sunbrrnslapper

joined 1 year ago
[–] sunbrrnslapper@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I am a stupid American and I am unfamiliar with all of these (might be a me problem). But now I'm gonna read up!

[–] sunbrrnslapper@lemmy.world 55 points 2 days ago (11 children)

I think the cyber truck is a fascinating piece of antiart. It looks like something Homer Simpson would design.

[–] sunbrrnslapper@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

There are parts of the federal government that are wildly inefficient. So it isn't entirely misguided to want to improve that. Appointing Musk to redesign the government's operations is a terrible idea (based on Tesla operations).

[–] sunbrrnslapper@lemmy.world 42 points 6 days ago

I thought it was a myth that kids got tangled up in the cord until my kid did it. Thank God I was standing near by.

[–] sunbrrnslapper@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago

My kids are autistic, so this would be a -11/10 for them.

[–] sunbrrnslapper@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago

I'm currently at this part: Therapist: "what about today? Is today the worst day of your life?" Peter: "Yeah" Therapist: "Wow. That's messed up"

[–] sunbrrnslapper@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Underrated comment.

[–] sunbrrnslapper@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Maybe I'm misreading your comment (coffee hasn't kicked in yet), but are you saying the bot is incorrect or that people view the bot as incorrect because it doesn't support their biases?

[–] sunbrrnslapper@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

OMG, what a nightmare. I can only assume you are looking for work elsewhere too. Best of luck to you!!

[–] sunbrrnslapper@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Inspiration at its finest.

[–] sunbrrnslapper@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I currently work for a large corporation with one of the worst HR strategies I've ever seen. Their primary focus, as far as I can tell, is to prevent employees from suing the company. But here's how it practically works out: It is really difficult to promote or get raises for high performers, which makes them a flight risk. That is coupled with it being equally difficult to remove low performers. It takes 6 months to get someone on a PIP, then another 6 months to go through the PIP process. Meanwhile the high performers have to pick up the slack without any extra comp. No one who is any good wants to work in that environment. So what you end up with is a death spiral of talent and increasingly worse products and services. I can't get out of here fast enough.

[–] sunbrrnslapper@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

Figuratively: my family Literally: caffeine and sugar

 

My son (10 yo) has a few very strong interests that he talks about pretty much nonstop. We haven't discouraged any kind of talking because he was quite delayed. However it has come to my attention that his narrow focus on these topics can annoy his peers at school. I don't want him to feel ashamed about his interests, but I also don't want him to be ostracized at school. I'd really appreciate any thoughts this group may have on how to handle (or not) this situation. TIA!

 
view more: next ›