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profdc9 , 20 hours ago to Technology in "Maybe This is Too Cool" - After years of layoffs and pay/resource freezes, Amazon execs treat themselves to a private Foo Fighters concert worth millions

Yup, this is really maximize shareholder value. I can totally see this teambuilding event doubling dividends. Wait? You said the company never pays dividends and rarely buys back its stock? Wow, I am really seeing those profits!

profdc9 , 14 days ago to Technology in Texas power prices briefly soar 1,600% as a spring heat wave is expected to drive record demand for energy

This is Enron-scale manipulation. Someone's ripping off the public and making a mint with the help of the regulators.

profdc9 , 14 days ago to Technology in Texas power prices briefly soar 1,600% as a spring heat wave is expected to drive record demand for energy

I guess they'll have to shut down their bootstrap-pulling engines for awhile.

profdc9 , 22 days ago to Technology in First human brain implant malfunctioned, Neuralink says

"Humanity can not progress without heaps" - Hubert Farnsworth

profdc9 , 22 days ago to linuxmemes in you don't need more 4GB of RAM

I just took a Core i5, 6 GB RAM laptop from 2011 and reinstalled Linux Mint and put in a 1 TB SSD. The difference between that and Ubuntu 23.10 and a 750 GB 5400 RPM drive was like night and day.

profdc9 , 25 days ago to Mildly Infuriating in 2x2 lumber at Home Depot is now 1.28x1.28. Actual size is supposed to be 1.5

It's a big improvement from making them from straw.

profdc9 , 1 month ago to Technology in 30% of Children Ages 5-7 Are on TikTok

You would think that with all those kids watching, Xi would lean into the whole Winnie the Pooh resemblance.

profdc9 , 1 month ago to Technology in Texas Attracted California Techies. Now It’s Losing Thousands of Them.

They still have huge ports and oil refineries going for them. Until the Permian Basin is drained.

profdc9 , 1 month ago to Technology in Texas Attracted California Techies. Now It’s Losing Thousands of Them.

Like many southern states, there is much natural beauty in Texas. It doesn't seem like many of the locals realize what they are blessed with.

profdc9 , 1 month ago to Technology in Health insurance giant Kaiser will notify millions of a data breach after sharing patients' data with advertisers | TechCrunch

How is it a breach if data was shared intentionally? This is a violation of confidentiality.

profdc9 , 1 month ago to Technology in NASA’s Voyager 1 Resumes Sending Engineering Updates to Earth

I wonder what kind of simulators they use to test their code.

profdc9 , 2 months ago to Technology in Revealed: a California city is training AI to spot homeless encampments

Every year California is becoming more like Night City. Cyperpunk is supposed to be a dystopia, not an aspiration.

profdc9 , 2 months ago to Technology in AI is creating fake historical photos, and that's a problem

We'll now need AIs to spot AI fakes. AI wins!

profdc9 , 2 months ago to Comic Strips in Hee hee hee, you'll see!

Those are the easy questions to answer.

How about:

1. What would do if I became sick? Would you abandon me? Would I abandon you if you became sick, or be there for you?

2. Are you more important to me than your ambitions, your compulsive desires? Which dreams are you willing to compromise on to make this relationship work?

3. Are we combining or finances or keeping them separate? Do you trust me enough to access your bank account and spend your money?

4. Are we each willing to compromise on our jobs so that we both can have good, but perhaps not ideal employment?

5. Can you imagine being old with me? Would you feel like you had missed on your youth, that your opportunities in life were wasted?

These are the kinds of things that destroy marriages. People rarely think about the sacrifices they need to make to be married.

profdc9 , 2 months ago to Comic Strips in Hee hee hee, you'll see!

There's only one right answer to that question. We want a life devoted to each other, until we don't. When has the answer to that question actually changed the nature of a relationship?