zaphod

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Spotify CEO Daniel Ek surprised by how much laying off 1,500 employees negatively affected the streaming giant’s operations in c/news@lemmy.world
[–] zaphod@jlai.lu 0 points 6 months ago

Wouldn't call them a monopoly, at least not for music as there are alternatives.

Spotify CEO Daniel Ek surprised by how much laying off 1,500 employees negatively affected the streaming giant’s operations in c/news@lemmy.world
[–] zaphod@jlai.lu 56 points 6 months ago

Good CEOs are bad for short term profits because they're more interested in keeping their company alive longterm.

Tesla Cybertruck turns into world's most expensive brick after car wash in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] zaphod@jlai.lu 8 points 6 months ago

People pay money for actual bricks, I say we stop this brick-shaming.

Every single person in this post is a fucking lunatic in c/curatedtumblr@sh.itjust.works
[–] zaphod@jlai.lu 2 points 6 months ago

Europe uses 230V as regular mains and 400V for larger applications, no sparking problems, maybe get some better sockets.

Every single person in this post is a fucking lunatic in c/curatedtumblr@sh.itjust.works
[–] zaphod@jlai.lu 2 points 6 months ago

Just switch to 230V.

Every single person in this post is a fucking lunatic in c/curatedtumblr@sh.itjust.works
[–] zaphod@jlai.lu 7 points 6 months ago (5 children)

They're probably americans (doesn't matter which flavour), their kettles are low powered because of that low 120V mains and not wanting to spend more on thicker wires.