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mbit8

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mbit8··on Ask HN: What's up with these DoorDash dark patterns?
Is this even legal? In the country where i live you need to first register a business and can't make up funny names out of your mind directly into DoorDash
mbit8··on Ask HN: What's up with these DoorDash dark patterns?
DoorDash is for digestible food. If you want rather quality food, you either need connections or step out the door into a restaurant.
mbit8··on FIFA will be rebranded as EA Sports FC in 2023
The video gaming series isn't not more widely known than the governing body otherwise EA wouldn't have paid half a billion dollars year for year just for the naming rights.
mbit8··on Toxic culture is driving the great resignation
Not to mention that many companies don't even offer raises, at least nothing of much worth.
mbit8··on The rise of never-ending job interviews
if you get onsite at most companies for an experienced position the chance is rather 50% to get hired. if i would know the chance is only 5 % i would decline the onsite interview at google.
mbit8··on Products purchased at Apple Store in India cannot be refunded or exchanged
wearing it for some special occasion like a date or meeting and then returning it, so that's why it doesn't work in low income countries
mbit8··on WhatsApp Down in Some Regions
its down in germany too
mbit8··on SoftBank’s plan to sell Arm to Nvidia is hitting antitrust wall around the world
in which way? china seems more like a toothless tiger in this regard
mbit8··on Big Tech is getting cozy with computer science departments
>> The purpose of Universities is to uphold, expand and disseminate human culture, not to prepare people for a career in the industry.

Well, speak for yourself. The majority of people in my classes absolutely had in mind going to industry after their studies. There's nothing wrong with that. Those two goals, being prepared for industry AND science aren't mutually exclusive.