It said "for five days". So I'd assume those minutes/data will only last for that period of time. So I'd imagine this is like when I go to Amazon every X+n months and it tries to reel me back in with a free month of prime. They're giving you freebies to use, to establish habits which they can then profit from later down the line.

> As of Saturday, Hamas achieved 100% of their objectives from those strikes.

True, although I would imagine they had hoped the Arab nations would be against Israel as opposed to potentially fighting on the same side, especially since I imagine they gain a level of funding from within the UAE who are now apparently seeking to retaliate against Iran putting them on the Israeli side.

> MBA-driven business culture is focused on short-term managerial interest, not societal value or long-term business success.

This is a common refrain I also believe in and there's an interesting open question that comes up here about whether or not an engineering department should or shouldn't execute an order that intentionally destroys the product for short term gain.

> I absolutely want people I hire to be "difficult" when the moment calls for it.

<3. What do you think makes the difference here in orgs that respect this and those that simply try to hire yesmen?

and if you don't understand my position then you've failed to interview. Some people just seek reasons to disqualify candidates and I think that's a pretty basic approach to interviewing. Remember, we all have a cognitive bias to hire ourselves and part of improving interviewing process is about trying to mitigate that by creating an environment where the interviewee can show the best of themselves, which may not necessarily reflect our own strengths. This is why pop quiz questions are kinda crap and while 1337code is better, its still kinda crap