And actually, I specifically remembered the "counseled out of the organization" line as a sign that FB -- unlike many tech companies -- is actually tactful and respectful when it comes to letting people go for performance reasons (at least that stage in the process.

That's part of the reason why they call it "bootcamp."

That one day, suddenly, it will just be... the new normal.

But what else should we expect from the owners of a news portal that was, from the outset, itself nothing other than soulless and robotic, to its very core -- and whose passing almost no one is likely to mourn?

("No one", that is, except of course those who've recently found out they "no longer have a role with Patch", along with their unlucky dependents).

Talk about showing one's true colors.

   Some of the blows have been self-inflicted,
   like venture capitalists who compare progressivism
   to Nazism or who block access to public beaches.

So dreht sich alles auf der Welt.

  When drivers accept a call, furthermore, they need to
  interface with the app. The suit goes on to note that
  under California law, it is illegal to use a “wireless
  telephone” while driving unless it is specifically
  configured to be hands-free — which the app is not. In
  essence, the suit argues that Uber was negligent in the
  “development, implementation and use of the app” so as
  to cause the driver to be distracted and inattentive.

Unfortunately it doesn't seem that it was a lack of a paper trail that kept the principals of HSBC out of orange pajamas. But rather an apparent perception on the part of the government that they were essentially beholden to HSBC for the sake of, well, it's hard to say precisely (but you can chose whether you want to take the AG's concern about "jobs" at face value or not):

  In December 2012, Assistant U.S. Attorney General Lanny
  Breuer suggested that the U.S. government might resist
  criminal prosecution of HSBC which could lead to the loss
  of the bank's U.S. charter. He stated, "Our goal here
  is not to bring HSBC down, it's not to cause a systemic
  effect on the economy, it's not for people to lose
  thousands of jobs."

See also: http://www.theguardian.com/business/2013/may/30/treasury-dep...

Shrem, at least, wasn't charged with "selling BTC" but for violating this thing known as the Bank Secrecy Act.

As it says in, you know, the article that was linked to.

Please restore to something reflecting the aesthetics of the HN front page -- and the essence of beauty and simplicity it embodies.

    http://www.kpcb.com/teams/partners-emeriti

Really now? Apparently he's still listed as a Partner Emeritus:

   http://www.kpcb.com/partner/tom-perkins

By continuing their relationship with KPCB long after leaving, they bring our portfolio companies the benefit of decades of deep experience.

It wouldn't work. No film depiction could possibly be as absurd as what has already been foisted onto our everyday lives already.