The background on the $900M error. Citibank was supposed to make a payment on a loan on behalf of their customer. They accidentally paid off the loan. The problem for Citibank (and their client) was the client did not have $900M in the account to pay off the loan.

They sued to get the money back; however, a judge ruled against them. Part of the judge's reasoning was the $900M was supposed to paid off eventually so the recipients were not gifted money they were not entitled to get. If they accidentally deposited $900M in my bank account, they probably could get it back. I do not know internally what Citibank had to do to make up the shortfall themselves but it was clear it was all on Citibank to fix.

Please. Apple has not done 2 panels; they are still stuck on one panel.

To me AI is still a work in progress. The best uses of AI is in discovering unknown patterns. However in some fields like science, results are checked. In other areas, I feel that validating results is lacking or non-existent. For example there have been a few lawyers that have been caught with using AI to generate filings. The filings themselves looked fine on the surface; however, AI fabricated the cases cited in the filings. It would be one thing to use AI write a brief or filing: Not checking the work is just lazy and stupid.

it depends. I think people forget what it was like in the old days without IT. For example, if you wanted a record before digitization:
"Hey I need this document."
"Here's a flashlight and some bug spray. All the files are in the basement."
"There are bugs in the basement?"
"No. The bug spray is for the rats. Mean little varmints"

Describe "tiny". According to worldwide estimates, 2024 computer shipments:

• Lenovo: 61.8M
• HP: 53.0M
• Dell: 39.1M
• Apple: 23.8M

While 23 M is less than half of what Lenovo shipped last year, I would not call 23M units "tiny"

Describe "huge amount of money." The cheapest Mac mini is $599. The cheapest Mac laptop is $999. Yes other OEMs like Dell and Lenovo have cheaper options but it has been my experience when it comes OEM computers that cheaper means it will need to be replaced sooner. When friends and family ask advice on buying a sub $500 laptop, I advise them to look at laptops $500 or higher .

Your perchant for strawman arguments is not surprising. 1) I never said I did. 2) How would you possibly know if I did or not? 3) For anything safety critical, GOOD DOCUMENTATION is vital. You should know that. The Boeing 737 door incident happened because no one documented the door had been removed and reinstalled. That is important as it did not trigger a check of the reinstall.

You, you, you again.

You would not hire those people. You probably do not speak for HR and the company. You, you, you again.

Again with the absolutes. 1) A person who does not like wasting time with in-person meetings for things that could have been an email is "antisocial" according to you. 2) I do not know where you work, but for internal projects our engineers and programmers typically DO NOT MEET WITH CLIENTS. You do realize some projects are internal right?

BahHahaha. Dude, EVERY SINGLE of your posts is about how you want everyone else to do it your way. But you said I have no clue. You have no realization of anyone beside YOU, YOU, YOU.

1) And who said that was the ONLY alternative? You seem to deal in absolutes. 2) It's all about you isn't it? How other people work does not fit into your world, does it? 3) Have you ever worked with engineers and programmers? They are the people that despise in-person meetings the most ESPECIALLY for anything that could be accomplished via email or message or detailed documentation. For most of my work, people who meet in person to work on details and do not document the requirements in writing is always a constant issue. Again, my point is in-person meetings is not a substitute for good documentation like requirements.

And when did I say teamwork did not matter. I did not. You still do not understand that teamwork consists of MORE than in-person meetings. We have email, messaging, and other forms of collaboration. You are still stuck on the mindset that everything and everyone should attend meetings in person because it is what YOU want. You do not represent everyone.

No what we have is you using false equivalence fallacy

So rather than stick to the original topic, you are trying to make points by using a false equivalence scenario. None of your points are relevant to the discussion.

No the skepticism should be the default for any time someone makes a claim. If a US contractor said they reached Mach 12 with an airplane, I would be skeptical because as far as I know only NASA's experimental aircraft have only hit Mach 9.6. The X-43 however did not take off on its own power as many of the NASA's hypersonic planes had to carried to altitude then dropped. Now if you looked at the article, their "plane" was put on top of a rocket. Rockets like Arian 5 can go up to Mach 30 so . . yeah. JWST was launched using an Ariane 5 rocket. Could the US claim the world's first Mach 30 telescope?

Battery life, usage, and the average consumer. We are getting to the point that most consumers do not use the full capabilities of the phone CPU as the CPUs get more powerful. Using A series chips could probably extend the battery life 12 hours or more. Now this is a bad idea for the higher end models where users need the computing power. On the entry level laptops where they are basically tablets with keyboards, it might be okay for that usage.

Because progress is not always singular to your definition of it. From my perspective phone/tablet CPUs are getting powerful enough for the average person to replace their laptops. One reason to use the A series is longer battery life if the user does not need the capabilities of a M chip. Currently M chip laptops can get 18-24 hours on a charge. A series chips might extend that to 36 hours or more.

And you missed his whole point. After you deduct the revenue PC makers get for loading crapware, they get way less revenue and way less profit. His point is that some PC makers may not make any profit without crapware.

The very first thing you did was ignore my point about documentation earlier in this thread: "I can count the number of the times where work was delayed because the requirements were specified verbally and no one wrote them down."

I do not believe anything you guarantee. That solves that matter, does it not?

You said: " then problems are best solved and designs generated when everyone is together in a room with a white board." You said that. Not me. That is not true FOR EVERYONE. Not everyone works the same. You are not everyone. You seem not to understand this point.

My compiles do not cost the company millions of dollars per compile. Also there is no threat of anyone dying due to explosion when my compile does not work. Why in the world would you equivocate a compile attempt with a an exploding rocket as if they were exactly the same thing?

In your world. Not in everyone's world. The part you seem to ignore is that now you are relying on people's memory about important details unless you write down what happened like in a summary email or other documentation.

Bahahahahaha. Have you actually worked for a serious company? Meetings happen all the time. Sometimes key people are not available for every meeting. Should things be documented? Yes. In things called emails. You seem to still insist that work can ONLY be done in meetings. According to you.