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The only thing new about it was the use of Zoom. Calling a large meeting and firing everyone in the meeting has been done plenty of times before (usually when a company is going down the tubes).
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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I had been working for a US company for 4 months and had just been told by my supervisor that things were going well and that he was happy to have me on the team. That same afternoon we, and about 90 other staff were called to a management announcement to be told we were all fired as the company was going down the tubes (they didn't actually say this latter part). The rest of the staff were fired two weeks later.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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After yesterday's gun discussion I read "firing employees" completely different 
Maybe this boss used Zoom because out of those 900 employees at least a few of them could be packing guns and fire back 
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Decimation[^]. A classic, but that idiot even found a way to make that boring.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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And he didn't do it right - only 9% were fired! 
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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When it comes to something like this, incompetence may actually become a blessing.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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He's just a dude with a sh*t-ton of money and a base of rabid followers who put him on a pedestal. Everyone else can see him for the con man he really is.
Hyperloop? Never going to happen. All he had to do was Google "vacuum canon" to figure out why.
Self-driving trucks? Those were supposed to ship back in 2018. Still not around because who knew self-driving vehicles was so damn difficult to do, oh and yeah, let's make experimental vehicles that can weigh 40+ tons so they can cause more carnage!
Digging tunnels faster and for 1/10th the cost? He found out the hard way that's just not possible.
SpaceX is going to be 1/10th the cost per launch? Uhh... no it's not. At best, you'll get about 10% cheaper than existing rockets.
Las Vegas underground that can do 200MPH? Yeah, they just set fire to a massive pile of money that's going to buy a car fire you cannot put out and in a very enclosed space you cannot get out of.
and on, and on.
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I think shooting billionaires into space is the right idea though.
Real programmers use butterflies
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But they keep coming back though! 
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So long as it's a one-way trip.... 
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Well,
I paid for my Starlink kit[^] a few months ago and it still hasn't arrived. I was told that my kit would arrive Q4/2021 but it looks like it's going to be delayed. I will need to get it above the trees in my yard. I was planning to set it up on a 30ft tower[^] on top of the office annex behind my home during the holiday break.
But it looks like I will need to wait a little longer. 
I don't really need Starlink, I'm getting good speeds on my cable internet. But old men need toys too!
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You'll probably need a permit.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Great video! 
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Thanks Assuming it is accurate it is unfortunate it is not reported on the CBS evening news - Cheerio
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You're not going to Rickroll me that easy, not clicking on the link
Hogan
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Every genius gets bad press and it's easy to hate on successful people.
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I installed Windows 11 two weeks ago. For the most part I like it. It's much faster starting up, but are 3 things that bug me (so far)
First, the Start Menu. What bright spark came up with this idea?? 
Second, somehow the USB device controller Power Management settings got changed. When the PC goes to sleep, the mouse & keyboard stoped responding, so I had to hard boot.  Once I realized what it was it was a simple fix.
What REALLY bugs me now is the new File Explorer context menu. The have move some options, like Cut, Copy, & Paste to a sub menu So now you have to right click, click, then click again!!
But there's a registry fix for that:
https://allthings.how/how-to-get-the-full-old-right-click-context-menu-back-in-windows-11/
Anyone else have any comments on Win 11?
If it's not broken, fix it until it is.
Everything makes sense in someone's mind.
Ya can't fix stupid.
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Quote: Cut, Copy, & Paste to a sub menu
Not totally accurate. There are now icons for these functions, so you don't need to go to a sub-menu.  There is also an icon for "rename"
Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!
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What happened to Ctrl+C, Ctrl+X, and Ctrl+V???
Is it there, and if not, why not?
If so, then who cares?
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Kevin Marois wrote: So now you have to right click, click, then click again
Wait, you use the mouse for that? Not Ctrl+C/X/V?
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does CTRL-Ins and SHIFT-ins also still work for copy/paste ? I sure hope so
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Ditto, I still use those. Many years of muscle memory...
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