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Salt Fish: Sep 11, 2003; Cybernetic Crumb

The Oldest Man posted:

They do, and in addition you can't go through the work/break area boundary at an Amazon facility without going through a badge-access turnstile that looks like this:

So presumably the facial recognition camera is for some other purpose than just monitoring who is taking breaks since they already know that.

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Scarabrae: Oct 7, 2002

The Oldest Man posted:

They do, and in addition you can't go through the work/break area boundary at an Amazon facility without going through a badge-access turnstile that looks like this:

So presumably the facial recognition camera is for some other purpose than just monitoring who is taking breaks since they already know that.

jesus loving christ, can someone rid me of this turbulent Bezos

# ? Feb 26, 2024 01:48

gradenko_2000: Oct 5, 2010; HELL SERPENT; Lipstick Apathy

The Oldest Man posted:

They do, and in addition you can't go through the work/break area boundary at an Amazon facility without going through a badge-access turnstile that looks like this:

So presumably the facial recognition camera is for some other purpose than just monitoring who is taking breaks since they already know that.

Welcome to the Ont Stimpire

# ? Feb 26, 2024 02:17

Precambrian Video Games: Aug 19, 2002

Ontario Empire? We're going to invade Buffalo despite Gov Hochul's warnings?

# ? Feb 26, 2024 02:27

Scarabrae: Oct 7, 2002

you ever see something and it makes you feel like if a human mind produced that then all of humanity is damned as a result?

# ? Feb 26, 2024 02:30

Mr Hootington: Jul 24, 2008; I'M HAVING A HOOT EATING CORNETTE THE LONG WAY

Scarabrae posted:

you ever see something and it makes you feel like if a human mind produced that then all of humanity is damned as a result?

Yeah whenever you post

# ? Feb 26, 2024 03:12

Thoguh: Nov 8, 2002; College Slice

Precambrian Video Games posted:

Ontario Empire? We're going to invade Buffalo despite Gov Hochul's warnings?

I�m assuming it�s by Ontario airport in the Inland Empire part of Southern California but who knows.

# ? Feb 26, 2024 03:21

RadiRoot: Feb 3, 2007

The Oldest Man posted:

They do, and in addition you can't go through the work/break area boundary at an Amazon facility without going through a badge-access turnstile that looks like this:

So presumably the facial recognition camera is for some other purpose than just monitoring who is taking breaks since they already know that.

how soon before they just remove the exits?

# ? Feb 26, 2024 03:21

LonsomeSon: Nov 22, 2009; A fishperson in an intimidating hat!

RadiRoot posted:

how soon before they just remove the exits?

back before the pandemic there were a couple of articles about Amazon warehouses which had break rooms, but work tempos which would cause you to get fired if you ever took a break, so what the rooms wound up being used for was people having crying breakdowns and to gently caress in

i worked at a target warehouse for a little bit and im pretty sure a pretext was found to fire me because a dock manager kept hassling me about stopping after break time to piss and thus coming back after everyone else and my reaction was to explain that employers are prohibited from harassing employees about reasonable bathroom breaks during work hours

# ? Feb 26, 2024 03:36

Nodelphi: Jan 30, 2004; We are all quite capable of believing in anything as long as it's improbable.; Ham Wrangler

RadiRoot posted:

how soon before they just remove the exits?

Mandatory ozempic injections for warehouse workers so lunch breaks are unnecessary.

# ? Feb 26, 2024 04:23

DancingShade: Jul 26, 2007; by Fluffdaddy

The Oldest Man posted:

They do, and in addition you can't go through the work/break area boundary at an Amazon facility without going through a badge-access turnstile that looks like this:

So presumably the facial recognition camera is for some other purpose than just monitoring who is taking breaks since they already know that.

Needs some humanoid AI guard robots with non-human faces to rough me up when I take too long fumbling to get my ID out of my pocket.

# ? Feb 26, 2024 04:23

RealityWarCriminal: Aug 10, 2016

Scarabrae posted:

you ever see something and it makes you feel like if a human mind produced that then all of humanity is damned as a result?

constantly

# ? Feb 26, 2024 04:30

Salt Fish: Sep 11, 2003; Cybernetic Crumb

DancingShade posted:

Needs some humanoid AI guard robots with non-human faces to rough me up when I take too long fumbling to get my ID out of my pocket.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJshjMyg6no

# ? Feb 26, 2024 04:31

sonatinas: Apr 15, 2003; Seattle Karate Vs. L.A. Karate

Thoguh posted:

I�m assuming it�s by Ontario airport in the Inland Empire part of Southern California but who knows.

area is turning into warehouse land

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-10-27/fontana-california-warehouses-inland-empire-pollution

# ? Feb 26, 2024 04:32

DancingShade: Jul 26, 2007; by Fluffdaddy

Salt Fish posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJshjMyg6no

Way too nice and gentle. I was thinking more Elysium for some proper indifferent brutality: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EW6wRX54Xk8

# ? Feb 26, 2024 04:39

Gunshow Poophole: Sep 14, 2008; OMBUDSMAN
POSTERS LOCAL 42069; Clapping Larry

sonatinas posted:

area is turning into warehouse land

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-10-27/fontana-california-warehouses-inland-empire-pollution

It was being turned into warehouse land five years ago, the transformation is complete now. it's an endless field of featureless industrial enclosure for miles and miles along the 10 east of Claremont

# ? Feb 26, 2024 04:42

Precambrian Video Games: Aug 19, 2002

Thoguh posted:

I�m assuming it�s by Ontario airport in the Inland Empire part of Southern California but who knows.

