Wednesday, 31 March 2021
quote [ While sharing his screen with the White House, the staffer logged in to @POTUS and saw the first article recommended to him by Medium: ?A is for After,? which a sub-headline described as ?a cuckold love story.? ]
Interesting read. To this day, the most annoying thing for readers is the laggy, script-laden loading time. Substack is not really any better, culture-wise.
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Sunday, 28 March 2021
quote [ "You don't really believe the peeing in bottles thing, do you?" Amazon tweeted. Drivers say they're being gaslit. ]
That escalated quickly! Original text.
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Wednesday, 24 March 2021
quote [ Eight tug boats are working to free a large container ship stuck in Egypt's Suez Canal, halting marine traffic through one of the busiest and most important waterways in the world. ]
I can't help but laugh, I've made some fuck ups at work before, but holy shit.
Online ship tracker zoom out a little and witness a massive traffic jam.
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Saturday, 20 February 2021
quote [ Three years ago, tractor manufacturers told farmers that starting in 2021, tractor repair information would be easily accessible. It's not. ]
In John Deere green
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Sunday, 14 February 2021
quote [ Giving poor people cash without conditions, for example, could do a lot to help them earn more cash on their own. ]
The experiment had a weird vibe to it, but the result is predictable.
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Thursday, 4 February 2021
quote [ The company allegedly used tipped income to claw back drivers? base pay. ]
Keep the labor at the bottom
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quote [ It's like a modular datacenter on wheels. And customers rightly expect that if they load a truck with all their data, they want security for that truck. So there's an armed guard in it at all times.
It?s a pretty easy sell. If a customer looks at that option, they say, yeah, of course I want the giant truck and the guy with a gun to move my data, not some crappy system that I develop on my own. ] Interesting look at sales and self-image at Seattle.
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Wednesday, 30 December 2020
quote [ Customer entitlement at restaurants is at an all-time high, making work unsafe and unbearable for many in the industry. The way we think about hospitality needs to change. ]
They're the customer, I'm chopped meat
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Friday, 18 December 2020
quote [ The emotions and strategies behind record-setting bets on a MAGA victory that never came. ]
You bet the president is sweating
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Saturday, 28 November 2020
quote [ With the advent of the coronavirus pandemic, the upcoming shopping season ? beginning with Black Friday and continuing through Xmas to the New Year ? is going to be a lot different than it ever was in the past. Not only have thousands of small and medium-size businesses gone belly-up, leaving only the most ruthless and eclipsing corporate monopolies alive. ]
Oopsie, a little late for this year's edition, brought to you by Adbusters and the BlackSpot Collective. From Vancouver, if I got this right.
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