Comment Re:Envy (Score 1) 182
Won't someone think of the CHILDREN!
Comment What could possibly go wrong? (Score 5, Insightful) 272
Comment Wait, the Oscars are still a thing? (Score 3, Insightful) 83
Comment I've hired Gen Zers, and I am not impressed. (Score 2, Insightful) 109
Comment Worthless meetings aren't limited to WFH (Score 1) 209
Comment Laser FTW (Score 2) 92
Comment No more U.S. built cars for me (Score 4, Interesting) 160
Comment Not such a failure (Score 1) 79
Comment Hype Train (Score 1) 174
Funny how everything is "just 10 years away".
Comment Re:Plus its a fraud (Score 1) 137
And we've been paying the fees for that long. So if that money hasn't been used for what I paid for I want it back.
Comment Re:It's about time the national security question (Score 1) 107
The problem with your scenario here is that in a lot of cases the farmer can't get the right part at all, and if they don't get that field taken care of by their really expensive machine within the next 3 days they lose the harvest.
Magnuson-Moss exists for a reason, and one of its functions protects manufacturers as they can deny claims if they can establish that duct tape and crazy glue broke the machine.
Deere's actions are to circumvent individuals rights to repair so they can control the repair chain to further pad their profits, nothing more.
Comment Re: It's about time the national security questio (Score 1) 107
No, the problem is Deere is engaging in activities to lock out people's ability to repair their own stuff, then not having the capacity to do it themselves. Circumventing Right to Repair is scummy on its own, but their unwillingness or inability to handle the service load they created has knock-on effects that are incredibly disruptive to food supply. And that's the kind of thing that drives farms out of business and can/does lead to food scarcity issues.
Comment Re: It's about time the national security questio (Score 1) 107
Not a business.
Comment If Publishers want free-to-play mechanics,.. (Score 1) 69
Then the games should be free. No more of this "fee-to-pay" nonsense.