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slily commented on Windows 11 now comes with its own adware   engadget.com/windows-11-n... · Posted by u/gulced
slily · 2 years ago
I'm no fan of the direction Windows has been going since 7, but this is exactly like the default behavior of KDE Plasma (at least on OpenSUSE).
slily · 2 years ago
I guess HN is just a more pretentious version of Reddit now? Share simple facts and people downvote/flag you for not being sufficiently outraged about the subject?
slily commented on Windows 11 now comes with its own adware   engadget.com/windows-11-n... · Posted by u/gulced
slily · 2 years ago
I'm no fan of the direction Windows has been going since 7, but this is exactly like the default behavior of KDE Plasma (at least on OpenSUSE).
slily commented on Meta Reports First Quarter 2024 Results   investor.fb.com/investor-... · Posted by u/jsrn
phillypham · 2 years ago
Instagram shows posts from Threads in the feed. I accidentally click on these all the time.
slily · 2 years ago
That explains it, I'm not in that ecosystem but suspected it was something similar.
slily commented on Meta Reports First Quarter 2024 Results   investor.fb.com/investor-... · Posted by u/jsrn
wkat4242 · 2 years ago
Seriousy? They have higher daily active users than X??

I'm really surprised to hear that. I don't really use either but wow.

Of course Meta is doing everything to make Threads work, and Elon is doing everything to burn X to the ground, there's that :P But yes it is impressive.

slily · 2 years ago
They must have a very creative definition of "active user" because Zuckerberg gets 15-20k likes on his posts while I can scroll down X and find several posts a few hours old from random gimmick accounts with many times more. Taking that at face value to call Threads "the leader in its category" is comical.
slily commented on Rabbit R1 source code [part 1]   github.com/rabbitscam/rab... · Posted by u/wibbily
rodiger · 2 years ago
At least it'll look nice on a shelf thanks to Teenage Engineering's good work :)
slily · 2 years ago
This reminds me of how Playdate owners make it very obvious they don't use the thing in the way they retroactively justify their purchase by commenting on quirkiness or aesthetics at the expense of functionality or usability. I guess I get it but there's cheaper plastic toys out there.
slily commented on American politics has infected investing   economist.com/finance-and... · Posted by u/JumpCrisscross
Spivak · 2 years ago
It sounds like ESGs aren't for you then, or at least you want an index that is almost entirely weighted on E scores.

> take precedence over the impact of the actual company

Either you think that social (and to a lesser extent governance) impact is impact or you don't and that will pretty much decide how you view ESGs. It's not as if Elon is ranting in a vacuum where those views don't manifest in real effects in the companies he owns and the wider political sphere. Regardless of how you feel about how S scores as they're currently measured and their worth as an ethical north star Musk companies don't get very many marks. And that's fine -- I think that's the point, it seems very purposeful. It seems that Elon only actually cared when that fact hurt his stock price, not on principle.

And I'm sure investing in 1789 Capital will skew the other direction and that's fine too. You won't hear me saying their indexes are illegitimate because they do what it says on the tin.

slily · 2 years ago
Elon Musk got the stick for being outspoken and disagreeing with elements of a quasi-religious ideology (disregarding his further radicalization following that event). ESG doesn't "do what it says on the tin", there would be no significant backlash if it did. And it's just ridiculous to claim that mean tweets from a CEO outweigh the huge environmental impact of Tesla to the point that Exxon is/was ranked higher by ESG metrics. This absurd gaslighting and word-twisting does not work anymore which is why ESG, DEI and the like are being rejected.
slily commented on American politics has infected investing   economist.com/finance-and... · Posted by u/JumpCrisscross
Spivak · 2 years ago
I mean I guess but I don't think I would ever expect a Musk company to meet the bar for the S or G in ESG. I mean it's nothing personal but Musk is one of biggest figureheads championing against DEI and that and more is pretty much the S.

Am in no way saying that a gas company should be included but the exclusion makes sense.

slily · 2 years ago
This doesn't address the contradiction. The fact that a CEO's sociopolitical views take precedence over the impact of the actual company is exactly why ESG is a cancerous tool for political activism that should not be taken seriously by ethically-minded investors. (Kind of like DEI actually since you brought that up.)

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slily commented on Google fires 28 employees involved in sit-in protest over $1.2B Israel contract   nypost.com/2024/04/17/bus... · Posted by u/HiroProtagonist
richrichie · 2 years ago
FYI 4chan is extremely islamophobic too. They don’t discriminate much.
slily · 2 years ago
I read /pol/ occasionally like I read far-left commentary and I can assure you that they portray Hamas/Iran/anyone aligned against Israel or openly anti-semitic as a gigachad. If Jews were wiped off the face of the Earth then sure they'd pick a secondary target, probably Muslims.
slily commented on Google fires 28 employees involved in sit-in protest over $1.2B Israel contract   nypost.com/2024/04/17/bus... · Posted by u/HiroProtagonist
jeromegv · 2 years ago
When I see aid trucks being attacked by the army but also by protestors while the UN declares millions of people at risk of starvation, I know we are past a “hot war”.
slily · 2 years ago
As far as I know, friendly fire and collateral damage are a reality in all hot wars, especially in situations such as this one where one side attempts to blend in with civilians, so I don't see how this is different. The good and bad of the Internet is that in the sea of information you can pick and choose your truth. Was Israel's killing of aid workers intentional or was it collateral damage? All I know is that Hamas was shown cooking up numbers and lying systematically and that's the side everyone believes for some reason. When their lies are exposed they are simply replaced with more or with some disproportionate criticism of errors committed by the IDF.

u/slily

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