Yes, Children, Yes
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https://www.npr.org/2024/01/23/1226487001/ebay-to-lay-off-1-000-workers-...
More lay-offs for the Tech-Bros. Drop a micro-dose, hop on your e-scooter, and enjoy your A.I. induced visit to the unemployment line.
Maybe learn how to play a resophonic stringed instrument and start an all dobro band called the Do-Bros? You're gonna go far, you'll be a big star.
And did we tell you the name of the game, boy?
We call it riding the gravy train
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Who do you think built the
Who do you think built the platforms that you use to price out your stock, dude?
Crazy that anyone would be lauding lay-offs as a good thing. Wow.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: fishcane
Why don't we like them?
Why don't we like them, again?
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: 2 Room Shack
uh, they prolly can find
uh, they prolly can find another job dude.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Philzone Refugee
The virtual world is an
The virtual world is an illusion. Better to dig your hands in the dirt and plant something real. Your robot overlords don't care about you.
Believe it or not, we did just fine before computers, and didn't have to deal with so many poseurs.
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Some people are so
Some people are so hilariously out of touch.
Let me put it this way: is the money made selling wares online "an illusion?"
Seriously, you have to search high and low to find someone who espouses this kind of thinking in the year of our Lord, 2024.
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Um this is from the article:
Um this is from the article:
Earlier this month, eBay agreed to pay a $3 million settlement to resolve a criminal probe into a cyberstalking and harassment campaign led by former eBay employees in which live spiders and a bloody pig face mask were sent to the home of a Massachusetts couple who published a newsletter that focused on eBay sellers and executives.
Sounds like a well run company.
The Tech industry layoffs which is really the internet industry is going through a maturing phase where they aren't going to be growing 20% a year anymore. That said chip makers and AI companies are growing like crazy and Apple Vision Pro sold out of their $3,000.00 a piece immersive googles pre order. Zuckerberg has bet the farm on that tech as well. We are just in internet growth lull right now and cheap money is no longer able to cover up bad business decisions.
That said Google laid off sales support that worked on SEO/SEM and handed it over to AI, so we are starting to see the beginnings of that phase.
Never in human history has change happened so fast and it will never be this slow again without some kind of total civilization collapse.
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Fuck this electricity and
Fuck this electricity and shit...........
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so many poseurs<<
so many poseurs<<
OK, Holden.
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Shouldn't we be having this
Shouldn't we be having this discussion via semaphore?
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Mice elf
speak into the dictaphone
speak into the dictaphone
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poseur (n.)
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Philzone Refugee
To clarify, I'm not anti all
To clarify, I'm not anti all things tech, I just don't see technology as the be all and end all it gets built up as. It's a tool, and has it's uses which can be positively applied. Being able to get accurate and instant weather updates is nice, Amber Alerts are a good tool to apprehend kidnappers and predators; there are many other examples.
My main beef with the Tech crowd is how they contributed to driving my local real estate market to distorted levels. Perhaps you are experiencing the same thing in your locales. It's hard to find a good 2-bedroom home in a decent neighborhood for under $600,000 in Seattle. The average rent for an apartment is near $1800 a month. We have some of the highest gas and grocery prices in the country. All of this has been driven by the bloated tech sector. If some of their fat is trimmed, maybe things will return to a semblance of normal.
Tech culture has permeated most facets of our lives, many in unpleasant and obstrusive ways. Are you happy with the way the robots have gamed and changed the concert ticket industry? How about all of the spam robocalls and targeted advertising based on your buying practices and habits? Don't even get me started on the rental bikes and scooters that clutter our sidewalks, create dangerous obstacles for the blind and vision impaired, and fill our already over-burdened ER!s with victims from accidents caused by inebriated folks leaving bars and hopping on a scooter.
So yes, I'd like to see tech culture check itself.
Ebay and Amazon announced large lay-offs this week. Hopefully, those folks can find meaningful and productive employment elsewhere. If enough of them go, maybe our housing market sees a meaningful correction. More disconcerting to me was yesterday's news that outdoor camping and equipment retailer R.E.I. is laying off a large group of it's employees. They are a longstanding local company that has positively contributed to people's lives. Getting people outside, exploring and celebrating our natural wilderness is a healthy thing for individuals and society at large. I hope R.E.I.'s struggles aren't a reflection of our culture disassociating with those values.
Real things, quality, improving our lives, preserving and protecting our natural environment. These are a few of my favorite things.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Mice elf
A reasonable enough grovel, I
A reasonable enough grovel, I suppose
but housing prices ain't going down in the future
that's like expecting energy costs to decrease
this is peak capitalism
that there must be many, many, losers is already (mathematically) baked into the cake