Darl McBride used to refer to the "spiffy agent technology" that was going to find the allegedly infringing code, so that particular grift is nothing new.

Grab the rope hanging from the bubble! It will pull us all up forever! We're all gonna be millionaires! Put your whole 401k into NASDAQ growth funds! YEEHAAAAAAAAAAW!

The fact they're not doing it everywhere indicates they're doing it in Europe through gritted teeth. EU already watered down the legislation so Apple & other phone makers could use "waterproof" as a loophole around the requirement, but for devices that can't like the Switch they're going to do it begrudgingly.

> specifically to deal with large single line JSON files, most things either choke or refuse to open them

You could make a compressed backup copy, then use 'sed' to add LF after closing brackets to space things out...

Companies want to pay CEOs high salaries. It gives the impression that the company is doing well because it can afford to pay the CEO handsomely and that the CEO is doing their job well. Which inflates share prices.

we're collectively all on the spectrum now.

Alzheimers he kept falling for schemes, wiping out all his savings, among other headaches. At first we were baffled on why he was so gullible, but when finally diagnosed found out that critical thinking is often one of the first functions to go.

My teen son found ways around all the gizmo barriers we tried to put up because he devoted many hours a day planning his way around us, and sure enough out-MacGyver'd us. I wouldn't directly call him a "tech whiz", but rather determined enough to google around to find cracks in a system.

We suspect he bought $10 devices off eBay or from friends, being cheap due to cracked screens or cosmetic defects, and hacked into the neighbor's wifi. We took the lock off his door, but he barricaded it with furniture. Or he'd lock himself into a different room.

That is true, but the archaeology shows that this won't work for all island-hopping or all river navigation.

For example, we have clear evidence of hominins not just living on islands across the Mediterranean when no ice was present (it was free-standing water) but commuting to and from shore. We also have evidence of technologies travelling upstream along river-based communities at speeds that cannot be accounted for by simply walking.

So we need a model in which they could actively navigate against the water flow AND across significant distances of open water.

it needs a lot of review and it can waste time taking you in circles.

More are saying, "AI can save a lot of time if you just know how to use it right". Every fad/bubble that faded used that in their last throes. It might even be true, but the skill may be hard to learn and/or transfer among the top practitioners.

If AI taxes your brain even more, then it's not doing its job of being "intelligent", it's forcing humans to try to be more intelligent to adjust to AI idiosyncrasies.

I don't believe they thought it was bullshit, but rather just outright didn't know, so filled in the blanks with their marketing narratives.

A drone carrying a condom full of epoxy or paint could teabag the camera.

Something tells me these employees will choose the tools in their approved tool box and not the best tools for the customers job.

THE Microsoft Way.