The first computer which I owned was the Commodore 64. However, I was a young kid in those days and I spent almost every day at the local Radio Shack and department stores using their computers which were on display. I would program different things on them, spending hours at a time doing it. It was stuff like drawing things on the screen to writing an adventure type text game. At high school they had PET computers and I would write programs on my C64 at home and then modify it to work at school on the PETâ(TM)s. Things like writing to the screen (poke) etc had different values so I would need to modify my program so it would work at the school.
So many fond memories. I always wanted to save up for an Amiga (so I could play the various awesome looking flight sims) but never did and would up getting an intel based PC.

Glad to see these dummies scrambling for solutions to a crisis which they helped create. When they start talking about these kinds of problems and the ridiculous and costly solutions, the press should bump up their asses with climate change questions and not let them brush it all off.
Perhaps they should all just pray to their fairytale god and ask for some rain.. thoughts and prayers are great for people gunned down after all.

Worst.. particle.. ever.

This is such bullshit. The firm will save money by not needing to have as much space for staff, electricity consumption, less sick days, more productive staff, etc. Paying people less is just a shitty thing to do. The work the staff are doing is the same, the value they bring is the same, the firm is continuing to charge their clients the same (probably more), so why pay less money for the same work? I'd leave a company like that.

This must be why the vast majority of people in North America absolutely loath the very notion of having to go into a car dealership to buy a new car. It is one of the worst experiences that we all get subjected to with all of the bullshit that the sales people throw at you.
The only way I have been able to get away from this treatment was to spec out a new vehicle online, call a dealership and tell them that this is precisely what I want, give me a price. The ones who insist that I go in to the dealership because they can't give me a price via email, I say goodbye to.. the ones who do what I ask, I first verify that this is THE price with no add-ons once I show up etc. If all is good, I go in and buy the vehicle. It has worked well for me.
Essentially, this is what direct sales would be all about and it's glorious.

It shows either a deep disconnect from reality or deep selfishness (hint: it's the latter of the two) for these crying assholes to mourn losing their online access while their government invades a neighboring country (Ukraine) and intentionally targets and murders civilians in that country. It's like these people were "meh" on the invasion and murder part of their government actions.. but taking away Instagram?! Holy shit! Hold the phone! This shit just got real! Time to speak out and cry.. about losing their precious account.
Pathetic.

How about we call these assholes for what they are? They are Terrorists plain and simple and should be treated as such.

Thereâ(TM)s a phone call for you from the music industry and Blockbuster Video. They suggested that you get your collective heads out of your asses and get with the times.
Go ahead and stop running universalâ(TM)s movies. They will cry all the way to the bank while you watch your theatreâ(TM)s sit empty.

Exactly. Video games (violent or otherwise) are not the cause of this. It's the talking points which were put out by the NRA and which is being picked dup by the right. Don't blame the guns, blame.uhhh video games, yeah that's it! It's like the 80's when playing Dungeons and Dragons was going to lead kids to satanic worship and murder.. (hint: it was bullshit and never happened). Now the big boogeyman is violent video games (played all over the world in other nations with NO mass murder shooting like the US). Oh, well it must also be mental illness (again, all over the world with NO mass murder shootings like the US). It's guns. Russia has been helping fund the NRA and loves to see this issue tear the country apart. It works to their advantage. Yeah yeah, go ahead and call me names but we all know that guns are the cause of the issue in this country. People can still own guns, it just needs to be a LOT harder to get them and some types need to be removed.

I disagree that this is a good move. What it is is a knee-jerk reaction to the narrative being pushed by the NRA and being mouthed by the right. Video games are not the cause at all and we all know that. It would have made better sense if they had removed all guns and ammunition from the store shelves out of respect for the shooting but oh we can't have that now can we.

My wife an dI deleted our Facebook accounts when the Cambridge Analytica thing was exposed. Prior to that we only used Facebook to stay informed of what was going on with distant family members. We rarely posted to Facebook and then it was just to respond to something a family member had posted. I also have avoided buying an Oculus and went with a Vive because of Facebook's ownership.
We're just a couple of people in a massive user base but every little bit helps.
Facebook's role in spreading lies and disinformation is criminal and they must be held accountable. Look at the horrors abroad where Facebook was instrumental in genocide.
They are a privately held company and as such, they can censor people, moderate posts and remove users. They are not the government and are not held to the 1st Amendment's freedom of speech. If they wanted, they could do an exceptional job of cleaning up the mess they created but they won't because it cuts into profits. It's incredibly disgusting that Facebook places money above their own country's well-being and above the lives of marginalized people in the world.

I was going to say something similar.. The companies just pass the cost along to consumers who are the ones paying this. So, the last tax cuts significantly benefitted the most wealthiest in America with the average American seeing a very minor increase in take-home pay. Now, to pay for that tax cut (because it is really screwing the country over with a massive debt), a new tax is implemented via the tariffs which places the bulk of the onus upon the 99% of Americans who now lose their very minor increase in take-home pay AND lose even more of their pay to pay for the increased cost of goods. So, the tax burden was placed directly upon those who can least afford it. This isn't just Trump, it's the Republicans in Congress who allow, and and defend him. When the dust settles, they will all blame Trump but they should be held accountable for their tacit (and often explicit) support of all he has done and said.

It is impossible to believe the Facebook did not know what was happening. They have every bit of data around their users including the variety of tracking methods which they employ so they can analyze what they get and identify what places these various users visit, where they are most likely located, etc. They could easily have stopped the Russian trolls, CA, and many others who were abusing the data which Facebook offers and the platform for communicating with others.
It's staggering to see companies so willing to sell out their country to make money. I remember a time when showing patriotism beat out personal gain. Now, we have companies like Facebook and the politicians (Republicans) in congress who put their personal agenda and gain above all else (including their own country) and it's truly depressing.

Do I miss what?!

I never used it and therefore don't miss it. When Balmer was in charge of MS, he totally screwed the pooch on this. He was blinded by his hubris about so many things. It was a mistake leaving that guy in charge. I wonder how Bill felt about leaving his company in the hands of that guy.. I'm sure Nokia was happy to see MS buy up their company and then ditch everything as well.. Nokia made a mistake hiring their CEO from MS and should not have been surprised to see where things went after that (although it may have been the plan all along)..

We were going to get MoviePass but now, no thanks! A shifty company like this hiding such information from customers shows us what to expect from them in the future. This is lying through omission. I warned my family members who I had purchased movie pass for and advised that they ditch the service.
How anyone can believe any kind of explanation / excuse or anything they say going forward is beyond me. Are you sure they aren't tracking your movements at other times?
Also, I hate the BS they are pulling with movie theatre companies, blacking out some titles in order to squeeze money out of them. This just gets passed onto customers (non-movieopass customers)