They rebranded it Core 2 Duo after multiple focus groups responded negatively to the original code name - Celeron.

Buying "smart" home gym equipment turned out to not be so smart...

I'd think, using something like curl or wget, it'd be straightforward to write a script for this.

American companies view extroverted personality traits as "management material." They're sociable, talkative, outgoing, confident, positive, friendly, and open. Managers are extroverted. Extroversion tends to increase as you look at managers higher in an organization. Your C-level executives all tend to be the most extroverted people in the company.

Education matters when looking for a managerial position. But, hiring managers downplay education all the time. What matters most of all are things like "company fit," aka personality. Do you act like a manager? In the US, that often means: are you extroverted?

Companies would rather promote an extroverted employee with some job experience over any introverted MBA regardless of the MBA's job experience. That extroverted employee just has "management material" written all over him.

Is this the same kid?

This may work great for trauma victims, but - can it possibly contain the life essence necessary to maintain the existence of the immortal undead?

I'm asking for a friend...

This story is just crying out to be Godwinned...

It actually sounds like the school responded in a good way to that! They may have realized it could just as easily have been porn...

On Thursday, Lutnick told CNBC that TikTok would stop operating in the US if China and TikTok owner ByteDance won't sell the app to buyers that Trump lined up, along with control over TikTok's algorithm. Under the deal Trump is now pushing, "China can have a little piece or ByteDance, the current owner, can keep a little piece," Lutnick said. "But basically, Americans will have control. Americans will own the technology, and Americans will control the algorithm."

I guess I should have seen that coming. I assumed Trump was only waiting for a kickback... but he also wants personal control over what people see, going forward. I am shocked. SHOCKED!

So it's not like YouTube's URLs aren't obtuse enough already?

That would be an interesting law to pass: You can only publish a WARN list if the CEO is on it....

This is one Google service I'm happy to see go away.

Translation, I want a $.25 bump in my stock options to pay for my wife's haircuts, so you need to lose your job.

Truly, no one has mastered the art of successfully selling sucky software the way Microsoft has.

Yeah, you are spot-on. From the point of view of the employees, at least, that letter must seem pretty tone-deaf... AT BEST. But frankly, it seems pretty obvious the only thing Satya is intending to say to current employees is exactly what you stated - you may be next.

This part, near the beginning, really stood out...

I want to express my sincere gratitude to those who have left. Their contributions have shaped who we are as a company, helping build the foundation we stand on today. And for that, I am deeply grateful.

Excuse me - "those who have left"? Don't you mean those who were fired or laid-off, Nadella? They weren't exactly given a choice...