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more likely they fund these companies through "research grants" then buy their services

most old money is locked into investment and guarded by professional wealth managers. you can't just ask daddy for cash- unless they've set up trust funds to freely dispense your allocation, you're gonna have to pitch for it.

it's pretty much just another HR role. I don't think you'll get much pushback if HR isn't making money, most people ignore it to be avoid being cancelled.

i dont get all these chinese finger pointing- they did not force US businesses into non-competes or exclusivity contracts.

businesses shifted to china in the name of pure profit. they closed their local factories and laid off their expert staffs due to short sightedness.

kinda like when people wash their cars or tend to their gardens. sure, the ROI is bad and they could just work more at their day-job and earn enough to employ someone to do it, but not everything needs to be quantified by money- some people just want to do chores to relax and live.

she wasn't exactly doing product review. i doubt she even knew what the brand was. all she prob did was hold a prop her assistant gave her.

usually I wear soundproof headphones which discourage casual chatters. I usually also pick a location in the corner or near a window so there's less traffic around.

Sometime you can also put a makeshift "DO NOT DISTURB SIGN" behind your chair or monitor (which I use as screens too)

it's doing exactly what it was designed for. you can easily contact the previous owner to unlock them... though it's obviously not feasible if it's stolen.

9 month is long. I thought credit card companies only hold for 3 months at the most so not sure why Stripe needs it 3x longer

yea it was pretty obvious they were spamming on the day, when you could see numerous reddit posts announcing that "threads is launching" with pretty much the exact same title in multiple subreddit, all from different accounts.

i think the main difference is a pro can grab a cheap tool or make one from scratch to complete a task, whereas an amateur will hesitate to do a task unless he has the "best" branded tool

i signed up but idk if i'll use it much. most are just reposted content and the usual corporate social media accounts.

where I'm at Apple usually send customers a packaging box for any repairs to be sent to them

funny where i'm from it's mostly middle-aged mom or stay at home wives driving in their white mercedes SUVs

for a personal site any is fine. but for business a .com or country TLD is still preferable.

Some start-ups can get away with .io or similar especially if their customers are 100% techies but unfortunately many are still not that tech savvy or get by with the bare minimum.

yea corporations that are staunchly independent until the next recession where they beg for government handouts because they are too important to fail

The same logic could easily apply to every other manufacturing heavy country (Japan, India, etc). There are just as many unethical companies operating in the country (Dupont/Monsato/3M) hit by massive lawsuits. And trying to influence domestic issues in other countries has led to the numerous wars the US have started in modern times, not to mention the annexation of Hawaii because of blatant business interests.

the world is tired of the US finding applying double standards to whoever they want to make their enemy.

it was kinda in the name

besides the whole Apple 'premium' which has been debated to death, $3500 is on the low side for a new tech especially for devs and researches looking to implement it. it's not exactly aimed at the mass consumer market yet (and likely there's no production capability for that either).

yet people use slack for similar and get applauded?

or you can try not to get people addicted in the first place

i have a lot of people unable to recognize QR codes as scannable. making it more picture-like would reduce usability?

It's usually the publishers who choose what countries they appear in rather than the store itself.

"once you're established in a new field, you want to add as many barriers as possible to others trying to get established"

taken from a reddit comment, but yea another classic virtue signaling. as sleazy as it gets.

back in the day i saw an airline ad about how their chefs specially plans each meal and the flavors etc and how much research goes into it (like adding more salt because our taste-buds are less sensitive at high altitude).

I now know it is BS because bringing takeaway on the plane I felt it taste the same if not better than any airline food I've had.

they got lucky with alibaba and everyone though they had a midas touch. all they did was huff and puff every startup they touched giving them inflated ego. ironically alibaba grew without their influence and did well for themselves

also not just any employee. apparently a "senior partner relations manager" who really should have shown more restraint and social awareness

i think it's a turning point when countries realize they're not the US's "ally" and just another pawn that will be disposed of by self interest or spite.

to be fair, critical thinking is one of the core prerequisite of research and a part of that is thinking about what you discovered and how it can apply to real world scenarios.

i wouldn't read too much into it. KPMG won brownie points in my book when they refused to sign off on dodgy accounts in the 1MDB scandal.

They fired them and got Deloitte to do the dirty work instead.