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Comment Re:Sigh (Score 1) 116

I don’t know if she did, and don’t care. She was great and we were sad to see her go.

I left because the company was bought, and the new owners laid off some of its more expensive long-tenured employees, since they were putting the site effectively into maintenance mode, trying to sell if off. They just wanted to keep ThinkGeek and didn’t care to improve the other properties. I was forced out, but I was there a long time, and it was good for me to move on when I did.

Comment Re:Maza calls himself these names. (Score 0) 752

We want every communication to be black and white, but some areas of language use are very nuanced and we don't deal with that very well. It is especially hard for content moderators to deal with.

A gay man referring to himself as a "fag" might be playfully recognizing his ostracism from conservative society.

A conservative man calling out a "fag" might be intending hate and derision, calling out the person for ridicule.

Submission + - Tacoma-based Snopes is locked in a nasty legal dispute (seattletimes.com)

jader3rd writes: After more than two decades battling internet hoaxes, retouched photos, and other fake news, David Mikkelson, co-founder of Snopes, faces a much larger and more existential adversary.

Since 2017, Mikkelson has been locked in a nasty legal dispute with former business associates over control of Snopes, the pioneering fact-checking website that Mikkelson launched with a former wife in 1994 and which he now runs with his current wife from their house in Tacoma.

The dispute, which is playing out in the California courts, has generated claims and counterclaims of financial mismanagement, conspiracy and embezzlement. Mikkelson stands accused of, among other things, using company funds for “lavish” vacations, while he in turn levels accusations of fraud.

Submission + - 'Pumping Heart Patch' Made From Stem Cells Ready For Human Use (bbc.com)

dryriver writes: The BBC reports: A 'pumping' patch containing millions of living, beating stem cells could help repair the damage caused by a heart attack, according to researchers. Sewn on to the heart, the 3cm (1in) by 2cm patch, grown in a lab from a sample of the patient's own cells, then turns itself into healthy working muscle. It also releases chemicals that repair and regenerate existing heart cells. Tests in rabbits show it appears safe, Imperial College London experts told a leading heart conference in Manchester. Patient trials should start in the next two years, the British Cardiovascular Society meeting heard. A heart attack happens when a clogged artery blocks blood flow to the heart muscle, starving it of oxygen and nutrients. This can damage the heart's pumping power and lead to incurable heart failure."

Comment Re: THIS IS FUCKING RIDICULOUS (Score 2) 335

This is designed for high end video editing, period. Marvel Studios and Lucasfilm will think nothing of buying dozens of these, fully loaded, to edit their next few movies.

$6k is an entry point. Apple obviously designed this beast with the high end in mind, then asked, "How can we strip it down to an 'entry level' model for regional TV studios.

And then, because they're Apple, they always want to have Good, Better, and Best options, with the Better capturing the lion's share of sales. So they'll sell a ton of the Better systems in Hollywood.

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