Netflix CEO Reed Hastings, writing at CNBC: In the first few years of Netflix, we were growing fast and needed to hire more software engineers. With my new understanding that high talent density would be the engine of our success, we focused on finding the top performers in the market. In Silicon Valley, many of them worked for Google, Apple, and…
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Is That a Rooster on My Customer-Support Call? Yes, Blame Coronavirus.
When Robin Frost called Verizon’s customer support last month, she was connected with a rooster. At least that’s what it sounded like. The Pennsylvania resident wanted to ask about a problem with the telecom company’s app, but the agent on the line said she couldn’t hear. Punctuating her words was “the sound of a very authentic, real-sounding rooster,” Ms. Frost recalled….
Darth Vader enforces lockdown in Philippines
The iconic Sith Lord was spotted patrolling the streets of Manila with a squad of Stormtroopers this week. Back at the beginning of April we reported … Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/336834/darth-vader-enforces-lockdown-in-philippines…
20 Years Later, Creator of World’s First Major Computer Virus Located in Manila
“The man behind the world’s first major computer virus outbreak has admitted his guilt, 20 years after his software infected millions of machines worldwide,” reports the BBC:
Filipino Onel de Guzman, now 44, says he unleashed the Love Bug computer worm to steal passwords so he could access the internet without paying. He claims he never intended it to spread globally. And…
Earliest sunsets for 40 degrees N. around now
Earliest sunsets for 30 degrees N. were centered on late November and early December. Earliest sunsets at mid-northern latitudes are happening now. S. Hemisphere? Watch for your earliest sunrises. Source: https://earthsky.org/tonight/earliest-sunset-today-but-not-shortest-day…