How the hell is a tablet or other "smart" device with it's nifty camera and bucket o' apps more versatile than a laptop running a full operating system that has the capability of actually installing software packages from hundreds of different vendors and can be customized considerably more from both the software and hardware standpoint?
I think the only thing we're becoming more versatile at doing is accepting the fact that consumers have become idiots when it comes to technology, and even a full-fledged operating system is too complex for them to operate.
Not to mention the fact that consumers apparently love pissing money away replacing their hardware every 2-3 years, which is what the "smart" market dictates. That's really the part that chaps my ass the most. Running hardware for a decade to maximize useful life is practically illegal now. And yet we bitch about filling landfills.
If your job is creating that much stress and physical abuse, then you are in the wrong job or field of work.
Not all abuse is physical. I was also addressing the mental aspect, as even the simplest most repetitive tasks dictate a break. We are human, not robots.
Bottom line is vacation is an aspect of employment that should be rewarded and respected. If employers aren't going to do that, then remove it, not provide some bullshit illusion that it actually exists or you can take advantage of it. And that goes for ALL employees, including executives and managment.
US workers are absolutely terrified of taking time off lest it gets used against them in a review and they get fired and replaced at a moment's notice. How many people really think anyone at Netflix or elsewhere takes advantage of the ludicrous notion of 'unlimited holidays'? But hey, the American dream........
Companies need to respect vacation. Otherwise, what in the FUCK is the point of issuing it out to every employee? Managers need to respect that their human employees need some time away from the high-stress workplace every now and then.
And no, I don't agree with companies having a policy of letting you cash out on unused vacation. That's just an excuse to keep you at your job. You need to take some time off every now and then. We ALL do.
In this particular aspect, the Europeans GET IT. And we Americans have completely lost that concept, to the detriment of our minds, our bodies, and the working society as a whole. FUCK simply dismissing this. American workers need to start demanding that their employers respect the concept of vacation. Taking vacation is not a sign of weakness. It is a sign of sanity and common sense.
Just because you "have" vacation on paper doesn't mean you can actually take vacation.
No. It means you should take vacation, which is a concept that fewer and fewer Americans can grasp or understand.
Some time away from the thing in your life that creates some of the worst stress and physical abuse would probably benefit an individual greatly. It would benefit an entire society greatly if that mentality were to become infectious, and help reset US workplace expectations and respect for what the hard working employees do provide when they are there.
Even if you could not actually afford to "go away" on vacation, just relaxing for a few days can have a considerable benefit.
I guess this phone will look good for a week until I have dropped it on the floor a few times, and the screen has shattered on the edges.
My otterbox have kept my Iphone 5S alive for several years now. How do you keep a phone with wrapped screen from breaking when dropped?
Unless you want to wrap it in enough of a protective case to render this edge-to-edge screen bullshit pointless, the simple answer is you don't.
But look on the bright side. Mega-corps will make billions off nothing more than a financial line that reads "shit happens" by forcing you to replace your expensive hardware prematurely.
This attitude is why we have the government we do. The government requires authority derived from their constitutionally granted powers and passed legislation that complies with the constitution. To allow arbitrary uncompensated requests means the government could burden a company to the point they couldn't compete or they went bankrupt complying. So, the grandson vernment needs to compensate google if they can legitimately request the information. Unfunded mandates are a tool to control and manipulate entities.
Speaking of unfunded mandates, perhaps we should take a closer look at how much Google has paid into their tax burden for the billions they make as a US company. Offshore tax havens and bullshit loopholes created by the uber-rich affect the average taxpayer a hell of a lot more than this, which is nothing more than a mega-corp whining about a burden they can easily afford.
The average user has become an idiot when it comes to buying and operating computers. Of course, we did this by making all tech "idiot-proof", as if a 4-year old were behind every keyboard.
And it worked.
Soon, cars will be sold with optional wheels because consumers are ignorant as to what they can and should be charged extra for. Drivers already don't want a steering wheel. Or an obligation to pay attention.
