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Comment Re:Not fit for medical professionals (Score 1) 22

These products should be forced to have a privacy setup which guarantees that even if Facebook does accidentally get some private data, it goes no further and gets used for nothing. If they aren't safe for use in medical situations, they aren't safe to be released onto the street.

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Comment Re:The Rush? (Score 1) 39

And the converse. The company gains productivity, because instead of staying home and not working when I've got [INSERT-MILD-ILLNESS-HERE], odds are I will be at home working at my job, because while I want to stay out of the office to protect my co-workers, I'm feeling good enough to work.

Comment Transparency (Score 5, Insightful) 109

One reason for quarterly reporting is that it gives greater transparency and insight into how a business actually works. Many businesses are seasonal. Most obviously, virtually all retail has its best quarter at the end of the calendar year. But many other types of businesses have key cycles each year that are tied to, for example, the buying habits of their largest customers. Suppliers matter, too; if farms have a bad quarter due to weather or other factors, for example, you're going to want to watch how that impacts food producers somewhere down the line.

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