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'They'll Squash You Like a Bug': How Silicon Valley Keeps a Lid on Leakers (theguardian.com)
The public image of Silicon Valley's tech giants is all colourful bicycles, ping-pong tables, beanbags and free food, but behind the cartoonish facade is a ruthless code of secrecy. From a report: They rely on a combination of Kool-Aid, digital and physical surveillance, legal threats and restricted stock units to prevent and detect intellectual property theft and other criminal activity. However, those same tools are also used to catch employees and contractors who talk publicly, even if it's about their working conditions, misconduct or cultural challenges within the company. While Apple's culture of secrecy, which includes making employees sign project-specific NDAs and covering unlaunched products with black cloths, has been widely reported, companies such as Google and Facebook have long put the emphasis on internal transparency.
Zuckerberg hosts weekly meetings where he shares details of unreleased new products and strategies in front of thousands of employees. Even junior staff members and contractors can see what other teams are working on by looking at one of many of the groups on the company's internal version of Facebook. "When you first get to Facebook you are shocked at the level of transparency. You are trusted with a lot of stuff you don't need access to," said Evans, adding that during his induction he was warned not to look at ex-partners' Facebook accounts.
Zuckerberg hosts weekly meetings where he shares details of unreleased new products and strategies in front of thousands of employees. Even junior staff members and contractors can see what other teams are working on by looking at one of many of the groups on the company's internal version of Facebook. "When you first get to Facebook you are shocked at the level of transparency. You are trusted with a lot of stuff you don't need access to," said Evans, adding that during his induction he was warned not to look at ex-partners' Facebook accounts.
Umm...my 110lb daughter carries a gun. Do you know why?
Because your typical thug (of any race) is running 180lbs.
So if you are saying my kid has to engage in a fist fight because you don't like guns, FUCK YOU.
When Fascism comes to America, it will call itself Anti-Fascism, and tell you to give up your guns.
Small frame 9mm, actually. Real industrial killing machine there, eh?
But big enough to double tap a scum bag in the chest.
Who the fuck do you think you are telling others how they should protect themselves?
Go fuck yourself.
When Fascism comes to America, it will call itself Anti-Fascism, and tell you to give up your guns.
I think the AC is just afraid of your daughter when she has a gun and he wants to rape her because he can't even get a street walker to give him a handjob when he offers them one month of his salary. Of course, he's probably got 150lbs of lard hanging off his sorry body and your daughter could probably easily outrun him after kicking him in the balls (although, those might well cushioned under all the fat so maybe that wouldn't be worth the effort).