Here, too. I have a Perl construct for data transfer between systems that I originally wrote on a SCO machine around 1995, which is today running happily on Linux, with a few stints on AIX and even Windows NT in between, with some minor changes in the way the relevant directories are configured.

So, where does netflix get the money to pay for it? From it's customers or out of thin air?

So in the end I would probably end up paying either way.

I had a job where we had "crunch" situations, but they where planned well beforehand, including the planned time off afterwards. We did work on machines that had to be taken down during the work, and downtime of course costs big money. So to do it 24/7 a colleague and I would do 12 hours on / 12 hours off shifts for maybe 2-4 weeks, and then have 1-2 weeks off afterwards, without having to use any of our vacation time.

The one thing that was making it work out quite well, was that the planning was very good. While we were working long hours, we were not really "rushed" most of the time, just plodding along according to plan. That makes a big difference on the burn-out side of things.

In their case probably "Public"?

Well. When the screen and battery are still good, why would you want to chuck them in a landfill, when you could get the same performance like a new phone with a RAM and Processor upgrade? And once that technology is in place, you could also more easily replace your screen when it is cracked after you dropped your still otherwise working phone. So that basic idea might well be a good way into a more sustainable future, than the trash-everything-after-two-years that is going on right now...

Yep. On my desk at work I still have my old Blackberrry Charger, that I use to charge my current Samsung tablet. As long as it's some sort of standard-usb-thingy connection not a problem. Even when they don't pass on the savings, it still means less eWaste.

Probably because most of the features have been moved to "the Cloud"

Seems like I have to add expand "am I able to completely hack the thing", which has been a standard requirement for home electronics now for a while. to cars. And it's getting harder to fulfil that requirement for years. I had to switch from brand home electronics to no-name Chinese stuff from shady sources a couple of times to do it so far. Maybe my next car purchase will have to go the same way? ( Shipping might be a problem there... )

That would obviously depend on whether it's cases of infections or cases of hospitalization or cases of death or cases of beer...

Why would going back from the "Personal Computer" to the "Corporate Owned Mainframe" concept be any source of Innovation?

The one big thing that drove innovation in computing, at least for consumers, was the "Hey, I have this PC sitting here, what else can I do with it?" by either the end-user directly or by small businesses that had new ideas. Once the computing power is back in big corporate hands, and they can make enough money by renting it to everybody, why would they need to really innovate?

Really makes me appreciate my >80 year old "I don't know squat about IT, do your stuff and send me a fax when you're done" boss.

It's all a matter of scale, and size of audience. Most people I know have some own servers somewhere, either at home or at a hosting provider, I host my own Blog and a Mediawiki for my role-playing group, mail server, and other small things, for an audience of maybe a few dozen people. Cost me about five bucks a month for the VPS, That's what I would consider "The Real Internet", which is quite similar to the Internet I experienced before Goggle and Amazon and co in the early 90s.

I believe that "Real Internet" is still there for those that want it, it just gets eclipsed by "TV over Internet" and "Sears Roebuck Catalogue over Internet", which also use the Internet as a platform, and which seems to be what most people want to consume these days.

In my opinion the "Handcuff all evaryone!!" is already the first step into the police brutality that most other countries do not have, where it is up to the police officer to cuff you or not depending on the situation, and is rarely done for not-violent people. Then again, most of the time there officers always are paired up on patrol, so no officer is alone. Which of course cost more than a pair of handcuffs.

An additional point would be #5 how much of my time it takes, which is the most important part for me.

I have a few small stores on my way home from work. Getting groceries once a week takes maybe 15 minutes. Buying on-line wouldn't be any faster, especially since I live in an apartment building and would have to be at home when the delivery guy comes, which would basically block an entire day where I would have to stay at home until the delivery has happened.

It's even the other way around for me: Most of my on-line orders are shipped to one of those stores which offers that option, where I pick them up while I shop for other stuff, since that takes less of my time than waiting for them at home.

I'm 49, and whenever I have a few days without any fixes schedules I fall into a similar pattern. Maybe not quite so long, but I find 20h awake +10h sleep feels best for me.

Winword spellchecker: The Merriam-Webster / Oxford English / Duden for Millennials. ;-D