Other academics are paying equally close attention to the issue. In a research paper published last week, Northwestern University PhD candidate Teke Wiggin explored Amazon's use of algorithms and digital devices at the company's BHM1 warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama.
"The black box and lack of accountability that comes with algorithmic management makes it harder for a worker or activist to decide if they're being retaliated against," Wiggin said in an interview. "Maybe their schedule changes a little bit, work feels harder than it used to, the employer can say that has nothing to do with us, that's just the algorithm. But we have no idea if the algorithm has changed."
*Aristotle in his Mechanics says that the mesoneoi (young rowers) sat in the “middle” and had the longest oars. One assumes he uses middle to mean the center line or farthest from the side of the ship.
In the crude drawings below I show how the rowers could have been positioned to satisfy all the historical statements. The rowers sat on benches angled to the back of the ship, with the thranites, zygites, and thalamites seated next to each other. The bench was stepped to allow the rowers to swing their oar without hitting the men sitting next to them.
Some Amazon employees see the situation differently. Storm Smith works at RDU1 as a process assistant, which involves monitoring worker productivity and safety. Amazon referred Smith to CNBC in the course of reporting this story.
Amazon's workplace controls, like rate and time off task, are "part of the job," Smith said. Staffers are "always welcome" to ask her what their rate is, she added.
The Roman plan was to sail south from Messana round Cape Pachyrus and head west to Cape Ecnomus where they would rendezvous with Roman land forces encamped there. Then the fleet would proceed on to Africa. If the Punic fleet was encountered, the Romans planned to drive it out of their way.
The Carthaginians through their spy network were able to follow the Roman advance and arrange the battle on their schedule. Moreover the Carthaginians had spied on Roman maneuvers where the attack formation was rehearsed.
"For my people, if I see your rate is not where it's supposed to be, I'll come up to you and say, 'Hey, this is your rate, are you feeling alright? Is there anything I could get you to get your rate up? Like a snack, a drink, whatever," Smith said.
Wiggin interviewed 42 BHM1 employees following the first election in 2021, and reviewed NLRB records of hearings. The facility employed more than 5,800 workers at the time of the union drive.
The Roman people were not seafaring by nature. The city was 16 miles from the coast and their focus had always been on agriculture rather than trade. Before the advent of the Punic Wars Rome did not possess navy or merchant marine because she did not need them. Her wars were fought on land and she relied on the Greek traders of Magna Graecia to carry her cargo. Carthage was the opposite -- a great seafaring nation of the western Mediterranean whose ships traveled the waters from England to Egypt. Not belligerent by nature, the Carthaginians maintained a substantial navy which was necessary to protect their trade interests in the Mediterranean and beyond.
One of the most direct ways Amazon is able to disseminate anti-union messages is through the AtoZ app, which is an essential tool in their daily work.
The app is used by warehouse workers to access pay stubs and tax forms, request schedule changes or vacation time, post on the "Voice of the Associate" message board, and communicate with human resources.
Jennifer Bates, a prominent union organizer at BHM1, learned Amazon fired her through AtoZ in 2023. She was later reinstated by Amazon "after a full review of her case," and provided backpay, Hards said.
At the Garner facility, the AtoZ app has been plastered with "anti-union propaganda" since the RDU1 election was announced last month, Medelius-Marsano said.
One AtoZ message suggested employees' benefits could be at risk if they voted in a union, while another described CAUSE as an "outside party" that's "claiming to be a union."
RDU1 site leader Kristen Tettemer said in another message that a group like CAUSE "can get in the way of how we work together," and that "once in, a union is very difficult to remove." Smith said Amazon's response to the union drive has been centered around "putting out the facts and telling you to do your research."
Following construction, the consul C. Cornelius Scipio took 20 ships on to Messana while his consular colleague C. Duilius followed behind.
Scipio immediately received a proposal to be handed the Carthaginian naval station at Lipara, but the information was also leaked to the enemy. While ashore there, he was surprised by a Punic attack force and captured with all of his ships, earning him the sobriquet Asina (ass) for his stupidity.
In the first years of the Second Punic War, the Romans fought Hannibal on three occasions: Trebbia in November 218, Lake Trasimene in June 217, and Cannae in August 216. All were disasters for Rome. In each case Hannibal used topography, the element of surprise, and speed to defeat his enemy. The Romans were unprepared to fight a superior tactician and in at least the first two cases vastly underestimated their adversary.