The reality is that most users have no concept of the concerns or risks discussed in this article. If someone sat down and explained to these users in lay terms, then you would probably get a different response. Most users are simply ignorant. And they most certainly are not reading/.
A different response? What utter bullshit.
Users are told that weak passwords are a very common reason people get hacked and identities get stolen. So what do they do in response? Keep on using the same shitty passwords.
Users demand many products be at zero cost to them, even though they've been told repeatedly the reason they are free. They've been told they ARE the product. Does that stop anyone from being used by these "free" products? Do they stop and take the time to read the EULA? Hell no.
I stand by my original response. Users don't give a shit about privacy or security. Never have. Never will.
This isn't mere "ignorance". This is willful ignorance. And it won't ever change.
The problem isn't Windows. The problem isn't even Microsoft.
The problem is that we don't have strict laws governing the protection of user data...Corporations have too much money and nobody gives a shit about the user.
Uh, not quite.
The root cause of all this is users don't give a shit about privacy.
That is the true problem.
That is the reason Windows and many other products are given away for "free", turning the user into the product.
That is the reason nothing will ever change. Users have to actually give a shit in order to start demanding strict laws to protect them.
You are opted-in to just about everything by default and have to set hundreds of settings to opt out, even on an Enterprise Windows system. Sometimes multiple settings for the same feature. Most Microsoft documentation discourages opting out and warns of a less optimal experience... But you can't completely opt-out. Windows still tracks too much.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't this essentially the definition of "defective by design?...
If you're looking for what's defective, that would be a society that happily gives up their digital soul in exchange for paying nothing for products and services. If you recall, Microsoft initially gave away Windows 10 for free in order to accelerate deployment.
And the free gimmick works every fucking time because consumers are far too ignorant to understand that they no longer buy products for a reason; they are the product.
The popularity of the free price tag also goes to show just how much consumers give a shit about privacy. In other words, they don't.
Just wanted to clarify where the defect truly is, and the level of effort it's gonna take to fix it.
Its not Googles job to do the governments bidding.
Furthermore, Google has no incentive to comply because even if the data shows that they are entirely innocent, such facts wont matter to the SJW's.
If Google wants to continue to do business with the government, then it is their fucking job to comply. That effort is either worth it, or it's not. Don't want to comply? Then step away from all government contracts. Plain and simple.
I can't tell if this is some kind of sick joke, twisted irony, or if they're just pissed that someone might be muscling in on their revenue streams.
The difference is using Facebook or Amazon is voluntary. Try opting out of the government.
At this point opting out of anything the masses have deemed normal behavior will only make you an outlier, which will likely garner you even more scrutiny, from both society and the government.
If a person under 20 tried to survive and thrive today without using any social media, they would be treated as if they had leprosy.
Facebook, who enjoys pimping out the largest human database on the planet, and Amazon, who also holds one of the largest databases of human behavior as well as manufacturing an entire line of voice-enabled-always-listening devices sitting deep in people's homes...
...are the organizations arguing against mass surveillance?
I can't tell if this is some kind of sick joke, twisted irony, or if they're just pissed that someone might be muscling in on their revenue streams.
Yes, I would rather people be campaigning for Universal Basic Employment. That is, a system where everyone would always have access to a job that paid basic living expenses, a job built around each person's particular skill set.
Of course the CEO's of the world would never campaign for THAT, because it might threaten their cheap labor supply (who would then always have an alternative job to go to).
Greed is driving automation to reduce the number of human workers any chance it gets, so you might as well forget that whole pipe dream of a job for everyone.
"Cheap" labor supply in the future won't even involve needing human workers. Some would argue this would allow the human race to go off and do better things. Observe the childish antics that teenage narcissists exhibit on social media. I don't pretend for a second that mentality would ever change or mature if the need to "grow up" starts evaporating. This also starts to question why we would even need to educate a human beyond a basic education. Not much point of higher education if there are no jobs to go off and do.
The ultimate answer will likely be UBI. The real problem though is the rich will likely be the ones funding it, and they will use every manipulative tactic of control they maintain to pay as little as possible (you know, kind of like they do with every other tax), turning UBI into nothing more than Welfare 2.0 for the masses.
