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Sony expects a delay in smartphone market recovery till 2024 in c/technology

[–] ErikDegenerik 29 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (6 children)

As someone who hasn't paid more than 500€ for a phone I can only laugh at this. 1000 is still outrageous.

Private jet crashes into motorbike and car in Malaysia, kills 10 in c/world

[–] ErikDegenerik 5 points 1 year ago

But not a shame that passengers in the plane were also killed?

TIL yawning is observed in almost all vertebrate animals and is "contagious" across species. There is no consensus on why yawning occurs. in c/til

[–] ErikDegenerik 6 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I came.

The world's largest chipmaker promised to create thousands of US jobs. There are growing tensions over whether US workers have the skills or work ethic to do them. in c/technology

[–] ErikDegenerik 52 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Yeah and TSMC complains about US workers but at the same time keeps opening new plants there. It's pretty obvious what it's like to work for TSMC.

The world's largest chipmaker promised to create thousands of US jobs. There are growing tensions over whether US workers have the skills or work ethic to do them. in c/technology

[–] ErikDegenerik 321 points 1 year ago (28 children)

"If an engineer [in Taiwan] gets a call when he is asleep, he will wake up and start dressing," he said. "His wife will ask: 'What's the matter?' He would say: 'I need to go to the factory.' The wife will go back to sleep without saying another word. This is the work culture."

Fuck that shit, that's not work culture, that's exploitation.

Anyone having battery issues in c/syncforlemmy

[–] ErikDegenerik 5 points 1 year ago

Yes, Sync for Lemmy is a battery hog in my case too. So much so that I uninstalled it a week or so ago but then installed it again since all other apps are not my cup of tea. This time I have restricted its background usage and it seems much better now.