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Crash Dummy

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Re: #latestagecapitalism
« Reply #1320 on: August 04, 2019, 09:12:09 AM »
Oh cool I was thinking the world needed a Bernie Sanders' asshole flavored ice cream :wow
"open joyfully"  :aah

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« Reply #1321 on: August 04, 2019, 09:47:12 AM »

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« Reply #1322 on: August 04, 2019, 09:33:45 PM »
i got kicked out of a speed dating event cause i didn't pay for the tickets :fbm
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« Reply #1323 on: August 06, 2019, 07:00:11 PM »
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“Alaska? You can’t be serious.”

It was a common reaction when folks on the South and West sides heard about a job opportunity in the fish processing industry in Alaska that was being offered to people in impoverished neighborhoods, including those with criminal records.

But 15 people showed up to hear more Tuesday afternoon at 6630 South King Dr., the headquarters of Project H.O.O.D., a non-profit dedicated to uplifting the disadvantaged.

Attendees watched a 15-minute orientation video on entry-level positions in the fish processing industry.

“This is challenging work, temperatures are chilly and you’ll be working around water as you prepare fish for canning, freezing or smoking, and you’ll be standing on your feet most of the time,” the narrator says, adding that work locations can be remote — away from cities and towns.

The job description: gutting fish for at least 12 hours a day for 90 days straight — no days off. Hourly wage is $10.25 — with plenty of overtime at time and a half. Room and board will be provided for $10 a day at a dormitory type setting.

Copper River Seafood is the employer and its officials are trying to fill seasonal jobs, said Tawanna Cotten, employment director at Project H.O.O.D.

“Will we be able to go out and see things in Alaska?” asked one young person after watching the video.

https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/8/6/20757612/job-opportunity-offered-impoverished-communities-chicago-gut-fish-alaska


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« Reply #1324 on: August 07, 2019, 12:50:22 PM »
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Tasty

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« Reply #1325 on: August 07, 2019, 01:26:40 PM »
One more Nintendo franchise copying from MonHan, cool.

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« Reply #1326 on: August 07, 2019, 01:48:52 PM »
Indentured pokitude
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Brehvolution

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Re: #latestagecapitalism
« Reply #1329 on: August 08, 2019, 09:44:11 AM »
Won't somebody please think about the  *checks notes*  people looking in gas station trash cans for bottles to return.

 :huh

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kingv

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Re: #latestagecapitalism
« Reply #1330 on: August 09, 2019, 11:00:44 AM »
Is anyone aware of these hyper-targeted T-shirt’s based on your Facebook profile? I have seen something like them before but didn’t really know where they came from.

https://twitter.com/davidgilbertccm/status/1159189747589189632


https://www.reddit.com/r/TargetedShirts/

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« Reply #1332 on: August 09, 2019, 11:53:53 AM »

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« Reply #1333 on: August 09, 2019, 01:20:01 PM »
The amount of money this woman makes eating food on camera  :brain


Tripon

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« Reply #1334 on: August 09, 2019, 01:29:08 PM »
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The WashPost obtained an invitation to today's event, and reported: "Tickets are priced at $100,000 for a photo opportunity and lunch, and $250,000 for the package that includes the roundtable discussion."

https://www.axios.com/stephen-ross-trump-fundraiser-soulcycle-equinox-dolphins-caf49f98-8583-465e-a80c-b5910b8790c4.html

That's a lot of money to meet the Apprentice host.

Tripon

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« Reply #1335 on: August 09, 2019, 03:42:37 PM »

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« Reply #1336 on: August 10, 2019, 02:14:38 AM »
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“Alaska? You can’t be serious.”

It was a common reaction when folks on the South and West sides heard about a job opportunity in the fish processing industry in Alaska that was being offered to people in impoverished neighborhoods, including those with criminal records.

But 15 people showed up to hear more Tuesday afternoon at 6630 South King Dr., the headquarters of Project H.O.O.D., a non-profit dedicated to uplifting the disadvantaged.

Attendees watched a 15-minute orientation video on entry-level positions in the fish processing industry.

“This is challenging work, temperatures are chilly and you’ll be working around water as you prepare fish for canning, freezing or smoking, and you’ll be standing on your feet most of the time,” the narrator says, adding that work locations can be remote — away from cities and towns.

The job description: gutting fish for at least 12 hours a day for 90 days straight — no days off. Hourly wage is $10.25 — with plenty of overtime at time and a half. Room and board will be provided for $10 a day at a dormitory type setting.

Copper River Seafood is the employer and its officials are trying to fill seasonal jobs, said Tawanna Cotten, employment director at Project H.O.O.D.

