I just want one that eliminates or hides all *ads* on websites I visit (and auto-play videos).

Not only is it not a browser, it's also not an application generator. It seems like they're re-using terms people know to hype a new experimental product.

They have that, it's called CODIS (Combined DNA Index System).

Also, DNA is collected for nearly all newborns in the US. https://www.aclu.org/documents...

This isn't different from fingerprint evidence. If you have someone's fingerprint, you can replicate it too. That doesn't by itself invalidate fingerprint evidence, because it has to be combined with other corroborating evidence. If your fingerprints are discovered at a crime scene, but other evidence places you somewhere else, the fingerprints by themselves won't convict you.

Further, while fingerprints *can* be reproduced, it's not easy, and it takes skill and planning. Most crimes aren't that well thought out. The TV image of a criminal mastermind is *not* common. Most criminals are just plain dumb.

Now, replace the word "fingerprint" above with "DNA" and you get exactly the same result. Criminals are not going around getting DNA samples so they can pull off the perfect crime. That's simply too much effort.

The point is, you have managers, you just don't call them that. The first level of the hierarchy *are* your managers. Under them, you also have people who have the authority to make decisions. By whatever name, you can't dodge the need for managers by calling them something else.

Wait, isn't that kind of backwards???

I'm exactly that kind of moron. I've been tested by 23andMe, Ancestry, and Family Tree DNA. I've even submitted my raw data to GEDMATCH and market it as OK for law enforcement to use.

Why would I do that? Because several reasons.
First, I love the science and the hunt for clues.
Second, you don't have to be personally tested, to be located through DNA. Neither Golden State Killer and Bryan Kohberger had personally been tested by a DNA service. Law enforcement instead relied on tests done by relatives, even distant relatives, to narrow the suspect pool. Once they had a reasonable suspicion, they collected trash and did their own DNA tests to confirm their theories. If you think you can't be tracked through DNA because you've never been personally tested, you are sorely mistaken.
Third, scammers don't use DNA for scams. It's too expensive to use for this purpose. It's far easier to track and target you through other means, such as browser history.

So while it may seem scary to have your DNA results out there, it doesn't actually impact the ability of law enforcement or governments to locate you.

Excel is the ultimate "do everything" tool, when you don't have the time or expertise to engineer a process properly. It's great for prototyping a process. Whenever I see a spreadsheet being used to manage a process, I think to myself, "There is a process waiting to be automated."

You are precisely the kind of executive who needs strict security on their database access. Knows just enough to be dangerous, don't know where the land mines are.

I would argue that Copilot in Excel is an ideal use for AI. Excel's function syntax is arcane and difficult to write for anything nontrivial. Pivot tables are a challenge even for many advanced users. Copilot actually does do a good job of helping people navigate the complexity, not unlike how it does a good job generating code in "real" programming languages.

A few billion here, a few billion there, and soon you're talking about some real money. Yes, MS has invested billions. It would take billions to catch up. Specifically, the collaboration features set MS apart from LibreOffice. Those are WHY MS is king. If it were as easy as being able to open and edit spreadsheets, MS would have lost the war long ago.

OpenOffice and LibreOffice were never based on Microsoft code. If it were, since OO/LO are open source, that would make Microsoft's code open source too. Antitrust law does not require businesses to make their code open source. It doesn't even make sense for OO/LO to use Microsoft libraries, because then they would *be* part of MS Office, or at the very least, at the mercy of Microsoft.

Glad to hear you do have...managers, and that they are good ones. Good managers do exist, and they do delegate.

Oh, and among your 100 people that report to these two managers? My guess is that there are *numerous* leaders within this group, who are responsible for various specific aspects of the way your team does things, or various specific groups of people. These people would have those responsibilities delegated to them by your two "managers." You aren't working *without* managers, just a distributed management structure. That's good and healthy, but it's not the same as "no" managers.

Well, sure, you can usually return a product you don't like, if you don't mind the hassle of packaging it up and shipping it. And many return policies require that the package be unopened, or you incur a restocking fee. And you get pay shipping yourself, a cost that can be as much as the item's value.

And then there are gifts. My son bought me a $90 grill scraper from an influencer, and gave it to me as a birthday gift. Instead of bristles, it had little rings, like chain mail. It was supposed to be much less harsh for your grill, and won't poke you. Just one problem: it also doesn't actually clean the grill. I'm happy my son put some thought into a gift, I don't want to ruin it for him by making him return the brush. The influencer got his money.

But the conversation isn't about the ability to do returns, it's about the trustworthiness of influencers who review products. My contention is that "trustworthy influencer review" is a self-contradicting phrase.

College is for...getting an education. Crazy thought, right?

College is *not* for making friends and finding spouses. Sure, people do that at college, but that's a side effect, not the main goal. If your goal is to get married and find friends, join a club, volunteer at a charity, hang out at a local bar, join a church, whatever kind of place matches your interests. These approaches are *much* cheaper than college, and probably will be more effective in helping you accomplish your search for friends and a spouse.

If you want an education, go to college. That's what it's for.