What incentive is there for a business to focus on process, quality and ‘getting it right’ if even something as big as this has zero financial impact?
"Notably, both analysts aren’t predicting a big loss from irate customers asking for compensation, in part because many likely have insurance against these risks. J.P. Morgan guessed CrowdStrike might have to put aside $500 million for potential legal action and related costs. As a bullish sign, noted Morgan Stanley, CrowdStrike doesn’t appear to have granted concessions or credits to its customers."
Sorry - as I post can’t recall where this quote co... john.philpin.com https://john.philpin.com/2024/08/05/what-incentive-is.html
A Most Wanted Man, 2014 - ★★★★½ https://john.philpin.com/2024/08/05/a-most-wanted.html
"She is the first female vice president in U.S. history and also the first Black woman to hold the office.
If you are the first female vice president, aren’t you by definition the first black woman to hold the office?"
Trying out a second mechanism for newsletter, blog, podcast and YouTube follows. It’s not binary … more like three strikes you’re out ..
The first I introduced a few months ago … centering around introductions … “blah blah blah, I really don’t care what you are saying, and more often than not … when that opener ends with …
"ok .. let’s get too it."
Strike 1.
The new one is that somewhere in the body, there is a ramble of context setting and then a version of these 4 words
"I’m starting to believe"
Followed by something that is obvious or been in worthwhile places for a long while ..
Unfollow.
I know I know .. he’s gone .. he’s useless .. he’s too old .. and yet …
"At today’s White House announcement, a reporter noted that former president Trump “has said repeatedly that he could have gotten the hostages out without giving anything in exchange,” and asked President Biden: “What do you say to that?”
“Why didn’t he do it when he was president?” Biden answered. "
Just in case you think that all VCs are like Thiel and Andreesen … no … no they are not - they are just the loudest voices with the quietest money.
🔗 VCs for Kamala
"Our country should move forward, not backward; upward, not forward; and always twirling, twirling, twirling toward freedom."
So that’s all right then …
We all believe Zuck about the importance of Open when it comes to LLMs - right?
💬 Have a great day y’all
Well 🔗 THIS goes a long way to explaining the Andreesen, Horowitz, Thiel, Musk position on Trump.
Youngsters probably don’t remember Autonomy. I do.
No time to write too much about it, so look it up and then don’t believe everything you read. Like this …
"Federal prosecutors on Monday painted one-time British tech star Mike Lynch as the ruthless mastermind of an $11 billion deal that defrauded Silicon Valley pioneer Hewlett Packard."
Prompted to post this now because I just listened to 🔗🎙️ Mike Lynch (Founder and CEO of Autonomy) and ‘Danny In The Valley’ talking. Mike was found innocent by the DoJ after TWELVE years and tens of millions defending himself against America’s ‘finest’.
Weird.
Death Is Not Free https://john.philpin.com/2024/07/29/death-is-not.html
We Are Being Forced To Conform https://john.philpin.com/2024/07/29/we-are-being.html
I have been with 🍎🗺️ since the start and definitely felt the pain. But. BUT - thanks to Google I stuck with it.
🔗 Delighted to see this.
"Apple Maps is one of the best examples of the power of persistence I can think of. It started as a laughing stock, but now, for people in many countries, it’s arguably the best maps service."
💬 John Gruber
Meanwhile - over on Substack
💬 A Reminder
"🔗 Some have speculated that the reason Trump picked somebody arguably more odious and evil than himself for a running mate is for assassination insurance - i.e. to discourage would-be assassins from making their move so they don’t unwittingly make a bigger piece of shit president in his place."
😂😂😂
https://open.substack.com/pub/poolish/p/the-poolish-coconut-elegy-edition
The image is a little out of focus. Sorry.
Night sky was black, the ‘little boats’ left yesterday.
A couple of lights usually bobbing on the water. Not last night.
Today you can’t even see some of the cliffs on the island, much less the Coromandel.
Somehow the Sun is forcing itself through.
