Now that you mention non-salary benefits… I would get a company car for myself in the new job, effectively eliminating all car-related costs. Healthcare wise it‘s the same. This company car would reduce my cost immensely, evening out the salary gap.

Well the new job would make use of various licenses I acquired in my free time. On paper it sounds amazing but I would really want to know what I’m getting into before actually quitting my current job.

Please correct me if I’m wrong since I’m not native in English. In my understanding a paycut is the reduction of one’s income.

My backup plan is that I have an assessment in the near future that, if passed, states me as someone who’s good with taxes and that certificate is valued higher than a bachelor‘s degree

No paycut, only if I switch jobs

Well that’s the point, there’s so many managers that they load the work of the retirees off to the other managers. The positions just vanish.

Retirements aren’t replaced. Only chance of getting a raise is if someone higher up quits

The transition from the "don’t believe everything you see on the internet“ mindset to the “if it’s on the internet it must be right” mindset was swift and frictionless. But I think it was somewhere between 2019 and 2022

In Austria, where I’m from, sex ed in school gets a brief introduction at age 10 when learning about the human anatomy, gradually learning more in biology class. Before ending middle school, there’s a mandatory intensive sex ed course, at least that was the thing 17 years ago.

Condoms were primarily advertised as medical products for preventing from sexual diseases, and only secondly as pregnancy preventions.

1 in 10 has had sex with 14 years old in my country, keep it safe, better at home with condoms than in the woods without. If they want to, they’ll find a way.

We calculated in the 70s that the algorithm on which the LLMs run will only get us so far. We’ve nearly reached that point. related article that basically covers it all: https://venturebeat.com/ai/llms-are-stuck-on-a-problem-from-the-70s-but-are-still-worth-using-heres-why

So basically no different view. Still waiting for my cyborg buddy.

I have that one and nothing more. https://at.tempur.com/kissen/klassische-schlafkissen/comfort-smartcool-kissen-AT83400448.html If it’s too high I use my arm or an edge of the blanket as a pillow.

So… a Linux desktop with slots for all the retro games, innit?

To add to that, most of the games are free but the creator asks for a dollar or two before you download, which is not required to play the game.

Lawful Good: “Hello! I’m the lockpicking lawyer and today we have ……”

Chaotic Good: https://m.youtube.com/shorts/1HS-duJa8DU

Good thing about talking to robots is that you can pretty easy manipulate them.

After moving, my cat learned to open doors just to sleep in the bed with me.

My cat can do tricks. So I’d just make him do them and take him back home

Rule #1 “can I scientifically debunk it consistently?” If yes, I’m wrong

Oh! Sorry! Well, kind of. The first vet said how to treat this common gangivitis with meds, the other vet said that we need to remove the teeth now, otherwise we’ll need meds the cat‘s whole life and even then we might end up having to remove the teeth when they’re older because the body’s reaction is too aggressive.

This article is from 2010 - a lot more research has been done since then and I think it’s amazing. But it still persists: if untreated, the cat suffers hard.

Is this propaganda?