|
"Amazon says it plans to lay off more than 18,000 employees.
Several units will be affected, including Amazon Stores and its human resources department, according to a statement from CEO Andy Jassy."
Graeme
"I fear not the man who has practiced ten thousand kicks one time, but I fear the man that has practiced one kick ten thousand times!" - Bruce Lee
|
|
|
|
|
I do give them, that there is a lot of people in the wrong jobs that doesn't deserve being there. (I would have fired several people I had to work with, and would fire even more where I am now).
The big question is... are they even checking who they fire? Or is it just by pointing with the finger at a list of ranges of personal ID-Numbers until they get the amount?
I think more the second option (or something similar, but equally unfair for some of the fired), and that's what I don't like.
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
|
|
|
|
|
I won't say with who or what my limited experience with Amazon (well, AWS) was, but I too concur with this sentiment.
Jeremy Falcon
|
|
|
|
|
Low skilled and low IQ humans will have an interesting time finding any job in the next 10-20 years, with the onset of mass AI and ML, etc.
When billions of people around the world have been replaced by machines. what happens then?
|
|
|
|
|
That's what I've been saying for the last few years - except I think it applies to even skilled and higher IQ workers. I work for a company that automates industrial processes. A single one of our machines can replace dozens of manual workers. Yet our machines are currently hand built.
When I asked our machinists and assemblers if they feared being replaced by robots they showed real concern - they had obviously thought about it.
When I asked our office staff (accountants, engineers, devs, general staff, etc...) if they feared being replaced by AI they laughed and mocked the possibility. 
|
|
|
|
|
"Just one year ago, Apple was riding high, celebrating becoming the first US firm to reach a market value of $3 trillion.
But it’s a very different story 12 months later, with Apple shares plunging by more than 4 per cent on Tuesday, and the tech juggernaut going into 2023 with a market value below $2 trillion for the first time since early 2021.
It means the company saw a staggering $1 trillion wiped out in just one year, joining Amazon which became the first public company to ever lose more than $1 trillion in value in November 2022."
Graeme
"I fear not the man who has practiced ten thousand kicks one time, but I fear the man that has practiced one kick ten thousand times!" - Bruce Lee
|
|
|
|
|
How sad... poor guys.
Don't get me wrong, it is an interesting post worth to be known
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
|
|
|
|
|
In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice, although in practice, there often is ...
But let us take a brief look at theory. Apple, as a company, has not lost a cent. All their assets remain the same. Their cash reserve remains the same. Some time in the past, they sold shares for raising funds to do their product development, that brought cash into their box. Whatever price these shares are later resold at, has zero effect on the company's cash reserve.
The company has lost nothing in hard cash. The shareowners who want to sell their shares may loose money (if the shares were bought at a higher share price than the current one), or miss an expected profit (if they were bought a lower price) - but that concerns the shareowner's economy, not the company's.
True: Falling share prices suggest a lower confidence in the company, an injured image. This may in turn lead to reduced sales and reduced interest in their shares in case they need to raise funds by another share emission. But these are highly indirect and future possible effects. A company that is less affected by their image, planning no share emissions in the near future, may go on without worries.
A company may go on untouched by whoever owns the shares or what price investors are willing to buy shares for. Sure, the shareowners have their vote at the general assembly, and may affect the operations of the company, but rarely if ever does the stock market worry about who owns the shares and how they will vote at the general assembly. (Well, I can think on one recent example ... but the worries wasn't really voiced by the stock market, but by the users, media analysts etc.)
I think we should be more aware of the distinction between the company as such and the share owners. But I am a realist; I do not expect any significant change in this area.
|
|
|
|
|
The hardware sits in your toilet, analyzing what's poured forth into it. Never mind IoT, we have IoP!
|
|
|
|
|
Rumour has it that Apple considered such a product, but couldn't trademark the IP... 
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
|
|
|
|
|
If they implement the three seashells too, they could start the sells at Tweeter HQ   
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
|
|
|
|
|
I recently stumbled upon Scott Wlaschin’s talk on railway oriented programming where he talked about an epic new way of handling errors using the functional approach. "I'm going off the rails on a crazy train"
"All aboard! Aahahhahhahhahhahha!"
|
|
|
|
|
Using Ruby on Rails?
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
|
|
|
|
|
Kent Sharkey wrote: "I'm going off the rails on a crazy train"
I NEED WOOD, bring more wood...
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
|
|
|
|
|
i'll stick with the square-wheel pattern, thanks.
«The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled» Plutarch
|
|
|
|
|
Hackers are abusing the Windows Problem Reporting (WerFault.exe) error reporting tool for Windows to load malware into a compromised system's memory using a DLL sideloading technique. Someone should use the tool to report this! (oh, wait)
|
|
|
|
|
Can't we just make what MS makes with all those reports (a.k.a. plain ignore it)?
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
|
|
|
|
|
I'm to a point where I don't feel sorry for idiots who fall for this one. An ISO file - come on, no legitimate sender will send an ISO file via email.
|
|
|
|
|
On-demand learning is the act of acquiring knowledge when the situation demands it, not sooner nor later. So I shouldn't watch this 12 part training series to learn more?
|
|
|
|
|
On-demand learning is just like JIT manufacturing. Having your own storehouse with the raw materials you need for your production is a waste of resources. As is a storehouse for ready-for-deliver products when you haven't yet signed a contract for delivery.
Knowledge is similar: Knowing or understanding something that you do not need to know or understand right now is a waste of resources, reducing profits. Never spend time on unnecessary understanding of anything! That will curb profits!
The article writer is obviously aware of this dilemma. As he points out, large parts of the industry are not.
|
|
|
|
|
Back then, a trainee of mine was arguing with me about something technical and at a certain point I made a mistake and he started:
- You are the senior, you are supposed to know that.
My answer:
- I have already forgotten more than you have learnt up to now.
The most important skill I took from college was, to learn how to learn.
The second most important to learn how things work and not the formulas by heart.
The third to discard all what I don't need right now and can look up in another moment if I need it.
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
|
|
|
|
|
Did a human or an algorithm write that? For the answer, just ask this algorithm. Does he just ask ChatGPT?
|
|
|
|
|
I am sorry Kent, I think I can't answer that.
Or if I have to, I'll have to open that (other) door.
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
|
|
|
|
|
Video game testers formed Microsoft's first labor union in the U.S. after the company acquired ZeniMax in 2021. Look for..the union label...when you are crushing those zergs
Not sure if they're still using that jingle to promote unions, but it's been in my head since childhood.
|
|
|
|
|
Reminds me of an old SNL skit.
From Saturday Night Live in the 70's about a pot growers union Look for, the Union label…
when you are buying your joint, lid, or pound
Remember somewhere, our Union’s growing
you’ll be smoking, at the best price around
You know we work hard, but who’s complaining?
So always look for, the Union label,
it says we deal for the U.S. of A.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
|
|
|
|
General 
News 
Suggestion 
Question 
Bug 
Answer 
Joke 
Praise 
Rant 
Admin 
Submit an article or tip
