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I'm sure there will be ways around it. Mods can automod-delete every comment, change the rules of the sub to only allow posts of nonsense, or nit moderate at all.
The main problem is that protests don't succeed at reddit because people like moderating for free for some reason. Strangely Reddit has more leverage over mods than mods have over reddit.
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yeah, the only problem is that this results in the best talent leaving, you're stuck with people who have nowhere else to go. it's one of those short-term profits kinda things, which is why Wall St loves it so much.
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That's stupid.
The main problem with lemmy now is adoption, there isn't a critical mass of users yet.
When users see the stats without lemmy.world, they'll be discouraged from joining. Add to that the issues with federation and the few who join will leave because of the steep learning curve.
Way to alienate potential users.
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Don't be stupid, they're doing BUSINESS and not COMMERCE. completely different things.
/s
www.brusselstimes.com
"workers remain on strike on Friday morning and have taken the keys to hundreds of vehicles".
www.brusselstimes.com
"workers remain on strike on Friday morning and have taken the keys to hundreds of vehicles".
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I tried switching to Linux many years ago (forgot what distro). It was hell.
I don't remember the specifics anymore, but I remember encountering issues almost every step of the way. Driver support, not being able to find the right buttons, etc. Searching for fixes usually led me down a rabbit hole of "oh cool this user on this forum said in another thread that I just need to install Gobblederemoved... But what is it and how do I install it?" and of course a bunch of things require CLI which I'm not fantastic at. Unfortunately I gave up after a week.
Compared to that, Windows really "just works". I have had my share of frustrations, but it's usually with stuff that's comparatively an edge case when compared to the problems I had with Linux. I don't like that I'm giving money/data to a megacorp, but the price of that is convenience. I don't churn my own butter, I don't build my own car, I don't want to think too much about how my OS works under the hood.
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"Women are the best, folks. Many people say that I hate women but I really don't. Trust me when I say I love women's rights. I love their right to dress sexy, I love their right to wear bikinis."
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I hope this makes less people buy used Pelotons which in turn makes Pelotons less desirable.
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Yeah why do they have weird fantasies about going into deep cover to... Attend a public event and hear a speech that's broadcast live everywhere? Lol
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If you get a super disabled parking tag, you can push away cars with disabled tags from disabled parking lots and use it yourself
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This just means they're a struggling company who needs to cut headcount and want to do it without paying severance
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“It’s close. You can’t change Democrats’ minds no matter what. They’ve got a one-track mind, and that’s it,” he said.
Bridy called Trump a “working class guy like us.”
Am I reading The Onion or what?!
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Tipping culture is broken. We should end the actual practice of tipping and bake tips into the actual prices of stuff.
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"during whatever that was" 😂😂😂
They are killing it with their sass
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You wish.
If I were a sociopathic billionaire I would love some degree of global warming. The more you make part of the world unliveable, the more I can charge people for living conditions.
I can create bio domes that have clean cool air and charge people to live in there. I've now successfully monetized clean air.
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Pretty sure youtube is revenue generating on its own now. Youtube doesn't work as a loss leader because it's so different from all other products.
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at this rate, in 20 years some asshole capitalist will figure out how to monetize air as a subscription service and we'll all be living in a true dystopia
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Yeah everyone already knows this, execs aren't dumb, they just wanted to use it to quietly lay off people.
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More government intervention in markets, because that's what Republicans stand f- oh wait, er....
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Hunting and precision shooting is different. Not to mention air powered guns are very different from gunpowder based firearms.
Look, I'm not the right person you should be arguing this with - there isn't anything else I can say to convince you, except to say that the international world of shooting has accepted that corrective glasses don't confer an unfair advantage in competition. If you're really interested, find your local gun club, see if they have any air pistol events, try it out, ask the club director about the rules.
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Not a church service, but I attended a church wedding.
Pastor gave a sermon as is tradition during a church wedding. Every minute or so, he somehow managed to work in "and since you are in a place of God, you should not disrespect the bride and groom or our worshippers by using your phones".
removed, I'm here to support my friend who's getting married, not your church or your worshippers. I know for a fact that my friend chose to get married in the church because it's cheaper, not because she's super religious. Also I'm agnostic and haven't read the Bible, but I'm pretty sure it doesn't say "thou shalt not use mobile phones in churches".
