p6nm2 wrote

Reply to comment by The-Brit in Mining giant Rio Tinto apologizes for sparking radiation alert after losing device in Australia by hzj5790

Walking within 5 meters as you walk past it won't do anything. If you pick it up then you are starting to get a concerning dose and need to get it at least 5m away from you and now that you know where it is you need to remain 5m away.

With how radioactive it is if it's along the road they will easily find it with radiation meters. If someone has stolen it then it will be hard to find, but not impossible.

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happyscrappy t1_j6p4hk1 wrote

Reply to comment by WhatTheZuck420 in How Big Tech is using mass layoffs to bring workers to heel by diacewrb

I guess. But the article veers from that too. It counts Capital One and Carvana as tech. And I only got down to the Cs to see those!

Honestly it looks like the article is just bundling up nearly any company that uses computers in their business and laid off as "tech" (or Silicon Valley in that paragraph).

Carvana puts thousands of car salesmen on the street because the leadership can't figure out how to properly track car titles and it's part of a "tech layoff trend to bring workers to heel".

BTW, a friend's actual Silicon Valley, actual tech (and I don't mean selling mattresses over the internet) company laid off today. About 3.5% of headcount. So there is something there. I just think it's being massively misrepresented here.

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frosty_pickle t1_j6p42sn wrote

Reply to comment by Red__M_M in Activation Lock is a great feature, but needs a rethink as 2020 Macs are turned into landfill by hugglenugget

Having benefited from some data recovery companies in the past, sometimes data that’s erased is still there. That being said a there are some thorough formatting procedures which do a damn good job of cleaning everything out. But if your it department is overwhelmed with other things and information security is vital then a shredder does a pretty good job.

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toaster-riot t1_j6p3tc9 wrote

Reply to comment by ryanhoulihan in OpenAI executives say releasing ChatGPT for public use was a last resort after running into multiple hurdles — and they're shocked by its popularity by steviaplath153

No I'm with ya there dude, screw our financial system. Everyone is poor because capitalism is a flawed system that's exploited by the ultra rich. Corporations post record profits while minimum wage stagnates and my prescription medication costs skyrocket.

Chatgpt helps me with things I am not good at and have no interest in learning. It doesn't mean I'm cheating if I use it to write a cover letter, in the same way that I'm not cheating if I print my letter with a printer instead of handwriting it.

Will the bourgeoise try to use it to further exploit the poor? Of course they will! They'll continue to divide labor and consolidate wealth the same way they have historically with all other technology. That doesn't make the technology bad.

The gap between the rich and the poor will continue to grow as technology opens the door to further consolidation of wealth. But, there's no way I'm writing cover letters if I don't have to. So at least I have that going for me.

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hawkeye224 t1_j6p297a wrote

Reply to comment by TheJawsofIce in PayPal to lay off 2,000 employees in coming weeks, about 7% of workforce by Familiar-Turtle

The thing is, if you now look at any company and try to guesstimate the number of employees, it's going to be at least an order of magnitude higher than what you thought.

I'm pretty sure that companies doing similar stuff in e.g. 2000-2005 were like 1/10th the size, yet managed to get work done (and without the supposed productivity/automation improvements tools that appeared since that time..).

Michael Burry thinks there's something called a "white collar bubble" and I agree with him. There's a book about "bullshit jobs" which also explores this topic.

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DasDunXel t1_j6p1yor wrote

Reply to comment by i_dont_know in Activation Lock is a great feature, but needs a rethink as 2020 Macs are turned into landfill by hugglenugget

Bingo. It doesn't take much time to release a Mac from your DEP & MDM. There are several used Mac buyback companies and if you are doing 2-4 year rotation. You can easily get $50-500 depending on a lot of things.

Easiest option? Set a flat price on a make/model and offer the employees a buy back of their own device as is. You be surprised how many people will buy a 3+ year old MacBook pro for $400-600 USD. And how many people take better care of their work laptop during those 3+ years of service knowing they could eventually own it personally.

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