Silicon Valley Techno-Utopianism

I would have a FAPsgiving with all of you!

My understanding of Friendsgiving is that it’s an extra gathering with non-family on Friday

agreed. the idea that this would happen before Thursday is heresy. That's just dinner!

idk if its proper but people def call having day of thanksgiving thanksgiving with friends friendsgiving

sad but true

"friendsgiving" is when you just watch the Thanksgiving episodes of Friends all day

In that context it sounds like a ritual where you sacrifice your friends on the fourth Thursday of November, which tbh is making me come back around on liking the name

Everyone here is awesome and I’m thankful, but how about let’s-get-over-ourselves-giving i think that might be most in keeping with whatever fictional spirit of the day there is. NB i’m told I’m usually wrong.

(That was not in response to the Friends joke but it still works)

Um, please look at the thread title... there's another thread for this line of chatter

The search results disagree with you

The Elon Musk thread says what you talking about?

YA READY FOR YOUR TURKEY DINNER?

Lol, and I do love it.

#onethread

I really don't even like turkey, but whatever.

call it what you want, for me when someone says "friendsgiving" the vibe i get is often "spending time around my birth family is actively traumatic"... the more ways it becomes socially acceptable to say that, the better, imo

idk I think people also say that when they aren’t able to travel, too

JFC bro

A former employee at prominent San Francisco tech startup Tradeshift has filed a lawsuit against the company, its former CEO and several board members and investors, alleging that she was subject to a “sexual slave contract.”

The suit, filed Thursday under “Jane Doe” in San Francisco, alleges that Christian Lanng, the former CEO and Tradeshift co-founder, sexually abused the plaintiff, his executive assistant, and trafficked her around the world. Though the supply chain software startup fired Lanng from his CEO job in September, citing “serious allegations of sexual assault and harassment,” the lawsuit alleges board members and investors knew about the allegations since 2019.

“believe the sv exec assts” is my gp

did we discuss this anywhere. wild stuff.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/12/style/praxis-city-dryden-brown.html

I just read that Praxis story, so dumb. Gave me strong Jean-Ralphio vibes. Doesn't really seem like anyone takes him seriously — but even at that, he's managed to scam nearly $20 million in startup money to have parties and drink expensive water.

the lawsuit alleges board members and investors knew about the allegations since 2019.

Tradeshift's 2018 funding round was led by Goldman Sachs

I thought I must've found this here but I can't find it - it's a long one, but guess who's behind the new initiative uniting techbros, Peter Thiel, and Dimes Square? https://thepointmag.com/examined-life/among-the-reality-entrepreneurs

A Happy Holiday and Merry Christmas to all those celebrating, from @PalantirTech CEO Alex Karp and the whole Palantir family. pic.twitter.com/QYq5wemQOr

— Jacob Helberg (@jacobhelberg) December 22, 2023

ah not great

this palantir?

💥 NEW 💥

Leaked emails reveal that the tech giant Palantir has hired Topham Guerin to pay influencers to attack Good Law Project on social media – but the source of the money is to be kept “confidential” 👀 https://t.co/MYezV0sNtP

— Good Law Project (@GoodLawProject) December 22, 2023

brb going to go fight xenophobia by *checks notes* attacking non-western values

I work on the same floor in the same building as Palintir. They replaced Spotify and Wework. I don’t know what’s wrong with my building. But I have a really hard time taking the elevator with those kids (and they’re all kids) with the marching corporate backpacks. On their way to program AI software and drones to I guess fight non western values?

what is up with the editing of that video

I hope Karp and every single person at Palantir dies

So creepy. Also great that they found the one place in the lower 48 that currently has snow on the ground.

Just starting this https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/trillbilly-workers-party/id1227003413?i=1000639339639 re an Appalachian “silicon holler” agritech startup

Y Combinator CEO wishes death to SF supervisors

Am I missing where we're talking about the SBF sentencing? Goddamn the statements from the defense are *something*

He got 25 years? That's real time, I wonder if he'll be in a real prison or one with free ping pong and a vegetable garden

I’m sure he’ll go to minimum security. Which tbh, doesn’t bother me that much. Our prisons are overly punitive.

He’ll probably develop PrisonCoin or something. When Madoff was in prison, supposedly inmates regularly asked him for financial advice.

even max security prisons prob have ping pong, but my understanding is for long sentences they dont send you to minimum security, regardless there are no nice prisons

*due to the fact that it would be too tempting for someone looking at 25 years to escape from a minimum security prison

https://www.businessinsider.com/madoffs-butner-prison-is-the-crown-jewel-of-federal-prison-system-2009-7

Min security might not be the technically accurate term but probably what people think of when they think of minimum security

eh, he'll be out in his 40s if he behaves. honestly not a bad deal in return spending his 20s as the personal beneficiary of the biggest white collar crime in history. i don't think i'd take the deal, but i'd think about it.

i def would not take it terrible deal he spent most of his time in the office on computer

Min security might not be the technically accurate term but probably what people think of when they think of minimum security

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yeah i heard theyre playing golf over there they give you foot massages lol https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/madoff-beat-up-in-prison-report/1880747/

"A former felon also serving time at the prison on drug charges confirmed the assault to the WSJ and said the argument focused on money the alleged attacker reportedly believed Madoff owed him."

I mean, caveat emptor at that point

xxp

right but you would not spend most your time on the computer. you would spend ten years partying.

anyway my point is 25 years with likely parole for a 32 year old is not like 25 years for madoff at age 70. it honestly seems pretty lenient. he'll probably do it again when he gets out. love that for him.

i personally would do a smaller scam and get away with it, no going on 60 minutes nothing like that

Are his parents still teaching legal ethics at Stanford Law?

the thing with him and elizabeth homles is it seems like they really did want to become steve job, its a different kind of scam theyre looking to go legit, its too much delusion if youre scamming you should be honest with yourself and plan accordingly

elizabeth homles really cant be topped cause from the beginning every expert was saying her plan wasnt going to work because its just not enough blood, a hard physical reality, but she was just like no i will figure it out i will wear turtlenecks, also fucking up medical things is frowned upon in ways that making a bad computer program is not