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Windows 11 Start menu ads are now rolling out to everyone in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I've only been playing games on Linux for the past year and it's been a pretty smooth experience. Go for it!

Nintendo Forcing Garry's Mod To Delete 20 Years' Worth Of Content in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 77 points 6 months ago (3 children)

How efficient is it to antagonize people that are actively promoting your own content for free on other platforms? Does this actually work for Nintendo?

Windows 11 Start menu ads are now rolling out to everyone in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Win11: less functionality, more ads

And what's with the weasel words like "recommended"? Just call them "sponsored" or "ads", like they really are.

Is it OK for a company to expect using their paid product for a job interview? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

Exactly, this is a good analogy. I actually got the feedback that I was technically qualified and most of the other feedback was positive.

Is it OK for a company to expect using their paid product for a job interview? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

You would expect the candidate to spend 60€ to try out a niche product? If I were in the position I would definitely expect them to research the product and understand how it works (I did), but not to spend that kind of money to use it.

Is it OK for a company to expect using their paid product for a job interview? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

I mean if it was after I started the job that would make sense. You have to know the product you're working on.

But it seems like a power asymmetry that they have dedicated 1 hour of their time to the interview and I am expected to spend money and more research time, in addition to all the usual interview preparation.

Is it OK for a company to expect using their paid product for a job interview? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I've updated the description to mention that this is definitely not a scam, more like weird and unreasonable behavior.

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Is it OK for a company to expect using their paid product for a job interview? (lemmy.world)

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I had a job interview with a company recently and one of the negative feedback I got was that I hadn't tried out their product. Now this might be a valid concern if they had any sort of free trial for it, but the lessons they offer start at 60€ and I didn't feel comfortable spending that amount just to get a better chance at an interview. They also offered no free credits or anything like that during the interview. I did understand how the product worked by researching it online.

I definitely feel that there's something wrong in asking for an interviewee to spend money on the product they are interviewing for. For one it's a great setup for a scam. But is there any regulation that should prevent companies from doing this? I am based in the EU and was interviewing for a Spanish company.

UPDATE: This is definitely not a scam, the company is fairly known. This is more of a question of is it right/legal to expect this?

Chernobyl in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I remember reading a while ago that Chernobyl has become a flourishing nature preserve. While animals have a health risk from radiation, it's still a smaller health hazard than living near human settlements. It's sad that our civilization is more destructive than an open nuclear core.

English may be a hot mess but at least we don't have to worry about this nonsense in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 34 points 9 months ago (18 children)

While gendered nouns are stupid, I at least appreciate Italian because you can just learn the word and get its gender from the end part of the word. In German, however, it's completely random and you have to learn the gender with the word.