This happens with one of my powerbanks! If connected to a USB hub as a USB device (not as the power source), it still starts charging my Macbook which is connected to the hub.
> I really don’t understand what kind of a business decisions it is to own such a legendary brand with such as a rich and successful history and not use it.
I bet $1000 that's mostly due to ridiculous patents, business contracts with term limits, poor managerial decisions, and possibly EU regulations that make it more expensive/harder to innovate.
It's probably because HMD Global doesn't actually own the Nokia brand. It's an exclusive licensing agreement with the still-existing Nokia company that makes network infrastructure.
The details are very easy to find out on Wikipedia.
That's just one facet of EVs that is severely overplayed in my book. They have plenty of other benefits, but for some of us the environmental aspect is a "nice-to-have".
I'm inclined to say the exact opposite about EVs. They take up as much space as internal combustion engine vehicles (in terms of streets, highways and parking lots), are just as fatal to pedestrians, make cities and neighborhoods less livable, cost in the tens of thousands of dollars, create traffic jams... the primary benefit is reducing our dependence on fossil fuels and generating less CO2. That's the number one differentiator. Faster acceleration, etc. is a nice-to-have.
> the primary benefit is reducing our dependence on fossil fuels and generating less CO2
for many, it's not even that. I like EVs primarily because I'm a tech-savvy person and like computers on wheels. but I'm also aware of their numerous downsides.
> The cynic in me wonders if part of Anthropic's decision process here was that, since nobody believes you when you say you're not using their data for training, you may as well do it anyway!
This is why I love-hate Anthro, the same way I love-hate Apple. The reason is simple: Great product, shitty MBA-fueled managerial decisions.
> Many users chose Anthropic exactly because they were not like the others.
Companies are less like people and more like bacteria. They are programmatic, like algorithms.
What they will do has already been decided for them, programmed into them, by the rules of capitalism. It is inevitable. There are no good guys, and there are no bad guys, there's just... microbes.
Those who do not engage in capitalism, perhaps they do not seek money at all, have no such hard limitations. But they are rare, because money is blood.
The first thing I do on HN posts with lots of upvotes and few comments is scroll to the bottom and check if the closing paragraph has a link to some saas product. If it does, I close the tab.
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