Yes. Unfortunately there are two messages implied in Bloomberg's statement:

1. When there is a major structural change in the industry, some people will get stranded. And retraining/reeducation will not solve all the problems. As a society we should 'have some compassion to do it gently.' Simply suggesting that everyone learns to code is idiotic and could only come from someone like the Zuck.

2. Coal miners are manual labor class beta minus. You can't teach them intellectual things.

Had he simply said "You can't teach every coal miner to code", he could have avoided stepping in #2

(I on the other hand enjoy dealing with intelligent people who do manual labor jobs. It is nice to have a HVAC contractor, who understands physics. If you watch something like ThisOldHouse, you can see what a difference a brain makes in a so called "manual labor" job. )

Ehhh, of course you need a beard. But the article also says, to be successful you should remove spaghetti once in a while:

.. like in Virginia Beach?

The linked Sydney Morning Herald goes on:
"Despite denying he put the bug into the code intentionally, he said it was entirely possible intelligence agencies had been making use of it over the past two years."

One can assume said intelligence agencies would run their own software review and routinely check the source code of critical security software for obvious flaws. And if some agency even states Internet security as one of their goals, one can be certain they audit new patches.

It is very, very likely that they knew about this bug and used it to access servers outside their jurisdiction, where they couldn't simply access it with a letter in their hand. It being just an honest mistakes makes it even a sweeter deal, perfect deniability.

(And no, open source doesn't make a difference, if you wear the right colored tie, you can get any source code.)

Yes, the heartbeat exploit popped up just recently.
But the bug which forces users to keep data in freed buffers has been known for at least 4 years. Tedunangst calls it "exploit mitigation countermeasures" ...

Do not tempt the editors in how to educate the story process!

Yes, but sometimes that takes 300-400 years.

The topic brings out the conspiracy nuts.
Crypto.
Crypt
Freemasons
Jews

What if the intention isn't on cracking it but just on spreading FUD?

People are pissed off right now. That Snowden thing just isn't going away and people are looking into encrypted email options. Even people who never thought of using pgp (or regarded it as something for paranoid conspiracy theory nuts) would use it now, if it just came as an easy clickable option.

If you're some government agency, that doesn't look desirable. To make things worse, it's a web of trust, one of these pesky decentralized models. Unlike with a central certification authority, trusting one signature doesn't translate into trusting others. But on the other hand, there is no single CA that can be compromised. If you are a government agency in the business of undermining privacy, you would have to attack it one user at a time. Quite frustrating.

What to do about it?
Create some headlines like:

Hmm- looks that isn't safe either. Not worth the effort trying it out I guess.

This out of 31 posts so far.
This on a guy who makes science fun for kids.

Beta might not be Slashdot's biggest problem,
but going the way of kuro5hin is.

Exactly.
This way very few comments will be "off topic"

Making batteries larger is easy and pointless,
storing more energy without making them larger would be great.

Disclaimer:
I didn't read TFA, of course.
Just judging from the headline, which I assume is an accurate summary.

- cut out some plywood enclosure for your raspi or arduino.
- try to etch some copper off a pcb while looking at the reflection.
- mount it on a quad copter and shoot around in the neighborhood, then post it on youtube.
- try building a projector and accidentally burn down city hall.

Easy: The rise of OOp
Women didn't want to be objectified.