Given the global news stories about the air pollution in China, and the persistent smog(s) associated with that, is anyone really surprised?

I get my local TV OTA, and use my own (Plex) DVR. There's really nothing on Youtube TV that I'd want to pay that much for, and I don't have the extra cash right now to spare on it.

Bad move by Google. Driving customers away.

Reddits best description that has stuck with me is âoeReddit feeds are full of shit i care about from strangers while facebook and twitter are people i know discussing shit i dont care aboutâ

Need to control the switch with X11, or the Clapper. ;-)

What if one of these workers really does give a 'best effort' attempt at helping, say, 6 months from now, but screws something up? Will they be held liable?

Is to want less and love more.

I have nearly quit bothering to try to support any 'new' things that come out from food places - anything I *like* will end up getting pulled anyway. I'm still bitter over the scrapping of the McDLT. The McDonald's Chicken Strips? Gone. Wendy's breakfast stuff? Liked them - gone. Wendy's super bar? Gone. I suspect the Taco Bell gorditas will go within 6 months of me developing a regular taste for them. It's a shame, because I want to support innovation, but the larger companies don't seem to be able to commit to things long term any more. Yes, the McDLT was... 5 years? That's about the longest I've ever seen any variation from a menu core last.

Reading the design study by Peter Limon (http://vlhc.org/Limon_seminar.pdf), I couldn't help but notice that it made rather liberal use of Comic Sans.

I'll probably burn some of my karma to say this, but I must say it: Nothing screams professionalism like Comic Sans.

That's true.

Haven't Monsanto's patent claims hinged, at least partly, on the fact that their wheat has larger yields and thus give greater profits to the farmer?

If a farmer is unable to sell his wheat crops, or if the price of his crop was damaged due to encroachment of GMO DNA into his crop, I wonder if he would be able to "strike first" at Monsanto, claiming damage due to Monsanto's negligent release of the strain!

Again, I'm sure someone['s lawyers] will make millions...

I specifically refrained from saying "Free Market" or any derivative thereof.

The regulatory environment is the field on which the market is set.

Interesting point.

It'll make someone ('s lawyers) millions, I'm sure!

THIS may be the proverbial straw that breaks the back of big-business GMO.

If farmers can't sell their wheat, then they will stop buying GMO seed. It's a perfect storm for the way market forces shape products and individual actions.

"'What happens if you buy a device for an employee and they leave the job a month later? How are you going to settle up? "

This is ridiculous. If the company buys a device for the employee, the employee is obligated to return it at the end of their employment. Period. Any other answer is simply a manager/administrator that doesn't want to pay for the hardware OR for the resources necessary to manage the hardware. I work in the Medical IT field, and BYOD is a very hot topic these days. My answer is always this: employee-owned devices should have NO access to the internal corporate network.

Just as employee-owned computers/laptops/etc shouldn't be allowed on the network, neither should employee-owned mobile devices. They're just too big a vector for incoming threats.

Since just about everything uses USB cables these days, anyhow, why is anyone bothering with designing chargers targeted towards a specific device or family of devices? Just put a USB A receptacle on there, and call it done! Let the licensing be taken care of by those who make cables.

Oh, and one thing I'm NOT confused about is Apple's strategy....screw you, Apple. I'm sick of paying for products that you need to have an apple computer to program for... for an OS that only runs on your hardware, despite having the ability to run just about anywhere ... for products that don't have user-serviceable batteries...and for your stupid, non-compliant connectors. I bought my last apple product 5 years ago, and I haven't looked back.

Or some other company that makes or sells computer paper!