Surprising to see how many commenters are in favour and supportive towards policy of prioritising short term profits vs. Long-term research.
I understand Meta's not academia nor charity, but come on, how much profit do they need to make so we can expect them to allocate part of their resources towards some long term goals beneficial for society,.not only for shareholders?
Hasn't that narrow focus and chasing the profits get us in trouble already?
Interesting, it seems that extremely rich americans are discovering what scandinavian countries solve through taxation and effective government.
They used to have it in some form with 'new deal' and 'great society' until ~1970, but now they can't because of the very same reasons that are making them extremely rich.
Plus there's some fetisishation of efficiency of the private sector vs public one and distrust in public institutions, while in some areas I don't think it's warranted, it's just that public insititutions are more transparent than the private sector imo.
I'm not sure I understand why they're using java if they avoid GC? Doesn't sound like the best fit, especially the foreign memory in java isn't too pleasant to work with.
I understand Meta's not academia nor charity, but come on, how much profit do they need to make so we can expect them to allocate part of their resources towards some long term goals beneficial for society,.not only for shareholders?
Hasn't that narrow focus and chasing the profits get us in trouble already?