Daily Tech News 1 February 2023

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AMD posted financial results for its Q4 and the 2022 financial year and as you would expect from an industry racked by component shortages during a global recession (but you're not allowed to call it that) the numbers are... Mostly pretty good? (Tom's Hardware)

Desktop and laptop CPU sales for the quarter fell off a cliff, not because AMD lost market share particularly (Intel's results in that sector were also dreadful) but because nobody is buying.

But the gaming sector held up well (both the Xbox and PlayStation run AMD chips), server CPUs saw record sales, and AMD's embedded division, boosted by the acquisition of FPGA designer Xilinx, saw profits grow by 3783% and no there isn't supposed to be a decimal point in there.

Overall profit for the quarter was tiny - apparently due to expenses relating to that same acquisition - but much healthier when looking at the full year.

And AMD's server CPU division made as much gross profit in the quarter as Intel's.
Meanwhile Intel just surprised its employees with pay cuts. (Neowin)

Ranging from 25% for CEO Pat Gelsinger through 10-15% for management down to 5% for engineers and administrative staff.

Which is the right way to scale things and possibly less damaging for a company like Intel than layoffs - chip designers are much harder to replace than programmers - but still has to hurt.

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Oracle just changed the license fee for Java from user-based to employee-based. (The Register)

Which is to say, companies now need to pay Oracle not only for each member of their staff using Java, but also for each member not using Java.

OpenJDK. Just saying.
QNAP. (Bleeping Computer)

Again.
The creators of Instagram are back with Artifact, a "steaming pile of shit" that is "no, seriously, this is probably a war crime". (The Verge)

One victim went so far as to describe the new service as "TikTok for text" but that's just rude.
Intel's upcoming Sierra Forest CPUs for cloud providers, which will provide only the slower "Efficiency" cores but lots of them, will have 7529 pins. (Tom's Hardware)

Which used to be a lot.
We started to suspect we had a problem when we found thylacine footprints in the dodo habitat. (Gizmodo)

Genetic engineering company Colossal plans to de-extinct the two aforementioned beasties and mammoths as well. Which it can't do, so it's going to fake it.

There aren't many animals that are good subjects for de-extinction, though the quagga might be, since it was a subspecies of the surviving plains zebra rather than an entirely distinct species, so the genes remain in the broader population. There's been a selective breeding program underway since the 80s to recreate the quagga as a distinct gene pool.

That won't work for any of these, unless you take a very broad view of hairy elephants.

History Doesn't Repeat But Sometimes the Ink Bleeds Through Video of the Day

This is the same guy as yesterday, but reacting to a different source, one that is rather topical given the complete fucking insanity that goes on in the crypto markets.

The South Sea Company was formed to take on the British government's debt, but its share value ballooned out to ten times that before the bubble popped, equivalent to a single US company today having a market cap of $315 trillion - about eight times the combined value of all American companies across all stock exchanges.

Disclaimer: Or 0.0003% of the mineral value of the asteroid 16 Psyche.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 new

Posted by: Ciampino at February 01, 2023 03:59 AM (qfLjt)

2 First again!

Posted by: Ciampino at February 01, 2023 04:00 AM (qfLjt)

3 G'Day everyone
Back to Dog Pound, and taking my co-worker again today.

Posted by: Skip at February 01, 2023 04:00 AM (xhxe8)

4 3 G'Day everyone
Back to Dog Pound, and taking my co-worker again today.

Posted by: Skip at February 01, 2023 04:00 AM (xhxe

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So is it still called a dog pound where cats are concerned?

Posted by: Ciampino -- Roman from south of the Rubicon at February 01, 2023 04:02 AM (qfLjt)

5 BOING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 01, 2023 04:04 AM (vSzkg)

6 Evening and morning to all!

The Intel pay cuts sound exactly right; 25% for the CEO, who could afford it, down to 5%. Hard to believe a modern company would be so sensible.

'Tis a fraction cooler this am, 56 F., and I'm planning to go work out. Tomorrow will be a longish day, with writing group in the evening, and then . . . Friday!!!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 01, 2023 04:07 AM (omVj0)

7 There are cats too there, but remodeling Dog kennel rooms

Posted by: Skip at February 01, 2023 04:07 AM (xhxe8)

8 Pixy, the Gizmodo link goes to a story about the Black Line of 6" figures from Star Wars.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 01, 2023 04:09 AM (omVj0)

9 Back to Dog Pound
Posted by: Skip at February 01, 2023 04:00 AM (xhxe

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There's dog pound and then there's "The Dog Pound"!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Twivg7GkYts

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 01, 2023 04:12 AM (vSzkg)

10 10.

Posted by: olddog in mo at February 01, 2023 04:17 AM (ju2Fy)

11 Nite y'all. Gonna try to catch another hour of sleep.

Posted by: olddog in mo at February 01, 2023 04:18 AM (ju2Fy)

12 olddog trade ya?

Posted by: Skip at February 01, 2023 04:19 AM (xhxe8)

13 8 Pixy, the Gizmodo link goes to a story about the Black Line of 6" figures from Star Wars.

Thanks, fixed. Gizmodo is one of those sites that silently changes the URL as you scroll through content.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at February 01, 2023 04:23 AM (BLOW1)

14 Is this the end of Rico Mayorkas?

https://nitter.moomoo.me/i/status/1620603135034277893

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 01, 2023 04:24 AM (vSzkg)

15 Answer is no.

Posted by: SFGoth at February 01, 2023 04:38 AM (KAi1n)

16 15 Answer is no.
Posted by: SFGoth at February 01, 2023 04:38 AM (KAi1n)
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Realist. pffffffffffffffffffffffft!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 01, 2023 04:43 AM (vSzkg)

17 Can someone wake up olddog and see if he can go in for me today?

Posted by: Skip at February 01, 2023 04:47 AM (xhxe8)

18 Can someone wake up olddog and see if he can go in for me today?
Posted by: Skip

Uuugghh.. One of those days Skip?

