The man doesn't seem to get that his new fee scheme didn't fail because of "technical difficulties" at all. All over the internet you can see the real reason: people just plain don't like it. And for good reasons.
Obviously some of those "alternatives" seem to be living in an alternative universe to our own. But in fact it is arguable that the most morally and ethically upstanding, and honest, politicians of late have been of libertarian bent.
Firefox has become more "political" precisely because Google is their single largest monetary contributor.
Considering their rather low penetration today, they should really concentrate on developers and other power users. Apple has seemed conflicted in the same way. Once they became a popular brand again, they (to some degree) abandoned their developer base, which has led to lower sales again.
There is a "web developer" extension already readily available, and if you want more (very...) advanced tools they are already in Firefox Developer Edition.
Ajit Pai apparently does not understand how the Constitution works.
The fact that broadband is an interstate service gives FCC jurisdiction via the Interstate Commerce Clause.
But there is nothing in the Constitution saying states can't "subvert Federal policy". In fact States do it all the time, as long as the business or service is confined to that state.
None of the quotes used by the gentleman in that video were fascist. None of it supported authoritarianism, dictatorial power, nationalism, forcible suppression of opposition nor control of industry and commerce.
Utter nonsense. The very first quote was about the destruction of capitalism, which theoretically can only be achieved via dictatorial powers (central control by a small group). Read your Marx. Socialism is central control of production, which is by definition "authoritarian". AND nationalism. AND his quote directly speaks to suppression of opposition.
So that's three of your points shot down by the very first quote.
This second quote, "Benefit to the community precedes benefit to the individual", is the core belief of both Socialism and Communism. It is blatantly collectivist and therefore inherently authoritarian.
The third quote is just more of the same: "The Third Reich will always retain its right to control the owners of property..."
Again, a central-control, authoritarian idea.
Your protestations are just ludicrous. He was saying exactly those things you claim he was not.
Given the opportunity, users will fuck up anything and everything. There is a reason we don't give users more than the bare minimum of control that they need. It's because we don't want to spend all of our time chasing our tails in circles trying to patch up everything the ruin.
This attitude is the single biggest reason for bad software that always pisses users off.
Good salesmen tell you: you will be successful when you give people what they want. Not what you think they should want.
First, one of the reasons Arizona is hot is because it is dry. There is less moisture to be had from the air than in, say, the Olympic Peninsula.
Solar stills are not very efficient in desert conditions. Their use as a method of even emergency survival in a desert area is discouraged because it takes more energy to build enough stills and time to build them than it is worth. You'll likely die of thirst in the interim.
To get anything like the amount of water for a large community, you would need large facilities and possibly more land area than the community itself.
There have been SIX thorium-fueled reactors in the United States, and all were at least limited successes. The main reason they were not continued is that there was more established technology in the uranium-plutonium fuel-cycle reactors.
Just more of your famous willingness to pontificate on things about which you are not quite up to speed. No surprise. I haven't been around here for a long time, but it didn't take you long at all.
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OP says: "T-Mobile makes no commitments to not throttle content"
Well, duh. It already does.
According to tests, it's preferred streaming service (I don't recall what it is called) throttles ALL media content.
Hint: you can tell by whether using a VPN makes the throttling go away.
Indeed.
The man doesn't seem to get that his new fee scheme didn't fail because of "technical difficulties" at all. All over the internet you can see the real reason: people just plain don't like it. And for good reasons.
No amount of "fix" will change that.
That is very far from the typical "cloud services".
The "security" of many of them is little more than a sad joke.
The problem is that people incorrectly conflate DRM with copyright. For the most part they have nothing to do with each other.
No, the second rule of Bitcoin is actually 1a:
Never leave your Bitcoins in an exchange.
It is worth mentioning, too, that a 4-year period is unrealistic.
Not only do most people keep vehicles longer than that, it is also about the time a regularly-used EV's batteries will need to be replaced.
Convenient, no?
And as soon as I wrote that, yet another ass marked my quite relevant comment as "troll".
Whatever happened to the intelligent and respectful people who used to be on Slashdot?
I remember about the time it all went downhill.
False dichotomy. There are alternatives.
Obviously some of those "alternatives" seem to be living in an alternative universe to our own. But in fact it is arguable that the most morally and ethically upstanding, and honest, politicians of late have been of libertarian bent.
Don't forget Lewandowsky.
