We’re looking at hiring someone based outside of our country for the first time. This employee is based in the UK, and we are exploring our current options. The role would sit in customer success/operations, so it would involve regular hours, direct contact with our team, access to internal tools, and some responsibility for ongoing client work.

I’ve done a lot of research, and there were a few different ways. You can hire them as a contractor, or start a local entity in the UK ( but this is definitely something we would want to avoid ), and finally, use EOR, as they actually have legal entities based in multiple countries. From what I understood while reading about using EOR in the UK, one thing that makes the UK a bit different is that there are separate categories for employees, workers, and self-employed contractors. So it is not only about how we pay the person. I’ve noticed a few things I hadn't fully thought through, like PAYE, National Insurance, workplace pensions, written employment terms from day one, and the fact that UK employment is not “at-will” in the same way some founders might expect.

So now it seems to us that this kind of service would be the best way to go. Has anyone from the USA looked to hire in the UK? What would you do differently if you had to make that first global hire again?

I guess it's obvious why I am asking.

I am just too dumb for it. Like, genuinely. I only passed through HS because on final exam from literature the teacher gave me a full answer. Actually, I didn't even get that, she had to tell me "Write that down!" because I was just thinking "Why are you telling me that?"

In 1st semester I didn't pass 2 subjects. Now in 2nd one I only got to final exam of 1, which I'll have to retake and I don't feel like I'll pass it either. The only subject I was really interested in passing I didn't manage to get through due to me being late with assignments.
I am still planning to finish the last one just because I want to get rid of my Firefox tabs and I already spent 32 hours on it. The previous one took me 50 hours only for partially completing it. I estimate full completion at 65 hours, if I did that one, which I may do as well later.

Which isn't much time, actually. When I do the math based on credits, main part (time until exams) of first semester being 12 weeks, second 13 weeks, it averages out at 61h/week of work (combined lectures + seminars + expected study time and assignments).
2nd semester at 52h/week
1st semester at 71h/week.

Regardless of how I manage the exam, I won't pass to the second year.

Oh, it gets worse. I found out I was supposed to select my subjects for next year. They only sent us the email about that the day prior (2pm).
I skimmed it, OK, selection starts June 4th, went to check the UI, nothing there. Turns out, the selection deadline was on that same day, at 9pm, so I missed it by 3 hours.
Worse yet, though not applicable to me, the school also "thinks" of foreign students. In this case by notifying them only 12 hours before the deadline as well as informing them that the information in English is outdated (and that's all they did about it).

I am so fatigued with so much negativity that happens in the world and in my personal life as well. I have become numb to the topics I used to care such as politics, equal rights, environment and so on: I just want my day to end and that's it. I don't think I'm depressed tho (I used to and I know what it is like).

I don't know what to do. What would you suggest doing? Thank you.

Not worst as in completely uncharismatically sadistic. Not worst as in an absolute hate sink. WORST as in horribly written, uninteresting, annoying, one note, has a annoying voice, completely moronic motives, or straight agonizing to sit through!

I was considering getting lasik... but now I'm not sure. I have astigmatism (I think high), but my glasses prescription is relatively low. (I don't know the exact number, I've just been told I don't need a whole lot of correction.)

After talking to a doc (salesman?) about lasik (and researching online), I learned lasik mainly improves your distance vision. The doc said, I'll probably still need glasses for up-close work.

But. Don't we constantly do up close work? Read a message on my phone -> close up work. Read a menu -> close up work. Read a price tag -> close up work. Type on my computer -> close up work. Having to constantly put on and take off my glasses based on the task seems like a huge step backwards compared to today where I just have my glasses on all the time and don't think about them. (Or lose them.) I heard I could get some glasses that let me see far and close... and I could wear them all day...

So... what's the point of lasik in that case?

I've heard after lasik, my overall un-assisted vision would improve. I would only need minor corrective lenses. But. Why does major vs minor correction matter?

If I still need glasses (with minor correction), what's the point of lasik?

Am I missing something here?

Why do tons of people online seem extremely happy with their lasik experience?

(For instances that allow downvotes, obviously.)

I ask because if I see a post with more than a handful of downvotes assigned to what otherwise seems like decent content, I consider it a yellow flag, and I'll often go to the comments section to try and discover why the post is controversial.

