The glut of US tech workers is due to the excessive number of H1B visas being issued. This year, the number was almost the same, but slightly higher than the total number of US tech graduates. Why hire an expensive American new graduate when you can hire someone from India with 3-5 years of experience at 60% market rate instead?
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The “turning the freaking frogs gay” clip is from an episode of… his show (don’t want to support it by naming it), in which he refers to the fact that frogs maturing in waters polluted by certain pesticides don’t reproduce nearly as much as frogs that mature in uncontaminated waters.
Lacking any substantial scientific basis or knowledge, he drew the rather elementary conclusion that the pollution turned the frogs into homosexuals, and that’s why they weren’t reproducing.
Further studies showed the causal link between the chemicals and lower rates of frog reproduction were actually due to the chemicals infiltrating and corrupting tadpole DNA during maturation so that they developed both sets of genitals and had reduced testosterone levels.
So, he was only partially right. But he wasn’t entirely wrong either. Which is a weird thing to say about the statement, “I don’t like them putting chemicals in the water that turn the freaking frogs gay!”
Whang! has a video on his YouTube channel where he goes into depth more on the studies, if you’re interested.
Alex Jones is an absolutely despicable excuse for a human, but he really was on to something with those hermaphroditic frogs.
Subsequent studies found there was a causal link between the chemicals he was referring to and frogs maturing in those waters having substantially higher rates of hermaphroditism.
He’s still a scumbag though.
Oh, and cool meme.
OshaqHennessey@midwest.socialto
PC Gaming@lemmy.ca•Rockstar co-founder [Dan Houser] compares AI to 'mad cow disease,' and says the execs pushing it aren't 'fully-rounded humans'English
61·11 天前Yeah, pretty sure you’re right. Though I’ll admit I’ve forgotten much more than I know on the topic.
OshaqHennessey@midwest.socialto
PC Gaming@lemmy.ca•Rockstar co-founder [Dan Houser] compares AI to 'mad cow disease,' and says the execs pushing it aren't 'fully-rounded humans'English
231·11 天前Mad cow disease is caused by prions from dead cow brains infecting the healthy brains of living cows. It’s kind of the cow equivalent of Kuru.
I can read just fine. You’re asserting that climate change should be embraced because we’ll learn to “live with it.” I’m pointing out that you’re ignoring a giant mountain of evidence that says the best case scenario is that ten percent of our species survives. So, if we’re understanding each other correctly, ninety percent of humans dying is the “new normal” you’re saying we should be cool with, and I’m not cool with that.
I just realized you’re from .ml. Please block me, I can’t stand you assholes anyway.
Ok then, it sounds like you think the only way to improve society is to replace its members with ones who are “more sensible,” as defined by you. Sorry, but I’m not sure how to help you with that one either.
You’re right, capitalism won’t make the Earth completely uninhabitable. Many mass extinction events have occurred in our planet’s past, and life has always eventually recovered (obviously).
However, capitalism will destroy our planet’s ability to sustain our society, and eventually our species, and it is doing so at an alarming rate. To disagree, at this point, is to ignore an amout of scientific evidence so substantial, it amounts similarly to denying the Earth is round.
It sounds like you’re saying the only way to better a society is to replace all its members with ones who already agree with you. If so, I’m not real sure how to help you. Good luck with that.
OshaqHennessey@midwest.socialto
196@lemmy.blahaj.zone•Who do the ACAB rules apply to?English
214·13 天前ACAB does not apply to copaganda, by definition.
Climate change goes beyond killing each other; it’s killing our planet’s ability to sustain our species.
They have bunkers, they have stockpiles of food and medicine, and they have staff to maintain it all. They fully believe they have the means and resources to insulate themselves from all consequences.


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