I feel like you may not grasp how empty and vast space, even at the low altitude of satellites, is, and how comparably small satellites are.
I feel you may not grasp mans ability to trash any place it inhabits, no matter how "vast".
I also feel you do not grasp the impact of our satellite network being inadvertently destroyed. Ironically, those in the stone age were more prepared for survival.
More half measures. Fix this problem, fix that problem, when what we really need is a sensible, universal, single payer system. American healthcare is increasingly looking like a tower of quick fixes and temporary patches, which of course are ineffectual, because we won't start the root problem in the face. We need a healthcare system, not a medical industry.
Half measures are likely the only viable course of action at this point, because we don't stand a chance in hell in dismantling the trillion-dollar Medical Industrial Complex.
Greed N. Corruption has become far too powerful. Not saying it's right, just stating fact.
We humans haven't exactly done a good job at keeping Earth tidy, neat, and organized.
Actually, we seem to follow a pattern of letting shit get out of hand and then correcting. Western Europe and the US have improved their environments significantly over the last 50 years. China is just beginning to figure this out as well.
Uh, letting shit "get out of hand" in orbit would likely result in the modern world being thrown back into the proverbial stone age. Gonna be hard to "correct" it all after satellites play ping pong and destroy each other, and we've created an artificial ring of space junk around our planet.
GPS is used as the key timing source for high-speed communications. Hell, forget comm links, the younger generation doesn't even know what a paper map is in order to navigate on this planet, and they couldn't survive without the internet/social media.
If you could deliver a tonne and a half of payload into orbit for a few million dollars, you'd attract quite a lot of non-bombing customers.
And making that cheaper is somehow a good thing? Exactly how many tonnes of shit do we expect to be able to put up in orbit before the inevitable happens?
We humans haven't exactly done a good job at keeping Earth tidy, neat, and organized. Turning our orbit at any level into a giant clusterfuck of garbage flying around at high speed isn't exactly the wisest plan if we would like to continue to navigate through it safely with spacecraft.
Speaking of statistics, there's damn near a 100% chance you will not treat yourself properly with no medical training or equipment.
If a situation dictates you need to see a doctor, then anyone in their right mind would likely accept the risk.
If you're healthy, then the overall risk is fairly low, because you may only see a doctor once or twice a year. If you really were worried about death, stop getting into moving vehicles. Shit you do every day is far more likely to harm you.
It is a 100% chance that your life will end in death at this point so why bother going to a doctor anyway? None of them have a cure for the 100% fatal disease called life.
Chances are we do not want to solve for the disease of life. Not only would our fragile planet not be able to handle it, but it would tend to destroy the concept of humanity. Social media has done enough to bolster global narcissism. I can't imagine the God complex that would ultimately be created with immortality.
and you can only make 700 million with all that adverting and spin and such is AWFUL
lets say avg ticket of 10 bucks
70 million...is about 2.3 % of all the people on the net
and about.93% of the world saw your movie
Your statistics mean jack shit until you compare and contrast it against the average movie, as well as another Marvel-based movie (hint: the rest of the planet are likely not Marvel comic book fans). At the end of the day, the creators of movies only really care about one thing; PROFIT. If the movie only cost $100 million to make, then I'd say they accomplished their goal.
...and im going to say that most of the cash is form 20 dollar pop n popcorn alongside the 10 dollar ticket
the reason a lot of theatres are going out of business is the very fact of the above....30-40 bucks per person to see a movie.....no thanks
On opening weekend, I can go Saturday morning before noon and catch a first-run movie for about eight bucks. If I want a snack, I'll hit the grocery store on the way to the theater and buy something for less than two bucks. It's not hard to avoid getting financially raped, and those prices haven't really changed in years. And with revenue still being measured in hundreds of millions, it sure as shit doesn't seem like popcorn makers or movie theaters are going out of business. Clearly people don't mind paying obscene prices for the experience.
