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A Final Farewell 9 years ago

"ghosting" just means ending all interaction without warning. not necessarily in the context of a relationship. one can ghost a job, a friend, or even someone selling things on craigslist.

"He ghosted me after finding out I have kids."

ok. people can be offended by things that weren't intended to offend them. this does happen from time to time.

buy why would the speaker withdraw instead of contacting the event organizers? if it bothered her, she wouldn't necessarily have to go into any detail as to why she found it offensive. she should just chew them out for this debacle and threaten to withdraw if they don't alter the image.

this whole thing seems like a poor choice by the event organizers, followed by a poor reaction from a speaker, which led to a poor response from the organizers.

you aren't automatically "right" just because the other guy is wrong.

google glass wasn’t really AR the same way that arkit is.

glass was more of a novelty camera you wore on your face. it was extremely unfashionable, and quickly became associated with “people trying to record you” and invasion of privacy in general.

i think if apple releases some kind of headset, it will look more like regular eyewear. it will also unquestionably be for augmented reality. society probably won’t conflate it with someone trying to snap candid shots like glass.

are you so upset by point 2 that you forgot point 3?

some people seem to think that apple is in the business of personally catering to their every whim.

i totally get why you wouldn’t like the touch bar, but you don’t have to buy that model. in fact, you don’t have to buy a macbook at all.

it’s also pretty astonishing to me how many people vehemently hate this thing they’ve never even tried to use.

Leaving Apple Inc 9 years ago

not in the bay area, but a US startup where i once worked found quite a few candidates by scouring stackoverflow and contacting people who consistently gave valuable responses.

how can a piece like this not even mention reddit?

admittedly, its not as popular as facebook, but it seems to be a 'newer' paradigm of social network than the big ones.

more unmentioned platforms include tinder and other purpose-driven social networks like quora and meetup.

i always imagine'd you could get infinitely close to being free from your own biases, but never fully get there.

of course, thats my biased opinion.