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Simon_O_Rourke

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    Comment #48834616

    Well said, he got what was coming to him too.

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    Comment #48515160

    Nonsense, it'll end up with merely some public head scratching and shrugs, and a "gee whiz monsieur, it sure is a mystery to us too". Interesting that whatever they wanted to do ba…

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    Comment #48424613

    I would have loved to have had ChatGPT when I had to do a few modules in formal methods, I'd say it would have eaten through the BS I had to wade through

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    Comment #48423821

    Another great post by one of the nations best public intellectuals.

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    Comment #48337527

    Mediocre sales leaders I've found treat pipeline stagnation as a motivation problem rather than fixing the underlying issues with training, lead qualification, or sales collateral.…

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    Comment #48334836

    You could fit in most senior directors, consultants and sales VPs into that bucket comfortably.

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    Comment #48159753

    I'm just waiting for my current company to have a Sev 1 CritSit so I can document the bejesus out of the root cause and expose our non-technical AI evangelist leadership as the sor…

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    Comment #47999556

    This is a nothing burger of a story.

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    Comment #47494391

    As someone who is being actively "encouraged" to be more collaborative with a few non technical political type managers merely for the appearance of it, this rings true. Collaborat…

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    Comment #46482351

    Fun times in Caracas. Interested to see what future Mafia film will use this a backdrop.

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    Comment #46453939

    [flagged]

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    Comment #46426335

    > I am amazed that people take Hal Puthoff at his word that he has worked on all these secret projects for decades even though he cannot describe in definitive terms what the actua…

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    Comment #46409123

    A lot more of Max Hastings than I would care to admit. But boy, can than man write a ripping yarn.

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    Comment #46002023

    That's terrible. If the NTSB had flagged this flaw before then someone failed with an inspection regime or maintenance. The NTSB doesn't ever accept the "sometimes bad things happe…

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    Comment #45943477

    I presume he's moving on to some Trump appointed position.

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    Comment #45938000

    Bush league poetry compared to WB Yeats or John Berryman.

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    Comment #45864697

    I would send business that guys way if I could, he seems like good people, unlike the more famous Zuckerberg.

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    Comment #45839467

    Great way to 'other' a group of folks who don't tend to stick to an all veggie diet. It wasn't enough just to say you can eat nettles and they're ok, but they had to take a dump on…

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    Comment #45701645

    [flagged]

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    Comment #45673072

    That'll save them a few million dollars when things are tight.

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    Comment #45557117

    CORBA, it got hopelessly complex but it's full potential was never reached as the greed heads took it over.

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    Comment #45475251

    I respect the honesty that went into that writing.

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    Comment #45397777

    Beautiful, but definitely not worth invading or sending our troops to take over, if you don't awfully mind Mr. President.

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    Comment #45331184

    Just don't fall off the side of those platforms. It'd be interesting to see what additional "personal atmospheric floatation" devices would be needed.

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    Comment #45323814

    So what happens if she racks up a few million in fines and declares herself bankrupt, say in the UK, where you can't then be held responsible for earlier debts?