At Trebbia, Hannibal set up the battle so the Romans missed their breakfast and had to wade through ice cold water to get to him, exhausting themselves before they could engage. After Hannibal’s Numidian cavalry chased off the Roman horsemen, the maniples became vulnerable to attacks from the side as they moved forward. Then, with elephants trampling the wings of the Roman front, an ambush from behind was launched. Eventually the Romans were able to puncture the center of the Punic line, but the battle was lost everywhere else by that time. Roman casualties amounted to some 15,000.
I have a friend in China that recently bought an EV, his driver for buying an EV is because the uptake of EV's in China with the subsidies and low prices has brought about an interesting issue. Charging stations are everywhere, but Petrol Stations (Gasoline Service Stations) have been going broke and shutting down and the ones left are raising prices due to less competition. So owning a fuel based car is more of a hassel and inconvenience than owning an EV. So it appears there is a tipping point. Might make for an interesting conversation in your videos. Once there is more EVs than Fuel cars, the Fuel Stations start to dissappear making it harder/less convienient to own a Fuel based car.
The new division will be led by Marc Whitten, former CEO of self-driving car company Cruise, who Meta has hired as vice president of robotics, Bosworth noted in the memo. He also mentioned that John Koryl has been hired as vice president of retail. Koryl, previously CEO of The RealReal, will help expand Meta’s direct-to-consumer sales of products like the Quest mixed reality headsets and Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses, which Meta makes with EssilorLuxottica.
Meta to compete with Tesla
Meta plans to develop its own humanoid robot hardware, initially focusing on household chores, while also aiming to create the AI, sensors, and software that can power robots made by various companies, Bloomberg reported. The tech giant has begun discussions with robotics firms like Unitree Robotics and Figure AI but does not plan to launch its own branded robot right away.
The team noted that any candidate molecule had to meet a complex set of requirements to work. These include dissolving well in the battery’s existing electrolyte and participating in reactions without damaging the battery.
It had to also be highly compatible with various active materials and electrolytes. To this end, the team used machine learning to identify potential candidates by digitizing molecular properties and utilizing extensive organic chemistry, electrochemistry, and materials engineering datasets.
The result, CF3SO2Li, emerged as an ideal solution for the problem. It is relatively cheap, easy to make, and compatible with most mainstream batteries today.
To develop this innovative memory storage technique, the team incorporated rare earth elements, also known as lanthanides, into a crystal. They specifically used praseodymium and an yttrium oxide crystal, though the process they developed can be applied to a variety of materials, utilizing the powerful and flexible optical properties of rare earth elements.
As França further explains, rare earth elements exhibit specific electronic transitions that allow for the selection of precise laser excitation wavelengths for optical control, ranging from UV to near-infrared regimes.
In contrast to dosimeters, which are activated by X-rays or gamma rays, this storage device is triggered by a simple ultraviolet laser. The laser excites the lanthanides, causing them to release electrons. These electrons are captured by defects in the oxide crystal, such as gaps where a single oxygen atom is missing. The technique leverages these inherent defects, which are found in both natural and artificial crystals.
While crystal defects are commonly used in quantum research to create “qubits,” the UChicago PME team discovered a new application. They successfully controlled which defects were charged and which weren’t, designating charged gaps as “ones” and uncharged gaps as “zeros”, with the innovation transforming the crystal into a highly efficient memory storage device, surpassing previous limits in classical computing.
As mentioned in a previous post, Augustus was beside himself when told of the loss of three legions at Teutoburg and screamed “Quinctilius Varus, bring back my eagles!” Augustus was forever spooked by the massacre and commanded that his army retreat to the banks of the Rhine, avoiding all future designs on the German territory. He did not live to see the recovered eagles of the lost legions or get the revenge he must have wanted against Arminius. At the time of his death in 14 A.D, no plans had been made for dealing with the Germans.
Tiberius, however, once he was named Caesar, wasted no time moving north to control the German tribes and gain revenge against Arminius. Even though Augustus’ death occurred as late as August 19th, an army under Tiberius’ nephew Germanicus was ordered to attack the Germans before year end.
Completed in 2019, the massive arched steel and concrete structure was built to cover an older Soviet-era version that had significantly deteriorated. Standing 108 metres high (354 feet) and 162 metres long, it spans 257 metres and is designed to last at least 100 years, according to the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development. The project cost $1.6 billion and was funded by 45 donor countries and institutions.
!summarize #verizon #debt #telecommunications
Other academics are paying equally close attention to the issue. In a research paper published last week, Northwestern University PhD candidate Teke Wiggin explored Amazon's use of algorithms and digital devices at the company's BHM1 warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama.
