It's Bloomberg. What else would you expect?

Amen brother.

And the gray beards want something that won't throw off so much RF you can pick it up in your fillings. You don't need a beige box for that, just something that's had five minutes of actual engineering applied to it.

aluminum foil is for hats

Or NAS. Or other appliances. "Obsolete" hardware has a lot of life left in it after the mainstream has passed it by.

If there were such a place - a sanctuary of sanity in the midst of the madness and chaos that is the current internet...

...do you think anyone who knew anything about it would breathe a word of its existence?

"a man who does for a living what Cohen does and nevertheless survives to such an age must be very good at it indeed."

Beware of the old. We've survived. There is a reason the phrase is "Age and treachery will always defeat youth and skill."

"I am very smart."

Vacation, sick leave, and the like are regulated by law in most states/countries.

So is work without compensation. It's somewhat frowned on. Despite your absurd false equivalence.

...and the concept of "exempt employee" -- one who is salaried, and does not receive compensation for working overtime -- is also regulated, legal, and well-accepted.

There is a bit of a difference between an employee who accepts a salaried position and the benefits and responsibilities thereof, and asking or demanding an hourly employee work off the clock for free.