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fail

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verbbe unsuccessful

verbabandon, forsake
verblose money

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In this kind of “lights-out” datacenter, the servers would be swapped out about once every five years, with any that fail before then being taken offline.

MICROSOFT HAD A CRAZY IDEA TO PUT SERVERS UNDER WATER—AND IT TOTALLY WORKEDVANESSA BATES RAMIREZSEPTEMBER 17, 2020SINGULARITY HUB

An engineer’s brilliant plan for an automated system that would work for the billion dollar travel entity, but result in the failed account of the small realtor isn’t actually the right way…even if it’s more efficient for some automated program.

THIS DECADE’S MOST IMPORTANT MARKETING QUESTION: WHAT DATA RIGHTS DO ADVERTISERS POSSESS?KIRK WILLIAMSSEPTEMBER 17, 2020SEARCH ENGINE LAND

He constantly insists that his approval rating among Republicans is at 96 percent, an invented figure, and nearly as often insists that polls are failing to capture his full support.

IF VOTERS ARE WARY OF STATING SUPPORT FOR TRUMP IN POLLS, WHY DOES HE OUTPERFORM GOP SENATE CANDIDATES?PHILIP BUMPSEPTEMBER 16, 2020WASHINGTON POST

However, the system was triggered erroneously by a single sensor that failed in both crashes and it continued to push the nose down repeatedly.

BOEING CRASHES WERE THE “HORRIFIC CULMINATION” OF MULTIPLE MISTAKES, HOUSE REPORT SAYSKDUNN6SEPTEMBER 16, 2020FORTUNE

I woke up before 7 AM, and the feeling of dread increased with every passing hour as the sun failed to appear.

FOR MILLIONS OF AMERICANS, THE WILDFIRES MADE CLIMATE CHANGE REALMICHAEL J. CORENSEPTEMBER 15, 2020QUARTZ

If organizations working on global AI ethics fail to acknowledge this, they risk developing standards that are, at best, meaningless and ineffective across all the world’s regions.

AI ETHICS GROUPS ARE REPEATING ONE OF SOCIETY’S CLASSIC MISTAKESAMY NORDRUMSEPTEMBER 14, 2020MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW

A previous attempt by Nvidia to break Qualcomm’s dominance of that business failed.

NVIDIA IS BUYING SOFTBANK’S ARM CHIP DIVISION IN BIGGEST SEMICONDUCTOR DEAL EVERCLAIRE ZILLMAN, REPORTERSEPTEMBER 14, 2020FORTUNE

The only way to fail at meditation is if you try to do something.

HOW A VACATION—OR A PANDEMIC—CAN HELP YOU ADOPT BETTER HABITS NOWMATTHEWHEIMERSEPTEMBER 12, 2020FORTUNE

No risk-taking would mean Netflix losing out on top talent, overlooking a shifting marketplace, and failing to conceptualize innovations.

WHAT IF YOUR COMPANY HAD NO RULES? (BONUS EPISODE)MARIA KONNIKOVASEPTEMBER 12, 2020FREAKONOMICS

It would make everyone careful, of course, but I fail to see any grievance in that.

THE SALVAGING OF CIVILISATIONH. G. (HERBERT GEORGE) WELLS

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