So is 200' good enough or not?

You left out the third option that will become a standard and that's to stall you out if you are using any kind of ad blocker.

The history of computing shows us that this technology is becoming more accessible. Both to consumers and the providers. You no longer have to use punch cards to write computer programs. Or use assembly. Modern languages and development tools are much easier to work with for an average person. And that trend is going to continue. There is nothing you and I or Apple/Facebook/Google can do to stop the march of progress.

Unfortunately for you, that means you will have to continue to learn new technologies to remain marketable to employers.

I can't count every web site that has an API, but examples include Amazon, eBay, and Twitter.

It sure sounds like the outcome could be cheaper, faster, more reliable and possibly even denser storage. How about a 10 TB drive that can saturate a SAS link for the price of a consumer 1 TB SSD now? It sounds appealing to have 40 TB of home storage at performance levels that would make a $200k enterprise storage buyer jealous.

Or that makes for 240 TB enterprise san shelf for the price of an existing 10 TB flash/rust hybrid shelf at speeds that will melt 16 gig fiber channel?

And who knows what value fast/cheap storage would have in terms of software applications. Maybe it would enable machine learning in more of a real-time basis by enabling analysis of vast datasets on demand.

I wonder if it will be as fun for them as it is for an geeky nerd like me.

VerticalScope

It's DRAM that's in the crosshairs.

As the digital world quickly grows – from 4.4 zettabytes of digital data created in 2013 to an expected 44 zettabytes by 20204 – 3D XPoint technology can turn this immense amount of data into valuable information in nanoseconds. For example, retailers may use 3D XPoint technology to more quickly identify fraud detection patterns in financial transactions; healthcare researchers could process and analyze larger data sets in real time, accelerating complex tasks such as genetic analysis and disease tracking.

The final sentence quoted, I feel, should have "and government agencies seeking to search ever-larger datasets." amended.

Of course, no technological advance comes without danger of government overreach.

They mention plans to sell Slashdot Media and SourceForge... Then the rest of the financial report only talks about Slashdot Media and nothing about SF.

Perhaps they realized they utterly destroyed SF to the point where it's an unrecoverable lost cause.

Sure, but... I expect an IDE crash to be more difficult than "compile my code then double-click a warning message".

(Yes, I did it three times with the same result)

"We don't do pardons", followed by an appeal to patriotism (ie. if you don't agree with our decisions then you're a pinko commie)

Film at 11.

I installed VS2015 on a spare machine for a laugh - I actually managed to get them to fix an ancient VS bug fixed by nagging them enough. The fix was in VS2015 and I wanted to see it with my own eyes.

It crashed and burned about once a minute for the entire time I tried it, no chance to save any work. So much for a new 'improved' version.

I only installed VS2013 a few months ago after it reached SP4. I'm not expecting VS2015 to be usable any time soon (I _would_ like to have my bug fixed though because it happens constantly...OTOH it's been bothering me since VC++ 6.0 so I'm almost used to it by now)

It's almost as if you don't actually know anything that particular punishment.

Hint: There's a third element to it.

Wait for at least SP1. Let others be the beta testers.