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Product Manager will let you know what people are requesting but sometimes the requester is a clueless manager. Working tech support will tell you what real users are having troubl…

Never gonna happen. The bulk of their business comes from the "good" guys

The exploit is so severe they are releasing patches for xp and server 2003

Ballot boxes ended up in rivers and lakes when it was pen and paper. You need both. This is a good start.

I'd say being thrown in prison qualifies as "violence".

John Gabriel has a decent one: Greater Internet Fuckwad Theory. Or GIFT for short.

Mom and Pop used a rigged machine to cheat customers out of their money.

Because every idiot with access to the internet can instantly spread any nonsense they want to millions of people. In the past, this type of nonsense was filtered by editors and su…

Easy solution: stop doing that.

Shallower === cheaper

They tried to lay fiber in 2in trenches instead of typical 6in trenches. Then left when it didn't work. This isn't Goliath beating David. This is David throwing a rock, missing, an…

My kids still sometimes make fun of me for losing to a chicken. I've done battle with it multiple times over the years. Where is the switch to toggle the mode?

We've had success with direct communication. Tell your users to call or email of they have questions or problems. Then personally speak with them. You will find loads of valuable t…

It is a calculated gamble. We've seen this so many time in so many industries.

They have more than 5000 orders for this model of aircraft. Each one costs approx 120million. Which means there are approx $640 billion dollars on the line. It is imperative that B…

Not really. Knowing how to write an "if" is a lot different than wanting, or being able, to code professionally. What we really need is basic computer literacy since most jobs will…

Those days never existed. Which is why certs, app stores, and walled gardens exist.

It did both. Databases are big scary things to many people. They made it accessible by using a spreadsheet as a user interface.

Nothing happened to it. If you like your one liner, keep using it. You don't have to use this tool.

The led panel is flexible. LG has a 1mm screen you can roll up in a tube.

Because you are making a ton of assumptions. I'm sure there are some spammers using this service. But I'm sure there are lots of legitimate users too.

What is the environmental cost of building and running physical banks?

The domain likely has tradeshows, trade publications, bloggers/influencers, etc.

This is key. People will talk a big game and then make excuses why they can't pay. Make a version and sell it.