Paladinus posted:

Interest-free loans are the next best thing to free money. Especially with high inflation. Still, not a close second, mind.

Sanlav posted:

The last conversation I had with my sister, she was bragging about how she scored the highest in the office and got taken out to lunch by management at her property management fund. IDK what they did to that generation. She was downright giddy about giving them every minute on the clock. No bonus, no promotions in 3 years there, but senpai noticed her and it's like it was all worth it.

Orange Devil posted:

I got an idea:

Payback-free loans. Feel free to charge as much interest as you like.

In Training posted:

That snake robot is cute.

BonHair posted:

These already exist, except the payback-free part has an expiration date.

quote:

Now Uber, Lyft, and a coalition of large corporations are expanding their quest to rope off their workers from labor laws, and it’s dramatically more ambitious. With the backing of the Coalition for Workforce Innovation, a lobbying group made up of not just app companies but household names like Google, Kroger, and Target, Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar and Republican Reps. Elise Stefanik and Michelle Steel introduced legislation, the Worker Flexibility and Choice Act, in late July that wouldn’t just help Uber and Lyft treat their drivers as independent contractors, but exempt virtually any American worker from minimum wage and overtime protections.

This federal foray goes far beyond the state-level bargains these companies had attempted to eke out. The legislation would deem any worker who signed a so-called “worker flexibility agreement” to be an independent contractor for the purposes of the Fair Labor Standards Act, which requires employers to pay minimum wage and overtime. “This bill would dramatically upend labor standards,” said Brian Chen, senior staff attorney at the National Employment Law Project.

...

Compared to what the companies were trying to broker in state legislatures, the Cuellar bill “is very, very different and much more ambitious,” said Marshall Steinbaum, assistant professor of economics at the University of Utah. The ultimate goal is still the same: to classify certain workers as independent contractors, not as employee. But instead of narrowly tailoring it to so-called gig workers—Uber drivers, DoorDashers, and the like—this bill would apply to any worker in any industry who signed such an agreement.

“Any employer in the private sector could embrace this model,” said Veena Dubal, law professor at the University of California, Hastings. “This is everyone. This is literally anyone.” And there would be a clear incentive for companies to make use of it. Without the requirement to pay at least minimum wage, employers could pay as little as they wanted, devoting less of their profits to their workforces. Without overtime requirements, they could force their workers to put in longer hours without having to pay them anything extra. While these agreements, were the bill to become law, might at first be most prevalent in low-wage service sector work, where workers already have little power to push back against restrictive working conditions and where wage theft runs rampant, they almost certainly won’t stay there. They would be an attractive option for any employer, including “more professional or managerial-style jobs,” Chen said.

Danaru posted:

https://twitter.com/topherflorence/status/1559577209035112448

Make the brands stop

Shear Modulus posted:

uhhhh is this news to people? Of course lockheed recruits at college campuses. they get a booth at the engineering career fair right next to boeing and the car companies and the oil companies and the software companies.

Paladinus posted:

I forgot, do you need to license youtube videos from creators or does youtube technically own everyone's videos, and you only need to credit the author? Maybe I'm thinking about instagram.

E: Yep, there it is.

Ham Equity posted:

https://slate.com/business/2022/08/uber-lyft-gig-economy-worker-flexibility-choice-act.html

Henry Cuellar, if you'll recall, is the anti-bodily-autonomy Democrat whose home was raided by the FBI over his ties to oil interests, and whose campaign Nancy Pelosi and the rest of the Democratic leadership poured a ton of money and time into even though there was a viable progressive alternative.

Danaru posted:

https://twitter.com/topherflorence/status/1559577209035112448

Make the brands stop

Danaru posted:

Make the brands stop

Failed Imagineer posted:

There's a version of this where they use sensors to give the snake control over the legs, but this just seems to be a snake sitting inside a primitive robo-tube which is being controlled by a laptop? The former would have obvious potential application in robotics and prosthetics, the latter is just some nerd playing with some off-the-shelf servo components.

Not really a big deal either way, it's not like this dude was going to solve global warming if we took away his toys.

Arsenic Lupin posted:

The NSA and CIA had open houses for CS majors. Yes, I went, because I was curious. No, I did not apply.

Youtube has global rights to redistribute. Not Random McCorporation.

Arsenic Lupin posted:

Youtube has global rights to redistribute. Not Random McCorporation.

Ham Equity posted:

Did the dude even post it on YouTube?

Arsenic Lupin posted:

Youtube has global rights to redistribute. Not Random McCorporation.

Paladinus posted:

I forgot, do you need to license youtube videos from creators or does youtube technically own everyone's videos, and you only need to credit the author? Maybe I'm thinking about instagram.

E: Yep, there it is.

Plank Walker posted:

youtube could just give cnn the video since "news piece that's just a youtube video" is basically an advertisement for youtube and that's for the purpose of promoting the Service

Paladinus posted:

I am more than sure Mr. CNN has cleared it with Mr. YouTube. It's not like it's the first time a news corporation used a video from youtube, lmao. I imagine their agreement covers the entire catalogue. If they so desire, they can post this video, and all they'll need to do is mention that it's from youtube.

christmas boots posted:

Snakes don't really use legs so I don't know if he's really benefitting from it.

Tiggum posted:

YouTube doesn't own any videos and they only have the right to sue them as long as you provide that video to them. If you take your own video down, they can't keep a copy and use it any more. Also, the use they can make of it is limited to "operating, promoting and improving" YouTube. That basically means playing the video on the YouTube website, app and embedded player, or in their advertisements on other platforms.

ekuNNN posted:

https://va.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_rgljyrIx681r0uzl6.mp4

ekuNNN posted:

https://va.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_rgljyrIx681r0uzl6.mp4

quote:

Millionaire reveals he felt 'guilty' after swapping lives with single mother-of-two who lives on £64 a week and can't always afford to eat on Rich House, Poor House
Roy Ledgister, 48, from Lewis, enjoys £1,750 disposable income a week
In Turnbridge, single mother-of-two Becky Bigginton feeds family on £64 a week
Swapped lives and budgets for a week and are now friends who help each other

quote:

Following the social experiment, which was filmed in the early spring, the pair are still in touch weekly, with the single mother working as an unpaid consultant for Roy's company, as he provides her with mentorship.

Pepe Silvia Browne posted:

this is really something else. i need a minute

Paladinus posted:

I've just noticed that the tiger doesn't have ears. He's wearing cat ears headphones instead.

Palladium posted:

whats the payout table for "viewers being paid shills/bots"

Shame Boy posted:

Also the gaming computer is clearly liquid cooled with cum.

Shame Boy posted:

God someone in the twitter thread linked this, I completely forgot about this moment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPcC7cHEhzw

Palladium posted:

custom liquid cooling aka #1 proven method to pay more to destroy computers

Warmachine posted:

it works great when done right

filling your loop with cum/dyed cum is not right

ModernMajorGeneral posted:

ekuNNN posted:

https://va.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_rgljyrIx681r0uzl6.mp4

Shame Boy posted:

He's paying her with the most valuable thing of all: free advice from a man!