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New comment by ffggvv in "Harvard applications drop 5% after year of turmoil on the Ivy League campus"

ffggvv — Wed, 01 May 2024 20:29:57 +0000

didnt harvard also reinstate their need for standarized tests?

New comment by ffggvv in "Frank founder allegedly defrauded JPMorgan out of $175M hit with federal charges"

ffggvv — Tue, 04 Apr 2023 17:15:47 +0000

that’s pocket change for them. probably just file it under DEI budget for supporting a female founder

New comment by ffggvv in "Tesla tells investors it’s being investigated by the Justice Department"

ffggvv — Tue, 31 Jan 2023 18:16:30 +0000

feels like we just allow people to get away with fraud for like a decade before doing anything about it.

New comment by ffggvv in "Big Tech is using layoffs to crush worker power"

ffggvv — Mon, 30 Jan 2023 18:48:05 +0000

Agree with this but its less about unions and more about resetting the empoloyer/employee dynamic after a period of time the employees clearly had an upperhand. they are tired of allowing flexible work and giving 2 yoe people 300k. they want power back.

its not about evil-y stroking a cat, or meeting in a smoke filled room. its as easy as just reading the moment in time and taking advantage.

New comment by ffggvv in "Flexport slashes 20% of global workforce over weak 2023 volume forecast"

ffggvv — Wed, 11 Jan 2023 23:56:02 +0000

remember this company was being hyped alot on twitter the past 2 years as we had supply chain issues. glad i dont just follow the trend.

New comment by ffggvv in "U.S. moves to bar noncompete agreements in labor contracts"

ffggvv — Thu, 05 Jan 2023 18:04:44 +0000

no. they have specific laid out bounds with which they can operate in. it's deeply dangerous and disturbing for them to try to exceed that. especially because they aren't elected. they don't get to just exceed those bounds and wait for legislature to issue a ruling to roll it back. it's quite the opposite.

its the equivalent of if the tsa started trying to pat you down before you got in your car. and then saying its okay because congress can just roll it back.

New comment by ffggvv in "U.S. moves to bar noncompete agreements in labor contracts"

ffggvv — Thu, 05 Jan 2023 18:02:28 +0000

too bad people's brains can't process stuff like that. they can only do a single level of "do i agree with the outcome" and not whether or not its actually legal or sets a bad precedent. or god forbid, think what powers that would give their political opponent when they take power.

student debt was another one. whether or not you agree with forgiving it, it's deeply disturbing for the president to knowingly do something unconstitutional and do an endrun around congress' power of the purse. With the hope that no one has standing to challenge it

New comment by ffggvv in "‘Breakthrough’ obesity drugs that have stunned researchers"

ffggvv — Thu, 05 Jan 2023 12:57:42 +0000

the problem is you are limited in how many calories you can consume. so any unhealthy crap crowds out nutrient rich stuff

New comment by ffggvv in "Sesame allergen labeling law has unintended effect: sesame in more foods"

ffggvv — Sat, 24 Dec 2022 15:59:44 +0000

if you have a deadly allergy like that, is eating at small restaurants really worth risking your life?

New comment by ffggvv in "Grad student unions strike deal with University of California"

ffggvv — Thu, 22 Dec 2022 19:57:50 +0000

do they also get tuition wavers? 34k + free 20k tuition aint bad as a student

New comment by ffggvv in "ElonJet Is Now Suspended"

ffggvv — Wed, 14 Dec 2022 15:36:10 +0000

isn’t this basically like doxxing? aren’t the people criticizing this move the ones who would be in hysterics if someone did this to a journalist or politician they like? especially if it was a woman of color or whatever preferred group

New comment by ffggvv in "SBF Arrested by Bahamian Authorities"

ffggvv — Tue, 13 Dec 2022 15:47:46 +0000

yeah i’m sure, they just happened to wait till after the election and after he was out of money, and after it was early enough to prevent people from losing their life savings

New comment by ffggvv in "SBF Arrested by Bahamian Authorities"

ffggvv — Tue, 13 Dec 2022 02:17:19 +0000

well he has no more money to give, so of course they are happy to arrest him now. they just didnt bother investigating the fraud until after it collapsed for some reason..

New comment by ffggvv in "Theranos exec Sunny Balwani sentenced to 13 years in prison"

ffggvv — Wed, 07 Dec 2022 23:43:05 +0000

shocked a brown male got a worse sentence than a white female for the same crime

Why wasn’t FTX’s fraud detectable on the blockchain?

ffggvv — Thu, 17 Nov 2022 16:13:04 +0000

isn’t the whole point of crypto to have an auditable “public ledger”?

why couldn’t people detect ftx shady behavior by auditing the blockchain?

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New comment by ffggvv in "Sam Bankman-Fried did financial system a favor"

ffggvv — Thu, 17 Nov 2022 07:24:32 +0000

because instead of just holding the customers money and not touching it, they took it and loaned it to alameda trading, and then when people asked for their money it was tied up in alamedas trades.

New comment by ffggvv in "Stripe laying off around 14% of workforce"

ffggvv — Thu, 03 Nov 2022 17:54:18 +0000

they dont need some excuse, they can do it whenever they want for whatever reason they want. they dont hire the people in the first place if they dont think they need to

New comment by ffggvv in "Stripe laying off around 14% of workforce"

ffggvv — Thu, 03 Nov 2022 17:48:04 +0000

that 15% number was probably picked for a reason. (to make them cash flow positive)

New comment by ffggvv in "Stripe laying off around 14% of workforce"

ffggvv — Thu, 03 Nov 2022 17:38:23 +0000

not at stripe but another similar company that recently had layoffs.

ones at my company were decided by the next level manager, based on the most recent perf review

New comment by ffggvv in "Chess Investigation Finds U.S. Grandmaster ‘Likely Cheated’ More Than 100 Times"

ffggvv — Tue, 04 Oct 2022 23:13:32 +0000

so you guy invest a lot in magnus then when he loses claim his opponent cheated?