IBM needs to reload it's stock pile of people for their annual layoffs. That way their headcount remains the same at the end of the year and they can still grind up their quota of souls like usual.

If only this would hold true for all of the sports betting commercials like fan duel.

This sounds great but the reality is most businesses won't drop MS products. People say it'll happen but it just isn't even in the vocabulary of leaders.

Good luck telling a company of even 100 users that they're not going to use Outlook or Excel anymore. It's hard enough de-programming people from believing they need Adobe just to open a simple PDF image from their scanner. Tell the bean counters in any company they have to use something aside from Excel and they'll have a bigger hissy fit than if you told a marketing person they can't have a Mac.

He keeps lobbing these bullshit "predictions" out there. People keep on clicking on the links. People keep on talking about him. This keeps him relevant. It's the same with the Kardashians and every other pop culture "personality".

It's real simple here people... just report facts if what is currently happening and what has happened. Then this goblin will go back into the shadows where he belongs.

Why run ads when you can just charge a premium for the data you're harvesting? They'll have data which hasn't been tainted by ads which is arguably more valuable than the other services because of its purity.

100% agree they're not going to pull back the features. If anything they're going to cut back on the marketing blitz and turn down the volume of all of the nagging but they won't pull these features out.

In light of the O364 issues, I wonder if this "pause" in copilot rollout is because their infrastructure couldn't handle the surge. We all know that Redmond doesn't give a shit about us or our complaints. What they do care about is the global news coverage when they have a major outage. This will buy them time to solidify their back end before force feeding everyone more kool-aid.

Lay low for a while and work on copilot_v2, avoid huge outages while looking "stable" compared to others, wait for the anti AI sentiment to calm down a little, keep the increased revenue from copilot licenses, and slowly start turning up the heat so gen-pop doesn't realize they're being boiled alive.

A number of companies still do this where they don't broadcast that someone has left the company. Absolutely maddening when someone is just GONE and no one says anything. They nag me about getting my expenses done but when I email the lady that was the POC for expenses and find out through the grapevine 10 days later that she's gone, then how the hell am I supposed to get my expenses done and I'm having an issue submitting?

I briefly worked at one place where they tried to mandate that I add someone from marketing on linkedin so they could ensure I'm not misrepresenting my role at the company.

Again, no love for the hydrogen powered cars. Let's build out electric vehicle charging stations to cater to the cult of Tesla where you can also gobble up their driving data.

It's sickening how many "local businesses" they've gotten their fangs into. The first 3 HVAC companies I looked at for a new furnace here were backed by those parasites. Finally found a smaller company that's still independent but it's getting harder and harder to find them.

"All customer data associated with Amazon One will be securely deleted after the service ends."

I suppose that means none of this data which they tied to your existing Amazon account will be retained. Riiiiiight?!

I've heard better lies from senators than I've heard from Amazon.

Agreed and the same argument can be made about the reckless driving, and speeding, uninsured, or unregistered cars in the US. In communities where there is no enforcement of speed limits, people speed a lot. In communities where there is strict enforcement, people rarely speed.

If there is no enforcement of a rule, then people will ignore that rule.

Aaaaand that's exactly why it's still usable and functional!

Not everyone cares about bleeding edge video technology for TV/movies and this fits my request. (Thanks!)

A "dumb" TV like these will be perfect for my parents and I'm sure it'll do a fantastic job playing over the air television (METV reruns) for them. Nice and simple. No bullshit menus or strings attached. I'm sure this will work for myself too because the +50 channels I get over the air TV give me plenty to watch when I'm idle on the couch. Streaming services? Not going to lose any sleep over not seeing a show/movie.

There are plenty of "smart TV's" which can be used offline but it's a pain in the ass trying to determine which ones can and can't be used without an internet connection. If anyone has a suggestion for a site to easily determine which ones can be offline vs need to be online, I'd appreciate the tip. I tried googling for that info and... well... google... yeeeeah...

Exactly. Cash in hand to the staff when you want to thank someone for good service. Handing it to them PERSONALLY is personalized SERVICE being reciprocated. The extra 2 min out of your life to show your gratitude to someone can mean more than the monetary gratitude. Try it sometime!