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Agreed.
I’m in the middle of “Bad Blood” tight now (about Theranos), and I can’t help but wonder just how much of the deceit and greed also applies to FB, Twitter, etc. Certainly the hubris does.
TTFN - Kent
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I am reading Bad Blood too and it's a fascinating story, it does look like Holmes is probably going to go to jail for what she did given her recent depositions that can be found somewhere on youtube(apparently some 600 or so "I don't know" answers to simple questions about what was going on in Theranos at the time).
Certainly Apple have not been too honest with its customers when they previously explained that customers were holding their devices incorrectly, in order to explain reception issues.
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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It would be a total miscarriage of justice if Lizzie Borden Holmes didn't do serious jail time.
I'll have to pick up a copy of that book.
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It is very well written, John Carreyrou is not only a great investigative journalist but a good writer too.
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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It should arrive tomorrow morning. I'm actually looking forward to it.
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... And, a couple of chapters in, I'm very glad I bought it.
Cheers to you and Kent for the recommendation.
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In other news, Facebook asks senators why the tricked adults into being taxed to death at the expense of their kids inheritance.
Latest Article - Slack-Chatting with you rPi
Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you. - DangerBunny
Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802
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Research analysis finds that a moderate level of piracy can have a positive impact on the bottom line for both the manufacturer and the retailer -- and not at the expense of consumers. "It's more fun to be a pirate than to join the navy."
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Woo-Hoo!
Where can I buy a torrent machine?
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In the United States, the financial sector, major corporations and parts of the federal government still largely rely on COBOL because it underpins powerful systems that were built in the 70s or 80s and never fully replaced. "Shane. Shane! Come back! 'Bye, Shane."
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Choose:
0. Old stuff has to be replaced with the latest technology as soon as possible!
1. If it ain't broke...
You've had your cake and eaten it for far too long! Now pick one and stick to it!
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In a scientific first, Columbia neuroengineers have created a system that translates thought into intelligible, recognizable speech. My thoughts could never be considered "intelligible"
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techxplore wrote: Experts, trying to record and decode these patterns, see a future in which thoughts need not remain hidden inside the brain What a wonderful, benevolent gift, that could never be abused or used for ill purpose.
Do these great brain-experts ever use their brains to think, just for a moment, just what it is they're doing?
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being a TARGETED INDIVIDUAL I know this kind of technology already exists
Remote Neural Monitoring (RNM)
What exactly is Remote Neural Monitoring? - Quora
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The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence
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So, my tinfoil hat isn't such a bad idea after all.
"When you are dead, you won't even know that you are dead. It's a pain only felt by others; same thing when you are stupid."
Ignorant - An individual without knowledge, but is willing to learn.
Stupid - An individual without knowledge and is incapable of learning.
Idiot - An individual without knowledge and allows social media to do the thinking for them.
modified 19-Nov-21 21:01pm.
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No official announcement from Microsoft, but rumors and alleged descriptions of what it will be like have surfaced since December. This is a stripped-down OS; Windows on a budget. For now, the new flavor is being dubbed Windows Lite but the name may indeed change. Windows 7 2.0?
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So it's windows for phones and tablets -- which is what they should have done all along, instead of forcing desktop and laptop users to suffer a stinking, ridiculous phone-interface gui.
I despair of these bloody idiots, I really do.
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They're out of their :elpehant:ing minds. Even when Edge was running their in house engine 2GB of ram would be a very marginal platform (and Edge was a relative miser at ram consumption); with Edge turning into just another Chrome clone they've guaranteed that the most heavily used class of application will crush the system and grind it to a halt as it desperately tries to swap data on and off of the glacially slow 32gb eMMC the 2gb ram race to the bottom turds will be crippled with.
Maybe they can mitigate the issue by going back to the IE6 model of only 1 page per browser instance and make their new browser a single instance app.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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A major flaw in Apple’s FaceTime feature allowing callers to eavesdrop on call recipients was widely publicized yesterday, close to three months after the flaw may have been introduced. They were busy testing all the dongles their users need?
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Kent Sharkey wrote: They were busy testing all the dongles their users need? Apple fanbois don't have dongles.
It's dongle envy that makes them buy apple.
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I'll wager that like Microsoft, they think automated testing replaces human testing.
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By "automated testing", do you mean "automated forced updates, so the suckers can do our testing for us"?
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Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott recently gave an interview to Fortune magazine discussing about Microsoft’s future, challenges related to AI, and more. Icons!
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