Lying through its teeth.
There was a bunch of DOS software that runs too fast to be usable on later processors. Like a Rouge-like game where you fly across the map too fast to control. The Turbo button would bring it down to 8086 speeds so that stuff is usable.
FWIW, retirement studies would suggest a 4% withdrawal rate the first year, and increasing for inflation each year after. There are some other ways to go with this, but it's a good starting place.
To where? Right wing fascism is on the rise pretty much everywhere.
Some hackers DoS the code. This guy DoS's the corporate process.
It's used all over the place in the US. It's usually a weird, thoughtless mixture. Milk is sold in gallons, soda is sold in liters.
In fact, you'll find exceptions in most countries once you start looking for them. Just a matter of how prevalent the metric system is; nobody is 100%. Most common exception is car tires because of how industry standards work.
It works fine when everything around you is in those numbers. The scale for medications might be set to mg, or injections in mL. The bottles for both are labeled the same way. Everything works together, and you don't really have to think about it.
Part of the problem with converting everything to metric is it really needs to be everything. You can try talking about driving distances in km, and your gas tank in L/100km, and your speed in km/hr. However, the interstate highway signs will still be in miles, you buy gas in gallons, and the speed limit signs are in mph. This isn't a case where you can just choose to use the metric system as an individual, because the whole system works against you.
Significant digits of accuracy befuddles everyone.
Flame throwers are allowed as long as they're not aimed at civilians. Thermite is just another type of flame when it comes down to it.
There's downsides to the companies, though. Interviewing new candidates takes money, and takes time away from people already on the team. If everyone is switching jobs to get a higher salary, then companies aren't saving anything in the long run. They also have a major knowledge base walking out the door, and that's hard to quantify.
It's a false savings.
If I were to steel man this, it'd be cross-pollination. Old employees get set in their ways and tend to put up with the problems. They've simply integrated ways to work around problems in their workflow. New people bring in new ideas, and also point out how broken certain things are and then agitate for change.
This, I think, doesn't totally sink the idea of the "company man" who sticks around for decades. It means there should be a healthy mix.
I keep waiting for someone to come up with some kind of explanation for this that even sorta makes sense. No, as far as I can tell, companies just work this way.
Oh, yeah, a lot of people made that mistake. It was badly named.