not having insurance (they documented that every driver is covered by a $1M policy while driving for Uber)
It's worth pointing out they have a $1M policy when a passenger is in the car. While they are driving to pick up a passenger, they are probably not covered by their personal (non-corporate) insurance and they are not covered by Uber's policies.
Where can you not use US currency? I mean, you may get hosed on the exchange rate, and you may have to find the couple of people in town who can accept it, but given a good amount of US cash (robbery concerns aside), you should be fine anywhere I can think of.
Assuming all poor people keep their jobs. Of course, the sticky wage theory also says that people will lose their jobs to bring the total wages down. So some poor people are super screwed, and others are just equally screwed (cause most of their money is going to rent, long term contracts like leases and debt. All of those are also sticky.
"I will wait with buying food, because next year it is cheaper."
"I will wait with paying my mortgage, because next year it is cheaper."
"I will wait with buying a car, because next year it is cheaper."
"I will wait paying for a holiday, because next year it is cheaper."
With the exception of food, all those make sense if your currency is deflating as fast as bitcoin is (although it makes sense to sell your bitcoin if you're using it as an investment). Don't pay your mortgage, lose your 20% equity in your house as they spend months foreclosing, and then use your one deflated mortgage payment to buy it in cash at the auction. Take Lyft/Uber for a few months (totaling one car payment) and buy the car in cash after 3 months for what the down payment would be. Take one holiday this year, or wait a year and use those same funds to take a year off next year, or wait one more year and retire? I'll go without holidays for two years.
Deflation must therefore be the opposite: a wealth transfer from the rich to the poor.
Poor people owe money. They owe more money if suddenly a dollar is worth more (both they have to give up more stuff and will make less money per hour worked). Rich people have cash. Deflation is good for them (But they also have stock, so inflation is good for them. Rich people are going to be fine both ways).
If I had invested in (say) a couple thousand bitcoin when I first heard about it... I would now be a very rich man. That's the power of deflation at work.
That's more "bitcoin as an investment" than "bitcoin as a currency" That is, more speculative bubble than deflation.
Except of course if you have no USD in the US, you cannot own real estate (Give us USD each year or it is taken away), drive a car (Give us USD each year or no license plate), or get a passport.
Other countries also insist on being paid in your local currency.
I'd rather a nonprofit, regulated duopoly (or even monopoly), thanks. There's no reason I can see why that should be inferior to competition. Just increase the required speeds that they have to perform from time to time.
Eh, with version control, you won't go negative in productivity. Your breadcrumbs will help the next day. Now, it's probably not worth the loss of free time and mental strain*, but at least you won't move backwards.
* Or it can be. I have no idea what your compensation structure looks like.
People may protest, but it ain't gonna happen (note that the banners are still hanging up). The government cannot even stop the KKK from adopting part of the Rosa Parks Hwy and then adding "Brought to you by the KKK" signage.
The US just has very good first amendment protections. The courts are very aggressive.
I'd much rather have the government, with restrictions from checks and balancing and the bill of rights, than a company that just does whatever is most profitable. And is far more likely to give in to public opinion than the government is.
. The government can already regulate speech on it so it's not like we're losing anything,
More importantly, if the government censors the Internet, people get up in arms. If Comcast does it, half those people will say "they can do whatever, nah-nah, private corporation"
How did you connect to the Kinect One without a PC or XBox (I thought it was very USB dependent)? Any specific hardware you can recommend? I would like to get a kinect hooked up to a project I'm working on. Mostly want to get the depth/color/IR imagery, don't need (although would like) all the post-processing (skeleton, etc.)
It's actually a USB standard plug. It's just supremely obscure (USB C made it obsolete), and I cannot find anyone else using it. But the USB standard committee put it forward.
I'd imagine there are two factors. The first is good old exageration on the EV manufactruer's part. The second is that because they are working at a significantly different scale, the batteries last longer. IIRC, there's a specific part of the battery that corrodes/wears out, not the chemistry of the battery. An EV manufacturer could afford to stick several redundant parts in and activate them as needed, keeping the original charge. It would add too much to the mass of the phone, however.
Apple takes steps to ensure my privacy
(even from them.) Safari is pretty good out of the box, there's a single checkbox for "don't send stuff to Apple" in the settings, and they let me give apps whatever permissions I want, not whatever they ask for when they install. Android would require learning a new distro, installing it, finding an alternative to GApps (which is supposed to be fairly hard.) All in all, an Android phone is a project. Which would be fine, except I use my phone as a way to get things done.
I think of an Android device like I do a FreeBSD one. On paper, the openness is awesome, and as a second device I may fuck up, fine. But not as my primary.
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It's worth pointing out they have a $1M policy when a passenger is in the car. While they are driving to pick up a passenger, they are probably not covered by their personal (non-corporate) insurance and they are not covered by Uber's policies.
