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zUdio t1_jdhmnwu wrote

Reply to comment by occipixel_lobe in America needs immigration reform, or it risks losing an entire generation of tech workers to countries like Canada, the UK, and Japan by TakeOffYourMask

Exactly same as the TikTok trash heap of a debate. We are in a new era of yellow journalism. ALL journalism is focused on profit now; not truth. When those two happen to align, it’s great, but media orgs aren’t fretting themselves anymore on the latter. It’s whatever gets them revenue and their main source of free leads is government officials spoonfeeding them propaganda. They’d rather say, “wait, you don’t trust the government? Are you paranoid, schizo?” than have to gather and investigate stories on their own, which takes time and money. Instead, they have to gaslight us into thinking it’s us who turned yellow and not them.

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Waaypoint t1_jdhm69l wrote

Reply to comment by Sorge74 in Ford says EV unit losing billions, should be seen as startup by EW234

Yep, and the production cost goes down as soon as you use enough of the more expensive infrastructure to build units; set-up, development, purchasing new machines, building new processes have a steeper initial cost than you would pay to maintain their operation. It is a whole new platform with entirely new equipment and processes.

Most of the objections against EVs are not based on how they are performing in the market, their desirability, and the ROI over time.

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frygod t1_jdhfq1v wrote

Reply to comment by Thoughtsofglought in Twitter to Revoke ‘Legacy’ Verification Badges in April, Leaving Only Paying Subscribers With Blue Check-Marks by 08830

On one hand, SMS is not free. On the other hand, maintaining a short code is like $3000 quarterly last time I had it quoted, and you're looking at $0.003 for outbound text messages and $0.0009 for inbound. You'd also have to maintain a block list to remain compliant with FCC regulations, though doing the service as opt-in only may get you around that a bit.

Now let's do some napkin math. If the 450,000,000 active users perform a login once a month that triggers second factor, you'd take that $0.003 and multiply it by the total active users. That gives us $1,350,000 in outbound SMS fees. That is... actually quite a bit more money than I expected.

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Waaypoint t1_jdhfapj wrote

Reply to comment by Sorge74 in Ford says EV unit losing billions, should be seen as startup by EW234

EVs are overpriced !

They are sold out.

Did you hear they are raising their prices even higher !

They are sold out.

The tax credit doesn't even get them into the price range of ICE cars !

They are sold out.

They are losing BILLIONS because no one wants them !

They are sold out.

They won't work for MY road trip !

They are sold out.

Squeaky clown shoes sounds...

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rumhee t1_jdheess wrote

Reply to comment by OverallManagement824 in Twitter to Revoke ‘Legacy’ Verification Badges in April, Leaving Only Paying Subscribers With Blue Check-Marks by 08830

yeah, i stopped using it the day Elon took over (wish I’d quit years earlier!). Occasionally people send me links to tweets, so I see that tweet and then a few “more tweets” beneath. the “more tweets” are invariably two shitty “jokes” by Elon, and one semi-racist joke from a self-described “centrist”.

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