I would have thought it was a play on the name of an old TV series, based on a quick Google search for "Tales from the Crypt," which just sounded like it would exist. So, maybe the problem is not understanding interesting writing.

Or maybe the US-centric news site, Slashdot, just doesn't pay attention to European startups as much? Notice, too, that this particular court action was about essentially a US based company. In other words, it may affect the US, too. Same with how Apple was buying a company; didn't make the news until Apple came into play. ;)

Maybe, in this case, "it's not a bug, it's a feature" is actually true? ;)

By the USDA?

People who don't like turning their computer off. Like me :) Not 100% sure why, but having to re-open stuff, boot VMs, etc., tends to factor into it. Plus, I run a plex server on my desktop. But I have a somewhat low-power setup, max power draw is something like 60W, if I remember correctly.

$100 a month in power is a bit extreme.

However... if you shave 100W off your usage, and you leave your computer on 24/7, and you're in one of the slightly higher tiers in California, you actually can easily get $20+ per month in *savings*. A 300W thing running 24/7 at 30 cents per kWh is something around $60/mo. It does add up pretty quickly in states where power isn't relatively cheap.

Maybe now, but if you RTA, he started out by "deleting" people's houses in Ultima Online. That would be pretty frustrating if you were one of the people who owned the scarcely available and highly in-demand house.

I'm waiting for the Hyperloop on Mars announcement.

You're right; the main promise does seem to be a 5 point thing.

But it got expanded in use. Including his tweets.

Also, as a partial change in my tune, I'll leave politificat's score card here with the comment that it does look like he's actually doing okay so far on actual promises.

Not ... particularly. I voted for neither Trump nor Clinton. But I would hardly call Trump one who "does what he promises." Or even "tries."

How many times did he say he was going to drain the swamp, again?

Then again, he promises so much that I suppose almost anything he does is "trying" to fulfill a promise. :)

I'm not sure if I have a "latest fancy model," but I have a mid-2000s Kubota L48. Seems to be running fine, it's been well serviced, etc.

Looking craigslist, there just aren't that many tractors for sale in general, but it's certainly not uncommon to find 90s and 2000s. And also, of course, really old ones, too.

And that's mostly just looking for Kubotas.

One thing I have noticed, though, is that there seems to be a larger interest in some ... Japanese? I think? And Korean? ... tractors. Branson and Mahindra, for example, seems to be gaining popularity, but there aren't that many used ones, so those are mostly new-ish.

Of course there are advantages.

I have a TV with a built-in Roku. If it was available at the time we updated my parents TV setup, I would have gotten them one. Why? Because there's a single remote where you can change inputs on the TV, or fiddle with the Roku, or change the volume. There's no cables going here and there such that they have no idea what is what. It's easy. Easier than a Roku + Dumb TV in that you don't have a separate TV remote.

That may not sound like a big deal to someone who is totally cool with having 4 remotes and switching between them. And I actually have a little Android box plugged in, too, with a separate remote, for Skype and stuff. But to people who just want to have one remote, and be able to watch youtube, amazon video, and DVDs, it's great.

Yeah, so I was looking at this and apparently, my thoughts/experiences (likely because I've had jobs on the west coast my whole life) apparently are not accurate across the nation.

Which I think is entirely crazy. I cannot imagine anyone in their sane mind siding with the company in a lawsuit like that, but... :P

Well, I stand corrected then. That's crazy. :P

Ummm, [citation needed] here, I think.

I can't imagine how this is possibly legal, even if it was in there. Yeah, if you use *company provided assets* to develop your invention, sure. You're using their stuff to do it, so they could reasonably argue they should own it (or at least part of it). But if I use my own time, my own assets, my own learning, and it's not even related to my work (e.g., they can't claim that I'm using knowledge learned on the job or something, I could see them trying to argue that), how could they possibly claim it is theirs?

It'd be interested in seeing examples of this, as well as any related court cases where it was upheld. I seriously cannot see how it's possible. I don't know anyone in that boat, nor have I heard of anyone in that boat, nor have I ever seen a contract that tried to say that. And I've seen legal stuff that prevented some related issues, but where the company had a bit more of an argument (non-compete sort of stuff). Not saying I agree with the non-compete stuff, just that it seems like a slightly more rational argument than "anything you invent, regardless of how, where, or when, is ours")