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Re:Family of MSFT employee who died warn tech companies not ... by javcasas on Sunday August 31, 2025 @01:02PM (#45084785)
There was this meme I read somewhere:

"Here is a button. If you press it, you get $50.000, but someone you don't know dies. Will you press it?

Some people never press it. Some people press it once, maybe twice. The billionaires press it as fast as they can."

This time we got to know one of the victims, but definitely all those projects he was working on generated so much value for the shareholders.

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Re:Family of MSFT employee who died warn tech companies not ... by LaserDiscMan on Sunday August 31, 2025 @01:09PM (#45084846)
That meme is likely a reference to “Button, Button” a short story by Richard Matheson that was later adapted into a Twilight Zone episode and the 2009 movie “The Box”
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Re:Family of MSFT employee who died warn tech companies not ... by djmips on Sunday August 31, 2025 @01:39PM (#45085128)
Temporarily embarrassed billionaires downvoting right now.
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