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Current SFDC software engineer - this is just cover for a widespread engineering hiring freeze since the layoffs in January 2023. There's a ton of pressure to control costs after the near shareholder revolt that caused the layoffs.

The public nature of the announcement is certainly marketing for our AI offerings as well, but at this point I think most engineers are just worried there will be additional layoffs, in the event management cannibalizes product for short term stock gains again.

NYT's political coverage has been extremely poor this year, with very obvious editorial control preventing negative coverage of Trump.

It's not obvious to me they have a bias here, but given the clear systemic issues in other reporting it's reasonable to bring a skeptical view to their own reporting.

I had an MRI in February and specifically asked about my wedding ring, the tech said it wasn't an issue. We didn't discuss composition or any other details.

Phone numbers are initially assigned geographically but people generally take their phone number with them as they move.

People would just have called it "ov" and moved on. Look around the tech ecosystem, lots of thriving projects with stupid names.

> Read the linked PDF from the CIA FFS. Its a fun theory and that has multiple articles linked from the 80s.

Readers should note that while the declassification source is the CIA, this was simply a note from a retired Army Lt. General pitching space related projects from a private think tank. He had no insider knowledge or intelligence at the time, which is why this whole memo can be declassified - it's pure speculation.

Fortunately for us, we don't need to delve into speculation, because Challenger had an extremely robust and well documented investigation process which established a clear cause, which was very much not Soviet malfeasance.

> My understanding is that tasers are AC, thus involuntary movements will be back and forth rather than just in one direction.

Tasers AC output is at low frequency but still significantly faster than human muscles can move, if you watch any video of a tase you'll see it causes the victim's muscles to seize up and not oscillate.

Fred Noonan was hired as the navigator specifically for this leg of the flight because of his navigation skills, which he proved by establishing Pan Am's transpacific routes, so it's not obvious to me why a navigational error would rest on Earhart's lack of skills in that area.

No computer (device), but definitely a computer (person who computes) the location of the plane and destination in a formula that relies on the correct date for accurate long distance navigation.

Because these employees are in California, Google is required to give 60 days notice of termination. Typically in big tech layoffs this is done as paid garden leave.

> Of those who reported an addiction, 38% identified an addiction to cigarettes ... alcohol (22%), marijuana (21%)

You're conflating the civil and criminal judicial systems when the reality is they're quite separate, and defamation has its own special corner of the civil realm where plaintiffs have a very steep hill to climb.