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Ex-Facebook exec ousted from company sparked controversy with pro-Trump views: report
A former top executive at Facebook who was ousted from the company may have been fired over his support for Donald Trump during the 2016 campaign, according to The Wall Street Journal.
The Journal reported Sunday that Palmer Luckey has recently told people that he was fired for supporting Trump before that year's presidential election. Luckey's donation in September 2016 to NimbleAmerica, a group that funded ads attacking Hillary Clinton, reportedly sparked backlash within Facebook.
Six months after making that donation, Luckey was no longer at the company. The Journal noted that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified in front of Congress this year that Luckey's departure had nothing to do with his political beliefs.
According to the Journal, Luckey was first put on leave and later fired. In the fall of 2016, Zuckerberg pressured Luckey to voice support publicly for Gary Johnson, the libertarian nominee in that year's election, the Journal reported, citing internal emails and sources familiar with the conversations.
"Zuckerberg lied to Congress" could become a bipartisan statement.
Also at NBC.
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(Score: 2) by deimtee on Wednesday November 14 2018, @05:29AM (1 child)
The hardware is getting there, but that isn't quite what I want. Probably something designed for augmented reality rather than VR. I want a high res high frame rate view of reality, with enhancements like eye protection and magnification. Wider spectrum, colour enhancing, and IR options would be nice too.
Data overlays/modifications on real video, not a reimaging of a computer model, even if it is generated from the cameras. I want to operate in the real world with eye protection and extra data. Hmm. Thinking about enhancements, I wonder how tough it would be to do sonar with one of these.
And so we are not completely off-topic, Fuck Zuckerberg. If he lied to Congress, chuck him in prison for perjury.
If you cough while drinking cheap red wine it really cleans out your sinuses.
(Score: 2) by Freeman on Thursday November 15 2018, @06:12PM
Yes, I would love some sci-fi goggles too, please. Preferably ones that are nicer than my prescription glasses and will stop me from having to get new prescription glasses every couple of years.
Joshua 1:9 "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee"