hamid

hamid , 9 days ago to Fediverse in Is Lemmy.ml missing from the fediverse explorer?

Weird my vegantheoryclub.org instance shows up on browse.feddit.de but not lemmyverse.net

For some reason !weedtime is not on browse.feddit.de but is on lemmyverse.net

hamid , 20 days ago to Science Memes in Anthropomorphic

People have a way different idea about the current AI stuff and what it actually is than I do I guess. I use it at work to flesh out my statements of work and edit my documentation to be standardized and better with passive language. It is great at that and saves a lot of time. Strange people want it to be their girlfriend lol.

hamid , 22 days ago (edited 22 days ago) to Asklemmy in Can I refuse MS Authenticator?

Management is absolutely filled with morons, otherwise they wouldn't be in management, they would be in engineering doing something worthwhile. So this literally happened. We used to get stipends and we moved to a new PEO (outsourced HR) and no longer do. Many people complained about it and we were told tough luck. We have to use the MS Authenticator App. True story: last year a lot of people started complaining and agitating and talking about the app and other things that disappeared and they did a disappearing act too in layoffs because sales were down last year.

The sales this year are in the toilet, I'm probably getting a raise this year but half the people at the company probably aren't. I'm not going to start pushing around my weight and seniority over 40 dollars. I would do that over the minimum 11% raise I need this year to cover inflation instead. I do not live in a place with worker protections, I am a resident in the US in a state that allows employers to fire you with no cause (at-will) and union bust (right-to-work). My salary is way higher than an equivalent in other countries so for now this pays the bills and I'm incentivized to hold on to this at least until I know I have another opportunity or contract. Right now I don't so I'm not going to be worrying about using my phone for work. Who fucking cares lol.

hamid , 22 days ago to Asklemmy in Can I refuse MS Authenticator?

Yeah, again I never said you were wrong, just not the hill I'd die on for 40 dollars worth of compensation, If I were going to agitate and apply pressure at work it would be for a significant compensation boost to the tune of tens of thousands of dollars. This won't work for me as I'm in an senior level engineering position.

hamid , 23 days ago (edited 22 days ago) to Asklemmy in Can I refuse MS Authenticator?

I've worked in the US for over 20 years and can't imagine a single case where your plan would actually work without being retaliated against and fired a year or so later. I'm in both an at-will and right-to-work state. Again, if I were going to die on a hill and start an action against my employer that includes lawyers and risk losing everything, it would be for much higher compensation than 40 dollars a month.

hamid , 23 days ago to Asklemmy in Can I refuse MS Authenticator?

You don't live in reality if you think anyone is going to retain a labor lawyer and sue their employer over using an authenticator app without a phone stipend.

hamid , 23 days ago to Fediverse in Happy Cake Day, Lemmy.World!

Congratulations Ruud on an amazing job!

hamid , 23 days ago to Asklemmy in Can I refuse MS Authenticator?

I have no union and no leverage, they said no. What am I going to do, quit over using an app? My job pays my bills and I don't have another one lined up, this isn't the hill I'd die on.

hamid , 23 days ago to Asklemmy in What's the most popular activity you could never get into?

video games after the PS1 era. I grew up with the NES - PS1 then got tired of video games in college and never really get into games since and I find them to be a chore when I try, even the old ones I used to like. Strangely though I do enjoy repairing them and I've been slowly fixing the old stuff I had in boxes in my closet like an old Game Gear by replacing the capacitors updating the screen. I never once used it since LOL. I'll probably end up selling it or giving it to the kids

hamid , 23 days ago to Asklemmy in A mobile game commercial with a ridiculous number of stars in it and great production value. How much money do these games make, or how cheap is it to get these stars?

Imagine going to university and graduating with "Addiction Expert" written out on your psychology degree lol

hamid , 23 days ago to Asklemmy in Can I refuse MS Authenticator?

Everyone at my job who refused this and caused a huge stink are the ones that are seemingly not around about a year and half later. Not saying you aren't right or anything but I put the stupid app on my phone.

hamid , 25 days ago to Asklemmy in are there any anonymous board or forum besides 4chan?

Sorry you being able to store child porn on my instance is considered pearl clutching. No fucking way I want that responsibility because I like to read memes.

hamid , 27 days ago to Vegan in Lemmy.VG - A vegan-only Lemmy server existing to provide the vegan community safe access to the Fediverse.

Yeah I don't think it's a good idea either. Can't have a circlejerk without the original. Overall I don't think Lemmy is a replacement for reddit, it's something different and better so I'm not looking to rehash any reddit ideas or memes.

Bigger picture for me is I ran and grew that meme community since 2018 and am tired of it. I think it is effective at what it does which is targeting vegetarians and literally hundreds of people have thanked me at the time for helping them cross the bridge to veganism, but it was a different time and different place. I also don't think the few thousand people on Lemmy are a big enough group for that. Without the comments, users and community it's just spam.

hamid , 27 days ago to Vegan in Lemmy.VG - A vegan-only Lemmy server existing to provide the vegan community safe access to the Fediverse.

They took over the vegan circlejerk subreddit after I left reddit and don't know them, they run a mastodon server that I don't really understand and seem to be using bots to bridge reddit posts. My instance is bot free.

hamid , 27 days ago to Vegan in Lemmy.VG - A vegan-only Lemmy server existing to provide the vegan community safe access to the Fediverse.

vegantheoryclub.org is cooler!