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Comment · 4 months ago
This is the equivalent of "what global warming, it was so cold today"

Conversely, I've seen the latest heat wave in France to try to justify global warming all over HN comments, when the reality is that this is temperature and not climate.

"Bills like this would help a lot of people who are victims of "can you just take a look at this real quick" at 6pm. It does need to be at the country level though, otherwise employers will just play off states against each other."

If someone that worked for me is unwilling to help out in these situations occasionally, I wouldn't make them do anything (and follow the law). I also wouldn't promote them.

Many higher level positions require a certain level of responsibility, and this would just show me that the person can't handle it.

I do agree though. If this law were in Michigan and I had a company here, any job that required after hours communication would be outsourced to another state or country.

Comment · 4 months ago
I suppose if the position requires it, like being on call, companies will just avoid Michigan workers and either out source, or hire remotely in another state.

I'm originally from Michigan and have worked at lots of different jobs. I rarely ever was required to respond after hours, and if I did, it was part of my job (and explained to me in detail when I accepted the position).

Does this apply to Doctors and Nurses?

Comment · 4 months ago
As opposed to? The government? union leaders? Nobody really cares about you, unless you are a friend or your family.
Comment · 4 months ago
Unions add another layer of bureaucracy to make small changes. This is the exact opposite of how software and technology works.
Comment · 4 months ago
The far right and the far left have the same thing in common, in that they both dislike the same group of people.
Comment · 4 months ago
I think the problem is that all of the smaller platforms are just purchasing tokens from the bigger platforms, so there isn't that much of a competitive advantage. In addition to this, the larger platforms could easily replicate any functionality a smaller platform that adds some new feature (since all data is going to them anyway).

This will only change when when anyone can run LLMs with off-the-shelf hardware and we have actual competition.

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