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BroForceOne t1_j6fksxc wrote

Reply to comment by nsfwtttt in Facebook secretly killed users batteries, worker claims in lawsuit by tyteen4a03

He both described what it contained and that it contained information on experiments that were actually carried out.

From the article: >The practice, known as “negative testing,” allows tech companies to “surreptitiously” run down someone’s mobile juice in the name of testing features or issues such as how fast their app runs or how an image might load, according to data scientist George Hayward.

>“How to run thoughtful negative tests,” which included examples of such experiments being carried out.

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nsfwtttt t1_j6guv7v wrote

The first paragraph you quoted does not come from the document, it just describes what negative tests are.

The second refers to a document titled “how to..” and the only description of it is “it contains examples of tests”… he says “it’s the most horrible document I ever read”, so I’d expect him to describe what was so horrible in it… a test of loading an image that drained the battery faster? Jesus Christ! The children! The horror!!!

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JohannesOliver t1_j6i8hah wrote

It’s from the NY Post. That’s how every article is.

The real lesson is that tabloids sometimes have legitimate-sounding names.

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bryguy001 t1_j6j9aqs wrote

Exactly. And look at how many NPCs here jumped on the 15 minutes of hate bandwagon in these comments.

Keep this in mind whenever you notice someone being vilified on this site.

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t0slink t1_j6fs4z7 wrote

Negative tests don't include battery life tests. This guy is lying because he was part of the November layoffs.

They are always used to quantify things relating to the app, e.g. what happens if the app takes three seconds to load an image instead of half a second? How does that impact revenue?

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