03/01 - Front Line Friday

[alk69]

Have you been answering it wrong this whole time?

What I want to know is: What is the percentage of poisonous red mushrooms?

 

[thismegan]

My fav is the gif of the little kid who takes ALL the figurines and plops them on one track, then proceeds to ram the everloving hell out of them with the car.

I hadn't seen it before. lol

https://imgur.com/gallery/yYyN8

 

[Despairagus]

I agree that a 4 year degree doesn't necessarily make you smarter or a better worker. Not everyone has the same opportunities for education. I stopped after an associate's degree. I had bills to pay. But I think it might open doors that might not otherwise be available to you, and it certainly increases your earnings. I'm never technically going to be an engineer, and someone right out of college is going to make more than I do even though they don't know anything.

When I rag on education, I'm 99% ragging on arts degrees. Which is what I have. If I had gone for something useful, I'd be in a much different boat. Maybe. I mean I'd have had a shot.

My friends who did computer science and similar things are in waaaay different places. Didn't Bill Gates even drop out of school?

 

[Amon]

What I want to know is: What is the percentage of poisonous red mushrooms?

I can't remember it off the top of my head for sure, I think it was 50% of poisonous were red, but don't quote me on that.

 

[Concise]

Title: Listen to a edm-dance song and answer a survey about it. | Accept Requester: AudioKite [A1ZEEGMU3YMZ6] Contact TV: [Hrly=$9.79] [Pay=Fair] [Approval=~24 hrs] [Comm=Unacceptable] [Rej=0] [Blk=0] TO: [Pay=3.44] [Fast=4.84] [Comm=3.27] [Fair=4.90] [Reviews=223] [ToS=0] TO2: [Hrly=2.00] [Pen=0.39] [Res=null] [Rec=94] [Rej=0] [ToS=0] [Brk=0] Reward: 0.34 Duration: 1:00:00 Available: 1 Description: A musician or label is seeking feedback on a edm-dance song from people in the United States who enjoy edm-dance music. Listen to the song for at least 30 seconds and answer a survey about it. NOTE: The qualification test is to confirm you enjoy listening to the designated genre. Qualifications: Likes EDM / Dance Music GreaterThanOrEqualTo 1; HIT approval rate (%) GreaterThanOrEqualTo 95; Location EqualTo US

some fresh ones, a few minutes old out there too, under Audiokite.

 

[Merovign]

A lot of people have noticed that a lot of the dilemmas in Star Trek are Trolley Problems. I was talking with a group of writers about that topic in a discussion about getting away from just rehashing the same themes and problems and dealing with them in the same way.

So there's a particular character I've been writing about that kind of symbolizes this different creative universe that is based on some different assumptions, and one of them said "so how would (that character) handle the problem where you have a switch and the train is coming and you have to choose whether to switch it from the five victims to the one victim?"

And I said "derail the train."

And they all did this:

Which I admit was pretty gratifying.

 

[Merovign]

It is kind of a historical irony that the value of (most) degrees has dropped commensurately with the increase in their cost.

With any luck people will be shaking that "system" up to make it more practically useful and less expensive (more competetive). Also, Resilience Training, bitches. No insult intended to anyone who came out of college saddled with crippling debt and anxiety, because those are real problems, but you *should* be coming out of college a badass. Otherwise, what is it for?

 

[basketcasey]

<3 Noel Fielding <3

will you be my best friend?

 

[TinaBanina]

will you be my best friend?

 

[alk69]

I'm afraid I look at this one as unsolvable. 'Cause it's the difference 'tween viewing an unstoppable accident and causing an intentional murder. It's meant to be an ethical dilemma, but amounts to impossible moral choices. When no choice is palatable, then there is no choice at all. You can't use degree of morality as a rule here. It is or it isn't. So my take is a purely legal one. Lay it on society's ethics, not mine.

 

[Nikoratos]

Unrelated, but Husband just got the "A bat and a ball cost 1.10" problem and questioned it... I always say the ball cost .10... but if the bat is $1 MORE than the ball....

I'm not sure if this makes you feel any better or not but I've been answering it wrong too. Good company? Eh, maybe. You're in company though at least.