I hated those days.

Posted by: Bruce at February 01, 2023 04:50 AM (vd8XM)

19 And Morning All!

Another chilly 2 degree morning here.

Posted by: Bruce at February 01, 2023 04:51 AM (vd8XM)

20 hiya

Posted by: JT at February 01, 2023 04:52 AM (T4tVD)

21 Not sure a answer but on my phone the little icon for here changes sometimes a couple times a day but rarely stays the same multiple days.
It's the only bookmark site that does this.

Posted by: Skip at February 01, 2023 04:54 AM (xhxe8)

22 I was wanting to see the Green Comet. But since the light pollution in this area and that the best time to see it was around midnite, I figured I'll catch it the next time around.

/jk

Posted by: Bruce at February 01, 2023 04:54 AM (vd8XM)

23 Have fun at the Dog Pound Skip !

Posted by: JT at February 01, 2023 05:02 AM (T4tVD)

24 Tap-Tap-Tap......is this thing on ?

Posted by: JT at February 01, 2023 05:07 AM (T4tVD)

25 is this thing on ?
Posted by: JT

It is, and it looks Mahvelous!

Posted by: Bruce at February 01, 2023 05:08 AM (vd8XM)

26 There is a dusting of snow on my truck window

Posted by: Skip at February 01, 2023 05:09 AM (xhxe8)

27 AoSHq never sleeps

Posted by: Skip at February 01, 2023 05:09 AM (xhxe8)

28 For Wolfus in particular. From Ars Technica, "How to tell if your cats are playing or fighting—and whether it’s a problem." As is often the case with Ars Technica articles the comments are where the action is located.

https://tinyurl.com/36thstm6

Posted by: Lost In Space at February 01, 2023 05:10 AM (PjBmV)

29 Good morning morons

TuCa calling for a Truth and Reconciliation Commission. I'm calling for a Truth and Executions Commission.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 01, 2023 05:12 AM (EZebt)

30 Told co-worker 5:15 today

Posted by: Skip at February 01, 2023 05:17 AM (zZorG)

31
Greg Price

@greg_price11
BREAKING: Every Democrat in the House just voted against proceeding with debate on bills that would end the covid national health emergency and end the covid vax mandate for federal healthcare workers.
===

Tell me again COVID is not political it's about health!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 01, 2023 05:19 AM (EZebt)

32 I would be for Swinging from a bridge until truth commission

Posted by: Skip at February 01, 2023 05:19 AM (zZorG)

33 QNAP. More like QNOPE. Or QDOPES. Maybe.

Posted by: Lost In Space at February 01, 2023 05:21 AM (PjBmV)

34 Covid was their perfect excuse to take over the government

Posted by: Skip at February 01, 2023 05:21 AM (zZorG)

35 Told co-worker 5:15 today
Posted by: Skip

He's on to ya now. Will probably show at 5:40 just because

Posted by: Bruce at February 01, 2023 05:22 AM (vd8XM)

36 Good morning, morning people. I didn't quite hear a radio report about the government wasting hundreds of billions of taxpayers money. Maybe I wasn't awake yet

Posted by: Ben Had at February 01, 2023 05:25 AM (+bMvb)

37 Uh oh

Posted by: Skip at February 01, 2023 05:28 AM (zZorG)

38 It's not tech news, it's CNET: The Best TV Adaptations of Video Games, Ranked.

Thankfully, the adaptations were ranked otherwise I would be worried about scientists bringing back woolly mammoths all day long, which if you think about it, it's sort of a scientific adaptation of a movie plot.

Posted by: Lost In Space at February 01, 2023 05:29 AM (PjBmV)

39 Got on yesterday's thread, thought I was a goner

Posted by: Skip at February 01, 2023 05:29 AM (zZorG)

40 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at February 01, 2023 05:29 AM (ju2Fy)

41 Hiya BenHad !

Posted by: JT at February 01, 2023 05:29 AM (T4tVD)

42 Skip- did you get snow flurries yesterday ?

Posted by: JT at February 01, 2023 05:30 AM (T4tVD)

43 Hiya oldog !

Posted by: JT at February 01, 2023 05:31 AM (T4tVD)

44 olddog, how is Mrs olddog ?

Posted by: Ben Had at February 01, 2023 05:33 AM (+bMvb)

45 Good morning, JT.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 01, 2023 05:34 AM (+bMvb)

46 olddog, how is Mrs olddog ?
Posted by: Ben Had

I believe she prefers, "Mrs. you look as young as the day we met-dog"

Posted by: Bruce at February 01, 2023 05:36 AM (vd8XM)

47 Good morning!

Well, there's an inch or so of sleet and frizzle on the ground with more to come today, and my birdbath is definitely frozen, along with the pond.

But I don't have to shovel the sidewalks. And I have coffee and snacks. And Jameson for the coffee...

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at February 01, 2023 05:36 AM (+2RzF)

48 But I don't have to shovel the sidewalks. And I have coffee and snacks. And Jameson for the coffee...
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead

YaHOOO!

Posted by: Bruce at February 01, 2023 05:38 AM (vd8XM)

49 Hey JT.

Morning, Ben Had. Mrs. is doing piss poor job following drs. orders. She's 'spose to be resting to let hip heal but that's just not her nature. Her self-worth is tied to her productivity level.

