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sapphiretanto · 2 years ago

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Okay, as much as I love the positive Rise x 2012 crossover comics/drawings and fanfics where Rise helps 2012 with their problems, there is no way the boys would start crying or talking about their physical and mental scars upon the first meeting. They wouldn’t be open for hugs (maybe Mikey, but that’s the only one I can see). 2012 went through the ringer and no amount of Dr. Feelings/Dr. Delicate Touch is gonna help that. Here’s what Rise would have to help 2012 work through both individually and altogether:

**Please look at the “Altogether” section before notifying me if I forgot one; Otherwise, I may have genuinely forgot… this was all from what I can remember

**This is NOT bashing the fics, art, Rottmnt.

Leonardo

Possessed/Controlled (Parasitica, Buried Secrets, China Town Ghost Story)

Burdened with being the leader/eldest/Sensei

Right knee is fucked

Dislocated shoulder and arms (both causes of his arms being Super Shredder)

Weakened heart from when he died in space and was resuscitated

Has fallen off multiple high points (elevator shafts, rooftops, fire escapes)

Hands are most likely damaged from holding onto the chains that were wrapped around Kraang prime

Was in a 3-month coma

Throat was ruined

Was bitten by Armaggon

Hit by a blast meant to take out Hiidrala (The Cosmic Ocean)

Deal with having slain Shredder

Captured

Was thrown through a second story window

Cracked shell

Training/Battle injuries: hits on the head, kicks to the plastron or carapace, thrown into buildings or debris, pressure pointed

Under way too much pressure

Almost cut up by swords (Fourfold Trap)

Struggles with perfectionism; he’ll often feel at fault or like he failed for things out of his control (i.e. when Karai fell into the mutagen)

Frustrated as he doesn’t always get a lot of respect (particularly in the earlier seasons)

Took some bad advice from Splinter to heart— most of the time it added to the burden he carried as the leader

Betrayed by Karai

Raphael

Possessed/Controlled (Parasitica, brain worm, vampire, Chinatown Ghost Story)

Has watched those he cared about fallen from high places (Spike/Slash, Splinter, Zog, Leo)

Had to deal with his phobia (Cockroach Terminator, Insecta Trifecta)

Switched bodies

Lightning bolt plastron crack

Captured (and tortured - Clash of the Mutanimals, Within the Woods)

Betrayed by his girlfriend

Electrocuted

Nearly cooked to death (Fourfold Trap)

Swallowed squirrelanoids

Lost Spike to mutation

Nearly had to give away Chompy

Fell from various high heights (ravines)

Anger issues

Felt unfavored compared to Leo

Training/Battle injuries: hits on the head, kicks to the plastron or carapace, thrown into buildings or debris, pressure pointed

Watched Splinter be thrown into a sewer drain and nearly drown

Watched Spike/Slash, Zog, and Splinter fall off/be thrown off the rooftops

Donatello

Possessed/controlled (Parasitica, Buried Secrets, a car)

Electrocuted

Captured

Nearly cut up by Vizioso’s goons

Watched Splinter be thrown into a sewer drain and nearly drown

Lost metalhead

Under too much pressure

Burdened by being the only tech/science guy

Struggles sometimes with the fact that he’s a mutant

Struggles with his weapon— not handling, but that it is very simplistic compared to some of the more high tech things they deal with

Has his experiments ruined or messed with

Became mindless

Training/Battle injuries: hits on the head, kicks to the plastron or carapace, thrown into buildings or debris, pressure pointed

Has to change his jargon so his family can understand what he’s saying

Michelangelo

Captured

Tortured by Triceratons

Frustrated as he’s not always taken seriously

Mind invaded by neutrinos

Possessed/Contolled (Chinatown Ghost Story, Buried Secrets)

Struggles sometimes with accepting that he’s a mutant (earlier seasons— wanted various human friends besides April and Casey)

Swallowed by Mega Shredder

Burned his ass on a geyser (Eyes of the Chimera)

Betrayed by Bradford

Watched Splinter be thrown into a sewer drain and nearly drown

Training/Battle injuries: hits on the head (is hit a lot more than the others on the head in combat), kicks to the plastron or carapace, thrown into buildings or debris, pressure pointed

Was alone in Dimension X for an unknown amount of time

Nearly drowned (Invasion of the Squirrelanoids)

Knowingly/unknowingly and sometimes unwillingly made the bait or drew the short straw

Separated from Leatherhead

Altogether

Saw Master Splinter die (twice)

Watched their dad fall into the abyss (The Super Shredder/Darkest Plight)

Saw their world be destroyed

Survived multiple invasions (Kraang, Triceratons, Kavaxas, Dregg)

Saw their sister fall into mutagen

Fought various horrifying/disgusting mutants (Mom Thing, Squirrelanoids, The Creep, Parasitica, Dregg’s bugs, mutated cockroach, Snakeweed, Muckman, Rat King, mutated fungi, Don Vizioso, April clones/April Derp etc)

Witnessed each other’s deaths: Raph drained of mutagen in Within the Woods; Donnie - reduced to molecules in The Power Inside Her; Leo - died in space in Earth’s Last Stand; Mikey - vaporized by K’Vathrak/The Newtralizer in When Worlds Collide

Witnessed various other deaths: Bradford/Rahzar/Dog Pound, Tang Shen, Hattori Tatsu

Have had their minds taken over

Poisoned by Karai

Electrocuted

Nearly froze to death (Moons of Thalos 3)

Inhaled hallucinogenic toxins

Survived various explosions

Survivor’s guilt

Have been fighting in multiple rigged or burning buildings

Almost burned up entering the atmosphere (Battle for New York)

