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Anyone at HP that is reading, I just want to appologies for calling your printer a "piece of garbage designed by idiots". I didnt mean it, I am very sorry and I

Anyone at HP that is reading, I just want to appologies for calling your printer a "piece of garbage designed by idiots". I didnt mean it, I am very sorry and I will be renewing my subscription today. Nevertheless, I will be avoiding jogging and yachts for the next few months.

Onavo 2y ago
Straight from Boeing's corporate playbook
lifestyleguru 2y ago
My favourite about HP is how they were charged by US authorities for corruption in Poland while Polish authorities haven't found anything on them.
- pcardoso 2y ago
  not related to HP, but in the same way German officials were found to have corrupted Portuguese politicians over the purchase of 3 submarines, yet the Portuguese police didn't find any wrongdoing. https://corruption-tracker.org/case/german-submarine-sales-to-portugal https://corruption-tracker.org/case/german-submarine-sales-t...
  - lifestyleguru 2y ago
    German industry is well known to corrupt in "corrupted" countries.
    - vasco 2y ago
      To corrupt "corrupted" government officials would be more exact. Unless you think Germany has some moral high ground on Portugal which just the last 100 of history years should give you different ideas about comparing countries outright like this.
      - lifestyleguru 2y ago
        In context of Germany I heard multiple times a phrase "ethical superpower" used unironically. I that helps, both Poland and Portugal would be in "corrupted" basket.
    - michaelt 2y ago
      Because they pay more bribes? Or because they get caught more often?
      - lifestyleguru 2y ago
        oh they never get caught, and punished? it's unheard of
  - JetSpiegel 2y ago
    Paulo Portas still has his cushy prime-time pundit job to this day, he's in line for the presidency. His stack of photocopies protects him from any whistleblowing...
gonzo41 2y ago
Executives are reading The Art of War too literally.
- lukan 2y ago
  Well, the main lesson in that classic book is actually, if you do it right as a general, you don't have to fight at all.
  - michaelt 2y ago
    It also says you should let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt. Clearly HP management read that and decided an unexpected storm at 4am was as close to a dark night thunderbolt as they could get.
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Onavo 2y ago

Straight from Boeing's corporate playbook

lifestyleguru 2y ago

My favourite about HP is how they were charged by US authorities for corruption in Poland while Polish authorities haven't found anything on them.

pcardoso 2y ago
not related to HP, but in the same way German officials were found to have corrupted Portuguese politicians over the purchase of 3 submarines, yet the Portuguese police didn't find any wrongdoing. https://corruption-tracker.org/case/german-submarine-sales-to-portugal https://corruption-tracker.org/case/german-submarine-sales-t...
- lifestyleguru 2y ago
  German industry is well known to corrupt in "corrupted" countries.
  - vasco 2y ago
    To corrupt "corrupted" government officials would be more exact. Unless you think Germany has some moral high ground on Portugal which just the last 100 of history years should give you different ideas about comparing countries outright like this.
    - lifestyleguru 2y ago
      In context of Germany I heard multiple times a phrase "ethical superpower" used unironically. I that helps, both Poland and Portugal would be in "corrupted" basket.
  - michaelt 2y ago
    Because they pay more bribes? Or because they get caught more often?
    - lifestyleguru 2y ago
      oh they never get caught, and punished? it's unheard of
- JetSpiegel 2y ago
  Paulo Portas still has his cushy prime-time pundit job to this day, he's in line for the presidency. His stack of photocopies protects him from any whistleblowing...

gonzo41 2y ago

Executives are reading The Art of War too literally.

lukan 2y ago
Well, the main lesson in that classic book is actually, if you do it right as a general, you don't have to fight at all.
- michaelt 2y ago
  It also says you should let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt. Clearly HP management read that and decided an unexpected storm at 4am was as close to a dark night thunderbolt as they could get.

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