I guess after all these years it may be time to leave.
On what planet is some idiots partisan rant news for nerds or stuff that matters?
I want the old /. back!!!

Its just like the rest of the media.
Regurgitated AP stories with very little original content.

The only way to be sure the right person gets the money is tipping in cash when ever possible.

It has made me a lot of money by breaking M$ windows beyond repair over the years.
Tons of calls.. "my phone stopped syncing".. $$$$$$$!!!.
It was much worse in the early years but was never good.

They have been doing this for around 20 years.
Click bait headlines suck.

The kewl thing about open source you can just say nope not doing it anymore and there is nothing anyone can do about it.
That is freedom.

I fire clients who mess with anything without my permission.
I train them to do the simple stuff I want them to do.
Beyond that they touch anything they get fired.
There is nothing worse than trying to fix an issue with someone else mucking it up changing things.
A lot of other consultants do the same.
It sounds like a nightmare client.

Improved alternators(they are not generators!) and reducing bearing friction will will bring a bigger gain.
As far as that goes better bearings would improve energy use in many areas!

All the phones are made in China anyway so what is the difference whose name is on it?

How much did Intel pay M$ to brick AMD systems?
*tightens tin foil hat*

Even with the fcc rules fast lanes existed.
Google paid for fiber directly into the larger isps backbones. The bought dark fiber than pay to have it terminated at the isps major and some not so major pops.
Netflix paid to have cache boxes installed and fiber directly to comcast.
Many of the acceleration and distribution networks pay for cache boxes and have direct fiber connections to all the large pops of even the midsize isp networks.
The FCC ruling did not change that at all.

It never went away at smart companies and those in regulated industries.

Almost if not every major airport in the US uses remote ATC.
Ground control is a mix of local and remote.
Even when it is local it is done almost always done by cameras with the controllers sitting in a below ground level room.

Not until they totally remove the spyware they infested it with.

It never was that great.