Had a “nightmare”— courtesy of Jei—where they were the last ones standing after their brothers had been killed

Witnessed the undead (Shredder, Rahzar, various spirits)

Possessed/controlled by Jei; dream beavers

Dimensional and Time travel

Had to fight each other or their friends unwillingly

Went no contact with April after having a hand in accidentally mutating her dad

Severe injuries from various opponents (Slash, Tiger Claw, Newtralizer, Super Shredder, footbots/chrome domes)

#tmnt #tmnt 2012 #tmnt 2012 leo #tmnt 2012 raph #tmnt 2012 mikey #tmnt 2012 donnie #rottmnt #mari rambles #not bashing just an observation #I’m sure the comics and fics are in jest #but some of them that are more serious… yeah 2012 has tons of shit #and I swear if someone asks or says the word ‘abuse’ I will block your ass

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starboundmagician · 10 months ago

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I FUCKED AROUND

some basic info on Ezzire

Page of Doom

Land of Wires and Skulls

his hive is built on the foot of a cliffside

Nonbinary (They/Them)

their vision fourfold gives them the ability to see through the eyes/cameras of any machine (if it has any)

they have Technokinesis/Mechanokinesis which allows them to psychically control machinery and other forms of tech

they mainly use 2xWrenchkind but also use Machinekind

Wire modus. to retrieve anything from the sylladex Ezzire has to complete a wire puzzle, the more complex the item the more complex the puzzle

his Lusus is a giant spider (ala Vriska's bitch Spidermom)

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rohitpalan · 5 months ago

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Storage as a Service (STaaS) Market Expected to Surge at a 16.4% CAGR from 2020 to 2030

According to Future industry Insights, the storage-as-a-service industry is expected to grow at a remarkable rate of seventeen percent between 2020 and 2030. The increasing ease of data syncing, sharing, collaboration, and accessibility across smartphones and other devices serves as the foundation for this prediction.

In addition, Storage as a Service (STaaS) has grown rapidly in the last several years due to its ability to increase operational flexibility at lower operating costs. This increase is especially noticeable in every industry segment where cloud services have had an impact. Automation has notably increased productivity fourfold while lowering costs and improving service quality at the same time.

One of the key advantages of STaaS is its capacity to accommodate massive volumes of data in the cloud, obviating the need for on-premises storage. As a result, businesses can enjoy liberated storage space, eliminate the necessity for extensive backup procedures, and achieve substantial savings on disaster recovery plans.

Key Takeaways of Storage as a Service Market Study

SMEs are expected to hold 74% of market share in 2020, as the adoption of STaaS becomes essential to cutting back on infrastructural costs and focusing on business continuity.

The BFSI segment held a market share of 22% in 2019 and is expected to continue on a similar trend because banking is getting digitized even in rural clusters.

Moreover, South Asia & Pacific is projected to register a CAGR of 23% from 2020-2030 in the global STaaS market, due to countries undergoing rapid digitalization across sectors.

Additionally, cloud computing and the remote work ethic are set to remain strong undercurrents of the booming STaaS market.

COVID-19 Impact Analysis on Storage as a Service Market

The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated remote work adoption, leading businesses to upgrade their tech infrastructure for continuity. Future trends show continued tech investments. SaaS is now recognized for profit margin expansion, driven by cost reduction focus. Pre-pandemic, only 2.9% worked remotely; post-pandemic, remote work surges due to operational strategy reevaluation.

In 2018 and 2019, the market for storage as a service expanded by around 15% year over year. With the COVID-19 epidemic, the market is anticipated to rise by about 18%–20% between 2021 and 2023.

In the medium term, it may be difficult for the storage as a service market to maintain its growth pace due to concerns about budgets. Furthermore, deteriorating profitability is a key issue, and sales growth has also been a significant factor, all of which have led to significant losses for companies of all sizes.

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The global Storage as a Service industry is experiencing a storm due to the rapidly evolving technical landscape, shifting consumer expectations, and fierce competition. This is forcing solution providers to consistently search for novel and affordable solutions. Additionally, partnerships and collaborations with digital solution providers might aid suppliers of storage as a service in growing their clientele and market share.

For instance, Pure Storage and SAP formed a cooperation in March 2020 to provide customers with shared competency centres, technical support, and technological integrations in STaaS, intelligent enterprise, cloud computing, storage, and virtualization.

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Enterprise Size

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Government

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priyankashares · 1 year ago

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5 ways HR Using Metaverse for Talent Acquisition and Management in 2024

In 2024, Human Resources (HR) departments are leveraging the power of the Metaverse in innovative ways to enhance talent acquisition and management. By integrating Metaverse technologies into their processes, HR teams are transforming how they onboard new employees, acquire talent, engage with their workforce, develop human resources, and more. This digital evolution is reshaping the HR landscape, offering exciting opportunities for businesses to streamline operations, foster employee growth, and create immersive experiences that drive success.

What are the metaverse and HR opportunities in the organization?

In 2021, Microsoft revealed its intention to integrate its virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR) platform Mesh with Teams, hinting at the possibility of creating immersive environments within the messaging app in the future. Similarly, Meta introduced Horizon Workrooms, enabling users to conduct meetings using Oculus headsets, marking a significant advancement for HR in the metaverse.

A study conducted by PwC in 2022 revealed that employees trained in VR exhibited a fourfold increase in confidence, a 3.75 times higher retention rate, and completed training four times faster compared to traditional methods. This underscores the potential efficacy of immersive training in enhancing learning outcomes.

The metaverse concept within HR involves the integration of VR, AR, and immersive tech into HR operations, envisioning a digital realm where people can interact, work, and collaborate virtually.

