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☆ I asked ChatGPT to write my resignation letter but instead I got career coaching
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-17 | by ( Rebecca Knight | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

My editor asked me to see whether ChatGPT, an AI chatbot, could write a decent resignation letter. But I hadn't expected that the personalized resignation letter would prompt self-reflection. What I didn't expect was that the effect of seeing ChatGPT's personalized resignation letter in black and white would be so jarring. My request was straightforward and so was the reply:Can you write me a resignation letter for my job as Senior Correspondent at Insider? If you change your mind and decide that you do not want to resign, you can try to retract your resignation letter.

☆ Happy hours, holiday parties, and office gossip are back. For remote workers, the FOMO is real.
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-15 | by ( Rebecca Knight | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Much is written about the professional opportunities remote employees miss by not working in person. On an intellectual level, I realize it's silly to experience pangs of FOMO for work get-togethers that I can't possibly go to. But on a middle-school level, I can't help but feel a stab of sadness about not being included in office social life, especially during this most social time of year. But now that more employees are back to in-person work, there are good times to be had — and remote employees are taking notice. Remote work works for my life, my family, and my job, and despite the drawbacks, I'd rather be WFH than any other setup.

“Spoiler Alert,” the new film based on entertainment journalist Michael Ausiello’s heartbreaking 2017 memoir, certainly doesn’t have a storybook ending. The film, directed by Michael Showalter (“The Big Sick”), closely follows “Spoiler Alert: The Hero Dies,” which Ausiello wrote in the wake of his husband Kit Cowan’s death from colorectal cancer, at age 42. Even watching the movie now, it’s still a bit of a head trip to see it.”From left, Ben Aldridge, Jim Parsons, Sally Field and Bill Irwin in "Spoiler Alert." But, in general, these moments — and even the comedic stylings of Sally Field — aren’t able to distract from the inherent sadness of “Spoiler Alert” for very long. “I want them to have their own experience seeing the movie,” Ausiello said of audience members.

☆ Stand up comedy booms in Venezuela, but politics are off stage
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-24 | by ( Johnny Carvajal | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The public and comedians alike are worn out by issues like constant power or water cuts and growing income inequality, Rodriguez noted. Those new opportunities to get onstage, alongside an uptick in video-based social media such as Tik Tok, have been a boon for young comedians, locals say. Yet for all the gags about daily life, Venezuela's new generations of comedians tend to steer clear of political jokes. "(Venezualans' humor follows) the style of North American comedy ... which talks about everyday life, not political issues," said Laureano Marquez, 59, a renowned humorist and political analyst. "It's too damn good when you find a purpose in your day-to-day work, getting the laughs," she said.

The setting for the second season of “White Lotus,” which premieres on HBO on Sunday, has shifted from a lavish five-star hotel nestled on a pristine beach in Hawaii to a luxury resort in the foothills of Sicily. What hasn’t changed is that the staff members working at the hotels are more relatable than the guests. Reboots of “Gossip Girl” and “The Kardashians” met similar fates as they failed to reach the heights of their originals. As most of us belong to the 99%, shows that scrutinize the top percentile are that much more delectable. “White Lotus” is one of the shows that manages to navigate both successfully, showcasing trust-fund babies who self-implode without the viewer feeling sorry for them.

Centering on Julia Roberts and George Clooney, two great, aging stars of rom-coms past, “Ticket to Paradise” was always going to be a throwback. Clooney and Roberts play David and Georgia Cotton, a long-divorced couple. The divorced couple who reconcile is an old rom-com trope. Even young gorgeous individuals in a tropical paradise aren’t as effortlessly, gracefully charming as George Clooney and Julia Roberts batting putdowns back and forth. That’s ultimately also the biggest similarity between the two generations of rom-com love.

☆ Yo-Yo Ma and the Meaning of Life
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-23 | by ( David Marchese | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +20 min

“People need each other for support beyond the immediate staples of life,” Ma says. “They need music.”Do you think music is fundamentally good? Think about language, think about agriculture, think about navigation, think about engineering. I’m using culture.” It doesn’t need to be defined as “I’m going to play for you this piece of music.” It’s not that. I’m going to figure out what I can do with the cello.” He says, “I’m going to learn everything about the instrument.” He writes the first suite, second, third suites.

Persons: Bráulio Amado, Ma, ”, Kathryn Stott, ” Ma, I’ve, You’re, don’t, you’ve, David, Newton, you’re, It’s, ” It’s, “, who’s, Tell, I’m, Teddy, Oliver, It’ll, Ted Thai, we’ve, Bach, “ I’m, Clive Barda, Seiji Ozawa, ” — Anthony McGill, He’s, Manny Ax, Jeff Vespa Organizations: YouTube, Carnegie Hall, Getty, English, Orchestra, Boston Symphony Locations: London, United States, United States of America, Europe

☆ A fost deschisă prima afacere socială în sistemul penitenciar al Republicii Moldova
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-07 | by ( ) tvrmoldova.md time to read: +3 min

07.11.2020 20:40 Sursa foto:TVR Moldova Vizualizari:A fost deschisă prima afacere socială în sistemul penitenciar al Republicii MoldovaA fost deschisă prima afacere socială în sistemul penitenciar al Republicii Moldova. Scopul este de a creşte incluziunea socială dar şi de a extinde oportunităţilor de angajare în câmpul muncii a persoanelor private de libertate. Cei 11 foşti consumatori de droguri ai comunităţii Terapeutice "Catharsis" au mare grijă de prepeliţe. Afacerea cu prepeliţe va da roade. Afacerea socială din penitenciar oferă şi noi oportunităţi de angajare după ce deţinuţii îşi vor ispăşi pedeapsa.

Persons: MUSCĂ, OLEG, prepeliţe, INA VUTCARIOV, EDUARD TIMOFEI Locations: Republicii Moldova, deţinut, Germaniei

☆ ‘John Lennon: Murder Without a Trial’ Review: A Closed Case Reconsidered
▼ + stars: | 1980-12-08 | by ( John Anderson | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

John Lennon Photo: Apple TV+Murder trials, like funerals, are intended to provide closure—not for the dead, but the living. The murder of John Lennon , much like the Kennedy assassination, deprived a traumatized public of its constitutional means of catharsis—including a public plea and public trial; God, the killer said, had told him to plead guilty. The three-part “John Lennon: Murder Without a Trial,” in a sense, attempts to be the Warren Commission of the ex-Beatle’s death, without magic bullet or grassy knoll. John Lennon: Murder Without a Trial Begins Wednesday, Apple TV+It’s a tall order. Although the series does explore the Nixon administration’s paranoia about the activist Lennon (territory explored more deeply in “The U.S. vs. John Lennon” of 2006) there did not seem to be a government plot involving CIA brainwashing.

Persons: John Lennon, Kennedy, Lennon, John Lennon ”, Kim Hogrefe, Hogrefe, Mark David Chapman Organizations: Apple, Warren Commission, CIA Locations: New York’s Dakota, The U.S

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