50% of my taxes go to healthcare and service is so-so... hospital may be free but someone has to pay the exorbitant millionaires doctors we have here
50% of my taxes go to the military, but I suppose it's pretty effective at blowing up any given location. We have millionaire doctors.too, our bills are just highly variable.
Well, the amount the government pays to subsidize either of them is the same (exactly the same, not approximately.) So why not let them choose which to use.
Your contention is (a) all communication with a potential employer is applicant driven, (b) there's never time sensitive response and/or libraries are open 24/7, (c) there is a public library a reasonable distance from every American, (d) there are in fact sufficient computers to meet demand at every library, and (e) somehow maintaining a building for said purpose, with hardware and connection, is cheaper than simply forcing companies to not make much/any money off some connections?
Your point about education in practice not being uniform is well-taken. Ironically, you then brought up water. Sadly, Flint is less of an aberration than we would hope. More than 17 million Americans have unsafe lead in the water.
Seriously. I grew up on welfare, in Appalachia, and dropped out of high school. If I can succeed, anybody who sobers up can
And were born in the... 60's? Maybe a bit earlier. Fact is, social mobility has gone down over time.
. Do you really need an extra bedroom, cell phone, broadband and soda pop?
no, yes, yes, no
I think it's obvious that soda is a luxury, that a phone is required for 911/social connections/job hunting and that broadband is required for online education/social connections/job hunting.
One thing that got lost in all the wailing and moaning is that protecting privacy is the purview of the FTC, not the FCC
The FTC used to do this to the ISPs and still does this concerning acceptable web-tracking on the site side. Once ISPs were classified as common carriers, they moved under the FCC's juristictions. Hence, there was a need for a new regulation to govern ISPs.
Leaving aside McCulloch v. Maryland, and the other cases about the ability of the government to regulate trusts and interstate commercial entities in general, I would say that "broadband pipe" could easily fit within the definition of a "postal road".
you know, no matter how much we try to change it, the fact is that poor people get less stuff.
For some things, sure. Poor people definitely get fewer Ferraris and lobsters. But poor people definitely get the same public education. I don't see why broadband would not fall into the second category. Especially since broadband can mean edx and youtube based educational videos instead of porn.
I sent out a program with a 1 paragraph install set of instructions, and the lead tester didn't read it. Messed up all the installations for that round of testing.
In the consumer space, this reminds me of businesses like Dollar Shave Club or similar. If you buy fancy razors and razor blades from Gillette or Schick or whatever, you'll pay insane prices even in bulk for an extremely basic consumer good.
For what it's worth, the Gillette Shave Club offers a cheaper product than the Dollar Shave Club, trying to undercut them (until they sue them out of business). Same subscription service though.
t also wouldn't surprise me if the markup on golf balls was stratospheric
I'm sure it is. If my business if selling overpriced things to people willing to pay a 3x increase for a 2% improvement, I'm going to rigorously defend my legal rights over that 2% improvement. What's more, I don't know why that's controversial. I'd also be willing to spend a lot to generate that 2% increase.
Duck debuigging is about clearly articulating your thought process, causing you to clarify it and realize where you went wrong. Brainstorming is about creative idea generation. They are very dissimilar tasks.
It is NOT the purpose of a cert to say that phishme.com is or is not a safe place to go. The onus of that remains upon you
I get that, but browser makers use iconography that suggests that it is a safe place to go. It's not the average user's fault that the giant green lock makes them think "safe" not "no MITM attack".
We could treat Uber like a real job, where they have to pay $X / hour and depreciation on the car, etc. We could insist that someone who was going to Uber fulltime get things like matching social security, predictable shifts, and so on. We could require that Uber follow the labor laws of the countries they operate in.
People who own a car, are not desperate. People who possess a car can certainly be. Possessing a car is not a sign of non-desperation anymore. They will finance anyone, with no money down. You'll maintain negative equity for 5-odd-years, and likely have it repo'd before that 5-year period is up (in which case, no problem, they'll sell it to the next guy). But car loans are the new subprime mortgage.
Plus, Uber and Lyft will finance your car for you! Heck, your payment on your Lyft car depends on the hours you work.
then close off another rung on the upward-mobility ladder
Are you saying Uber, et al are rungs on the ladder? Because they're not. Real rungs on the ladder are things like "education" and "not going into debt forever cause you got sick at 19"
Or, more precisely, that auto plant worker was really working his way up a ladder. But Uber et al explicitly do not allow for advancement.