They have the LA Kings' farm team. I hope more than one person has a good story to tell about going/sending something to the wrong Ontario, CA, like the guy who somehow went to Sydney, NS instead of Australia.

# ? Feb 26, 2024 04:53

Precambrian Video Games: Aug 19, 2002

A Toronto Star article about China wanting Canada to invest in Belt & Road projects, which starts off with the kind of criticism you'd expect from the sources you'd expect to hear it from, then has some of the usual warnings about how China is heading for demographic and economic collapse, then gets around to explaining the actual news:

quote:

What is Beijing's pitch for Canadian investors?

Ambassador Cong is issuing a call for corporate Canada to directly invest in BRI projects in third countries.

"Canada is also emphasizing a lot on the green economy, and their transition to a low-carbon and circular economy. So I think we'd be interested in doing things like that � not only bilateral, but also fully multilaterally, in that arena," he said.

Cong said Canadian corporations should consider visiting China and looking at how they can reap returns on these projects while contributing to a better world.

That's different from having Ottawa or provinces hold a financial stake, or China building infrastructure in Canada. Instead, pension funds and private investors would help finance projects in third countries.

In addition, Cong said Canadian companies could win lucrative contracts to build projects. He gave the example of the American elevator company Otis helping to build train stations in Egypt through the BRI.

He said Canadian companies could rely on goods made in Canada or abroad; he noted that China opened its manufacturing sector to more foreign investment this year.

"Currently, I have no specific information for whether Canadian enterprises have been in (BRI) projects, but I believe there are huge potentials for that," Cong said. "I understand that some of them are really interested."

This would have been a good time to mention that Canadian darling SNC-Lavalin, whose new name I've already forgotten, built prisons in Libya. So whatever you think of B&R and the motivations behind it, it seems more likely to be benign or even mutually beneficial.

It then ends by saying the US and Australia are hostile to all of this and so good luck. It could have used some more introspection about the morality of various Canadian foreign ventures (resources especially) but I suppose introspection is too much to hope for.

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SKULL.GIF: Jan 20, 2017

Precambrian Video Games posted:

This would have been a good time to mention that Canadian darling SNC-Lavalin, whose new name I've already forgotten, built prisons in Libya. So whatever you think of B&R and the motivations behind it, it seems more likely to be benign or even mutually beneficial.

Canada has a shocking per-capita amount of evil global corporations. Look into Barrick Gold sometime.

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Animal-Mother: Feb 14, 2012; RABBIT RABBIT
RABBIT RABBIT

FirstnameLastname posted:

real arbeit macht vibes off fhis

"So that's it? Work makes us free?"

"I don't recall saying makes us free."

# ? Feb 26, 2024 05:49

Xaris: Jul 25, 2006; Lucky there's a family guy
Lucky there's a man who positively can do
All the things that make us
Laugh and cry

SKULL.GIF posted:

Canada has a shocking per-capita amount of evil global corporations. Look into Barrick Gold sometime.

canada is an insanely evil country that it's very funny for most the 70s-aughtys it had a reputation as a friendly laid-back easy-going peace-loving neighbor

# ? Feb 26, 2024 05:50

DancingShade: Jul 26, 2007; by Fluffdaddy

Precambrian Video Games posted:

A Toronto Star article about China wanting Canada to invest in Belt & Road projects, which starts off with the kind of criticism you'd expect from the sources you'd expect to hear it from, then has some of the usual warnings about how China is heading for demographic and economic collapse, then gets around to explaining the actual news:

This would have been a good time to mention that Canadian darling SNC-Lavalin, whose new name I've already forgotten, built prisons in Libya. So whatever you think of B&R and the motivations behind it, it seems more likely to be benign or even mutually beneficial.

It then ends by saying the US and Australia are hostile to all of this and so good luck. It could have used some more introspection about the morality of various Canadian foreign ventures (resources especially) but I suppose introspection is too much to hope for.

Australia is just a hollow hand puppet so whatever it says just replace with "US".

# ? Feb 26, 2024 05:51

Ammanas: Jul 17, 2005; Voltes V: "Laser swooooooooord!"

