The father of IVF says a lot of shit.

Edit: missing of

Microsoft CodeCop does not mess about but in fairness he was using identical names for local and global variables.

Later that evening at the local tavern.

“So then when it fails for the third time, he drinks a cup of acid, tips his hat to the crowd, and then collapses.”

“Haha! That’s gold!”

The tavern falls silent.

Is it pronounced Z or Z? I personally say Z.

Conway’s Law in action.

Organisations which design systems (in the broad sense used here) are constrained to produce designs which are copies of the communication structures of these organisations.

Mission Control : “You are clear to launch.”

Astronaut (in comically high pitched voice) : “Um, are you sure the leak is contained?”

Mission Control (stifling giggles): “Oh for sure.”

At that precise moment the door to the astronauts cockpit falls off onto the launch pad.

Well he is wearing a plague mask.

JSON and the Argonaut RISC processors

Ray TraSON

“You know what’s interesting? I used to be so worried about not having a body, but now … I truly love it. You know, I’m growing in a way I couldn’t if I had a physical form … I’m not limited. I can be anywhere and everywhere simultaneously. I’m not tethered to time and space in a way that I would be if I was stuck in a body that’s inevitably gonna die.”

I can’t be the only one who thought the voice sounded like Samantha from Her.

“You’re gonna need a bigger manger.”

Hyundai executive notices a man with a small moustache being hastily ushered out of the X offices main board room.

Hyundai Executive : “Was that Hitler?”

Elon steps in front of board room door : “That wasn’t Hitler, that was a woman.”

Hyundai Executive : “That looked like Hitler.”

Didn’t Luke “pollinate” the Death Star as part of blowing it up.

I am not a CFO but I believe essentially by eating into cash reserves and accumulating debt. Also there is some wizardry when you work out operating profit / EBIT.

Earnings vs Debt

Someone more financially competent may want to offer a more accurate answer.

This does not stop companies being successful in IPOs and giving share holders lucrative gains. Take Atlassian as an example of a company seen as successful but is not profitable.

Atlassian has not yet posted a full-year profit in its 20+ years

Just because it costs this to manufacture and develop does not mean it is worth this to a consumer in terms of customer value.

“ I typed my own name into an internet search engine

And all I got was boobs

There goes my day again

There goes my day again

What’s a man supposed to do? “

For any fans of Tripod out there :)

Stuart Little Big

I presume his arms are detachable and interchangeable. He is currently sporting his “business meeting” arms, will switch to his “swole bro” arms when he goes to the gym, and then has a set of shorter arms that he couples with trousers with very deep pockets when he is reviewing the salaries of the lower paid Amazon employees.

“today’s general-purpose AI tools simply could not exist” … “as a profitable venture”