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That is not a reasonable comparison.
by bananamerica 6y ago
That is not a reasonable comparison.
- newbie789 6y agoHow so?
- cheriot 6y agoIt's insurance that negotiates and pays ransom. How is that not comparable?
- cj 6y agoOne has to do with a human life. The other has to do with ones and zeroes on a hard drive.
- paulcole 6y agoWhat if the ones and zeros have to do with human life? Imagine there was a cyber attack on Juicero and software engs throughout SF couldn’t make their Soylent-Bitcoin shakes.
- Ghjklov 6y agoDon't even joke. Think of how many SEs you just shook out of their sleeveless jackets.
- paulcole 6y agoSleeveless jackets? You mean the Patagonia vests?
- Ghjklov 6y agoYeah lol, I meant to say vest, but I thought it was wrong and edited it to jackets.
- paulcole 6y agoWasn’t sure if Apple had rebranded vests as sleeveless jackets. Tim Cook like, “You’re going to love what we’ve created and we can’t wait to see how you use it to keep warm while waiting in line at Philz.”
- Marsymars 6y agoThe Patagonia vests are quite nice though. Fortunately for me I live in a very non-hip locale where nobody else wears them or is aware of their association.
- perl4ever 6y agoI thought that was a stereotype of "wall street bros" and/or billionaires.
- paulcole 6y agoWho do you think the engs wish they were and want to emulate?
- perl4ever 6y agoI've never met anyone like that, but then I've never been to the bay area, nor have I worked in finance or in NYC. But my point is that I'm unaware of the stereotype. Saying "don't you think it's true" is a digression once removed from that. It was in the news that Patagonia or someone was refusing to provide vests to financial companies that they were putting their own brands on. So it seems like that is in the category of "everybody knows" that is a thing. Also, I think I've seen a few pictures of Jeff Bezos in one.
- paulcole 6y ago> But my point is that I'm unaware of the stereotype My point is that you being unaware of something doesn’t make it untrue. Especially something you admit to having no knowledge of the context of.
- perl4ever 6y agoYou're trying to change the subject again, to whether it's true. What I was wondering is whether the stereotype is a thing, not whether it's true. I already said that and I guess you're ignoring what I write? Why are you wasting your time being argumentative instead of raising my awareness? I was originally curious if you are "trying to make fetch happen" or whether it's a stereotype that is widespread.
- aaron695 6y agoOnes and zeroes on a hard drive and humans lives are fungible. I don't get this alternate point of view outside of perhaps a belief in god and god may control things without a soul like a hard drive and can't control things with a soul.
- cheriot 6y agoOnes and zeros affect human lives. Maybe a prohibition on paying off ransomware is needed, but it's not sufficient and I don't think it's the low hanging fruit. John Dillinger once made headlines because he was better armed than the locals. Then he ran across state boundaries because law enforcement didn't coordinate well. It took a federal response specialized to that type of crime to bring it under control.