Posted by: olddog in mo at February 01, 2023 05:40 AM (ju2Fy)

50 Bruce, Good point but I am such a ham hand trying to type on this phone I'm going for quick.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 01, 2023 05:41 AM (+bMvb)

51
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at February 01, 2023 05:41 AM (ENBF0)

52 Bruce, Good point but I am such a ham hand trying to type on this phone I'm going for quick.
Posted by: Ben Had

HA! Yeah, posting with my phone is a PITA

Posted by: Bruce at February 01, 2023 05:43 AM (vd8XM)

53 AltonJackson, Good morning

Posted by: Ben Had at February 01, 2023 05:50 AM (+bMvb)

54 One of Grammie Winger's favorite musicians: Fernando Ortega doing a great rendition of the Christian hymn, " I need thee every hour". Video with pictures:

https://tinyurl.com/4u3tmak5

I have a day off today and I'm going to take off from electronic things too except for an emergency- starting now 😊 and for the pray-ers - keep on praying!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 01, 2023 05:51 AM (D+F6R)

55
g'mornin', Ben Had

Posted by: AltonJackson at February 01, 2023 05:51 AM (ENBF0)

56 or Wolfus in particular. From Ars Technica, "How to tell if your cats are playing or fighting—and whether it’s a problem." As is often the case with Ars Technica articles the comments are where the action is located.

https://tinyurl.com/36thstm6
Posted by: Lost In Space at February 01, 2023

***
Cool! Yes, the current pair groom each other and sleeping together, and they scuffle, but there's no growling and nobody hisses and nobody gets hurt. They chase each other back and forth. Wolf & Chekov, both adults, did the same. When I've had 2 cats who didn't get along because one hated other cats, usually that one withdrew and didn't interact with them.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 01, 2023 05:53 AM (omVj0)

57 yo wut sup

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 01, 2023 05:55 AM (BRHaw)

58 Tell me again COVID is not political it's about health!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 01, 2023 05:19 AM (EZebt)

Just like "Climate Change" has anything to do with saving the planet.

Posted by: Ordinary American at February 01, 2023 06:00 AM (F24yq)

59 Huh. The university is closed again today due to snow/ice. Never closed when I went there.

Posted by: olddog in mo at February 01, 2023 06:02 AM (ju2Fy)

60 Yesterday I was in the gap between the ice storm but it's smack over me this morning.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 01, 2023 06:02 AM (+bMvb)

61 Just like "Climate Change" has anything to do with saving the planet.
Posted by: Ordinary American

Watching an episode of Motorweek just now and they are showing how Longmont Colorado is oh so green with their trash collection trucks that use methane (OMG) to run.
They are making the methane from the city's sewage treatment facility. They show the process on how they make it. Store it. Pipe it to the Brand New special built fueling facility to fuel the Brand New trucks so that they can pick up your garbage.
Of course Motorweek host, John Davis, says...sure there is an investment, but they FEEL that it will pay off sooner than later, and in the meantime GREEN GREEN GREEN!!!

Nothing about the costs of more city employees, the facilities, the buildings and process maintenance...nothing.

Posted by: Bruce at February 01, 2023 06:10 AM (vd8XM)

62 Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at February 01, 2023 06:15 AM (u82oZ)

63 Doggeh just busted in to demand rubbehs. Its 3 am doggeh!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 01, 2023 06:16 AM (EZebt)

64 Ben Had

♩ ♪ ♫ Good morning! ♩ ♫ ♬

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at February 01, 2023 06:16 AM (u82oZ)

65 The real prize of climate change activism and EVs is to yank the ability to produce and distribute energy from private enterprises and place it in the hands of the centralized federal government. Much misery will result if this happens.

Posted by: Lost In Space at February 01, 2023 06:16 AM (PjBmV)

66 @29

>>TuCa calling for a Truth and Reconciliation Commission. I'm calling for a Truth and Executions Commission.

Perhaps we can be of service?

--
Roving Armada of Industrial Wood Chippers

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 01, 2023 06:17 AM (up/3i)

67 Critical Race Theory - Race Marxism
Global Warming - Climate Marxism
Transgenderism - Sex Marxism
Green New Deal - Energy Marxism
COVID - Health Marxism

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 01, 2023 06:20 AM (EZebt)

68
They are making the methane from the city's sewage treatment facility.
Posted by: Bruce at February 01, 2023 06:10 AM

Methane is natural gas right? So making natural gas from sewage waste is kinda cool. Except the left doesn't like drilling for natural gas or using it to heat a home or in a gas stove.

The only thing the left actually likes is making everyone miserable.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 01, 2023 06:20 AM (enJYY)

69 Lost In Space

But they have the right people in charge, finally. Just ask them.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at February 01, 2023 06:21 AM (u82oZ)

70 Methane is natural gas right? So making natural gas from sewage waste is kinda cool. Except the left doesn't like drilling for natural gas or using it to heat a home or in a gas stove.

The only thing the left actually likes is making everyone miserable.
Posted by: Divide by Zero

right!
Perfectly good system already in place to get NG to the customer. Nope, we're gonna spend money to make it out of poop.

Posted by: Bruce at February 01, 2023 06:22 AM (vd8XM)

71 Sexual predator Hunter Biden threatened to w/hold pay if his cash-strapped assistant didn't FaceTime him for sex. Biden brings this serial predator to the White House, aboard AF1, & forces taxpayers to foot his exorbitant Malibu protection costs.

well duh! Who has not??

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 01, 2023 06:22 AM (BRHaw)

72 San Franpsycho

That list should be on posters stuck all over college campuses. With one addition.

