I never understood the dropping of the HBO brand. It had a cachet for "high end".

I guess marketeers gonna marketeer.

Who are these asshats that bought the company and what other companies are they contaminating?

But after 40-50 years of listening to fusion energy promises, I'm pretty cynical.

"We were just following orders"

I am altering the deal... pray I do not alter it any further.

A far better description would be an electromechanical system.

Duh... I can't add. But the observation is still valid.

That would be interesting. Some of that is available in IRS filings for instance, in 2023:
Their expenses were $39,845,284, with

• 8.3% ($3,287,433) of that being Executive Compensation (not counting Baker's $6,223,660)
• 25.4% ($10,106,669) for Other Salaries and Wages

Of course a lot of the increasing expenses over the years related to Mitchell Baker's ever ballooning compensation. I guess we'll find out this year if the new CEO is sucking up as much of the budget. But that's over $10M just for executives and the questionable value that they provide... all of the rest of the employees add up to less total cost.

I've designed and sold embedded controllers for 25 years. The controllers have as many as ten thru-hole pin header cable connectors held in place only by solder. In roughly 45,000 boards shipped I've never seen a failure with these connectors.

Come on, dude. For almost anyone else, owning a casino is essentially a license to print money. And he went bankrupted one.

CORRECTION:

Leading DP + 5 digits or 5 digits + Trailing DP.

This was as of 2011, so your mileage may vary.

In CA,, the handicapped (disabled person) plates have their own namespace, which is (depending upon the year of issuance), leading DP or trailing DP (source: I used to have a van with DP plates before my wife passed from ALS).

Ah, a fellow Islay drinker! Which is your favorite? I like Laphroaig.

Just FYI, Section 230 is part of the Communications Decency Act, which is rather ironic, considering the original purpose of the CDA was to censor the US Internet.

I did this recently (5 years ago), I'm ashamed to admit.

When I applied to a (non-bar track) law program, I pulled out my trump card - how I handled my late wife dying of ALS. I didn't want to do it, but I was afraid I wouldn't get in otherwise.

As I said, I'm ashamed I did it. At least in my case, it wasn't a made up victimhood.