Sometimes I'll find it's truly a matter of personal disagreement (such as on a hot-button topic like veganism), however I'll often discover the downvotes are there for a more objective reason, such as misleading or outdated info in the post. On many occasions this additional digging has led me to change what would have been an upvote from me to no vote or even a downvote. On the flip side, if I see a post that I like but that looks a bit fishy, if it has hardly any downvotes relative to the upvotes, I'll assume that it has passed Lemmy approval (a kind of Cunningham's Law I guess) and is therefore probably okay (e.g. I see a reference in a ScienceMemes or HistoryMemes post that seems too bonkers to be true).

So what about you all? Do you use the upvote: downvote ratio to guide how you interact with posts?

Maybe this would fit in a tech section, but I figure we're all decently techie.

Is there anything out there that's noob (ie, non tech literate) friendly that I can use for sharing audio? I'm sick of using gmail and dropbox for this (not to mention they steal every file you put on their platform)

FTP would work but seems to complex for a normie. And a lot of folks want to listen quick on their (shitty) phone speaker, so something web based is probably preferred...

Edit I did this fast so forgot to mention, this is for sharing mixes with other band members/friends. So, personally recorded music files.

If I had an extra hour or a few hours a day when I had free time, I wanted to help people online, something like support or something like that.

Why do I want this? The answer is: It brings me pleasure when I manage to help someone at least a little. And also when I listened to people on the Internet, just random people, they didn't even ask for help, I somehow instinctively felt that they had some kind of problems by the tone of their messages, and in the end I managed to cheer them up at least a little.

This is a discussion about music NOT politics. Your reply can talk about the artists political views but don't just start soapboxing yourself and break rule 6. They can/should be from any country talking about any government/political ideal. I think my favorite is either immortal technique or flobots.

Cottage cheese and garlic salt for me, what's yours?

I got into beekeeping last year (after putting it off for 20 years) and part of my final impetus was that nearing 50 means my physical capability will eventually restrict the amount of hobbies I can meaningfully engage in since I'm not getting any younger. (unsurprisingly 🤦‍♂️)

As a result, I've started thinking more intentionally about developing hobbies that I can continue well into old age. Beekeeping has been a great addition because it gets me outdoors, gives me something to learn, and provides a tangible reward at the end. But what about making beef jerky? Is it similar to beekeeping in that it yields a tangible reward but only incidentally and not guaranteed to be pleasing/edible until you've mastered the flavor and safety techniques?

Part of me sees it as a hobby because there seems to be a lot to learn: selecting cuts of meat, experimenting with marinades and seasonings, mastering dehydration techniques, food safety, and constantly refining recipes. I can imagine spending years (possibly decades) trying different approaches and enjoying the process. I saw an old youtube account of mine recently that had a 15 year old video of me making Cuban sandwiches, which I've been honing/improving over the last 18 years and have never lost the obsession!

If beef jerky making is a hobby then I plan to pursue it. If it's more akin to a culinary skill, then I plan to go on a deep dive to the back bottom corners of my closet to find my rock wool cubes and plant 20 hydroponic tomato seeds before the end of this weekend. (I have a ton of hydroponic equipment but it's all been sitting in my closet unopened for the better part of 8-10 years)

Happened to me once. I did not know who he was in told him so. It's possible the guy was bluffing. He claimed to be some state senator.

As in under 18, legally employed and paying taxes and all that.

Do you prefer your water bottle to be made of metal, plastic, glass, or something else? Straw or no straw? How big would you want it? Should the bottle taper down in the bottom, or do you think the sided should stay vertical? Are any of you one of the few people who would like that weird rectangular bottle? Or maybe one of those squishy fold up ones for travel? No handle, flip up handle, mug style handle, or little loop?

Note that I am not affiliated with any water bottle company

im facing a moral conundrum. I got a guinness and a whiskey and a breakfast sandwich at a food counter in the airport. dude was busy and in the weeds and forgot he didnt charge me. so I just took it. My options are the following:

1. Confess and pay.
2. Just leave.
3. Tip the counterperson €10 and say thank you.
4. Tip the counterperson and say you forgot to charge me 🤫

what should I do folks quick my plane will be boarding shortly

They don't have the means to produce at scale, which has resulted in wild price fluctuations on their end. (even though to steamdeck OLED did sell out at the much higher price.) To me at most they will continue with the controller, but that's about it.

Stuff like HAWP, 5sf, asdfmovie, Nathan barnatt, etc.

No overblown people acting fake and sensationalist (that try so hard to be funny when they aren't) no ads. Just fun.

Does this even exist ? Even howtobasic has went to ads...which is fine. But it spoils it for me.

These questions are inspired by, although heavily modified, the game Detroit: Become Human. The game itself is a story telling masterpiece, a visual marvel and quite an important game to have been made in this format, if you ask me. Anyhow!

