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Post by judahmeek »

godelski wrote: post #351
shimman wrote: post #315

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why anyone would trust the executives at any company when they are only incentivized to lie, cheat, and steal is beyond me. It's a lesson every generation is hellbent on learning again and against and again. It use to be the default belief, throughout all of humanity, on how greed is bad and dangerous; yet for the last 100 years you'd think the complete opposite was the norm.

> when they are only incentivized to lie, cheat, and steal The fact that they are allowed to do this is beyond me. The fact that they do this is destructive to innovation and I'm not sure why we pretend it enables innovation. There's a thousands multi million dollar companies that I'm confident most users here could implement, but the major reason many don't is because to actually do it is far harder than what those…

Because the liars who have already profited from lying will defend the current system.

The best fix that we can work on now in America is repealing the 17th amendment to restrengthen the federal system as a check on populist impulses, which can easily be manipulated by liars.

Re: I verified my LinkedIn identity. Here's what I handed over

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Post by ericmay »

IshKebab wrote: post #385
ericmay wrote: post #305

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Connecting with recruiters is mostly a waste of time, and generally anyone can just fake being a recruiter. Once someone has a connection with you they can see your extended network, they know where you work, they find out all information you have shared with on your profile, &c. The recruiter may be using you to connect with someone else. You also start to consume their content since you are connected. Better to let…

> Connecting with recruiters is mostly a waste of time Probably depends on the field but this definitely isn't always true. I've got my last two jobs through recruiters, and speaking to colleagues a lot of them do too. > they can see your extended network, they know where you work, they find out all information you have shared with on your profile This is public anyway though? Isn't that the point of LinkedIn? > You…

> This is public anyway though? Isn't that the point of LinkedIn?

You can limit this. I don't think it's necessarily the point of LinkedIn - i.e. for others to connect with you and then have full visibility into all of the details of everyone you know and whatever you have on your profile. It's a bit naive to assume that operating in this manner doesn't make you a prime target for scammers, social engineers, hackers, &c., or even worse - solicitors.

> My experience is different

Yea, everyone has different experiences. I'm just describing how the platform generally works, as a matter of fact.

Re: I verified my LinkedIn identity. Here's what I handed over

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Post by touristtam »

judahmeek wrote: post #401
godelski wrote: post #351

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> when they are only incentivized to lie, cheat, and steal The fact that they are allowed to do this is beyond me. The fact that they do this is destructive to innovation and I'm not sure why we pretend it enables innovation. There's a thousands multi million dollar companies that I'm confident most users here could implement, but the major reason many don't is because to actually do it is far harder than what those…

Because the liars who have already profited from lying will defend the current system. The best fix that we can work on now in America is repealing the 17th amendment to restrengthen the federal system as a check on populist impulses, which can easily be manipulated by liars.

So your senators were appointed before that? No election needed?

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Post by bitwize »

touristtam wrote: post #404
judahmeek wrote: post #401

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Because the liars who have already profited from lying will defend the current system. The best fix that we can work on now in America is repealing the 17th amendment to restrengthen the federal system as a check on populist impulses, which can easily be manipulated by liars.

So your senators were appointed before that? No election needed?

Yes, by state legislatures. The concept was the Senate would reflect the states' interests, whereas the House would reflect the people's interests, in matters of federal legislation.

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Post by [deleted] »

drnick1 wrote: post #379
anjel wrote: post #372

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proxy emails are rejected more and more. Same with google tel numbers. The internet feels more and more like the garbage compactor scene in Star Wars.

How would the website know that it is a "proxy email?" I am using my own domain name and email server, and don't believe I ever received a rejection.

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Re: I verified my LinkedIn identity. Here's what I handed over

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Post by cbeach »

201984 wrote: post #149
elAhmo wrote: post #21

From the article: > Let that sink in. You scanned your European passport for a European professional network, and your data went exclusively to North American companies. Not a single EU-based subprocessor in the chain. Not sure LinkedIn is a European professional network.

>Let that sink in That's a hallmark of GPT spam, so it's not surprising there's hallucinations.

and "That blue badge might not be worth what you’re trading for it. A checkmark is cosmetic. Biometric data is forever."

I like the article, but I think it was nearly wholly LLM-generated. It's a shame that this contrived writing style is becoming so commonplace. Just annoying, more than anything.

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