But this is the start of the network effect, once more get compatible, more will want to in order to sell

Same labelling style as with fashion magazines one imagines

It shouldn't be that the residents are fighting data centre builds, it should be fighting anything that impacts a healthy life balance.

If a construction now, or in the future starts to impact life, then it's operation should be shut down until it ceases to affect life. Data centres are built too quickly for people to get a handle on the situation, then it's just taken as status quo. If this were a warehouse or car park that operated the same way and polluted the water, or made the area more liable to flash flood or drought, then it should be shutdown.

Thought it was hybrid yielded higher output, but remote staff would "accept" 10k less for the better work/life balance.

Agree. Initial measurements when setting off would have margins of error too, making the mm of difference less important. Corrections on the fly have to be factored in.

To get around the spam, Slashdot appears to require new account requests to explain why they feel they'll contribute to the platform.

The early ground breakers sent $5 to use the platform, I don't think this shutdown has taken their contribution into account very well.

Nice business plan

1: Add features that a privacy focused user base didn't ask for
2: Add feature to remove the feature
3: Get press

The real problem isn't "AI" it's business leaders using it as an excuse to "restructure". There's always been a less expensive option: outsource/off shore/juniors, the issue is when the organisation chooses that one over in-house experience/quality.

We've been through dismiss and distort. We're now in distract. Await the next party leader to be in "dismay" at Trump's presence in the Epstein files.

Chances are you'll need to use openssl s_client -starttls smtp rather than telnet these days.

It's fine, let Spotify show the world how it goes when you de-skill a team.

It's a mostly finished product now anyway, this is probably more telling that no new client of theirs has demanded something that their cookie cutter team didn't have a template for already.

... special waste of energy.

I do not wish people I know now to waste what precious life they have on artificial commentary from an account I once owned (not logged in for decade or more now).

I behaved differently in that account anyway due to the audience. That'd not represent me now anyhow.

Please, nobody should was energy on either side of this.

PGP your message as you never know when the device/server will be compromised

> the entertainment offered

If this was the "entertainment" what was the business whilst they were there?

Needs locking to prevent race conditions.