DakIsNoLB
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re: Recent college graduates unemployment has surpassed total unemployment for the first time
Posted by DakIsNoLB on 5/6/25 at 3:21 pm
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Until AI is used by the HR department to screen for desirable applicants.
There's already a lot of screening that goes on via word recognition on resumes. BFD.
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What do you define as a useless degree? English? Philosophy? Theoretical Physics? Journalism? Who decides?
The market decides. Is any single degree/major/field of study useless in the absolute sense? No, the person is enriched to some degree. How much as well as the overall value to society are difficult to measure except in cost of the degree, debt required to complete the degree and career earnings. We know what degrees offer the best outcome in regard to those.
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Agreed that it is a luxury, but ultimately should be a useful and beneficial luxury to the broader society.
Ultimately, the current student loan crisis is showing that this assertion of overall societal betterment isn't on solid ground. Having millions of people drowning in life-stunting debt in the name of they and we as a society are better off because they have more "education" isn't a good trade off.
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re: Is there really a big difference in daycares?
Posted by DakIsNoLB on 5/5/25 at 4:51 pm
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"This business will get out of control. It will get out of control and we'll be lucky to live through it."
Fred Dalton Thompson as Rear Admiral Painter in The Hunt for Red October. Nice.
re: 7 years ago today, Big Lee brought a hose to a gunfight…
Posted by DakIsNoLB on 5/5/25 at 3:22 pm
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I've interacted with Big Lee a few times over the years, and I'm certain that the old man next door wasn't the only person who wanted to shoot him.
The response was definitely over the line, but, sometimes, you just frick with the wrong person at the wrong time.
Like when Chris Dean mailed a pipe bomb to teenage Chris Marquis for screwing him over on a CB Radio deal in the early days of the internet.
re: What's up with Community Coffee's Inflated Prices?
Posted by DakIsNoLB on 5/5/25 at 9:24 am
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While I do like the Intense Dark Roast and French Roast, the Louisiana and Evangeline Roasts in the gold bags were very enjoyable. I guess the juice wasn't worth the squeeze on those blends.
I'll add Founders to those three. I always tried to have 2-3 of them on hand at any time.
re: What's up with Community Coffee's Inflated Prices?
Posted by DakIsNoLB on 5/2/25 at 10:06 am
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The big bag on all their coffee across the board jumped from $15 to $19 at Walmart and other grocery stores. Is this a tariffs issue? I thought they sourced their product in the US. Might have to change to something else but Folgers taste like arse.
Community screwed up when they discontinued their private reserve. Their red bag stuff is average at best.
I switched to Folgers Black Silk.
re: Why isn't there law in place saying if you avoid due process becoming a illegal immigrant.
Posted by DakIsNoLB on 5/1/25 at 11:56 am
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So, no due process for anyone accused of ANY crime?
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Oh look, it's that guy! Where did my op say "any"?
What a weirdo. Makes up words to fuel his own response.
Perhaps be a little more descriptive of what constitutes "other crimes".
re: Anybody old enough to remember the expression "Kilroy was here?
Posted by DakIsNoLB on 5/1/25 at 11:55 am
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The movie had an all star cast. Don Rickels, Telly Savalas , Donald Sutherland, Carrol O'Connor and others.
Think I'll watch it again this weekend.
Yessir. Classic.
re: Anybody old enough to remember the expression "Kilroy was here?
Posted by DakIsNoLB on 5/1/25 at 10:45 am
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One of the best WWII movies from the 60’s
"Suppose the bridge ain't there."
re: Cris Carter Spittin' Straight TRUTH On Sheduer: "You ain't running sh-it"
Posted by DakIsNoLB on 4/29/25 at 4:58 pm
Something to be said for head down, arse up.
re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict
Posted by DakIsNoLB on 4/29/25 at 4:25 pm
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Civilians have been killed in nearly every single conflict in the history of mankind. We both know a few incidents isn't getting anyone tried for war crimes.
This isn't up to you, me, or anyone else. Perhaps it won't be enough to charge for a war crime, but I'm not stuck on this guy using the term literally.
The articles specifically mention the targeting of civilians. That's not the collateral damage you are alluding to, and Ukraine has struck missile sites. Both are sources of civilian casualties due to direct targeting.
This isn't a gotcha on Ukraine for stating what they stated.
re: White House denounces Amazon for plan to disclose cost of US tariffs
Posted by DakIsNoLB on 4/29/25 at 3:06 pm
Sounds like Bezos wants to see if he can get public opinion to get this back in his favor. Frick him.
re: American woman moves to Africa to “escape racism”, things don’t work out
Posted by DakIsNoLB on 4/29/25 at 3:02 pm
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If the average ghetto American black person thinks they’re going to go to West Africa and people will accept them as one of their own they’ve got another thing coming.
