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Andy Rubin has taken a leave of absence from Essential Products following the disclosure of the circumstances of his departure from Google:
Essential founder and CEO Andy Rubin has taken a leave of absence from his new company for "personal reasons" following a report on the circumstances of his 2014 departure from Google. According to The Information, Rubin left Google shortly after an investigation found that he had maintained an "inappropriate relationship" with a woman who worked under him and filed a complaint to HR.
The nature of that relationship isn't detailed in the report, and Rubin's spokesperson Mike Sitrick denies the connection. "Any relationship that Mr. Rubin had while at Google was consensual," Sitrick tells The Information. "Mr. Rubin was never told by Google that he engaged in any misconduct while at Google and he did not, either while at Google or since." Rubin is said to have told Essential employees of his leave of absence on Monday after The Information informed Sitrick of its story.
The Information's information about the matter is not extensive. Here is the important paragraph:
Google initiated its investigation after an employee complained to the company's Human Resources division about her relationship with Mr. Rubin, according to three people familiar with the matter. The people declined to elaborate on the specific nature of the woman's complaint against Mr. Rubin.
Essential Products released a high-end Android smartphone in May and will release a "smart" speaker later this year.
Also at Engadget, 9to5Google, and Fast Company.
Update: Here is Essential's Bi-weekly AMA where they basically assured users that the company is still operating, business as usual.
(Score: 2) by bob_super on Friday December 01 2017, @05:54PM (8 children)
Which one is the +1 grumpy/hurt/cynical/downer/correct mod again?
This place needs it often enough to be worth coding.
(Score: 3, Informative) by takyon on Friday December 01 2017, @06:08PM (7 children)
If there was a +1 cynical mod added it would be the most commonly used mod on day 1.
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(Score: 2) by takyon on Friday December 01 2017, @07:59PM (6 children)
Here's the perfect way to implement this:
+1 Cynical
+1 Optimistic
-1 Gloomy
-1 Naïve
I believe these moderations would be extremely popular.
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(Score: 2) by bob_super on Friday December 01 2017, @08:04PM (5 children)
Given the width of my browser window, I'm still a proponent of displaying all the mods given, rather than just the arbitrarily chosen one (user option?).
Otherwise, the agree/disagree are usually inconsequential.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Friday December 01 2017, @08:19PM (4 children)
Are you talking about seeing "Score: +1 Funny, +2 Informative, +1 Insightful, -1 Overrated, -1 Flamebait" instead of "Score 4, Informative"?
If so, I can tell you that it is not arbitrary. Through trial and error, I determined that the moderation seen is either the one with the most uses (so +2 Informative would beat ±1 of Funny, Insightful, Flamebait, etc.), or in the case of a tie, the last used moderation. Except that Overrated and Underrated do not count for these rules (a comment can never appear as "Score 5, Underrated" for example).
So a comment modded (in chronological order): +1 Insightful, +1 Underrated, +1 Underrated, -1 Flamebait, -1 Flamebait, +1 Underrated, +1 Insightful, ±0 Disagree should appear as these (counting logged-in and karma bonuses):
(Score 3, Insightful)
(Score 4, Insightful)
(Score 5, Insightful)
(Score 4, Insightful)
(Score 3, Flamebait)
(Score 4, Flamebait)
(Score 5, Insightful)
(Score 5, Insightful)
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(Score: 2) by bob_super on Friday December 01 2017, @10:11PM (3 children)
> Are you talking about seeing "Score: +1 Funny, +2 Informative, +1 Insightful, -1 Overrated, -1 Flamebait" instead of "Score 4, Informative"?
Pretty much.
> So a comment modded (in chronological order): +1 Insightful, +1 Underrated, +1 Underrated, -1 Flamebait, -1 Flamebait, +1 Underrated, +1 Insightful, ±0 Disagree, ±0 Disagree
That would be "Score 5: +3 Insightful +3 Underrated -2 Flamebait , 2 Disagree", which tells you more about the readers' feedback than 5 Insightful. (it might require a smaller font)
I have heard rumors that this society could use more nuances in discourse than Black or White and Us vs Them.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Friday December 01 2017, @10:22PM (1 child)
Here, I filed a feature request for you: https://github.com/SoylentNews/rehash/issues/412 [github.com]
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(Score: 2) by bob_super on Friday December 01 2017, @10:52PM
Dang, there's no "+10 thank you" mod.
I guess, strictly speaking, that was informative, which sounds a bit cold.
(Score: 2) by JNCF on Saturday December 02 2017, @06:12PM
I know it's not exactly what you're asking for, but in case you're unaware: you can click on the comment ID (#604070 in the case of the comment I'm replying to) to be linked to the page for that comment, which shows all of the mods it has received. Personally, I like the shorthand for normal browsing (but I also often use mobile devices).