Not OP, but I think he might be hinting towards something like this:
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They released the LG app for Stadia less than a year ago, and so having it on my TV with no additional equipment was a god-send. I could play Jackbox when friends either in my living room, or with my remote team at work. I still had the Chromecast, so then I could spin up any game from basically any room in my house and I just needed the controller.
I mean, this is what everyone claimed was going to happen from the beginning... I'm just bummed because I quite enjoyed the ride.
We didn’t reject people if they weren’t able to complete the algorithm, because it’s a lot of unrealistic pressure. For both questions, we mostly just want to see how they think things through, how they identify pain points, how open they are to feedback, and discuss their approach.
Even though we would tell people this, I think they still put a lot of pressure on themselves because of the status quo of leetcode interviews.
The difference though, is that TV is sitting in our bedroom mostly dormant, since my wife watches it maybe 1-4 times a week while she's getting ready for work.
At some point, someone asked about his biggest regret. We all expected some business blunder, but he said that he was offered an executive position by Kraft to lead their Asian segment, and that his wife really did not want him to take the job because it would require them to move to that region. He regretted not listening to her, because it ended up being the catalyst that dissolved their marriage.
We were all stunned silent, and you could tell that he was genuinely remorseful and so vulnerable in that moment. There are only a handful of moments in that internship that I vividly remember, but that was by far the most impactful one.
The fact that it's been shoehorned down to an OS for TVs is a bit of sting. I'm glad to see that it's still around, but I can't help but wonder what the landscape would be like if they executed better.
It's a massive burden because they have had to set aside a significant amount of money that could be used to improve their services. No other federal department has the same requirement, and there are significant savings for pay-as-you-go, since there is no guarantee just how many employees they'll need in the future given unknown technological advancements.
Also, the USPS is a government corporation, which is bound and managed by congress, but receives $0 from the tax payers each year. They are required to make their own revenue, but the profits are controlled by congress.
Ultimately this is what we do now: all routine bills/savings/short and long obligations get paid or deposited first, and there is usual only around a potential $100 variation in those numbers each month. So that ends up being a magic number that we both know we need as a minimum. Outside of that, we basically use our joint credit card account for everything else. When it gets close to a certain number we both stop any unnecessary spending until the next billing cycle and then we pay it off entirely. So far we have maybe hit that number three or four times in the last two years? It gives us a high level view of our spending and we don’t get in the weeds about “can we get this” or stress about every dollar being correctly utilized. If we realize that we can’t afford something we either plan for it during the next billing cycle, or dip into savings if we need it urgently.
We don’t leave each other in the dark on any of this though. We both get a notification on every transaction we make, and we’re both very transparent on our purchases.
I’m not going to recommend you follow my method, but so far it works pretty well for us.
Unfortunately, hospitals will never be able to consolidate or pass-thru bills from all providers, because admins would want a cut of the amount paid, plus they would know what everyone is charging and use that info strategically. So no provider in their right mind would go for it. Sending bills directly cuts out any middleman and increase their margins.
Aiming for USB-C sounded like a solid goal on paper, but it's become so fragmented with all the protocols, data rates, and variations in cable capabilities and it becomes obvious that compatibility is significantly worse than what we had before.
If you can't hit the lowest common denominator when it comes to USB-C you'll end up frustrated if you ever have a cable that doesn't meet your needs.