Posts by oikos

Staff say Dell's return to office mandate is a stealth layoff, especially for women

"policy applied to all, women most affected" is a song as old as time itself.

Samsung sued for gobbling up too much personal info that miscreants then stole

I wonder if Optus here in Aus will end up getting sued.

Australia asks FBI to help find attacker who stole data from millions of users

If only the hacker had claimed to be Chinese, the ALP would have reached out to ask them if they want the PII on the remaining 60% of the population

Excel's comedy of errors needs a new script, not new scripting

Re: From "Humble Pi: A Comedy of Maths Errors" by Matt Parker

What's that joke about excel being like an incel because it incorrectly assumes everything is a date?

Musk seeks yet another excuse to get out of Twitter buyout: This time it's Mudge's severance check

Re: I'm not fan of twitter

"I know it's not illegal but I don't like it so let's pretend it is" is a dangerous precedent to set, IMO.

California passes bill requiring salary ranges on job listings

Re: Women v men

Statistically, if I murder a hundred people it looks no different than if I just waited for those hundred people to die on their own. Each group eventually has a 100% mortality rate

Re: Women v men

This has to win the Friday award for the silliest thing I've read all day.

Equality of outcome: I want every team in the league to have won an equal number of games by the end of the season and will adjust the rules and/or scores accordingly.

Equality of opportunity: Every team is given an equal chance to compete under the same rules and scoring methods, may the best team win.

Anyone advocating for the former is someone I hope is never in a position of authority, because they certainly don't possess the power of reason.