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New icon? (haven't checked it out yet)
TTFN - Kent
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Economists have crafted online fake job ads and found that those incorporating age-related stereotypes discourage older workers from applying – another cause for concern among tech workers as the industry faces multiple lawsuits over ageism. Candidate must have 20 years with technology, and be under 30
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Kent Sharkey wrote: Candidate must have 20 years with technology, and be under 30
That is possible, and I would bet that we have a couple in CP
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Yeah. I was originally going to go with “must be under the drinking age”, but I figured there were too many non-drinkers here.
TTFN - Kent
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Why doesn't this article mention any examples? 
Is it possible that "subtle ageist language" is just modern language and old farts are turned off by it?
I once applied for a job where everyone knew what everyone earned and your team got to decide your salary because they knew best how you worked.
All very modern, but I prefer more traditional jobs.
I think the average age at that company was under 30 and it was still pretty big.
So, ageism, or just young and modern?
Not saying ageism doesn't exist, because it certainly does, especially in IT, but without some examples I'm not convinced.
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I know, right? You'd think that an example would be Journo-101. Sadly, the original paper is behind a paywall, so it's not even possible to see it from there. 
TTFN - Kent
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Yes, yet you shared this article with us, so I'm now keeping you personally responsible for sharing some examples with us before 4th of August, 23:59 (11:59 PM).
Failing to do so will result in fines and criminal charges.
My lawyer will contact your lawyer.
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Ah man, the PRESSURE!  At least you didn't declare it required for midnight UTC
Got access to the article, and immediately received yet another red flag:
Quote: NBER working papers are circulated for discussion and comment purposes. They have not been peer-reviewed
Anyway, they used three position types - Admin assistant, retail sales, and security guard (so nothing tech focused), and varied the language used to describe three skillsets: Communication, Physical, and technology. Three different levels were used: control, something called "machine learning" that I was too lazy to look up, and AARP (the ageist wording)
Example using the AA position:
Quote: Administrative Assistants Template 1 (Admin Assistant)
Psychiatric office is in need of a full or part time Administrative Assistant to assist in front/back office
general clerical duties. This individual will work on a several tasks and stay on course at all times. The
Administrative Assistant we hire will be trained in various duties that cover the entire office.
This individual MUST possess the following:
-Exceptional customer service background to greet and register patients, answer phones, schedule
appointments.
-Can multitask.
-High School diploma or GED.
-Professional attitude.
- Communication Skill Requirement
- Technology Requirement
- Physical Requirement
-Available for flexible hours.
(Schedule hours and days will alternate every other week)
Please email us a CV or resume and put “full-time” or “part-time” in the subject line
And the three in italics above were replaced with:
Communication Skills:
- Control: You must be good at working without supervision
- ML: You must have good communication and teamwork on tasks
- AARP: You must be up-to-date with current industry jargon and communicate with a dynamic workforce
Technology:
- Control: You must produce and distribute documents such as correspondence memos, faxes and forms
- ML: You must use accounting software systems like Netsuite, Freshbook, and QuickBooks
- AARP: You must be a digital native and have a background in social media
Physical:
- Control: You must enter bills and keep track of invoices
- ML: You must be able to lift 40 pounds
- AARP: You must be a fit and energetic person
So tl;dr - Yeah, you can kind of word requirements to limit the age of the applicants, but I haven't seen too many dev jobs requiring heavy lifting (for a while - when I started I remembered seeing a few due to tapes)
TTFN - Kent
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If that's ageist, I guess I'm ageist
If "up-to-date" or "background in [fairly new technology]" is ageist we kind of have another problem.
Anyway, I called off the lawyers, good job  
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As the price of bitcoin and other crypto tokens has tumbled, even criminals have felt the pinch. My heart - it is broken
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Over 15% plus last month... is that a crash?
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And minus how much a month or two? That’s the crash I think they were referring to.
(I am so glad things seem to be going in the right direction these days)
TTFN - Kent
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As it would have been stable at any time... its course looks more like an rollercoaster than anything else...
Are they going to write an article every time it gets down? (or up?)
Kent Sharkey wrote: (I am so glad things seem to be going in the right direction these days)
I could not care less about crypto...
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And a pretty scary rollercoaster at that.
Nelek wrote: I could not care less about crypto...
Nor I - I was thinking of the market in general (with crypto being a proxy for it)
TTFN - Kent
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Astrophysicist Brad Tucker says he often gets calls from people who think they’ve found space junk but the scorched metal found by two farmers is ‘very real’ If it starts playing classical music, don't touch it!
Or maybe do, and you'll end up as the next phase of humanity
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Now the question is... is that the only piece? Or are we going to have a rain of space junk?
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Where is Wall-E when we need it? 
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The Raspberry Pi 4's open-source Vulkan driver for its Broadcom GPUs has now achieved conformance with the Vulkan API 1.2 standard. That what people have been buying Raspberry Pi for? High-end gaming?
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Kent Sharkey wrote: That what people have been buying Raspberry Pi for?
Haven't you seen what our particular @code-witch makes with it or even with less? 
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Microsoft brings in its RiskIQ acquisition to launch Defender Threat Intelligence and Defender External Attack Surface Management. It's just a copy of Windows without any patches?
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I do not need that tool for that: Google Image Result[^]
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Oracle Has Started Laying Off US Employees With More Cuts Expected[^]
$1b reduction in expenses...That's a LOT of people. That headline only mentions US employees, but the layoffs are world-wide.
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