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Not to eat though; they resell if for 50% the retail price so they have cash for drugs/whatever.
Hey, a snopes.com article.
50% of my taxes go to the military, but I suppose it's pretty effective at blowing up any given location. We have millionaire doctors.too, our bills are just highly variable.
Play with your equalizer settings and distribution between satellite speakers and center speaker.
Well, the amount the government pays to subsidize either of them is the same (exactly the same, not approximately.) So why not let them choose which to use.
Is there really no solution in place for people hard of hearing? Cause that seems important.
Have you looked around lately? "No one under 18 after X pm" theaters seem to be springing up all over. Or "no one under 21" if they sell booze.
Your contention is (a) all communication with a potential employer is applicant driven, (b) there's never time sensitive response and/or libraries are open 24/7, (c) there is a public library a reasonable distance from every American, (d) there are in fact sufficient computers to meet demand at every library, and (e) somehow maintaining a building for said purpose, with hardware and connection, is cheaper than simply forcing companies to not make much/any money off some connections?
I'd question each of those assumptions in turn.
Your point about education in practice not being uniform is well-taken. Ironically, you then brought up water. Sadly, Flint is less of an aberration than we would hope. More than 17 million Americans have unsafe lead in the water.
And were born in the... 60's? Maybe a bit earlier. Fact is, social mobility has gone down over time.
no, yes, yes, no
I think it's obvious that soda is a luxury, that a phone is required for 911/social connections/job hunting and that broadband is required for online education/social connections/job hunting.
The FTC used to do this to the ISPs and still does this concerning acceptable web-tracking on the site side. Once ISPs were classified as common carriers, they moved under the FCC's juristictions. Hence, there was a need for a new regulation to govern ISPs.
Leaving aside McCulloch v. Maryland, and the other cases about the ability of the government to regulate trusts and interstate commercial entities in general, I would say that "broadband pipe" could easily fit within the definition of a "postal road".
For some things, sure. Poor people definitely get fewer Ferraris and lobsters. But poor people definitely get the same public education. I don't see why broadband would not fall into the second category. Especially since broadband can mean edx and youtube based educational videos instead of porn.
True. Remember Facebook's chat started as an open XMPP system
I sent out a program with a 1 paragraph install set of instructions, and the lead tester didn't read it. Messed up all the installations for that round of testing.
We weren't up to testing the installer yet.
For what it's worth, the Gillette Shave Club offers a cheaper product than the Dollar Shave Club, trying to undercut them (until they sue them out of business). Same subscription service though.
I'm sure it is. If my business if selling overpriced things to people willing to pay a 3x increase for a 2% improvement, I'm going to rigorously defend my legal rights over that 2% improvement. What's more, I don't know why that's controversial. I'd also be willing to spend a lot to generate that 2% increase.
Duck debuigging is about clearly articulating your thought process, causing you to clarify it and realize where you went wrong. Brainstorming is about creative idea generation. They are very dissimilar tasks.
I get that, but browser makers use iconography that suggests that it is a safe place to go. It's not the average user's fault that the giant green lock makes them think "safe" not "no MITM attack".
Sucker! I got phony medicine, lead in the water, and shorter DMV lines!
Well, don't use a smart-tv. Buy a Roku or Raspberry Pi for all of $35 (either). Or don't buy either, and pay that in eyeball time.
We could treat Uber like a real job, where they have to pay $X / hour and depreciation on the car, etc. We could insist that someone who was going to Uber fulltime get things like matching social security, predictable shifts, and so on. We could require that Uber follow the labor laws of the countries they operate in.
Forgive my interpretation, but if 80% of the people are doing it fulltime, then it's a fulltime job. With some dabblers.
People who own a car, are not desperate. People who possess a car can certainly be. Possessing a car is not a sign of non-desperation anymore. They will finance anyone, with no money down. You'll maintain negative equity for 5-odd-years, and likely have it repo'd before that 5-year period is up (in which case, no problem, they'll sell it to the next guy). But car loans are the new subprime mortgage.
Plus, Uber and Lyft will finance your car for you! Heck, your payment on your Lyft car depends on the hours you work.
Are you saying Uber, et al are rungs on the ladder? Because they're not. Real rungs on the ladder are things like "education" and "not going into debt forever cause you got sick at 19"
Or, more precisely, that auto plant worker was really working his way up a ladder. But Uber et al explicitly do not allow for advancement.
It wasn't a phishing scam. That's just clickbait. It was fraud, complete with dummy contracts and other fraudulent documents.