caseykneale
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4 years ago Given the enormity of recent requests to support keeping MacOS users safe from VIM the team has reached an agreement on costs.
Normally we would suggest the price remain the same: a cool 500,000 or 777,777 USD for the unreleased variant, but, this cannot be the case for the following reasons.
The first issue is we do not own a Mac computer. Bringing new technology into our highly secure facility is costly, and introduces serious risks to our wellbeing. In order to facilitate this request we would require a used MacOS computer from a trustworthy source. We have reason to believe factory made computers may be compromised by VI(M), by developers having used it to write the OS and onboarded software, or because of this public statement(the enemy moves fast - too fast). Yes it is true that a computer which has simply come into contact with this vehement software can taint the purity of our development process, or worse, propagate.
Firstly, we must include the cost of a MacOS computer, likely 1,000 USD.
Now, given the unforeseeable risks, the most rational decision to proceed with safe development is to build a secondary complex (roughly 5 million USD). Employee number 111 states that we can reduce some security measures, again this is to benefit mankind, and all employees are willing to sacrifice ourselves to further this effort (terms of employment section 3.1.45), so we can forego some of the lead barriers, barbed wire, and armed gaurds and bring that cost to ~1 million. All surfaces in the test room must be certified nonreflective (details as to why will be explained below).
We work in triples with new machines: 1 at the keyboard, 1 under the desk with the power cord in hand ready to cut the power, and myself 40m away overseeing the operation with the screen completely obstructed from view. My hands are on a button that drops a 2ft thick matte painted lead barrier between myself and the incident while releasing 200lbs/sec of cement to fill the room. It should be faster but, we had to reduce costs... Materials are nonreflective much like in laser safety operations because if VIM does appear its image cannot be projected anywhere but to a single operators eyes. That operator is expendable for the greater good.
In the event that an or two employee is "lost" in the process we may require additional funding. Although it is common for employees to leave their families to work for the 'cause', not all have been able too, so we like to give the family some form of compensation for their losses in the form of an anonymous donation.
Now we must also consider the following guerilla unit, our intel has informed us that there is a rogue group who have not only been overtaken by VI(M) extremely dislike MacOS. We must upgrade security measures for this alone.
Our cost estimate is: 1,000$(computer) + 1,000,000$(new facility) + 110,000$ for upgraded security measures. Giving a grand total of 1,111,000$. This is of course - if everything goes correctly and no one is "lost".
Is it interfaceable by macOS?...what are the research cost and the "hidden" cost involved to replicate it to macOS, if it's not supported currently?