It's a bold strategy, Cotton. Let's see if it pays off for them.

I browsed the comments looking for this. I knew I couldn't be the only one who remembered that. That place was packed! Friday, Saturday nights you often had to wait for a table.

My "spend" will be zero this year, just like it was in all prior years.

Am I that out of touch?

No, it's the children who are wrong.

And I'm good with people, dammit!

Exactly this. I'm like, so Amazon is going to do exactly what every other company does? Okay, I guess, but why is this on slashdot?

I see people have translucent effects in Windows. It might even be a default these days? I recall having to turn it off on my computer at work. Looking at it for even just a few seconds gives me a headache. I don't understand the appeal, but then again I've always been more about functionality than eye candy.

Forget the blackjack!

Exactly this. Every winter I see news articles about people complaining about their high energy bills and demanding assistance, as if it's a complete surprise that it gets cold in the winter. These people probably never do anything to improve the efficiency of their house, yet they have no trouble spending money on fancy electronics, the latest iPhone, nice cars, name brand everything, etc.

One of the best things I ever did was add extra insulation to my attic. Lots of it. It paid for itself in just a couple of years. As each year passes, I'm glad that past me did that, and other efficiency improvements over time.

Yep. This is part of "You will own nothing and be happy."

Our military didn't invade. They were just undocumented visitors for a brief period of time.

We should always pay attention to what a politician does, regardless of political affiliation.

At my job, the transition from Windows 10 to Windows 11 was bad enough. When Microsoft and the IT department forces the Windows 11 to Copilot 12 transition, that's my cue to retire.

Another option: It's the solution to climate change! After all, all the simulations and studies have shown that eradicating the humans is the best way to eliminate human-caused climate change.

I predict they'll write it in their only Rust-like language called "Oxidize."

It can also be initiated without the big red button, like is suspected in this case. If the pilot hasn't interacted with the avionics for a certain amount of time it will prompt the pilot, and if there is no response it will assume the pilot has become incapacitated.

I do have a couple of questions, though. Did it see a sudden drop of cabin pressure and initiate the prompt to the pilot? Or did it just time out and then initiate the prompt?

The flight was at about FL220 before a sudden drop to FL180. Was the pilot on supplemental oxygen? I might be wrong, but I thought pilots would use supplemental oxygen, even in a pressurized cabin, any time they were above about 10-12,000 feet, just in case of a depressurization event.