T-Mobile's only real selling point is being different from - better than - Verizon. If they start walking back what they offer, what's to stop them from doing it in other areas? Why switch?

Avoid it then. If it's companies wanting to avoid paying for software they then profit off of - and they can't be bothered to read the license and comply, screw them and their lazy greedy selves. Plenty of companies use open source every day without violating the different licenses.

Why should a country that contributes so much to global warming (in possession of 94% of the world's oil reserves) get to take water from a global resource? How about they invest in renewable energy and THEN we talk.

Will this simple clean design remove the pop-in videos that show up towards the end of a video, and don't seem to be removable? Because those are so distracting they render the videos unwatchable.

It's still a race to the bottom, now it's just going to be done in a way that's harder to criticize. I wonder how this will impact salaries and the job market.

Because those sources aren't liberal. The WSJ, liberal? HAHAHAHA.

Even the summary disproves your statement, nevermind the article. But let's say there's nothing new. So what? An article "companies that say they are bringing you the lowest price are still being deceptive" would be newsworthy anyway. It might be the first article someone less jaded than you reads and realizes what is going on. Or perhaps an effort to regulate deception might start (or perhaps in response to such an effort it might show regulators the companies being targeted are flaunting the new laws). And so on. "Nothing new" might as well reference this stale, boring slashdot comment on a news story declaring it to be non news.

This should be modded up even higher. When I see a price from Verizon (or really any internet carrier, RCN is especially notorious for this) I don't trust it. That leads to lack of trust in the company. So then why move to their service when they will bump up the price, tack on random fees, charge me to rent hardware I could buy for cheaper... and the list goes on.

On top of that they're doing the #1 thing you're not supposed to do in development: completely rewriting a working system.

Common misconception. You shouldn't completely rewrite a working system if there isn't a need. But what if there's something that working system doesn't provide you need to succeed, or an associated cost that's a deal killer? The FOSS world (and the proprietary world) are both filled with successful examples of people rewriting working systems. Starting from scratch isn't always a bad move.

I wonder if companies like clevertech are included in this? I talked to them about a job once and they were offering to pay FAR less than everyone else. Their ads are all over sites like weworkremotely.com.

Hire better, more senior people. Hire more staff if you are understaffed. Because if you have enough developers, and they are seasoned, then together you'll come up with a process that works for YOUR company and YOUR team. Or - be like too many companies in a race to the bottom of underpaying, understaffing, and then complaining when it doesn't work out. Or worse - thinking some process or tool will save the day. It won't, and if it did - you wouldn't deserve it.

Commenting to remove my mod points. I did some reading about Gorean subculture (including Larry's blog post about his experience). Let's clear some things up:

1. The controversy here specifically is about Gorean beliefs/culture, not the BDSM orientation (using some of Larry's terminology here).
2. Larry's articulation of his beliefs/culture are nuanced and a credit to him. They made me take a fresh look.
3. There are some members of the Gorean community who write anti-women screeds. But that's no different then members (sometimes prominent) of major religions. That shouldn't damn the whole sub-culture.

After reading Larry's blog post (and I recommend reading the whole thing) - I've come away realizing Drupal is in the wrong here, and the community is absolutely right to stand up for him. This isn't a man publicly arguing women are less than men. It's a man who is into BDSM and who enjoys a master slave relationship within the context of his romantic/sex life in a way that is wonderfully aware of active consent. That's fine. Some men and women enjoy being dominated, others enjoy dominating. Some like that to mix with how they live life - and that's also fine.

What isn't fine is ignoring the Gorean side of this or failing to see the problems with that culture - just as we need to see the problems with any culture (for example Judeo/Christrian/Muslim culture and how they view apostates, women, and non-believers). I believe we can be critical without blaming everyone in those cultures or destroying those cultures. It's fine to disagree and debate.

Drupal should reinstate this guy (since that seems to be what he wants. Though personally I'd argue he should join a programming community that better respects diversity and values people more.

Lastly I'll add this. It is worth considering that viewing women as less then men can be harmful, even deadly. It leads to treating people as mere objects, restricting their human rights, etc. Look at women in Saudi Arabia for instance. But I'm far more worried about that threat coming from conservative fundamentalist religions than from a sex subculture inspired by novels.

Read the quote - this is about the future of the open internet. And that pessimism is warranted. Just look at net neutrality in the US, and the power the big companies wield. Something big needs to change or we're looking at a very different, locked down internet.

This is news, and the "this is not news this is expected" crowd is brain dead. Yes it's news when a software company replaces a useful product (that they may have built marketing on) with a less useful product as a tie in for another service. It's worth criticizing google for this as much as it is pointing it out.

For a specific project - look at the ecosystem of libraries and tools, and what you want to accomplish. One project might be easier in java, another in scala.

For a career - look at jobs in your area. Are more people hiring for java or scala? You can learn both of course. Rust is also worth looking into.

But scala is just a language. You don't need to be "math genius" to use one language over another.