eatstorming

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[–] eatstorming@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Depends on what the pace is and whether you plan on improving your running.

If the pace is slow, it should be fine. Lots of people (I was one of those) get into running thinking that going as fast as possible, all the time, is the way to go. Then they get injured, like I did.

Running slow greatly reduces the chances of injury, and that's one of the reasons behind the 80/20 philosophy (80% slow, 20% fast runs).

However, your body will get used to it and will stop improving. There are people who also insist that given enough time of performance plateau, you may start going the opposite way and begin losing progress. As far as I know there's no science to this claim, but it is clear that the first part will hold water (the part where your body will get used to it and will stop improving).

If you're fine with that and the pace is not putting you at greater risks of injury, you should be fine.

[–] eatstorming@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Yep. The thing is that in the US it's not readily available, and even if companies do twist the government's arm to make it happen, it'd still take quite a while for people to accept it (if they ever do in significant numbers).

Also, obligatory reference to the documentary American Factory, where the differences between American and Chinese work cultures are shown in a similar scenario (a Chinese company opening a factory in the US).

[–] eatstorming@lemmy.world 59 points 1 year ago (30 children)

It's not just the price, it's the whole package. The only place I've seen it being lightly talked about was on the Aug 11th's WAN Show.

TSMC is a Taiwanese company, therefore they expect workers to follow the Asian/Chinese work culture. Meaning basically living (usually literally) in the company and very rarely going home for a quick visit. None of this western "work/life balance" nonsense, none of the unionization stuff. Oh you're not happy with something? Do not even dare speaking up, much less grouping up to discuss or protest. Just suck it up and deal with it.

The price is important, don't get me wrong, but Chinese companies do not want people who won't take any and everything their bosses say without even a slight hint of question.

[–] eatstorming@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago
  1. Do not run a root account for regular stuff. This is a lot less common now since most distros require you to create a non-root account during install and a lot of the systems annoy you if you're running as root, but you'd be surprised by the sheer number of people who use accounts with UID 0 daily. This may also be caused by """more experienced""" friends/family setting it up that way to try cutting corners regarding access rights, but the bottom line is: don't be that person. Use root when necessary only.

  2. Get into the habit of not blindly running every command you see online or trying every trick you read/hear, at least not on your main system. Try to setup a VM (or multiple) for the purpose of trying stuff out or running something you're not sure what the impact might be.

  3. Keep your system updated, from kernel to userland.

  4. Get into the habit of reading news regarding exploits, malware and the responses for them. You don't need to become an infosec professional or even understand what they actually do. What is important is for you to learn what to avoid and when something really bad is discovered so you can update as soon as possible.

These 4 steps are arguably more important and create better results than any anti-virus could ever hope to do for you. They won't ever get to 100% security, but then again, nothing will.

[–] eatstorming@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Is it considered wrong meme because Sync for Lemmy is only available on Android, while the meme is using an older iPhone?

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