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		girvo on Oct 6, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: If macOS High Sierra shows your password instead o... Are you seriously arguing that engineers were better “back in the day” and engineers now are not as good? Surely I must be misunderstanding you.

not_kurt_godel on Oct 6, 2017 [–]

The talent pool of engineers capable of propelling a company technologically forward the way Apple was "back in the day" is by definition very shallow. He's not saying engineers are better, it's just a selection bias.

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