Oh good heavens, they really are trying to bring back the company store.

[beep@follow.ethanmarcotte.com]

@erikvorhes erik

i need you to understand the rueful bark-laugh i just made

[erikvorhes@typo.social]

@beep — I imagine it’s similar to when I realized how few words I’d need to change to have the lyrics fit the situation. What a time to be alive, man.

[thirstybear@agilodon.social]

@elizayer Great as long as you can pay your bills & rent/mortgage with compute tokens as well ‍️

Also see ‘payment by exposure’

[thirstybear@agilodon.social]

@elizayer @beep For UK based folks, check out the TUC's find a Union helper. And remember, it is *illegal* in the UK for employers to stop you from joining, or discriminate against you for being part of a union.

Just a moment...

(www.tuc.org.uk)

[beep@follow.ethanmarcotte.com]

@erikvorhes You said it, pal.

[timswan@mastodon.social]

@elizayer A.I. and LLMs exist simply to move even more wealth to the very top, while leaving the plebes jobless and without income.

[lerxst@az.social]

@elizayer I see a "token budget" as part of my compensation, and that's an immediate reject for me.

[erikvorhes@typo.social]

@beep 🫂

[theorangetheme@en.osm.town]

@elizayer You load 16 gigs, what do you get? Another day older and deeper in debt...

[elizayer@mastodon.social]

@lerxst Hear hear!