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homeland221 | 3 years ago | on: IBM creates 24-core Power chip so customers can exploit Oracle database license

Doubt that calibration is the impetus to stay with Oracle. Most C-suites are quite dumb when it comes to technical stuff. They also don't value technical people more than it is just a replaceable organic "machinery". I have seen many instances IT advising moving away from Oracle but every additional budget to do so (even if it is just time and no direct dollars involve) even if just to test feasibility is shotdown. Meanwhile hundreds of thousands of dollars they gladly pay as long as they freely grumble that their staff too dependent on Oracle tech.

homeland221 | 3 years ago | on: What causes Alzheimer's? Scientists are rethinking the answer

Basically Singapore. Unfortunately that country can't be model in any western countries due Chinese inherent concept of devine right to rule (mandate from heaven). The system depends on people believing in a single party in overwhelming majority (>65%) and mandatory voting. Western countries depends on majority of voters being lazy and bot involved and let a small subset of vocal minority to control the government with small margin of winning votes (~55% out of say 60% voters turnout). For a city to be designed around active lifestyle, you need strong and consistent government with good resources to implement. Even some Nordic countries that are well ran compare to say a messy western country like USA, still can't implement the active lifestyle properly and consistently across more than a single election.

homeland221 | 3 years ago | on: Amazon layoffs now expected to mount to 20k, including top managers

If you look at the Amazon revenue and stock prices which is closer to something like 2018-2019 before pandemic, they only had 800K staff back then. Now they have 1.6M. You do the math. 20K only? If they can shed it under 50K that would have been miracle...I won't be surprise by end of 2023, they total more than 1M let go.

homeland221 | 3 years ago | on: You can fire 80% of software engineers and the company will survive

You can. It is called outsourcing. Seen it. Done it. Everytime, productivity increased! It os only when employees retaliate and government intervention then there is some cost involved to mitigate that. But still productivity is high (as in using the same amount of money to get more widgets and revenue in the same amount of time). You might be young say under 30s. Look back since the Nafta treaty signed in the 90s. There is enough evidence to back me on this productivity/revenue increase for the companies. For American, of course painful layoff.

homeland221 | 3 years ago | on: You can fire 80% of software engineers and the company will survive

You forgot twch recession is picking up momentum everywhere. Majority of programming job can be done remotely. Even EM cut to only 10%, he can up the remaining salary double, and programmer can increase output productivity easily x2 with those hardcore 10% left. 3 decades of HR experience back this fact easily especially money is no problem. For EM, money is no problem. I am willing to bet $10K with you on this issue that EM will make it through woth all those fired and let go.

homeland221 | 3 years ago | on: The Case for the F-35

That is with power tools available. Destruction of nearby medic tents, storehouse, petrol can prevent the repair to Japanese WW2 manual level. That cant fix within 72 hrs. China has huge productivity vs Russia and USA combined. They are the one written Sun Tzu that is used in Westpoint. Taiwan is so near, once carriers are taken out, Guam will be massive bomb with napalm. SK and Japan will seat out because China can nuke them without repercussions. They know USA dont dare to nuke back because of the Kabul flee incident showing how weak American is when their citizen is unhappy. Plus Russia and Iran is on their back. India and Asean will be neutral. USA is pretty much isolated when the war begin. Of yeah, dedollarisation will be in full swing so USA cant touch much China economy without Walmart store running empty. Oil? Russia unlimited. Taiwan? Checkmate. As Chinese there...historically they will surrendar exactly like Ming Taiwan to Qing China. The chess set pieces had USA setup for failure before the opening gambit by Chinese-Putin-Iranian. Think about it, American cant beat Talebans for 20 years with sheer air supremacy, the chances against superpower China+Russia with unlimited oil gas and rare mineral resources plus world gold reserve, USA as according to Ray Dahlio, is declining just like no so great... Great Britain.

homeland221 | 3 years ago | on: Liquid and immersion is the new cool at Supercomputing '22

Let's be honest here..."...getting them trained up to do..."...probably doesn't exist these days. In my 3 decades of HR interviewing exits, near 19 out of 20 replied no training...heck some don't get any proper intro by their manager in charge. During interviewing, hiring managers already expect candidates are better than the one leaving complete with company internal workflow knowledge. During 2008, the expectation of resume thickness exceed a doctorate-master thesis.

homeland221 | 3 years ago | on: Elizabeth Holmes is sentenced to more than 11 years for fraud

Only 11? Gosh she literally faking medical results with death consequence. At least Madoff only con "investment money" of the rich. Holmes literally play millions of poors their lives. Says a lot about gender equality and every American lives equality....guess George said it best....some are more equal than others.

homeland221 | 3 years ago | on: Poll: Would You Work for Elon?

