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Re:FTC Sues Amazon for Illegally Maintaining Monopoly Power by jstarfish on Tuesday September 26, 2023 @04:35PM (#37665473)
> never attribute to malice what can be explained by stupidity, EXCEPT when money is involved

The FAANG corollary:

When you make it a point of pride to only hire the smartest, most elite engineers on the planet, presumption of stupidity no longer applies.

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Re:FTC Sues Amazon for Illegally Maintaining Monopoly Power by moregrist on Tuesday September 26, 2023 @04:52PM (#37665658)
Grueling rounds of leetcode interviews and system architecture questions doesn’t exactly select for either common sense or detailed knowledge of either human nature or even retail.
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Re:FTC Sues Amazon for Illegally Maintaining Monopoly Power by lief79 on Tuesday September 26, 2023 @05:42PM (#37666171)
No one knows how to hang onto a dumb idea like a smart person.

Just because the average person can't prove them wrong by argument doesn't mean their right.

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