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CommieGIR posted:The layoffs fly directly in the face of economic science too, its basically just a bunch of scared rich people trying to satisfy shareholders and protect their own pockets. I think some of the big tech companies had gotten a little excessive with headcount recession or no. Hiring just to fiefdom build is something I've seen before, I wonder if that was going on.
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slurm posted:I think some of the big tech companies had gotten a little excessive with headcount recession or no. Hiring just to fiefdom build is something I've seen before, I wonder if that was going on. Yeah, you'll note that the big tech companies with layoffs are almost all still hiring. I think it's more that there were entire divisions of of these companies that aren't directly doing what drives their revenue. So for example Amazon is scaling back Alexa and laying off associated engineers. The risk that macroeconomic changes may impact their real business down the line is the impetus to shake out some of the moonshot efforts that haven't gone anywhere.
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AreWeDrunkYet posted:Yeah, you'll note that the big tech companies with layoffs are almost all still hiring. I think it's more that there were entire divisions of of these companies that aren't directly doing what drives their revenue. So for example Amazon is scaling back Alexa and laying off associated engineers. The risk that macroeconomic changes may impact their real business down the line is the impetus to shake out some of the moonshot efforts that haven't gone anywhere. Large companies often post positions for hire they have no intent of filling, its a tax dodge.
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Elendil004 posted:Secret Services Mass Attacks in Public Spaces 2016-2020 just released. I posted it in the mass shootings thread with some highlights but think folks would...enjoy isn't the right word but enjoy reading it. Christ did I get the last-post-on-page-snipe in both goddamn threads.
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Elendil004 posted:Christ did I get the last-post-on-page-snipe in both goddamn threads. did they make it into the secret service report
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Sexual Lorax posted:did they make it into the secret service report Is this a public place? I think i'd have to do 4 threads for it to count as mass.
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Jan 26, 2023 19:39
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All 5 former Memphis cops collecting charges.
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CommieGIR posted:Large companies often post positions for hire they have no intent of filling, its a tax dodge. I have colleagues at some tech companies currently going through layoffs who are still trying to poach me. They've all said some variant of "money losing divisions are downsizing but the core money makers are still hiring." One of my coworkers just got poached by a currently downsizing tech major too.
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Don’t underestimate that, for tech especially, the end of nearly free money last year means they’re cutting way back on those risky, money-losing ventures. Easy to take risks when the cash is easy to come by. Hence the hiring for profitable teams.
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Charges on the Memphis cops:quote:The officers are charged with the following: That was pretty fast, all things considered.
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What the hell did they do to that man?!
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Literally beat him into death by organ failure.
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Cops have done that before. Plenty of people have died in police custody of "heart attack" or "respiratory failure" or some other bullshit and the power structure never failed to close ranks around their enforcers. Was this instance especially heinous or is it simply a matter of race?
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in national news: holy poo poo the nothingburger Durham/Barr investigation was dirty as hell https://twitter.com/BenjySarlin/status/1618684177792262144?t=iAf8Jz5J9iS7z43hrf8ZJw&s=19
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CRUSTY MINGE posted:Charges on the Memphis cops: At this rate I'm expecting the video to show this poor fucker getting turned into jelly.
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A.o.D. posted:Cops have done that before. Plenty of people have died in police custody of "heart attack" or "respiratory failure" or some other bullshit and the power structure never failed to close ranks around their enforcers. Was this instance especially heinous or is it simply a matter of race? Not sure. But the video is being released soon from what I've read, so I guess we'll see.
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Ive heard it described as as bad as al sharpton but by 5 people each. I wont be watching it
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A.o.D. posted:Cops have done that before. Plenty of people have died in police custody of "heart attack" or "respiratory failure" or some other bullshit and the power structure never failed to close ranks around their enforcers. Was this instance especially heinous or is it simply a matter of race? Even the Police Chief went on record saying he found the recording especially heinous. So yeah, I won't be watching the video.
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Shaddak posted:https://amp.marca.com/en/lifestyle/uk-news/2023/01/25/63d16def46163f39bb8b4576.html 
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A.o.D. posted:Cops have done that before. Plenty of people have died in police custody of "heart attack" or "respiratory failure" or some other bullshit and the power structure never failed to close ranks around their enforcers. Was this instance especially heinous or is it simply a matter of race? Five black cops charged with murder, could it be a matter of race?
