Without looking into this specific outage, I’d suggest things like deferred maintenance and “cost optimizing” technical staffing are often contributing factors. (At least in my experience)

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”

There are games of the WC tournament scheduled in Canada and Mexico.

No need to risk a surprise one way trip to alligator auchwitz just to watch a couple of matches.

Costco is doing the correct thing.

It’s the right(wing) who are wrong.

Too many eyes

And not enough brains.

or to run to the media

Frustratingly, the US media is owned by a small concentration of wealthy people who are being further enriched by Trump’s bullshit.

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.

As the old saying goes “a lie can be halfway around the world before the truth gets out of bed”

They have an uphill battle on their hands.

But him admitting to not knowing things is a bit out of character for him (unless it’s a judge asking).

We need a separation of corporate and state, just like church and state

The churches have been actively poking holes in that wall for a century or more.

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.

I didn’t claim I had a hundred of them going at any give time.

And, regardless, I also don’t keep them open forever. I just close the one I’m finished with, check out the next one, then repeat until I’m through with them.

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.

Don Jr. is in second place!?

Second place of the options the polling company suggested in the survey question.

Why not just close them and open them back up later?

Because that’s extra steps for no actual improvement.

I close the tabs that I’m done with and add new ones when I want to not forget to look at something a bit later.

That doesn’t need the “permanence” of a bookmark. (And, obviously I know editing bookmarks is a thing, but that is also extra steps for something I’ll only want once in about 15 min from now)

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

Many of them voted for him 3 times.

What generation has seen that, though?