mesa@piefed.social to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 个月前Tesla said it didn’t have key data in a fatal crash. Then a hacker found it.www.washingtonpost.comexternal-linkmessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up1573arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1572arrow-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 · 4 个月前message-square25fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareonslaught545@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down4·4 个月前You’d need to do the math on net profit. Gross revenue is a pretty meaningless figure on its own.
minus-squareJohnEdwa@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·4 个月前Want 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-up2·4 个月前That’s why they said revenue, not profit. You never go for the net. Always go for the gross.
minus-squarebisby@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·4 个月前Or, 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