There are indications that both employees and employers are open to embracing the metaverse.

According to a survey conducted by ExpressVPN, which included 1,500 employees and 1,500 employers in the US, nearly 3 out of 5 employees and 4 out of 5 employers express interest in immersive workforce experiences. Additionally, 66% of employers and 46% of employees share excitement about the metaverse.

Several major companies are actively investing in and exploring the potential of immersive HR experiences, provided by the metaverse. For instance, Accenture purchased 60,000 Oculus VR training headsets in 2021, Fidelity Investments hosted a metaverse event in 2022, and KPMG established an innovation center in virtual reality, allowing its partners to directly experience the metaverse.

Here are 5 key ways to revolutionize the HR landscape with the metaverse and unlock new possibilities for business growth and success:

1. Onboarding of Remote Workers

In the age of hybrid and remote work arrangements, the recruitment and onboarding journey for candidates and new hires often involve extensive email exchanges and video calls. This can sometimes result in a less intimate experience, leading candidates or new employees to feel disconnected from the company right from the start of their tenure.

As a solution, the Metaverse offers HR a means to enhance communication with potential and new hires, especially in remote setups. HR departments can establish virtual office environments to foster a more interactive and ‘in-person’ ambiance during recruitment and onboarding phases, thereby crafting a more personalized experience for individuals joining the organization.

2. Recruiting

HR in the metaverse stands poised to transform the recruitment process fundamentally, utilizing immersive technologies to elevate candidate experiences and enhance hiring outcomes. With virtual and augmented reality, candidates can engage in interactive job previews, gaining deeper insights into roles and assessing their suitability with enhanced clarity.

Virtual reality facilitates virtual interviews and assessments, fostering a more inclusive and thorough recruitment process that identifies top candidates effectively.

Through metaverse integration, organizations can create enduring and positive initial impressions, fostering connectivity and mitigating potential isolation among remote employees. These innovative strategies harmonize HR with the metaverse, revolutionizing talent attraction and selection paradigms.

3. Virtual Career Fairs

Organize virtual career expos in immersive settings that surpass geographical limits, providing a central hub for potential candidates to engage with your company, gaining key insights into your ethos and principles.

These virtual career expos draw a diverse pool of candidates globally, broadening your talent reservoir substantially. This scalability empowers you to choose the best-suited candidate for each position from a vast spectrum of educational and professional backgrounds.

4. Fun Activities Together

The immersive essence of the metaverse allows teams to engage in collective activities within your company’s virtual realm. This transforms experiences such as treasure hunts, follow-the-leader games, or similar activities into captivating and transporting adventures.

As teams immerse themselves in these shared activities, bonds are forged more swiftly and effortlessly. By embracing the metaverse for group engagements, participants experience a sense of shared presence and accomplishment. Moreover, this approach offers substantial cost savings compared to traditional travel or physical event hosting.

5. Virtual Training and Simulations

An effective strategy for HR to leverage the Metaverse is by integrating virtual training programs and simulations to enhance behavioral training. Utilizing the immersive capabilities of the Metaverse, HR can craft interactive scenarios that replicate real-world work situations, providing employees with hands-on training opportunities.

Virtual simulations within the Metaverse enable employees to practice essential skills such as communication, negotiation, critical thinking, and decision-making in a risk-free environment. Additionally, Metaverse-based classes allow for participation in lectures, discussions, and collaboration with trainers and peers regardless of geographical distances.

To enhance the learning experience, these sessions can incorporate 3D models, simulations, and gamification elements, making training more practical and engaging. This approach not only caters to tech-savvy generations but also revolutionizes skill development for employees, transforming traditional training methodologies.

A final word

The integration of Metaverse technologies into HR practices is revolutionizing talent acquisition and management in 2024. With platforms like ibentos’ Metaverse offering innovative solutions, HR teams can enhance onboarding experiences, foster employee engagement and development, and create immersive processes. If you want to leverage the power of the Metaverse for your HR needs, explore ibentos metaverse platform today and embark on a journey of digital transformation.

Source: https://ibentos.com/blogs/5-ways-hr-using-metaverse-for-talent-acquisition-and-management-in-2024/

#ai generated #technology #event technology #metaversetechnology #talent acquisition #human resources #talent management

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wolint · 1 year ago

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THE ISSUE OF RACE

Galatians 3:28-29

Racism is the opinion or judgment formed without rationale by a person or group, an unreasonable objection against anyone or anything, without just grounds, or before sufficient knowledge. With tech advancement in all walks of life, one would expect that the issue of racism would become a thing of the past, but sadly, this is not so, if all the recent and ongoing issues surrounding race are anything to go by. More than 100,000 racist hate crimes were recorded in England and Wales alone for the first time last year. Racism is a scourge to society and should never be tolerated because in God’s eyes, there is no worth associated with the colour of skin. We all live, breathe, exist, and are worth the blood of Jesus. Everybody across the globe is individually, lovingly created by God and all believers are also one body in Christ.

If God had made everyone and everything the same, life and the world would have been boring; that would be like a warehouse of robots made according to a specific prototype but expected to perform according to man’s expectations and standards.

Let’s not think that racism is a new disease in our generation or particular to a certain culture. Prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against a person or people based on their racial or ethnic group, and skin colour, typically one that is a minority or marginalized, is as old as time. It is a deep-seated evil ravaging lives and society, everyone feels the effect of it, religious group, race, everyone is prone to the issues and effect of racism.

Most people will ask, “Is racism a sin?” Yes, it’s a sin. Genesis 1:27 teaches us that God created man in His image. All humans! Racism is a direct attack on God by failing to acknowledge the image of God in the person of another colour.

