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There could be some sarcasm on my part, It's probably due to dei.

The Flying Penguin wrote on Aug 10, 2024, 09:45:
Oh that's sweet, you think you found a cute new way way of being racist. Good on you.

That was the final straw for me, on ignore he goes.

Ozmodan wrote on Aug 9, 2024, 11:28:
To the person with the Nvidia 970, old graphic cards still work. I have a 960 which I do 2k all the time with no problems. Yeah I cannot play much at max settings anymore, but graphically it still looks great.

As to Boeing they went with DEI and are paying greatly for the stupid move. There might be some places where DEI works, but it is certainly not in an engineering company or the military.

Oh that's sweet, you think you found a cute new way way of being racist. Good on you.

Can you derail an OOTB thread?

I've had this feeling of "Jamais vu" happen 2 or 3 times on a dirt road with a forest on both sides.

It's a very familiar road, I used to take it numerous times every day. Then one day in my 30's I drive in it and I get this weird feeling of complete disorientation, as if for a moment I'm completely lost and have no idea what this place is.

Then a few moments later it vanishes and all is back to normal.

One of the oddest feelings I ever had regarding memory.

This comment was edited on Aug 10, 2024, 06:52.

Paper straws coated in PFAS to try to get some of the performance of a plastic straw. Meanwhile, most of the plastic causing damage to the ocean critters are from discarded fishing nets and other related equipment. Plus all the plastics marked "recyclable" being chucked into the rivers, eventually getting into the ocean.

I was working on my dad's riding lawnmower today and cut the Hell out of my arm. Goddamned DEI!

Blue wrote on Aug 9, 2024, 17:29:

Ozmodan wrote on Aug 9, 2024, 12:00:
My intention was not to stir controversy, just what I read in many of the whistle blowers accounts. Sorry I even mentioned it. Boeing is a mess from multiple reasons.
Have a nice day everyone.

If it's not your intention to shitpost, then don't shitpost.

Apologies to everyone else for not catching it before it derailed the thread.

I should probably also apologize for swallowing the bait, hook, line and sinker...

Jim wrote on Aug 9, 2024, 16:53:
Republicans: less regulation would solve the boeing problems

Clearly. If there were less regulation they wouldn't have done anything wrong.

Cutter wrote on Aug 9, 2024, 16:45:

Mr. Tact wrote on Aug 9, 2024, 15:53:

Cutter wrote on Aug 9, 2024, 15:07:
WKRP was one of my fave shows as a kid. The three eps I'll always remember were that one with Les talking about 'Chi Chi' - love Johnny's reaction. The turkey drop, and when the religious group was going to boycott the station for playing John Lennon's Imagine and Arthur told them to go pound sand.

Yeah, I remember laughing out loud when Johnny mutes the mic, tells Les the correct pronunciation, and Les keeps using the wrong one. Worst thing about WKRP, they didn't license the music in a way which would have allowed them to do DVDs of the series. I probably would have bought those... oh well.

Huh, was licensing music for shows even a thing back then? You'd think that would fall under Fair Use as the music wasn't the focus of the show and only served in the background to illustrate it was a radio station.

There are separate licenses for home video for whatever reason. It may have been because TV shows getting home video releases was rare at the time of the deals. Basically there are a ton of shows that didn't get home releases because the music rights alone would have been too high or they went through and dubbed/removed all of the music.

Burrito of Peace wrote on Aug 9, 2024, 18:19:
12?! Why wait so long? That's like 8 years of untapped productivity!

for that we need to bring back shoe factories and the good child jobs they provide to the US

Jim wrote on Aug 9, 2024, 18:02:

1badmf wrote on Aug 9, 2024, 17:00:
i mean if things like 'basic human rights' are no longer legally required, you can't violate them anymore right?

those 12 year old little shits need to start earning their keep like the rest of us

12?! Why wait so long? That's like 8 years of untapped productivity!

1badmf wrote on Aug 9, 2024, 17:00:
i mean if things like 'basic human rights' are no longer legally required, you can't violate them anymore right?

those 12 year old little shits need to start earning their keep like the rest of us

Ozmodan wrote on Aug 9, 2024, 12:00:
My intention was not to stir controversy, just what I read in many of the whistle blowers accounts. Sorry I even mentioned it. Boeing is a mess from multiple reasons.
Have a nice day everyone.

If it's not your intention to shitpost, then don't shitpost.

Apologies to everyone else for not catching it before it derailed the thread.

Jim wrote on Aug 9, 2024, 16:53:
Republicans: less regulation would solve the boeing problems

i mean if things like 'basic human rights' are no longer legally required, you can't violate them anymore right?

