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I generally agree but argue the main problem lies primarily with their forecasting. I work at a large chip company shipping millions of units per day. What we saw was, when the auto industry slowed down, auto suppliers cut their backlog to near 0. It practically fell off a cliff. Other industries cut back too since everyone expected an economic dip (if not collapse), but not nearly to the degree of automotive.

That didn't happen for a variety of reasons, so everyone had to crank back up fast. Compounding that, some industries saw significant growth during that same time, such as computing and medical. Those industries ate up much of the "spare" supply that was left when auto and others shrank.

This has caused shortages for everyone since you can't just shock the supply chain like that and recover without any hiccups. The problem for auto is they cut back too far and ended up in a much worse position then everyone else.

And now they're whining and complaining that they're more essential than whoever else is getting those chips? Right... Just like the auto industry though. Whenever there's a problem, they demand nothing less than 110% of your attention focused solely on them until their problem is solved - other customers be damned.

Why not both?

Only if you ignore every other factor that contributes to vulnerability in the elderly, such as weakened immune systems and other health complications.

Whether the state sizes/shapes make sense is a different argument, but proportionality to land distribution is actually a very important thing.

Most people care a lot more about what happens in their own backyard than what happens 1,000 miles away. It's human nature. Thus, people will naturally enact laws that benefit their backyard with a lot less regard to whether it hurts those 1,000 miles away. This is why there must be some representation based on how land is distributed around the country. Granted, it may not be perfect as is, but it's better than abolishing the system entirely.

Agreed on all points. I was simply taking the obvious opportunity for a low-blow against the current administration.

Yes, and look how well that's turned out.

The 2017 referendum had a 97% yes vote for statehood. However, there was only a 23% turnout because the major political parties there boycotted it.

Hard to tell what they want if no one votes.

That was literally the whole point of creating the Senate. The House of Reps is based on population while the Senate keeps everything equal. This helps ensure states like Wyoming at least get a say in matters that affect them, rather than having everything controlled by states like California and New York (who have very little motivation to care what happens to Wyoming).

It's very concerning how many people don't know this most elementary fact.

I don't believe you.

Giving you the 'keys to her kingdom' sounds like a pretty generous repayment for watching over her house, assuming she's at least somewhat attractive.

Since the article doesn't bother listing what the flags were, one cannot assign a weight to each of them. If all the flags were of equal importance than I would agree with you. But if some are more critical than others, e.g. if flag 1 is "What is the CEO's name?", and flag 2 is "What is the CEO's login and password?", then comparing raw counts as the article is doing is both pointless and misleading.

Being part of IT does not require different thinking. Vulnerability testing is a good thing in the physical world too. And it's also very often illegal without the prior consent of the owner. This is partially because it's pretty much impossible to know with 100% certainty what someone's true intentions are. But also partially because the tester might cost the owner lots of time and money that could have been avoided had the tester simply informed the owner beforehand.

I don't think he should have been expelled; his expulsion was obviously political. But he really should have contacted the company and gotten their permission in writing first.

Remember, people can do bad things even with good intentions.

Maybe he did contact Microsoft and they ignored him. Maybe he felt whistle-blowing was the only way to get this fixed.

Hello. My name is Mike Quinn. You leaked my memo. Prepare to die.