Re: Never Forever
"...because management never forgives and never forgets." Unless it's their debt, then they never forgive, and never remember.
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On the other hand, the spreading of misinformation is the standard way for dictatorships to come into power.
The Dilution of Truth (calling truth lies, calling lies truth, applying 'spin' and dubious interpretations to things that are observable) is the prime tool of those who wish to control thoughts.
It seems to me the balance of these points might have something to do with a popular quote about "eternal vigilance" and it's relation to liberty.
That's the problem with (especially fixed or capped) fines - If you have enough money it is simply "the cost of doing business".
I have heard tales of England implementing red kerbs to denote "absolutely no parking" where the car will be impounded and destroyed, vice yellow kerb markings that have a fine or "a few hundred quid parking fee".
To put it in terms that these people will care about: The understaffed service industry jobs will only get more understaffed as those working them keel over because they can't afford the time off to recover, or to not spread the virus.
If you think the lines to get your burger fix/haircut are bad now, imagine another couple of years of losing 1-2 people per worksite per year - with no replacements available.
I have seen it as a "standard" practice, but only in apartments (flats) and other rental units. This is to allow the renter to change lighting (an easy way to personalize the space) with out risking damage to the unit.
It also make evictions cleaner - you can throw out (or return) the lamps, but it gets messy when the renter wants their ceiling fan back after you've punted them.
When Amazon is a significant career improvement over what you are offering, mayhap you should improve what you offer?
I don't know what the school systems could offer... Maybe heat and A/C in the busses? Paid vacation days?
What will not help is dragooning the existent drivers to cover additional routes for no extra compensation. I know the sprogs' bus driver was working an additional 2 jobs to make ends meet, and getting saddled with an extra route every day did not help her get to the next job on time. (It also hasn't helped the kids get home on time. A 7AM-5PM school day is ridiculous)
Something a bit like running a SELECT statement in SQL before changing SELECT to DELETE?
A mail generator that would inform you that X mails will be sent and log to which emails it will be sent to, so that the data wrangler can look if the number is way off.
But I dobt that that athat would be viewed as a sellig pont. Who poofreads things befroe hitting submite?
I agree with the jake, MrDamage, etc. above, but I also want to add that the bakery argument is a bad-faith strawman (which is like strawman2):
The bakery was not ordered to make the cake, the bakery was not cited for failing to make the cake, nor were they sued for refusing to make said cake (although, they could have been - for illegal discrimination against a protected class). ALL of their legal problems stemmed from doxxing the couple to a rabidly homophobic community. While they did not say "here's two gays - attack!" The bakery in question published the personal data (names, address, and phone numbers) that were provided to them in the process of ordering a cake along with a plea for someone to help them because the gays were targeting them for failing to support their wicked, sinful, and blasphemous ways.
Which boiled down to "Here's two gays - ATTACK!"
Uber(Eats), DoorDash and Grubhub are griping, but Postmates and Seamless aren't? And Seamless is strictly NYC-only.
I have it on good authority that most New Yorkers use Seamless (and maybe Postmates - but usually Seamless), so I would expect those two to be the major complainants, if this really did have a negative impact on earnings. It sounds more like the usual suspects are complaining that their liscence to print money has been revoked.
Remember, in corporate speak "we're losing money" can usually be read as "We're not making as much money as we would like"
I can see why Open(?!)AI came up with those rules, but I believe that their hardline stance in this case is reactionary and kinda' dumb.
I would think that the wiping of the bot at the end of the credits would count for a lot of their protections. If the bot instances are non-shareable, then that should cover the rest of them. At that point it's little more than a technology-enhanced daydream; with about the same amount of risk.