“Will we be able to go out and see things in Alaska?” asked one young person after watching the video.

https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/8/6/20757612/job-opportunity-offered-impoverished-communities-chicago-gut-fish-alaska

I had a friend in HS who did this during summers growing up in Washington.
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kingv

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« Reply #1337 on: August 11, 2019, 01:15:14 PM »

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« Reply #1338 on: August 12, 2019, 05:22:40 PM »
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« Reply #1339 on: August 12, 2019, 06:06:27 PM »
I think the solution is to punish people who are wrong on the internet

Joe Molotov

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« Reply #1340 on: August 12, 2019, 06:59:25 PM »
if only Google used their algorithmic power for good, like helping people with their porn drift
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Nintex

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« Reply #1341 on: August 12, 2019, 07:50:34 PM »
The algorithm is not as advanced as people think and can easily be 'cheated'.
The search results are mostly based on the most popular search queries of all users and engagement on that content. (this is how stuff like iPhone, Brexit, Trump and yes Hitler and Nazi's get so much traction on YouTube).
For people with little to no search history this is actually the most important factor. Already popular search queries get an extra boost in all recommendations and engagement on say Nazi content is fairly high.

So if people write anti-Nazi comments or release reaction videos specifically aimed at attacking Nazi's they are simply boosting all the Nazi-related content.
In a way, punching a guy like Richard Spencer and having it go viral helps with the overall visibility of all Nazi content.
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Tasty

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« Reply #1342 on: August 12, 2019, 07:57:39 PM »
Saying "YouTube recommended <x>" is technically true but disingenuous; it implies to the general public the YouTube corporate brass are deliberately handpicking this stuff, when really it's an unfeeling algorithm.

That said, YouTube should be taken to task over letting some of this stuff become as big a problem as it is. Although from a different perspective, YouTube corporate *is* now making recommendations -- or rather un-recommendations.

HardcoreRetro

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« Reply #1343 on: August 13, 2019, 06:49:01 AM »


This didn't help with my depression at all. False advertising.

Occam

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« Reply #1344 on: August 13, 2019, 08:28:55 AM »
It's supposed to make you depressed.
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Occam

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« Reply #1345 on: August 13, 2019, 08:40:06 AM »
I think the solution is to punish people who are wrong on the internet

People who for instance claim that vaccination is bad and post videos to convince others of their idiocy pose a direct threat to the public health and should absolutely be punished.
After all, if for example you post instructions on how to create chemical weapons you will be prosecuted, as well. Or posting terrorist recruitment videos will most likely land you in jail.
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Brehvolution

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« Reply #1346 on: August 13, 2019, 09:06:45 AM »
My Youtube recs  always have at least 1 ben shapiro video in there no matter what I'm watching. I'm not even logged in.
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Tasty

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« Reply #1347 on: August 13, 2019, 09:45:49 AM »
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/evj4qw/these-iphone-lightning-cables-will-hack-your-computer

This is genius, and I'm not sure if there'll ever be a way to clamp down on something like this without retooling how the third-party Amazon ecosystem works.

Cauliflower Of Love

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« Reply #1348 on: August 13, 2019, 10:02:50 AM »

Tasty

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« Reply #1349 on: August 13, 2019, 11:47:26 AM »

Tasty

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« Reply #1350 on: August 13, 2019, 01:48:54 PM »

Raist

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Re: #latestagecapitalism
« Reply #1351 on: August 13, 2019, 04:06:43 PM »
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-49336553

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« Reply #1353 on: August 14, 2019, 03:32:09 AM »
Won't somebody please think about the  *checks notes*  people looking in gas station trash cans for bottles to return.

 :huh

I live in Los Angeles and let me tell you, people go through every neighborhood's trash cans looking for stuff that can be recycled. It's mostly 40-70 year old hispanic women where I live.

Saying "YouTube recommended <x>" is technically true but disingenuous; it implies to the general public the YouTube corporate brass are deliberately handpicking this stuff, when really it's an unfeeling algorithm.

That said, YouTube should be taken to task over letting some of this stuff become as big a problem as it is. Although from a different perspective, YouTube corporate *is* now making recommendations -- or rather un-recommendations.

An unfeeling algorithm written by quasi humans who may or may not have some approximation of human empathy (I've worked with enough programmers), and directed by people who almost assuredly lack for human empathy.
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bluemax

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« Reply #1354 on: August 14, 2019, 03:37:55 AM »
Forgot to save the tweet, but some some infosec person saying that they figured out how to defeat the facial recognition software for their "smart" apartment building thanks to the smart phone lock screen stuff. Never trust any IoT device.
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Nintex

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Re: #latestagecapitalism
« Reply #1356 on: August 14, 2019, 12:13:14 PM »


 :brain
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« Reply #1357 on: August 14, 2019, 01:27:45 PM »
He's a programmer himself and probably being facetious.

jorma

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« Reply #1358 on: August 14, 2019, 03:02:19 PM »
I've worked in Stockholm my entire life and developers/programmers here tend to be regular human beings indiscernible from the rest of the population.
I guess that happens when it's the most common job in the city.
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people working in sales on the other hand... yikes :doge
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Raist

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« Reply #1359 on: August 14, 2019, 04:49:00 PM »
I mean it's Sweden, everyone's a robot.

jorma

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« Reply #1360 on: August 14, 2019, 05:14:05 PM »
I mean it's Sweden, everyone's a robot.

Mostly true, but still - regular human being robots who never ever shared their political leanings at the workplace. You can't ask for better colleagues than that.

