Being in the office is a distraction for most software engineers. I probably only get 40% as much done in office, I used to have to work 3-4 hours every evening just finishing my work from the day because too many distractions in office. Ever since work from home started my output went up by 50% to doubled.

It would be clever if that many people would actually pay for it… the fact that anyone can pay for a check mark means the check mark will become worthless. It used to be a way to verify the source of a tweet to some extent; it’s now becoming just a symbol that you pay twitter $8 a month, or however much it is.

The account is free...

Just use a throwaway email like mailinator or 10minutemail

You gotta “/s” for sarcasm because it’s hard to detect online sometimes.

People without money are not consumers

They can. They just may not want to because it costs more, the commute eats up time in the day and money, and they would prefer peace and privacy as they work.

Register for the bing chat beta, chatgpt is gpt 3.5, bing is gpt 4. Bing chat is available directly from the bing app

It feels strange, I kinda grew out of the shitposting of reddit over ten years ago and moved to Twitter. Now it's is a cesspit, and I regret ever leaving reddit. Strange how things go full circle like that.

Many people move back to Mexico because life here kinda sucks and opportunities are scant if you don’t speak English. And some Americans move to Mexico because it’s cheaper, warmer, and maybe they have family.

Comparing which country is “better” overall is difficult and also pointless because it depends on the priorities of the person who cares about that answer.

That the actions he's taking are devaluing the social media platform that he owns one bit at a time. That he spent too much money on a company because of his pride and his own big mouth, and now they've barely got the money to stay afloat, that he's incurred more debt buying it than the money the company will make. His own words.

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Byebye Google Search. Google Search is becoming outdated faster than Yahoo Search did from its prime. Wow. I would have never imagined this even just 5 years ago.

Also, due to ChatGPT, Bing is no longer a meme. Also something I would have never imagined just a year ago.

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Isn't that a global problem rn?

Not going through a crisis currently? No lay-offs?

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Someone said on Twitter I'd paid "$10k" to be verified. Do people actually believe this? The original verification was done if you had some sort of profile and was always free. Companies would be verified if they had an ad campaign large enough, but also were verified for free along the same lines as journalists etc.

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$1000 per month.

I’ve never used Twitter in my life. Let me now add my 2 cents

That change is 100% to reduce their twilio bill. If he's resorting to that, Twitter is even more fucked financially than we thought

Overtime pay is taxed like every other additional dollar you earn, at your marginal income tax rate. It’s withheld at a higher rate, but you’d get that back at the end of the year come tax day.

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I don't know anyone my age (27) that does use TikTok, it's cringe, and a brain-drain.