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There’s a simpler non malicious explanation for this. Asians know other Asians in tech and hire based on who they are familiar with rather than their ethnicity. It’s also why women managers tend to have more women in their teams.

It’s not malicious. Just a side effect of people’s network. Should that change? Yes. You want a heterogenous team. And this is exactly why DEI is important hahaha


This isn't just a meta phenomenon, it happens at all the big tech companies and it's always asians and indians that form insular groups (indians slightly less so). It is common and not an accident.


Are you sure? there are particular combinations of ethnicity and gender for which people seem to be quite convinced it's "malicious" when hirers stick to their own


Its taken as malicious when white males do it. Which is why you don't see them doing it anymore.

I’ve been here as a teen. It’s amazing! I was blown away by the creativity.


CR poll asks about any problems faced. Phone didn’t connect to the multimedia unit? That’s a problem.

Not saying MB quality hasn’t changed but given the large feature set the problem surface area is also very large. More opportunities for owners to find issues.

By comparison, Lexus uses tried and tested old technology to the point it’s boring to own. But it’s super reliable.

2nd thing not captured here: not all car models are equal. The lower end Mercs and other premium manufacturers models aren’t built to the same standards by my experience. There’s a difference in quality of a German car made in Germany and a German car made in Mexico. The higher end models used to be made in Germany (not sure if that’s still the case).

All of this affects this rating. You might be fine buying an E class but the experience of owning a CLA might be shit.


This makes sense. There are 3 “ways” a battery charges.

1. OS’s battery driver does the charging. This is possible when the computer is on and the driver has control. 2. Firmware driven charging. Typically used in sleep mode 3. Analog Trickle charge - no intelligence, no code is executing. Charge slowly from a dead battery so as to not damage any components.

#1 is the only case where an app. Can control any aspect of charging.


It’s close enough for the purpose of the article.


- My automatic (non quartz) watch. Another watch that’s hybrid - has a battery reserve and charges by solar and hand movement.

The only time I don’t wear them is when I shower.

No charging, no updates, no BS. Works 100% of the time while being stylish.

- 2011 MacBook Air. Replaced the battery last year. Still going strong.


Wait, you’re the presenter!


No, I’m a blade runner character.


> No, I’m a blade runner character.

Where along the determinate in the matrix?


Man I used to tell family in India that the US is better despite corruption because the corruption was at very high levels. Companies paying to pass bills that benefit them. That as a citizen you didn’t see it daily. I even used examples of how cops in India do this sort of thing. How naive of me…


I’m confused. Is the statement that people learn ASL for money and some social kudos?


Couldn’t one argue Amazon is the middleman too?

Not in every case but these sellers do provide value. They find obscure items for an underserved market and sell something people want.

Amazon literally has a team looking at data that basically leverages the work done by these sellers to turn a profit.

At minimum it’s like getting sherlocked.


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