I very pointedly had my phone out for his entire sermon out of spite
There's a certain cheesiness and non-political-correctness that's refreshing. Also discovered a few mods like Shockwave that I wanna try.
According to Israel, the two Hamas and Fatah members who were killed were responsible for dozens of shooting attacks and planned to carry out more in Israeli territory
www.cnn.com
A 23-year-old German-Israeli woman who was kidnapped from the Nova music festival by Hamas militants on October 7 has been declared dead, the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said. “We are devastated to share that the body of 23 year old German-Israeli Shani (Louk) was found and identified,” the ministry posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, on Monday. A source involved with her identification told CNN Louk’s death was announced after forensic examiners found a bone fragment from her skull.
www.cnbc.com
Hollywood scribes initiated a work stoppage in early May as negotiations broke down with studios including Disney, Paramount, Universal and Warner Bros. Discovery. Talks between the Writers Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers resumed last week after months of starts and stops. The WGA and AMPTP are still drafting the final contract language.
www.bonappetit.com
Experts say even if it claims to be “microwave-safe.”
news.yahoo.com
And buried in the middle of the article: **"He and his colleagues believe that the company's move was the result of workers' decision to unionize."**
www.nytimes.com
In an extraordinary show of support for organized labor, President Biden said he would join workers in Michigan on the front lines of their strike against leading automakers.
apnews.com
The United Auto Workers expanded its strike against major automakers Friday, walking out of 38 General Motors and Stellantis parts distribution centers in 20 states. Another 5,600 additional workers joined the strike on top of the 13,000 of the 146,000 members that began the strike one week ago. Ford was spared additional strikes because the company has met some of the union’s demands during negotiations over the past week, said UAW President Shawn Fain. “We’ve made some real progress at Ford,” Fain said during an online presentation to union members. “We still have serious issues to work through, but we do want to recognize that Ford is showing that they are serious about reaching a deal.” “At GM and Stellantis, it’s a different story,” he said. Those companies, he said, have rejected the union’s proposals for cost-of-living increases, profit sharing and job security.
www.theguardian.com
Auto workers, writers, actors, Starbucks workers, Amazon workers, UPS drivers, flight attendants – labor isn’t a ‘special interest’. It’s all of us
- Union strategy: 13,000 autoworkers at the three Midwest plants, about 9% of the unionized workforce at the Big Three automakers, were the first to walk off the job. Now, more workers are temporarily out of work as the automakers are asking hundreds of non-striking workers not to show up to work. - Negotiation and demands: The UAW's call for a 40% pay increase is still intact as negotiations continue. Also on the docket are pensions, cost-of-living adjustments and quality-of-life improvements. - Reactions: President Biden urged automakers to share their profits with workers as the strike tested his bid to be the "most pro-labor" president. He is dispatching Julie Su, the acting labor secretary, and Gene Sperling, a White House senior adviser, to Detroit to help with negotiations.
apnews.com
Bill Maher has delayed returning to his HBO talk show during the ongoing strike by writers and actors, a decision that follows similar pauses over the weekend by “The Drew Barrymore Show,” “The Talk” and “The Jennifer Hudson Show.” Maher last week said he would bring his show back into production, but on Monday said he’ll wait because talks are scheduled to begin between producers and writers on Wednesday.
www.theguardian.com
Alaska Airlines, American and United could all be disrupted as air crew demand fairer share of vast profits
Probably not the best time for this topic as we're heading into cold weather, but... do you drink cold brew? What teas do you use for cold brew? How long do you steep in the fridge? Do you start with room temp water or cold water?
www.epi.org
"average top CEO compensation was $15.6 million in 2021, up 9.8% since 2020. In 2021, the ratio of CEO-to-typical-worker compensation was 399-to-1 under the realized measure of CEO pay; that is up from 366-to-1 in 2020 and a big increase from 20-to-1 in 1965 and 59-to-1 in 1989"