I’m cheering for a well placed lightning strike on the golf course.

Bribes from a wealthy family?

but there are nearly no niche non-tech communities here.

And if they do exist, there are 4 subscribers and zero posts in the last 6 months.

It’s ruining far more than reddit.

My robot vac will only operate when connected to the Internet

That would trigger me to return it to the store. “It doesn’t work”

Newfoundland and Labrador is the province involved.

Had to read far too deep into the poorly written article to find that important bit of context.

Users will receive automatic pro-rated refunds for active subscriptions, and the app code is promised to be open-sourced after shutdown.

That’s the correct way to wind down a cloud based subscription app.

Not that I’m in favor of the entire business model of cloud based subscription apps, but at least Marques is ending this one the right way.

One stated he “lacks the requisite knowledg

That on its own is enough to disqualify him.

But, it seems lacking knowledge or understanding is a pre-requisite for being appointed by Trump.
It’s the only wat Trump can pretend he is the smartest person in the room.

Of course not. Most people are motivated to doing the right thing simply because it is the right thing to do.

But some people seem to need the threat of personal consequences to keep them from being selfish assholes. And it often appears that those are the same type of people who manage to get themselves into decision making positions in the business world.

Fear of punishment.

The punishment (or the threat of punishment) is supposed to be part of the motivation to not drive into pedestrians.

If the decision makers behind the fully automatic vehicles don’t fear that punishment, the concern is that they’ll make choices that are motivated more by profits and efficiencies and less by safe driving and preventing harms.

And given the abuses of profit seeking executives we have seen in the past, it is a valid concern.

the American people are bigger idiots for voting for him, twice.

Many of them voted for him 3 times.

A handful of US representatives have reacted furiously to a leaked recording in which the special envoy to Ukraine reportedly coached Moscow on how to handle Donald Trump,

Only a handful?

Wtf??

This government shows their incompetence more and more as each day passes.

I wonder how (or if) grokopedia defines “woke”?

Most of the people who complain about “the woke” arent able to define it.

the Trump administration’s third-country deportation program

That’s not deportation, it’s forced exile.