mesa@piefed.social to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoTesla said it didn’t have key data in a fatal crash. Then a hacker found it.www.washingtonpost.comexternal-linkmessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up1575arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1574arrow-down1external-linkTesla said it didn’t have key data in a fatal crash. Then a hacker found it.www.washingtonpost.commesa@piefed.social to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square25fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareonslaught545@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down4·1 year agoYou’d need to do the math on net profit. Gross revenue is a pretty meaningless figure on its own.
minus-squareJohnEdwa@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 year agoWant to fine Twitter 10% for something horrible they did in 2020 using their net profit? You now owe Twitter 113 million.
minus-squaredespoticruin@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoThat’s why they said revenue, not profit. You never go for the net. Always go for the gross.
minus-squarebisby@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoOr, y’know, don’t do illegal things and it doesn’t matter. That’s the point of fines being a deterrent
You’d need to do the math on net profit. Gross revenue is a pretty meaningless figure on its own.
Want to fine Twitter 10% for something horrible they did in 2020 using their net profit? You now owe Twitter 113 million.
That’s why they said revenue, not profit. You never go for the net. Always go for the gross.
Or, y’know, don’t do illegal things and it doesn’t matter. That’s the point of fines being a deterrent