The @Meta layoffs look more like bad management than AI or pandemic over-hiring. Compare to Microsoft and Salesforce who’ve kept their headcount despite big AI bets.
@eigenrobot Interestingly, if you look beyond the layoff numbers, even at big tech, you can see headcount drift back up after these major layoff announcements. This is more about changing the workforce structure than reducing headcount.
Time for the North to become independent I think. Rejoin the EU for some sweet development funds and actually get the infrastructure investment needed to reach the North’s potential.
And there it is. Embargo is finished. Yorkshire Post press publish first. But I have my suspicions there's quite a lot more to this story than what they're reporting. https://t.co/MOcYqoCT9c
Great explanation. The key to all of this though is specialisation. The more specialists a society has, the more it can grow.
Very few people in a developed economy are involved in house building or food provision; most are involved in ‘esoteric’ activities that only very indirectly support these activities.
@fisheryeah@levelsio The UK beats China and the rest of Europe too on this basis. The UK is the largest tech startup scene globally outside of the US and China
Musk acquired Twitter in late 2022. He slashed the workforce and set the example that tech companies can operate on much lower staffing levels.
In Twitter’s case, it was obviously bloated for a social media platform. That’s no excuse for the B2B tech giants slashing staff though, Musk just made it fashionable.
If you want your Apple Music downloads to be in Hi-Res Lossless, you need to turn this off.
This is in addition to turning off Dolby Atmos.
Can’t believe how long it took to find this.
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