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Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes convicted on 4 counts of fraud

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    A jury has convicted Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes on four counts of fraud on their seventh day of deliberations. She was acquitted on another four, and a mistrial was declared on the remaining three counts.

    Holmes was found guilty on one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud against Theranos investors and three other counts of wire fraud against investors. She was acquitted on all four counts of wire fraud against patients. The jury deadlocked on three counts of fraud against investors.


    View: https://twitter.com/ABC/status/1478251654705205249


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    A jury has convicted Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes on four counts of fraud on their seventh day of deliberations. She was acquitted on another four, and a mistrial was declared on the remaining three counts.

    Holmes was found guilty on one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud against Theranos investors and three other counts of wire fraud against investors. She was acquitted on all four counts of wire fraud against patients. The jury deadlocked on three counts of fraud against investors.


    View: https://twitter.com/ABC/status/1478251654705205249


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    I don't pay attention to the news enough to even know who she is. From the sound of this though it looks like she's going to get a slap on the wrist. Prison?.... I bet not.
     

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    A jury has convicted Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes on four counts of fraud on their seventh day of deliberations. She was acquitted on another four, and a mistrial was declared on the remaining three counts.

    Holmes was found guilty on one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud against Theranos investors and three other counts of wire fraud against investors. She was acquitted on all four counts of wire fraud against patients. The jury deadlocked on three counts of fraud against investors.


    View: https://twitter.com/ABC/status/1478251654705205249


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    You ca look into that heffa's eyes and see the demonic confusion and pure evil. I haven't lost a cent to her company but I'm glad she got that work.

    She's a cactress so she will serve a 72 hour sentence... smh
     

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    Elizabeth was a dominatrix. Some people like to mix pain and pleasure. She had all those sexual undertones in her leadership.

    Too bad that the guy that blew the whistle was ghey!

    She had no power!

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    He was in meetings like:

    princenegroplease“This bitch thinks she cute, wait til John Carreyrou finds out the Minilab doesn’t work”

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    He was in meetings like:

    princenegroplease“This bitch thinks she cute, wait til John Carreyrou finds out the Minilab doesn’t work”

    Frustrated Prince GIF
    There was clear mental problems from the deep voice to the turtle neck's and everythig else.

    Looking at circuits and understanding them are two different things. She wanted the power and the glory of innovating like Steve Jobs but she didn't how to get mission accomplished.

    Elizabeth: I want to design a plane that can fly completely around the world on a single tank of gas.

    Workers: We can't do that boss lady. Nobody can.

    Elizabeth: My punani is your reward. Get on it.

    Worker: I'm ghey so I'm not working for free! *snap fingers*
     

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    There was clear mental problems from the deep voice to the turtle neck's and everythig else.

    Looking at circuits and understanding them are two different things. She wanted the power and the glory of innovating like Steve Jobs but she didn't how to get mission accomplished.

    Elizabeth: I want to design a plane that can fly completely around the world on a single tank of gas.

    Workers: We can't do that boss lady. Nobody can.

    Elizabeth: My punani is your reward. Get on it.

    Worker: I'm ghey so I'm not working for free! *snap fingers*
    The difference between her and Steve Jobs is that Steve Jobs was actually talented. You can be a visionary but your vision has to be somewhat informed by the technical folks. If you say in 1990 “I want an electric car that goes 0-60 in 2 seconds” your development staff will say “Not gonna happen BUT we can make one that does it in 8 seconds”. A competent leader at that point needs to figure out if it’s true that it can’t happen and then determine if they wait until the product is ready or release the 8 second model and keep releasing year over year until they get the car to where the original vision is.

    Elizabeth’s dumbass came up with some idiotic idea and DID not listen to the technical folk. She told everyone she could do all these test with a finger prick and then white privilege came and caked her up. THEN SHE STILLLLLL didnt listen to the technical folks. She should have been trying to damage control from the onset. She should have been trying to pivot and come up with a stop gap solution while they worked on the MiniLab.

    BUT there was one issue and I think she found it out after the first bit of investment. Theranos was facetiously telling everyone that they can make a naked human take off from the ground and fly with no equipment or anything. As far as our knowledge goes, the only person that can detect all those ailments from a prick of Blood is the lord himself so she was assed out no matter what.

    This just shows the ridiculousness going on in Silicon Valley. I don’t think she flaunted her sexuality but I think it made the Men decided to lower their inhibitions. If it was a Brotha walking in there talking about he can do the test with a finger prick they would have had Sanjay Gupta in there vetting every single aspect of the Edison and Minilab. Wanting to look under the tables the devices We’re on…seeing all the books.

