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Re: Amazon to hire 100k warehouse and delivery workers

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Post by CrazyStat »

rblatz wrote: post #157
sneak wrote: post #118

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Fantasy-land aside, Bezos is the CEO of the organization that runs the GovCloud AWS region, which is almost certainly designated critical military infrastructure, JEDI-loss aside. I would be astounded if there are many billionaires in the USA who are not this moment already taking chloroquine/hydroxychloroquine in the recommended prophylaxis doses, even outside of those deemed mission-critical by the most powerful or…

I’m a bit confused why would an anti-parasite drug be used now for covid-19

There is some evidence supporting its use, e.g. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/32150618/

Re: Amazon to hire 100k warehouse and delivery workers

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Post by a3n »

nixpulvis wrote: post #148
dmd wrote: post #125

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Fortunately, the new moon is just a week away, at which point the "dark side" of the moon will be facing Earth and we'll have a clear view of his base.

I thought the new moon was a new moon each time!?

It used to be, but they wash it in bleach each time these days.

Re: Amazon to hire 100k warehouse and delivery workers

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Post by opportune »

social_quotient wrote: post #83
fiblye wrote: post #79

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We might get a lot, but it likely won’t be enough. Many land owners would already prefer to leave their buildings empty for years over even considering negotiating on rent. I doubt anything can change their minds.

It’s odd but really true. Does anyone have insight why this is the case?

At an aggregate level it can make more sense to leave X% of units vacant than to lower prices (which could have effects on the rate you can charge with the rest of your units). I think it’s an example of our financial system not working as intended.

For example let’s say I have a 100 unit apartment building. If I maintain a 20% vacancy rate target I can charge an average of $1000/mo/unit. But to set a price at which my vacancies get filled very quickly, to hit a 5% vacancy rate, maybe I need to charge $700/mo/unit. In that case I’m making less money than before - $80k/mo vs $66.5k/mo.

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Post by Frost1x »

dcolkitt wrote: post #133
cactus2093 wrote: post #19

Amazon seems pretty constrained by supply to me right now. Everything I have looked for to stock up on from them due to the current conditions (alcohol wipes, nonperishable food, etc) is sold out. But maybe they have scaled up supply more than I realize and workers are becoming more of a bottleneck than inventory. Even if everything was in stock I'd expect my overall online purchases to decline in the next few months…

> Everything I have looked for to stock up on from them due to the current conditions (alcohol wipes, nonperishable food, etc) is sold out. Do you have any idea what the full industrial capacity of the American economy is? These type of basic items are all dead-simple to manufacture, and highly unlikely to run into supply-chain interruptions. I guarantee you that once Americans get the full on prepping instinct out o…

Toilet paper hoarders: "Hold my burrito."

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Post by Amygaz »

rblatz wrote: post #157
sneak wrote: post #118

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Fantasy-land aside, Bezos is the CEO of the organization that runs the GovCloud AWS region, which is almost certainly designated critical military infrastructure, JEDI-loss aside. I would be astounded if there are many billionaires in the USA who are not this moment already taking chloroquine/hydroxychloroquine in the recommended prophylaxis doses, even outside of those deemed mission-critical by the most powerful or…

I’m a bit confused why would an anti-parasite drug be used now for covid-19

It should help alleviating the symptoms, but is in no way a antiviral.

There's a phase 3 trial for treating pneumonia associated with coronavirus. This is based on prior work showing anti-inflammatory response in rheumatoid arthritis (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8278823).

Note that the trial is happening in China (https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04261517), where the barriers of entry and approval are quite low.

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Post by a3n »

totalZero wrote: post #132
parhamn wrote: post #117

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> after selfishly spending billions on stock buybacks I've been seeing this on twitter a lot. Is there some context you can provide for why these particular repurchases were in bad taste, given no awareness of the upcoming pandemic. I am assuming you don't view repurchases as 'selfish' generally.

A buyback is a form of capital return to shareholders. Improvements in leg room, amenities, services, infrastructure, etc, are a form of capital return to customers. When executive compensation is tied to operating profit or market capitalization, there is an incentive to reduce the product quality (the air traveler experience, in this case) to the minimum competitive level and boost the share price. A buyback boosts…

> A buyback is a form of capital return to shareholders.

> Improvements in leg room, amenities, services, infrastructure, etc, are a form of capital return to customers.

And bailouts are a form of wealth redistribution from people of modest means to wealthy executives and investors who, it turns out, are actually not willing to shoulder the risk associated with passive profits.

> That's not to say the airlines don't care about the little guy.

They actually like the little guy, you can fit more of them on a plane.

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Post by vimy »

dcolkitt wrote: post #133
cactus2093 wrote: post #19

Amazon seems pretty constrained by supply to me right now. Everything I have looked for to stock up on from them due to the current conditions (alcohol wipes, nonperishable food, etc) is sold out. But maybe they have scaled up supply more than I realize and workers are becoming more of a bottleneck than inventory. Even if everything was in stock I'd expect my overall online purchases to decline in the next few months…

> Everything I have looked for to stock up on from them due to the current conditions (alcohol wipes, nonperishable food, etc) is sold out. Do you have any idea what the full industrial capacity of the American economy is? These type of basic items are all dead-simple to manufacture, and highly unlikely to run into supply-chain interruptions. I guarantee you that once Americans get the full on prepping instinct out o…

>Supply Chain Expert Tells Tucker What Coming Shortages Americans Should Know About, And It’s Not Toilet Paper - Fox news had Daniel Stanton on over the weekend (link). Forget about toilet paper shortages, that'll pass. Worry instead about disinfecting wipes, hand sanitizers, the hospital masks. "We need more of those than what we would normally consume,” he said. “For those things, we need to be increasing capacity, maybe creating some new supply chains, and in a lot of cases, we are dependent on foreign manufacturing and long-distance transportation to get those supplies.” Stanton said the U.S. could experience an inability to make several products Americans “want to buy” in the coming weeks. Axios echoes this (link), pointing out that that some food producers could find themselves without enough employees to manufacture, deliver and unpack groceries. The U.S. imports a lot of food from China, where factories are currently closed — meaning a possible supply chain challenge. Phil Lempert, a California-based food industry analyst, told the Washington Post "We’re going to have two-, three-, four-month lag time until those factories get back up to speed.”

Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/supplychain/comments/fjleyw/covid19...

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Post by aswanson »

matthewfcarlson wrote: post #129
BetaDeltaAlpha wrote: post #99

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> ...before being killed by Thanos. I read Theranos at first.

In some ways, it thematically works better

Liz Holmes inadvertently stumbles upon the cure, vindicating her reputation.

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Post by aswanson »

hirundo wrote: post #68

If this were a Bond movie, Bezos would be cackling in his secret lair about how his viral plan was coming to fruition. Bond (played by Idris Elba) would then cough on Bezos, who would whip out his antidote, which Bond would grab, escape, and release to the world before being killed by Thanos. (Pitch Meeting, call me)

This may not be a movie, but there's no way in hell this timeline isn't some bored kid fresh out of doritos playing with random variables in his universe simulation.

Re: Amazon to hire 100k warehouse and delivery workers

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Post by zxcvbn4038 »

antsar wrote: post #171
tdsamardzhiev wrote: post #95

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Does it have enough bathrooms though?

More importantly... do those bathrooms come with toilet paper?

Bezos uses the three sea shells. Plebeians like you and me use toilet paper.
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