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United States | News & Politics@midwest.social•War With Venezuela?
3·1 year agoAah, the things Trump’s Gestapo wouldn’t do to distract from the Epstein files…
ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.orgtoHacker News@lemmy.bestiver.se•Uncle Sam Shouldn't Own Intel StockEnglish
10·1 year agoBoycott Intel products.
When you buy Intel products, American fascists earn money now.
Don’t fund fascism. Don’t buy Intel.
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Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•How did you choose your occpuation for people who didn"t just follow thier passion
14·1 year agoI had several careers doing vastly different jobs - both white and blue collars - in seven countries. I can tell you what I did to land my jobs, but bear in mind that I’m close to retirement, so what I did back then may not work anymore, as the job market was probably more more open when I started out.
I basically applied for jobs being brutally honest about what I could and couldn’t do, about my flaws and my strenghs. For instance, one of the things I always said during job interviews was that I’m terminally lazy, and that’s why they should hire me because I will work long hours to put something in place that will allow me to not do something repetitive more than once. Turns out, this line was both true and the thing that sold my application for most of my employers.
Also, when I changed jobs completely - for example when I went from computer programmer to CAD designer - I applied for a job at small companies that didn’t necessarily have the money to pay seasoned engineers and told them I was a fast learner, and proposed a big pay cut for 6 months until I proved that I could do the new job I had no experience in. A few key employers took a chance on me, allowing me to change career. And of course, once I had experience doing whatever new thing I set out to do, I could apply for another job in that field and claim experience.
Finally, I did not hesitate to find employers abroad. If I saw a company I liked that offered a job in another country, I applied, flew over to the interview, and if my application was selected, I relocated. I did that 6 times. It’s not for everybody, but if you’re mobile - or extremely mobile in my case - it increases your chances to find your dream job.
Of course, as the years passed, I accumulated quite a resume with an eclectic variety of jobs I held, and places I lived, and my resume spoke more and more for myself as a proof that I could do all those things, so I had less and less trouble finding jobs with employers that knew just by reading my resume that I can adapt to anything.
Would this work today? Maybe. I know the job market is a lot rougher than when I graduated. So don’t necessarily take what I did as something to follow verbatim today. But maybe some of the things I did would work for you too…
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Privacy@programming.dev•“I Have Nothing to Hide”- The Dumbest Lie We Keep Repeating
3·1 year agoI’ll have to reuse that one.
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Al Jazeera@ibbit.at•Turkish first lady urges Melania Trump to speak out for Gaza’s children2·1 year agoHer husband could start by not being a traitor and a hypocrit to his own country…
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Al Jazeera@ibbit.at•Turkish first lady urges Melania Trump to speak out for Gaza’s children2·1 year agoThe first gold-digger is busy hawking her memecoin and suing Hunter Biden for beaucoup bucks. She has no time for poor hungry oppressed brown-skinned children.
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Privacy@programming.dev•“I Have Nothing to Hide”- The Dumbest Lie We Keep Repeating
85·1 year agoThe best commentary I’ve ever heard on privacy was from the Girl in the movie Anon:
“It’s not that I have something to hide. I have nothing I want you to see.”
This to me encapsulates perfectly why everybody should want privacy.
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WomensStuff@piefed.blahaj.zone•As a child, what did you used to want to be when you grew up?
10·1 year agoI wanted to be a lot of things that I never became, but my younger self would approve of what I am now.
My life today is something young me would have wanted. That’s something.
What didn’t pan out is how I imagined the world would have progressed to: the world has regressed. Dramatically… It feels like someone stole my future. But I try to enjoy my latter years without thinking about it too much.
ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.orgto
World News•Putin's demand to Ukraine: give up Donbas, no NATO and no Western troops
9·1 year agoAre we sure the reporter heard Putin right?
Maybe he was saying “Give up, dumbass.” to Trump…
Why would anybody run Windows? Honestly: it’s officially a platform for corporate surveillance, ad delivery and now for ramming AI shit nobody wants down everybody’s throats. And you pay for the privilege.
There are alternatives to Windows. If you like corporate rape, Apple is the lesser evil. If you can’t stand corporate rape, Linux is very mature and very usable by your average Joe these days.
In other words, if you run Windows and you have problems, well sorry but half of the blame is on you.
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Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•At what (child's) age should parents let go?
9·1 year agoI’m close to retirement and my Mom regularly tells me I shouldn’t drink a beer after work so often because I might “turn into an alcoholic” 🙂 When I point out that I’ve been doing that for decades and I’m still not an alcoholic, she says “Oh yeah, you’re all grown up now I guess…”
You’ll always be your parents’ baby boy or girl. They’ll stop being overly protective and giving advice to you when they pass away, and then you’ll miss it.
ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.orgtoAltMedia@altmedia.house•US denies aiding pedophile evade justice in Israel
12·1 year agoThe US is busy protecting domestic pedophiles. It has no time for foreign ones.
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United States | News & Politics•Trump Invited to Visit Russia, FM Lavrov Confirms
42·1 year agoHas he been ordered to come report back to his handler?
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United States | News & Politics@midwest.social•Why is an American president (PINO) listening to voting advice from a Russian dictator??
7·1 year agoHe’s not listening to advice from Putin, he’s taking orders.
Okay in fairness it’s probably not true. What is definitely true though is that whatever he does is a distraction from the only question that matters:
WHERE ARE THE EPSTEIN FILES?
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News@lemmy.world•Uh-Oh! Are The Trump Tariffs Canceling Boobs?
91·1 year agoIf you have friends in Europe, maybe ask them to buy for you and ship them to you declared as gifts. It won’t be cheap, but if it’s the only option…
ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.orgtoAll things bodyweight•Would would you guess my weight to be at 4’11? More pictures below
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Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.com•German court overturns previous ruling that ad blocking isn't piracyEnglish
431·1 year agoThis device is now mandated to watch TV or browse the internet in Germany:






















Imagine being one of the Miller children in 10 years when their Dad will be put to trial Nuremberg-stylee, and their parents will be remembered as the American Goebbels… I pity the poor kids.