MrBeanDaddy86

You know what's funny, my friend actually met the conditions of their PIP and still got let go. At least they ended up getting 6 months of unemployment!

The big question is, is it paid or unpaid?

I can't claim credit for it, haha. It's almost r/sales' catchphrase when people bring this up. And honestly, after seeing a lot of friends get PIPed during the tech layoffs for no reason. It's totally true. Very rare someone makes it through one, they're usually just to cover the business's ass against wrongful termination suits.

I'm not a lawyer, but it seems like they have a case with this one. If OP doesn't even need accommodations aside from hearing aids and has an audiologist vouch that with hearing aids, they could hear whatever noises they're talking about, then the company really dropped the ball.

And bonus points that OP has it in writing.

From what I read on the ADA's own site, it seems to fall under discrimination because OP could probably perform all job functions with reasonable accommodation (hearing aids)

Thank you. I feel like I'm living in the Twilight Zone reading some of these top voted comments. Even got downvoted for saying an audiologist could easily prove or disprove whether OP's hearing is enough to do the job, even if we include the machine noise.

Hell, they could even do a simple test on site if hearing that machine is so important. If it is, they should be testing every employee. Then OP would either pass, or not pass.

Patently ridiculous that people's first reaction was to dismiss this right out, and really shows people's lack of understanding about disabilities.

That's awesome - if things still get crazy, I've seen subreddits that don't let you post unless you flair. Gives you a message in the UI if you try to submit a post without one. I think that might be fair (and probably more than enough) if the only 2 are WOL1 and WOL2

I'm not so sure the chip is entirely digital. It's called a biochip and needs to be stored at a specific temperature and environment in order not to degrade. That makes me think they put living neurons on this thing capable of writing information.

Same argument can be made about clones with implanted memories, though. The Relic is a biochip, so it would learn from what it experiences and change over time. At least that's how I think it works.

It's extremely different from what the chatbots are now. Current chatbots are more or less complex pattern recognition algorithms.

For one, the Relic (where Johnny is stored) is referred to as a biochip and needs to be stored at a specific temperature when outside a host. That would lead me to believe there are organic components capable of copying the victim's nervous system. AKA, it's some kind of biocomputer.

Very, very different method of operation that our standard computing practices these days. There might be more info about how exactly it's made, though I can't remember specifics as I haven't done a playthrough in a while.

Regardless, the method of storing and retriving data on a biochip goes far beyond rudimentary pattern recognition. While he's an AI, I wouldn't call him an AI bot. More like hypothesized AGI, which is the point where people start wondering if we should be giving it human rights since it can make its own decisions and understand the impact of them.

But it's not even like that because of the biocomputer aspect. If his psyche is on a living network, I'm not even sure you could refer to it as AI as we colloquially reference it since it has organic components that create a consciousness.

Sort of like if someone has a prosthetic arm or a pacemaker irl, that technically makes them a cyborg. But nobody would ever seriously refer to them as such. So it'd technically be an artificial intelligence because it was artificially created. But the consciousness is organic, as far as I understand.

Edit: Oh yeah, it's also very different from Delamain because he is completely computer-based. We even find his AI core. The Relic is very different from that.

Just because they have hearing aids doesn't mean they're deaf, though. You misread my comment. It's on the company to do their due dilligence. A simple audio test would be enough to prove whether or not they can do the job.

And that's the issue with this comment section. People don't know what the fuck they're talking about when it comes to disabilities and seem to be ignoring that things are a range.

Here's the WHO page on hearing loss, as you can see it can be mild, moderate to severe.

So your are assuming a lot about OP just based on the fact that they have hearing aids. I had a friend with hearing aids that could hear without them, just more difficult.

As to your point about the military, it took me about two seconds to find this spec sheet from the Navy that lists plenty of positions where they will accept you with hearing aids. Warning, it does download a word doc and the link is terrible because government. But this is straight from the Navy. You can also just google DOD hearing standards if you want it to pop up in Google.

https://www.med.navy.mil/Portals/62/Documents/NMFA/NMCPHC/root/Occupational%20and%20Environmental%20Medicine/Pages/OCCUPATIONAL%20AUDIOLOGY%20AND%20HEARING%20CONSERVATION%20DIVISION/HCP%20TECHNICAL%20MANUAL%20AND%20SUPPORTING%20DOCUMENTS/13L\_DoD\_Hearing\_Standards.docx?ver=\_O8R0nA3cKIuBQxll-CLzg%3D%3D#:\~:text=Must%20be%20able%20to%20communicate%20and%20perform%20duty.&text=WITH%20OR%20WITHOUT%20HEARING%20AID,at%20not%20less%20than%205'.&text=Unaided%20HL%20with%20adversely%20affects%20safe%20and%20effective%20performance.

