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This is absolutely backwards.

Let's not imply the world changed on its own. Trump changed it.

"or 1M+ monthly NPM downloads"

Right, because Node is the only package ecosystem.


"owning" the decision doesn't mean anything. It's just words.

One day there will be a CEO who actually pays the severances out of their own compensation.

So, like Nintendo and other Japanese and Chinese companies where the CEO of a company treats the company like their child and takes the hit when they make errors?

Or maybe like the US employer that gave everyone at the company a flat wage?


Even better they fire themself, the exec team can replace them with AI

Agree materially no consequences but still better than many deflection strategies we have seen from others during layoffs.

It is but those words could be long flowery corpo speak or short.

“Yall gonna get money and most yall fired. My bad woops”


The CEO's last visionary move was to go all in on crypto, even renaming the company. Now he's a visionary again, but firing half the company instead of himself.

The recursive type constraints are excellent.


The snap judgement is what makes it fun.


As always, she's preferred because she intends to welcome US oil companies. Winning a prize is a red herring.


It's no coincidence that at a time of eroding democracy, public journalism is being cut.


As an avid and long term PBS viewer, donor, news hour west was 90% a waste of time anyway. Most evenings it is virtually the same broadcast, same segments. Media is more VOD-oriented anyway. They have been posting both broadcasts to YouTube for years, so you can assess this if you'd like.

The exception is if there's something notable to report on between 5PM and 8PM EST


Nothing erodes democracy more than government funded propaganda.


Most of your comments on this site are apologia for China's government.


That's not true. I just point out obvious bullshit lies about china and others that I've heard over and over again. It's not my fault that people like you spout the same bullshit over and over again and mostly about china.


At the same time, even with the mayhem of the current executive, it is important to read the room.

The house of representatives controls the budget. Moderating perceived bias would be an obvious survival strategy.

Edit: Oh, drat, I've been ostracized. Whatever will I do?


>Moderating perceived bias would be an obvious survival strategy.

>Oh, drat, I've been ostracized. Whatever will I do?

Because you seemed to think the issue was the lack of reason when it's actually the reason itself.

Also, the government acting on perception instead of evidence is horrible.

In my opinion the claims of bias at PBS were done to keep the core Republican voter base energized. They've been told to not trust the media while Trump appoints multiple Foxnews employees to high level positions in the government.


Right. Posted below, but this is clear as reported by their own.

https://www.thefp.com/p/npr-editor-how-npr-lost-americas-tru...


One man’s public journalism is another man’s state sponsored propaganda.

I don’t want my extorted taxes funding any of this. I hope other countries in Europe follow suit and shut down any state funded media and journalism networks.

P.S. Funnily enough, in my country, the hard left was very fond of the state media network - that they filled with their own talking heads - until recently when the present center right government started changing the seats to their own apparatchiks and the programs started to change from hard left propaganda to neo-liberal propaganda. Now, they don’t fancy all that money going to the state media channels anymore. Suits them right.


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This entire response is disingenuously obtuse.


Like it or not, the entire response is accurate.


Ok then, I look forward to my tax breaks and refunds enabled by cutting this program. I’m sure it’s in the mail with all the other dividends for citizens that Trump mentions every few months.


Again, this would be the Legislative branch. Your right to vote has not decreased, and you can absolutely contact your senator to introduce a bill for what you stated. I mean, you have a representative. Absolutely use them if you dislike something.

However, disagreeing with the Legislative or Executive branch in no way erodes your democratic rights.


You're correct, the non existent democratic rights of the people have not been eroded. As you have you described, USA is a Republic not a Democracy.


Well, your democratic right would be to vote. However, as you said we are in a democratic republic where we don’t vote to make the laws but rather vote for representatives.


My right to vote for a Congress member and tell them what I want to fund is nullified, if the president refuses to follow the budget laws they passed.


My understanding with SSRIs and other depression meds is that they are hit and miss for anyone. I have a family member who, as a teen, suffered from severe depression and didn't want to live. Therapy wasn't able to help - it was actually the therapist who recommended more drastic measures such as medication. And so they tried Prozac and that worked. Having seen the reversal myself, it's hard to understand how this is placebo.


It is extremely hit and miss. My understanding is that for those with "shit life syndrome", prozac is generally ineffective, but for those with genetic predispositions it can be extremely helpful. the catch is that the two are not exclusive, and those with genetic predispositions to depression may never have it, and people with bad life circumstances may feel more stable mentally with prozac and better equipped to tackle life's challenges.


The placebo effect ( https://www.health.harvard.edu/newsletter_article/the-power-... )? (In the context we are discussing it, Prozac could be considered as an active placebo - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active_placebo ).


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