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Re: #latestagecapitalism
« Reply #1361 on: August 14, 2019, 07:44:34 PM »
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« Reply #1362 on: August 14, 2019, 11:34:26 PM »

bluemax

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« Reply #1363 on: August 14, 2019, 11:48:23 PM »
WeWork's business model seems to be funnel as much VC money into the pockets of the CEO and no one else.

An unfeeling algorithm written by quasi humans who may or may not have some approximation of human empathy (I've worked with enough programmers)

lol what a crock of shit

Yeah.... one thing to point out the chauvinism in tech workplaces / culture and another to call all programmers and admins sociopath robots.

I've spent too much time in Startups with Tech Libertarians and or people who use terms like "Weaponised Autism" to describe themselves. SF Tech bros are like the Utah Mormons of that shit.
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kingv

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« Reply #1364 on: August 15, 2019, 08:03:39 AM »
Their business model is just dumb. They will never ever make money and will quickly go bankrupt if we go into recession.

Basically, the problem with their model is they are both an renter and a lessee.

They rent long term corporate leases (10-15 years) from people that own office buildings, then rent out to short term tenants that can leave at any time for a very slightly higher rate.

There just isn’t enough pricing power in the arbitrage they are trying to cash in on... and if there is ever a slump in commercial rent pricings or a dip in the startup economy, watch the fuck out because their renters can disappear overnight but they’re still on the hook for $4 billion/year in lease payments.


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« Reply #1365 on: August 15, 2019, 08:27:49 AM »
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kingv

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« Reply #1366 on: August 15, 2019, 08:52:16 AM »
We want to hear from the Amazon FC ambassadors that are real Americans.

jorma

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« Reply #1367 on: August 15, 2019, 09:20:29 AM »
that entire thread is a wild ride

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« Reply #1368 on: August 15, 2019, 09:28:39 AM »
I heard benji quit his job as a Mod Captain and became a Fullfillment Center Ambassador, and finally found true happiness.
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Tasty

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« Reply #1369 on: August 15, 2019, 09:30:19 AM »
Their business model is just dumb. They will never ever make money and will quickly go bankrupt if we go into recession.

Basically, the problem with their model is they are both an renter and a lessee.

They rent long term corporate leases (10-15 years) from people that own office buildings, then rent out to short term tenants that can leave at any time for a very slightly higher rate.

There just isn’t enough pricing power in the arbitrage they are trying to cash in on... and if there is ever a slump in commercial rent pricings or a dip in the startup economy, watch the fuck out because their renters can disappear overnight but they’re still on the hook for $4 billion/year in lease payments.

I never really stopped and thought about it, but holy shit does this seem stupid. The only way this thing has been kept going has been as a ponzi scheme, with the early investors pinky promising the later ones it's all on the up-and-up...

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« Reply #1370 on: August 15, 2019, 10:36:40 AM »


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« Reply #1372 on: August 15, 2019, 12:52:01 PM »
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« Reply #1373 on: August 15, 2019, 12:54:13 PM »
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WeWork, which says in the offering document that its corporate mission is no less than to "to elevate the world's consciousness," is on track to lose $2.7 billion this year from its operations, up from nearly $1.7 billion last year.
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kingv

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« Reply #1375 on: August 15, 2019, 02:38:53 PM »
Who thought this amazon thing was a good idea?

This has to be the worst or campaign ever

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« Reply #1376 on: August 15, 2019, 02:59:09 PM »

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« Reply #1377 on: August 15, 2019, 03:25:35 PM »
https://nypost.com/2019/08/14/sorry-android-users-these-iphone-snobs-wont-date-you/

yesss, good consumer, make daddy Apple©™™ proud
Reads like The Onion. But I suppose this works out for everyone. If someone is that off their rocker that they only date someone with the same brand of mobile electronic devices then it's best those two don't scurry out of their bubble.

Reminds me of that couple from Best In Show that only orders all their clothes through catalogues.


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« Reply #1378 on: August 15, 2019, 03:42:21 PM »
Their business model is just dumb. They will never ever make money and will quickly go bankrupt if we go into recession.

Basically, the problem with their model is they are both an renter and a lessee.

They rent long term corporate leases (10-15 years) from people that own office buildings, then rent out to short term tenants that can leave at any time for a very slightly higher rate.

There just isn’t enough pricing power in the arbitrage they are trying to cash in on... and if there is ever a slump in commercial rent pricings or a dip in the startup economy, watch the fuck out because their renters can disappear overnight but they’re still on the hook for $4 billion/year in lease payments.

it works if the owner of wework and the owner of the buildings they lease long term are the same person

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There's an entire section of this prospectus that goes on, page after page, explaining all of the myriad deals that Neumann has with WeWork -- everything from his equity share, to the promises he's made to donate $1 billion with his wife to charity, to his habit of buying office space and then signing deals to lease the space back to WeWork, sometimes on the exact same day.


i mean, it works for him personally  :lol

kingv

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« Reply #1379 on: August 15, 2019, 03:56:00 PM »
You forgot that he also is paying for these buildings using loans against his stake in the company that he later repaid with wework “stock”