and anything Microsoft ends in tears.

They'll need lots of backhoe drivers.
At least for a little while.

I was working there when they came out with the Bad Axe motherboard.
Broken drivers, horrifically ugly and broken "xtreme" configuration apps, flaky overclocking.
In less than a year, they were unsupported and left to die.

The chip engineers were top notch, but sales and management was full of clueless
expense account eaters, all waiting for the 90's to return so they could cash out stock grants.

It's a good thing that Intel hired will.i.am as Director of Creative Innovation back in 2011.
The forward thinking by management is really going to pay off now, when they need him the most.

I think that the Nest lock owners didn't like it that the battery life was terrible,
so everyone had to carry a backup key anyway or risk getting locked out.
All for only $250 to $300.

I have a gen2 Nest thermostat. Unless I pull the white A/C wire every winter,
It'll die mid-winter because somehow, it can't pull enough current to charge its battery.
I didn't snake the extra power wire because it's a 100+ year old house and not worth the trouble.
Nest knew about the design flaw years ago, said they would fix it, and never did.

Last month, a software update broke the thermostat's wifi, and it won't connect anymore.
Nest says to reboot my router (yeah, ok) or get a new Nest router.
Best of all, it insists on resetting the inside heat to 74 degrees, every day, because it's "smart".
So now it's actually worse than a 1960's Honeywell round manual.
I could screw with it, but I really don't need another hobby.
F'n Google.

A lifetime of psychotherapy,
encoded on eight feet of paper tape.

Penalties through the courts? Rights laws being upheld?
How quaint.

When Eliza asked, with a kind heart, "TELL ME MORE ABOUT YOUR FAMILY", we knew we had found the loving care that was missing from our lives, and the long path to healing our nation's troubled souls had, at last, begun.

Of course. Putin knows how to kompromat. The pee tapes were with young boys.
If the recording was with women, it would have been posted on the White House website.

Buy them? All of those DNA corps have always delivered the data directly to the feds.
Why would anyone think that data would ever be private?
The clever twist is that they got people to volunteer and cover the expenses.
You just tickle American's self-interest, and they roll right over to show their bellies.

Always buy a computer that everyone hates.

The decline in the quality of education is directly reflected in the increasing rarity of
of intelligent and informative commentary here on Slashdot over its 30 year history.

And just like here, the United States has been overrun with anonymous cowards,
offering little of value, but proud of putting their ignorance on display for all to see.

If Musk really wants the budget, he should show Trump Mars Attacks.
He would issue an EO to stop the invasion the next day.

"Horrible tiny men!! Horrible tiny, weak, weak green men!!
They're beheading the pets!!!"

Associated Press, 15 October 2031 -
Six months after the apparent loss of the MC-1 Mars Colonizer mission, an explosive investigation has revealed that the entire mission was faked using pre-rendered video and simulated telemetry data. President Elon Musk, rather than addressing the scandal, has instead announced that the billions in taxpayer funds allocated for the mission will be âoerepurposed for innovationââ"a move critics say amounts to pocketing the money.

The deception unraveled after whistleblowers within MASC, speaking under condition of anonymity, provided evidence that the dramatic âoecollisionâ with Muskâ(TM)s own Tesla Roadster had been staged using CGI and doctored JWST images. Independent analysts reviewing raw telescope data confirmed that no such impact had occurred, and further scrutiny of MASCâ(TM)s communications logs suggested that the six supposed âoeinterstellar conquistadorsâ had never even left Earthâ(TM)s atmosphere.

When pressed for comment, Musk initially responded on his social media platform XÂ with a cryptic post: âoeSometimes, the greatest journey is the one you imagine. #StockUp #InnovationTaxâ before deleting it minutes later.

Meanwhile, the Trump Residence, which had pushed for the reorientation of the James Webb Space Telescope to investigate the incident, has remained largely silent, with a spokesperson only stating that the matter was being âoelooked into with tremendous focus, believe me.â

As outrage grows, congressional hearings are being scheduled to determine the extent of the fraud and whether any criminal charges should be pursued. Yet, with Musk still holding unprecedented executive power as both President and CEO of MASC, many are questioning whether accountability is even possible.