Wanda Sykes is not somebody I would agree with often, but she had a funny bit about slavery. Something along the lines of, "yeah, they took us from Africa, but I don't remember any of them coming to take us back."
re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict
Posted by DakIsNoLB on 4/29/25 at 3:01 pm
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I guess you missed this part:
No, but it doesn't change the fact that drones have killed civilians. Your implication about going after missile sites/stockpiles hinges on those being the only weapon used to target civilians, so they should have gone after that if punishing war crimes was the aim.
re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict
Posted by DakIsNoLB on 4/29/25 at 12:00 pm
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So FPV drones against an army you're engaged with are a war crime?
Ukraine is more reliant on drones than Russia is
Had they struck a missile site the war crime argument would have actual legs, given Russian's propensity to hit playgrounds and hospitals instead of actual military targets.
Russian drone attacks injuring and killing civilians (Location and Article Month/Year):
Odesa: 03/2025
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Dolynska: 02/2025
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Kherson: 10/2024
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Kherson: 01/2025
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Kherson: 10/2024
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Perhaps you should tell them it's not happening, so they'll quit wasting their time writing about it.
re: WWYD - Female Passenger Strips and Defecates on Her Seat on Southwest Flight to Chicago
Posted by DakIsNoLB on 4/29/25 at 11:51 am
Society is frickin sad. Complete lack of respect for shared space.
re: Paramedic killed by patient. Same perp was recently in trouble for attacking a cop.
Posted by DakIsNoLB on 4/28/25 at 1:29 pm
Put one right between the eyes and dump her in the marsh.
re: Student loan debt
Posted by DakIsNoLB on 4/28/25 at 1:27 pm
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Clearly loans should be repaid.
My question is what should the interest rate be?
It's unsecured debt, so the rate should reflect that. 7-10%.
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Banks charge interest to make a profit, is that the goal of the federal government with student loans as well? If so, should it be?
All loans are built to make money off interest. How much depends on risk. The government's goal, if they are going to lend, should be how much risk should they take.
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Should the federal government be in the student loan business?
No, but if they are going to continue to be, they, and the entire student lending industry, needs to seriously change how they go about it. Lend based on risk. Intended Major, high school GPA, quality of high school, and standardized test scores should all factor into the underwriting process. Continued lending should be contingent on sustained success in school (i.e. maintain a 3.0 GPA).
This is same problem that led to the housing crisis. Just like getting everyone into houses regardless of qualifications, we've been doing the same thing with higher education. We all know how 2008 turned out.
re: Landry ends remote work effective 6/30/25
Posted by DakIsNoLB on 4/25/25 at 2:01 pm
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It’s dumb.
Some jobs you can do from home some jobs you can’t.
But any desk jobs with tractable metrics for performance can be done from home. and if they fall below those metric maybe then you bring them in or let them
go completely.
I took a job at a big corporation at the very end of covid and the conversation was: Oh well be coming back in, probably hybrid at first.
and within 6 months they announced we are subleasing the office.
they looked at their metrics, realized we were meeting them at home and that they could save money not leasing office space.
Now if you own a campus or building like the state thats another factor.
Accountability is an issue at a lot of state agencies. It takes a lot for someone to come down on you.
also, if they did institute allowing you to work from home on the basis of proven performance, the ones who don't pass muster will cry foul how it isn't fair they can't work from home too, and it will work. LA civil service has no interest in running up stream or having a metric based on performance.
re: Improving the Birth Rate
Posted by DakIsNoLB on 4/24/25 at 2:58 pm
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Pretty sure there's plenty of birth control methods available.
Yes, I'm aware. I'll add wear a condom.
Maybe it's not your intention, but a lot of dudes will say a woman went and got pregnant or trapped them.
If a man puts sole responsibility of birth control on the woman, then he can't be mad when she pulls goalie on him.
re: Improving the Birth Rate
Posted by DakIsNoLB on 4/24/25 at 11:27 am
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Will never happen in a billion years. Ever. Women voters, regardless of socioeconomic status, will always be in favor of single mother handouts as an informal sort of "reparations" for "bad men".
At one point in history, single mothers were geuine victims of their situation, but nobody can argue against the fact that 85% of single mothers today are just women that make bad decisions and choices in men.
Dudes could also work on their pull-out game. Hold up your end of the couch fellas.
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