the simplest things take 10 times as long to do as on-prem and in some cases advertised features simply refuse to work or break when there is a backend update

keeps the IT people employed

it's not that expensive that some of you cheapos can't buy it

There are already runs on russian banks and this will only increase the runs. most banks only hold around 10% of deposits

80's and 90's we had the same grainy TV tech and the last 20 years have been amazing in the quality of TV's and the price drops

we've been warming the world and now this is a sign of cooling. along with more snow to refill underground water sources, human water reservoirs and provide water for healthy soil

i just started playing frostpunk after having it in my library for months without touching it. i'll probably buy some older games on sale for the PS5 this week too

in the 80's kids wasted their money on little paper cards of cartoon figures or sports stars and if you wanted art you sold it at some flea market

NFT's are the 21st version

been happening for decades, google will pay up then raise it's prices everyone will complain and still pay up and still spend untold hours watching their teams lose or be average

but they want money for it as an upsell for people with teens who drive

holding real estate is not like holding stocks. zillow has to pay property taxes and insurance on those homes along with maintenance costs

in some towns the local code people might use this as an opportunity to force a property to have more work done to fully comply with codes or they won't allow the deed to be transferred

yes, it's an evil plot to sell cheap vaccines instead of expensive medical treatments

CVS charged my insurance $40 for my COVID shots. Gardasil is something like $275 for the three shot adult regimen. other vaccines are just as cheap and save you tens of thousands of dollars of potential medical expenses payable to the same evil big Pharma

plant based fuels are nice but not at the expense of cutting down forests to grow the plants to make the fuel. like the USA and corn

the resell market has been dropping and you'll need a lot of best buy accounts at $200 a year for each one to be able to buy multiple consoles

then go back to the old ways of making lots of stuff for your customers to build their products and when tech changes they will be left with useless parts they have to sell at big discounts. JIT started with Toyota and became big with Dell who were able to upgrade their SKU's a lot faster than other computer makers as new tech came out.

Many stories of people giving their two weeks and being fired right away and given their two week checks shortly after. or being refused access to company info.

If someone is leaving of course you want limit access to sensitive data. kids are so naive these days