Marxism never works.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at February 01, 2023 06:23 AM (u82oZ)

73 @72

>>Marxism never works.

Really?

--
Bernie Sanders, millionaire, owner of three mansions and a Yacht.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 01, 2023 06:25 AM (up/3i)

74 Marxism never works.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

But!!...This is new and improved Marxism! This'll work for sure this time.

Posted by: Bruce at February 01, 2023 06:25 AM (vd8XM)

75 Mornin'
(sips coffee)

We've had a bit of glOBulL WarMEriNg fall in my little part of Babylon DC. I'm off today so won't have to travel on the just enough Death from Above to barely cover the grass. I wonder if the FedGov Leviathan shut down? Let's hope!

Posted by: Puddleglum at February 01, 2023 06:26 AM (sAmhv)

76
Need a laugh?

"chris christie in beach chair"

Image search on DDG
A ton of memes

Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 01, 2023 06:26 AM (enJYY)

77 Thomas Bender

The data points of the small Inner, Inner Party that does well can be cast out as outliers.

The Soviet leadership lived almost as well as middle-class Americans. But everyone else was less than our inner city poor.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at February 01, 2023 06:27 AM (u82oZ)

78 Have a great day, everyone.

May your warm, sunny beach be Chris Christie free.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at February 01, 2023 06:29 AM (u82oZ)

79 Cya Salty

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 01, 2023 06:31 AM (EZebt)

80 Bernie Sanders, millionaire, owner of three mansions and a Yacht.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 01, 2023 06:25 AM (up/3i)
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Reference for the illiterate:

https://youtu.be/j7dCTwlAI8Y

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 01, 2023 06:33 AM (vSzkg)

81 Critical Race Theory - Race Marxism
Global Warming - Climate Marxism
Transgenderism - Sex Marxism
Green New Deal - Energy Marxism
COVID - Health Marxism
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Sustainable Food (bugs) - Food Marxism

The real prize of yanking food production and distribution from decentralized private farms is to place control of food production and distribution in the hands of a centralized federal government. Much misery will ensue if this happens.

Posted by: Lost In Space at February 01, 2023 06:34 AM (PjBmV)

82 25 is this thing on ?
Posted by: JT

It is, and it looks Mahvelous!
Posted by: Bruce at February 01, 2023 05:08 AM (vd8XM)

LOL Bruce

Posted by: m at February 01, 2023 06:35 AM (v0TzN)

83 100

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 01, 2023 06:37 AM (EZebt)

84 Too soon

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 01, 2023 06:38 AM (EZebt)

85 I clearly don't understand the tech side of things, but in 2022 companies were begging for chips for all sorts of equipment - cars, pumps, compressors - and now chip companies are contracting? Demand has crashed?

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at February 01, 2023 06:41 AM (oWBc3)

86 Former executive editor for The Washington Post Leonard Downie Jr. and former CBS News President Andrew Heyward interviewed over 75 media leaders to gauge how the industry views the concept of “objectivity.” The media figures argued that journalists should include their own beliefs, biases, and experiences to convey truth, and that journalistic objectivity was either unrealistic or undesirable.

“Objectivity has got to go,” said Emilio Garcia-Ruiz, editor-in-chief at the San Francisco Chronicle.

Nothing in mainstream media is real. It is a looking glass that reflects not that which is happening or definable or measurable but distortions and misinformation. It is a pile of feelings, fleeting thoughts, and wish castings.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 01, 2023 06:42 AM (BRHaw)

87 80 Bernie Sanders, millionaire, owner of three mansions and a Yacht.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 01, 2023 06:25 AM (up/3i)
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Reference for the illiterate:

https://youtu.be/j7dCTwlAI8Y
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 01, 2023 06:33 AM (vSzkg)

He just had a talk somewhere that charged $95 to attend.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 01, 2023 06:43 AM (BRHaw)

88 The prime fallacy re print or media journalism is that there ever was objectivity. The responsibility of the consumer is discernment; this is why the dumbing down of our culture matters.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at February 01, 2023 06:46 AM (oWBc3)

89 He just had a talk somewhere that charged $95 to attend.
Posted by: rhennigantx at February 01, 2023 06:43 AM (BRHaw)
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Well, the money isn't going to print by itself!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 01, 2023 06:46 AM (vSzkg)

90 Intentionally manmade component shortages during an intentionally manmade global recession.

They're pushing the reset button on the world computer, and (for them) it's going to be great.

Posted by: Trainwreck: Billions of people stuck with a broken immune response at February 01, 2023 06:47 AM (XTk1T)

91 77 Thomas Bender

The data points of the small Inner, Inner Party that does well can be cast out as outliers.

The Soviet leadership lived almost as well as middle-class Americans. But everyone else was less than our inner city poor.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at February 01, 2023 06:27 AM (u82oZ)

Not really! When Boris was here in Houston (1989) and asked to stop a grocery store he could not believe what he saw. He really freaked out at the frozen pudding pops.
Interesting that every Democrat hates that date as it was really the real fall of the wall and the end of the Soviet Union.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 01, 2023 06:48 AM (BRHaw)

92 Good morning,everyone. Right on the line between freezing rain and just cold rain. Starting maybe ten miles north of me it's freezing rain, ice, and all the peeps that want to go out and drive in those conditions. North 'bama does not do well with wintry precipitation.

This weather pattern needs to unscrew itself, it's getting in the way of motorcycling.

