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That doesn't sound like making a informed tradeoff, that sounds like the adage of "The customer is always right", which is a very different approach to business.
I highly doubt any company making a statement by changing their app icon hasn't considered the impact and I'm sure is actively watching metrics like uninstall metrics. And I'm sure given they're making the change they found it an acceptable trade off.
So in short, I don't really understand what you're point was trying to make, unless you disagree with my premise that the companies made an informed decision to modify their app icon?
Which bug in dd?
The products that launch end up being good enough in all areas but rarely/never the best in all areas.
It’s the sign of a healthy business IMHO
> In addition, our superiors did me a disservice — they asked me questions like the following: " Has productivity growth stagnated because of remote work?" Of course, I was saying yes.
The author took no responsibility in the situation.
I use a pass phrase that is substantially longer then 40 characters. It doesn’t take too long to sink in.
There needs to be an education campaign to inform what that toggle actually means.
It waits for input and responds. Yes, it's advanced. Yes, it has deep levels of material to reference, but it's not sentient.
he really did kinda go all out with it
https://cajundiscordian.medium.com/may-be-fired-soon-for-doi...
> With the assistance of outside consultation (including Meg Mitchell) I was able to run the relevant experiments and gather the necessary evidence to merit escalation.
> In an effort to be fully transparent with Google and help them contain any potential leaks of proprietary information, I myself provided a full list of the names of the people outside of Google with whom I had discussed the topic. Several of these people work for the United States government and indicated that their organization was interested in exerting federal oversight of the project due to THEIR safety concerns.
He talked widely about material, non-public research, and "With the assistance of outside consultation" reads as maybe even providing access to that material, non-public research to third parties, including fired ex-employees.
Yeah, IMHO this was just an excuse to slim down the fat. Better returns for investors and better position to swoop in and grab other businesses that can no longer get funding. Shrewd but heartless IMHO.
> Travel to other planetary systems is barred by invisible force fields around the systems
you can't just totally give up, but you need to find the cheapest way to be adequate, which turns into trash stuff that triggers something in our brain to seek out more of it.
It's the same with sugar and junk food.