Y’know, for security.

We shouldn’t need the hassle of locks on our home and car doors, but we understand they are probably worthwhile for most people.

Leaking PII like this would be illegal in Canada for example.

The fact that a person is a student at the school can be very sensitive information. The classic example is someone who leaves an abusive spouse/family and does not want to be found. Now their name and picture is out there, and their timetable and therefore whereabouts could be partially inferred from the school calendar by someone who knows their interests.

"I'm also excited to bring their amazing comms and marketing instincts to the team. They've helped many brands market online and because they have a strong pulse on where the industry is going, their comms and marketing ideas have really impressed me. I can't wait to leverage their talent outside of the show [...]."

So there's a large acquihire component here. Maybe the dominant component.

The experience of hearing factual things presented with passion and obvious expertise is in itself inspiring. Why settle for less?

The salaries are good in SCV, but the local economy is calibrated to absorb the money in proportion.

If you already have an iPhone, there are lovely little integration things that sound like small beans but are really valuable over time, eg.:

- copy-paste text between devices

- get verification codes from text messages to auto-fill in Safari on Mac

I don't know if Yoga 7 is good in this regard, but when you open the lid on a Macbook, it's awake and interactive before you've finished swinging it open. And battery life is outstanding. I'd miss things like that.

https://www.apple.com/careers/pdf/HBR_How_Apple_Is_Organized...

You're not in the market for a netbook-type machine if this is the case.

> but with sharper text.

Text huh? Sounds important.

> Battery life is "good enough" but not great.

So, do you want a lightweight client / light productivity machine with tons of battery life, great text, and a kickass trackpad? Or an affordable workstation replacement? Different markets.

> It weighs the same as a MBP

A much larger laptop with less than half the number of display pixels is not really the same market. And how's that battery life?

If it was a PS document, you would have to spool it to a printer or screen renderer to read it anyway. The X Window System debuted in 1984, so on-screen renders would have been not too hard to find in a CS department in 1989.

It's possible to go to the moon, launch ICBMs, and make fusion bombs. It's news when something possible gets cheap and easy. It's also newsworthy when one of the most powerful and expensive weapon platforms in history doesn't have its infosec buttoned down.

And how about computer science?

CS is not a degree in web programming framework or DNN modeling framework du jour. Algorithms, data structures, linear algebra, and programming fundamentals do evolve, but gradually.

None of the languages I use at work existed when I was an undergraduate. Very nearly all the data structures and algorithms I use at work did.

If you use cloud storage, your laptop already has all the stuff on your phone anyway.