    They had like 300k in revenue and was valued at a billion. Kinda shit is that?
     

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    The difference between her and Steve Jobs is that Steve Jobs was actually talented. You can be a visionary but your vision has to be somewhat informed by the technical folks. If you say in 1990 “I want an electric car that goes 0-60 in 2 seconds” your development staff will say “Not gonna happen BUT we can make one that does it in 8 seconds”. A competent leader at that point needs to figure out if it’s true that it can’t happen and then determine if they wait until the product is ready or release the 8 second model and keep releasing year over year until they get the car to where the original vision is.

    Elizabeth’s dumbass came up with some idiotic idea and DID not listen to the technical folk. She told everyone she could do all these test with a finger prick and then white privilege came and caked her up. THEN SHE STILLLLLL didnt listen to the technical folks. She should have been trying to damage control from the onset. She should have been trying to pivot and come up with a stop gap solution while they worked on the MiniLab.

    BUT there was one issue and I think she found it out after the first bit of investment. Theranos was facetiously telling everyone that they can make a naked human take off from the ground and fly with no equipment or anything. As far as our knowledge goes, the only person that can detect all those ailments from a prick of Blood is the lord himself so she was assed out no matter what.

    This just shows the ridiculousness going on in Silicon Valley. I don’t think she flaunted her sexuality but I think it made the Men decided to lower their inhibitions. If it was a Brotha walking in there talking about he can do the test with a finger prick they would have had Sanjay Gupta in there vetting every single aspect of the Edison and Minilab. Wanting to look under the tables the devices We’re on…seeing all the books.

    They had like 300k in revenue and was valued at a billion. Kinda shit is that?
    Steve's talent was getting people to worship him. He wasn't a stupid man but as far as his skills are concerned, he was very basic.

    I know it's a movie but imagine Elizabeth in this scene:

    View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-90iRQbd0fg



    The "Wizard of Woz" suffered backlash from being honest about Jobs. You know they were friends but the truth still has to be told.

     

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    Steve's talent was getting people to worship him. He wasn't a stupid man but as far as his skills are concerned, he was very basic.
    No. You’re being myopic bruh. In the very article you presented Woz says:

    While Woz points out that Jobs played no technical role in building the Apple I and Apple II computers, he does point out that – without Jobs – the company likely would not have done as well, regardless of how well the product was. He notes: “it's very important, even if you are not a business man, [to] find someone who is.”

    Steve played NO TECHNICAL role but he is why Apple was successful because Tech without a visionary and business person is DOA. It would have been a device sitting in Woz’a garage but Steve turned that shit into a multi-billion dollar company.

    That’s why I said the visionary HAS to listen to the tech people and that’s what Elizabeth did not do. Tech people always think the world revolves around them but it don’t. It revolves around business and the tech is an off shoot of the business.

    That’s why Apple is so successful cuz it stop putting the basic brained tech people at the top and replaced them with the designers. Tech can be a function of aesthetic and not vice versa.
     

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    No. You’re being myopic bruh. In the very article you presented Woz says:



    Steve played NO TECHNICAL role but he is why Apple was successful because Tech without a visionary and business person is DOA. It would have been a device sitting in Woz’a garage but Steve turned that shit into a multi-billion dollar company.

    That’s why I said the visionary HAS to listen to the tech people and that’s what Elizabeth did not do. Tech people always think the world revolves around them but it don’t. It revolves around business and the tech is an off shoot of the business.

    That’s why Apple is so successful cuz it stop putting the basic brained tech people at the top and replaced them with the designers. Tech can be a function of aesthetic and not vice versa.
    I was throwing shade at Job's skills. OK, Jobs was a great marketer and that alone is something special. But in the video I posted, he was trying to push complex font maps that just couldn't be done back then. Today we can laugh and just use UTF-8, 16, 32 and call it a day.
    The whole point is that you cannot exceed the bounds in some technical areas because there isn't any room to do so. Some parts can be upgraded but others have to wait on a slew of innovations. In the video, Steve didn't understand that so he fired the dude for not being able to do the impossible (at that time).

    I also understand that it is just a movie...
     

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    I was throwing shade at Job's skills. OK, Jobs was a great marketer and that alone is something special. But in the video I posted, he was trying to push complex font maps that just couldn't be done back then. Today we can laugh and just use UTF-8, 16, 32 and call it a day.
    The whole point is that you cannot exceed the bounds in some technical areas because there isn't any room to do so. Some parts can be upgraded but others have to wait on a slew of innovations. In the video, Steve didn't understand that so he fired the dude for not being able to do the impossible (at that time).

