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Guam and the Consortium

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The final stop for my Micronesia trip was Guam, a U.S. Arriving on Guam felt like coming back to the United States, although it's more like Hawaii than the mainland! Guam has a huge American military presence: the armed forces control about a third of the island. The military and tourism are Guam's two big industry.

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Reflections on Micronesia

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Guam has special building codes for typhoons, kind of like California's earthquake-inspired building codes. But the dried version I had on Guam was better, and gives you a warm feeling. I saw aspects of American and Japanese society overlaid on a societies trying to preserve their traditions and languages.

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Donna Leads a Home Visit to a Blind Toddler

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

She's even been to Pingelap with Mary Kidd from Guam, taking the ship Micro Glory for 24 hours, sleeping on a straw mat on one of the upper decks. Donna asks about his language development, and finds out that he had a fair number of single words. I'm dedicated, but not that dedicated!

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How a bruising Microsoft lawsuit fueled the fight for fair pay

The Verge

An indigenous Chamorro woman from an island just north of Guam, Anuncia worked as an infertility specialist, researching in vitro fertilization and stem cell techniques. The events of that last year at Microsoft have been chewed over endlessly in the lawsuit, and many of the allegations were later filtered through the language of the courts.

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Humans@Work: How to Successfully Tackle HR Challenges

Top Nonprofits

After all, she says, “language that’s harassing or negatively impacts working relationships will not be tolerated”. The law safeguards people from harassment based on race, age, and gender. However, it doesn’t mean that HR is not within its rights to insist on a mutually respectful environment.

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How AI Takeover Might Happen in 2 Years

The AI Alignment Forum

Natural language is not a suitable medium for memory. Missiles from the PRC fly toward strategic targets in Hawaii, Guam, Alaska, and California. He is forced to write notes for himself and tattoo his body in order to make progress toward his goals. Caption: The war begins. Data centers in China erupt with shrapnel.