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The people who started HP would probably be outraged to see what they've become. I know their original business still exists as several spinoffs, but it's sad that the ones who kept the stock ticker symbol were the ones in the corner eating paste
Was gonna say I vaguely remember when HP implied some level of quality
HP was indeed affordable and good. They made good laptops and laser printers for many years.
Emphasis on the past tense.
Strong emphasis. I had an HP laptop in college in 2006. I believe I took good care of it. It freezes one day in the middle of homework, I pull the battery out in frustration. It never turned on again. No idea what I did but it died.
Did you pay for the antifreeze? That's probably why
It pays to have a good antifreeze.
I think my Mcovfee subscription had just expired. Should have known better!
Back in my day...
I remember Carly Fiorina getting hired and almost immediately things started turning to shit.
I don’t know, it often seems that the prior ceo (often with the help of the board) sets a company up for quick profits, but long term doom. Then he leaves and they miraculously hit their first female CEO (see GM, Yahoo, Reddit, Blizzard, Twitter (currently)).
I don't disagree with that, but she knew exactly what she was brought in to do and jumped in with both feet. Would it have been someone else if she turned the gig down? Of course. But she said yes so it was her.
Oh yeah, I forgot to add that Carly specifically does is probably a pretty terrible person (hard not to be when vying for republican office). Good point.
HP is still plenty serviceable as long as you're getting HP Enterprise. The consumer stuff has been trash for almost 20 years now.
HP and HPE are two separate companies.
I suppose that explains the difference in quality and usability
Ooooooooh
that explains a lot
Actually, they are still ahead of the competition in industrial printing, their indigo and pagewide web presses are very good and reliable, but of course those products belongs to a whole different market segment
Running Linux on a HP Victus desktop. The hardware is fine (I got it at a good price when my last home built PC crapped out and graphics cards were overpriced - it was simply the best deal at the time)... Bloat. Bloat everywhere in windows.
As someone who works extensively with the spin offs instruments, I can safely say that they would be just as outraged. They are all bad quality, fail VERY frequently, and, guess what, you have to subscribe to be able to use all the features of the hardware you bought.
Jokes on you. HP is moving into the energy sector with their spinning bodies with magnets attached.
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I still can't believe his cartoon got cancelled due to reverse racism... No, seriously, I can NOT believe that he actually says that shit.
Edit to add: I'm so confused to see people agree with me in their replies but also obviously downvote me. Maybe they didn't make it past the first sentence? Oh well, I've really been appreciating the discussions I'm reading!
I can't stand that term. "Reverse Racism" implies that Racism is supposed to go a specific direction. Anyone who uses it is Racist themselves.
It's just Racism. Like "de-evolution". It's just evolution numb-nuts!
I've never thought about it but you're right, anyone using that term is immediately telling on themselves.
I've always understood it to mean racism as a response to racism, like fighting fire with fire. You're not alone in your interpretation though, which is why it's such an unpopular term
That would be anti
The term "reverse racism" has been around for decades, a mis-application (sometimes intentional) to imply racism is automatically one way.
Would it though? People use the term anti-racist to mean they're against racism. How could you be racist and anti-racist at the same time?
People say reverse racism to call out the tactic of using racism to justify racism the other way. It's similar to the idea of hating everyone on the planet because a few people were mean to you.
I don't know. I feel like these guys were on to something.
Reverse racism is nonsensical.
It's just racism.