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Apple, SpaceX, Microsoft return-to-office mandates drove senior talent away
  • Everyone suffers. Now that work has ramped back up post pandemic, it is very apparent how our talent pools have been impacted.

    It’s the worst kind of problem: hard to fix and slow to show fairly significant consequences.

  • Steve Jobs Rigged The First iPhone Demo By Faking Full Signal Strength And Secretly Swapping Devices Because Of Fragile Prototypes And Bug-Riddled Software
  • Slow down your thinking and consider this: why would any practical person fully develop something without getting market feedback and understanding demand?

    This is by the book “Preto-typing”. You can frame it as lying, but the reality is Apple had faith that all of the “faked” features in the demonstration would be fully developed before launch.

    IBM did something similar before voice-to-text existed. They faked the technology during market research and discovered that people didn’t enjoy speaking to their computer as much as initially thought. It showed them that they could better invest that money elsewhere.

    It would make zero sense and be a foolish use of capital to fully develop a product that complex and expensive without understanding market preferences.

    This is a non-story, rage-bait headline.

  • it always interesting when multi billion dollar company's costing system is a 63 tab excel 97 spreadsheet at it's core...
  • My take is that Excel is great for people to throw together quick and efficient tools for their own use. The problem is when these get distributed and then everyone uses something that has no version control or QA/QC.

    I see this a lot because an engineer gets annoyed with IT or existing software restrictions and learns enough VBA to be dangerous. (Spoiler, it me.)

  • More US home buyers willing to purchase despite high rates -BofA study
  • I’m skeptical of a 1000 person survey, especially when overall home sales are still down.

    That being said, some people may be getting tired of waiting and willing to gamble on refinancing with favorable interest rates in the future.

  • Pending home sales drop to a record low, even worse than during the financial crisis
  • Anyone that bought when rates were still 2-3% isn’t selling unless they’re being forced. Why would they, considering their real interest rate is negative at this point.

    This is a non-headline because it’s reporting on something that was expected to happen when interest rates rose.

    That being said, this does suck for those who have yet to purchase their first home. Property investors buying with cash have no incentive to stop buying. This is where government should step in and regulate. Those conversations should be headlining instead.

  • ‘We will coup whoever we want!’: the unbearable hubris of Musk and the billionaire tech bros
  • My summary of his book is that people rise to power by contributing to the greater good. They empathise with those around them and are likeable. Power is thus given to them by others.

    The paradox is that it’s been suggested by several studies that those that gain power (or those that feel powerful) tend to be less empathetic and focus more on themselves.

    He does not prescribe to the Lord of the Flies world view.

  • Games that my non-gamer girlfriend can watch me playing?
  • The Spider-Man games on PS5 have great storytelling.

    Cyberpunk 2077

    God of War and God or War Ragnarok

    • I believe both of these have settings that can reduce the “bloodiness”

    Destiny 2….. lmao j/k

  • An Auto Loan Debt Crisis Looks Imminent
  • Well, yes and no. It’s grey like most things in life.

    Banks and credit are a means to “grow the pie” by allowing us to factor in future value. Before banks and credit, the world was a zero sum game where one person only had because the other person had not.

    They do serve a real purpose but are only valuable when properly managed.

  • Question to Immigrants in America regarding health insurance

    I’m conducting some research on the health insurance market and am particularly interested in the experience of immigrants.

    This is for a school project.

    I’d really appreciate any responses to these questions:

    If you currently have health insurance, why did you choose that insurer/plan?

    If you don’t have coverage, what options are available to you?

    Is it difficult to find effective healthcare options that are both in coverage and available?

    What personal changes would you like to see (in either the healthcare or insurance aspects)?

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    Question to Immigrants or those familiar regarding health insurance

    I’m conducting some market research on the health insurance market and am particularly interested in the experience of immigrants.

    This is for a school project.

    I’d really appreciate any responses to these questions:

    If you currently have health insurance, why did you choose that insurer/plan?

    If you don’t have coverage, what options are available to you?

    Is it difficult to find effective healthcare options that are both in coverage and available?

    What personal changes would you like to see (in either the healthcare or insurance aspects)?

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