Thesaurus / fail
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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 LANDHe 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 POSTHowever, 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, 2020FORTUNEI 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, 2020QUARTZIf 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 REVIEWA 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, 2020FORTUNEThe 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, 2020FORTUNENo 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, 2020FREAKONOMICSIt would make everyone careful, of course, but I fail to see any grievance in that.
THE SALVAGING OF CIVILISATIONH. G. (HERBERT GEORGE) WELLSWORDS RELATED TO FAIL
- be careless
- be impoverished
- be reduced
- become poorer
- bereave
- capitulate
- consume
- default
- deplete
- disinherit
- displace
- dispossess
- dissipate
- divest
- drain
- drop
- exhaust
- expend
- fail
- fail to keep
- fall short
- forfeit
- forget
- give up
- lavish
- misplace
- miss
- misspend
- oust
- pass up
- relinquish
- rob
- sacrifice
- squander
- suffer
- suffer loss
- surrender
- use up
- waste
- yield
- be reduces
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- bereaves
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- disinherits
- displaces
- dispossesses
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- is careless
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- lavishes
- misplaces
- misses
- misspends
- ousts
- passes up
- relinquishes
- robs
- sacrifices
- squanders
- suffers
- suffers loss
- surrenders
- uses up
- wastes
- yields
- act up
- be at fault
- be bad
- be dissolute
- be guilty
- be immoral
- be indecorous
- be insubordinate
- be mischievous
- be out of line
- be out of order
- be reprehensible
- bend the law
- carry on
- cut up
- deviate
- do evil
- do wrong
- fail
- fool around
- get into mischief
- go astray
- go wrong
- make trouble
- misconduct
- offend
- roughhouse
- sin
- sow wild oats
- take a wrong turn
- transgress
- trespass
- be at cross purposes
- be bewildered
- be confused
- be perplexed
- confound
- confuse
- fail
- get signals crossed
- get signals mixed
- get wrong
- get wrong impression
- misapply
- misapprehend
- miscalculate
- miscomprehend
- misconstrue
- misinterpret
- misjudge
- misknow
- misread
- misreckon
- miss
- miss the point
- mistake
- not register
- take amiss
- take wrongly
- abused
- blew
- blundered
- botched
- bungled
- confounded
- erred
- flubbed
- foul up
- fumbled
- goof up
- goofed
- gum up
- harmed
- made a hash of
- made a mess of
- maladministered
- misapplied
- misconducted
- misdirected
- misemployed
- misgoverned
- mistreated
- misused
- muffed
- overlooked
- perverted
- prostituted
- put foot in
- screwed up
- shot oneself in foot
- was incompetent
- was inefficient
- abuses
- blows
- blunders
- botches
- bungles
- confounds
- errs
- flubs
- foul up
- fumbles
- goof up
- goofs
- gum up
- harms
- is incompetent
- is inefficient
- makes a hash of
- makes a mess of
- maladministers
- misapplies
- misconducts
- misdirects
- misemploys
- misgoverns
- mistreats
- misuses
- muffs
- overlooks
- perverts
- prostitutes
- puts foot in
- screws up
- shoots oneself in foot
- abusing
- being incompetent
- being inefficient
- blowing
- blundering
- botching
- bungling
- confounding
- erring
- flubbing
- foul up
- fumbling
- goof up
- goofing
- gum up
- harming
- making a hash of
- making a mess of
- maladministering
- misapplying
- misconducting
- misdirecting
- misemploying
- misgoverning
- mistreating
- misusing
- muffing
- overlooking
- perverting
- prostituting
- putting foot in
- screwing up
- shooting oneself in foot
- be at cross purposes
- be bewildered
- be confused
- be perplexed
- confound
- confuse
- fail
- get signals crossed
- get signals mixed
- get wrong
- get wrong impression
- misapply
- misapprehend
- miscalculate
- miscomprehend
- misconceive
- misconstrue
- misinterpret
- misjudge
- misknow
- misreckon
- miss
- miss the point
- mistake
- not register
- take amiss
- take wrongly
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