Right now USA has not seen the peak IT layoffs yet...it just started. Ask this question again in April 2023. I pity a lot of those Twitter staffs that survived the first cut but quit. They will find it difficult to find similar paying job for the next 6mths. When if one do secure a job, they will be on the first to let go chopping list when layoffs quota needed. Or getting substantial pay cut. I have been on HR for couple decades on a lot of firmwares probably across Fortune 5000 all the way to 10. This is by far the most spookies with at least 3-4 layoffs planned almost per quarter for 2023. Some middle management even discussing padding departments with expandable staffs to lessen the damage to core veteran staffs.

homeland221 | 3 years ago | on: Twitter to employees: all office buildings closed, badge access suspended

Crypto. Twitter as an ad agency business has not much room to expand. You just have to look at the team EM assembled. EM himself was paypal founder. Many others on his investment teams are related to payment as well...even Jack has his square. Think about it, tweeter turn into like wechat with built in payment wallet especially crypto wallets managing like an exchange by a paypal founder who happen to have good access to government relationship. With expected tsunami of retrenchments coming especially for IT sectors, EM can afford to replace entire current Twitter engineers several time over - cheaper and more efficient. Most of those tweeters tech staff seems to be very obvilious of the incoming tech layoffs. FB along expected to let go about 30K (at least 2 more rounds in 2023). Google doing their 10K. Netflix and MS expected to hit that number as well before end of 2023. The labour market will be full of very good devs out of job. Can see that? When one is desperate with tons of bills to pay, no matter how much one despise EM, one will swallow the pride and work for him. Remember EM has access to vast amount of economic data (see who his friends are). He knows what is going on and how much leverage on his side vs entire tech community. It isnt lose-lose situation...mostly rank and yank situation done with maximum drama.

homeland221 | 3 years ago | on: Meta fires a software engineer two days after he relocated from India to Canada

Elon only cuts 3K. He also well known to cut people for a decade. His tussle with previous board dragged for more than 6mths. People should be aware and should have been preparing 2nd route. Mark Zuck on the hand misled people from the very beginning which just 2 mths ago had zero intention to retrench. And he did it so sudden with 11K (and this is only phase 1, there are at least 2 more phases before end of 2023). Personally I would "hate" Zuck several magnitude before hating Elon....and I really dislike Elon public antics.

homeland221 | 3 years ago | on: Disney says it has more streaming customers than Netflix

If you have been Star Wars fan since 70s with detail knowledge, then Andor and Obi-Wan were sub-par at best. She-Hulk is quite terrible if you know the comics background. As new age of PC-ness with emphasis on wokeness these days, it is quite good especially the 4th wall breakout in last episode. Fear Street, Escape, Koreans and anime such as Castlevania on Netlifx are very refreshing as compare to westernized-only content on Disney+. By the way, my Disney+ is free from some local popular deal. Mamy I know also on free. Plus multiple subscription to Espn and Hulu. So the number of subscribers are likely heavy double or triple counted.

homeland221 | 3 years ago | on: ‘I want to protect my family’: Polish civilians flock to army training

Really pointless. Poland has no oil and gas. In a conventional war that drag say 5 years, most people there will die of sickness and starvation rather than bullets kr shrapnels. And today as can be seen from Ukraine, we dont fight conventional war. It will be more like surgical drone strike. And once it escalate to tacticle nukes or dirty bombs, civilians rag-tag defenses will just be bodybag counts for surviving historians. It is better they focus on diplomacy and elect responsible and smart people like those in Hungary, Serbia and Italy now. Try to avoid weak and fumbling leaders like those in USA, UK, Germans and Finlands. Take a look at Singapore where vast majority of their leaders (their congress and their public admins) have doctorate and masters. A single diplomatic advisor from Singapore to Ukraine probably would be way more effective than all USA HIMARs. Historical Polish armies tend to lose in vast majority of wars...with an occasional divine-like wins those of medieval Hussars. Hoping for divine wins are not a good long-term defence strategy.

homeland221 | 3 years ago | on: “I worked at Facebook when we [were] 200. [Twitter’s] layoffs are appropriate”

Sometime, departmental heads will try their best to save themselves. In order to meet the downsizing target they will find as many people to get rid of in order to save themselves. It is common to see this happen in many companies. Just that, most will hide it as rehiring for replacements (which usually at a lower budget but with bigger tasks to assume than previous leaving staff). In tweeter case, decisions might be sub-optimal when Elon took over. Anyway, recession is around the corner, so tweeter can easily find the best when market is in a slump in coming 3 mths.

homeland221 | 3 years ago | on: Will Twitter outlast this lettuce?

Advertisers now are in "victim of blackmail" position. Think about it, Volkswagen tweet handle being auction off to "anyone" with free reign to post using "Volkswagen" name worldwide. They have reach the Yelp position (even bigger) and more entrenched. There way more celebraties and companies than restaurants. Nearly every westernized governments (and their ministries and agencies) use tweeters to disseminate information.You are looking at easily 1B per month simply from this kind of susbcription. 8 dollar might just be the retail pricing. There is always the premium-enterprise special pricing.

homeland221 | 3 years ago | on: Twitter to start layoffs -internal email

Elon is likely secretive Trump supporter. Over the years I noticed a lot of his thinking align with Trump. This take over is very expected when Twitter banned Trump. I was expecting something significant happening to twitter during Biden years. Lucky guess.
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