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Steve Jobs Rigged The First iPhone Demo By Faking Full Signal Strength And Secretly Swapping Devices Because Of Fragile Prototypes And Bug-Riddled Software (finance.yahoo.com)
submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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• 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.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Very interesting, thank you for the hint. However, I would argue that Lysenko(ism) being successful in socialist Russia was an unintended result of authoritarian Idiocracy, while in capitalism the systematic promotion of con artists is a "feature". Sorry Adam Smith but you were quite naïve ...