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Cake day: July 27th, 2023

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  • I applied to a small tech company back in late 2021, when everywhere was hiring like crazy. It was my first full time role, but I have my bachelor’s and had work experience.

    Overall I had:

    • a phone screen with the recruiter
    • a video interview with the recruiter for the specific role
    • a video interview with HR
    • a cognitive aptitude test online
    • a personality test online
    • an interview with a team member from the department hiring
    • a take home assessment that I completed then went over on a video call/interview with my would-be manager and the same team member

    I also had my credit checked, and had to provide 3 references which were all called.

    The job paid $36,000. Though it is definitely getting worse, these people have always been out of touch. My company was just ahead of the times, I guess.

    When I left last year, they had just excitedly announced that they would be using video interview question submissions for all candidates going forward. The only feedback I gave in my exit interview was that I wouldn’t apply today with the required video interviews.


  • I saw an instagram profile that “specializes” in Trump related AI art, and is run by a German teenager. It looked like there were paid features Trump fans could sign up for, and a lot of them were eating it up in the comments.

    The account owner has just a couple pics of himself posted in a suit, and one brief explanation + a few short comments on why he loves Trump, and how he came to being a huge Trump fan. Which are all very vague/surface level reasons and come across about as genuine as the more lazy sponsored videos on YouTube.

    I’m convinced this is what he’s doing lol. Also a little impressed tbh



  • Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, and Texas do not pay incarcerated workers at all for their labor.

    This only adds to your point, but I wanted to include that several states (in the South of course) do in fact pay absolutely NOTHING for their prison labor.

    Some areas may pay prisoners minimum wage for work release jobs, but I believe many of those can turn around and garnish those same wages for room and board at the prison. It’s ridiculous. The second you make more than a dime for your labor, we will start charging you for the right to live again.






  • Agreed. You can buy the displays that are marketed to businesses and usually come without all of the invasive smart features.

    They definitely cost more on average, but they’re also built to run more often or constantly, and hold up far better. They’re even a lot more customizable.

    You can buy some that come with slots where you put in a raspberry pi or another computer of your choice, instead of whatever OS that comes with smart tvs.

    At this point, I’m starting to regularly check if there are “for business customers” options available when I need something, because the options for regular consumers are getting so bad with all this data hoarding and ad pushing.