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Originally Posted by John McClane

Yeah, they are data trawlers. That's honestly the biggest problem I have with major corporations. It should be illegal to profit off my data.

Another relevant article that was linked in the CNET article.

And yet you use Windows 10 I bet.

[quote=Citizen Rules][quote=John McClane]Yeah, they are data trawlers. That's honestly the biggest problem I have with major corporations. It should be illegal to profit off my data.

[url=https://gizmodo.com/life-without-the-tech-giants-1830258056]Another relevant article that was linked in the CNET article[/url].[/quote]
And yet you use Windows 10 I bet.[/quote]

John McClane 01-23-20

Yeah, they are data trawlers. That's honestly the biggest problem I have with major corporations. It should be illegal to profit off my data.

Another relevant article that was linked in the CNET article.

[quote=John McClane]Yeah, they are data trawlers. That's honestly the biggest problem I have with major corporations. It should be illegal to profit off my data.

[url=https://gizmodo.com/life-without-the-tech-giants-1830258056]Another relevant article that was linked in the CNET article[/url].[/quote]

Sedai 01-23-20

Ah, the home assistants. Now those... I can get on board with being at least nefarious, if maybe not evil.

[quote=Sedai]Ah, the home assistants. Now those... I can get on board with being at least nefarious, if maybe not evil.[/quote]

John McClane 01-23-20

Relevant bull hockery.

[quote=John McClane][url=https://www.cnet.com/news/google-and-amazon-make-us-worse-people/?utm_source=reddit.com]Relevant bull hockery.[/url][/quote]

John McClane 01-23-20

I also just got back to work from The UPS Store, and I confirmed everything I have been saying.

Da big A is evil to a T.

[quote=John McClane]I also just got back to work from The UPS Store, and I confirmed everything I have been saying.

Da big A is evil to a T. :rotfl:[/quote]

John McClane 01-23-20

Originally Posted by Austruck

Also, I found it humorous that folks are saying words don't matter... in a shoutbox column that is using mostly words to communicate that idea. Wouldn't even be having this conversation without those pesky words.

Heck, one company lost a lot of money over a missing comma a year or so ago!

Words don't matter, but punctuation is everything.

[quote=John McClane][quote=Austruck]Also, I found it humorous that folks are saying words don't matter... in a shoutbox column that is using mostly words to communicate that idea. Wouldn't even be having this conversation without those pesky words. 

Heck, one company lost a lot of money over a missing comma a year or so ago![/quote]Words don't matter, but punctuation is everything.[/quote]

Sedai 01-23-20

Originally Posted by Yoda

Any word that describes both delivering stuff to your door and Pol Pot is, perhaps, a little too broad to be useful.

Formal request to adopt this as my new MoFo signature. Please advise. Thanks!

[quote=Sedai][quote=Yoda]Any word that describes both delivering stuff to your door and Pol Pot is, perhaps, a little too broad to be useful.[/quote]

Formal request to adopt this as my new MoFo signature. Please advise. Thanks! ;)[/quote]

Austruck 01-23-20

Also, I found it humorous that folks are saying words don't matter... in a shoutbox column that is using mostly words to communicate that idea. Wouldn't even be having this conversation without those pesky words.

Heck, one company lost a lot of money over a missing comma a year or so ago!

[quote=Austruck]Also, I found it humorous that folks are saying words don't matter... in a shoutbox column that is using mostly words to communicate that idea. Wouldn't even be having this conversation without those pesky words. 

Heck, one company lost a lot of money over a missing comma a year or so ago![/quote]

Austruck 01-23-20

Originally Posted by Yoda

I think I've had scrambled eggs something like 13 of the last 14 days. I'm in full-on January diet mode which usually involves finding some high-protein food and eating it almost every day. Eggs the last two years.

Scrambled eggs and coffee with HWC = the perfect breakfast. As long as the eggs aren't overcooked.

[quote=Austruck][quote=Yoda]I think I've had scrambled eggs something like 13 of the last 14 days. I'm in full-on January diet mode which usually involves finding some high-protein food and eating it almost every day. Eggs the last two years.[/quote]
Scrambled eggs and coffee with HWC = the perfect breakfast. As long as the eggs aren't overcooked.[/quote]

John McClane 01-23-20

Also, I think eggs are one of the most filling things you can eat. I love em, especially hard boiled.

[quote=John McClane]Also, I think eggs are one of the most filling things you can eat. I love em, especially hard boiled. :yup:[/quote]

John McClane 01-23-20

Originally Posted by Yoda

If words matter enough for someone to say a thing, they matter enough for people to disagree with how it's said. Can't be one but not the other.

When is a door not a door? When it is ajar.

[quote=John McClane][quote=Yoda]If words matter enough for someone to say a thing, they matter enough for people to disagree with how it's said. Can't be one but not the other.[/quote]When is a door not a door? When it is ajar.[/quote]

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