    I also understand that it is just a movie...
    …yeah we can point to times where we all did dumb crap. Overall he changed the game and showed what a PC could be and made the predominant crossover touch only mobile OS.
     

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    Did I hear you say that you want another drink, m8?

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    No. Look at mainstream computing….all the all in ones look like iMacs, the phones look like iPhones, the laptops look like Macs, look at how many people’s computing is done via an iOS device. The people today who never used A desktop. Apple helped usher in this era.
     

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    No. Look at mainstream computing….all the all in ones look like iMacs, the phones look like iPhones, the laptops look like Macs, look at how many people’s computing is done via an iOS device. The people today who never used A desktop. Apple helped usher in this era.
    The most complicated adjective that I can think of is: mainstream. Metrics are taken from different areas to substantiate a position. Tortured numbers and diminishing principle data is how "mainstream" can be quantified. Mainstream server systems were never dominated by Mac or Windows, so which "mainstream" are we talking about.

    Don't you mean Apple extended BSD's vision and ushered in a new era? Apple only started making Apple products from BSD (mostly). Why is it hard for you to give BSD its props? That is a mystery to me.
     

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    The most complicated adjective that I can think of is: mainstream. Metrics are taken from different areas to substantiate a position. Tortured numbers and diminishing principle data is how "mainstream" can be quantified. Mainstream server systems were never dominated by Mac or Windows, so which "mainstream" are we talking about.

    Don't you mean Apple extended BSD's vision and ushered in a new era? Apple only started making Apple products from BSD (mostly). Why is it hard for you to give BSD its props? That is a mystery to me.

    This is what I put:

    all the all in ones look like iMacs, the phones look like iPhones, the laptops look like Macs, look at how many people’s computing is done via an iOS device.

    I think it's easy to deduce that I'm not talking about Servers. Apple has changed mainstream computing devices for the average consumers. Let's look at their last major game changer, mobile computing. Windows CE and Palm never had the success of Apple and it's because Apple innovated in the space with a single repository for downloads, quality control, a desktop class browsing experience on a mobile device no more of that old WAP 3rd World country style internet, it was made for touch and much more responsive than any predecessor. Then they made that device bigger with the iPad which made it viable as the premier computing device.

    Because of Apple, most computing is done from a mobile device. Also I can't buy BSD from Apple so I don't know why you're bringing that up.
     

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    This is what I put:



    I think it's easy to deduce that I'm not talking about Servers. Apple has changed mainstream computing devices for the average consumers. Let's look at their last major game changer, mobile computing. Windows CE and Palm never had the success of Apple and it's because Apple innovated in the space with a single repository for downloads, quality control, a desktop class browsing experience on a mobile device no more of that old WAP 3rd World country style internet, it was made for touch and much more responsive than any predecessor. Then they made that device bigger with the iPad which made it viable as the premier computing device.

    Because of Apple, most computing is done from a mobile device. Also I can't buy BSD from Apple so I don't know why you're bringing that up.
    Yes, it wouldn't make sense but that's OK.

    Look-a-like products have a legal definition. You remember the SCO and BSD court cases that went on for years. To say that there are look-a-like devices is like saying, "Whatever you drive, it's a Ford look-a-like!"

    I'm sure you appreciate the difference. Apple has done great things for their customers. I am not an Apple customer so what have they done for me? That's the real question. UNIX and Linux are the backbone of everything* that can call itself as a part of the internet nomenclature. You are being served by *nix, way more than Apple.

    *Obviously, I don't mean 100%...
     

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    Yes, it wouldn't make sense but that's OK.

    Look-a-like products have a legal definition. You remember the SCO and BSD court cases that went on for years. To say that there are look-a-like devices is like saying, "Whatever you drive, it's a Ford look-a-like!"

    I'm sure you appreciate the difference. Apple has done great things for their customers. I am not an Apple customer so what have they done for me? That's the real question. UNIX and Linux are the backbone of everything* that can call itself as a part of the internet nomenclature. You are being served by *nix, way more than Apple.

    *Obviously, I don't mean 100%...
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    I totally understood what you were saying, I love tech and I know you do too.
    I was just funnin' with you.

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    You don’t think I knew that? That’s why I gave you that big boi smh face cuz I’m like this dude is over here being silly.