I have yet to see a paper with his name on it that deserves the name "science".
There may be some. But if so I haven't seen them.
Also kind of funny how a current graph of Greenland ice mass was marked "troll".
It has been well above the mean for about a year and a half.
It seems to resemble Markov-chain generated text, but even less coherent.
In order for your multiplication scheme to work, the name would have to be worth more than $1.
In fact, the information is normally not that useful without the name. So I'd make the name worth $5 at least.
They kind of picked the wrong time to do this.
Correction: COASTAL Pacific Northwest.
The other side of the Cascades is still the PNW. And a good part of it is semi-arid desert.
This is one of the weirdest ideas I've seen on Slashdot yet, and that's saying something.
Elon Musk may be something of a genius when it comes to turning government subsidies into pocket cash, but this is just plain tinfoil hat territory.
Pretty much this.
Firefox has become more "political" precisely because Google is their single largest monetary contributor.
Considering their rather low penetration today, they should really concentrate on developers and other power users. Apple has seemed conflicted in the same way. Once they became a popular brand again, they (to some degree) abandoned their developer base, which has led to lower sales again.
Still high, but not like they were, as a %.
No.
There is a "web developer" extension already readily available, and if you want more (very...) advanced tools they are already in Firefox Developer Edition.
Chrome doesn't come even close.
Ajit Pai apparently does not understand how the Constitution works.
The fact that broadband is an interstate service gives FCC jurisdiction via the Interstate Commerce Clause.
But there is nothing in the Constitution saying states can't "subvert Federal policy". In fact States do it all the time, as long as the business or service is confined to that state.
We're better off with direct video and no HDMI, and no talk-back about channels or user data.
FCC under Ajit Pai has gone completely off its nut, and people should really be up in arms about this kind of garbage.
None of the quotes used by the gentleman in that video were fascist. None of it supported authoritarianism, dictatorial power, nationalism, forcible suppression of opposition nor control of industry and commerce.
Utter nonsense. The very first quote was about the destruction of capitalism, which theoretically can only be achieved via dictatorial powers (central control by a small group). Read your Marx. Socialism is central control of production, which is by definition "authoritarian". AND nationalism. AND his quote directly speaks to suppression of opposition.
So that's three of your points shot down by the very first quote.
This second quote, "Benefit to the community precedes benefit to the individual", is the core belief of both Socialism and Communism. It is blatantly collectivist and therefore inherently authoritarian.
The third quote is just more of the same: "The Third Reich will always retain its right to control the owners of property..."
Again, a central-control, authoritarian idea.
Your protestations are just ludicrous. He was saying exactly those things you claim he was not.
Given the opportunity, users will fuck up anything and everything. There is a reason we don't give users more than the bare minimum of control that they need. It's because we don't want to spend all of our time chasing our tails in circles trying to patch up everything the ruin.
This attitude is the single biggest reason for bad software that always pisses users off.
Good salesmen tell you: you will be successful when you give people what they want. Not what you think they should want.
If you don't mind a bit of DIY setup, it has been possible to do this for a long time.
I installed plain old KDE linux in a virtual machine in my Android tablet over 2 years ago.
It was a recent, full version, had full access to WiFi and Bluetooth.
Obviously "disk" space is limited to whatever you have on your SD card.
I had both Ruby and Elixir installed and running in a console under KDE. They both worked just fine, as did the native KDE desktop and apps.
Or not-scaping.
The plants used in xeriscaping can save water, but they don't supply any significant amount.
Dust and gravel works too. But I kind of doubt that's what Gates had in mind.
Hahaha. Good luck.
First, one of the reasons Arizona is hot is because it is dry. There is less moisture to be had from the air than in, say, the Olympic Peninsula.
Solar stills are not very efficient in desert conditions. Their use as a method of even emergency survival in a desert area is discouraged because it takes more energy to build enough stills and time to build them than it is worth. You'll likely die of thirst in the interim.
To get anything like the amount of water for a large community, you would need large facilities and possibly more land area than the community itself.
Obviously you don't know how they are constructed.
Another one just came on line again... in the U.S.
There have been SIX thorium-fueled reactors in the United States, and all were at least limited successes. The main reason they were not continued is that there was more established technology in the uranium-plutonium fuel-cycle reactors.
Just more of your famous willingness to pontificate on things about which you are not quite up to speed. No surprise. I haven't been around here for a long time, but it didn't take you long at all.