>> Just channel surf some night when you have insomnia. The infomercials...

Wow - thanks for the flashback. I almost forgot how crappy cable was...

>> does having a single- or limited-purpose device make really make sense for consumables that aren't coffee?

If you can find enough suckers to buy them and yield big profits, then yes. (See the original Keurig, for example.)

1) Forget the Universal Format approach - your users will kill you for messing up their formatting, and you'll never get complete feature parity
2) Store the docs in their original format
3) Get Apache Solr to search your content
4) You'll be spending a lot of time on #3, so leave time to tinker

>> Arrests have been made in Bangladesh for the murders of the previous two bloggers this year, but no convictions have yet been made.

You know, in America it would also be rare for a murder conviction to happen the same year an arrest was made. For example:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B...
   

Wisconsin's upgrading rail. One of the main drivers is demand for fracking sand. Since Amtrak runs on mostly freight rails, you need to improve the case for freight to get better passenger service.
http://www.jsonline.com/busine...

It's not just the developers. A lot of legal teams are just taking their web-based privacy rules and applying them to systems who know exactly who you are. For example, Lowes' IRIS system: http://iotsecuritylab.com/iot-...

>> democracy and a basically stupid and anti-science population

I agree, but if you ever try to advocate for democracy participation qualifiers to weed out the stupid (e.g., high school graduate, X years of work experience, at least XX years old, living independently, having your own ID, passing some kind of literacy test) and all you'll hear is "racist", "elitist" and stories about poll taxes.

>> Anonymous hacktivists (among other groups) hijacked thousands of routers using remote access and default login credentials

Well, duh. Anonymous launches DDOS attacks. Lots of compromised routers or compromised desktops are basically the two items you need to run an effective DDOS. The good news is that millions compromised IoT devices will soon also provide a third base of operations. https://twitter.com/iot_securi...

>> they could be bribed with things like free movie tickets or a Big Mac

I'm comfortably in the six figures and I can STILL be bribed by these things. Even a smile if it comes from the right person. There's a reason good managers, influencers and salespeople are good at what they do - they use everything they have to make other people feel appreciated, and the world turns around them.

Just like Final Fantasy was the last RPG ever made.

>> I don't want to drive a car, I might break a nail!

Yep, that's me. It won't surprise you how I travel around the world either: I've never actually flown a Boeing or an Airbus.

Like this? http://wikimediafoundation.org...

There are things to dislike in the report, but I don't get the "new Wikipediocracy blog post (study) reveals" breathlessness. It's an annual nonprofit report - read it. You might also be surprised to know that other major charities usually have a bunch of their own dirty laundry. Take the American Cancer Society: of the $890M it takes in, it only passes on about $680M, and it even has to worry about an employee pension system. http://www.cancer.org/acs/grou...

If any particular charity's overhead bugs you...go find another charity, or start your own. There will never be shortage of needs.

>> If it's invested, it's not just sitting around, like you could go down to the bank and withdraw it.

If it's investments in regular old stocks and bonds, then yes, these are considered "near liquid" assess you basically could go (sell and) withdraw your money during normal business hours.
http://www.investopedia.com/te...

What % of web searches consist of:
1) Google for XXX
2) View overview of XXX pulled from Wikipedia
3) Click on Google ad

If only they could figure out a way to capture even a full percentage point of that revenue stream...

>> What tricks do you use to keep yourself on task?

None - I'm a frequent commenter on SlashDot.