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Lmao what did apple do to this guy to make him write an apology about a 7-point correction from the hospital without a thumb??

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BTW - I still have a thumb but there is a huge huge chunk missing. :D thankfully, the hospital said a lot of the skin on the hand will heal and grow back.

Well, I give your attempt at keeping everyone happy 1.85 thumbs up (out of 1.85).

Best wishes on the recovery!

Dang sorry to hear about it, I sliced off a piece of my left pointer finger a couple years ago and it sucked (it’s healed and the only issue I had was my finger print changed so I had to re-register it with my phone). Missing a part of your thumb is probably worse in these smartphone times.

Sorry about that, and nice that you're almost side-effect free now.

Are you american/in america? Did you have to re-register your fingerprints?

There are opt-in programs that mandate it (security clearances, etc.), but Americans aren't generally required to register their fingerprints.

Re-register for what? I’m American only thing I had to do was fix my iPhone sign in, I still had the iPhone 6s at the time.

Oof - last week mine looked like an exploded sausage, but it was healing. Glad the long term issues weren't too bad for you.

Yeah I read it that way too, I meant it's in a brace or some sort of device where you can't use it so it's not there for this article.

I read it as an implication of Apple's goombas saying something like "it'll be a real shame is something were to happen to your thumb if that article gets released", but did it anyways. Too many Scorsese movies I guess.

They made it look like an accident

Do you have any proof that what happened was not an accident?

Everything written in the article makes sense. Is there anything out there that disproves anything that what was said?

I'm pretty sure you're replying to a joke.

The author's boss had to present the inaccurate data, and then take responsibility for it.

Even if Apple wasn't involved, that would make me want to confess.

I wouldn't even say it was that. No one asked me to write it, but I also want to make sure it was clear when and how the mistake was made. I'm not above pride in this case and in the long run I saw the two teams arguing over something that I had done and I value developers more than that.

That has to feel bad and I think you set a beautiful example for people who find themselves in this position in the future.

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