I'm sorry, I just don't believe that medical error is the third greatest cause of death.That's just stupid. Nobody in his right mind would ever go to a doctor if the odds were that high. Does anybody ever question the stats people toss around these days?
Speaking of statistics, there's damn near a 100% chance you will not treat yourself properly with no medical training or equipment.
If a situation dictates you need to see a doctor, then anyone in their right mind would likely accept the risk.
If you're healthy, then the overall risk is fairly low, because you may only see a doctor once or twice a year. If you really were worried about death, stop getting into moving vehicles. Shit you do every day is far more likely to harm you.
Right, it's called investment. A solar panel lasts for 30+ years. A lump of coal lasts about 5 minutes.
Speaking of investment, automation solutions can last 30+ years, and run 24 hours a day.
A human employee needs sleep, wants benefits, gets sick, demands days off, or could last about 5 minutes after injuring themselves the first day on the job, and be disabled for life.
With this new renewables thing we seem to be reversing the normal order of things. Where we normally try to be as efficient as possible and use as few people as possible, with renewables it seems to be a good thing to employ as many people as we can.
It's a wonderful new world.
I wouldn't count on this to last. Right now we're seeing a surge in employment as we build infrastructure and establish renewable markets. Once that's in place, Greed will step in and ensure that automation is maximized to require as few humans as possible to manage it all.
Sure, renewable R&D will continue to maintain jobs, but that sure as hell won't amount to millions of people.
I'm also expecting Greed to drive the Oil/Gas/Coal Industrial Complex to put a dog in this fight for profits, and start putting real political pressure on the renewable market. Political pressure can do a lot. You know, like make a standing President start preaching about how good coal is.
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How the hell is a tablet or other "smart" device with it's nifty camera and bucket o' apps more versatile than a laptop running a full operating system that has the capability of actually installing software packages from hundreds of different vendors and can be customized considerably more from both the software and hardware standpoint?
I think the only thing we're becoming more versatile at doing is accepting the fact that consumers have become idiots when it comes to technology, and even a full-fledged operating system is too complex for them to operate.
Not to mention the fact that consumers apparently love pissing money away replacing their hardware every 2-3 years, which is what the "smart" market dictates. That's really the part that chaps my ass the most. Running hardware for a decade to maximize useful life is practically illegal now. And yet we bitch about filling landfills.
If your job is creating that much stress and physical abuse, then you are in the wrong job or field of work.
Not all abuse is physical. I was also addressing the mental aspect, as even the simplest most repetitive tasks dictate a break. We are human, not robots.
Bottom line is vacation is an aspect of employment that should be rewarded and respected. If employers aren't going to do that, then remove it, not provide some bullshit illusion that it actually exists or you can take advantage of it. And that goes for ALL employees, including executives and managment.
US workers are absolutely terrified of taking time off lest it gets used against them in a review and they get fired and replaced at a moment's notice. How many people really think anyone at Netflix or elsewhere takes advantage of the ludicrous notion of 'unlimited holidays'? But hey, the American dream........
Companies need to respect vacation. Otherwise, what in the FUCK is the point of issuing it out to every employee? Managers need to respect that their human employees need some time away from the high-stress workplace every now and then.
And no, I don't agree with companies having a policy of letting you cash out on unused vacation. That's just an excuse to keep you at your job. You need to take some time off every now and then. We ALL do.
In this particular aspect, the Europeans GET IT. And we Americans have completely lost that concept, to the detriment of our minds, our bodies, and the working society as a whole. FUCK simply dismissing this. American workers need to start demanding that their employers respect the concept of vacation. Taking vacation is not a sign of weakness. It is a sign of sanity and common sense.
Just because you "have" vacation on paper doesn't mean you can actually take vacation.
No. It means you should take vacation, which is a concept that fewer and fewer Americans can grasp or understand.
Some time away from the thing in your life that creates some of the worst stress and physical abuse would probably benefit an individual greatly. It would benefit an entire society greatly if that mentality were to become infectious, and help reset US workplace expectations and respect for what the hard working employees do provide when they are there.
Even if you could not actually afford to "go away" on vacation, just relaxing for a few days can have a considerable benefit.