Scripture teaches us that hatred towards another is equivalent to murder. Hatred can be shown passively or actively. To have a lifestyle of habitual hatred towards others reveals that someone is not a new creation in Christ, see John 3:15-16. That does not mean that a Christian can’t struggle with racism in their heart. The seed of racism lies in the heart of all races. We must continually repent of those racist thoughts and tendencies and continually pray against a judgmental spirit, instead pray for a greater love for others.

John 4:4-9 records a real issue of racism. The Samaritans were seen as half-breeds and hated by the Jews in Jesus’s days but instead of feeding this woman’s issues of racism, Jesus had a life-changing conversation that changed the Samaritan woman’s mentality and life.

Racism is an attack on the inclusiveness of the gospel. Throughout Scripture, we see God’s heart on inclusion. God offers salvation to all. The gospel undoubtedly opposes all forms of racism and ethnic hatred, and favouritism is a sin because it’s contrary to God’s character. God wants us to spread the gospel to all nations. Let’s not overlook Revelation 7:9, that God’s plan for unity is vibrant and exciting: With the “fourfold formula of tribe, language, people, and nation, stressing the ethnic diversity of the people of God who will worship around the throne.” “All the nations you have made will come and worship before you, Lord” as declared in Psalm 86:9, reminding us that God saves people from every nation, tribe, and tongue. All people are incredibly precious to the Lord.

Let’s pray for the humility to consider others as more important than ourselves. When we esteem others better than ourselves something beautiful occurs. Christians will increase in love and unity with others regardless of race or ethnicity.

Regardless of background, gender or race, the presence of Christ in the lives of believers makes all one in him according to Galatians 3:26-29.

Racism, unfortunately, is a language so many understand and exhibit more than love, only it talks more about them than those they racially attack. Remember, God loves everyone, and we all belong to Him.

PRAYER: Lord, help me to celebrate the diversity of your creation and be united with all people without prejudice in Jesus’ name. Amen.

Shalom

WOMEN OF LIGHT INT PRAYER MIN.

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thewirely · 1 year ago

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In this bold move that casts Google as a direct competitor in the AI hardware market dominated by Nvidia, the tech giant recently introduced its fifth-generation tensor processing unit (TPU): TPU v5p. Google's supercomputing architecture for AI applications, dubbed the 'AI HyperComputer,' is based on this formidable accelerator chip. The TPU v5p--Google's most powerful custom AI accelerator to date, according to the company-is a big step up in capability. With 8,960 chips per pod compared to the v4's 4,096--or a fourfold increase in scalability--the throughput is an impressive 4,800Gbps. Also, its memory is greatly improved. It sports 95GB of high-bandwidth memory (HBM), compared to the TPU v4's less impressive 32 GB HBM RAM. A Google spokesperson said that the TPU v5p is a huge accomplishment and definitely non-trivial. It's not just about having more firepower; it's also about making our own AI apps, like Gmail, YouTube and Android phones faster." Unlike Nvidia, which manufactures its GPUs and sells them to other companies, Google takes the custom-made TPUs it designs for internal use. This reflects Google's commitment to incorporating state-of the art technology into its own products and services. But the v5p, in particular, has played an important role in Google's latest large language model Gemini. The TPU v5p stands out in contrast with its speed and low cost. Spokeperson added: "Currently it's around 2.8 times faster at training large language models than our TPU v4." On the question of value for money, it is 2.1 times better. Nvidia is a particularly fierce competitor. The TPU v5p from Google is ready to challenge Nvidia's H100 GPU, which has come in hot as one of the most sought-after graphics cards for AI workloads. Preliminary comparisons indicate that the TPU v5p could be between 3.4 and 4.8 times faster than Nvidia's A100, as fast or even a little faster than H100 itself. Nevertheless, Google reminds that more detailed benchmarking is required to make definitive conclusions. This development marks a major change in the AI hardware industry, with Google not only improving its own capabilities but also raising expectations for everybody else. The TPU v5p's introduction is proof-positive that the market for AI-centric computing ableware has become both important and competitive.

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fourfoldtech · 15 days ago

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takethistoyourstardust · 1 year ago

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actually i will explain my dnc hotbar and how it logics out in my head.

it got long as FUCK so it's below the cut.

the whole thing is kinda sorta laid out to reflect my actual keyboard (remember i play laptop). the squared hotbar to the right is my numpad keys (plus the zero key), and the two lines are my qwerty keys and qwerty+shift key.

numpad keys (hotbar 1) are what i use the absolute most, aka my main attacks. this includes standard step (on numkey 1 to remind myself to start with it), all single target and aoe attacks (with each attack paired with the one it can proc), my shield samba+curing waltz (on home and end respectively bc you would not BELIEVE how often i use those), and the 0 key being my Tech Step, as it's vital to use it every two minutes.

qwerty number keys (hotbar 2) are skills i use frequently, but either need to be procced, can only be used during my tech step burst, or are just movement based. this includes my normal fan dances (on keys 1 and 2, 1 for single target and 2 for aoe) and my procced fan dance (on key 6), my devilment (on key 3) and the attack it procs, starfall dance (on key 9), my fourfold dance (key 5) and the attack it procs, the bird one i can't remember the name of (key 4, and this is also why fan dance iii is key 6 - fourfold procs both of them and they're weaveable), my mortal enemy saber dance (key 8), en avant (key 7, YES i have pressed it when i meant to press 8 it's FINE), my sprint (minus) and peleton (equals) which i do use but not nearly as frequently, and notably the ctrl+0 key holding my Limit Break (this way it's Obvious when i need to use it but i won't accidentally hit it, i have to go out of my way to hit the key combo). across ALL jobs, the only button that has a universal placement/key combo is Limit Break.

