Bob Robertson IX

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Cake day: July 13th, 2023

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  • I don’t think Apple (and other companies) has returned because they want to advertise there, I think all major tech companies have been notified of what they must do to ‘kiss the ring’. This is like Disney removing the context warnings before some of their older movies. There’s no way that the Disney company decided all of a sudden to remove them without external pressure from the government. These companies know that they can’t fight this administration because they own all 3 branches of the government. The days when Microsoft could outspend the government in court is done, because now the president can just write an executive order. Congress doesn’t even need to pass laws, but if one is needed you know they’ll do whatever the administration says. And sure, companies can sue, but somehow they’ll always end up with a trump-friendly judge.

    Anyway, all that to say that I do believe that corporations are evil and suck, but I don’t think this was actually a marketing decision.





  • You should generally only ask questions that relate directly to the job. If you start asking unrelated questions then the applicant could feel that you are discriminating against them for some reason. But I get the desire to give someone who is a good fit, but you should find a more subtle way.

    I’m in IT and I like to ask applicants if they have any systems at home that they manage. One guy told me how he went on craigslist and purchased an old server to play around with VMware when the company he was with first started looking into it. That impressed me because it’s something I’d do. He was a top contender, so I sent him home with some homework: I asked to see an example of some documentation that he’s written up. The next day he sent me a detailed diagram and full documentation of his home torrent system, how he has Plex, Sonarr and Radarr setup, and how his drives are laid out. I found a new best friend that day.