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ffggvvon Frank founder allegedly defrauded JPMorgan out of $175M hit with federal charges

that’s pocket change for them. probably just file it under DEI budget for supporting a female founder

ffggvvon Tesla tells investors it’s being investigated by the Justice Department

feels like we just allow people to get away with fraud for like a decade before doing anything about it.

ffggvvon Big Tech is using layoffs to crush worker power

Agree with this but its less about unions and more about resetting the empoloyer/employee dynamic after a period of time the employees clearly had an upperhand. they are tired of allowing flexible work and giving 2 yoe people 300k. they want power back.

its not about evil-y stroking a cat, or meeting in a smoke filled room. its as easy as just reading the moment in time and taking advantage.

ffggvvon Flexport slashes 20% of global workforce over weak 2023 volume forecast

remember this company was being hyped alot on twitter the past 2 years as we had supply chain issues. glad i dont just follow the trend.

ffggvvon U.S. moves to bar noncompete agreements in labor contracts

no. they have specific laid out bounds with which they can operate in. it's deeply dangerous and disturbing for them to try to exceed that. especially because they aren't elected. they don't get to just exceed those bounds and wait for legislature to issue a ruling to roll it back. it's quite the opposite.

its the equivalent of if the tsa started trying to pat you down before you got in your car. and then saying its okay because congress can just roll it back.

ffggvvon U.S. moves to bar noncompete agreements in labor contracts

too bad people's brains can't process stuff like that. they can only do a single level of "do i agree with the outcome" and not whether or not its actually legal or sets a bad precedent. or god forbid, think what powers that would give their political opponent when they take power.

student debt was another one. whether or not you agree with forgiving it, it's deeply disturbing for the president to knowingly do something unconstitutional and do an endrun around congress' power of the purse. With the hope that no one has standing to challenge it

ffggvvon ‘Breakthrough’ obesity drugs that have stunned researchers

the problem is you are limited in how many calories you can consume. so any unhealthy crap crowds out nutrient rich stuff

ffggvvon Sesame allergen labeling law has unintended effect: sesame in more foods

if you have a deadly allergy like that, is eating at small restaurants really worth risking your life?

ffggvvon Grad student unions strike deal with University of California

do they also get tuition wavers? 34k + free 20k tuition aint bad as a student

ffggvvon ElonJet Is Now Suspended

isn’t this basically like doxxing? aren’t the people criticizing this move the ones who would be in hysterics if someone did this to a journalist or politician they like? especially if it was a woman of color or whatever preferred group

ffggvvon SBF Arrested by Bahamian Authorities

yeah i’m sure, they just happened to wait till after the election and after he was out of money, and after it was early enough to prevent people from losing their life savings

ffggvvon SBF Arrested by Bahamian Authorities

well he has no more money to give, so of course they are happy to arrest him now. they just didnt bother investigating the fraud until after it collapsed for some reason..

ffggvvon Theranos exec Sunny Balwani sentenced to 13 years in prison

shocked a brown male got a worse sentence than a white female for the same crime

ffggvvon Sam Bankman-Fried did financial system a favor

because instead of just holding the customers money and not touching it, they took it and loaned it to alameda trading, and then when people asked for their money it was tied up in alamedas trades.

ffggvvon Stripe laying off around 14% of workforce

they dont need some excuse, they can do it whenever they want for whatever reason they want. they dont hire the people in the first place if they dont think they need to

ffggvvon Stripe laying off around 14% of workforce

that 15% number was probably picked for a reason. (to make them cash flow positive)

ffggvvon Stripe laying off around 14% of workforce

not at stripe but another similar company that recently had layoffs.

ones at my company were decided by the next level manager, based on the most recent perf review

ffggvvon Chess Investigation Finds U.S. Grandmaster ‘Likely Cheated’ More Than 100 Times

so you guy invest a lot in magnus then when he loses claim his opponent cheated?

ffggvvon Mandated diversity statement drives Jonathan Haidt to quit academic society

DEI is beyond evil and i will vote for any party which opposes it regardless of any other issue

ffggvvon Stadia died because no one trusts Google

sony has decades of relationships built in the industry with its consoles. microsoft has the same with oc gaming.

google has zero relationships

ffggvvon Stadia died because no one trusts Google

azure calls it a portal, not a console. if i replace that terminology it’s a totally different picture

https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=today%205-y&q=...

ffggvvon Layoffs at Canadian tech startups

> A lesson to be learned for anyone taking a job in a fast-growing company is to really think about the value that your specific job brings to the company.

Imo the issue usually is that interesting and value bringing work are usually not in alignment at these companies.

most companies i’ve worked at, no one wanted to work on ads and found them boring even though they brought in all the revenue.

everyone wanted to work on the experimental or shiny new thing which may not have demonstrated value yet.

but not sure if it’s worth working on the boring thing just for job safety

ffggvvon Google canceled its next Pixelbook and shut down the team building it

intersting because thats the laptop alot of their engineers use internally

ffggvvon High-speed rail board completes environmental clearance in northern California

scale and cost are already coveted by the plane. the last seems dramatic

ffggvvon High-speed rail board completes environmental clearance in northern California

yeah i did that flight dozens of times and super simply easy and cheap. dont see the benefit of making it a train

ffggvvon High-speed rail board completes environmental clearance in northern California

people get realt sensitive if you criticize their boondoggle because they worship public transit even if its clearly awfully executed

ffggvvon See what JavaScript commands get injected through an in-app browser

>> Does just not entering any keyboard input in the in app browser mitigate this?

yes but i doubt the hundreds of millions of users, many of which are children, know this

ffggvvon A little exercise each day improves muscles more than one big weekly workout

Sure once a week vs once a day. but what about twice a week? 3 times a week? Youre telling me every bodybuilder ever is wrong?

ffggvvon U.S. annual inflation rate drops to 8.5%

https://twitter.com/jessefelder/status/1557405859986038785?s...

'Grocery prices were up 1.3% in July from the prior month and rose 13.1% in July from a year ago, the fastest annual pace since 1979.'