Answer, if you will, based on both the current state of artificial intelligence and how you imagine it to be in the future.

• Would you let artificial intelligence take care of your children?

My answer: no. Not now, not ever, unless we somehow could be certain that the artificial intelligence in question is capable of the same level of empathy, self sacrifice and understanding of paralinguistic information as humans. Which we can never be, I think?

• Could you have a romantic, platonic or other relationship that imitates interpersonal relationships with artificial intelligence?

My answer: I am unsure. I don't known whether it's a fair comparison, but I'd like to liken it either to consuming pornography and using sex dolls - consumption and usage being the keywords - or to buying sex, renting a partner for a day and such transactional relationships. I have no experience of the latter, so this might be prejudicial. Who knows, maybe I'd get hooked like that man I once saw on the news who exclusively has relationships with sex dolls...

• Do you believe that artificial intelligence will ever gain consciousness?

My answer: this might contradict my answer to the first question, and borrow some sentiments from my answer to the second question - but also judging from how people interact with LLMs nowadays - as far as our perception of it goes, "yes". Perhaps in the same way that I think that the debate over whether there is true altruism or not is pointless since an act that benefits its recipient results in those benefits being perceived as such regardless of its intent, as long as we perceive artificial intelligence as, well, intelligent or conscious or humanlike to a sufficient degree, we won't bother to see the difference in a lot of everyday situations.

What do YOU think? 😊

Ones that come to mind for me are Vegas, Toronto, Paris

You're allowed anything on the planet

No there is no clever way to use this meal to escape your fate

Ok but in all seriousness I do kind of want to know how it was to grow up with a Philips CDI in your house

i’m exhausted man.

tired of getting told i’m the problem with no explanation

i’ve been having trouble with my bestfriend .

We’re both guys, and he’s a bit homophobic (like won’t even sit in the same bed as a guy because it’s “gay” homophobic) which is why i’m having a hard time processing this. (Only when he got a girlfriend was he semi-okay with sitting on a bed with me. His direct quote “it’s still pretty gay but i have a girlfriend now so i’ll allow it)

I do want to say that I am a big advocate for male friends to show eachother physical affection, and i’m no stranger to that at all.

We’ve had an extremely deep emotional bond. He was my very bestfriend in the world and I his. One night I had a mental breakdown of sorts, and his way of calming me down was repeatedly rubbing my back, pulling me down to cuddle (with him in his back and me on top of him with my head on his chest. which i rejected after a few seconds of shock) lots of hugging and pressing his fingers into the of my arms back of my arms repeatedly.

A few days before this I was having a hard time in school (which was the reason for the mental breakdown) and left our hangout early. he asked what was wrong and then proceeded to ask if i was into him to which i said no, and he responded that he was just joking to lighten the mood. Later on his reasoning was that he didn’t mean it, but he knew i had a hard time saying things important (which is true) so he was just guessing

Now usually I wouldn’t think twice about this. but it was around the same time that i found out that he sexts men online regularly and watches gay porn regularly. He admitted shame, depression and disappointment overt this. If a girl did this to me i’d most definitely take it as a sign, but I also was having a bit of a breakdown, so i’m not sure how to look at this? i’m genuinely lost and confused and more hurt than i like to admit.

(after the night he distanced from me and blamed it on my breakdown) :/ right after my breakdown he went to pursue a girl romantically who had a crush on him for a long time, but he had always refused to date her one of the reasons being her body proportions are off (among 20 other reasons he said some pretty gross things about her.)

i talked to him yesterday. Where he looked me in the eyes told me he isn’t gay and isn’t into me and that he loves his girlfriend. and no had no solid answer as to why he broke our friendship off. Just “i’m a horrible friend to you i’m so sorry”.

We got to talking a little less serious in between the serious conversations and i mentioned that im leaving for a week driving 11 hours to go see all my family. (sometimes i get bad anxiety driving home which is a 3 hour drive he’s offered multiple times to drive me home too. declined all of those)He asked me to my face if i wanted him to drive me there. He was being dead serious.

I don’t know what he wants from me and i’m exhausted. he won’t explain why im so impossible to be works and im exhausted.

At the end got Told it’s too much to hangout with me and made a bunch of other accusations and reasons

It's not my thing and I truly don't get it. That said, I'm curious about the initial draw, how you started and why. What does participating look like to you? Do you consider it an interest, hobby, kink or some combination/something else? I support you doing whatever you like so long as everything is legal/consensual. If you're going to comment and you're not a furry please be respectful.