qwerty+shift (hotbar 3) is very situational, or something i should hopefully only be using a few times a fight at most. this includes dance partner (ctrl+1, because it's VITAL i do this but i will hopefully not have to switch partners), all role actions (ctrl+4 - ctrl+8, with my knockback immunity on ctrl+6 bc that's where i've had it since like arr), and my improv (ctrl+9, because while it IS useful it's so wildly situational, combining it with a 2 min cooldown and i basically only use it for like p12). you'll notice 3 spaces that don't have ANY keys associated with them, and that's where return+teleport are; extremely important keys i do not want to be pressing in battle.

also i guess i should mention that tho you can't see them my gagues are to the right of hotbar 1. easy to see w my layout.

#ahrora fantasy 14 #the Mage rambles #HOPE this makes sense

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timesnew7 · 2 years ago

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Google Parent Alphabet Lays Off Hundreds From Global Recruitment Team

California-based Alphabet cut about 12,000 jobs in January California: Google parent Alphabet is laying off employees from its global recruiting team as the tech giant continues to slow hiring, it said on Wednesday. The company's decision to let go of a few hundred employees is not part of a wide-scale layoff and will retain a significant majority of the team for hiring critical roles. It will also help the workers search for roles within the company and elsewhere. Alphabet is the first "Big Tech" company to lay off employees this quarter, after peers like Meta, Microsoft and Amazon downsized aggressively earlier in 2023 as a weak economy put an end to their pandemic-led hiring sprees.

GOOGLE PARENT ALPHABET CUT 12,000 JOBS IN JANUARY

California-based Alphabet cut about 12,000 jobs in January, reducing its workforce by 6%.

Layoffs in the U.S. rose more than threefold in August from July and nearly fourfold compared with a year ago, according to a report by employment firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast that new claims for state unemployment benefits would rise by about 8% in the week ended Sept. 9, after having fallen 13,000 to 216,000 in the prior seven-day period. Google Parent Alphabet Lays Off Hundreds From Global Recruitment Team Read the full article

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mistressoftherant-blog · 2 years ago

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Hey, apologies for not responding to this sooner, I don't get on this account a lot, and I kinda suck at using Tumblr (I'm not great with tech 😅), but as you took the time to write out your response, I thought it only made sense for me to reply to you.

Unfortunately, I feel like most of what I'm going to say is going to have to come down to a respectful agree to disagree.

Firstly, around Bayverse. Now, I actually enjoyed the Bayverse films, and disregarding the weirdness with April, I don't mind Mikey's character all that much. And you're right, people have called.him out for that weirdness before. I was simply saying that, in comparison to 12 Donnie, people focus on it way less. I have read countless crossovers that include Bayverse in which 12 Donnie is repeatedly shamed/chastised/made fun of by other iterations for his behaviour towards April, yet they very rarely address Bay!Mikey. They tend to just ignore that aspect of Bay!Mikey entirely, immediately having him seeing April as an older sister.

And regarding 12 Leo... Look, again. I acknowledge that people do mention Leo's crush on Karai being weird, but it also is never really treated as maliciously as the way people tend to react to 12 Donnie in my opinion. Maybe I over exaggerated because I'm so used to seeing people dump on 12 Donnie, but it always seems to me like people who bring Leo and Karai up in fics will have a brief, 'it's kinda gross that you had a crush on your sister' moment, and then not bring it up again, whereas characters will harp on about Donnie and April for ages, and how weird it is because they view their Aprils as sisters.

I also agree that the relationship between 12 Leo and Karai is complicated, but you also cannot deny that some of their behaviour still comes across as flirty even after they find our that they're siblings (and, even before that reveal, they were still cousins, and Leo still flirts with her even after finding out that bombshell as well). I know you said that you guess some of it comes across as flirty, but I feel like it definitely still is. I don't see Leo as acting like a little brother to her at all. I think he respects and admires her, but I don't see him really treating her as family, (even when he tries to make it out like he cares about her because she is Splinter's daughter, it still comes across weirdly to me).

And I agree to some degree about Leo seeing the good in people in most iterations. But in 03 and 12, they definitely have a fixation on Karai being honourable. Yes, this pays off for them, but it always came across strangely to me, like he was a little too obsessed with this (more so in 12 than 03). And, he doesn't always see the good in people right away (he was still bitter towards Slash when the turtles met up with him again, and he doesn't particularly show much desire towards reforming other villains, unless I've missed something, feel free to correct me if you find other examples of Leo telling a villain that 'this isn't you').

In regards to him being less trusting towards her, this is also true to some extent. But he still puts himself and his team in danger trying to help her (both wittingly and unwittingly). It also kinda pisses me off as a Donnie fan that Leo never apologised to Donnie onscreen (or even, to my knoweledge, off screen) for what happened when Donnie got exploded, or during Fourfold trap. Instead, the situation all become about Karai again. These are mostly honest mistakes, and it's understandable that Leo will make them as he is a teenager. But he is also one of the ones who gets most annoyed when Donnie let's his crush get in the way of the team/family, but then when it comes to Karai, Leo does the same thing. I am not saying that Leo doesn't get to make mistakes, only that he makes similar mistakes to Donnie when it comes to their respective crushes.

I also don't boil their relationship down to just the crush but, again, I also don't really ever see them acting as siblings. I wish that Karai had become more integrated with the team as a whole, getting to interact with them all on a deeper level, rather than only ever seemingly interacting with Leo though. That way, I feel like they could have really made her feel like their sister, and then the crush could have more easily been dismantled.