Posted by: BifBewalski at February 01, 2023 06:50 AM (3CCua)

93 The prime fallacy re print or media journalism is that there ever was objectivity. The responsibility of the consumer is discernment; this is why the dumbing down of our culture matters.
Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at February 01, 2023 06:46 AM (oWBc3)
===
cit. Bias. Bernard Goldberg (2001)

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 01, 2023 06:50 AM (EZebt)

94 They're pushing the reset button on the world computer, and (for them) it's going to be great.
Posted by: Trainwreck

Maybe for the first couple weeks. Not so much after that. They'll be hunted down like feral dogs.

Posted by: BifBewalski at February 01, 2023 06:52 AM (3CCua)

95 He just had a talk somewhere that charged $95 to attend.
Posted by: rhennigantx at February 01, 2023 06:43 AM (BRHaw)
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Per head ?

Did Lumpy hafta pay double ?

Posted by: JT at February 01, 2023 06:53 AM (T4tVD)

96 Maybe for the first couple weeks. Not so much after that. They'll be hunted down like feral dogs.
Posted by: BifBewalski

--

That's the thing, though. It will be the hour hand of the clock. There won't be a "first couple of weeks." It will be like gas cans that work and the short-sighted auto-shut off on cars that saves 0.02 mpg but wears out the starter.

It will happen and people will live in constant and perpetual unescapable misery, except for the Gates and Schwabs and other people who are exempt. Almost like there's a historical context that was just mentioned above.

And the Overton window will have moved to the point where we can't return. America, and the world, will have a Roman concrete moment.

Posted by: Trainwreck: Billions of people stuck with a broken immune response at February 01, 2023 06:59 AM (XTk1T)

97 So far, no one in power has thought to use the agricultural protection stations unique to California entry points for seeking out illegal weaponry. Rather, they exclusively examine fruits and vegetables before any are allowed into the state. Some vehicles are searched more thoroughly than others, but not for weapons. Without much controversy, inspectors look for weevils and other bugs that can decimate forests and fields.

There are somewhere north of 4 million illegal aliens in California. Nothing is known of their health, their education, or their criminality. This is ignored.
But using the fruit check station to search for guns that are constitutionally legal and legal in 49 other states is going to make Cali more safe.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 01, 2023 07:01 AM (BRHaw)

98 Good morning. I'm just a bit outside the freeze zone. Got that damp to-the-bone cold tho . . .

Posted by: Count de Monet at February 01, 2023 07:02 AM (4I/2K)

99 And the Overton window will have moved to the point where we can't return. America, and the world, will have a Roman concrete moment.
Posted by: Trainwreck: Billions of people stuck with a broken immune response at February 01, 2023 06:59 AM (XTk1T)

it will be called bad luck!

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 01, 2023 07:02 AM (BRHaw)

100 40 going to 45 down here by Galveston Bay

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 01, 2023 07:03 AM (BRHaw)

101 I'm pretty certain that "Angela Belcamino" thing is a bot. It's the distilled essence of cringe conglomerated from countless autochthonous iterations of human terribleness that you would get by prompting an AI to "talk like a typical social media influencer from now on".

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 01, 2023 07:04 AM (9UlRk)

102 99 And the Overton window will have moved to the point where we can't return. America, and the world, will have a Roman concrete moment.
Posted by: Trainwreck: Billions of people stuck with a broken immune response

The goal is to wipe away from the collective memory any sense of an American past in which freedom and prosperity were possible or anything but deceitful narratives.

Posted by: Ordinary American at February 01, 2023 07:05 AM (H8QX8)

103 There are somewhere north of 4 million illegal aliens in California. Nothing is known of their health, their education, or their criminality.

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This is one of the most absurd statements I've ever seen.

We absolutely, 100% know they're criminals and willing to break the law. That can't be argued. And I'm willing to bet there has been $100M+ in grant money to foundations and colleges spent over the last twenty years studying their near disdain for both health and education. I'm willing to bet a decent amount of money that we have the ability to predict with near certainty their "criminality, health, and education."

Posted by: Trainwreck: Billions of people stuck with a broken immune response at February 01, 2023 07:05 AM (XTk1T)

104 This is one of the most absurd statements I've ever seen.

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I wasn't attacking you, rhennigantx, and I apologize for coming across that way.

Posted by: Trainwreck: Billions of people stuck with a broken immune response at February 01, 2023 07:07 AM (XTk1T)

105 The responsibility of the consumer is discernment; this is why the dumbing down of our culture matters.
Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at February 01, 2023 06:46 AM (oWBc3)

Discernment is also the responsibility of the citizen, thus the eradication of civic education and critical thinking.

Posted by: Ordinary American at February 01, 2023 07:07 AM (H8QX8)

106 I wasn't attacking you, rhennigantx, and I apologize for coming across that way.
Posted by: Trainwreck: Billions of people stuck with a broken immune response at February 01, 2023 07:07 AM (XTk1T)
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DURING BLACK HISTORY MONTH?????

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 01, 2023 07:08 AM (XlE1Z)

107 Or I apologize for being a jerk. I don't know how to apologize online without the benefit of context (which is what got me here in the first place)

Posted by: Trainwreck: Billions of people stuck with a broken immune response at February 01, 2023 07:09 AM (XTk1T)

108 AWW YEAH BLACK PEOPLE MONTH LET'S GET THIS PARTY STARTED ROVING GANGS OF VICE-LORD BLACK POLICE OFFICERS

Posted by: Trainwreck: Billions of people stuck with a broken immune response at February 01, 2023 07:10 AM (XTk1T)

109 I'm willing to bet a decent amount of money that we have the ability to predict with near certainty their "criminality, health, and education."
Posted by: Trainwreck: Billions of people stuck with a broken immune response at February 01, 2023 07:05 AM (XTk1T)

My point is that it is not recorded or officially recognized. Sure we can use the Fruit Check Stations to look for guns but we cannot look within our own boarder to locate and record illegal invaders.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 01, 2023 07:10 AM (BRHaw)

110 no offence here

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 01, 2023 07:10 AM (BRHaw)

111 Posted by: Trainwreck: Billions of people stuck with a broken immune response at February 01, 2023 07:09 AM (XTk1T)
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I offer a complete and utter retraction. The imputation was totally without basis in fact, and was in no way fair comment, and was motivated purely by malice, and I deeply regret any distress that my comments may have caused you or your family, and I hereby undertake not to repeat any such slander at any time in the future.

