Scott Dorsey wrote:

Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?= <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

In the same announcement in which the boss of Cisco boasted of
reaching new company revenue highs, he also said he was getting rid of
4,000 staff
<https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2026/05/cisco-announces-record-revenue-and-4000-layoffs-in-the-same-day/>.

"Rich people don't get rich by paying money to other people."
-- My rich uncle

I beg to differ. I, a very promising young man, skipped out on an
internship with Cisco rival Lucent Tech & they alas are no more. They
could have benefited from paying money to others.

I mean seriously, what the fuck are y9ou even talking about?


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Lawrence D?Oliveiro wrote:

In the same announcement in which the boss of Cisco boasted of
reaching new company revenue highs, he also said he was getting rid of
4,000 staff <https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2026/05/cisco-announces-record-revenue-and-4000-layoffs-in-the-same-day/>.

Tactfulness, much? Not just proclaiming the two on the same day, but
in *the same blog post*.

Oh, I know that company! That's the one that kludge guy hates because it
has nothing to do with brutal intestines of assembly code but
constructive primitives. He called it "a woke alternative where people
thrive and makes shit spew forth his braaes."

--
BANG BANG BANG

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