I'm not trying to throw Leo under the bus, as I believe that this relationship, like the Capritello love triangle, were all victims of soom poor writing choices. But it's also hard to write a comparison of how the fandom treats different characters/relationships, without bringing up other relationships lol.

I like 12 Leo as a character, for the most part, but I also have many issues with him, as I am sure you probably do with Donnie, but I didn't bring these up in the post as I was focusing more on the hypocrisy of the fandom than on the character.

Truthfully, I see fans constantly slandering 12 Donnie for his behaviour, and reducing his character down to nothing more than his stalkerish behaviour (which I've highlighted before, I also don't like), which annoys me greatly, so I intentionally focus most of my posts around how the fandom treats/interprets characters, rather than just listing out things that I don't like about the characters themselves.

However, you asked me what Leo did to me, and even though I overall like Leo as a character, I do have some gripes with him. For example, how he sometimes treats Donnie as if he needs to have answers to everything immediately, putting huge pressure on him, never really apolgises, and has a bit of an ego, is a bit of a hypocrite etc. None of these flaws are damning, he's a teenage boy under a lot of pressure, but they are flaws nonetheless. These don't make dislike him, if he had no flaws at all he'd be bland and intolerable. Instead, as you said, he is a complex character, and these falws add to that.

Of course, on the same coin, I can also point out that my fave Donnie can be a know it all who speaks down to his brothers, loses his temper easily, is incredibly obnoxious about his crush on April, also has a bit of an ego sometimes, can endanger his family via his stubbornness, etc.

I am not a hypocrite, I am fully willing to admit to Donnie's flaws whilst loving him at the same time. Just because I used Leo as a comparator here does not mean that I'm trashing his entire character lol. He's loyal, and usually always has good intentions. He want to be a good leader, and he truly cares for his brother. The post I originally made wasn't on his character, rather the fandom's treatment of certain relationships.

Now onto MM Leo. I agree that Leo deserves some healthy love interests if he is going to keep getting them (I personally don't feel like TMNT should have romances at all really, and prefer the way 03 doesn't really give the turtles any love interests). However, I do wish they'd move away from using April as a love interest again. I went into MM willing to give this romance a chance, even though I, as just mentioned, don't particularly enjoy most of the canon love interests in TMNT, and also don't really like any of the turtles being shipped with April. I'll read it for 12, but I would have much preferred if if April and Donnie were just best buds as they usually are in some of the other cartoons.

And I'm sorry to say this, but I still feel like MM Leo acts very similarly to 12 Donnie. The scene on the rooftop where he first sees her is basically the exact same (as well as the way his brothers tease him), the whole perfect mouth line, the stuttering over words, the trying to seem cool in front of her, the way he acts when MM Donnie gets her number, the 'it's a date' line, the who's got rizz now bit, it all reads pretty much in a similar way to me.

Granted, he hasn't gone quite as far as 12 Donnie did, but we also have a few seasons of 12 and only one Mayhem film at the moment. Maybe they'll tone down the crush a notch (I pray), or maybe they'll take it in a completely different direction to how they handled 12 Donnie, but they just come across as very similarly to me at the minute.

Moreover, I'm going to put this rather bluntly so apologies, comparing characters is not always throwing them under the bus. My whole post was about hypocrisy, and I couldn't have made it without comparing characters. Writing a post just defending Donnie without comparators would have made it much weaker. A lot of literary criticism requires comparison.

But, as you noted that I didn't seem to be offering either Leo the same defender that I did Donnie, I will say now that much of my defense of Donnie can be applied to the other two to some degree. Karai is the second human girl Leo meets, and she is a strong fighter which is somethinh he admires. He also has little social interaction (though he has more than Donnie did when he first met April, and more exposure to the world outside of TV), so some oc his begaviour makes sense. Also, you could bring up that he didn't originally know that they were related (which loses water slightly in later episodes, but which could stand in the earlier ones).

For MM Leo, although he has more exposure to the world outside of the lair than 12 Donnie did, this is also the first time he has interacted with a girl, and so some of his awkwardness/cringiness can be explained away due to this, as well as the fact that he seemingly has a rather anxious disposition in general.

When I made the original post, I wasn't saying that neither of the Leos had reasons to act the way they do, I was saying that the fandom waves off their behaviour far more easily than they do Donnies. But this wasn't some call from me to go and attack other characters, but was instead me saying to give Donnie the same leeway that they've been given. And again, it's hard to make a comparison without actually comparing characters. I could have made a post just noting the flanderisation of 12 Donnie, but my intent was to highlight the unfair way that the fandom interprets or portrays these characters/relationships differently.

(I also find it a little funny that you're annoyed at me for 'throwing Leo under the bus' because he is your fave, but then say it would be fine for me to do so to Bay Mikey as you don't think the fandom defends him that much, and you don't really seem to like him. Does that in itself not sound hypocrical to you? Don't compare Donnie to Leo because it's unfair to drag another character into your analysis, but you're fine to do so if it's a character I don't particularly care about 🤣)

I would say that I wasn't being particularly hypocritical in my post, as although the other issues are talked about, I see far more hate for 12 Donnie or people poking fun at his character/reducing his character down to his crush than I do for either Leo, or Mikey, or anyone else in the TMNT franchise. I also see plenty of people who gloss over other crushes or behaviour, or even try to say that 12 Leo's crush was just gender envy (I'm chill with the headcanon of 12 Leo being trans, but this idea never really made sense to me, as it's very clear that Leo does in fact have feelings for Karai).