Posted by: Archie Leach at February 01, 2023 07:11 AM (XlE1Z)

112 no offence here
Posted by: rhennigantx at February 01, 2023 07:10 AM (BRHaw)

What are you, the Chargers?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 01, 2023 07:12 AM (9UlRk)

113 Off lawyer sock.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 01, 2023 07:13 AM (XlE1Z)

114 My point is that it is not recorded or officially recognized. Sure we can use the Fruit Check Stations to look for guns but we cannot look within our own boarder to locate and record illegal invaders.
Posted by: rhennigantx

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Yeah, sorry about that. I thought it was a pull from somewhere and didn't finish reading the content after that. We can all almost be ace in that way, I guess.

I think the worst part of the last 20 years has been learning that nothing is real. Fruit vs guns vs illegals? They don't care, because they have no interest in enforcing the law against X and Y demographics. They'll actively avoid it if possible. Nation of men, not laws.

Our nation has already collapsed. We're just rolling along on momentum.

Posted by: Trainwreck: Billions of people stuck with a broken immune response at February 01, 2023 07:14 AM (XTk1T)

115 Mayor Groot can dance like her favorite residents bust caps.

Posted by: sven at February 01, 2023 07:15 AM (Lzpvj)

116 Kamala is getting crazier!

https://tinyurl.com/4ssurza2

Idiocracy is not a fucking How To Guide.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 01, 2023 07:15 AM (BRHaw)

117 A nation of laws is ideal
A nation of men can get by
A nation of monsters is doomed.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 01, 2023 07:15 AM (9UlRk)

118 The imputation was totally without basis in fact, and was in no way fair comment, and was motivated purely by malice

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ooooh, I like that last bit. The first part isn't applicable because it was both factual and fair, but I'll try to remember "was motivated purely by malice."

Posted by: Trainwreck: Billions of people stuck with a broken immune response at February 01, 2023 07:16 AM (XTk1T)

119 Maybe for the first couple weeks. Not so much after that. They'll be hunted down like feral dogs.

Posted by: BifBewalski at February 01, 2023 06:52 AM (3CCua)

By some. While other lecture about how you shouldn't take the law into your own hands. Even as they starve, they'll expect you to quietly starve right along with them.

Posted by: Blah Blah Blah at February 01, 2023 07:16 AM (dtTxw)

120 114 Posted by: Trainwreck: Billions of people stuck with a broken immune response at February 01, 2023 07:14 AM (XTk1T)

Momentum can last a few hundred years....

I think in our case though since our "leadership" class actively helped China it will be about 20-25.

It sucks, we should have destroyed some politicians in the 90s.

Posted by: sven at February 01, 2023 07:16 AM (Lzpvj)

121 What are you, the Chargers?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 01, 2023 07:12 AM (9UlRk)

Judges would have also accepted Texans.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 01, 2023 07:17 AM (BRHaw)

122 Never attribute to malice that which you did out of malice.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 01, 2023 07:17 AM (9UlRk)

123 A nation of monsters is doomed.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 01, 2023 07:15 AM (9UlRk)

Monsters AND maniacs. We're double-doomed.

Posted by: Ordinary American at February 01, 2023 07:18 AM (H8QX8)

124 ooooh, I like that last bit. The first part isn't applicable because it was both factual and fair, but I'll try to remember "was motivated purely by malice."
Posted by: Trainwreck: Bi. The first part isn't applicable because it was both factllions of people stuck with a broken immune response at February 01, 2023 07:16 AM (XTk1T)
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I think it's the most comprehensive apology in movie history. Figures, as John Cleese was a barrister...

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 01, 2023 07:18 AM (XlE1Z)

125 Democrat Rep. Ilhan Omar says she was "not aware that the word 'hypnotized' was a trope" and "wasn't aware of the fact that there are tropes about Jews and money."

lyin cvnt

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 01, 2023 07:18 AM (BRHaw)

126 I hereby undertake not to repeat any such slander at any time in the future.
Posted by: Archie Leach at February 01, 2023 07:11 AM (XlE1Z)

Wanda?

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 01, 2023 07:19 AM (BRHaw)

127 Speaking of Idiocracy, Mile Judge is re-booting King of the Hill and will do the Hank voice.

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at February 01, 2023 07:19 AM (WNfWI)

128 Kamala is getting crazier!

https://tinyurl.com/4ssurza2

Idiocracy is not a fucking How To Guide.

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I sort of love the idea of poor black children who live in areas consumed by cycles of poverty and violence mining the rare-earth minerals to create the batteries for the school buses to carry poor black children in the U.S. to school in order to reject their educations and continue the cycle of poverty and violence in their neighborhoods.

