So Microsoft is one of the most valuable companies in the entire world. They have a stranglehold on corporate America, power a huge the cloud infrastructure, hold one of the largest sources of telemetry/user data, and are the defacto standard of PC environments worldwide.

Why in the fuck do they need to pivot to ads? I’m genuinely curious. Even if they lost 50% of their entire business they would still be one of the most profitable companies in the world.

So this is an editorial with some data cited so I will attack it on those merits.

1. The job market is largely a dog and pony show. Companies have all the power in the world when it comes to good jobs. The “golden job market” is for low paying jobs that suck to do. Rates need to go up full stop.

2. They are correct in housing being a huge issue for both Z and Millennials. It missed the shot however for failing to identify corporate inclusion into the housing market driving up costs. Not to mention the parasite class known as landlords which has been a problem since the era of Lords and Serfs.

3. The inflation argument is a misdirection. Look at corporate profits. The capital class is literally bleeding the worker class dry, while also lowering the quality of service/products.

I could go on but I encourage others to actually read the article and form your own opinions. CNN isn’t as biased as Fox or MSNBC but they ultimately put a liberal (as in liberal markets) spin on the news they choose to report.

Bane of my existence. These game companies lock in and I bet my left pinky toe cuticle they sell our data too -_-

Friendly reminder that Exxon themselves independently discovered their own business contributes to climate change waaaayy before it became the political trap it is now. He is arguing in bad faith and knows it too. Hold his feet to the fire

This is the best news. It’s one thing for AI to assist, it’s another to replace. Fuck em

That’s great to hear. It’s a nice little program suite for at home, and I hope one day it can compete against Google/Microsoft’s offerings

Aren't there like actual crimes to catch or solve? Holy smokes what a jerk.

It seems like they would have been better off making subways not gonna lie.

I honestly don’t want to be federated with Threads or any social media giant. I really enjoy the organic discussion and lack of advertisements in fediverse compared to a strong amount of paint by numbers discourse/ads ads ads on the standard social media

Excuse me, WHAT THE FUCK? 193 MIL?

There was once a union employee. When Reagan fired the air traffic controllers for striking “illegally” the big companies did hardcore union busting. This employee, young and with a family, was suddenly thrusted into a world with wages racing to the bottom. People being fired for any or no reason. Strike? Say hi to your scabs.

I know this is vague, but it’s real. Edited for privacy, but real nonetheless. Fuck Ronald Reagan.

Edit:

https://www.npr.org/transcripts/788002965 Some context for my anecdote. Sorry :(

The biggest problem I have with “smart tv”s is the fact that nearly ALL of them lag to some extent. Doesn’t matter if it’s a remote press, switching an input, even turning the thing off has some amount of delay.