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> Why do the job if you have actual contempt for your users? To... To get paid, isn't that obvious? Sometimes you have to do what you have to do.

I've never seen a more biased, unsubstantiated, "back in my day" comment on HN. Well done. Give specifics if you want to be taken seriously instead of just saying "well, back in my…

Spectre is a special case and I think you know it's a special case. Cut it out.

Well,expecting there to be a patch without the 90 day exploit exposure is very generous. The whole point of a 90-day (or any arbitrary stretch of time) deadline is that a lot of co…

Exactly. I run my own arch distro and still recognize that macs are used by large numbers of higher ups in every single company I consult at.

There comes a point where the time and energy I'd have to spend on troubleshooting, tool selection/purchase, part ordering, and temporarily learning the skill become more important…

Sources, please.

That's funny, it almost sounds like you're suggesting it's common to have a job that's more relaxing and restful than actual leisure time.

Yupp, because so many apps are open source.

While I'm sure I'm in the minority, I absolutely do have the birthright to control what content appears on my device. If they want to prevent ads from being blocked, blocking me fr…

Pardon my ignorance, but wouldn't one way to solve the "store electricity for later" problem we have with renewable energy be to use the unused power generated at peak times to pro…

Except they do give you a way to contact them. They ALWAYS give you a way to contact them. The fact that you can't follow their cancelation process all the way through is on you, n…

The BBB is an absolute joke; you buy your ratings. As someone who's had direct contact with the BBB in a corporate context, I can say with absolute honesty and surety that the ONLY…

That's all kinds of stupid. You might retain some cash in the meantime and feel better about "sticking it to the man," but the reality is you entered into an agreement and from bot…

Um, no. That's not accurate at all. Maybe it's different outside the US, but many states are "single-party consent" states, meaning you don't need permission to record them and vic…