There is an infographic floating around at the moment that maps the migration of millionaires in 2022. I have not dug through the data to see if everything in the infographic is accurate, but as I think most people would presume: it shows loads of wealth holders are making their way into the western world from Russia, China, India, Ukraine (you can predict the others net negative countries). However what's got my min…
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#12The UK government
Only recently?
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#13Age. I turned 40 and realized I probably wasn't on the upswing of life anymore. I've developed a small but weighty sense of "time is running out" that I didn't have before. I want that to be a motivator to do good and meaningful things and not a growing sense of foreboding. That necessitates contemplation of life, faith, priorities, etc.
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#141) Execs complaining that it's hard to find skilled workers nowadays, while doing their best to make the company an unattractive workplace and not bother retaining existing workers who are leaving (including me soon). Guys, it's not rocket science, just ask your employees what's bothering them. If people are leaving by the numbers, then you have some serious issues that need to be fixed, otherwise the churn will neve…
A quick chat with HR followed by a "coding challenge" for free.
I just had a recruitment consultant tell me that my perspective might be wrong for not wanting to do it. He had 70 people in his pipeline for 25 jobs. So I do half a days worth of work for free and I have approx 2 - 1 chance that I don't get the job.
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#15The UK government
I find it a bit tragic that my comment is being downvoted. Maybe the downvoters think I should be relaxed about my government breaking national and international laws?
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#16Not sentient yet... but already capable of deception, this trend will only "improve".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvNvj7ku5pY
Is my job safe from GPT-3?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_EF42H2ZC0
Probably, AI is an energy hog just like Crypto ;)
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#17Boris's 30th anniversary show.
Japanese metal/punk at it's very finest.
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#18There is an infographic floating around at the moment that maps the migration of millionaires in 2022. I have not dug through the data to see if everything in the infographic is accurate, but as I think most people would presume: it shows loads of wealth holders are making their way into the western world from Russia, China, India, Ukraine (you can predict the others net negative countries). However what's got my min…
Is a 'millionaire' a 'wealthy citizen' these days? In the UK this means you can buy a decent home for cash and still have to work for a living?
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#19There is an infographic floating around at the moment that maps the migration of millionaires in 2022. I have not dug through the data to see if everything in the infographic is accurate, but as I think most people would presume: it shows loads of wealth holders are making their way into the western world from Russia, China, India, Ukraine (you can predict the others net negative countries). However what's got my min…
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/migration-of-millionaires-w... This one?
Yes, that's it.
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#20The Maximum Power Principle!
Highly recommend both installments