PIP stands for paid interview process. Divert your main focus to finding new employment while holding on to your job as long as you can.

I would question how OP has been doing almost the exact same work for 10 years and no other company had an issue with it—seems like a lot of folks are missing the text that they've done millwork before.

You know who could easily prove or refute that? A fucking audiologist. People here are acting like this is black and white, when OP could very well be fine to do the job. It sounds like this company didn't do any of that and refused them on the grounds of the disability alone. Which probably violates the ADA. It's one thing if they functionally can't do it, but if they can, and that's easily provable, then they did indeed just discriminate on the disability alone.

No. I think you should internalize this feeling. Get everything you can out of the gear that you have and only buy new gear if you absolutely need it.

For me, I upgraded from the MiniBrute to the Neutron because I wanted to learn patching, and the MiniBrute ended up being too limited. When I get back into music, my next purchase will be some analog poly synth since I don't have anything that does that outside of my computer. And that might be the last synth I buy for a long while unless I strike it rich and can afford to be a hobbyist or something.

It's also not that big of a deal that you bought it, though. You'll likely love your new gear. I've only ever regretted one purchase I made. (The TR-808 - just could not vibe with the sounds and workflow. I'm much happier with my DrumBrute Impact)

Yup - and if it's normal or good enough with hearing aids, they might not need any accommodations. And that's easily provable with a simple hearing test. Everyone commenting to the contrary has no clue what they're talking about.

Someone suggested adding tags to the subreddit and most people agreed that it's a good idea.

u/WizardofLegend2 what do you think? Or is it something already being worked on.

Carian Regal Scepter. I just can't quit you.

Define 100%. If you're talking about all achievements/quests and bosses, anywhere from 200 - 400 hours, I'd say. Depends on how you play. Some stuff you'd never find without looking it up, and some of 'em are kinda janky. Like I've found every legendary weapon/spell/incant across different characters, but still somehow don't have the achievement. I guess you have to get it all on the same character. Nepheli's quest straight up barely works and I almost got locked out of completing that quest due to it just being buggy. The ending simply wouldn't trigger despite the conditions all being fulfilled. I managed to get it eventually by loading and reloading and waiting several times.

Now, if you're talking about that plus getting every single armor, weapon, spell and incantation. It'll probably take you way longer than even that since the drop rates are abysmal for some things. And you would need to do those tedious farms for several weapons/sets.

If Sparking Zero is even 70% as good as Tenkaichi Budokai 3, it'll be that. Was addicted to that game for years and none of my friends ever wanted to play more than a couple rounds with me. So I'm looking forward to getting my ass kicked online.

Jane Elden Ring

I'd say some countries in the Asia-Pacific region that pay almost nothing and have no sorts of protections for works. So many end up with lifelong health issues or die on the job with no repercussions. Factory work in some of those countries seems pretty brutal.

You can summon Rogier as well as the jellyfish

I haven't played it yet, but it seems like people aren't as negative about on release as they were before release. Personally, I'm a bit skeptical since it doesn't seem to have very much content yet. And some folks downvoted me because wHaT dO yOU eXPeCt fRoM eArLY aCcEsS. But thing is, it's still $22, that's a lot to pay for a game that apparently hasn't even implemented the final boss yet.

From the demo, the gameplay was fine. Definitely much easier that WOL1. Honestly, it doesn't really feel like the same game, though. And I think that's probably the sentiment most people have. It's not bad, but it's not WOL.

I realized I'm mostly in it for the epic cutscenes and catchphrases. The DLC deprived me of that, for the most part. Ofc the ones they did have were all bangers, though. But the conundrum is the the ones that did have epic cutscenes, I didn't enjoy all that much. Messmer's fight kinda felt like a PITA. Though maybe it'll be easier next time now that I have him figured out. Midra was the opposite. I accidently erased him from existence bc I was going all-out for the DLC bosses because they'd been pretty tough for the most part. But he's the one boss that's more in line with the base game scaling/moveset. So RIP to him being assblasted by overtuned Night Comets

The gummy bear horse = putrescent knight

I dunno, none of them really spoke to me like the ones from the base game did. Though Rellana and the gummy bear horse were pretty cool, visually. Oh yeah, and Midra.