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Comment Re:I wonder what the real impacts would be. (Score 4, Insightful) 309

That is exactly what would happen. This is another Trump idea that sounds good when you say it but anyone who puts any thought into it finds very quickly it is a terrible idea. Everything he says is about getting people to like him. He says something like this so people will say "that will help me, Donald Trump is a good guy and on my side". Meanwhile, if it happens, most of those same people will have their credit cards cancelled or not be able to get a card to begin with. He can then say it is all the banks faults not his. Trump is nothing but optics, once you look past the words and actually at how things works, everything falls apart.

Comment Re:seems normal (Score 4, Insightful) 65

No, they don't need to micromanage, just manage. If your manager doesn't know what you do, what are they managing? They should be in contact with the people they manage and communicating with them about their tasks. There are more options than "stand at desk and watch employee all the time" and "let the employees do whatever they want".

Comment It's based on earning potential, not quality (Score 5, Insightful) 55

I was watching a Twitch stream where Pokimane was addressing her recent visa renewal and some issues travelling back to the US, and she nailed it perfectly. The O1 visa is based upon how much money the US thinks you can make, and they can therefore tax. It's not about artistry or anything like that in the majority of cases, they just want to see you will make money they can collect taxes on. Like most things in the government (especially in this government) it has become entirely transactional.

Comment Re:Actual disability advocate here (Score 1) 238

Deadlines exist, and workplace accommodations exist. It's why the ADA and section 504 exist. And honestly, if a boss isn't able to support his employee on having the time to complete the work, that's the boss's fault for failing to be flexible and understanding how to help their employee succeed. Accommodations exist to help employees be the best they can be, and the disability world is honestly flush with neurodivergent people talking about how they had an asshole boss who never accommodated them, and they went through a living hell, then quitting and finding a job with a boss who actually worked with them, and they're a top performer. I've been through that process a number of times. The realities of the job are absolutely the realities of the job, but more often than not, the issues people with disabilities have in the workplace are the fault of shitty ablest managers who can't or won't think outside the box, not with the constraints of the work.

Comment Actual disability advocate here (Score 1) 238

So this is all a bunch of moral panic, and ablest bs for a number of reasons. A: Extra time on tests really isn't the end of the world that people make it out to be. If someone needs a bit longer to do their work, what is the issue? The point of schooling is that people understand the subject matter, so if someone needs a bit more time to get it right, what's the issue? I'd rather my doctor take a day extra with my test results to really think about them than give me a knee jerk reaction. B: I see a lot of people here who are really, really ill informed on disability which isn't surprising given that it's Slashdot, but right now we're in a time where autism and ADHD diagnoses are skyrocketing due to increased diagnostic clarity. The number of severely high needs individuals has stayed relatively static, but we're getting a lot better at screening for ADHD (there's literally an app that has an 80% success rate that can be used as a preliminary screener by any school nurse) especially in underrepresented populations. And given that a lot of the stigma around neurodivergence is going down (although it's starting to rise again) people are getting more comfortable disclosing that they have a learning disability, even if they've been able to be successful academically. It's kind of like identifying that you have asthma and need an inhaler and some accommodations to participate in PE- you can still participate and likely pass, but you will need some extra accommodation. But at the end of the day, providing accommodations like extra time on tests and other relatively benign things isn't the end of the world. The point of schooling is to show subject matter expertise, and someone can still show that if they have an extra hour to finish the test. and C: ADHD absolutely does exist. My wife's working on her chem degree with ADHD, and it's brutal- she needs about three times as much time to study as her peers because her mind literally won't focus, and the only pill that actually does any good is damn near impossible to get. I get so tired of people who act as armchair psychologists because they read some article.

Comment This is how the US works unfortunately (Score 4, Interesting) 238

It's sad to say, but this is part and parcel for the US. The rich want to get every advantage they can, and their money allows them to. So as students with real disabilities get accommodations the rich see it as someone getting something they don't and immediately go about finding a way they can get it to. It doesn't matter that they don't deserve it, they think they deserve it simply because someone else is getting it. And with the US healthcare system, they can always find someone willing to give their kids a diagnosis whether they need it or not because they are willing to pay the price (And can afford to pay the price). This is what the US has become, a plutocracy. The rich get whatever they want because they can afford to buy everything and in the US, everything is for sale.

Comment Re: Dumb managers manage dumbly (Score 1) 61

No one is really suggesting"at ANY price point". No one thinks renting rooms at 10 dollars is better than nothing, but renting rooms at 100 dollars that normally rent for 200 is better than nothing. And there is nothing stopping you from renting last minute, except the possibility of not getting a room or at least the room you want. If you want to take a chance of not getting a room to save 50 dollars you go right ahead.

Comment I will never understand this case (Score 3, Informative) 18

I just don't get how Google was found liable and Apple was not. Google had at least alternate store (Amazon) while Apple has had none. Google allowed sideloading so there was (and still is) a way to load apps not in the store while Apple doesn't allow sideloading. You can say Google suppressed the development of alternative app stores, but Apple never even had to suppress because there was simply no way to get them on the device. I am not saying it was wrong to find Google liable, but the fact they have to make changes and Apple continues to have the most locked down device and app store around just boggles my mind.

Comment This is hardly news. (Score 3, Informative) 36

There's a burgeoning therapeutic and social skills D&D market currently, and a load of research that shows all kinds of significant mental health, social, and personal wellbeing to having a regular gaming group. What's a bit frustrating is she didn't actually do any serious research with geriatric populations, who would likely benefit from a regular RPG group. There's a lady in Germany who ran a little house on the prairie RPG at a nursing home, and did some great work there, but outside that little has been done.

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