"The black box and lack of accountability that comes with algorithmic management makes it harder for a worker or activist to decide if they're being retaliated against," Wiggin said in an interview. "Maybe their schedule changes a little bit, work feels harder than it used to, the employer can say that has nothing to do with us, that's just the algorithm. But we have no idea if the algorithm has changed."
*Aristotle in his Mechanics says that the mesoneoi (young rowers) sat in the “middle” and had the longest oars. One assumes he uses middle to mean the center line or farthest from the side of the ship.
In the crude drawings below I show how the rowers could have been positioned to satisfy all the historical statements. The rowers sat on benches angled to the back of the ship, with the thranites, zygites, and thalamites seated next to each other. The bench was stepped to allow the rowers to swing their oar without hitting the men sitting next to them.
Some Amazon employees see the situation differently. Storm Smith works at RDU1 as a process assistant, which involves monitoring worker productivity and safety. Amazon referred Smith to CNBC in the course of reporting this story.
Amazon's workplace controls, like rate and time off task, are "part of the job," Smith said. Staffers are "always welcome" to ask her what their rate is, she added.
!summarize #ollies #disney #retail
The Roman plan was to sail south from Messana round Cape Pachyrus and head west to Cape Ecnomus where they would rendezvous with Roman land forces encamped there. Then the fleet would proceed on to Africa. If the Punic fleet was encountered, the Romans planned to drive it out of their way.
The Carthaginians through their spy network were able to follow the Roman advance and arrange the battle on their schedule. Moreover the Carthaginians had spied on Roman maneuvers where the attack formation was rehearsed.
"For my people, if I see your rate is not where it's supposed to be, I'll come up to you and say, 'Hey, this is your rate, are you feeling alright? Is there anything I could get you to get your rate up? Like a snack, a drink, whatever," Smith said.
Wiggin interviewed 42 BHM1 employees following the first election in 2021, and reviewed NLRB records of hearings. The facility employed more than 5,800 workers at the time of the union drive.
The Roman people were not seafaring by nature. The city was 16 miles from the coast and their focus had always been on agriculture rather than trade. Before the advent of the Punic Wars Rome did not possess navy or merchant marine because she did not need them. Her wars were fought on land and she relied on the Greek traders of Magna Graecia to carry her cargo. Carthage was the opposite -- a great seafaring nation of the western Mediterranean whose ships traveled the waters from England to Egypt. Not belligerent by nature, the Carthaginians maintained a substantial navy which was necessary to protect their trade interests in the Mediterranean and beyond.
One of the most direct ways Amazon is able to disseminate anti-union messages is through the AtoZ app, which is an essential tool in their daily work.
The app is used by warehouse workers to access pay stubs and tax forms, request schedule changes or vacation time, post on the "Voice of the Associate" message board, and communicate with human resources.
Jennifer Bates, a prominent union organizer at BHM1, learned Amazon fired her through AtoZ in 2023. She was later reinstated by Amazon "after a full review of her case," and provided backpay, Hards said.
At the Garner facility, the AtoZ app has been plastered with "anti-union propaganda" since the RDU1 election was announced last month, Medelius-Marsano said.
One AtoZ message suggested employees' benefits could be at risk if they voted in a union, while another described CAUSE as an "outside party" that's "claiming to be a union."
RDU1 site leader Kristen Tettemer said in another message that a group like CAUSE "can get in the way of how we work together," and that "once in, a union is very difficult to remove." Smith said Amazon's response to the union drive has been centered around "putting out the facts and telling you to do your research."
Following construction, the consul C. Cornelius Scipio took 20 ships on to Messana while his consular colleague C. Duilius followed behind.
Scipio immediately received a proposal to be handed the Carthaginian naval station at Lipara, but the information was also leaked to the enemy. While ashore there, he was surprised by a Punic attack force and captured with all of his ships, earning him the sobriquet Asina (ass) for his stupidity.
!summarize #petehegseth #trump #military #drone
!summarize #canada #superlab #fentanyl #srugs
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In the first years of the Second Punic War, the Romans fought Hannibal on three occasions: Trebbia in November 218, Lake Trasimene in June 217, and Cannae in August 216. All were disasters for Rome. In each case Hannibal used topography, the element of surprise, and speed to defeat his enemy. The Romans were unprepared to fight a superior tactician and in at least the first two cases vastly underestimated their adversary.
