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Re: Meta announces 5% cuts in preparation for 'intense year'

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Post by psunavy03 »

OhioMan2943 wrote: post #315
Perceval wrote: post #277

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think once he started working out and getting strong, he looked less like an android and more like a human male. His politics may have shifted as a result of building muscle: * https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S01918... * https://hbr.org/2013/07/mens-arm-strength-affects-thei * https://www.psypost.org/strong-men-come-across-as-more-conse...

The bimbofication of society unironically has bad consequences for us all. I believe excess gym makes you less nerdy and more reactive, despite studies saying it 'makes you smarter'.

I'm far from a bodybuilder, but this is certainly . . . a take. Whatever happened to the ideal of a sound mind in a sound body? Why does our society have this stupid "jock/nerd" dichotomy where the smart can't be strong and the strong can't be smart?

Re: Meta announces 5% cuts in preparation for 'intense year'

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Post by psunavy03 »

matwood wrote: post #342
paxys wrote: post #217

So in the first two weeks of the year Zuck has announced: - Replacing their global policy chief with the company's highest ranking Republican. - Appointing Dana White to the company's board. - Changing content policies to be aligned with the incoming administration. - Elimination of DEI programs in hiring. - Removing tampons from men's restrooms. - Defending all this in a 3 hour Joe Rogan interview. Ranting about the…

> Is this history's most bizarre midlife crisis? What is going on with this man? He's the definition of a perpetual beta trying to be alpha. I would love to spar with him in BJJ sometime. After you train for awhile you can lock up with someone and immediately feel who they are. An alpha stays calm and relaxed, never panicking even as they are being put to sleep [1]. He went into BJJ hoping to become alpha and it just…

There's no better way to torch your credibility than to use the terms "beta" and "alpha" unironically.

Re: Meta announces 5% cuts in preparation for 'intense year'

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Post by dambi0 »

elevatedastalt wrote: post #149
lacker wrote: post #73

When I was an engineering manager there, engineering leadership described performance reviews as, in a large well run engineering organization, you'll probably be firing 5-10% of your employees every year for low performance. (Well, "non regrettable attrition", which includes people who quit when they get pipped.) Lower than 5% at scale would be a red flag, not necessarily wrong, you don't want to "stack rank" with a…

It's understandable that in an organization that hasn't tightened its screws on employees, you will be able to find 5% low performers. But do you expect to find 5% low performers even after 5 iterations of these firings? Like eventually you are left only with medium to high performers, and you are just making their lives miserable by turning work into a meaningless Hunger Games season.

Isn’t performance relative?

Re: Meta announces 5% cuts in preparation for 'intense year'

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Post by littlekey »

psunavy03 wrote: post #381
OhioMan2943 wrote: post #315

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The bimbofication of society unironically has bad consequences for us all. I believe excess gym makes you less nerdy and more reactive, despite studies saying it 'makes you smarter'.

I'm far from a bodybuilder, but this is certainly . . . a take. Whatever happened to the ideal of a sound mind in a sound body? Why does our society have this stupid "jock/nerd" dichotomy where the smart can't be strong and the strong can't be smart?

As someone who enjoys lifting weights, I agree with you. However, I can easily imagine an argument based on all of the strange add-on effects you get from being immersed in "gym culture". Working out isn't just working out, it means you start getting fitness posts in your social media algorithms, surrounding yourself with a new group of people with potentially different views on masculinity, shilling supplements, etc.

Aka don't ignore the social side of fitness.

Re: Meta announces 5% cuts in preparation for 'intense year'

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Post by [deleted] »

nh23423fefe wrote: post #379
paxys wrote: post #217

So in the first two weeks of the year Zuck has announced: - Replacing their global policy chief with the company's highest ranking Republican. - Appointing Dana White to the company's board. - Changing content policies to be aligned with the incoming administration. - Elimination of DEI programs in hiring. - Removing tampons from men's restrooms. - Defending all this in a 3 hour Joe Rogan interview. Ranting about the…

Why not just assume the simplest thing, the positions companies take under Democrats are fake and so are the positions under Republicans. To imagine that, "the mask is off" is absurd. None of those bullets points are crises.

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Re: Meta announces 5% cuts in preparation for 'intense year'

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Post by gopher2000 »

jhack wrote: post #78

Watching Meta's downfall unfolding in real-time wasn't something I had on my 2025 bingo card.

Lol record high stock price, fiercest competitor banned, and cutting 5% of under performers. They're thriving from a business vitality perspective.

Re: Meta announces 5% cuts in preparation for 'intense year'

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Post by tim333 »

latexr wrote: post #377
paxys wrote: post #217

So in the first two weeks of the year Zuck has announced: - Replacing their global policy chief with the company's highest ranking Republican. - Appointing Dana White to the company's board. - Changing content policies to be aligned with the incoming administration. - Elimination of DEI programs in hiring. - Removing tampons from men's restrooms. - Defending all this in a 3 hour Joe Rogan interview. Ranting about the…

> Defending all this in a 3 hour Joe Rogan interview. Ranting about the lack of "masculine energy" at the company. Was it as excruciatingly cringeworthy as it sounds? I don’t want to give them the view or spend three hours of my time on that, but I’d take a highlight of the weirdest moments. > Is this history's most bizarre midlife crisis? What is going on with this man? It feels like he suddenly became a Musk fanboy…

No not really - it's quite a good interview. Here's the masculine energy bit if you want to judge for yourself. You only have to watch a couple of minutes to get an idea https://youtu.be/7k1ehaE0bdU?t=5329 To me "ranting" is not true. He calmly says he was brought up with girls and it's quite nice go get out and do martial arts for a change. To me that's normal and getting upset about 'men' not getting free tampons is kinda weird.

Re: Meta announces 5% cuts in preparation for 'intense year'

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Post by matwood »

psunavy03 wrote: post #382
matwood wrote: post #342

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Is this history's most bizarre midlife crisis? What is going on with this man? He's the definition of a perpetual beta trying to be alpha. I would love to spar with him in BJJ sometime. After you train for awhile you can lock up with someone and immediately feel who they are. An alpha stays calm and relaxed, never panicking even as they are being put to sleep [1]. He went into BJJ hoping to become alpha and it just…

There's no better way to torch your credibility than to use the terms "beta" and "alpha" unironically.

The ironic part is that's what he's probably thinking and chasing (he talked at length recently about bringing 'masculine energy' back to Meta). He's literally one of the most powerful people in the world, but always comes across as wishy washy and unconfident.
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