Your tax bill rises every year with inflation.
Where can you not use US currency? I mean, you may get hosed on the exchange rate, and you may have to find the couple of people in town who can accept it, but given a good amount of US cash (robbery concerns aside), you should be fine anywhere I can think of.
Assuming all poor people keep their jobs. Of course, the sticky wage theory also says that people will lose their jobs to bring the total wages down. So some poor people are super screwed, and others are just equally screwed (cause most of their money is going to rent, long term contracts like leases and debt. All of those are also sticky.
They won't
With the exception of food, all those make sense if your currency is deflating as fast as bitcoin is (although it makes sense to sell your bitcoin if you're using it as an investment). Don't pay your mortgage, lose your 20% equity in your house as they spend months foreclosing, and then use your one deflated mortgage payment to buy it in cash at the auction. Take Lyft/Uber for a few months (totaling one car payment) and buy the car in cash after 3 months for what the down payment would be. Take one holiday this year, or wait a year and use those same funds to take a year off next year, or wait one more year and retire? I'll go without holidays for two years.
Poor people owe money. They owe more money if suddenly a dollar is worth more (both they have to give up more stuff and will make less money per hour worked). Rich people have cash. Deflation is good for them (But they also have stock, so inflation is good for them. Rich people are going to be fine both ways).
That's more "bitcoin as an investment" than "bitcoin as a currency" That is, more speculative bubble than deflation.
Except of course if you have no USD in the US, you cannot own real estate (Give us USD each year or it is taken away), drive a car (Give us USD each year or no license plate), or get a passport.
Other countries also insist on being paid in your local currency.
Well, compiled down to WebAssembly, but yes.
What does your page look like with JavaScript off?
I'd rather a nonprofit, regulated duopoly (or even monopoly), thanks. There's no reason I can see why that should be inferior to competition. Just increase the required speeds that they have to perform from time to time.
Really? Cause I doubt anyone on /. is conversant with every aspect of the EULAs they use. Hell, have you even read the /. terms of use?
Or maybe they are actually among the powerless in the world and need our help?
Eh, with version control, you won't go negative in productivity. Your breadcrumbs will help the next day. Now, it's probably not worth the loss of free time and mental strain*, but at least you won't move backwards.
* Or it can be. I have no idea what your compensation structure looks like.
And yet, facebook has an impact on you. If nothing else, it helps determine who runs the country.
According to the best information I have:
June 1st, 2017 (Google's Disclosure)
Unknown
October 30th, 2017. (Business Insider)
People may protest, but it ain't gonna happen (note that the banners are still hanging up). The government cannot even stop the KKK from adopting part of the Rosa Parks Hwy and then adding "Brought to you by the KKK" signage.
The US just has very good first amendment protections. The courts are very aggressive.
I'd much rather have the government, with restrictions from checks and balancing and the bill of rights, than a company that just does whatever is most profitable. And is far more likely to give in to public opinion than the government is.
More importantly, if the government censors the Internet, people get up in arms. If Comcast does it, half those people will say "they can do whatever, nah-nah, private corporation"
I don't think this is much of an invasion of privacy. Roomba already builds (and sells the data from) maps of people's houses.
How did you connect to the Kinect One without a PC or XBox (I thought it was very USB dependent)? Any specific hardware you can recommend? I would like to get a kinect hooked up to a project I'm working on. Mostly want to get the depth/color/IR imagery, don't need (although would like) all the post-processing (skeleton, etc.)
How about not excusing puffery. It doesn't make the world any better.
Do you have a link on the adapters for the XBox One Kinect? I couldn't find any.
Good luck. I tried to buy an adapter last month. Everywhere was sold out (including the MS store).
Although, if you find a bunch, please please let me know.
It's actually a USB standard plug. It's just supremely obscure (USB C made it obsolete), and I cannot find anyone else using it. But the USB standard committee put it forward.
I'd imagine there are two factors. The first is good old exageration on the EV manufactruer's part. The second is that because they are working at a significantly different scale, the batteries last longer. IIRC, there's a specific part of the battery that corrodes/wears out, not the chemistry of the battery. An EV manufacturer could afford to stick several redundant parts in and activate them as needed, keeping the original charge. It would add too much to the mass of the phone, however.
Apple takes steps to ensure my privacy (even from them.) Safari is pretty good out of the box, there's a single checkbox for "don't send stuff to Apple" in the settings, and they let me give apps whatever permissions I want, not whatever they ask for when they install. Android would require learning a new distro, installing it, finding an alternative to GApps (which is supposed to be fairly hard.) All in all, an Android phone is a project. Which would be fine, except I use my phone as a way to get things done.
I think of an Android device like I do a FreeBSD one. On paper, the openness is awesome, and as a second device I may fuck up, fine. But not as my primary.