I also feel like it's a bit harsh of you to say my post is bad because you disagree with it. If you had just politely stated your case, I would have been fine, but this seems a bit mean spirited. I get that my views aren't everyone else's, but you can't just denounce my thoughts as bad because you disagree lol. I'm happy to hear that you like some of my posts, and I can understand why you might not like others. That's fine with me, and if you want to have a respectful debate with me about any of my opinions, I am open to that. I must say, I am unlikely to change my opinion on most of them. I can argue till the cows come home about most of my thoughts, particularly the one you highlighted about responsibility.

However, you may come up with a point that will surprise me enough to change my mind, and I am open to hearing other thoughts on the topic. But, if you are going to debate with me more, maybe leave out the whole, labelling my entire post as bad thing 🤣

Again, none of my posts have had the intention of turning people on the Leos, but I do still strongly feel that this is a matter that the fandom can be particularly hypocritical on. I also didn't just point out the Leos, I also brought up 12 Mikey as well, Bayverse Mikey, the 90s films, and even 03. This wasn't some smear campaign against Leo, and I in no way said that Leo was a bad character, I just pointed out that his flirting is also bad and that he sometimes puts his brothers in danger due to his crush (and I also pointed out some of Donnie's behaviour that I also don't like).

I get incredibly tired of the bad takes that I see on the Donnies all the time as well. Moreover, as I stated at the end of the original post, I want to see people either addressing all of them, or no longer throwing 12 Donnie's crush in our faces as I have seen so many stories that will either ignore aforementioned behaviour from other characters, whilst completely raking Donnie over the coals, or there will be a throwaway joke/line that points out the others and then moves on. Plus, again, it always seems as of people are far more mean spirited when discussing 12 Donnie than they are about the others.

To conclude, as I said near the start of this, I think this will be an agree to disagree situation. I didn't intend the original post to be an attack on Leo (and I still don't particularly see it to be one), but I apologise if it upset you anyway. Again, if you do want to open a dialogue on any of my other posts, or in response to this, feel free to do so. However, I'd prefer it if you didnt end it with, 'this is a bad post and a bad take'. I'd like to think that the fandom is at a point were we can see something we don't agree with, without feeling the need to openly label it as a bad post. Different schools of thoughts can co-exist, and just because you disagree with this post doesn't make it bad. I put effort into making my point and comparing with examples, and claiming that it is overall bad because you personally disagree, would be a bit like me claiming that, for instance, all food made with fish is bad, just because I don't particularly like eating fish. That's why I don't say that all fish dishes are bad, I simply say they aren't for me. You've also said that this post, and some of my others, aren't for you, which is completely fair and understandable. But saying that it is a bad post, because it isn't to your tastes, is not. Anyways, none of this is meant to be any sort of personal attack, on either Leo or yourself. I understand that seeing anyone seemingly talking badly about your favourite character can suck, and can make you get pretty riled up and defensive (there have been many times when I've seen a take that I don't like, or someone fully hating on a character that I love and wanted to scream!!), but as I've stated, this wasn't an attack on Leo.

I hope thay you have a lovely day/afternoon/evening/night!

Hypocrisy in the TMNT Fandom

I may come back to this topic at a later date, but I feel like I need to address the hypocrisy in the TMNT fandom when it comes to how 12 Donnie is treated for his crush on April, compared to other characters such as Bayverse Mikey and Mutant Mayhem Leo, or I might explode. Do I condone everything that 12 Donnie does in the name of his crush on April? No. Do I sometimes find the cringiness of his actions unbearable (keeping in mind that he is my favourite character in 12)? Absolutely. But is there context behind his actions that often gets ignored? Yes. Do the fandom vilify or make fun of behaviour from him that they let slide in other characters? 100% yes.

People love to bash 12 Donnie for his actions, without even considering the reasons behind them (poor choices from the show writers aside). April is the first human his age that Donnie really sees and gets to interact with. He's a deeply insecure character, who feels out of place even amongst his family and, as people have pointed out before me, April represents a wider level of acceptance to Donnie. If a pretty human girl can love him, maybe there is hope for him gaining wider acceptance from humanity. I do think he has genuine feelings for her, but I also believe that part of his obsessiveness is a desire to be more human, or at least be accepted by humans, and he subconsciously views gaining the love of a human to be a part of this. 12 Donnie (like most Donatellos), is keenly aware that he will never get what he wants, or deserves.

He is a genius, and that will never be acknowledged by the world. He will never get everything a human genius would get. He doesn't get go to school, or go shopping for new resources, or make friends who share his interests. He risks his life saving the world over and over again, only to be seen as a villain for the way he looks.

That's part of why he sees 12 Casey as such a threat, Casey is human and doesn't need the same level of acceptance that Donatello does. He already has everything that Donnie wants (he can go to school, make other friends etc), but yet he still wants to be with April. The first human to show Donnie any acceptance. One of the only people to even tentatively seem interested in Donnie's science. If April chooses Casey over Donnie, then that truly does mean that Donnie, as a mutant, and a nerdy outcast mutant to boot, can never find love or acceptance, (again, this would be Donnie's perspective, and it is not April's duty to validate Donnie's self worth by getting in a relationship with him - that being said, the mixed signals she sent definitely didn't help matters).

Also, his stalking is creepy, but this is a kid who grew up with no social interaction besides his brothers, watching shows that provably had dubious ideas of romance. All of his ideas of romance are influenced by media, which isn't exactly a healthy way to gain an understanding of how to express those feelings. And when he knows the exact distance to her apartment, I always thought that he was just insanely good at estimating distances? He's shown to be able to make advanced calculations around distances and things in seconds on the show, so this never really seemed that bad to me, even if the show itself deemed it creepy?

