Maybe I misread/misunderstood this article but I read this as, 'let's dumb down computer programming".

I think paying a small fee for a record check at a local courthouse or being able to call a precinct and ask was 'so and so' arrested is public enough. We don't need Slammer magazines at the gas station shaming people for tabloid entertainment or the local news site pushing them all online so thousands of locals can browse looking for coworkers. The arrest itself, being made excessively public, is enough to ruin someone regardless if it is BS or not. I've gotten arrested for absoultely stupid shit before and the cop just threw whatever he could at me to see what would stick (which subsequently got thrown out at court). Thankfully that was before this crap went online.

First computer I ever tossed out because the screen died...

I don't know about everyone else, but I feel like purchasing some CD's!

What sort of idiot crosses the street without watching for traffic???

My father in law is in his 90s and all he does is sit around and watch Judge Judy. If you find a way to extend your 30s maybe sign me up.

Ever since Snowden I pretty much assume every mouse click, keyboard press, sound, image and video on anything with a power button is potentially being watched.

"If the CEO knew about vulnerability that needed patching," That's a ludicrous comment, the CEO of Equifax, or the CEO of any company, is not going to be aware of anything IT is doing for maintenance unless it's brought to his attention. He may not have even known what Apache even was. These aren't necessarily technical people in a CEO role. Now the CIO...that's a different story. I am sure the systems in use at that company probably have some critical patch in some system that needs to be applied every few weeks. The CEO is very high level and focused on the core strategy of the business, not IT. Now, when someone comes to a CEO and lets him know there was a serious data breach and the decision is to not inform people for 3 months while you dump your stock, that's a different story.

I thought these devices were just a way to sneak a microphone in your house.

I wonder who's servers they hacked into in the US to figure out how to do this.

However, ads that look exactly like news stories to intentionally mislead people are 100% OK.

Terrible idea. In a large corporation there's rarely "a boss" that independently makes decisions like this. You may have several layers of management just doing what they were told to do by a finance department or someone very high up the food chain. I'm not making a specific comment on whether I agree or disagree with H-1B or outsourcing due to the nature of my job, but I can tell you one of the departments under me is in India and when I received a promotion this wasn't something I decided (both doing business offshore as well as even managing this group, it was assigned to me). My boss is relatively new and offshore was already in place before he transferred to the department. So an onshore employee under me may think offshoring is something either I or my direct manager control which isn't entirely true. Someone personally attacking either of us would be extraordinarily unfair, and I probably would pursue some sort of legal action (or certainly HR) if that were to happen. I think it makes more sense to do whatever you want directed at the company itself, not the individuals.

I would argue you already have one. Try finding anything at best neutral regarding race relations on Google. Hell, Google "Best Netflix Movies". Literally the second thing that comes up is "Dear White People", followed by "13th". Google something about race and IQ, and guaranteed one of the top, if not the top article will be some liberal op-ed. It happens all the time. It seems very intentional.

That was pretty funny..i almost spilled my beer and ran a stopsign.

I feel like everything MSFT does is some crappy, lesser knockoff of a better service that they attempt to force their users to adopt.