I laughed just reading the headline. Hard to argue their logic though if people are trying to convert people to veggies that look & taste like meat then it should be ok to do the reverse as well even though its probably more in jest than anything.

I hope it stays in Minneapolis and doesn't spread outside of the city for a number of reasons. I enjoy living in a neighborhood of houses and families where we have some space and nature visible vs tar and housing complexes. Its one of the reasons why I don't live in or closer to Minneapolis.

It seemed like they were on a path to make everything iOS including the laptops. Granted it was more of a iOS-ification, but seemed like the general direction. Now I'm curious if this is a shift in direction if they are going to split ipads from ios.

The old cheesegrater look is back. Its almost like how the car companies bring back the old car with a redesigned look.

Coca-Cola “Classic” is the new Mac Pro to the trash can’s “New Coke”.

I was surprised that it ever went out. Even when the last Mac Pro was introduced the cheese grater look was a very nice looking machine.

When you're the only one in line for the tube of course its fast. What happens when there is a line of cars also wanting to use it? Still cool to see.

You could argue this is one benefit of open floor plan offices. Meet in the open with your employees.

Not a bad idea. It might help someone who is accused of something bad prove their innocence or a victim's story.

The counter issue is that legal might have a problem with this since there might now be video records of all meetings. I'm sure they would be ok in the scenario you mention above, but many meetings might come back to harm the company if brought up in discovery.

I think legal would say the cons outweigh the pros.

There is always plenty to question. Motives being one, response being another, heck even timing. I can think of plenty of things you can question when situations like this happen. Doesn't mean they get answered or aren't the most obvious answer.

> There are many many video content hosting sites, there are countless twitter clones, and there are a crazy amount of sites doing things like Facebook with profiles and such.

I think the point is yes there are alternatives however given the size/reach of FB, YT, and twitter even those alternatives really aren't competing with them. They own the market share for what do and even many of those alternatives (ie mastodon) post on twitter or FB news or service updates. I'd say the alternatives don't even make up 5% use over FB, YT, or twitter.

Is it a monopoly in the normal sense of the word probably not, but the issue remains that alternatives are niche and truly don't directly compete. I think though as things like people being banned, creators being demonetized or the numerous other things that have happened in the last year to show users of these platforms the problems; we might see these alternatives pick up ground as these people with followings and clout get kicked off or decide to find alternatives. They get too big for their own good and in the process they will end up fragmenting their communities causing some to take alternatives serious.