Some of these companies are going forward with construction projects because after giving local politicians bribes, excuse me "Campaign Contributions" , they got all the permits lined up so they can build their new, ego stroking buildings. Most of these permits have a time limit on them, ie. start building by X date or the permit expires. The companies realize that if the permits expire the chances of getting new permits are slim to none since the voters who live around these project are unhappy and will vote for politicians who will promise not to let such and such company build another monstrosity in their district.

I've met John Draper a few times at geek gatherings. He is a bit off and and some of his behavior could be interpreted as being inappropriate. I've heard stories but they were always of the "friend of a friend" kind.

Object lesson: You open a forum up for adult themed stuff and you have just invited in the weird kink stuff.

One man's weird kinky is another's vanilla.

Dump the p0rn and everyone bails. Now they are rearranging the deck chairs. "Hey, I ordered my whiskey neat. What is this ice doing in my drink?"

My first draft of any code always ends with "What the fuck was I thinking. This is a total piece of shit. If my boss ever finds out what a fraud I am I'll never get paid. Maybe I can re-write this and not have it totally suck."

My bother-in-law is a moderately successful businessman living in Los Angeles. He is insured through Kaiser. He had to wait 6 months to get a knee replacement.

Yes (..no system is perfect, but this one's a better option. I know because I've been through Canada's health system)

Which province and what years ?

20% of Canadians can't find a family doctor at all.

Please provide a link to substantiate this stetment

My grandfather used to say "First step in getting out of a hole is to stop digging" I'm guessing this guy does not understand that the people who post to Reddit are the ones creating content for free. I have just stopped going to Reddit, other should do the same. When the big wigs notice a drop in traffic maybe, just maybe, they will rethink their position.

Having worked at several companies that based their web presence on AWS I can tell you that cost is WAY MORE than a few bucks.

Exactly my point. Jack Welsh and the people at the top made out like a bandit, the workers got FUCKED.

Ask Jack Welsh and GE how it went.

I'm pretty sure I could find a lawyer to take the case but you are right, I would burn through a large sum of money before I had to give up. Fuck `em. I'm just not pointing out to anyone that I am the only one keeping this critical part of the infrastructure running. Its a steaming pile of dog shit that almost no one here understands and management has their head jammed so far up their ass that they don't see the looming problem. But they all have an MBA so they are on top of it.

I'm a senior DevOps/Software engineer with almost 38 years experience, the last 27 here in the Bay Area. I've got 18 months til I could retire. I was WFH for the past 2 years with this job and 4 years at the last job. The company is now pushing for us to be in the office 3 days a week even thou my offer letter and terms of employment says 100% remote. Fine, I'll come into the office and put up with the 2 hour commute one way. At the same time I'm actively looking for another job and scheduling interviews after 3pm (My hours are 7am til 3pm) I'm also willing to take a 25% cut in salary to go back to 100% remote. First company that offers me a job, I'm putting in my 2 week notice and drop these people in my wake. The fun bit is I am the only one left in what was a group of 7 that ran this piece of infrastructure. Should be fun to watch the dumpster fire after the last man standing walks out.

The moral of this story is you don't really count to any corporation, you are a cog in this machine and the moment they think they can do without you, out to the curb you go without so much as a far thee well or a fuck you.

If he ripped off rich people he is going to jail. See Elizabeth Holmes and Bernie Madoff. If he ripped off poor people he'll get invited to give a speech at the next CPAC.