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  • frosty99c@midwest.socialtoBooks@lemmy.world•The Three Body Problem is not good
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    7 days ago

    I liked it, even if the characters weren’t great. I liked book 1 in kind of a detective/mystery novel kind of way. The first book is very different from the next two, which is where I think the series really starts to address larger questions. It’s still kind of flimsy and the characters might get worse, but I like some of the questions and hypotheses about the universe that it addresses. It gets into a more philosophical approach to the universe and how other species may interact with each other, mutually assured destruction, and how the human race would react to a sword of Damocles hanging over our head for 400 years. It’s told from a Chinese perspective as well, so it was interesting to me to see how he thinks these might play out as opposed to my assumptions coming from a western perspective.

    I think the dark forest hypothesis as an answer to Fermi is reasonable, and I like a lot of the big picture ideas.

    But yea, it’s not really a character driven series.

  • frosty99c@midwest.socialtoNews@lemmy.world•New Ohio bill would create state registry of applicants who skip job interviews
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    12 days ago

    Ah yes, “nobody wants to work anymore, and I know that because these entitled college grads decided to work a different job instead of the shitty one I offered them.”

    If people are going through the effort to take an interview (usually multiple rounds) and go all the way through the process until an offer is made and then still don’t accept the job, then that is 50% on the hiring manager not being upfront about working conditions, pay, and other benefits throughout the process and 50% on the company for not offering adequate pay and benefits that match the work. This is 0% on the person who had their time wasted by the interview process. They were obviously worth more than what they were offered as evidenced by receiving a better offer somewhere else.

  • frosty99c@midwest.socialtoNo Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•I’m very good at math and would like health insurance. What is the easiest option?
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    3 months ago

    If you’re good at math and good at explaining math, then statistics/analytics is a good way to go. You’ll probably need a degree though.

    Pharma/medical device companies, especially in new development need people to run the numbers from their experiments and then communicate to the higher ups and the business people “what do those numbers mean?”

    Consulting for new drug development can be stressful, but it’s interesting as you’re constantly learning about new treatments and therapies.

    Any stats/analytics field should be similar. All of the business grads know that numbers and data are important, but they need someone to interpret them and explain to them what they are seeing.

  • frosty99c@midwest.socialtopolitics @lemmy.world•Elon Musk’s DOGE is growing desperate for a “win”
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    5 months ago

    I mean, simple file should already be a thing, and the IRS would prefer it be easier for everyone to file. But h&r block and turbotax have lobbied heavily against it because they’d lose money with easier filing. One way to make things more streamlined and efficient would be to get rid of middle men and focus on making internal systems better.

    But this administration wants the internal systems to be broken and needlessly complex so that they can outsource it to their preferred middle men so that they all make a lot more money.