Posted by: Trainwreck: Billions of people stuck with a broken immune response at February 01, 2023 07:20 AM (XTk1T)

129 97 More than a few times while in AZ, I've been out just driving around and find myself in CA, with a carry piece on me and maybe another gun or two in the back of the car. This has always caused me to retrace my steps, drive carefully, and get out of CA. Happened a couple times when living in Erie, and finding I was in NY.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 01, 2023 07:20 AM (lz5hY)

130 Speaking of Idiocracy, Mile Judge is re-booting King of the Hill and will do the Hank voice.
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at February 01, 2023 07:19 AM (WNfWI)
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I'll get out my Strickland Propane hoodie.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 01, 2023 07:21 AM (XlE1Z)

131 It'll be fun when we look back and are amused and horrified at the ridiculous shit our stupid ancestors made batteries out of because they were too dumb to make them properly.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 01, 2023 07:21 AM (9UlRk)

132 It'll be fun when we look back and are amused and horrified at the ridiculous shit our stupid ancestors made batteries out of because they were too dumb to make them properly.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 01, 2023 07:21 AM (9UlRk)
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By then, cars will be powered with vinegar and baking soda.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 01, 2023 07:23 AM (XlE1Z)

133 It was Super Bowl Sunday in February 2019. Cynthia Rivers and her husband decided that their kids, ages seven and nine, deserved a long-promised treat for cleaning their rooms: the right to walk to Dunkin' Donuts by themselves.

The officers also claimed that they had received a dozen 911 calls about the kids during the short time they were gone. Rivers thought this was unlikely, as they had only made it past four other homes. But whatever the rationale, the officers proceeded to charge Rivers' husband with risk of injury to a minor. They charged Rivers separately for the same thing. Then they arrested her husband and took him away.

They should have claimed to be illegal aliens.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 01, 2023 07:23 AM (BRHaw)

134 I think in our case though since our "leadership" class actively helped China it will be about 20-25.

It sucks, we should have destroyed some politicians in the 90s.
Posted by: sven

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Looking back it really does seem to correspond with the garbage barge and the push for all-items recycling. I would love to know the total percentage and dollar amounts spent by China to research Global Warming in the U.S. and ultimately influence our productivity demise.

(While they and India open a new coal plant weekly)

Posted by: Trainwreck: Billions of people stuck with a broken immune response at February 01, 2023 07:23 AM (XTk1T)

135 By then, cars will be powered with vinegar and baking soda.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 01, 2023 07:23 AM (XlE1Z)

"Global Alkalization is going to kill the Earth! We have to switch over to wood-burning vehicles!"

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 01, 2023 07:24 AM (9UlRk)

136 It'll be fun when we look back and are amused and horrified at the ridiculous shit our stupid ancestors made batteries out of because they were too dumb to make them properly.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 01, 2023 07:21 AM (9UlRk)
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By then, cars will be powered with vinegar and baking soda.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 01, 2023 07:23 AM (XlE1Z)

And Whoosh! away you'll go.

Revved up like a douche
Another runner in the night

Posted by: Count de Monet at February 01, 2023 07:25 AM (4I/2K)

137 They should have claimed to be illegal aliens.
Posted by: rhennigantx at February 01, 2023 07:23 AM (BRHaw)

Learn some pasages from the Sura and keep a headcloth by the door.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 01, 2023 07:25 AM (9UlRk)

138 I think it's the most comprehensive apology in movie history. Figures, as John Cleese was a barrister...

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Ah, thanks. I can hear it now.

Posted by: Trainwreck: Billions of people stuck with a broken immune response at February 01, 2023 07:26 AM (XTk1T)

139 Uh oh. Besieged by kittens.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 01, 2023 07:26 AM (XlE1Z)

140 Begun, the cold rains have.

Posted by: Count de Monet at February 01, 2023 07:27 AM (4I/2K)

141 131 I saw a museum display of evidently home made batteries as used in a barn for lighting or whatever before electrification. Looked like a bunch of Mason Jars with odds and ends from Farmer John's work bench. Probably charged off a hit and miss motor driving a generator.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 01, 2023 07:28 AM (lz5hY)

142 I sort of love the idea of poor black children who live in areas consumed by cycles of poverty and violence mining the rare-earth minerals to create the batteries for the school buses to carry poor black children in the U.S. to school in order to reject their educations and continue the cycle of poverty and violence in their neighborhoods.
Posted by: Trainwreck: Billions of people stuck with a broken immune response at February 01, 2023 07:20 AM (XTk1T)

Why do we need elementary schools with 400 to 600 kids? So you need maybe 1000 sq ft per class and so in a 10k building you could have 9 or 10 class for k-5. Kids could walk to school and not need to be bused across town to some mega complex.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 01, 2023 07:28 AM (BRHaw)

143 On the night of the fight, a slight sting you may feel. The Dark Side, fucking with you it is. Fuck the Dark Side! Only hurts, never helps, it does.

Posted by: Yoda Wallace at February 01, 2023 07:29 AM (XlE1Z)

144 Kids could walk to school and not need to be bused across town to some mega complex.
Posted by: rhennigantx at February 01, 2023 07:28 AM (BRHaw)

Running facilities on one big building is cheaper than a bunch of little buildings.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 01, 2023 07:34 AM (9UlRk)

145 Why do we need elementary schools with 400 to 600 kids? So you need maybe 1000 sq ft per class and so in a 10k building you could have 9 or 10 class for k-5. Kids could walk to school and not need to be bused across town to some mega complex.

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Same as guns, fruits, illegals, gangs, drugs, welfare, etc.

Nothing is real. They couldn't care less about the kids. It's a job for the staff and a way to move money through the system. The kids are required as an excuse.

As we saw during COVID, if they can get rid of them and ask for billions more dollars while they aren't even in school using fuel, HVAC, lunches, etc., they will.

And they'll get it.

