Hi, we're a tech startup run by libertarian Silicon Valley tech bros.
We're not a newspaper, we're a content portal.
We're not a taxi service, we're a ride sharing app.
We're not a pay TV service, we're a streaming platform.
We're not a department store, we're an e-commerce marketplace.
We're not a financial services firm, we're crypto.
We're not a space agency, we're a group of visionaries who are totally going to Mars next year.
We're not a copywriting and graphic design agency, we're a large language model generative AI platform.
Oh sure, we compete against those established businesses. We basically provide the same goods and services.
But we're totally not those things. At least from a legal and PR standpoint.
And that means all the laws and regulations that have built up over the decades around those industries don't apply to us.
Things like consumer protections, privacy protections, minimum wage laws, local content requirements, safety regulations, environmental protections... They totally don't apply to us.
Even copyright laws — as long as we're talking about everyone else's intellectual property.
We're going to move fast and break things — and then externalise the costs of the things we break.
We've also raised several billion in VC funding, and we'll sell our products below cost — even give them away for free for a time — until we run our competition out of the market.
Once we have a near monopoly, we'll enshitify the hell out of our service and jack up prices.
You won't believe what you agreed to in our terms of service agreement.
We may also be secretly hoarding your personal information. We know who you are, we know where you work, we know where you live. But you can trust us.
By the time the regulators and the general public catch on to what we're doing, we will have well and truly moved on to our next grift.
By the way, don't forget to check out our latest innovation. It's the Uber of toothpaste!
Tokyo-based start-up Tsubame Industries has developed a 4.5-metre-tall (14.8-feet), four-wheeled robot that looks like "Mobile Suit Gundam" from the wildly popular Japanese animation series, and it can be yours for $3 million.
I’ve searched for accounts to follow using all these tags and found only very few, and none of the power users I follow on Twitter. There is still a wealth of knowledge on Twitter that #Mastodon does not offer yet. If you know anyone please recommend them so I can #follow
C'est quand même du gros foutage de gueule le monde de la recherche d'emploi.
Tu postules.
Tu peux ne pas recevoir de réponse, ça arrive...souvent.
Tu peux recevoir une réponse négative, truc bateau : vous êtes vraiment formidable qu'on se demande pourquoi on vous prend pas...mais on vous prend pas quand même hein 😉
Le truc c'est que tu ne sais JAMAIS pourquoi on t'a refusé le job. Donc pour ton amélioration continue forcément, c'est pas top.
🧇 Artist: #DavidZinn in City: #AnnArbor USA 🇺🇸 - Title:
🔴 "Later that day, Clem and Stuart's
new business venture hit a rough
patch when they learned that
waffle makers need to be
plugged in"
🟡 "Später an diesem Tag gerät
Clems und Stuarts neues
Geschäftsprojekt in Schwierig-
keiten, als sie erfahren, dass
Waffeleisen an den Strom ange-
schlossen werden müssen" #StreetArt#Art#Chalkart#Squirrel#Possum#Startup
You work in IT and want a job where you can really save tons of CO2? Vamo, a heatpump startup, is looking for people to join their IT-team to help them connect heatpumps to the cloud!
So ein ständiges auf und ab der gegenteiligen Nachrichten hab ich noch nie erlebt. Irgendwie brauch ich da mal einen emotionalen Filter über einige Tage. 😅
These tech layoffs are absolutely terrible to behold. The turmoil, the second degree suffering, the anguish. It should teach us all a few lessons. Despite what our instincts might tell us, sometimes it pays to reject generous offers from these companies and settle for something less opulent but more meaningful and secure. It's possible. Be mindful when accepting offers from VC funded outfits. Scrutinize their numbers & business model just as they scrutinize you. #tech#layoffs#startup
⟨ " Our economy is dominated by five aging tech giants – Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta, and Microsoft. In the last twenty years, no company has commercialized a new technology in a way that threatens them. Why?
We argue that the tech giants have learned how to coopt disruption.
They identify potentially disruptive technologies, use their money to influence the startups developing them, strategically dole out access to the resources the startups need to grow, and seek regulation that makes it harder for the startups to compete. When a threat emerges, they buy it off. And after they acquire a startup, they redirect its people and assets to their own innovation needs.
These seemingly unrelated behaviors work together to enable the tech giants to maintain their dominance in the face of disruptive innovations. " ⟩
In addition to the tactics noted in the paper, the manner in which incumbents use standards development organizations and industry consortia to slow-roll anything that disrupts their existing product lines, and try to re-direct anything disruptive to something that they can (barely) incrementally implement is something that is not appreciated enough!
Swedish startup Modvion is building the world’s tallest wooden wind turbine.
The towers are made from laminated veneer lumber, produced by glueing several massive layers of wood together. The startup says the material has a higher strength per weight than steel and is 30% lighter.
The tower will stand 105 metres and is being built for local energy utility Varberg Energi for its wind power site near the town of Skara.
April 2022: Digital freight broker Convoy announced a new round of funding, valuing the start-up at $3.8 billion.
Privileged, white, ex-Amazon exec, Convoy President and Chief Operating Officer Mark Okerstrom bragged, “One of the great things about our model is we’re able to thrive in all areas of all points in the cycle.”
Oct 2023: Okerstrom announces death of company and deflects blame: "the markets crushed us."
During the 13-minute all-company video call, the executives cited declining freight demand and venture capitalists' belt tightening.
So, let me get this straight: Demand for the company's product went down and it was unable to successfully beg for more money.
Seems like the company should have built up an emergency savings account, or moved in with relatives, or cut out those daily Starbucks, or scaled back on that avocado toast, or had more realistic expectations.
#nixos install with #gnome . How does one set apps/programs/packages to run at #startup by using the config.nix file (without using home-manager and without using gnome which in any case btw has no startup icon visible) ? #nixosconfigurations
Hey #mastodon minds, I would like to discuss with you an old idea
Game Map with interactive panoramas, like Google Street View for 3d games
⭐ Let's think how it can be done, write in the comments
This could be an API for game developers to add a custom content creation mode to the game. Creating a routes where the camera will take pictures. And what to do with old games?
Deutschland ist schon jetzt #KI-Land. Wir haben gut ausgebildete Forscher, eine lebendige KI-#StartUp-Szene und eine wachsende Digitalwirtschaft, die international Investoren anzieht. 💡📱🚀
"Ich möchte unsere führende Rolle in Europa bei dieser Schlüsseltechnologie weiter ausbauen. Mit einem positiven offenen Blick auf die Chancen, die uns KI & #Digitalisierung bieten. Und mit innovationsfreundlicher Politik, die Unternehmern, Forschern und Erfindern den Rücken stärkt", so Wissing. #DFKI (1/2)
Japan startup develops 'Gundam'-like robot with $3 mln price tag (www.reuters.com)
Tokyo-based start-up Tsubame Industries has developed a 4.5-metre-tall (14.8-feet), four-wheeled robot that looks like "Mobile Suit Gundam" from the wildly popular Japanese animation series, and it can be yours for $3 million.
'The Wallet Event': Crypto Startup Bankrupt After Losing Password to $38.9 Million Physical Crypto Wallet (www.404media.co)
“The Company remains unable to access the 98f Wallet. The investigation continues.”