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Re:Elizabeth Holmes is sentenced to more than 11 years for f... by oldgradstudent on Friday November 18, 2022 @06:10PM (#33664148)
They were using smaller amounts of blood and diluting them outside the machines' spec.

Not much even German engineers can do about that.

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Re:Elizabeth Holmes is sentenced to more than 11 years for f... by onlyrealcuzzo on Friday November 18, 2022 @06:18PM (#33664257)
Why can't she claim they made some dumb modification - and combined with using the Siemans machine out of spec - that it was the "Theranos Machine"?

This seems like startup 101.

On one hand, I can see why it's fraud. On the other hand, I can't - because it seems indistinguishable from a lot of businesses.

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Re:Elizabeth Holmes is sentenced to more than 11 years for f... by voisin on Friday November 18, 2022 @08:36PM (#33665736)
> This seems like startup 101. On one hand, I can see why it's fraud. On the other hand, I can't - because it seems indistinguishable from a lot of businesses.

This is the problem right here. Fake it till you make it bullshit. Rather than actually innovating, just pretend you are.

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Re:Elizabeth Holmes is sentenced to more than 11 years for f... by Nursie on Saturday November 19, 2022 @04:36AM (#33668605)
> Why can't she claim they made some dumb modification - and combined with using the Siemans machine out of spec - that it was the "Theranos Machine"?

Well, because we're talking about medical diagnosis, not a note-taking app. You don't get to just make claims, you need to prove them.

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