And the peeping toms love it.

Google is evil... just like the rest of them.

So who's left? Microsoft? Doing without?

I'm getting really sick of technology... and I'm a sysadmin for fuck's sake.

So try to eat as naturally as you can and in moderate amounts is the healthiest for us. It's about time we acknowledged there are no magic bullets and no one easily scapegoated food. Just be sensible. How fucking hard is that?

Blockbuster is an example of how a company can kill itself by squeezing their customers for everything they are worth. When you make your customers hate you, you will eventually be abandoned by your customers. This is especially true if your business model is outdated technology. When Comcast finally implodes, I'll be as sorry to see it go as I was to see Blockbuster fail.... not at all. Good riddance to short-sighted, predatory companies. May their executives rot in hell.

The average person is really terrible at managing other people. It takes developed skill, experience, and a certain amount of talent to be a good leader/manager. Most of the mods are just average people with the managing skill set typical of the average person (i.e. - next to none) so it isn't any wonder reddit is becoming a cesspool.

This is an excellent article. Most people really suck at listening and it screws up a lot of attempts at communication and conflict resolution.

Welcome to the internet.... where the dregs of society flourish in near anonymity.

USPTO is a case study in idiocy in action and shame on Amazon for even applying for such a stupid patent.

Exactly. They have too much money and don't know what to do with it so they bought a company that is just a version of themselves. Apple's long but steady decline has begun.

Unless, of course, you don't have twitter in the first place

All excellent points.

The Chief of Digital Strategy thinks digital is a fad? No wonder the post office is failing so spectacularly.

According to an Amnesty International employee interviewed by The Guardian, the defense in the execution cases were not allowed to present evidence or call witnesses, and many of the accused were not in court. And then of course there are questions regarding how hundreds of people can be equally culpable in the death of one individual.

wtf?

I think if everyone knew how old-school and ad-hoc the government is... well... there'd be a lot of surprised people. But I think that's true for the majority of companies too. It isn't that it's amazing how the sausage is made... it's that it even works at all.

What's interesting is that this is how the internet was when it first started. Groups of knowledgeable people getting together and doing work for free that benefited everyone. It made the internet special. The fact that these types of collaborations are dying out is sad but to be expected when corporations, governments, and basically anyone with an interest in money get involved with something new and cool.