We--and I think by "we", he means "we business owners"--can have employees work for half the hours or only have half the employees.
Does he seriously think any business wouldn't jump at the chance to reduce their expenses by slashing employees and/or wages? The chance that any company is going to offer employees the same salary once an AI is doing more of their work is nearly non-existent. Sure... you'll have more free time once the AI does your work but you won't have any money to do anything with that free time. Maybe the AI will give you the freedom to find a second job...
``Rather than pull all the way up to line, more and more of these Bozos are at least almost one car length away from the line.....like they stop when they see the nose of their large truck at the line, which is NOT near the line.''
When I encounter people stopping like that, I start looking for the signs warning of red light cameras. Some of them are set to take your photo for a ticket if the bumper of a car so much encroaches upon even an inch of the sacred airspace above the white line. So I chalk it up to the driver being paranoid about getting fined several hundred dollars just for stopping inches too close to the pedestrian crosswalk.
I'm not on Twitter. Neither is anyone else in my family. Because state government wrongly assumes that all its citizens are willing to be interrupted by tweets all day long, those that aren't are just acceptable losses?
One might assume that DHS and FEMA would have drawn up suggestions for state and local officials on how to deal with emergency notifications like this. But it appears that neither of those organizations seem to be able to do their jobs.
When we lived in S. OH (many years ago), the entire southern half of the state was paralyzed for almost two weeks due to an ice storm that knocked out power. How did local government inform citizens on the progress of the repairs and when areas might expect power to be restored? They freakin' didn't. The idiots in the public safety department had no plan in place. None. Did they think to pass information along to the local radio stations? Hell no. It was like living a scene out of "Airplane!": "No... that's just what they'd be expecting us to do."
The bucket of reasons for bailing out of Facebook continues to fill. At some point, people are going to decide that they can get their cat video fix somewhere else; somewhere that doesn't unload propaganda and "fake news" on them on every visit (the FB Purity plug-in can't eliminate it all, after all). This goes for other sites that chose to follow Facebook's model, too. (Talkin' about you LinkedIn).
... climate change deniers will soon be out with an advertising campaign telling us all that petro-chemically flavored High Fructose Corn Syrup will actually taste better than maple syrup. Besides when there is no more maple syrup, eventually, nobody will remember what it tasted like so you'll have to like the artificial stuff.
... like a two-bit criminal organization but instead of keeping their records out of the law's hand by igniting old-fashioned flash paper they're written on with a cigarette, they're using a digital equivalent by killing all the logins to Uber headquarters from the office that's called in. I can't see this scheme working for much longer.
``When these people are all sitting around that big mahogany table, in their fancy suits, do they *really* talk to each other like this, or do they think that guys like me are that stupid? If someone came up to me on the street talking like this, I'd punch them right in the mouth.''
Not really. There's usually a lot more discussion about `leveraging' things and `reaching out' to `stakeholders'.
... with several strips of duct tape. (Yeah, yeah... I know the display is used for other things.)
Seriously... with smartphone storage capacity as large as it is, who hasn't already downloaded a metric ton of MP3s to their phones that they can listen to in the car obviating the need for an online connection?
This company is selling a solution in search of a problem. I don't see this addressing any problems encountered by drivers.
The reason to make it as high as 25Mbps is because the telcos rarely actually deliver their promised speeds.
Listen closely to the ads by the big internet providers. "Speeds up to NNN Mbps". Great use of weasel words that most consumers will probably not catch.
If you visit Google.com in a non-Chrome browser you're prompted up to three times if you'd like to download Chrome.
Hmm... I have a mess 'o' browsers on my system. Only on Opera did I get a pop-up (in the upper right) with an invitation to download Chrome. And only once. So I wonder what browser the individual was using when receiving the multiple Chrome come-ons?
``Pre-ANSI C didn't have prototypes - it assumed any undeclared name was an external function.... This is closer to assembly language programming than Pascal or ANSI C.''
Interesting you would note that. I still recall a comment made by a co-worker back in the early '80s that "C was like assembly language without the handcuffs".
... are the endless DC/Marvel comic book films, and bad sequels. Was there really a need for so many Vin Diesel street racing movies? Oh, and the needless reboots of previously successful films---many of which were also superhero comic book films (or TV series). All of these are crowding out other movies that people might like to see but can't because, of the 20 screens at the cineplex, at least half of them seem to be showing a sequel or reboot. Holding up each moviegoer who's already dropped $10 for a ticket for another $10 or so for a bag of popcorn and a soda doesn't help either. Waiting a few weeks and renting the DVD--or watching it online--with cheaper snacks and drinks makes a whole lot more sense nowadays. Plus... you get to see those movies that couldn't even get on a screen at the cineplex.
... with any of those grubby poor people who don't have credit cards or smartphones and only have access to cash. Why would a business that encourages people to use a freakin' credit card to buy a pack of gum want to have any of "those" people lingering around their stores?
Me and the rest of the family can only envision one being something we'd go to see. Since creativity in Hollywood has been dead for years, what could they possibly do in three others that wouldn't be boring?
Comey stayed behind afterward to tell the president-elect about the controversial Steele dossier, however, and that private meeting may have been responsible for the animosity that would eventually lead to Trump firing the director of the FBI.
...the ``culling the herd'' feature of 0-60 in 2.4 seconds.
Is there any doubt about the number of rich pukes who fancy themselves as Formula 1 drivers will drive into bridge supports the first time they punch the accelerator on the thing.
In what way is telling ISPs to not screw around with the data packets transmitted across their network "heavy handed regulation"? Is it an especially onerous process for ISPs to not install special equipment and software that prioritizes network traffic?
