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None of that buys groceries.

> ... unpopular truth...

It is only a "truth" if we allow the oligarchs to make it a truth. This is capitalism run amuck. Late stage capitalism if you will.

The serious question that keeps getting kicked aside, is when the majority have no jobs (or low wage jobs at best) and can't afford your freaking "tokens" and trinkets, what then? But nobody cares because that isn't what's happening this quarter.


the students were:

> ... protesting recent staff layoffs, severe program cuts, a mounting structural deficit, and the administration's controversial push for generative AI adoption through corporate tech partnerships


Poor guy, running a school where AI can do the entirety of what you’re teaching very cheaply and infinitely. I also looked into it and those tech partnerships were set up with the view of placing these folks into jobs once out of college. The youth just have no concept of the real world.

> In the same way, they economy goes bad, they might blame what they read about the government, or AI, or standing on one foot.

Right... but clearly the government has been making some decisions lately that have, in real ways, directly impacted negatively the economy. There's not superstition about that.


They're all cryptofascists who have become so powerful they can start to reveal themselves more clearly.

I have taken some really badly (on purpose?) written questionnaires in the past. Asking about team size, role, etc.

That’s not anonymous at that point. That’s an agenda.


I've seen questions asking for my org, team size, role, and when I joined, and thought it would have saved me time had they asked for my employee number instead.

The pressure to use AI is worse than the pressure kids get to use drugs. It’s insane.

The job market right now sucks so everyone is really just trying to not be the next cut.


Why would you name a product wince?


> Why every advertising agency needs to have a review panel of twelve-year-old boys

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20080501-01/?p=22...

Don't miss that link in the above!


Not sure it's the brightest idea to pick a name based on what a 12-year-old thinks is cool, but ok

It’s the opposite - if a 12-year-old thinks it’s cool it probably needs a rethink.

It's that if a 12 year old boy can't stop laughing at the name, it's a bad one. Negative signal rather than a positive one. eg expertsexchange.com

Because abbreviations end up how they end up sometimes. Windows: Compact Edition seems entirely reasonable until you spell it wince. Why did the South Lake Union Tram line get renamed?

Long time Mullvad customer. Thank you for this.

As the FAQ suggests, it's "pre-legal".

But it's all for mocking the current market... so.


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