News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Meta lays off 11,000 people. Parent comment

Re:Meta lays off 11,000 people by smcl on Wednesday November 09, 2022 @02:27PM (#33536628)
Slip of the tongue (fingers?) when I was typing - the original figures ch4se gave were for income inequality so I stuck with that.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Meta lays off 11,000 people by mmmmmbop on Wednesday November 09, 2022 @02:37PM (#33536761)
Sure, that makes sense. It's just worth noting that the U.S. are not an outlier amongst developed nations when looking at wealth inequality -- which, IMO, is the much more important metric than income inequality.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Meta lays off 11,000 people by ch4s3 on Wednesday November 09, 2022 @02:44PM (#33536844)
Yes, that's part of my criticism for gini.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Meta lays off 11,000 people by ch4s3 on Wednesday November 09, 2022 @02:46PM (#33536864)
Well income is what gini measures and what the comment I was replying to[1] was referencing.

[1]https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33530819

[ Parent | on HN ]