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The murder happened because they were cops. Them getting fired and CHARGED with murder is because they're black. If they weren't black, we'd likely be seeing media character assassination of the victim and closed ranks. Along with hearing "Gosh, it's just such a dangerous job sometimes these things happen to violent criminals like this, he shouldn't have resisted. Also there was an unfortunate accidental fire at the station and all body cam footage has been lost."
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In more minor cop news chasing someone off the highway and following them into a parking lot wearing civilian clothes and driving your personal F350 flatbed and then getting out and shooting into the car you chased while it flees is not enough to get you convicted of assault nor convicted of discharging a firearm while committing an act of violence. I really can't imagine a scenario upon seeing the video that a non-cop ever gets acquitted here. Maybe some more legal minded types has an actual good reason for it. Original incident plus video here https://www.wpri.com/news/local-new...omo-link-block1 Acquittal on all counts today here https://www.wpri.com/news/local-news/west-bay/daniel-dolan-trial-day-7/ quote:Surveillance video from the incident showed Vincent’s car pull into the parking lot of a pizza shop on Route 3 in West Greenwich before Dolan’s pickup truck immediately pulled up beside it. Dolan—who was off duty at the time—then got out of his truck and approached Vincent’s car, which backed out of the lot and off camera. e: the guy who "pulled his gun out in fear of being run over" did so before rounding the corner of his truck that was between him and the vehicle he shot at, which was parallel to his truck.
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Hrm yes speeding is a capital offense now.
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Crab Dad posted:Hrm yes speeding is a capital offense now. Not even clear what the other car was doing, only testimony on it is from the guy that pulled over and immediately moved towards the vehicle and began shooting.
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Oh please bad mouth him on twitter, elon. I'd love to see you deal with british libel laws if just because it'd be funny
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Milo and POTUS posted:Oh please bad mouth him on twitter, elon. I'd love to see you deal with british libel laws if just because it'd be funny Lizzy's long reign and Laissez Faire approach has probably left a whole bunch of people with the impression that the British Monarchy is far more toothless than it really is. Hope he FAFOs.
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Crab Dad posted:Hrm yes speeding is a capital offense now.
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Milo and POTUS posted:Oh please bad mouth him on twitter, elon. I'd love to see you deal with british libel laws if just because it'd be funny Hopefully as a white South African he's still vaguely a Crown subject and through some technicality he ends up getting beheaded or locked in the Tower of London.
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looks like the cops decided to call in even more backup for copland just lmao at needing 1,000 nattyguard to build your training facility https://twitter.com/ABC/status/1618773547450515456
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My school sent out a text saying no classes tomorrow in anticipation of problems following the release of the video. Charging them with straight up murder, and all these extra steps tell me this poo poo is gonna be baaaaaaad. The video at least, no idea if the metro Memphis area gets cool zoned or not. Very bifurcated area. I’m east of Memphis, lotta scared yt people Pearl clutching about “those people from Memphis” coming into our little suburb on Nextdoor.
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Elendil004 posted:https://twitter.com/GoodPoliticGuy/status/1618699779114156035?t=NGyjmHraK_xGQQrZ8eTVTw&s=19 Biden is now urging the same. Yeah, I'm assuming it's horrendous.
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Two of the cops are out on bond, according to WREG in Memphis. I assume that means the other 3 are still sitting at 201 Poplar.
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My brain keeps having issues parsing why officials have been trying to pre-empt violent protests with official statements because it's stunned from the immediate action and charges against every police officer involved and can barely process the other factors involved.
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Duzzy Funlop posted:My brain keeps having issues parsing why officials have been trying to pre-empt violent protests with official statements because it's stunned from the immediate action and charges against every police officer involved and can barely process the other factors involved. Black cops. This would be a gently caress show if this wasn’t black on black crime. Like.. there’s a good chance white cops would have had the wagons drawn around them, and the cool zone would be guaranteed. I mean; to me a cop is a cop. I don’t care what color pig it is, just wanna know if it’s a pig or not. But it matters here.
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LtCol J. Krusinski posted:My school sent out a text saying no classes tomorrow in anticipation of problems following the release of the video. Half my neighborhood is like this. They are convinced that protesters downtown will walk the 20+ miles into our suburban downtown area, whip up more people, then descend onto our neighborhood. The other half are immigrants and they get very confused by our vocal right wingers.
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