I guess this phone will look good for a week until I have dropped it on the floor a few times, and the screen has shattered on the edges. My otterbox have kept my Iphone 5S alive for several years now. How do you keep a phone with wrapped screen from breaking when dropped?
Unless you want to wrap it in enough of a protective case to render this edge-to-edge screen bullshit pointless, the simple answer is you don't.
But look on the bright side. Mega-corps will make billions off nothing more than a financial line that reads "shit happens" by forcing you to replace your expensive hardware prematurely.
This attitude is why we have the government we do. The government requires authority derived from their constitutionally granted powers and passed legislation that complies with the constitution. To allow arbitrary uncompensated requests means the government could burden a company to the point they couldn't compete or they went bankrupt complying. So, the grandson vernment needs to compensate google if they can legitimately request the information. Unfunded mandates are a tool to control and manipulate entities.
Speaking of unfunded mandates, perhaps we should take a closer look at how much Google has paid into their tax burden for the billions they make as a US company. Offshore tax havens and bullshit loopholes created by the uber-rich affect the average taxpayer a hell of a lot more than this, which is nothing more than a mega-corp whining about a burden they can easily afford.
The average user has become an idiot when it comes to buying and operating computers. Of course, we did this by making all tech "idiot-proof", as if a 4-year old were behind every keyboard.
And it worked.
Soon, cars will be sold with optional wheels because consumers are ignorant as to what they can and should be charged extra for. Drivers already don't want a steering wheel. Or an obligation to pay attention.
The reality is that most users have no concept of the concerns or risks discussed in this article. If someone sat down and explained to these users in lay terms, then you would probably get a different response. Most users are simply ignorant. And they most certainly are not reading /.
A different response? What utter bullshit.
Users are told that weak passwords are a very common reason people get hacked and identities get stolen. So what do they do in response? Keep on using the same shitty passwords.
Users demand many products be at zero cost to them, even though they've been told repeatedly the reason they are free. They've been told they ARE the product. Does that stop anyone from being used by these "free" products? Do they stop and take the time to read the EULA? Hell no.
I stand by my original response. Users don't give a shit about privacy or security. Never have. Never will.
This isn't mere "ignorance". This is willful ignorance. And it won't ever change.
The problem isn't Windows. The problem isn't even Microsoft.
The problem is that we don't have strict laws governing the protection of user data...Corporations have too much money and nobody gives a shit about the user.
Uh, not quite.
The root cause of all this is users don't give a shit about privacy.
That is the true problem.
That is the reason Windows and many other products are given away for "free", turning the user into the product.
That is the reason nothing will ever change. Users have to actually give a shit in order to start demanding strict laws to protect them.
You are opted-in to just about everything by default and have to set hundreds of settings to opt out, even on an Enterprise Windows system. Sometimes multiple settings for the same feature. Most Microsoft documentation discourages opting out and warns of a less optimal experience... But you can't completely opt-out. Windows still tracks too much.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't this essentially the definition of "defective by design?...
If you're looking for what's defective, that would be a society that happily gives up their digital soul in exchange for paying nothing for products and services. If you recall, Microsoft initially gave away Windows 10 for free in order to accelerate deployment.
And the free gimmick works every fucking time because consumers are far too ignorant to understand that they no longer buy products for a reason; they are the product.
The popularity of the free price tag also goes to show just how much consumers give a shit about privacy. In other words, they don't.
Just wanted to clarify where the defect truly is, and the level of effort it's gonna take to fix it.
Its not Googles job to do the governments bidding. Furthermore, Google has no incentive to comply because even if the data shows that they are entirely innocent, such facts wont matter to the SJW's.
If Google wants to continue to do business with the government, then it is their fucking job to comply. That effort is either worth it, or it's not. Don't want to comply? Then step away from all government contracts. Plain and simple.
I can't tell if this is some kind of sick joke, twisted irony, or if they're just pissed that someone might be muscling in on their revenue streams.
The difference is using Facebook or Amazon is voluntary. Try opting out of the government.
