Many sole proprietorships registered and individuals in my area have these loans. I suspect this was a major contributor to inflation.
For example, a neighbor who owns several franchised restaurants received a few million in PPP loans. But during COVID he also bought a Cirrus Vision Jet. Very suspicious.
The PPP loan program is a borrower self-certified program. Meaning the gov't did absolutely nothing to ensure funds actually went to payroll.
Of course in practice there are deviation's from the phraseology.
I do agree the DC ATC audio is very poor. Not all ATC communication is that poor. And often it is quite clear especially once you get use to how radio calls are made.
A bug right now on Windows 11 is if you use a USB switch too fast on windows it breaks USB. Disconnecting the switch or reconnecting the devices to the host doesn’t fix it. Only a hard reboot of Windows will bring the USB stack back online.
> The guys featured in this gross and irresponsible hit piece by Wired, by all accounts, are brilliant engineers. Top 1%.
Wheres the evidence of their brilliance? A few projects in GitHub isn’t impressive.
Seriously if they’re brilliant this is the perfect PR opportunity to highlight the highly talented people making a difference. But instead we have secrecy.
I suspect the real reason for these choices is they needed people who are young and naive, will not ask too many questions, easy to manipulate, and coerced to work long for little pay.
Some trades are more physically demanding on the body. I was thinking more along the lines of any field that requires a gov't license like nurse/counselor/barber/pharmacist/CPA/lawyer/administrator/teacher/air traffic controller/operator of some heavy machinery.
Apple innovative edge has always been taking existing technologies and applying that right layer of UX on top. I think they need to really take a step back and figure out what that right layer is.
For example, a neighbor who owns several franchised restaurants received a few million in PPP loans. But during COVID he also bought a Cirrus Vision Jet. Very suspicious.
The PPP loan program is a borrower self-certified program. Meaning the gov't did absolutely nothing to ensure funds actually went to payroll.