• Steve Jobs faked full signal strength and swapped devices during the first iPhone demo due to fragile prototypes and bug-riddled software.

• Engineers got drunk during the presentation to calm their nerves.

• Despite the challenges, Jobs successfully completed the 90-minute demonstration without any noticeable issues.

    • @Telodzrum
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      267 months ago

      You say that like there’s a single system in the history of the world which doesn’t. Capitalism isn’t novel with regard to humans taking advantage of one another.

      • @PopOfAfrica
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        77 months ago

        The difference is that in other systems, when people behave like that, it’s then gaming the system. Capitalism is the only system that incentivizes it in rewards it directly, As a matter of principle.

        • @galloog1
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          27 months ago

          It doesn’t reward it anymore than even local government control over resources. You act like nobody has ever tried to get out of a speeding ticket or fake their way to impress their lead.

          • @[email protected]
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            17 months ago

            It incentivises producing a perceived value. So faking value works just as well as providing real value

          • @Copernican
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            -47 months ago

            Not sure why you are down voted. Marx argues that the secret to value is human labor, and capitalists exploit labor to capture surplus value.

              • @Copernican
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                16 months ago

                I think some folks, especially of the marxist POV, argue that labor is the work that you sell to make money. Progress and government require work. It’s not necessarily labor.

          • @PopOfAfrica
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            157 months ago

            LOL. Nothing about our markets are free.

          • @[email protected]
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            26 months ago

            I had to give my head an actual shake - this can’t be a real comment. A normal, sentient human would not produce a sentence like this unironically.

            The only explanation I can come up with is the OP is a first-year economics student.

    • @deafboy
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      47 months ago

      Ever heard of Lysenko? The con artists and their bullshit are everywhere.

    • @Copernican
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      You think that’s limited to capitalism?

      Edit. Not sure why downvoted. But also, despite the controlled nature of the demo, didn’t apple kind of deliver on the marketing to an acceptable degree?

      Also, think of the self proclaimed communist leaders projecting how they solve all society’s problems, or will do so, without any proof of concept.