It’s still code bloat. A lot of these new “features” should have been plug-ins.

They probably saw an opportunity after data centers started buying up all their Mac mini’s and Mac Studios.

https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/apple-suddenly-ai-infrastructure-stock-130223938.html

Electronics recycling really needs to be more mainstream. We’re burying way too much mineral content.

Because they hired that attorney? They should have to start over and hire a different attorney. They can sue the original attorney if they didn’t know anything about the deception.

Fined? How about throwing his case out of court? Disbarring him?

I don’t get why this is infuriating? Any job that you take is going to have you take the same training about diversity, sexual harassment, etc. I don’t see anything in the email saying that this training is going to cost you anything extra.

Are you just pissed off that there’s so many grammar and spelling mistakes in an email sent from a university? They probably used AI to write it or it was written by the outsourced vendor that provides the training materials.

And publishers pay people to buy their books so they get on the best seller list.

And publishers pay ghost writers to write many “celebrity” authored books.

The mosquitoes that bite humans could be eradicated. I don’t know why we don’t do it. There are only a few kinds that do, leaving plenty behind for the bats and birds to eat.

https://www.cdc.gov/mosquitoes/mosquito-control/genetically-modified-mosquitoes.html

The World’s Fair needs to make a comeback.

Expiration dates however, are another matter. If/when you can find them on packaging, they’re often unreadable/worn off/too tiny to see without magnification.

I wish the Feds would force manufacturers to print the expiration date either on the white nutrition label, or directly above the UPC code — 8 pt or larger black type on white background.

It’s just Tim’s Newton. We’ll get something better in ten years, like we got the iPhone. But I don’t know that it will come from Apple unless we get someone more creative in the leadership role.

Cook is chairman of the board now. He hasn’t really gone anywhere.

I don’t think this new CEO is going to last more than a year. He has all the charisma of Gil Amelio.

At least he shelved the Apple Vision headset. Hopefully he also canned the Apple Glasses and AirPods with camera that were rumored.

Ford sold many of the bestselling global sedans. They stopped making them because the profit margins are higher on SUVs.

https://www.theautopian.com/the-ford-focus-was-once-the-best-selling-car-on-the-planet-now-its-dead/

Fuel economy hasn’t been a selling feature for a majority of buyers in the US since the 1970s. If it was, Ford wouldn’t have stopped shipping sedans here, and EVs wouldn’t need incentives and rebates.

A large section of the US market prefers to take out huge loans to buy an Escalade or a Ford F150 and then bitch about it when gas prices go up.

No worries. I think we’re on the same page.

You make an excellent point. It had just occurred to me because i have been having to cut back and find solutions to ridiculous price gouging like this. Between the high prices and the cost cutting quality of eating out these days, i find myself making a lot more stuff at home. I’ve also had to remove a lot of restaurants from my list of places to eat. One place charged me $30 for scrambled eggs, oatmeal, and iced tea. I haven’t been back. Comparing the price of a bag of ground at the grocery to this retail cup just points out how ridiculous it all is. It’s no less infuriating.

I say this, but i shouldn’t jinx it. I’m sure there are a lot of companies who are salivating at the idea of jacking up the price of ground coffee at the grocery to match the ridiculous expense of retail.

7-11 leadership probably would too. They are owned by a japanese firm now that takes this business seriously. Send an email or letter to their CEO.

Ground coffee is about $8 a bag at the grocery. Much cheaper to make your own at home.

(Edit: I am no less infuriated than OP. Just pointing out how ridiculous this markup/gouging is.)