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Anyone at HP that is reading, I just want to appologies for calling your printer a "piece of garbage designed by idiots". I didnt mean it, I am very sorry and I will be renewing my subscription today.

Nevertheless, I will be avoiding jogging and yachts for the next few months.

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My favourite about HP is how they were charged by US authorities for corruption in Poland while Polish authorities haven't found anything on them.

not related to HP, but in the same way German officials were found to have corrupted Portuguese politicians over the purchase of 3 submarines, yet the Portuguese police didn't find any wrongdoing.

https://corruption-tracker.org/case/german-submarine-sales-t...

German industry is well known to corrupt in "corrupted" countries.

To corrupt "corrupted" government officials would be more exact. Unless you think Germany has some moral high ground on Portugal which just the last 100 of history years should give you different ideas about comparing countries outright like this.

In context of Germany I heard multiple times a phrase "ethical superpower" used unironically. I that helps, both Poland and Portugal would be in "corrupted" basket.

Because they pay more bribes? Or because they get caught more often?

oh they never get caught, and punished? it's unheard of

Paulo Portas still has his cushy prime-time pundit job to this day, he's in line for the presidency.

His stack of photocopies protects him from any whistleblowing...

Executives are reading The Art of War too literally.

Well, the main lesson in that classic book is actually, if you do it right as a general, you don't have to fight at all.

It also says you should let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.

Clearly HP management read that and decided an unexpected storm at 4am was as close to a dark night thunderbolt as they could get.

Straight from Boeing's corporate playbook

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