Moreover, for the most part, he does genuinely follow April when he believes she is in danger, or when she is distancing herself from them (again, absolutely not a healthy thought process, but he misses her and wants her safe, and thinks is the best way to handle it). Is it still wrong? Yes. But should Donnie as a character be completely dragged for this for eternity? Not really. Also, can we please move past reducing Donnie's character to nothing more than his failures at flirting?

There is also the fact that April definitely did flirt back with him on numerous occasions. Whether or not this was done consciously, or to manipulate him, or whatever, is a rant for another day, but 12 Donnie definitely does have reasons to believe that April could want a relationship with him. She kisses him, on the mouth, right after he had told her that he was going to stop with his behaviour.

People also genuinely forgive 12 Leo flirting with his sister more than they do Donnie calling April his sweet chinchilla (and yes, Leo and Karai are still flirty even after the reveal that they are siblings, though it is thankfully toned down later on, and though I've seen people jumping through hoops trying to deny it). And Leo's flirting with Karai (even before the reveal), is equally as cringy as Donnie's. He's the poster boy for the 'I can fix them' mentality, even when the person he was trying to fix was actively trying to destroy everyone he cared about. 12 Leo also puts his brothers in danger due to his obsession with Karai, hurting them both physically and mentally, but a lot of people sweep this under the rug and only focus on times that 12 Donnie puts the others in danger due to his crush on April, or see this as a positive thing, showing how Leo never gives up on the people he cares about.

Moving on, 12 Donnie can be possessive of April (again, not great behaviour, and not something I particularly enjoy or condone), but 12 Mikey is the same way about Renet, and no one mentions it? Donnie hugs her (or says he could hug her, I can't quite remember the exact context), and Mikey gets all pissy about it? He's known Renet for barely any length of time, and they have no relationship at this point, but he gets annoyed at Donnie having a friendly interaction with her, as if it hasnt been well established that Donnie is only interested in April? Why is this more acceptable than when Donnie gets annoyed at Casey (a confirmed love rival), shows off about being close to April?

Additionally, why are Bayverse Mikey and Mayhem Leo hardly ever given the same treatment as 12 Donnie? I see countless crossovers where 12 Donnie is given endless shit for his bad flirting, especially as it's towards someone who the other counterparts see as a sister figure, with hardly any of them ignoring how unfair it is to criticise 12 Dee for seeing April differently to the others when their circumstances are different, or bringing up anyone else's behaviour.

Bayverse Mikey is just as bad! In fact, some of the things that he says are far worse than anything 12 Donnie has said, and it just gets brushed over? Even in crossover fics where 12 Dee gets slaughtered for his crush, no one brings up the downright crude things Bay Mikey says?

He constantly calls her a babe (I think 90s Mikey also makes similar comments), and even says 'she's so hot I can feel my shell tightening' which is hella gross tbh. Sure, 'sweet chinchilla' is weird, but it's far less demeaning than babe? And Mikey keeps this attitude up throughout both films? Why is this treated as being more acceptable than 12 Donnie's behaviour? This is even worse as Bay April is clearly an adult compared to the teenage turtles, and is clearly depicted as an older sister figure. At least in 12 there is only a year age gap, and neither April nor her father had anything to do with them when they were babies.

Hell, a few chaarcters (I think 03 Mikey and either 90s Raph or Mikey) make a joke about getting to 'keep her' when they bring an unconscious April back to the lair, and no one bats an eye?? It's played off as a joke, but even so, it's still freaky, and I've never seen anyone mention it before. They don't even get admonished for it!

Also, Mayhem Leo is absolutely just as much of a cringefail flirt as 12 Don, but everyone is acting like he comes across as so much better?! We've only had one movie with him so far, but his behaviour so far isn't all that different to 12 Don's?

They basically act the same way upon their first meeting. The rooftop scene when he first sees her is almost exactly the same as the scene in 12. And the comment about her beautiful, perfect mouth? If 12 Donnie said that he'd be slaughtered, but because it was Mayhem Leo, it's considered cute? When 12 Donnie gets super excited about getting April's number even though they already have it on the fridge it's embarrassing, but when Mayhem Leo tries to get Mayhem Donnie's phone to swipe her number it's endearing? Both ramble and get nervous around her, but people think this is sweet from Mayhem Leo but annoying from 12 Don.

Plus, Mayhem Leo has far more experience with humans than 12 Donnie. He has been going outside of the lair for a while, he has definitely seen other girls before. In 12, Donnie had never left the lair before the night he saw April, she's genuinely the first girl he's ever seen in person.

This point may also be a little unfair as we only have the Mayhem movie at the moment, compared to entire seasons of the 12 TV show, but it's also irritating me a bit how many people are acting like Mayhem Leo has far more of a chance with April than 12 Donnie did, purely because she agreed to go to prom with him, ignoring her line about how it was just as friends, and the many instances in 12 where April reciprocated Donnie's flirtation (again, April kissed him on the lips in the cartoon. It is canon that she did so).

Why are there so many double standards around the turtles having crushes? Either address all of their behaviour, or stop throwing 12 Donnie's flirting in our faces. It's exhausting seeing people openly bashing 12 Donnie, ignoring all of his great characteristics due to his crush, and then turning around and glorifying 12 Leo, Bay Mikey, or Mayhem Leo, or just ignoring their behaviour. It's grating to see almost every chat fic (even ones I thoroughly enjoy!!), have a seemingly obligatory bash 12 Donnie's crush and flirting chapter, yet hardly ever address the way any of the others behave.

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