Entropy is a measure of disorder and affects all aspects of our lives. Left unchecked, entropy increases over time.
To solve for this, you have to actively add stability. If you become too passive, your business, relationships, and everything else will dissolve into chaos. @ FP
Microsoft just ran a surgical strike on its own workforce and wrapped it in a retirement benefit.
The Rule of 70 (age + tenure ≥ 70) targets the oldest and highest-tenured employees in the company. Senior director and below. Sales excluded. These are the workers most legally protected from a traditional layoff. The Age Discrimination in Employment Act makes mass cuts of anyone over 40 a class-action magnet, and "we needed cash for GPUs" does not hold up under deposition.
Voluntary retirement with a buyout rewrites the legal surface entirely. Workers sign a separation agreement, waive their right to sue, and walk. Microsoft removes 8,750 of the most expensive and most protected employees in the company without a single WARN Act filing.
The math on why is what the market actually cared about. Microsoft spent $37.5B in capex in one quarter, up 66% YoY. Fiscal 2026 is tracking toward $120B. That's $328M per day on datacenters, GPUs, and networking. Azure revenue grew 39%. Capex grew nearly twice as fast.
If the average targeted employee costs $300K fully loaded, 8,750 of them represent $2.6B per year of cost. Eight days of current capex. The buyout barely pays for a weekend of GPU shipments.
Which tells you the real purpose. Rule of 70 hits the exact cohort that built their careers on Windows, Office, and on-prem enterprise sales. The people least equipped to rebuild the company around Copilot and agents.
MSFT dropped 4% on the announcement. A 51-year-old company running its first-ever voluntary exit program means the AI margin story isn't yet absorbing the capex story the way investors were promised.
Watch the real number. $625B in remaining performance obligation against $120B of annual capex against a workforce Microsoft is now openly reshaping. Microsoft has pre-sold the AI revenue. Now it needs the chips, the power, and the right people to ship it. It can fund two of those three.
@JohnnyNash77 US repeatedly falls into the assumption that their enemies have to be everyone else enemies. US started the war without NATO, US takes on the war's shit without NATO it's as simple as it gets.
🔥ماكرون: صفعة على وجه ترامب🫠
🔻أمس تحدث ترامب بسفالة عن ماكرون الذي لا زال يتعافى من صفعة زوجته على وجهه!!
🔻ماكرون رد الصفعة بقوة لترامب، بال��فاوض مع إيران لفتح مضيق هرمز للسفن الفرنسية،
وبالفعل نجح في ذلك!
🔻وما زال ترامب يتعافى الآن من صفعة ماكرون على مؤخرته😎
"السياسة فن مش عنعن"🍌
TRAVEL ALERT: U.S. Embassy warns Americans in Egypt of potential attacks by Iranian-aligned actors targeting tourist sites and resorts. https://t.co/ynElQINo5e
كشفت صحيفة "يديعوت أحرونوت" الإسرائيلية أن #الولايات_المتحدة بدأت عملية إجلاء طارئة لحوالي 60 ألف مواطن أمريكي من #مصر.
وأشارت الصحيفة العبرية، إلى أنه يوجد حالياً في مصر حوالي 60 ألف مواطن أمريكي جرى توصيتهم بالمغادرة الفورية، وأن الولايات المتحدة نظمت رحلات طيران خاصة (شارتر)
Donald Trump literally said this about Saudi Crown Prince! 😂
"He has to kiss my ass and be nice to me" 😂
He doesn't respect them at all. And that's exactly what happens when you choose to side with the wrong people.
الجيش الألماني كان بيعمل تدريبات قام مواطن الماني شافهم و بلغ البوليس أنه شاف ناس بزي مموه وشك أنهم ميليشيات البوليس جه وضرب نار ع الجيش وهو ميعرفش أنه جيش وجندي الماني اتصاب في وشه، هذه المسخرة في المانيا ! والخبر من DW
https://t.co/1FP6w97bzf
و لما انتي يا حكومة ما شاء الله نبيهة و عارفة ان الإيجار المفروض ميقلش عن الفين و تلاته و أربعة ، ايه الملاليم اللي بترموها للمعاشات دي و المرتبات ��مان.. ولا انتم في دي عاملين من بنها علشان السبوبة تتقضي واللي يتشرد يتشرد واللي يموت يموت !
🇮🇷🇺🇸🚨‼️ IRAN ATTACKS AN EMPTY BASE IN QATAR!?
“The United States has removed nearly 40 military aircraft from Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar between June 5 and June 19, according to satellite imagery, as the Iran-Israel conflict escalates.“
-> It was a deal! Very likely!
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عن الحرب بين #إيران و #إسرائيل.. صرح #ترامب تصريح صحفي متهيالي أنه الاول من نوعه في مجال السياسة الخارجية في وقت الحروب.. قال:" لست في مزاج يسمح لي بالتفاوض حاليا"
#معلش