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So the fact that Apple's share price has increased 1,200% since he took over is just a coincidence?

This article misses the point. The point is that at a time where teenagers' finances (= their parents') are not at their best (COVID), where theaters and libraries are closed-ish (COVID), where you can't just hang out freely at a coffee shop that offers free comics to read (COVID), where you can't side down in the aisles of the comic book store (COVID), they decided to give them $350. Nobody believed they'd use it to go see some Shakespeare, and nobody should. It's just dumb classicism.

Good on them to use it for something they LIKE instead of something someome else deems better for them.

I see a lot of people say "I take theanine" but what do you mean exactly? You just drink tea or does it come in other forms?

Also, who's going to feel less anxiety when filming themselves vs. typing?

"If you pursue this career, you'll live under a bridge in 5 years, so I'm kicking you out and giving you no money, so you'll live under a bridge right now."

edit: kudos to you for sticking to it really! You should be proud of yourself!

Let's face it, the Moulinette was the hardest part.

I don't know where you're from that you heard that. But from where I'm from, we were told that:

- it was just only the beginning of a massive sh*tstorm, not just "2 weeks of lockdown and we'll be ok"

- the lockdown in April was to mitigate as much as possible the first wave

- a second wave would almost definitely arrive in the winter (hello! it's here! we're in lockdown again, pretty much as planned)

- nothing will be back to normal before we get the vaccine, and even then, it would take months if not years for it to be a thing of the past, and that until then we'd have to do our best to follow the guidelines.

You can't compare scientific proof that something works vs. a government decision taken to "mitigate things".

The spring lockdown helped free beds in hospital and ultimately it saved thousands if not millions of lives worldwide. Period. This is UNDENIABLE.

Also, maybe if some people weren't so doubtful that these decisions were for their own good and stopped throwing tantrums about their "fundamental right to breathe air", we wouldn't have had a second wave at all. Maybe.

Of course, you're right, it doesn't make sense and that's not how it should work. Unfortunately, science and medicine are fields that are largely driven by money. Laboratories don't really care about a vaccine for a disease in Africa that nobody will be able to afford or invest in. They will turn to better markets. There are multiple reasons, the most obvious one is that they're private companies, their goal is to make profit. The second one is that it's a field that requires a lot of resources. So you need a big ROI.

One of the reasons the vaccine for COVID-19 was produced so quickly is not because of some sort of conspiracy, like they had the antidote all along or something. It's just that when there's a real buck to make, it becomes a race between these big pockets companies.

That's one side of it and I don't know enough to cover every aspect of it. Also, it's just my opinion of course and how I see this.

Edit: I'm doubtful about a zombie vaccine being given for free. Most likely in a Walking Dead type scenario, where the economy would completely go down, there wouldn't be any financial incentive to keep the searches going, and no money to back up the researches either. So we'd be scr*wed I think. :o)

If it's never been done then I don't understand how this is specifically problematic for the covid vaccine then.

Well, there IS a pandemic. So there IS a good reason for "selling it" "a bit hard". It will literally save lives and end a world-wide economy-crippling disease.

Now I agree the process was quicker than usual, that it brings up a lot of questions. But it's the studies we should question, the efficiency, the long term effects. The way it's sold and "advertised" is just equally as dramatic as the disease it's trying to stop, in my opinion.

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Why are you so bitter? I asked this genuinely. I doubt PhD+ people do that type of research "just for fun", or do that like someone like me drinks a beer. Someone answered elaborately, and I'm glad they did. Thanks anyway.

I see! I'm math-dumb and always struggle with that sort of research. I need to see practical applications for what seems TO ME like ridiculous questions (I'm not implying they are, I have a feeling PhD+ level people don't usually waste time on pointless stuff). Thanks for the elaborate answer!

Same question. People seem to be researching that kind of stuff (numbers that are sums of 3 cubes). Why?

This. Seriously. It compares a picture with a lot of other stuff than the glass building to look at and help our eyes "escape", to a picture where 97% of the space is the building itself. There's nothing else to look at so... yeah... This seems so biased.

/e: words

Every answer is worse than the previous one. It seems like a burden more than anything else.

Sounds like they're really mad they didn't partner up with Imperfect Produce when they were given the chance.

Or stats?

Hmm... calling a dog a duck doesn't make a dog a duck.

One can be smart enough to work at Apple and also be dumb in a lot of ways. It's easy being manipulated ("nobody will know it was from you! you're a confidential source"), and it's definitely easy to think of yourself above all laws, or at least too smart to ever get caught.

Just took the words out of my mouth, thanks ^^

Normal person here: why?

It depends on the content, but yeah, I don't see why I would change my stance... What's your point?

They don't mention it. At all.

I said the article does, not the HN post. And yes, explain that YOU made Fossil in that case... it's probably one of the biggest reason SQLite uses Fossil. Way above all others.

Now, the reasons why you created Fossil, that interests me. But this is not the case. It's an ad.

Ah.. that article just looks like an ad now. Shameful.

:o)

Please do TDD.

Thanks for the elaborate answer.

You also said that you want this to be a big step forward in both responsibility and compensation. This tells them you're expecting a market-accurate offer (so it will probably be good enough for you) and gives you a way out if they don't.