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geekhack Community => Other Geeky Stuff => Topic started by: jwaz on Tue, 17 January 2012, 06:01:18

Title: Mr.Daisey and Apple (Foxconn) Factory
Post by: jwaz on Tue, 17 January 2012, 06:01:18

Very interesting/ scary piece on This American Life about a mans visit to the Foxconn plant in Shenzhen:



http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/454/mr-daisey-and-the-apple-factory

Title: Mr.Daisey and Apple (Foxconn) Factory
Post by: TranscendingLogic on Fri, 16 March 2012, 14:05:59

'This American Life' Retracts Its Damning Episode About Apple And Foxconn (http://www.businessinsider.com/this-american-life-retracts-its-damning-episode-about-apple-and-foxconn-2012-3?op=1)

Title: Mr.Daisey and Apple (Foxconn) Factory
Post by: jwaz on Mon, 19 March 2012, 01:51:02

Way to bump a 2 month old thread...

Title: Mr.Daisey and Apple (Foxconn) Factory
Post by: captain on Mon, 19 March 2012, 02:41:49

Beware the hammer-finger syndrome!  Tapping away on gorilla glass is not good for delicate fingertips. :-/

What happened to ripsters hatred of iOS forum users?

Title: Mr.Daisey and Apple (Foxconn) Factory
Post by: Daniel Beaver on Mon, 19 March 2012, 08:56:43

Quote from: JesuswasaZombie;550330

Way to bump a 2 month old thread...

To be fair, there was kind of a major update to the story.

Title: Mr.Daisey and Apple (Foxconn) Factory
Post by: jwaz on Tue, 20 March 2012, 11:55:15

To be fair, there was kind of a whole thread already on that major update.