Republicans: less regulation would solve the boeing problems

Mr. Tact wrote on Aug 9, 2024, 15:53:

Cutter wrote on Aug 9, 2024, 15:07:
WKRP was one of my fave shows as a kid. The three eps I'll always remember were that one with Les talking about 'Chi Chi' - love Johnny's reaction. The turkey drop, and when the religious group was going to boycott the station for playing John Lennon's Imagine and Arthur told them to go pound sand.

Yeah, I remember laughing out loud when Johnny mutes the mic, tells Les the correct pronunciation, and Les keeps using the wrong one. Worst thing about WKRP, they didn't license the music in a way which would have allowed them to do DVDs of the series. I probably would have bought those... oh well.

Huh, was licensing music for shows even a thing back then? You'd think that would fall under Fair Use as the music wasn't the focus of the show and only served in the background to illustrate it was a radio station. Anyway, still a great show, great cast. Jan Smithers was so hot. Every guy I knew - my age at the time - would take her over Loni Anderson any day of the week. She lives in Halifax Nova Scotia now. How weird is that?

Cutter wrote on Aug 9, 2024, 15:07:
WKRP was one of my fave shows as a kid. The three eps I'll always remember were that one with Les talking about 'Chi Chi' - love Johnny's reaction. The turkey drop, and when the religious group was going to boycott the station for playing John Lennon's Imagine and Arthur told them to go pound sand.

Yeah, I remember laughing out loud when Johnny mutes the mic, tells Les the correct pronunciation, and Les keeps using the wrong one. Worst thing about WKRP, they didn't license the music in a way which would have allowed them to do DVDs of the series. I probably would have bought those... oh well.

Ozmodan wrote on Aug 9, 2024, 12:00:

Simon Says wrote on Aug 9, 2024, 11:35:

Ozmodan wrote on Aug 9, 2024, 11:28:
As to Boeing they went with DEI and are paying greatly for the stupid move. There might be some places where DEI works, but it is certainly not in an engineering company or the military.

The heck has "DEI" anything at all to do with freely choosing to hire unqualified workers instead of paying more for qualified workers?

It's just the usual cutting of corners / expenses as much as possible of capitalist practice, damned be the consequences.

What's next? You're gonna claim CRT is also somehow to blame? Rockets built by black people bad!


SMH

My intention was not to stir controversy, just what I read in many of the whistle blowers accounts. Sorry I even mentioned it. Boeing is a mess from multiple reasons.
Have a nice day everyone.

It wasn't DEI. It was shifting from an engineering company to an accounting company. It happened in the merger 20 years ago, with McDonnell Douglas, pushed out the engineering-based Boeing leadership to MD's accounting leadership. They then brought in a succession of GE leaders, and since Jack Welch retired, we've seen that GE's style of leadership just destroys company value.

Can you share a whistleblower saying it was DEI? When I search, I see an anti-DEI spokesperson saying he had an anonymous conversation about DEI, but that's really far removed from the actual, tangible things we can see, and comes across like one guy with an agenda talking to one guy that may or may not have actually known something or may have just been the first guy seeking out someone with a similar agenda.

I mean, we have a ton of video evidence of employees talking about how they've been pushed to get rid of all the checks and balances, and how they've been pushed to approve lesser quality, cheaper work. We've also seen all the lobbying Boeing did to get the FAA out of their factories, allowing themselves to make employees the ones responsible for approving work, and we've seen that some of the whistleblowers were those very employees. That wasn't done for DEI purposes, it was done to save a buck.

As someone in a publicly traded company with DEI goals, I can very openly say we've never once hired someone unqualified for DEI purposes. We've made sure people that may not have been interviewed got interviewed, but we've never made a decision based upon anything other than "merit," and I use merit in quotes because there is no single, easily defined merit. Even if you're building a baseball team, where skill is much easier to value, and you need a second baseman, who has more merit, the one that is a better batter or the one that is better defensively? What if there's a guy that is great at both, but known for getting into fights with his teammates in the lockerroom and hitting on their wives? Different people will disagree, and in actual corporate settings with white collar jobs, it's not even remotely as clear since you don't have hours of video and easily understood stats to look at.

WKRP was one of my fave shows as a kid. The three eps I'll always remember were that one with Les talking about 'Chi Chi' - love Johnny's reaction. The turkey drop, and when the religious group was going to boycott the station for playing John Lennon's Imagine and Arthur told them to go pound sand.

What's next? You're gonna claim CRT is also somehow to blame?

Leave cathode ray tubes out of it!!!