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The same incentive to dislodge the homeless is the same reason they put sub par cladding on Grenfell. To remove the unsightly poor through obfuscation. Don't want the well heeled getting pangs of conscience.

A couple of important caveats:

Still, Johnson said face-to-face interaction can play an important role in helping coworkers build relationships, especially if they are just starting out in their careers.

"Remote works better after you know people," she said. "So there is still a benefit of having some face time."

So, it does rather beg the question, what should one do if someone is joining an existing team?

When it comes to the current leaders of the US and Israel, when a signature is no longer trustworthy, you need to either take assets or leverage hostage.

Really!? I've not heard that accusation leveled at this guy before.

And it is this sentiment that will keep you voting for shysters and con-men and voting against your own best interest.

This smacks of "won't anyone think of the children" censorship. And with oligarchs buying up media organizations, it seems like they don't want mind share competition.

I don't necessarily think it was bribery, more public and private pressure. Maybe even legal.

Fine words, but does he have the credibility to back it up?

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In that case they would be locking down their subsidiary even further to just one client. I guess it all comes down to the plausibility of their argument for making this investment, rather than, say increasing dividends or ploughing that money back into other investments for the business. I guess they were able to justify the OpenAI investment along these lines. If I could hazard a guess, it would be something along the lines of:

This is a new market. We need to get in at the ground floor.

I suspect, OpenAI presented itself as a turn key solution to get a foothold in this brave new world and maybe steal a march on Google.

But Microsoft does. And those shareholders would want to know why money that could be going to them is frittered away on a startup that is constitutionally set up to leave money on the table.