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sometimes I go straight into technicalities for the sake of time (to colleagues at the same level) and wonder if they actually understood what i said.

I like it when they ask basic questions. at least then I can then explain the basics to them without having to feel like I'm patronizing.

they do have a product. just like theranos had a product.

it just didn't do 99.9% of what they marketed it as capable of.

I've tried the headset and liked it but on a whole it was kind of disappointing. the tech was nowhere near what the company marketed it as.

I'm sure it'll get there someday but for now it is all just rose-tinted glasses.

same with most jobs. unsatisfied employees will just start looking at other jobs rather than raise issues with their boss. managers really need to set the culture otherwise.

yea vastly different from a medical context where it's used to describe false positives or characteristics

haha funny also when the crypto goes belly up or a deal goes sideways they run straight to "the king" for help

well some C-level staff eventually has to take some responsibility, can't keep passing the buck.

the money trail isn't the main issue here. It's the perception that the pipeline company is getting discretion at who gets arrested, rather than the police making the decision.

if we had to pay to submit comments and wait a few days or even weeks for it to go through the company's "stringent" rules before it is approved, then yes a flagging button is counterintuitive.

at this point i'd just expect any exchange to be breached at some stage.

if you want to be be safe you should store your crypto in cold storage rather than online

looks expensive

i would think that the fact that they've got evidence rather than just gossip to a crime is actually newsworthy.

it's kinda their whole objective- to keep sites up and running. so of course they'll do commentaries- it's for marketing and helps stimulate discussions in their industry.

one of the firsts things they taught in law school was that the legal system wasn't just created to uphold "justice" but really to protect the wealthy and powerful

it's more about how they recharge rather than how they act. you can be introverted as well as outgoing and assertive, and vice versa.

yea when you've built a reputation to a certain point there is less motivation to innovate. any mistake you do have less consequences as well, so if you fail your clients will just shrug and go "well it's IBM.... if they can't do it then nobody can"

yea I remember years ago Qualcomm was working on an "always on" BLE chip. Use cases they promoted was a 24/7 tracking for ad placements. With privacy concerns back then I thought that would never get approval yet here we are now.

everyone keeps saying loyalty like people sign blood pacts with the CCP or something. it's no different from companies abiding by US laws (and provide backdoors etc) in order to stay operating.

it's not loyalty or some secret pact. it's just them acting in their best interest to follow regulations (however dubious) in order to keep making money.

they could, but 've had more than my fair share of genuine apple cables getting faulty that i don't think their cable QC is a strong point

lol they have better ways of flexing without shooting themselves in the foot. not everything they do is based on foreign policy.

it use to be my fav time waster app rather than the selfies on IG or silly politics on FB. but yea rarely use it now so I guess engagement is dropping

everyone sells out eventually. nothing wrong with it. either that or they run it into the ground or die.

people move on that's just life. congrats to the imgur team and good luck for their next adventures.

yea bitcoin is open sourced, but with a substantial stake already mined by the founder (anonymous and which could also be an individual, VC, country etc who knows) so while the most popular is not exactly the best defense of the blockchain tech.

depends on the design too. i've been in much smaller houses with more people and sometimes you can barely notice them around when you're in your own little space.

being the "good guy" is subjective and history is written by the winners. plenty of parties in both sides of war have tried bombing or disrupting communication and logistic assets in order to win a war.

yea we use it here in NZ to detect where COVID outbreaks are in a region

what's worse is during the Auckland lockdown they effectively shut down for 6 weeks so nothing was processed.

yea permanent residency is basically citizenship- mostly used by people who have passports from countries that doesn't allow dual/multiple citizenship.

only had to spend 12 days in the country too. Just enough to visit all the LoTR sites I guess.

depends on what yardstick you're using to measure success I guess.

Sweden's COVID death rate per million was 1,440. Similar countries like Norway was 159, while Finland 192.

In values of human life I think they probably could have done better; but economically, maybe it was worth it to them?