Particle-physics prof at Glasgow Physics & Astronomy. Author of those physics codes you like, and that one you don't. Enthusiast for dirty QCD physics, data re-use, model-independent searches, and computational statistics.
Also: child owner, mountain climber/biker/skier/etc. when poss, drummer, busy. Recovering Norn Irish. Still trying to be a Really Useful Engine.
| Web (work) | http://www.ppe.gla.ac.uk/~abuckley/ |
| Web (personal) | https://www.insectnation.org/ |
| Location | Glasgow / Geneva |
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10 years today.
If your company actually became vastly more productive, because of "AI" or whatever, you wouldn't lay off people: you would take on new efforts, make higher profits, have more things going on.
Layoffs are always - always - a sign of bad decisions, misallocation of priorities. Gross mismanagement. Always.
The Guardian posted this comment yesterday: Wealthy UK nationals fleeing war in the Gulf are seeking sanctuary in countries such as Ireland and France to avoid hefty tax bills back home. In the face of possible demands from HM Revenue and Customs, high-net-worth individuals who had been living in the United Arab Emirates and neighbouring countries...
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