@MissGayle Thank you!

I've heard that the company is ethical towards employees and the environment, but I have to see how well it works.

#Perplexity's perspective on an alternative to the Google Premium suite of cloud storage, scheduling and videoconferencing.

Any thoughts on #Zoho ?

Overtly racist statements go without any finding of necessary action on Meta's part. I was about to post some of the examples here, but suffice it to say they are ugly comments regarding indigenous people, non-white people, and even celebrations of violence.

Hypocrisy or just incompetence in action?
Meta claims to police hate speech, that is, expressions against people for who they are: https://transparency.meta.com/policies/community-standards/hateful-conduct/
"We define hateful conduct as direct attacks against people — rather than concepts or institutions — on the basis of what we call protected characteristics (PCs): race, ethnicity, national origin, disability, religious affiliation, caste, sexual orientation, sex, gender identity, and serious disease."
BUT

@autobrain
Estou com Librewolf, Zen e Vivaldi, tirei o Brave mas não desinstalei.
Ainda não consigo fixar o Helium na barra, como está rodando como Appimage. 🤷‍♂️

Acabou o gás: véspera de Natal, 21:30

Also, the tasks of initial assessments, free trial classes, periodic evaluations, lesson planning and feedback generally fall to the teacher. Free trial classes are on the teacher's time and not compensated by the school.

The school takes its percentage, which I've seen at 50% and 70%, indefinitely, for having done the initial work of finding and then merely billing thereafter. It's as if a headhunter received half of an employee's salary for their entire term with an employer.

As a language teacher, pros of working with a school:
· fewer payment headaches
· no need to be a salesperson
Cons:
· retention comes before the interest of the students ("This is a business!")
· the customer is always right ("They won't do homework. Don't ask them to practice outside of class, you'll only irritate them.")
· the owner is always right ("Do YOU think you dictate how we teach??")

#esl #inglês #teacher #languagelearning

One of the problems with Google products. We come to rely on products and functionalities, then they get taken away.
(Reader, Orkut, Google+, Hangouts, Duo...)

I can't help thinking of Schrodinger's cat. Is the cat far, far left or far, far right? If it's the latter, will there be politicians, influencers and pundits finding ways to say that the cat is so far to the right, it actually left the box and entered on the left again, Pac-Man style?

@InglesComRenata Caixas de som na natureza, incl. na praia

Everything from Meta is just such garbage.

Who would ever have thought that being fair would be a key to success?

"Meituan’s success is largely due to its aggressive tactics such as higher pay for riders, deep consumer discounts, and low fees for restaurant partners. "

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/china-s-biggest-delivery-app-brings-its-disruptive-playbook-to-brazil/ar-AA1KNblj

Jeferson Tenório, autor de 'O avesso da pele', é banido do Instagram e fala em censura digital
https://www.nsctotal.com.br/noticias/jeferson-tenorio-autor-de-o-avesso-da-pele-e-banido-do-instagram-e-fala-em-censura-digital

Instagram: vitrine obrigatória de toda empresa e até guia exclusiva de eventos locais. Será que o público cansa um dia?

https://pca.st/episode/68260867-40af-4d14-9717-3db06c7d517c?t=1643.3,1654.7

Why do food deserts exist? Hint: they're a particular problem in the USA, where one idiot can have a huge, rippling impact on society as a whole, borking everything up

@Techaltar We love new things, but at the same time, one of the biggest praises for Linux Mint is its consistency and reliability. Also, I hate when features and services disappear, are absorbed by Meta or just become less viable (G+, Lightbox, RSS...).

@autobrain E de forma mais famosa atualmente, de presidente de boné vermelho

@coreysnipes

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foldering

Reinventing the wheel, the dead drop, what have you

@zed @jcriecke It's the way it should be! Brazil has a database where you can add your number as a "do not bother me" identifier, and it works very well. The only spam I've gotten in years has resulted from actually giving my number to organizations, which also give up after a time.

Oh, that and scams, but that's a different story.

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