As a business owner, I've found that most people consider themselves good at what they do -- even if they're not. It's sort of like driving; everyone thinks they are a good driver, and complains about the other drivers around them not using blinkers or going too slow/fast or checking their cell at a light, etc.. Anyway, I don't think that commissions or metrics-based incentives are a great answer for most companies, but I do think we need to adjust this whole "pay me more" attitude that people have in regards to wanting extra incentives for just doing their job. If that's what someone wants, then they need to go start their own business.

It doesn't work that way in practice. All you end up doing is getting people to game the metrics needed for their commission, often at the expense of both the customer and their company itself through returns or bad experiences. A pretty interesting comparison is CompUSA vs Best Buy about 10-15 years ago. CompUSA did the sales commission route, including a heavy push on "TAP" (their cover-everything extended warranty). The best sales associates made bank by abusing the system, pushing products that customers didn't really need, and figuring out ways to process returns under another person's account (so it didn't count against their sales). Best Buy was across the street, didn't pay commission, didn't push warranties (offered, but not pushed), and there were no metrics for the employees to fuck around with in order to get their commissions. I worked for both, and it's absolutely no shock that CompUSA struggled for years before finally closing shop.

Looks more like they sent emails and attempted phone contact before ultimately cutting her service. I know you're just looking to insult Google here, but at least don't be a complete fucking moron with your misleading post.

may never die.

There is no "how-to" at this point, but I'm sure you can get started on CPU firmware modification since now you know the correct bit to flip.

They have a keyboard, the K750, that I basically have to replace every year. It's a great keyboard, but the battery life goes to shit after about 6 to 8 months. At first, I was impressed with Logitech's support when I RMA'd mine, because they were very quick to offer a replacement -- took a few days and I received a new one in the mail. Then that one failed, and they were quick to offer a replacement for it as well. I think they know they have a defective product, and are just trying to cycle through some massive inventory until they can EOL it.

The tablet is missing the entire left section. It would be like finding part of a tablet that says "mc2" and decide that the person must have stumbled upon mass-energy equivalence long before Einstein. It's missing half the equation, and doesn't even define what "mc" is.

Sort of... 1. Anyone could potentially delete the entire code branch on accident when dealing with unfamiliar software. That particular complain is legitimate and seems to be a UI failure. 2. His actual problem is not having *any* backups in place (not to mention deciding to use some unfamiliar software on his only code base). That's a powerful lesson to learn, and one he's probably better off learning now than later in his career. 3. He's not whining to /. about it. He posted his complaint somewhere else and another person linked it here. That said, his general attitude of not taking any responsibility over this is a definite warning sign for any potential employer (way more so than the freak accident).

If your work is serious enough to warrant an SLA with your backup provider, it's probably not a great idea to store copies "at a friends house."

In crowded traffic or bad weather, you're probably slowing down anyway as not to plow into people.

Obviously the advertising CEO would rather place blame on millennials than acknowledge a problem with his industry...

Or the president insults you. Basically a lose-lose these days.

Office plugins are a huge reason, for businesses. There are a ton of programs that still use 32-bit plugins, either because the developer doesn't have an updated version or because they only ship the 64-bit plugins with their newest software versions. And as you might know, not every business is going to constantly update to the latest version every time it comes out.

MS patched it pretty quickly. People getting infected are simply not doing updates on time. If you're saying MS should be making code that can't be exploited in the first place, then I think you're expectations for software security are a bit unrealistic.

Yep. The best we can really hope for is to outlast the Gen-X and Baby Boomers that have been fucking up the political process for so long, and *then* hopefully we'll be able to reverse the damage enough that our children have a chance at success.