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  • Monash University’s report also found a rise in specific behaviours, including shoplifting (27 per cent), changing price tags on products (30 per cent), not scanning some items at self-checkout terminals (32 per cent), and scanning items as cheaper alternatives (36 per cent).

    Overall how much of this is made viable by replacing workers with self checkouts machines?

    Vincent Hurley, who specialises in the contemporary role of police and policing within criminological theories at Macquarie University, said when it comes to retail theft, soaring prices may be driving the trend. “There is inflation and stagnation of wages, especially for part-time workers. So even to survive, some would consider stealing to be a way to survive in this cost-of-living crisis,” he told SBS News.

    The cost of everything has gone up. What do people expect to happen? People in poverty, or let’s be real these day, even people who aren’t; just wander off somewhere and quietly starve to death? Woolies and Cole’s have been raking in cash during this pricing crisis. Im fortunate now to have a decent job, that I was incredibly lucky to get. A couple years ago I was on Centrelink. It didn’t even cover rent for a shithole. IDGAF if people steal from large retail chains to survive in economic crisis that they profit off.




  • CTDummy@piefed.socialtoVoyager@lemmy.worldCan we do better than this?
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    2 days ago

    I think the description is sufficient. As long as the dev and contributors know what it’s referring to. Isn’t this app mostly worked on by one person? I think people complaining about short action descriptions or calling them stupid is a bit excessive. Unless both you and the OP are looking to contribute?




  • CTDummy@piefed.socialtoScience Memes@mander.xyzFeynman rules
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    24 days ago

    Yeah no, “you think they’re hostile because of an accent”? Please. The interviewer themselves says something to the effect of “I must say I think it’s a perfectly reasonable question to ask” which then gets him to ease up about it and explain himself. Either way, not hallmarks of a great educator, at least in that interview specifically. I think someone like Neil deGrasse Tyson would have handled the question in a better manner. Anyway, not worth having an internet debate over; especially not when you’re going to get downvoted for disagreeing.


  • I don’t really assume since Im basing it off what I watched of the interview and come to that opinion. He just seemed unnecessarily hostile/antagonistic to the interviewer when it came to that question. Being a “great mind” doesn’t really excuse it and detracts being a good educator imo.


  • Great video. I mentioned it in a discussion about the strangulation porn ban in the UK; specifically the “women strangled by a partner are 750% more likely to be murdered by said partner” statistic. Someone chimes in with “that sounds like a completely fabricated stat”. I have to assume due to the name that came after Dr. That magnet interview wasn’t particularly flattering either.


  • CTDummy@piefed.socialto196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneto under(rule)
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    26 days ago

    Did I suggest that was an issue, that I couldn’t? Yes, I could have nearly 50% of the screen taken up by two sets of captions, one functional and one annoyingly used to try grabbing attention. That certainly is an option. Better than the EA tier “what, you guys don’t have karaoke?” though I guess.




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    27 days ago

    That is done for timing, doesn’t do a couple words at a time and doesn’t flash on and then off of the screen immediately in most cases. What am I going to talk in time with whatever content creator? It’s purely done so people can see as much of what’s being said as possible in brief moments they scroll past/hover over the video while it autoplays without audio and to drive engagement. Not for accessibility or readability.






  • Unfortunately a lot of countries only want educated/skilled migrants and those able to work. Which is perhaps unsurprising given the current economic outlook. Some countries even skilled/working migration numbers are being reduced due to housing and plain old racism.

    A lot of these migrants specifically lack skills to be able to contribute or effectively integrate in their desired destination. It is what it is, which is more depressing given a lots of countries that these migrants are emigrating from were fleeced of their natural resources for years and kept intentionally in various states of conflict and poverty to facilitate this. IOM sounds like it’s squandering money and failing to provide meaningful migration pathways. Which is incredibly unsurprising.