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by ath3nd 3y ago
I can confirm it is indeed possible!
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by ath3nd 3y ago
Btw here are two recent examples what can be done when a monopoly like Youtube tries using their dominant position in the market to squeeze workers or consumers: - Organized action in all Nordics vs Tesla, where Musk thought he can simply d
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by ath3nd 3y ago
Fair enough! Tbh, we do retros as well, both regular, and when anyone thinks something can be improved.
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by ath3nd 3y ago
My top X whatever ways to increase product velocity: - Stop wasting time estimating Planning poker is like kindergarten, there is a parent figure asking the children how many candies are needed to build a tree house... and nobody does anyth
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by ath3nd 3y ago
And that is how you stand to the bully man child that Elon Musk is. Together workers are strong.
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by ath3nd 3y ago
Three things: - go to it's pre-aggressive-ablocking-removal state - pay the content creators better - moderate better so people like Andrew Tate, Alex Jones, etc don't get a platform
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by ath3nd 3y ago
In my country I am taxed 52%, and I don't mind that. I clearly see the money going into public infrastructure, roads, public transport, social housing, greening the cities, etc. If I am unable to work due to illness, I will benefit fro
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by ath3nd 3y ago
The government should be taxing higher the profits of the big companies and the top earners and reinvesting the money in governance of them. I think if you are above 500k yearly income, the taxation rate should be something around 80-90% on
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by ath3nd 3y ago
Video sharing sites of the size/impact of Youtube, similarly to social platforms like Facebook/Instagram/Twitter whatever, and platforms like Google Search/Maps, etc have a tremendous impact on society. They have become
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by ath3nd 3y ago
How about no? There are anti competitive practices at place here and we are not supposed to just sit and take it, not all of us are Americans that accept unrestricted capitalism with the no breaks. I suppose you were also fine with Unity&#
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by ath3nd 3y ago
> The reality is that your data is worthless, and your use of the service is a liability rather than an asset. And you'll be equally worthless to any competitor, which was the GP's actual point. I disagree. Bulk usage data is a
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by ath3nd 3y ago
> Why do you think that data is valuable? If I am not logged in and I have "Do Not Track", it's illegal for them to track my usage for marketing purposes, let alone show me personalized ads. The only way they are allowed
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by ath3nd 3y ago
Or how about no, and instead of just rolling over and paying for bad behavior, we fight for a free, open internet. Youtube/Google make enough money monetizing our usage data. Now that they have cornered the market (i.e locking in the u
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by ath3nd 3y ago
> to users who bring in no revenue? Oh, sweet summer child, they already have been monetizing their users browsing behavior and selling it to advertisers. It's their main business > Complaining that Google is somehow wronging you
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by ath3nd 3y ago
> and many will likely just endure it And many will change the channel and watch something else in the meantime. Youtube checks that you have clicked away and just waits for you, basically FORCING you to watch the ad. TV and radio don&#x
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by ath3nd 3y ago
What you wrote is like: "Hey fellow hackers. I am a hacker myself and I totally don't work for Google. Ads are good, mkay?" Bruh, dunno what planet you live on and how brainwashed you have to be to think blocking ads is thef
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by ath3nd 3y ago
While we were talking, this came out: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-67615719 My point is that the current UK government is a messy bunch of profiteers who will support any possible law that benefits them or their
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by ath3nd 3y ago
Well, if currently in UK people are/could be arrested for: - Wearing an orange shirt with a specific logo - Walking on the street - Singing a song - Supporting adowntrodden nation publicly or in a protest Then it's not so far fetc
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by ath3nd 3y ago
Workers in the US are routinely and in large numbers thrown under the bus by their corporations in search of profit. Many don't have paid paternal/maternal leave, low or no vacation days, not all employers cover medical costs, and
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by ath3nd 3y ago
This is, to an extent, exactly what is happening now, specifically to the group of people what Musk refers to as 'the laptop class'. The high salaries and good benefits we enjoyed in the industry could only last so long. The pande
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by ath3nd 3y ago
They are doing this very much on purpose. Being harsh on rto and removing perks and showing that you are a replaceable cog in the machine? That is bound to make some people resign. And suddenly, Amazon's end of quarter spreadsheet look
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by ath3nd 3y ago
It's one of the many strategies to bump up their stock price. - Harsh RTO -> people leaving, better spreadsheet at the end of fiscal quarter, BOOM, the stock is up! - Overhire again and make sure to make a lot of fuss about hiring a
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by ath3nd 3y ago
Now imagine these people being in the office, next to you, tapping you on the shoulder why you are deeply in focus, and then asking: "hey, how was your weekend?". You spent 2 hours in traffic for this. My point is, there are diffe
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by ath3nd 3y ago
I find it funny how people think that the natural state of humans is to be crammed in offices, or factories or mines in pursuit of wage labor, with manager overseers, and how this is now considered to be "for communication and collabo
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by ath3nd 3y ago
It's about appearing efficient to the investors and therefore bumping the stock price and giving a payout to the few big stockholdets, rather than real efficiency. They go through a round of this routinely now, it seems, the letter is
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by ath3nd 3y ago
> “everybody should be writing and maintaining their own CI jobs” And, of course, everybody should be using whatever language and version they want to, and run their software on whatever cloud they want. The notion of this makes me supe
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by ath3nd 3y ago
The funny part is they have enough sun to power their country manyfold and enough resources/money to build the infrastructure to export solar to other countries. However they are so backwards in their views that they seem blind or unwi
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by ath3nd 3y ago
At this point, did we expect anything different? Whether an oil sultan, king or baron, they all borrow from the same playbook. First is denial that the problem exists, then there is disputing the science, and then there is stalling citing h
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by ath3nd 3y ago
I am not sure if this is not a sarcastic take, but I will bite. Google are generally not coordinated well on anything, but this current war on adblockers is a notable exception. Consider the following 3 things all happening in the same time
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by ath3nd 3y ago
Dunno, but it seems ublock origin's version in Chrome Web Store is 1.53.0, was last updated on 8-th of November. As of yesterday, that version can't get around Youtube's adblocking detection. I built Ublock latest 1.54.2 from

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