Xaris posted:

canada is an insanely evil country that it's very funny for most the 70s-aughtys it had a reputation as a friendly laid-back easy-going peace-loving neighbor

modest public healthcare system will do wonders for your reputation when america is just under you

# ? Feb 26, 2024 06:47

Shipon: Nov 7, 2005

sonatinas posted:

area is turning into warehouse land

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-10-27/fontana-california-warehouses-inland-empire-pollution

and the chaser lmfao https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2024-02-21/inland-empires-logistics-warehouse-trucking-economy-layoff-downturn

# ? Feb 26, 2024 06:51

Petanque: Apr 14, 2008; Ca va bien aller

Xaris posted:

canada is an insanely evil country that it's very funny for most the 70s-aughtys it had a reputation as a friendly laid-back easy-going peace-loving neighbor

when a bunch of right-wingers stormed the capital they actually set fire to the legislative building and made the gov't move elsewhere. america could never :canada:

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Asproigerosis: Mar 13, 2013; insufferable

Laser targeted despair algorithm feed jfc

# ? Feb 26, 2024 08:24

Potato Salad: Oct 23, 2014; nobody cares

The Oldest Man posted:

They do, and in addition you can't go through the work/break area boundary at an Amazon facility without going through a badge-access turnstile that looks like this:

So presumably the facial recognition camera is for some other purpose than just monitoring who is taking breaks since they already know that.

how can I help put guns into the hands of Amazon workers

# ? Feb 26, 2024 09:06

DancingShade: Jul 26, 2007; by Fluffdaddy

Asproigerosis posted:

Laser targeted despair algorithm feed jfc

All those juicy and nourishing office pizza parties I'm sure.

# ? Feb 26, 2024 09:32

Soapy_Bumslap: Jun 19, 2013; We're gonna need a bigger chode; Grimey Drawer

Chairman Xi I will invest in b&r please call me

# ? Feb 26, 2024 12:23

Minera: Sep 26, 2007; All your friends and foes,
they thought they knew ya,
but look who's in your heart now.

Real hurthling! posted:

you know they still come out even if you arent at the hospital

you can google about the rise of freebirthers if you want to read a lot of incredibly depressing stories about the increasing rates of needless mother and child death related to this, actually.

turns out we live in the epilogue of the movie threads but it's due to capitalism instead of nuclear warfare.

# ? Feb 26, 2024 12:51

Panfilo: Aug 27, 2011; EXISTENCE IS PAIN😬

a_gelatinous_cube posted:

A couple years ago my workplace replace all the vending machine with self-serve kiosks where all the snacks and food are just freely sitting there on shelves and in fridges and you have to self-scan and pay for them yourself. A bunch of people immediately got fired because they monitor the kiosks areas with cameras and I hear there is basically a steady-stream of people getting caught. This was a nationwide change to the break rooms from what I understand, and I'm convinced the system was just put in as an easy way to fire union employees.

High vs low trust society

# ? Feb 26, 2024 13:31

BRAKE FOR MOOSE: Jun 6, 2001

Mansion death watch

https://twitter.com/CollinRugg/status/1761884758441947170

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Not a Children: Oct 9, 2012; Don't need a holster if you never stop shooting.

�what�s it going to do, fail catastrophically and fall into the ocean?�

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Thoguh: Nov 8, 2002; College Slice

If I was 82 I�d probably just ride it out too. if it falls in whatever, I won�t be there anymore.

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Nybble: Jun 28, 2008; praise chuck, raise heck

Moving sucks, so i get it

# ? Feb 26, 2024 14:32

Skaffen-Amtiskaw: Jun 24, 2023

Minera posted:

you can google about the rise of freebirthers if you want to read a lot of incredibly depressing stories about the increasing rates of needless mother and child death related to this, actually.

turns out we live in the epilogue of the movie threads but it's due to capitalism instead of nuclear warfare.

# ? Feb 26, 2024 14:36

Nothus: Feb 22, 2001; Buglord

Hilarious that the local government is too chickenshit to red tag it. Rules are only for the little people.

# ? Feb 26, 2024 14:42

PoundSand: Jul 30, 2021; Also proficient with kites

a_gelatinous_cube posted:

A couple years ago my workplace replace all the vending machine with self-serve kiosks where all the snacks and food are just freely sitting there on shelves and in fridges and you have to self-scan and pay for them yourself. A bunch of people immediately got fired because they monitor the kiosks areas with cameras and I hear there is basically a steady-stream of people getting caught. This was a nationwide change to the break rooms from what I understand, and I'm convinced the system was just put in as an easy way to fire union employees.

My office has those but the cameras are obvious and there are literal signs the area is being recorded so you�d have to be exceptionally dumb to try and steal something.

On one side the break rooms having cameras seems dystopian otoh the break rooms with the markets/cameras means your food doesn�t get stolen from the fridges either which is nice. As of yet I�ve heard of no one being fired for taking too long of breaks/lunches or whatever but it is a p lax office job.

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