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We--and I think by "we", he means "we business owners"--can have employees work for half the hours or only have half the employees.
Does he seriously think any business wouldn't jump at the chance to reduce their expenses by slashing employees and/or wages? The chance that any company is going to offer employees the same salary once an AI is doing more of their work is nearly non-existent. Sure... you'll have more free time once the AI does your work but you won't have any money to do anything with that free time. Maybe the AI will give you the freedom to find a second job...
When I encounter people stopping like that, I start looking for the signs warning of red light cameras. Some of them are set to take your photo for a ticket if the bumper of a car so much encroaches upon even an inch of the sacred airspace above the white line. So I chalk it up to the driver being paranoid about getting fined several hundred dollars just for stopping inches too close to the pedestrian crosswalk.
Dim.
Die rentier blood-suckers, die!
BINGO!
I'm not on Twitter. Neither is anyone else in my family. Because state government wrongly assumes that all its citizens are willing to be interrupted by tweets all day long, those that aren't are just acceptable losses?
One might assume that DHS and FEMA would have drawn up suggestions for state and local officials on how to deal with emergency notifications like this. But it appears that neither of those organizations seem to be able to do their jobs.
When we lived in S. OH (many years ago), the entire southern half of the state was paralyzed for almost two weeks due to an ice storm that knocked out power. How did local government inform citizens on the progress of the repairs and when areas might expect power to be restored? They freakin' didn't. The idiots in the public safety department had no plan in place. None. Did they think to pass information along to the local radio stations? Hell no. It was like living a scene out of "Airplane!": "No... that's just what they'd be expecting us to do."
The bucket of reasons for bailing out of Facebook continues to fill. At some point, people are going to decide that they can get their cat video fix somewhere else; somewhere that doesn't unload propaganda and "fake news" on them on every visit (the FB Purity plug-in can't eliminate it all, after all). This goes for other sites that chose to follow Facebook's model, too. (Talkin' about you LinkedIn).
... climate change deniers will soon be out with an advertising campaign telling us all that petro-chemically flavored High Fructose Corn Syrup will actually taste better than maple syrup. Besides when there is no more maple syrup, eventually, nobody will remember what it tasted like so you'll have to like the artificial stuff.
Well... no. But hotel owners wouldn't care about that.
Stack computers on top of one another until you have a surface tall enough to fill out a paper ballot.
... like a two-bit criminal organization but instead of keeping their records out of the law's hand by igniting old-fashioned flash paper they're written on with a cigarette, they're using a digital equivalent by killing all the logins to Uber headquarters from the office that's called in. I can't see this scheme working for much longer.
Not really. There's usually a lot more discussion about `leveraging' things and `reaching out' to `stakeholders'.
... with several strips of duct tape. (Yeah, yeah... I know the display is used for other things.)
Seriously... with smartphone storage capacity as large as it is, who hasn't already downloaded a metric ton of MP3s to their phones that they can listen to in the car obviating the need for an online connection?
This company is selling a solution in search of a problem. I don't see this addressing any problems encountered by drivers.
Listen closely to the ads by the big internet providers. "Speeds up to NNN Mbps". Great use of weasel words that most consumers will probably not catch.
Those and a land line may be what passes for "broadband" once Idjit Pai finishes dismantling everything the FCC has previously done.
Hmm... I have a mess 'o' browsers on my system. Only on Opera did I get a pop-up (in the upper right) with an invitation to download Chrome. And only once. So I wonder what browser the individual was using when receiving the multiple Chrome come-ons?
Interesting you would note that. I still recall a comment made by a co-worker back in the early '80s that "C was like assembly language without the handcuffs".
... are the endless DC/Marvel comic book films, and bad sequels. Was there really a need for so many Vin Diesel street racing movies? Oh, and the needless reboots of previously successful films---many of which were also superhero comic book films (or TV series). All of these are crowding out other movies that people might like to see but can't because, of the 20 screens at the cineplex, at least half of them seem to be showing a sequel or reboot. Holding up each moviegoer who's already dropped $10 for a ticket for another $10 or so for a bag of popcorn and a soda doesn't help either. Waiting a few weeks and renting the DVD--or watching it online--with cheaper snacks and drinks makes a whole lot more sense nowadays. Plus... you get to see those movies that couldn't even get on a screen at the cineplex.
Surely this can't be the first time you've experienced lake effect snow. Also, try googling "weather" and "seasons".
With little to no growth or mainly declining market share from hereon?
... with any of those grubby poor people who don't have credit cards or smartphones and only have access to cash. Why would a business that encourages people to use a freakin' credit card to buy a pack of gum want to have any of "those" people lingering around their stores?
Me and the rest of the family can only envision one being something we'd go to see. Since creativity in Hollywood has been dead for years, what could they possibly do in three others that wouldn't be boring?
...with one of these:
Tells you you aren't getting in but not why.
Science does not care about your "community standards", your religious viewpoints, or any other fantasies you believe in this week.
... Trump was the sort of person who would...
...kill the messenger. A petty little man.
...the ``culling the herd'' feature of 0-60 in 2.4 seconds.
Is there any doubt about the number of rich pukes who fancy themselves as Formula 1 drivers will drive into bridge supports the first time they punch the accelerator on the thing.
In what way is telling ISPs to not screw around with the data packets transmitted across their network "heavy handed regulation"? Is it an especially onerous process for ISPs to not install special equipment and software that prioritizes network traffic?
(Jeebus, he is such an idiot.)