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pastor_bob··on Netflix launches an ad-supported tier
How so?

If you watch 10 hours of Netflix a week, you're watching about 3 and 1/2 hours of ads a month. All to save $3. Not to mention having access to less content.

pastor_bob··on Netflix launches an ad-supported tier
The old mackbook strategy
pastor_bob··on Netflix launches an ad-supported tier
I wonder if they'll force their Netflix produced shows to be structured like network TV ones where optimal moments are created for ad placement.

Ads otherwise are extremely jarring.

pastor_bob··on Stripe laying off around 14% of workforce
Well this is their response to the CO law:

>For candidates or potential candidates based in Colorado, please reach out to colorado-wages@stripe.com to request compensation and benefits information regarding particular roles. Please include the city in Colorado where you reside and the titles of the applicable roles and/or links to the roles along with your request.

which seems to be a violation of the CO law[0]:

>Effective January 1, 2021, Part 2 of the Equal Pay for Equal Work Act, C.R.S. § 8-5-101 et seq., requires employers to include compensation in job postings

So I doubt they care either way. I'm guessing they'll pursue a similar strategy if challenged.

[0] https://cdle.colorado.gov/equalpaytransparency

pastor_bob··on Stripe laying off around 14% of workforce
100%

Look at all the openings they have: https://stripe.com/jobs/search

pastor_bob··on Stripe laying off around 14% of workforce
They have almost 700 jobs listed on their careers page:

https://stripe.com/jobs/search

Seems like a move to just dump some redundant people and blame the macro situation

pastor_bob··on NYC to require salary ranges be included in job postings
I've seen remote places have a 'if you're applying from CO' link that links out to a pdf of salary ranges.
pastor_bob··on NYC to require salary ranges be included in job postings
I've seen salaries being rolled out and I have found this not to be the case.

In reality, most places have a salary in mind for a position, and most hr teams are not going to post '[that salary] - 100k more' and they're probably not going to post a lower end that's less than what they have in mind.

pastor_bob··on Elon Musk owns Twitter: The story so far
Perhaps the problem is greater than Twitter since many other companies (Snap, Pinterest, Reddit, etc) are in similar positions
pastor_bob··on Elon Musk owns Twitter: The story so far
platform neutrality is antithetical to profitability in the social media world.
pastor_bob··on Next.js 13
>On an application with 3,000 modules, Turbopack takes 1.8 seconds to boot up, while Vite takes 11.4 seconds.

How many apps are dealing with 3,000+ modules?

pastor_bob··on The Soviet Union’s Nuclear Icebreakers
I wonder if you could just have it slowly push a barge that is pumping up cold water from a couple hundred meters and outputting it in front of the intakes.
pastor_bob··on Apple to withhold its latest employee perks from unionized store
>Management is legally required to make concession

This is false. The NLRB explicitly says so:

> It is an unfair labor practice for either party to refuse to bargain collectively with the other, but parties are not compelled to reach agreement or make concessions.[0]

They are only required to bargain 'in good faith.' Withholding benefits they would normally give is an intimidation tactic and an attempt to maintain leverage.

[0]https://www.nlrb.gov/about-nlrb/rights-we-protect/your-right...

pastor_bob··on Parent time
Probably a made up story for a twitter thread.
pastor_bob··on New Webb image captures clearest view of Neptune’s rings in decades
woah

I originally thought it was a star

pastor_bob··on Shopify lets staff decide cash-stock pay mix as shares dive
Yes, to me this basically sounds like ESPP without the discount
pastor_bob··on 60-80% of Tweeters posting on Russia-Ukraine war are bots, 90% pro Ukraine
Title should be:

60-80% of Twitter accounts posting on Russia-Ukraine war WITH GENERIC HASHTAGS are bots

Most tweets I see don't have any of these hashtags

pastor_bob··on Columbia whistleblower on exposing college rankings
I think Columbia is a bit of an anomaly.

As someone who knew a lot of people who went to grad school and considered it myself, Columbia grad programs were known as a notorious money-pit/cash grabs unlike any other school in its range. I was always confused how they got away with it.

The only other school in NYC that competed with it in this regard was the New School, which is ranked all the way at 127.

pastor_bob··on Adobe to acquire Figma for $20B
Did they use the Consumer Welfare Standard to block Visa's acquisition of Plaid? Seems like the main reasoning they used was because it was a strategic buy rather than a financially sound one. (and the finances of this deal pretty much mirror Plaids)
pastor_bob··on Adobe to acquire Figma for $20B
Yeah, i don't get this. Seems like textbook anti-competitive behavior to me. Doesn't Adobe already have their own version of Figma (XD)?
pastor_bob··on Adobe to acquire Figma for $20B
I was just looking at Figma open positions and was wondering why they've been on a hiring spree while most other companies aren't.

I guess I know now.

pastor_bob··on Twilio to lay off 11% of workforce
Coincidentally, back then everyone in an important role was white, so one didn't even really have to think about race!
pastor_bob··on Twilio to lay off 11% of workforce
Mostly in "Go-To-Market". Same as Patreon

I don't even know what that is, but sounds like a money pit.

pastor_bob··on Twilio cutting 11% – Letter from CEO [pdf]
Latino isn't a race.
pastor_bob··on Twilio cutting 11% – Letter from CEO [pdf]
Title VII prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex and national origin.

If 90% of the people who work at Twilio are white, and 90% of the laid off people are white, that isn't discrimination.

pastor_bob··on Twilio cutting 11% – Letter from CEO [pdf]
Honestly, I don't get the hate for this.

If the layoffs are NOT based off of performance, as the CEO says:

> By no fault of the Twilions impacted today,

Why not ensure they are equitably distributed? Is it racist somehow to ensure that black people aren't the only people laid off?

pastor_bob··on Patreon Lays off 17% of Staff
Patreon is/was clearly trying to become an all-in-one platform to justify their increasingly large cut (like 15% now). Stopping at 2 doesn't achieve that.
pastor_bob··on Patreon Lays off 17% of Staff
I guess undercutting Vimeo wasn't cheap
pastor_bob··on H.R.2184 – End Oil and Gas Tax Subsidies Act
They love corporate tax handouts.

Texas will literally buy the land for your factory, build it, and lease it to you for free. AND then they'll recruit and train all your employees for free.

pastor_bob··on H.R.2184 – End Oil and Gas Tax Subsidies Act
It was introduced last year (before the gas price issue) and has gone nowhere.
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