Trump kicks off a Pennsylvania rally by talking about Arnold Palmer's genitalia
  • Ghostalmedia Ghostalmedia 7h ago 100%

    So basically:

    “Arnold Palmer is from here. I used to admire his dick in the shower.”

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    Pennsylvania Gov. Shapiro: Law enforcement should 'take a look at' Elon Musk voter payments
  • Ghostalmedia Ghostalmedia 10h ago 100%

    Sad thing is that this needs a quick response, and that's not happening.

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  • Civility in New Communities
  • Ghostalmedia Ghostalmedia 1d ago 100%

    Have you and the other active mods considered adding a civility rule in the sidebar?

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  • Amazon cloud boss says employees unhappy with 5-day office mandate can leave
  • Ghostalmedia Ghostalmedia 1d ago 100%

    He pointed to Amazon’s principle of “disagree and commit,” which is the idea that employees should debate and push back on each others ideas respectfully

    That’s all fine and dandy for ending debate about a stupid roadmap feature, but “disagree and commit” is a different story when you’re asking people to spend 3 hours unpaid in a car everyday.

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  • Trump: Biden is Too Tough on Netanyahu
  • Ghostalmedia Ghostalmedia 2d ago 100%

    Yeah, but most elections these days generally fall within the margins of polls. The historical trend data is generally doing a decent job of predicting future behavior.

    IMHO, the bigger issue is that some races are so tight that they can’t be reliably predicted. The winner is buried within the margin of error.

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  • on old sitcoms, why did they make a point of saying 'filmed before a live studio audience'?
  • Ghostalmedia Ghostalmedia 2d ago 88%

    Authenticity.

    Shows with a laugh track are basically telling you that the writers producers think certain jokes are funny. And fuck that noise.

    Shows without a laugh track generally get laughs because an audience is having fun.

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  • Trump: Biden is Too Tough on Netanyahu
  • Ghostalmedia Ghostalmedia 2d ago 100%

    Depends on the poll. State by state polls absolutely sample likely voters (aka, people who plan to turn out). Moreover, they use past polling and election data to inflate or deflate turnout likelihood if a consistent gaps exists between what a cohort historically says and what a cohort historically does.

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  • Trump: Biden is Too Tough on Netanyahu
  • Ghostalmedia Ghostalmedia 2d ago 100%

    If he can keep steady poll numbers after an insurrection, my guess is that this won’t impact him at all.

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  • Oakland Hills Fire. Evacuations ordered
  • Ghostalmedia Ghostalmedia 2d ago 100%

    Reminder, if you live in the Oakland Berkeley Hills, Nixle AC Alerts are your friends. A shocking amount of people in the area still don’t have these enabled.

    https://nixle.us/ac-alert

    This is the first line of communication from the Fire dept about fires, evacuation zones, red flag warnings, road closures, etc.

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  • Ghostalmedia Ghostalmedia 2d ago 100%

    I still get panic attacks because they removed the polish sausage from the food court.

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  • Trump says Tim Cook called him to complain about the European Union
  • Ghostalmedia Ghostalmedia 3d ago 100%

    Given the fact that Trump lies 95% of the time, who the fuck knows what Cook said to him, or if he even had a call at all.

    That said, it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out that Apple doesn’t like EU regulations. They been fighting that stuff, in public, for years.

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  • Is it legal to make piece work entry a condition of payment?
  • Ghostalmedia Ghostalmedia 3d ago 90%

    I’ll speak as someone who has been in the creative space for 20 years.

    Non-“making” work is a large part of any creative job. Sometimes it can be the bulk of the time spent doing the work. A professional isn’t just making; they’re often researching, synthesizing, pitching, negotiating, documenting, formatting, etc. All of that stuff is just as important.

    I would check in with a community of professional writers and bring specific examples. An example type of job, the vague topic, the word count, the time spent writing, the time spent formatting in their tool, etc.

    They can help to identify the gaps and problem-solve around it. Is the client underpaying? If so, how do you avoid that in the future and/ or negotiate a higher rate now? Or, is the writer spending too much time writing? If so, what are some techniques to expedite the craft?

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  • "Initials" by "Florian Körner", licensed under "CC0 1.0". / Remix of the original. - Created with dicebear.comInitialsFlorian Körnerhttps://github.com/dicebear/dicebearPO
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    He has been canceling events since
  • Ghostalmedia Ghostalmedia 3d ago 100%

    It’s just a CD of pirated music that’s sold at a rally popup tent.

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  • Panel urges Secret Service overhaul in response to Trump shooting.
  • Ghostalmedia Ghostalmedia 3d ago 100%

    Sounds like, from the reporting on this, they’re simply not funded to handle the asks to protect more and more people. People are working overtime, not getting paid for it, and quitting. The field is stretched thin and staffed by greener and greener people. Of course shit it going to fall through the cracks.

    Same old story. People cut costs while also asking for more, then they wonder why they’re getting shittier service.

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  • TIL The US secret service trains in Tyler Perry's White House, because they can't get a new training facility funded
  • Ghostalmedia Ghostalmedia 3d ago 100%

    The NY Daily had a good follow up to this. They’re underfunded for what they’re currently being asked to do. Increased polarization and violent rhetoric is forcing them to guard more and more people. And their funding isn’t matching their increased span of guard duty. They’re working a lot of overtime, not getting paid for it, and quitting.

    Also, since they got rolled into the DHS, the DHS has been taking money that should probably go to the Secret Service, and they’ve been using it for immigration policing.

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  • This is a real photo
  • Ghostalmedia Ghostalmedia 4d ago 100%

    Sen. John Cornyn, who posted this pic

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  • Interview with Kevin Rose, co founder of Digg
  • Ghostalmedia Ghostalmedia 5d ago 100%

    Anyone else remember that time Rose threw a raccoon?

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  • About a year ago this community mentioned to the mods that, unlike with Reddit’s r/videos, community, they wanted to allow political videos.  A lot has changed in the world over the past 12 months, and political videos generate a big chunk of reports, so we wanted to check in with everyone here about political content.  Do you still want to see politics here, or should we limit that content to a separate political videos community like c/memes does? Let us know your thoughts in the comments! —- Update: Looks like most of you would prefer us to separate the content. We’ll start to work to update the rules! User Opinions: ptz@dubvee.org: Against keeping (13 votes) tacosanonymous@lemm.ee: Against keeping (8 votes) Peter1986C@lemmings.world: Against keeping (3 votes) unreachable@lemmy.world: Indifferent (9 votes) realcaseyrollins@thelemmy.club: Against keeping (1 vote) Total Votes: Against keeping: 25 Indifferent: 9 In favour of keeping: 0

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    https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/26/business/neil-gaiman-allegations.html

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    www.theverge.com

    This blew up pretty fast and hard. MKBHD released a wallpaper app that asks for a ton of data and only allows you to download 1080p wallpapers unless you pay $50.

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    www.apple.com

    IDs in Apple Wallet use the privacy and security features that are built into Apple devices to help protect a user’s identity and personal information. When adding an ID to Apple Wallet, the state-issuing authority receives only the information it needs to approve or deny the request. Once an ID is added to Apple Wallet, the information is encrypted on a user’s device, so others — including Apple — cannot access it unless a user chooses to present it. Apple and the state-issuing authority do not know when or to whom a user presents their driver’s license or state ID. A user’s presentment history is encrypted and stored only on their device, and Apple cannot see or access this information. When presenting an ID in Apple Wallet, only the information needed for the transaction is presented, and the user has the opportunity to review and authorize the information being requested with Face ID or Touch ID before it is shared. Users do not need to unlock, show, or hand over their device to present their ID.

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