Re:Lyft releases self-driving research dataset
by brianpgordon on Wednesday July 24, 2019 @03:13AM
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I would be surprised if many people here really just assumed that a pseudonymous user chatting with us in the HN comments was speaking on behalf of the company in an official capacity. I mean, obviously there are legal niceties to be observed and he should have appended the usual disclaimers, blah blah blah, but we do have common sense here right?
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Re:Lyft releases self-driving research dataset
by donkeyd on Wednesday July 24, 2019 @03:58AM
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No, people don't have common sense. People should not post publicly on behalf of their employer without running it by a manager. This is lesson one at every major corporate introduction and I now understand why, because people don't have common sense.
Re:Lyft releases self-driving research dataset
by brianpgordon on Wednesday July 24, 2019 @04:28AM
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I didn't say anything about whether he should or should not have spoken out about the deal. And I specifically said that common sense doesn't cut the mustard legally. But I am asserting that the damage from people supposedly assuming that he was speaking officially is speculative and likely zero.