Inevitable Waffles [Ohio]

Just based in the ballpark numbers from another on of these articles I saw today, it works out to like 40 some bucks a person. Just absolute garbage.

Is this my phone? Lol

This was my experience. While I had nothing but time to learn Windows over the years, my time now is more limited. My Creative Sound Blaster sound card worked… Somewhat under Pop_OS!, but kept having issues. It got to the point that I opted for an external DAC and my issues cleared up.

While I want everything to “just work”, I knew my time is more valuable to me than figuring out why this particular hardware didn’t want to work, so I swapped it.

I remember the win9x days of looking shit up and figuring it out. Most people nowadays don’t have that skill or never had it and onboarded with computers that “just worked”. Side note in my opinion but, that’s the insidious nature of Big Tech. They make it so easy to use, you don’t care that they pick your pocket for every ounce of data. Linux, by its nature, is generally ok at most things but you are going to run into walls like the accelerometer mentioned above. Expectations need to be set and if you aren’t willing to know how to run your computer, it’s going to run you. I view this as no different than understanding the fundamentals of cars so you don’t get fleeced at the mechanic. But that’s just me. I want a certain level of competence in what I utilize on a daily basis.

I want people to switch. For people like me who have been power users for 20+ years, it’s as close to an easy hand off as is ever going to exist. Trying to convince my Normie friends? I’m still fighting that battle and all they do is Facebook, youtube and WoW.

I agree that setting expectations and having to adjust to the new norm should be part of the onboarding speech. “It just works” shouldn’t be uttered to anyone short of grandma for email and youtube on a computer you install the software on.

Edit: changed device quoted above

Bring back the western reserve!

I would have went with a JoJos meme but to each their own.

Hey, great stuff! I just subscribed on AntennaPod. I’m going to give it a listen on my way to work tomorrow.

Hahahhahahahaha. What? A thoroughly dissatisfied electorate stayed home and let Trump win. What are you talking about?

Congrats! Do you use Android Auto? If so, how does it work for you without Google play?

see, my brain went to electrical engineering and thought the circuit doesnt supply enough current due to load and the light turned off lol

Both of these things can be true. You can’t discount the rich and their ability to do evil in multiple dimensions with one choice.

Or be like me and spend too much time/money finding a tool that might be good only to never use it because brain says, “I’m bored, find new hobby” every couple of business days.

Listen, you. Get out of my head and wallet. I do this and it makes me so sad. looks longingly at the paints I bought for models

True. That was my peak wrestling watching era.

You also have to consider the audience Trump is trying to please. Who is going to pull more people? Steve Mnuchin talking about Trump glowingly or a clown wrestler that Trump’s fans remember as a childhood hero backing their pick?

Yeah, this feels like a nothingburger. Rates have only started coming in line with expectations and corpo gouging is the real problem. No amount of high interest will stop companies charging extortionate rates. Powell has good reason to be cagey as every rate hike tanks the stock market because of the general panic. We finally have lenders and businesses getting the idea that the gravy train of nearly free loans is over.

I am running Bazzite and Stellaris. I have no issues with stability or opening the game. Have you checked your hardware fundamentals and done things like disable steam overlay?

I will never get over the absurdity of seeing a Confederate flag on a house in Ohio.

As an Ohioan, anything outside of the major metros is basically the south.

I thought that was called using meth?

Teledildonics is my new favorite word.

It depends on how the company goes about it. The larger the company, the more established the HR department. They may use their HR platform to conduct the check which may find any and everything. The smaller companies may only check recent background with a local firm. Price is the name of the game. The more in-depth the background check, the more it costs. If you are going to work in a bank or with kids, be prepared to for the company/school to use the state equivalent of the FBI. For mom and pop shops, they may just take your word on the application. If you see a national HR platform like Paycom, then the results can vary depending on the package the company purchases.

I just realized I didn’t answer your question though. The main issue of using data brokers is that you as in the employer, for the most part, can’t or are legally dissuaded from using them. We can only use official records to judge your trustworthiness. Things like data brokers are a grey area. It’s not legally admissible in a background check by most EEOC standards, but people use any system they want. It’s on the job seeker to prove they were discriminated against.

As someone who hires people regularly, I only use the information provided by the HR platform. I don’t google people because I wouldn’t want that to happen to me. Other people may not have the same compunctions.

Edit: Actually answering the damn question.