All execs are just white-collar desk jobs. He just announced he is retiring in 18 months.

Your statement is false. I've been driving the same 2011 VW GTI every day that I bought used with 30k miles on it in 2012. I beat on it and don't drive it lightly. It is still a joy to drive today. I still get regular compliments on it from random people at gas stations. We also have a 2013 Jetta which runs great and is another reliable car. You may not like VW but you don't need make stuff up either.

Ubuntu and the distros based on it have not required me to know what video card I have been using for a long time now. `ubuntu-drivers install` does this for Ubuntu and its variants (at least those which don't remove this command).

"I've reduced it from 9,000 head to about 5,000 because I need less heads"

"There were more than 100 million leads that we have not called back at Salesforce in the last 26 years because we have not had enough people"

You need less heads, but you have not had enough people.... and now you are calling them back with a system that won't net any returns from those calls, which will reduce your the number of leads, which is already super inflated and not real, but because that imaginary number is reduced you can justify your use of AI.. even though it doesn't actually lead to revenue.

The only way for consumers to win is to buy physical copies of media the want to own. Amazon or Disney or any of the streaming services can't come take away your vhs/dvd/bluray/whatever. Do what you want for your own personal use with your physical copy, its yours for however long the media itself lasts before it becomes unreadable or turns to dust. Even then, at least you can make your own backup of your media.

Companies like APR and Unitronic have been selling software tunes for about the same price for VW and Audi for a long time. VW is just getting in on the game now. You can buy a Stage 1 APR tune for ~$500 and add the same kind of bump in performance to your 2.0t, and its just software, no additional hardware required. This is not uncommon for other brands either. The same engines are used across a variety of models, all tuned for the audience. Its been software controlling it for a long time, this is nothing new.

Until we bring wifi and cellular to the moon anyway

So is it just the 2.4ghz frequency or the 5ghz frequency... or both? Do cell phones bother this kid too? I mean... all day long all of us are exposed to radio waves on all kinds of frequencies. Satellites point down on us. Cell phone, radio and television broadcast at much higher powers than rinky dink wi-fi access points. Even if you crank the power up all the way. I've worked with radios for years. You can get a headache by being too close to unshielded radios. Wi-fi is a stretch.... it's not like he's standing in front of a high powered point to point or HDTV antennas that will cook you from the inside out. This family doesn't seem to know how this stuff actually works.

The Wordpress hate here is hilarious. So much obvious anger. Get over yourselves. All of the hate for Wordpress can be compared to ruling in favor of same sex marriages. All of the right wing nut jobs are screaming about how it affects them and how it's so bad, as if someone were going to force them in to a same sex marriage. No one is forcing anyone to use Wordpress either - it's easy and opens operating a web site to a very large number of people. That is a wonderful thing, not a bad thing. If you don't like it, fine, no one cares. If you believe your site is some how more secure for not using it, or using some alternative, good for you, pat yourself on the back. The truth is, every piece of software ever written has potential for security holes, which may need to be patched. And even using "the most secure" software on the planet is only as secure as the people using it. Wordpress is no different. It definitely has its uses. Arguing about it is like arguing about religion.

Wow, I didn't realize government could move so quickly! 9pm is a very ambitious goal.

This isn't an Android vs Apple post... but seriously? Again? HBO did it like a fool. This shows how out of touch the executives are. The people a streaming services most benefits are the cord-cutters. They seem to get that much at least. But do the math of how many cord-cutters are Apple device users. People cut the cord because they don't want to pay for overpriced garbage - they are probably not users of Apple devices, because they know they can get the same or better for less by using Android. The simple fact is, most of the mobile devices on the planet run Android. So by partnering with Apple (at least at first) you are limiting your audience by a very large margin. I haven't done any research, but I would also wager that there are more non-Apple devices in home living rooms than there are Apple devices (Roku, Chromecast, Xbox, PS3/PS4 etc combined must be more than Apple TV). If you are going to "copy" the Netflix model, then do it right - release apps to access your streaming service on every platform. Netflix still supports the Wii app, and Hulu and Amazon do too. This idea of releasing to Apple devices only (at first) is just falling flat right out the gate. HBO could have made a lot of bank if they released HBO Now for Android prior to this season of Game of Thrones and Silicon Valley. They won't see a spike in subscriptions for another ~42 weeks.

I guess another way of putting it is..... there are hordes of people just ready to put money directly in to the pockets of HBO and Showtime, and they are like.... nope, nope.. we ain't gonna take your money because Apple.

AT&T is not the only provider to pull this shady mob tactic of offering "unlimited" Internet while throttling users after certain thresholds. They should all be sued for this, and every "unlimited" plan subscriber should be compensated. I personally have expressed my frustration with this to T-Mobile, so I ask - why is AT&T the only carrier being sued about this? Surely if they lose this battle, it should open up cases against the rest, right?

that anyone on this planet is actually using Facebook to begin with. I have never been, and never will be, a use of Facebook. All of the people around me who have Facebook accounts wish they did not. Most of what I hear about Facebook from people who use the service are negative. Zuckerberg is not a brilliant guy, he just ripped off an idea. Sort of like what this article is describing. "Social media" is such an oxymoron, because the people who use it usually have no real social life to speak of.

Dying site? I found my last two jobs on Dice, both which turned out to be really great. I have always found Dice to be an excellent job resource site for IT professionals. Maybe the jobs you applied for through Dice didn't hire you :P

The title of this post should changed from "Gritty 'Power Rangers' Short Is Not Fair Use" because there is no ruling to qualify the parody/re-imagining/whatever as not being fair use. For those who dont real the entire article or are just skimming headlines, this is very misleading. It seems there is more support/evidence of it actually being fair use than not. The title should read something more like "Gritty 'Power Rangers' Short May Not Be Fair Use".