Old Geeks Yell At Cloud (with Andrew Clay Shafer & Bryan Cantrill)

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Strong rec musage · 2017-09 · on “Facebook’s war on free will”

A few days ago someone posted this in a comment.. I can't find the comment, and the whole thing is worth watching, but since apparently a lot of people share this sentiment, maybe they too can have some of their faith restored a bit by this rant; and it's why the idea of "integrity first" was floating in my head: [this video]

Recommends bproven · 2017-09 · on “Silicon Valley CEO Called Employees the N-Word and Hit Three Women, Suit Claims”

Summed up here in the integrity rant by Bryan Cantrill - many companies don't have it (or care): [LINK] ( [this video] ) >In the short run, they win. In the current world of high (fake?) valuations, make money fast and now - this strategy wins so it is considered "OK", overlooked or the norm. The fact that it is revealed to be happening in SV is only IMO b/c the industry is so hot now. All eyes on on it. Its also the only real investment/booming industry left in America. I'm sure we saw a lot of this in the past too (80s wall street etc) :(

Recommends musage · 2017-12 · on “Amazon delivery drivers complain about bad work conditions”

You might enjoy this, I know I agree with it: [this video] (turn the sound down some before clicking the link though, it features screaming about important things for the right reasons)

Recommends josephg · 2023-08 · on “Following Pushback, Zoom Says It Won't Use Customer Data to Train AI Models”

> That's how a company works: try to do everything they legally can to make as much money as they can. No, companies don’t need to be like that. This is a meme that needs to die. Companies can have a set of values (principles) and act according to those principles. Any investors can be told ahead of time the principles by which the company operates, and if they don’t want to buy stock on that basis, they’re welcome to stay out. Bryan Cantrill has had some excellent rants about this over the years. Eg: [this video] . His take is that money for a company is like fuel in a car. You don’t go for a road trip (start a company) because you want to get more fuel. You go because there’s some place you wan

Cites floatboth · 2020-01 · on “Products I Wish Existed”

Defense contractors and longevity are also disturbing. Rich pervert vibes. The latter always reminds me of Jeffrey Epstein wanting to cryo freeze his head and penis (LOL) and Larry Ellison's foundation dedicated to longevity — "namely, his": [this video]