Posted by: Trainwreck: Billions of people stuck with a broken immune response at February 01, 2023 07:35 AM (XTk1T)

146 And they'll get it.
Posted by: Trainwreck: Billions of people stuck with a broken immune response at February 01, 2023 07:35 AM (XTk1T)

I didn't know you were in school administration.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 01, 2023 07:36 AM (9UlRk)

147 My big one has been why different architectural designs are needed, and why schools need atriums and crap like that. Three to five easily-expanded designs to choose from, the community votes on the appropriate one based on local conditions, and that's that.

Not that it matters anymore. We're 30T in debt. It's almost quaint to think about a school costing $1M instead of $24M.

Posted by: Trainwreck: Billions of people stuck with a broken immune response at February 01, 2023 07:37 AM (XTk1T)

148 Running facilities on one big building is cheaper than a bunch of little buildings.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 01, 2023 07:34 AM (9UlRk)

Smaller building less infrastructure, less people. More importantly almost zero admin cost.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 01, 2023 07:38 AM (BRHaw)

149 There is ice on my birdbath (if you're keeping score at home)

And a coating of snow on everything here.....

Posted by: JT at February 01, 2023 07:39 AM (T4tVD)

150 There is ice on my birdbath
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I hear that said in the same tone as Charlie Brown saying, "I got a rock."

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 01, 2023 07:40 AM (XlE1Z)

151 Byeee...

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 01, 2023 07:40 AM (XlE1Z)

152 I saw it in NC back in 2020 during the middle of the lockdown. The schools got a TON of money, half a billion IIRC, for nothing beyond not having kids in the classroom. Emergency, though, so free money.

2021

"The Federal Government Gave Billions to America’s Schools for COVID-19 Relief. Where Did the Money Go?

The Education Department’s limited tracking of $190 billion in pandemic support funds sent to schools has left officials in the dark about how effective the aid has been in helping students."

https://tinyurl.com/y4478sb8

Posted by: Trainwreck: Billions of people stuck with a broken immune response at February 01, 2023 07:42 AM (XTk1T)

153 Morning JT. 14 here and a 2 hr delay for school start as everything is covered in ice.

Posted by: Infidel at February 01, 2023 07:42 AM (YJQJ8)

154 is there an alternative to Generac?

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 01, 2023 07:42 AM (BRHaw)

155 154 is there an alternative to Generac?
Posted by: rhennigantx at February 01, 2023 07:42 AM (BRHaw)

A shit ton of hamsters and great big f*ck off wheel?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 01, 2023 07:43 AM (9UlRk)

156 Morning JT. 14 here and a 2 hr delay for school start as everything is covered in ice.
Posted by: Infidel

FOURTEEN ? JEEPERS !

Its just below freezing here I could work on my tan....if the sun ever shows up.....

Posted by: JT at February 01, 2023 07:44 AM (T4tVD)

157 JJ

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 01, 2023 07:44 AM (BRHaw)

158 is there an alternative to Generac?
Posted by: rhennigantx at February 01, 2023 07:42 AM (BRHaw)

Yes. Freezing or sweating (seasonal) in the dark.

Posted by: Count de Monet at February 01, 2023 07:44 AM (4I/2K)

159 It's gotten a little lighter here in Babylon DC. OMG!!! The SNOW!!! It's,,,if you squint, is on some tree limbs. The occasional blade of grass has some snow on it. I think it's in the low 30s. Not sure how I'm going to survive. I may have to delay the trip to the grocery store till 10am. The horror!

Posted by: Puddleglum at February 01, 2023 07:46 AM (sAmhv)

160
On Amazon if you select a range of generators between 50 and 100 dollars you'll find some that are actually hand cranked.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 01, 2023 07:46 AM (enJYY)

161 On a side note, it looks like GPUs are starting to finally become available for MSRP. Got the one I was looking for on order yesterday for MSRP, and it looks like they are still in stock.

I expect we may start seeing pressure for price cuts in the cards, finally.

Posted by: Voyager at February 01, 2023 10:06 AM (Ay1cE)

162
I'm in the "no java" camp. OpenJDK > Oracle, so there is that if you have to have java.

Posted by: I R A Darth Aggie at February 01, 2023 10:09 AM (1hM1d)

163 I clearly don't understand the tech side of things, but in 2022 companies were begging for chips for all sorts of equipment - cars, pumps, compressors - and now chip companies are contracting? Demand has crashed?

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at February 01, 2023 06:41 AM

The high-end chips, such as processors and memory, never really were unavailable. It was the low end parts, like the voltage regulators and power monitors that I work with, that you couldn't get. Those little chips are used in just about every freaking thing and nobody wants to add capacity for them because they're not terribly profitable because just about everybody can make them. All that means that the folks that make the high-end chips, like Intel and AMD, couldn't sell as many of those high-end chips as they could make because board manufacturers couldn't get enough voltage regulators and hot swap controllers to make the computers.

Posted by: Cybersmythe at February 01, 2023 10:38 AM (VbJAF)

164 Checking in

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Posted by: www.Payathome7.com at February 01, 2023 12:54 PM (HgkRk)

166 You can structure tech companies in several ways. Intel uses the older in which 90+% of the pay of the grunts comes from salary rather than bonuses. That makes layoffs very tempting when troubled times start.

The newer way many tech companies works is to try for something where about 75% of nominal pay comes from salary, 25% from bonuses. It's easier psychologically to cut bonuses in hard times, and it tends to make keeping your chip designers around easier. It makes your company's reputation more solid, and if you've been through layoffs you should know the impact it has on productivity of the survivors.

Posted by: Nerdbert at February 01, 2023 01:39 PM (h9YN/)

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