ringwraithfish

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[–] ringwraithfish@kbin.social 5 points 10 months ago

Having students bike the final mile sounds a lot like Theranos saying they could do all these amazing blood tests on their new, futuristic machine, only to find out that they're still doing most of them the way all labs did them

[–] ringwraithfish@kbin.social 32 points 10 months ago

That's the core of the trial though, right? That through these deals and other things Google does to stay dominant, they stifle the market for competition. Ie Edge, Chrome, and every other Chromium-based browser pushes Google to the end users and FF pushes some unfamiliar search platform, then there's an uphill, arguably unfair, battle for it to gain enough market share to be sustainable.

[–] ringwraithfish@kbin.social 20 points 10 months ago (2 children)

My understanding is that because it's Linux they can customize it and trim all the fat to make the OS run as efficiently as possible, making it perfect for a portable device where you want as much processing power going to the game. You just can't get that with Windows.

[–] ringwraithfish@kbin.social 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)
[–] ringwraithfish@kbin.social 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

My favorite recurring joke on Lower Decks is the Tamarian crewmember's response to random situations

[–] ringwraithfish@kbin.social 26 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Twitter's definition of state-affiliated:

How state-affiliated media accounts are defined

State-affiliated media is defined as outlets where the state exercises control over editorial content through financial resources, direct or indirect political pressures, and/or control over production and distribution. Accounts belonging to state-affiliated media entities, their editors-in-chief, and/or their prominent staff may be labeled. We will also add labels to posts that share links to state-affiliated media websites.

Conspiracy theories aside, AFAIK there's no evidence that any level of the US government exercises control over NPR.

[–] ringwraithfish@kbin.social 33 points 11 months ago (43 children)

How is it state affiliated?

[–] ringwraithfish@kbin.social 3 points 11 months ago (6 children)

Out of sight, out of mind? I hope that's how I'm treated if I'm ever at rock bottom. /s

[–] ringwraithfish@kbin.social 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yes, I understand that's the current structure. I'm saying there needs to be a new structure where CEOs can't make greedy decisions with impunity. Clearly the idea that the board is supposed to prevent that doesn't work because this story is all too common.

[–] ringwraithfish@kbin.social 200 points 11 months ago (38 children)

Pisses me off that CEOs never get fired for their bullshit and get to "retire" or "resign" like they didn't just make the most boneheaded decision that severely hurt the company.

There really needs to be some organizational structure where the CEOs have the power to make the decisions they make, but the employees have the power to punish and fire them when they do shit like this. No golden parachutes for them!

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