True, but we can notice that that's the case, and then try to listen more carefully or ask for clarification

Surely there are tribes that transcend and cross corporations. That's why you can hire old colleagues and get a team up and running in a startup or new firm

That would be "association."

But there is also a great deal of extremely mercenary behavior, in today's workplace (not just tech).

I suspect that it would be hard to have contiguous relationships.

I worked at my last company for 27 years. I knew many folks for decades.

I believe that this kind of thing is ... uncommon ... these days.

Like trademarking DOS

Yeah, I have a day rate of about £1000, which works out to £20k a month. Not quite £30k. Maybe I need to up my rate for inflation.

Have they considered ad-supported seat heating? Along with crypto mining?

Hedge funds aren't married to the stocks they own. They'll buy and sell or even short depending on what the next short-term price move will be. As long as the price moves and they predicted it (possibly because they caused it), it's all good for them.

Even if he did hold more than a trivial amount of Alphabet, there's nothing to stop him from taking profits and selling out as soon as the price temporarily moved up (if it even would)

How long does a battery last when unused?

There is a good chance you can just find similar size enough battery to fit, althought might require soldering

Tesla was a "forcing function" that caused other car manufacturers to build EVs. AI lawyer technology may be the catalyst needed to trigger reform of the legal system. It's clear that up until now there has been no reform forthcoming.

It will catalyze a new revenue stream for LexisNexis in the form of highly priced AI legal research "AI"

I think it's more likely that AI systems will act as a crutch, enabling even more overcomplicated procedures to grow and persist, until it's impossible for any mere human to understand.