Balancing Principles with being Employable is hard
Some musings about principles and being employable
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Friends / The Rat Race
Over the past weekend, I met up with one of my old university Flat Mates/friend who now lives in London (which is a fair distance away from me, think a flight). While I mostly enjoyed my time spent there, I came out of it feeling kinda sad and bad about myself to be honest, although of course I doubt this was my friend’s intention. He’s very career-oriented hence the move to London. He’s slightly…
Facing a fear: Confronting a collaborator
A collaborator wants to take a project in a very different direction than I do and so I’ve finally sent the message letting them know
What perks does the job have then? Tax evasion!
Hi all, I saw a notice in a disused shop window recently that read as follows: Home Help Needed Help needed for a few household chores. Part time £14/hour tax free (We pay cash) Obviously, I'm not naive and I understand that people who get paid cash may be inclined to not report it so they don't have to pay tax, but to offer that as a perk of the job seems really rough, like "hey, we're not paying…
Hey babe, new capitalism update just dropped
Hi all, I have just seen the greatest convergence of Web3/Blockchain/Crypto and AI - Grass . It appears to be a cryptocurrency that pays you for running a residential proxy on your local internet for AI companies to scrape the internet from "your perspective" (location) by installing a browser extension. It was a while ago that I actually stumbled across it but this paragraph has just stuck with…
AI Art Slop invades Compilation Albums
Warner Music Group are making AI Art Slop so they can pump out compilation albums faster, and not even caring to touch up the most glaring issues.
[Rant] A disposable world
The other day I saw what was either the shittiest stickerbomb ever, or a new level of laziness. There's more to read below, I promise. And more stickers too, of course... You can win absolutely nothing if you guess which bin is closest to the shop door. The fourth victim of this senseless stickerbombing. I saw these wonderful sights when I recently popped to the shops. These stickers come attached…
The joys of modern communication (Spammers)
AKA how to love getting spammed by poorly regulated casinos.