 

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Title: [English] Rate Video Ad According To A Given Question - 1 ~ 3 mins | Accept Requester: AdsForce [A3883N8JDOXNGD] Contact TV: [Hrly=$7.67] [Pay=Fair] [Approval=~24 hrs] [Comm=Acceptable] [Rej=0] [Blk=0] TO: [Pay=3.53] [Fast=4.82] [Comm=3.87] [Fair=4.48] [Reviews=55] [ToS=1] TO2: [Hrly=5.05] [Pen=0.28] [Res=1.00] [Rec=43] [Rej=0] [ToS=0] [Brk=0] Reward: 0.30 Duration: 10:00 Available: 180 Description: Please carefully read the question with prompted video ads Qualifications: Location In AU, CA, GB, US; HIT approval rate (%) GreaterThan 98; Super Worker Status EqualTo 0

1. I love these hits, for easy mental HITs, just look at a pic and click an obvious observation. They are at least 1.5 minutes long, usually 3 up to 4, depending on task. ~$5/hour for me.

2. These HITs have hard crashed my computer, twice, this past week. I have an older, upgraded computer, but... I close up other tasks now, when I do these. Lots of video ads to review, with these HITs.

3. Sometimes, when you get 2 or more in your queue, they block you for the batch, "Please Skip or Return This HIT, and come back after an hour to see if you can proceed at that moment." I've adjusted panda to only take 1 at a time now, but it's an error on their server, and you're still out that batch. I cursed loudly today when this happened. You'll be able to take the next batch though.

~ one person's take on these HITs ~

 

[Kennedy]

Evening everyone! Just dropping in quickly saying hello.
Been visiting my 90 year old grandmother (the other one is almost 97) today. I thought about you @Despairagus because she lives in assisted living up in Ft. Wayne. Saw the sign on the interstate for Decatur and remembered the Manley Meat place you told me about, but we didn't visit it today.

 

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[Kennedy]

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Niiiiice

 

[Starslip]

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Ooh shiny and chrome

 

[aveline]

Title: Timed sorting task(~ 30 minutes) | PANDA Requester: Elizabeth Long [A2IDHGUB27DPEP] (Contact) TV: [Hrly: $14.33] [Pay: 4.00] [Fast: 5.00] [Comm: null] [Rej: 0] [ToS: 0] [Blk: 0] TO: No Reviews TO2: No Reviews Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes Available: 2 Reward: $3.00 Description: Categorize various pictures and words as fast as you can Requirements: Exc: [4195554-131888] DoesNotExist; HIT approval rate (%) GreaterThanOrEqualTo 95; Location In US

 

[Nikoratos]

I'm afraid I look at this one as unsolvable. 'Cause it's the difference 'tween viewing an unstoppable accident and causing an intentional murder. It's meant to be an ethical dilemma, but amounts to impossible moral choices. When no choice is palatable, then there is no choice at all. You can't use degree of morality as a rule here. It is or it isn't. So my take is a purely legal one. Lay it on society's ethics, not mine.

I think this one is a value judgment. The accident is stoppable if you're willing to assume the responsibility of redirecting it towards the single death. Your own peace of mind or four peoples lives. Which one do you value more?

 

[mboone73]

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Was expecting avocado green.

 

[aveline]

Title: Yale Psychology Study(~ 8 minutes) | PANDA Requester: Yale Cognition & Development Lab [A1B2ILT2409W4R] (Contact) TV: [Hrly: $18.16] [Pay: 4.29] [Fast: 4.88] [Comm: null] [Rej: 1] [ToS: 0] [Blk: 0] TO: [Pay: 3.11] [Fast: 4.43] [Comm: 3.12] [Fair: 4.49] [Reviews: 228] [ToS: 2] TO2: [Hrly: $11.556] [Pen: 0.49 days] [Res: ---] [Rec: 0% of 1] [Rej: 0] [ToS: 0] [Brk: 1] Duration: 1 hour Available: 33 Reward: $0.50 Description: Short psychology study Requirements: Exc: [1600640853-131884] DoesNotExist; Total approved HITs GreaterThanOrEqualTo 100; SurveyGroup [2031] DoesNotExist; HIT approval rate (%) GreaterThanOrEqualTo 95; Location In US