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  • The Times Tech Guild’s decision to strike during the election is not coincidental. The strike comes after a two-and-a-half-year back-and-forth between the union and The New York Times. This September, the union gave Times management an ultimatum: if demands were not met before the Sunday leading up to election day, Times Tech Guild members would go on strike, leaving the news organization vulnerable.

    That’s all well established. They have been negotiating for a long time.


  • No it sends the message that they can do it. And that is massive all on its own.

    It’s designed to bring them to the table without starving the workers. Indefinite strikes would obviously be more effective but then you’re forgetting about the people who do need the jobs.

    How many people can actually survive not working for months? Principles are great but so is paying rent.

    If nothing changes they can just do it again and at a time that hurts them most. Like election week.


  • When I have thoughts like this I imagine that I am dealing with a friend who is having these thoughts.

    If your friend was constantly struggling with their mental health and you were trying to help them would you call them an toxic, horrible, emotional abuser? I don’t think you would. I certainly don’t feel that way about my friends who struggle.

    I also try to look at the evidence. Is there any actual evidence that people feel this way beyond your own thoughts and feelings?

    Mental health is constant battle and separating real life from your condition can be an incredibly hard but rewarding exercise.

    I’m sorry you’re struggling so much.











  • I mean they literally do analyze text. They’re great at it. Give it some text and it will analyze it really well. I do it with code at work all the time.

    Because they are two completely different tasks. Asking them to recall information from their training is a very bad use. Asking them to analyze information passed into them is what they are great at.

    Give it a sample of code and it will very accurately analyse and explain it. Ask it to generate code and the results are wildly varied in accuracy.

    I’m not assuming anything you can literally go and use one right now and see.