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Cake day: October 5th, 2023

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  • The thrill of flying a 747 in flight simulator quickly wears off when you realise large planes are really fucking dull.

    After takeoff you turn on autopilot and there’s fuck all to do for the next few hours apart from occasionally twisting the heading knob, or setting up the ILS approach for the landing.

    It may actually liven the experience up if you have to deal with passenger complaints when you mistakenly over prescribe alcohol. You need to give the passengers enough to get them lethargic but not so much they reach the angry or depressed stage.


  • Rogue@feddit.uktoFediverse@lemmy.worldI said what I said
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    10 days ago

    From what I can see a wordpress plugin uses an icon you disagree with. You’d rather they use something else. Rather than approach them constructively you post your emotional response as an issue on their repo? What response are you expecting from the maintainers?

    feud

    frontline is shifting

    Why all the militaristic language?



  • Rogue@feddit.uktoFediverse@lemmy.worldI said what I said
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    10 days ago

    If you want to be taken seriously you should re-word your issue and the title.

    Be explicit about:

    • what icon you prefer,
    • include a graphical example
    • include examples where it’s used to back up your claim that it’s the "actual fediverse symbol "
    • highlight the issues with the current icon,
    • include an example of the icon you disagree with.

    The issue you’ve linked is literally just a complaint with zero context.





  • I rarely drive a Tesla but on one occasion I arrived at a full supercharger, parked in sight to wait for one to free up and a very angry man charged up to my window stating he was next and dashed away before I’d even comprehended what he said.

    His anger was so unnecessary and so disproportionate I was just befuddled. Perhaps if they organised superchargers better a digital queue wouldn’t be necessary but as it is at the minute it’s definitely needed. Anything to avoid having to deal with angry tesla drivers.







  • It’s easy to gamble if money isn’t yours.

    To my knowledge Musk is gambling with his own money, not hedge fund capital or something.

    If your day to day survival depends on every dollar, then you don’t have the freedom to dick around with investments.

    But, yes, this is correct. If you’re extremely wealthy then you can keep gambling. If you fail you still have a million other chances. So you’re kind of guaranteed to succeed eventually.

    Whereas the common person has one chance. If they fail that’s it.


  • In fairness he was able to recognise which companies to buy

    I think this is just survivorship bias. There are millions of wealthy individuals investing in companies every single day. Occasionally these gambles pay off and make people extremely wealthy.

    Most of the time the people who succeed just spend their incredibe wealth and live a quiet happy life.

    But there are others who crave attention. These individuals bully their way into prestigious positions and pretend that they’re leading the company.

    Elon is that kind of person. He started wealthy, bet his money on companies that succeeded. Then took the CEO role so he would get credit for the companys’ successes.

    If ever people dare stop paying attention to him he’ll do something drastic to recapture the spotlight on.

    He’s the kind of person who will stand on stage and do a nazi salute just because he wants you to look at him.



  • It is very much true

    From the link you provided:

    This may come as a surprise to some: it is only after two years of continued service that employees have the right to request written reasons for their dismissal.

    Employers don’t need to provide a reason for your dismissal.

    There are some exceptions but they’re very specific and unlikely to relevant. If an employer wants rid of you they can do so at their whim.

    Even if you think you have a case, good luck finding a solicitor who will take on your case. They simply won’t be interested because it’s not easy to win without the rights you get after 2 years employment.