sonofaplum (u/sonofaplum)

sonofaplum commented on Google fires more workers after CEO says workplace isn’t for politics washingtonpost.com/techno... · Posted by u/latexr

2OEH8eoCRo0 · 2 years ago

Good. You're there to work.

It also feels uniquely selfish. "I love the money but I still want to protest!" If you feel so strongly then quit but that would require sacrifice.

sonofaplum · 2 years ago

If your goal is to change the companies behavior, then protesting and getting fired and getting a WaPo story is more effective than resigning in protest.

sonofaplum commented on Water-purifying cup makes drinkable water from creeks and streams cockrell.utexas.edu/news/... · Posted by u/jdmark

1letterunixname · 3 years ago

Sorry, this is press release journalism lacking in a fully-developed, practical application.

In this case, it's still pre-alpha and unable to assure removal of enough viruses, bacteria, protists, and fungi to result in potable water.

In the category, LifeStraw and such are worthless apart from absolutely clear water. They don't have the pressure delta or surface area to do much. One hit of brackish water and you're tossing filters because they become completely clogged. If you want clean water, perhaps ~13 stages with large filters before reverse osmosis via electric pump.

sonofaplum · 3 years ago

well, this is literally a press release/announcement from the university, not a work of journalism, so relax.

sonofaplum commented on Linda Yaccarino is the new CEO of Twitter twitter.com/elonmusk/stat... · Posted by u/lopkeny12ko

TurkishPoptart · 3 years ago

What is he thinking? Putting this person in charge, with her ties to the global censorship-obsessed WEF, seems contrary to Elon's mission to make Twitter a place for free speech.

sonofaplum · 3 years ago

He's thinking that he needs to repair his advertising business because subscriptions have been an enormous, costly flop.

sonofaplum commented on Linda Yaccarino is the new CEO of Twitter twitter.com/elonmusk/stat... · Posted by u/lopkeny12ko

weinzierl · 3 years ago

When I go from Musk's Tweet to Linda Yaccarino (@LindYacc) I see a tweet that starts with "If we abandon our history [..]" and ends with "You’re unable to view this Tweet because this account owner limits who can view their Tweets. Learn more"

Why does it say I cannot see a tweet in a tweet I can see?

sonofaplum · 3 years ago

She quote tweeted a tweet from an account that was later probably set to private

sonofaplum commented on Andreessen Horowitz saw the future – but did the future leave it behind? theverge.com/23697708/and... · Posted by u/jbredeche

sonofaplum · 3 years ago

VCs want to be perceived as steely eyed futurists, who are specially gifted at sifting through the mass of ideas bubbling up in tech and picking the winners. But it's actually quite difficult to pick winners, and as more and more investment has flooded into the space even getting a few winners in a batch is more difficult. So what A16z has done is to cash in their reputation as futurists to pump their investments. The article points out that it was their late stage Groupon investment that was the anchor Andreessen's famous "Software Eating The World" op-ed, a late stage investment dumped as soon as the IPO lockout ended. However, one of the consequences of VC being more public and in the press is that now everyone has seen them breathlessly shilling shitcoins during the boom. How long will their reputation last as they are publicly associated with more and more high profile failures?

sonofaplum commented on Ban on Tenure for New Faculty Hires Passes Texas Senate chronicle.com/article/ban... · Posted by u/gautamcgoel

majormajor · 3 years ago

What's somewhat interesting is that this is a move being made by people who simultaneously claim to want more freedom of expression in general.

It's obvious to see how there could be non-Republican-friendly results of faculty being easier to fire for, say, a controversial twitter post.

So what's the thinking here? Seems like it could be...

* pure political theater, without really focusing on long-term affects

* the result of deciding to not even fight a battle for control of administration for public universities in the state (except in that case... if you think the administrators won't share your views, making it easier for them to fire professors seems foolish)

* similar to the above, but maybe a more outright battle on public education in general; possibly the first of many moves in the hope that right-wing private universities will emerge as replacements?)

sonofaplum · 3 years ago

It's all three, but did want to point out that your claim that

> It's obvious to see how there could be non-Republican-friendly results of faculty being easier to fire for, say, a controversial twitter post.

contains within it the idea that not being fired for a controversial twitter post or even free speech generally are either concepts that help Republicans or concepts that Republicans believe in, neither of which are true. Not for present day Republicans, historical Republicans, idealized conservatives or any shade of right wing thought except for a tiny insignificant rump of libertarians.