☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.ml to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 day agoRevealed: a California city is training AI to spot homeless encampmentswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up156arrow-down10cross-posted to: latestagecapitalism@lemmy.worldus_news@lemmygrad.mlusanews@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.worldprivacyguides@lemmy.onenews@lemmy.world
arrow-up156arrow-down1external-linkRevealed: a California city is training AI to spot homeless encampmentswww.theguardian.com☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.ml to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square11fedilinkcross-posted to: latestagecapitalism@lemmy.worldus_news@lemmygrad.mlusanews@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.worldprivacyguides@lemmy.onenews@lemmy.world
minus-squareDragonBallZinn [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·21 hours agoComrades in the tech industry, is there anything even worthwhile about the industry? I’m starting to get the feeling I should just go back to college after no luck finding work, but if tech is like this I think I might want to F off.
minus-squareGaveUp [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-217 hours agoNo The worst part is that all your coworkers are largely happy bootlickers so good luck doing any sort of unionizing or push back against anything
minus-squareChronicon [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·21 hours agovery little. I lucked into work that isn’t actively evil but its not exactly meaningful. I do like using my skills outside of work for side projects though
minus-squareZvyozdochka [she/her, pup/pup's]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·21 hours agoYep, I’d hate to get a job in this industry but I do like contributing to open-source things and working on random projects in my free time.
minus-squarePeeOnYou [he/him]@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·21 hours agono, it’s all about fucking people over in whatever twisted ways you can dream up
Comrades in the tech industry, is there anything even worthwhile about the industry?
I’m starting to get the feeling I should just go back to college after no luck finding work, but if tech is like this I think I might want to F off.
No
The worst part is that all your coworkers are largely happy bootlickers so good luck doing any sort of unionizing or push back against anything
very little. I lucked into work that isn’t actively evil but its not exactly meaningful. I do like using my skills outside of work for side projects though
Yep, I’d hate to get a job in this industry but I do like contributing to open-source things and working on random projects in my free time.
no, it’s all about fucking people over in whatever twisted ways you can dream up