At this point opting out of anything the masses have deemed normal behavior will only make you an outlier, which will likely garner you even more scrutiny, from both society and the government.
If a person under 20 tried to survive and thrive today without using any social media, they would be treated as if they had leprosy.
I can practically hear the NASA commentators already...
(Harry) "Well folks, we've made it!! After 390 billion dollars and months of waiting, we're finally here to obser..."
(the Sun) FWOOOOOOOSH!
(Harry) "Fuck me sidways, that was the most expensive solar flare in history. What say you, Dick?"
(Dick) "Yup. Reminds of that one night in Vegas when I was banging a hooker on the high-stakes blackjack table. Fun while it lasted."
So, let me get this straight.
Facebook, who enjoys pimping out the largest human database on the planet, and Amazon, who also holds one of the largest databases of human behavior as well as manufacturing an entire line of voice-enabled-always-listening devices sitting deep in people's homes...
...are the organizations arguing against mass surveillance?
I can't tell if this is some kind of sick joke, twisted irony, or if they're just pissed that someone might be muscling in on their revenue streams.
Yes, I would rather people be campaigning for Universal Basic Employment. That is, a system where everyone would always have access to a job that paid basic living expenses, a job built around each person's particular skill set.
Of course the CEO's of the world would never campaign for THAT, because it might threaten their cheap labor supply (who would then always have an alternative job to go to).
Greed is driving automation to reduce the number of human workers any chance it gets, so you might as well forget that whole pipe dream of a job for everyone.
"Cheap" labor supply in the future won't even involve needing human workers. Some would argue this would allow the human race to go off and do better things. Observe the childish antics that teenage narcissists exhibit on social media. I don't pretend for a second that mentality would ever change or mature if the need to "grow up" starts evaporating. This also starts to question why we would even need to educate a human beyond a basic education. Not much point of higher education if there are no jobs to go off and do.
The ultimate answer will likely be UBI. The real problem though is the rich will likely be the ones funding it, and they will use every manipulative tactic of control they maintain to pay as little as possible (you know, kind of like they do with every other tax), turning UBI into nothing more than Welfare 2.0 for the masses.
Forget basic income. Forget basic employment.
Solve for Greed first.
I feel like you may not grasp how empty and vast space, even at the low altitude of satellites, is, and how comparably small satellites are.
I feel you may not grasp mans ability to trash any place it inhabits, no matter how "vast".
I also feel you do not grasp the impact of our satellite network being inadvertently destroyed. Ironically, those in the stone age were more prepared for survival.
More half measures. Fix this problem, fix that problem, when what we really need is a sensible, universal, single payer system. American healthcare is increasingly looking like a tower of quick fixes and temporary patches, which of course are ineffectual, because we won't start the root problem in the face. We need a healthcare system, not a medical industry.
Half measures are likely the only viable course of action at this point, because we don't stand a chance in hell in dismantling the trillion-dollar Medical Industrial Complex.
Greed N. Corruption has become far too powerful. Not saying it's right, just stating fact.
And making that cheaper is somehow a good thing?
Yes.
We humans haven't exactly done a good job at keeping Earth tidy, neat, and organized.
Actually, we seem to follow a pattern of letting shit get out of hand and then correcting. Western Europe and the US have improved their environments significantly over the last 50 years. China is just beginning to figure this out as well.
Uh, letting shit "get out of hand" in orbit would likely result in the modern world being thrown back into the proverbial stone age. Gonna be hard to "correct" it all after satellites play ping pong and destroy each other, and we've created an artificial ring of space junk around our planet.
GPS is used as the key timing source for high-speed communications. Hell, forget comm links, the younger generation doesn't even know what a paper map is in order to navigate on this planet, and they couldn't survive without the internet/social media.
If you could deliver a tonne and a half of payload into orbit for a few million dollars, you'd attract quite a lot of non-bombing customers.
And making that cheaper is somehow a good thing? Exactly how many tonnes of shit do we expect to be able to put up in orbit before the inevitable happens?