At Trebbia, Hannibal set up the battle so the Romans missed their breakfast and had to wade through ice cold water to get to him, exhausting themselves before they could engage. After Hannibal’s Numidian cavalry chased off the Roman horsemen, the maniples became vulnerable to attacks from the side as they moved forward. Then, with elephants trampling the wings of the Roman front, an ambush from behind was launched. Eventually the Romans were able to puncture the center of the Punic line, but the battle was lost everywhere else by that time. Roman casualties amounted to some 15,000.
I have a friend in China that recently bought an EV, his driver for buying an EV is because the uptake of EV's in China with the subsidies and low prices has brought about an interesting issue. Charging stations are everywhere, but Petrol Stations (Gasoline Service Stations) have been going broke and shutting down and the ones left are raising prices due to less competition. So owning a fuel based car is more of a hassel and inconvenience than owning an EV. So it appears there is a tipping point. Might make for an interesting conversation in your videos. Once there is more EVs than Fuel cars, the Fuel Stations start to dissappear making it harder/less convienient to own a Fuel based car.
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!summarize #trump #mitchmocconnell #senator #politics
The new division will be led by Marc Whitten, former CEO of self-driving car company Cruise, who Meta has hired as vice president of robotics, Bosworth noted in the memo. He also mentioned that John Koryl has been hired as vice president of retail. Koryl, previously CEO of The RealReal, will help expand Meta’s direct-to-consumer sales of products like the Quest mixed reality headsets and Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses, which Meta makes with EssilorLuxottica.
Meta to compete with Tesla
Meta plans to develop its own humanoid robot hardware, initially focusing on household chores, while also aiming to create the AI, sensors, and software that can power robots made by various companies, Bloomberg reported. The tech giant has begun discussions with robotics firms like Unitree Robotics and Figure AI but does not plan to launch its own branded robot right away.
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!summarize #recycling #lithium #Batteries #energy
The team noted that any candidate molecule had to meet a complex set of requirements to work. These include dissolving well in the battery’s existing electrolyte and participating in reactions without damaging the battery.
It had to also be highly compatible with various active materials and electrolytes. To this end, the team used machine learning to identify potential candidates by digitizing molecular properties and utilizing extensive organic chemistry, electrochemistry, and materials engineering datasets.
The result, CF3SO2Li, emerged as an ideal solution for the problem. It is relatively cheap, easy to make, and compatible with most mainstream batteries today.
!summarize #williamshatner #markhamill #hollywood #trump #starwars #startrek #politics
!summarize #genz #hiring #jobs #generation #work #employees
To develop this innovative memory storage technique, the team incorporated rare earth elements, also known as lanthanides, into a crystal. They specifically used praseodymium and an yttrium oxide crystal, though the process they developed can be applied to a variety of materials, utilizing the powerful and flexible optical properties of rare earth elements.
As França further explains, rare earth elements exhibit specific electronic transitions that allow for the selection of precise laser excitation wavelengths for optical control, ranging from UV to near-infrared regimes.
!summarize #quantum #classical #computers
In contrast to dosimeters, which are activated by X-rays or gamma rays, this storage device is triggered by a simple ultraviolet laser. The laser excites the lanthanides, causing them to release electrons. These electrons are captured by defects in the oxide crystal, such as gaps where a single oxygen atom is missing. The technique leverages these inherent defects, which are found in both natural and artificial crystals.
While crystal defects are commonly used in quantum research to create “qubits,” the UChicago PME team discovered a new application. They successfully controlled which defects were charged and which weren’t, designating charged gaps as “ones” and uncharged gaps as “zeros”, with the innovation transforming the crystal into a highly efficient memory storage device, surpassing previous limits in classical computing.
As mentioned in a previous post, Augustus was beside himself when told of the loss of three legions at Teutoburg and screamed “Quinctilius Varus, bring back my eagles!” Augustus was forever spooked by the massacre and commanded that his army retreat to the banks of the Rhine, avoiding all future designs on the German territory. He did not live to see the recovered eagles of the lost legions or get the revenge he must have wanted against Arminius. At the time of his death in 14 A.D, no plans had been made for dealing with the Germans.
Tiberius, however, once he was named Caesar, wasted no time moving north to control the German tribes and gain revenge against Arminius. Even though Augustus’ death occurred as late as August 19th, an army under Tiberius’ nephew Germanicus was ordered to attack the Germans before year end.
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Completed in 2019, the massive arched steel and concrete structure was built to cover an older Soviet-era version that had significantly deteriorated. Standing 108 metres high (354 feet) and 162 metres long, it spans 257 metres and is designed to last at least 100 years, according to the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development. The project cost $1.6 billion and was funded by 45 donor countries and institutions.
!summarize #media #msnbc #cnn #hospice #cablenews #television #disruption
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