... that my favorite search site no longer returns results for Amazon. I think they saw this fuck-wittery comming.

... just announced. For all US airspace and possibly Canada as well.

I didn't think Microsoft ever removed license language prohibiting the use of it's products in safety critical applications.

The Chinese spy is kind of iffy. But knocking boots with a subordinate is probably* definitely out.

*Can't even say that for certain without seeing the HR policy manual first. In some cases, it's only direct reports that are off limits.

... turning Microsoft off and then back on again?

... the cord.

As well as psychoanalysis.

From TFA:

No kidding.

... my LibreOffice. Still up.

... will be cremated. And his ashes distributed throughout all the unused whitespace.

Too late. I got as far as "May cause ...".

Spothero seems to be in competition with Uber. Spothero: We'll get your car (which you drive) as close to your deestination as possible. Uber: We'll pick you up some distance away and make our money driving you to your destination.

Now just wait a sec while we optimise our algorithms to maximize funds extraction from your wallet.

I live 10 miles (more or less) from the airport why would I pay for parking when I could Uber or take public transportation from home?

After 31 years, most of my hair has fallen out. So I won't be needing them any longer.

And the consequence of such disobedience is being persecuted by the state for your cause. You don't elevate your own self importance or that of your political view by offing yourself.

What would have happened if the gov't had sentenced him to time served, then released with a fine and probation? Nobody would have remembered who he was or what his data freedom cause was. He might still be remembered for RSS and any other contributions he made, like web.py and .... Well, ok. He deserves death for that.

Reminds me of the blackmail attempt the KGB made on Sukarno (Indonesia's first president after independence). And then the Americans tried the same thing, thinking that the outrage of the Muslim majority population would get him unseated. Reaction back home was more like, "What a stud!" Conclusion: We shouldn't be filtering our political and business leadership through the Bohemian Grove.