Maybe it's because people already know or, at least, suspect NSA backdoors in Windows. The network gear is a moot point.

Equating AI with Pac-Man isn't really the intellectual flex you probably think it is.

Except for that one time it was Lupus!

Nice

Hey, yo! Y'all heard about the Zune? I heard it's pretty dope, yo.

Are you sure it wasn't the North Carolina bankers?

Or, California wankers?

I think we all know nothing good ever came from that place.

Republicans end individual mandate.
Republicans let the subsidies expire.

"Why would the Democrats do this to the American people??"

One of my state's Republican senators is all-in on chemtrails and "Solar Radiation Modification" lunacy. It's curious how these are the same people who think humanity isn't capable of affecting the climate by burning fossil fuels and pumping tons of CO2 into the atmosphere.

So I'm to understand that what happens to students in college is "indoctrination" but a 4-month primer on the superiority of western civilization is not.

What sort of "Palantir-specific skills" do you think would not be applicable to another job?

So they're giving pregnant monkeys Tylenol?

Or, and just hear me out on this one. Companies could stop using deceptive and predatory tactics to make a buck?

Yes, I think we all agree the world would be a better place with more honesty. All of us, except for politicians and marketing execs.

The desire for a lower friction less of a pain in the ass economy. The desire not to waste all that effort and energy across the whole economy? A sense of fair dealing and basic honesty?

Wonderful. I share this desire, but I'm a realist. Caveat emptor rings just as true today, as it did when first coined.

A desire to keep Mr. Haney from Green Acres firmly in the realm of comedic satire?

I'll have to take your word on that one.

What about "customer's responsibility to do some due diligence and educate themselves about company's offerings" strikes you as third world bargain tactics?