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Posted: **Thu Oct 11, 2018 6:35 pm**

GORDON wrote:
Leisher wrote: That link led me to another on the subject of same sex relations. I was also commenting there.
I'm guessing that you were adamantly "pro," on that subject.

I will defend your right to take it up the ass forever!

Posted: **Tue Oct 23, 2018 9:00 pm**

Amazon routinely slams Oracle at their annual technology conference (AWS reInvent).

Turns out part of their Prime Day outage was due to moving more stuff off Oracle.

Posted: **Wed Oct 24, 2018 1:40 pm**

TheCatt wrote: Amazon routinely slams Oracle at their annual technology conference (AWS reInvent).

Turns out part of their Prime Day outage was due to moving more stuff off Oracle.

Amazon: That story is not true.

Posted: **Tue Nov 06, 2018 11:19 am**

Amazon planning to split HQ2 between two cities. Most likely are NYC and DC, followed by Austin/Dallas.

Posted: **Tue Nov 06, 2018 12:14 pm**

Aren't they currently in Seattle?

Posted: **Tue Nov 06, 2018 1:43 pm**

GORDON wrote: Aren't they currently in Seattle?

Yes.

Posted: **Tue Nov 06, 2018 1:49 pm**

And the decision to move the HQ comes on the heels of that Seattle "Employee Tax?"

Posted: **Tue Nov 06, 2018 1:51 pm**

GORDON wrote: And the decision to move the HQ comes on the heels of that Seattle "Employee Tax?"

They are not moving. They are building a "2nd, equal" HQ. Although it might be 2 more HQs. This was announced last year.

And I think it was announced prior to employee tax, which was proposed this year, and defeated.

Posted: **Tue Nov 06, 2018 1:52 pm**

I thought that employee tax made news after it passed. My bad.

Posted: **Tue Nov 06, 2018 1:53 pm**

GORDON wrote: I thought that employee tax made news after it passed. My bad.

Amazon and a couple others were like "FUCK YOU" and they said "Oh, sorry, no were didn't mean it"

Posted: **Mon Nov 12, 2018 9:44 pm**

New York City and Northern Virginia will be the homes for Amazon.com Inc.’s AMZN -4.41% second and third headquarters, according to people familiar with the matter, ending a more than yearlong public contest that started with 238 candidates and ended with a surprise split of its so-called HQ2.

The imminent announcement is expected as soon as Tuesday, according to the people. Other cities may also receive major sites, some of the people said.

All cities where Bezos already has a home.

Posted: **Tue Nov 13, 2018 9:24 am**

TheCatt wrote:
New York City and Northern Virginia will be the homes for Amazon.com Inc.’s AMZN -4.41% second and third headquarters, according to people familiar with the matter, ending a more than yearlong public contest that started with 238 candidates and ended with a surprise split of its so-called HQ2.

The imminent announcement is expected as soon as Tuesday, according to the people. Other cities may also receive major sites, some of the people said.
All cities where Bezos already has a home.

Shocking.

Posted: **Tue Nov 13, 2018 10:41 am**

Nashville gets a small bone

Separately, Amazon said Nashville will also become a new Center of Excellence for its Operations business. It will be focused on fulfillment, transportation, supply chain, and related areas, with 5,000 jobs to be filled.

Posted: **Tue Nov 13, 2018 12:34 pm**

TheCatt wrote: Nashville gets a small bone
Separately, Amazon said Nashville will also become a new Center of Excellence for its Operations business. It will be focused on fulfillment, transportation, supply chain, and related areas, with 5,000 jobs to be filled.

Bezos must have a mistress that lives there...

Posted: **Fri Nov 30, 2018 4:43 pm**

PC part compatibility tool.

Posted: **Fri Nov 30, 2018 5:08 pm**

I bought some RAM last week and it let me enter my laptop model to make sure it was compatible. It was.

Didn't realize that was a new feature.

Back from AWS reInvent. They really are owning the cloud space. They also introduced satellite, robot, and AI products so expected Skynet within 7 years from now

Posted: **Tue Dec 04, 2018 1:37 pm**

TheCatt wrote: I bought some RAM last week and it let me enter my laptop model to make sure it was compatible.

Crucial's been doing that for well over a decade.

Posted: **Tue Dec 04, 2018 1:45 pm**

Leisher wrote:
TheCatt wrote: I bought some RAM last week and it let me enter my laptop model to make sure it was compatible.
Crucial's been doing that for well over a decade.

You are correct. In fact, I went there first to get the right specs, then plugged the result into Amazon, which then popped up its own compatibility checker.

Posted: **Tue Dec 04, 2018 1:46 pm**

Yeah well, my 4 year old son ordered $5000 iMac pro from the Amazon app on my phone the other day.

i now have Touch ID enabled for just about everything on my phone now.

Posted: **Tue Dec 04, 2018 1:47 pm**

The thing that would disappoint me most is that it was an Apple product.