Accordingly, I have stopped any activities involving writing for freelance translators, considering not only the stark realities that they are facing, but also the arguably disingenuous nature of writings that could be seen as cheering on a translator demographic that has very little chance of surviving.
Author: William Lise
Long-term (49-plus years) resident of Japan. Former electrical engineer and have been translating and interpreting for over four decades.
Facebook makes its Reels icon undeletable at the bottom of its app.
Since Facebook Reels (Zuckerberg’s response to TikTok) has long been nothing but AI slop from anonymous engagement-harvesting accounts in undisclosed and unknowable locations, I decided to attempt to remove the Reels icon from the tab bar at the bottom of the Facebook app.
Silly me. There are several tutorials to tell you how to do this, making it look like it is possible, but Reels is not provided as one of the options to hide in the tab customization menu. I guess it makes too much money for the humanoid owner of the platform.
Brain Drippings
Random brain drippings will appear here from time to time.
Stay tuned.