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meepmorp
3y ago
If/when we move into first place, nobody will be left to update the Wikipedia page.
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meepmorp
3y ago
That article is amazing to read with the benefit of a week's hindsight.
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meepmorp
3y ago
I can't wait for Twitter to never ever file suit in the matter. That said, Zuck should personally respond with the offer of a cage match.
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meepmorp
3y ago
Right? Imagine selling ad impressions and suddenly the entire scenario changes with zero warning. No doubt executives are falling all over themselves to get in on that shit.
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meepmorp
3y ago
She's been talking to advertisers, trying to convince them that Twitter is a good, stable place to work with and they can resume/expand their ad buys. I don't know that she's achieved anything specifically, but I do know
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meepmorp
3y ago
They're corporate anodynes meant for a specific audience. Her job is to be corporate and professional - she's there to get advertisers back onboard with Twitter. She's the grownup there to soothe their worries about the insta
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meepmorp
3y ago
I sincerely hope this ends in CEO single combat.
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meepmorp
3y ago
In the end, because his choices were to agree to the purchase or wage a court battle that he wasn't likely to win. The former costs ~$44 billion; the latter probably still costs $44 billion, but also court costs and whatever embarrassi
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meepmorp
3y ago
At best that's a post hoc rationalization for the decision, not an actual motivation behind the purchase itself.
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meepmorp
3y ago
pg would say that, though, because it was his company and it worked out for him. But maybe he was actually wrong about quality being a differentiator, and his competitors could've shipped features with shitty code but had other problem
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meepmorp
3y ago
So, when is BlueSky finally getting out of beta?
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meepmorp
3y ago
It's all been downhill since mosaic was released, tbh
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meepmorp
3y ago
I wonder what it's like for Linda have all her work soothing advertisers in a bid to get some revenue just completely destroyed by Elon making rash decisions. She's the CEO, but everyone knows she can't fire him, and now it&#
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meepmorp
3y ago
The conclusion is something: > I think most people know the solution to this – other than giving a higher value – and that’s letting Tesla owners transfer FSD to new cars. > It would encourage current Tesla owners with FSD to upgrade
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meepmorp
3y ago
We don't even take particularly good care of the parts of the earth we live in and directly need to survive, why are we going to get it right in a remote and hostile environment like that? Sure, I'm all for trying, but I don'
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meepmorp
3y ago
We have no idea, and it really doesn't matter because it's going to happen anyway; even if we do know, nobody's going to not do it because it might wipe out some ecosystems. We'll wreck everything, carelessly, like we&#x
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meepmorp
3y ago
Seriously, why not just do something well and make a living from it? I've seen the word enshittifcation plenty lately, and it strikes me that the focus on exits and payouts is a big part of the problem. I feel old and you goddamn kids
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meepmorp
3y ago
There's still IPOs, isn't there? Maybe it cuts down some of the stupid money going into tech, too, which wouldn't be the worst thing. And, hey, if the business is successful, you own part of a successful business.
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meepmorp
3y ago
Isn't something like a mimeograph or letter press closer to a xerox? This is like the predecessor to mail merge or label printers.
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meepmorp
3y ago
> Such naturally body hair devoid males also happen to live statistically significantly longer and healthier lives as well as outnumber the number of the said proudly hirsute males by a significant proportion. As though living longer wit
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meepmorp
3y ago
> The FDA's own toxicologist, Dr. Adrian Gross told Congress that without a shadow of a doubt, aspartame can cause brain tumors and brain cancer and that it violated the Delaney Amendment, which forbids putting anything in food that
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meepmorp
3y ago
Are we still talking about not liking the taste of water, or are you more talking about shit like thinking all gay people are child groomers?
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meepmorp
3y ago
It tells me that they funded a study in a way that was intended to separate themselves from the research to prevent influencing the outcome. What does it tell you?
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meepmorp
3y ago
Like many of the other commenters, I am compelled to let you know that your preference is immoral because it doesn't align with my views. You should stop doing a harmless thing that suits your taste.
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meepmorp
3y ago
Why do you take people criticizing Elon Musk so personally?
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meepmorp
3y ago
What? Remember the fail whale? Twitter shit the bed all the time in the early days.
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meepmorp
3y ago
Some people confuse the freedom of speech with the right to be listened to.
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meepmorp
3y ago
I think they're the worst single day losses in the Russian Air Force's history (which only goes back to the 90s, but still).
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meepmorp
3y ago
He misspoke and actually meant one, billionaire user by 2024
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meepmorp
3y ago
I really want to see cage match between them; pretty sure Zuck will wreck Musk.
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