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Re:About 700 Microsoft employees will be laid off next week,... by Omnipresent on Friday January 20, 2017 @11:02PM (#13448683)
I'm genuinely curious if POTUS will take note of this.
Re:About 700 Microsoft employees will be laid off next week,... by jusq2 on Friday January 20, 2017 @11:41PM (#13448846)
My prediction, based on the fact that POTUS has a mind of a 7 year old kid, is a tantrum will be thrown. The adults in the room will pacify it with some superficial meaningless action/distraction and the cycle will repeat for 4 years.

As Daniel Kahnemen has said there is high demand for overconfidence these days.

And the tech industry has blindly satisfied that demand by creating platforms that prop up characters like POTUS. Not just in the sphere of politics but you can see this within your family, friends, teachers, scientists, religious and biz leaders basically everywhere you look.

If we want solutions that trend has to be reversed.

Re:About 700 Microsoft employees will be laid off next week,... by rat87 on Saturday January 21, 2017 @01:04AM (#13449072)
> My prediction, based on the fact that POTUS has a mind of a 7 year old kid, is a tantrum will be thrown. The adults in the room will pacify it with some superficial meaningless action/distraction and the cycle will repeat for 4 years.

You assume adults are let into the room and will be making the decision. He is the POTUS as long as he cares and isn't lazy enough to pawn it off he'll be the one making decisions.

Re:About 700 Microsoft employees will be laid off next week,... by akhilcacharya on Friday January 20, 2017 @11:55PM (#13448890)
Fantastic point. I think he'll tweet about it eventually and try to make a cause for H1B Reform (even though MS is hardly an example of visa fraud).