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[–] ofcourse@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Because a lot of CEOs these days only care about quarterly reports. When interest rates went up, companies cost to do business also went up, so to keep the red profit line going up, they had to cut costs somewhere. Labor makes up most of the expenses so layoffs and forced RTO happened.

These CEOs don’t care that they lose years of experience when employees leave. And by the time the lack of experience catches up to the companies shitting themselves, the CEOs hope to have moved on to something else with their massive stock rewards for “increasing shareholder value”. Even the Boeing CEO who wasn’t lucky enough to leave before shit hit the fan is going to get a golden parachute. So really no downside for them.

[–] ofcourse@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

We also need to know what proportion of the city’s economy is driven by tourism. For a tourism dominated city, it feels backward for the local population to complain about it. Unless it’s the retired folks in these cities who are complaining the loudest after benefitting from the same tourism earlier.

[–] ofcourse@lemmy.ml 42 points 2 months ago

The same christians who got offended by this would also complain about muslims being prudish when they get pissy about showing their prophet.

[–] ofcourse@lemmy.ml 12 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (3 children)

Late 90s to 2000s was the decade of internet glory. Then social media and big tech took over. Now with personalized feeds and searches, along with conflict promoting engagement metrics, many people spend their time within echo chambers and those chambers keep getting more partisan. On top of that, rampant misinformation has made it all the more difficult to separate fact from fiction.

[–] ofcourse@lemmy.ml 26 points 4 months ago (6 children)

If I understand correctly from the article, you have to enter ‘OOBE\BYPASSNRO’ in command prompt during installation to prevent it from asking to connect to internet. If that’s the only way to set up a local account, that’s hardly an accessible option.

[–] ofcourse@lemmy.ml 51 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (14 children)

Wouldn’t it be possible to buy a new PC, open the box, and return it right after because you cannot set it up without internet?

If enough people do it, may be PC manufacturers will force Microsoft to add offline setups.

[–] ofcourse@lemmy.ml 54 points 4 months ago (1 children)

New trade restrictions coming soon on Chinese pharmaceuticals.

[–] ofcourse@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

One of the funniest things about most of these companies enforcing RTO is that their “on-site interviews” are still virtual. So you believe being in-person is more effective except when it comes to paying for travel expenses for interviewees.

Just shows the massive hypocrisy behind these RTO mandates.

[–] ofcourse@lemmy.ml 202 points 7 months ago (6 children)

I reached out to Roku support regarding this. The rep told me “why are you complaining. You are the only one.” He then disconnected the chat. I’ve reached out to my state’s AG to report this. No action so far but waiting. If there are enough complaints, that might help move the needle.

What Roku is doing should be completely illegal - bricking the product after purchasing it for full price if you don’t agree to waiving your rights.

[–] ofcourse@lemmy.ml 7 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

The 2001 Nisqually earthquake was also a different mechanism event than the one that can cause a really large earthquake (intraslab vs subduction). The last major subduction earthquake in the region was centuries ago and these earthquakes can exceed Mw9.0. Luckily they are not very frequent but there are indications that Seattle’s due for one.

[–] ofcourse@lemmy.ml 43 points 8 months ago (1 children)

FMLA. I start reading it as fuck my life before realizing it’s the family and medical leave allowance. So much hinges on that extra A.

[–] ofcourse@lemmy.ml 6 points 11 months ago (71 children)
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