And just like sama may not be the best to run OpenAI of humanity’s interest, Putin isn’t the best to run Russia for humanity’s interest. But both men are incredibly successful at navigating power dynamics to maintain their control over their respective organizations.
Being the best in the world to deal with a situation is a neutral statement. Putin is the best in the world to deal with the situation he’s in right now, if you need a negative angle on this.
Absolutely. Also reporting these out of the ordinary behaviors before they become problematic is also a way to keep these guys in line. Once they see that you have a systematic way to report (replace report with "ask if this is normal practice within the company"), they’ll avoid you.
This is on point. This whole mess is indeed an alignment issue. The fact that this came as a surprise to him could be an indicator of insufficient engagement with the board.
If you think Google and metal started that I’ve got a bridge to sell you. To world class engineers produced there just used to become expats or work for big industrial players. They now have a (small) playground with the French tech.
Uber only by itself, would be pointless. What about something that could connect to all limousine and taxi services and provide you with the best solution for what you’re asking? “I can’t get you an Uber right now, but it looks like a taxi from your local company is available, shall I book it now?”
Contrary to the US where you can commonly see 2 bottles of milk sitting next to one another with a price per oz and a price per gallon, in France there is a relatively good uniformity for prices per x. Unless you haven't had the experience yet, you'd know that it makes shopping and product comparison extremely easy, whatever the type of product you're buying.
People have been saying that the new iPhones are unimpressive/shit for years. Yet, compare an iPhone X to an iPhone 15 and the leap is clear. Incremental improvements are unimpressive, but do build up over time. You can only realize that by taking a pause and look back where you were 10 years ago.
In 2022, 85% of the country's drinkable water was produced through desalination of saltwater and brackish water. If there is a real need, and a will to address it, we have everything we need to to it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_supply_and_sanitation_in...
Wordpress just works as long as you keep it simple. It works great and doesn't deserve the shit it's getting from many. It's one of the remaining pieces of the old web, and it has evolved nicely with its time.
Google didn't think it'd be worth it to pursue a solution that would solve this, and probably nobody internally wanted ownership of it. The second best solution is the one that doesn't cost much and solve the problem. Youtube being the only game in town, where are people gonna go anyways? Daily Motion? Post implementation KPI probably showed that traffic hasn't budged, and the problem has been solved. As far as Google is concerned, it was a rational decision.
I have to disagree about the UI. Once you know the flows, it's super easy to get it to do the most repeatitive tasks (add to queue & launch radio for me). I absolutely prefer Spotify's UI over Apple Music and Youtube Music.
Indeed. Very big targets are taken by 0 days, and like Op above mentioned, low hanging fruits are taken by parallel construction. Looks like there is a sweet spot in the middle, where they can’t be bothered.