We humans haven't exactly done a good job at keeping Earth tidy, neat, and organized. Turning our orbit at any level into a giant clusterfuck of garbage flying around at high speed isn't exactly the wisest plan if we would like to continue to navigate through it safely with spacecraft.
Speaking of statistics, there's damn near a 100% chance you will not treat yourself properly with no medical training or equipment.
If a situation dictates you need to see a doctor, then anyone in their right mind would likely accept the risk.
If you're healthy, then the overall risk is fairly low, because you may only see a doctor once or twice a year. If you really were worried about death, stop getting into moving vehicles. Shit you do every day is far more likely to harm you.
It is a 100% chance that your life will end in death at this point so why bother going to a doctor anyway? None of them have a cure for the 100% fatal disease called life.
Chances are we do not want to solve for the disease of life. Not only would our fragile planet not be able to handle it, but it would tend to destroy the concept of humanity. Social media has done enough to bolster global narcissism. I can't imagine the God complex that would ultimately be created with immortality.
"...that would hurt the national pride of a state which holds Go close to its heart."
Perhaps we should remind the country that we're talking about a game here.
Hell, Kasparov lost to Deep Blue 20 years ago. The concept of a world champion being defeated by a computer playing a game ain't exactly new.
3 billion people on the net
and you can only make 700 million with all that adverting and spin and such is AWFUL
lets say avg ticket of 10 bucks 70 million ...is about 2.3 % of all the people on the net
and about .93% of the world saw your movie
Your statistics mean jack shit until you compare and contrast it against the average movie, as well as another Marvel-based movie (hint: the rest of the planet are likely not Marvel comic book fans). At the end of the day, the creators of movies only really care about one thing; PROFIT. If the movie only cost $100 million to make, then I'd say they accomplished their goal.
...and im going to say that most of the cash is form 20 dollar pop n popcorn alongside the 10 dollar ticket
the reason a lot of theatres are going out of business is the very fact of the above....30-40 bucks per person to see a movie .....no thanks
On opening weekend, I can go Saturday morning before noon and catch a first-run movie for about eight bucks. If I want a snack, I'll hit the grocery store on the way to the theater and buy something for less than two bucks. It's not hard to avoid getting financially raped, and those prices haven't really changed in years. And with revenue still being measured in hundreds of millions, it sure as shit doesn't seem like popcorn makers or movie theaters are going out of business. Clearly people don't mind paying obscene prices for the experience.
I'm sorry, I just don't believe that medical error is the third greatest cause of death.That's just stupid. Nobody in his right mind would ever go to a doctor if the odds were that high. Does anybody ever question the stats people toss around these days?
Speaking of statistics, there's damn near a 100% chance you will not treat yourself properly with no medical training or equipment.
If a situation dictates you need to see a doctor, then anyone in their right mind would likely accept the risk.
If you're healthy, then the overall risk is fairly low, because you may only see a doctor once or twice a year. If you really were worried about death, stop getting into moving vehicles. Shit you do every day is far more likely to harm you.
Right, it's called investment. A solar panel lasts for 30+ years. A lump of coal lasts about 5 minutes.
Speaking of investment, automation solutions can last 30+ years, and run 24 hours a day.
A human employee needs sleep, wants benefits, gets sick, demands days off, or could last about 5 minutes after injuring themselves the first day on the job, and be disabled for life.
This surge in human employment may not last long.
With this new renewables thing we seem to be reversing the normal order of things. Where we normally try to be as efficient as possible and use as few people as possible, with renewables it seems to be a good thing to employ as many people as we can.
It's a wonderful new world.
I wouldn't count on this to last. Right now we're seeing a surge in employment as we build infrastructure and establish renewable markets. Once that's in place, Greed will step in and ensure that automation is maximized to require as few humans as possible to manage it all.
Sure, renewable R&D will continue to maintain jobs, but that sure as hell won't amount to millions of people.
I'm also expecting Greed to drive the Oil/Gas/Coal Industrial Complex to put a dog in this fight for profits, and start putting real political pressure on the renewable market. Political pressure can do a lot. You know, like make a standing President start preaching about how good coal is.