The indie tabletop RPG scene really adopted Google+. Why? Damned if I know, but they've been struggling to find an alternative since the announcement was made that it was going away.

This is basically the machine that places like Burger King and Dairy Queen were using back in the 80s and 90s. I assume that something similar is still used today, but maybe that's changed.

Nobody was flipping burgers back then, you just put a frozen patty in the machine at one end, and it came out done on the other. Have the patty roll over an open flame at some point in the trip and you get your "flame broiled" part.

Some women like to share videos of their physical hobbies (yoga, dance, etc.) without a bunch of guys jerking off to them. Before they'd have to create a separate profile or kick their male friends off their FB account. This gives them another option.

Sony doesn't think "you" will pay $1200 for an MP3 player. They think that the people who pay hundreds of dollars for Monster cables will pay it, and that there are enough of them out there for the product to be profitable.

No one with any decision making ability at Sony was inconvenienced by the outage on Christmas.

It was the grunts, doing the same kinds of jobs that most of the people posting here do, who had to go in and try to fix it instead of spending the day with their families.

Exactly. (Responding to cancel out a mis-rating)

"Sign up for other services and you volunteer to participate in random experiments" is NOT ethical.

For it to be ethical it would have to be a very clear opt-in procedure, not something buried in a ToS somewhere.

Yes, but the description above indicates that they are trained not to take "no" for an answer.

It's not good business to irritate your customers, unless it doesn't matter because you have them locked into your service due to a virtual monopoly.

Looking to find and fill a genuine need for your customer = good.

Trying to sell them something they obviously aren't there for (such as additional services when they are looking for tech support) = bad.

Continuing to bother a customer when they tell you that they're not interested = terrible.

RTFA. It's not so much about workplace harassment as it is about harassment because of their work.

Unfortunately, the summary doesn't really make that clear.

She's not talking about comments like "nice ass" as much as she's talking about comments like "die, you fucking cunt!"

I actually understand his point. If Tesla just makes batteries for other companies, then they don't see Tesla as competition. If Tesla's also producing cars, then they are far less likely to do business with them regardless of how good their batteries are.

It's still a terrible idea. For the most part, the other car companies won't innovate unless they have competition. Tesla is far more likely to create real change by existing as a car company than they are by existing as a parts company.

This is an example of why listening to "investors" is a terrible idea. It's like listening to a gambler advise you on how to coach a sports team.

That would have been the headline in the 70s. This is why consumers don't generally drive innovation, and why judging the prospects of a new technology before its had time to overcome some of its early weaknesses is premature.

Welcome to April 1st. Your wish will be granted on April 2nd.

As soon as they can guarantee reliable cell service to everyone, they can be allowed to cease providing land line service to everyone.