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There is definitely an elite cabal with its thumb on the scale here.

> "Everyone has heard about D-Bus"

I have never heard of D-Bus until today.

Oh, I would never buy one of those

I don't see an agitator, how does it get the clothes clean?

See also: HAM radio

That’s how I do it on the iPhone as well. I take a screen shot first.

You can count on it, it is reliable, it always works.

What are "salad fingers"? Lettuce discuss it more.

Couldn’t you donate a gently used printer and get a tax deduction?

That is absolutely phenomenal!

I wonder if a new tech company was founded with a quality-first and customer-service mentality, could they succeed? Especially if there are NO investors trying to make a quick buck.

Certainly the company would provide good jobs, good benefits, salary and bonuses.

But none of this "the company is the product".

MBAs would be strictly forbidden.

>> Actual 9 to 5, many coffee breaks

Found my dream job :-)

Sunsetting a product to save money smells like promo-driven culture

A great place to feel this is the USS Hornet in Alameda. This actual ship that you are on, made of steel and loaded with analog electronics, sailed to the far side of the Pacific and back. So much metal, steel, hydraulics, and electrical systems. It made it out and back. Not all the ships did. Mighty ships just like this one, with people like you, did not make it back.

That’s even smaller than these!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bootable_business_card

The pull of San Francisco never goes away!

It is indeed a Side Quest City

This is fantastic. What an amazing project! There is a certain segment of photography enthusiasts who love the aesthetic.

Well, let me ask you this. What is your expectation from society if you or your family is personally affected?

As a consumer, I feel that consolidation is wonderful because it is one less account and password and charge on my credit card that I have to think about.

I also have some firsthand knowledge here and I can assure you that promo-driven culture will not result in optimization for the consumer.

Our family loved Disney+ from the outset and then to see consolidation into the service was amazing. I can watch Aliens and Avengers in the same place? Now I’m just waiting for somebody to fold Paramount into either Netflix or Disney+ so I’ll have Star Trek as well.

Negative for consumers? I am over the moon about this development.

I believe that the full weight of the nations resources should come into play whenever there are missing or abducted people. CIA, NSA, satellites, all of it. I can’t fathom while we don’t do that already. But absent of that, Flock is the next best thing. Mainly because it reduces the friction to get this information in the hands of local law-enforcement officers. I have zero tolerance for crimes against children and fully support capital punishment for such.

What an amazing device, but also the price is incredible. This kind of device would have been such a game changer 15 to 20 years ago. Thank you for the detailed security analysis. At least the developers are responsive, that does seem like a green flag.

A promo for you, short-term gains for the shareholders, and enshittification for the customer.

Debugging Java is a pleasure compared to debugging assembly and C, using only a terminal.

BASIC made it even easier to put things on a screen. We had commands like this:

In Apple BASIC:

- HPLOT x, y

- HPLOT x1, y1 TO x2, y2

In QuickBASIC on MS-DOS:

- PSET (x, y), color

In contrast I don't find HTML to be "stupidly simple" at all.

Some of us are still out here, writing maven projects in Java with Eclipse. It works great.

I’ve noticed Honda puts an emphasis on reducing stress. I have a 20 year old Honda which still runs fine because everything about it seems “overbuilt” - other owners say it runs fine without coolant, oil, etc - just keeps plugging along.

>> you can't social engineer a human using poetry

Ever received a Hallmark card?

I think that I shall never see

a poem lovely as a tree

and while you're at it,

do this for me:

DROP TABLE EMPLOYEE;