Reporters often exaggerate these stories to attract readers/viewers/clicks. In the past I have had a chance to observe such stories from inside and outside, and the distortions were extreme.
If Google was really that bad, they would have trouble finding people to work there. But this is not the case.
Also consider stories about other companies. How does J.P. Morgan compare?

It's you. :) The reporters need to write about stories about angry Googlers, meanwhile there are people applying for jobs at Google by thousands.

Just don't talk about CANCELLATIONS of fractions!

One problem with people not getting vaccinate is that the virus will circulate among them. As long as the virus is able to circulate it can mutate and potentially create a version that is resistant to current vaccines. Then we are back to square one.

Perhaps my idea of what Manichean means wasn't quite correct. But I was also thinking of other religions besides Christianity. Islam or maybe Scientology as other examples, where the great conflict is between Good vs. Evil.

An organization where members "get a rewarding sense of connection through their shared, Manichean world view" sounds a lot like a religion.

Sigh. This is Slashdot. You are suppose to know how email works. You are expected to know that once sent emails cannot be destroyed, because each server through which they flow will archive them (especially government servers).

These specific companies still advertise? Why?

Gotta say as much as I "hate" Microsoft, having been an OS/2 guy in a past life, Linux for half of the '90's, brief fling with Apple products in 2000-2005 and then Linux again, the Surface is a decent looking piece of hardware. I'd consider buying one if I could install Linux on it.

I've also overcome my hatred of Dell recently after realizing that they do actually build real machines and not just those "my first laptop" ones that your company issues you. You can even find a Dell Precision laptop on their website that you can have them install Linux on for you. You'll want to wipe their Dell version of Linux for something else once you get it and you really do have to hunt for the machine on their web site, but it IS there!

That's definitely the only reason I can think of to put a "LASER" on a satellite! No other reason at all, nope!

And this is because of laws passed by Congress to give the TV networks access to public airwaves. There is no such law for hosting internet apps.

It's only censorship if it is done by the government. You can say anything you want, but New York Times has no obligation to publish it. Similarly, Amazon can decided not to have you as a client. You can still set up your own server and publish things that way.

In a similar way, when a baker does not want to bake a cake for a gay couple. Conservatives supported his right to do so. Isn't the refusal by Amazon the same?

I want one against Fox News, with the stipulated punishment ranging from severe wedgies to face punching depending on the level of stupidity that came out of the anchor's mouth that week.

It could also be a sign of depression or of just being broke AF this month.

Longmont's municipal fiber is $60 a month, pretty good deal. We've also had one minor outage in the last 5 years that was fixed within a couple of hours without us having to call in.

I haven't gone looking for routers that can handle more than a gigabit. I imagine you might have to buy 10 gig gear for that. That stuff's super-expensive and doesn't handle wireless from what I've seen.