Nothing says low pressure social interaction like having a camera all up in your face while you try to eat drink and be merry, amirite?

MMmmm, I understand the sentiment. But I think you'll find that's not true. The Oracle database, alone, has a long history of engineering behind it that has not truly been replicated by other products. Of course, this is really only relevant for corner cases, but these exist, and they're usually folks who have big budgets (like governments, or large enterprises). And at that level, what they're paying for is not the technology as-shipped, but the support ... which means you have a "throat to choke" in terms of lawsuits, but could also mean building something that's proprietary for your business.

If they are old enough to have sex with, then they should be old enough to be on social media so you can find them to have sex with them!

That's why I always kept a backup floppy pinned to the fridge with a magnet...

Multiple local copies, preferably one at each different site. My real problem with cloud data storage is I don't trust networks. I started out as a network software engineer in '83. I don't trust networks 'cause I know the software for them was written by idiots like me...

You trusted a cloud service provider to back up all your data forever???

Is it still "chickening out" if he changes his mind after receiving a sake full of cash? Sounds more like "mission accomplished" to me...

They cleverly hid the operation in the basement of a pizza place that didn't have a basement, because obviously nobody would look there!

You misspelled "whining"...

Donny doesn't issue orders to make Americans safer. He issues orders to solicit bribes.

Some of the Ukrainian drones are using AI to identify targets. Seems like it would be too slow for missiles, but whatever...

"If anybody has any better ideas, I'm all ears." ---- Ross Perot, Presidential Candidate in 1992

Good point... couldn't we test on lawyers instead? How about politicians?

Get back to me when you can grow a HUGE replacement organ! Uh... for a friend, not myself. No, really!

I mean, anything is possible, right?