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Comment quantum billing (Score 1) 102

by BonThomme on Thursday August 31, 2023 @10:35AM (#63812178) Attached to: FCC Says 'Too Bad' To ISPs Complaining That Listing Every Fee is Too Hard

you'll know what your bill is when we bill you.

PS now a cat in every envelope

Submission + - SVB employees blame remote work for bank failure (axios.com) 1

Submitted by BonThomme on Friday March 17, 2023 @10:52AM

BonThomme writes: Axios is reporting that Silicon Valley Bank employees are at least partly blaming WFH for the bank's failure. As the article notes, this may give other companies cover for their 'back to work' initiatives. It also appears to be great cover for executive incompetence since the implication is that if only everyone was in the office, they could have better managed interest rate risk. Maybe if all the executives were in cubicles together, they could have gotten some of the magic, spontaneous collaboration that cubicles are known for, too.

Comment Re:Automation (Score 1) 391

by BonThomme on Monday January 10, 2022 @10:20AM (#62160439) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Why Do Programmers Make So Many Mistakes?

Shouldn't #2 be a SME's inability to properly and fully articulate the business process they're describing? The developer (typically) understands what's being described to them.

#bubblesdontcrash

Comment Re:Western nations aren't the problem here. (Score 1) 341

by BonThomme on Thursday November 28, 2019 @01:24PM (#59467200) Attached to: The World May Already Have Crossed a Series of Climate Tipping Points

"China is the world's leading country in electricity production from renewable energy sources, with over double the generation of the second-ranking country, the United States."

citation please: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renewable_energy_in_China

Comment Re:You're not being effective (Score 3, Interesting) 341

by BonThomme on Thursday November 28, 2019 @01:00PM (#59467104) Attached to: The World May Already Have Crossed a Series of Climate Tipping Points

You've seen the tip of the iceberg there. You will live long enough to see liberals blamed for not convincing the conservatives the global warming was real.

Comment Re:everything leads us to our doom (Score 1) 202

by BonThomme on Sunday September 17, 2017 @07:59AM (#55213615) Attached to: New Book Argues Silicon Valley Will Lead Us to Our Doom

Shadows and dust...and products.

Comment Re: I can say, for the past 60+ crowd... (Score 1) 98

by BonThomme on Sunday August 06, 2017 @10:31AM (#54950407) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Are Interactive Computing Devices Addictive?

isn't the internet porn for lumber support?

Comment Re:Nothing like nostalgia! (Score 1) 301

by BonThomme on Sunday August 06, 2017 @10:22AM (#54950377) Attached to: It's the 40th Anniversary of Radio Shack's TRS-80

cassette drive...

Comment Re:Could have been much worse. (Score 1) 56

by BonThomme on Monday April 24, 2017 @08:31AM (#54291413) Attached to: Aurora Enthusiasts Discover A Strange New Light In The Sky And Named It Steve

Too erudite.

Lighty McLightface.

Comment Re:He is an idiot... (Score 0) 307

by BonThomme on Sunday April 16, 2017 @09:01AM (#54244409) Attached to: GOP Congressman Defending Privacy Vote: 'Nobody's Got To Use The Internet'

If you don't understand why they won in 2016, you're not going to understand why you lost in 2018.

Comment Re:So forgetting a password (Score 1) 796

by BonThomme on Thursday April 28, 2016 @08:21AM (#52004525) Attached to: Child Porn Suspect Jailed Indefinitely For Refusing To Decrypt Hard Drives

...and yet Hastert only gets 15 months.

Comment new market for Camelbak (Score 1) 93

by BonThomme on Monday April 18, 2016 @08:54AM (#51931417) Attached to: Flying Jet-Powered Hoverboard Now a Reality

you had me at "backpack full of kerosene-grade fuel "

Comment Re:Flip the argument (Score 1) 527

by BonThomme on Saturday April 16, 2016 @09:11AM (#51921395) Attached to: Worshipping the Flying Spaghetti Monster Isn't a Real Religion, Court Rules

Apparently, religion is like pornography. You can't define it, but you know it when you see it...

Comment Re:I wonder how they do that (Score 1) 153

by BonThomme on Friday March 11, 2016 @07:21PM (#51682003) Attached to: Software Bug in F-35 Radar Causes Mid-Flight System Reboot

Dammit, now that's funny.

Comment Re:"Appears" Insincere? (Score 1) 203

by BonThomme on Saturday March 05, 2016 @08:53PM (#51646281) Attached to: Why You May Not Like Ted Cruz's Face, According To Science

On the Department of Education front, I'd add that they've done a fine job of crafting crypto-Christian schools using the charter route.

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