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> The STH guy can't spell to save his life and his grammar is terrible. His sentence structure and general writing skills are about what I would expect from a f
by NobodyNada 5y ago
> The STH guy can't spell to save his life and his grammar is terrible. His sentence structure and general writing skills are about what I would expect from a fourth-grade child.
I mean, he acknowledges this:
> I make a lot of typos, so I know how it goes. As someone who is dyslexic, this piece is going to have a few typos when it goes live, so I empathize with this. At the same time, I tend to spell my name correctly on official documents.
In the electronics industry, a typo on a label, and especially in the brand name, is a very strong indicator that the product is counterfeit (AFAIK such mispellings are often deliberate to avoid using a trademark). For instance, fake Apple products are often "Designed by Apole in Colifornia". And while it's true that the products are most likely assembled by non-native English speakers, this sticker appears to include some licensing/serial number information and was probably designed by someone at corporate headquarters for the express purpose of certifying that the chip is genuine.
And the author places the bulk of the responsibility on Dell and AMI for not catching the error, rather than the workers at Foxconn or wherever. Counterfeit parts, supply chain issues, and cut corners are common, so engineers in the US closely inspect a random sample of boards received from the factories to make sure everything was built according to spec, which is where this should have been caught.