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The anti-trans movement masquerades as feminism but is essentially a retread of the anti-gay arguments of 1960-2000. Gays need medical help. Gays shouldn’t be allowed in spaces with children. Gay men don’t belong in spaces where real men interact (like the army) because they’d be colonizing them with their unbridled sexuality. Etc. This is hardly the kind of thing where a prudent CEO spends $44B to make a stance.
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Twitter didn't sell out of desperation, the offer was way above what the company was worth. A court was on the cusp of forcing the deal through when it finally moved forward. So think of it as a $15,000 couch being liquidated.
Tell that to all my colleagues who don’t have a job anymore.
As far as the damage to the people working at the company, welcome to living under a paperclip-maximizing economy. It was abrupt to have the buyer do the analog of the rich guy cliche of buying a sports car just to crash it on the way home. But in some sense it's better than watching the pot slowly boil with cost cutting, dark patterns, and more surveillance ("ad") tech.
You also underestimate just how much companies pay for shit in general. Couches/chairs from Ikea can work for a tiny company, but that's about the limit. Above that, things just need to be built better so they can function as an abstraction and be forgotten about. Plus, the mood that couch helped set was instrumental in increasing the sale value of the company - see goal #1.
A useful comparison for discussion:reddit has 700 employees and twitter had 7000.
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Wouldn't it just be smarter to sublet the space and fill up the building. Rather than having empty floors on a building you barely use.
Subletting commercial space in San Francisco is not a simple endeavor at this time: https://www.sfgate.com/realestate/article/sf-office-vacancy-...
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Right, but when it comes to their branding stuff, I would expect the company to either store it (if they have enough space somewhere) or move it straight to trash. Selling their corporate logos for 25 USD looks like they are being liquidated and closing the shop. I can't understand how someone even come up with such idea ...
Companies do this sort of stuff all the time. Loads of companies sell merch, and even very brand-sensitive companies will sell old equipment for fans/nostalgia (see: Disneyland selling old animatronics and ride vehicles). They aren't selling it for 25 USD anyway, it's a start price at an auction. I listed my iPad at a $0.01 start price, but that doesn't mean I'm broke and need the penny :)
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The anti-trans movement masquerades as feminism but is essentially a retread of the anti-gay arguments of 1960-2000. Gays need medical help. Gays shouldn’t be allowed in spaces with children. Gay men don’t belong in spaces where real men interact (like the army) because they’d be colonizing them with their unbridled sexuality. Etc. This is hardly the kind of thing where a prudent CEO spends $44B to make a stance.
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I'm surprised nobody walked out the door with it as a trophy. It's not unusual for things to go missing when a company goes through an acquisition.
I’m sure Elon is checking the cameras. Taking items is a great way to turn a layoff into a for-cause firing.
For those interested in buying but not in SF, you'll need to arrange your own pickup, craigslist style: "Buyers may either pick up Goods at the designated auction site themselves or can contract with a third party agent to manage the removal process for them."
One would think there would be some times when the lots are open to inspection. It looks like bidding ends on Jan 17th, so there's plenty of time for them to add that.
This is pretty unsurprising, they're not really going to raise any serious money from this (what do we reckon? 1FTE Salary at most?) but they've got office space for 7.5k people and less than 3k less. Musk keeps saying "If you code come to the 10th floor" - which basically implies that their entire team of engineers fit onto 1 floor of the building and that there a load of empty floors now that don't need kitchens or…
This is pretty unsurprising, they're not really going to raise any serious money from this (what do we reckon? 1FTE Salary at most?) but they've got office space for 7.5k people and less than 3k less. Musk keeps saying "If you code come to the 10th floor" - which basically implies that their entire team of engineers fit onto 1 floor of the building and that there a load of empty floors now that don't need kitchens or…
Can they let the homeless stay in the unused floors? Surely they can find a spot in their heart to help out people down on their luck during Christmas.