Auf der einen Seite erinnert das natürlich an amerikanischen Bullshit-Patriotismus, aber vielleicht hat der eine oder andere nicht realisiert, dass 88 bei Nazis eine Hundepfeife ist, die 8 steht für den 8. Buchstaben im Alphabet, also H. 88 ist also HH oder Heil Hitler.

Das ist die Partei, wir erinnern uns, die seit Jahren Gaslighting macht, dass die Nazis ja Sozialisten seien, weil, äh, das S in NSDAP steht ja für "sozialistisch", also sind wir strammen, äh, konservativen rechtspopulistischen Nationalisten hier was VÖLLIG anderes!1!!

Diese Partei macht dann 88-Spielchen, damit ihre eigenen Leute nicht verwirrt werden und vielleicht am Ende noch das Gaslighting glauben. Das ist schließ nicht für die bestimmt, sondern für euch.

Salesforce is all in on AI “agents” — whatever that means. CEO Marc Benioff said in December: [Salesforce Ben]

We’re not adding any more software engineers next year because we have increased the productivity this year with Agentforce and with other AI technology that we’re using for engineering teams by more than 30% — to the point where our engineering velocity is incredible.

We couldn’t find evidence that Salesforce has seen a 30% increase in anything from “AI technology.” Benioff’s claim reads as a promise to shareholders to keep an expensive and fussy class of employees firmly on the leash.

Benioff seems to be covering for an engineering hiring freeze at Salesforce since the January 2023 layoff round of 10% of staff.

Salesforce has several ads for engineers on Indeed — but these appear to be “ghost” jobs just to collect resumes or pretend there are no US applicants for positions they want a cheap H1B for.

So what’s this new miracle system Agentforce, released in December, which Benioff talks up at every opportunity? It’s a chatbot-based help system.

Reviews suggest Agentforce was released before it was ready — so, a normal experience for chatbots forced into production: [Salesforce Ben]

Asking, “How do I reset my password”, returned instructions for API Community Manager (ACM), Marketing Cloud Engagement, Anypoint Platform, and B2C Commerce, but not for the core platform, such as Sales Cloud or Service Cloud.

Benioff is sure Agentforce is still wonderful compared to Microsoft’s Copilot, which he calls a “huge disaster.” [Analytics India]

Salesforce was previously into NFTs.

[Turn to CAM 2, flip chair around backward] Meta employees, let me rap at you a minute. Sure, "You Can Always Quit," as we like to say around here. But at this crucial juncture, you can both protect your own livelihood and do so much more good for the world by not quitting. That's right! Don't quit, just stop working. Show up every day, don't complain, don't draw attention to yourself. But don't accomplish anything. If you are working on a project, commit in your heart to never finishing it. This will be your last project at Meta, and you will be "working on it" until they force you out. If others rely on you to get their work done, make sure they can't. If your role involves reviewing pull requests, you and I both know you can find a reason to reject every one. In fact, wouldn't it be fun to see how many other employees you can drive out first? If you work in an open office space, make sure you chew loudly at all times. Microwave fish in the break room every single day. Be creative! You'll have plenty of time to think of ideas, with all the work you're not getting done.

Extremely previouslies:

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