an electric car will get you as far as you can possibly drive without stopping
What range do you think EVs have on a single charge, anyway? I can drive upwards of 3 hours without a break. With an average-priced EV, that's not even near possible.
I'm all for electric vehicles, but the US has much lower population density. An electric vehicle only works as a primary vehicle if you rarely leave a major metro area. Unless they become cheap enough that it can be a second or even third household vehicle, it's simply not feasible for a lot of Americans.
By getting around state sales tax laws, Amazon angered bureaucrats.
They do this to a lesser extent than most online stores. They have warehouses in 24 states. Most online stores have one or two distribution centers across the country. As a result, Amazon collects sales tax for more states than most other online stores. Sure, they do a lot more revenue than a LOT of other companies, but they're not doing it in a significantly different way.
I chose 192kbps AAC (but later switched to VBR that approximates that quality) as my compromise for my rips. Not being able to tell which one is "better" is not the same as not noticing a difference - and I think cymbals are still muddy at the 128kbps (and really bad at 128kbps in MP3), but cymbals are also kind full of dissonant harmonics and accurate doesn't really sound "right."
AI can reduce the amount of amazingly disgusting kinks 4chan tier content and narrow it down to a smaller amounts of human-reviewed content.
Thus concentrating the amount that an individual human reviewer has to see. It actually makes it worse because everything they have to see is some degree of terrible.
I'm not sure they sold out, but they were never really against ads in the first place. They were against dangerous/intrusive/annoying ads but still understood that ads pay for things and sought a fair compromise.
But why target Amazon for this first? Why not start with clothing stores that are much worse at this? Retail price of $200 for a shirt, on sale for $40 before 20% off and a $5 off 25 coupon. The only difference is that for 3 or 4 days out of the year, that shirt is really $200 (and nobody buys it).
Ah... The glory days of Apple. Remember when they used to be relevant?
Remember the glory days of Microsoft? Those are over too. Once upon a time, they asked "Where do you want to go today?" Now, they just say "We know where you've been and what you're doing right now."
Something tells me if they remake "I, Robot", they get sued by iRobot, and then Apple countersues for them using the lowercase "i" in front of their brand name - only to be told that iRobot has had a lowercase "i" for much longer. Make a series out of that whole legal farce, and I'd watch it.
He's doing what CEOs are "supposed to do" (short term profit) instead of what puts a company in line for long term innovation and success. Apple is going back to what it was when Jobs left the first time.
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Reading comprehension - Regularly doesn't mean daily.
That would be a lot of recharging stops from here in an EV.
People aren't statistics. 80% of Americans living in urban areas mean that the other 20% are REALLY spread out. I'm not sure what that proves.
If you regularly need to travel 2-3 hours away from home, the time loss from long mid-trip recharges is not small.
an electric car will get you as far as you can possibly drive without stopping
What range do you think EVs have on a single charge, anyway? I can drive upwards of 3 hours without a break. With an average-priced EV, that's not even near possible.
You want me to connect dots for you? Adding a half hour for charging for every couple hours of driving is not a small time sink.
I'm all for electric vehicles, but the US has much lower population density. An electric vehicle only works as a primary vehicle if you rarely leave a major metro area. Unless they become cheap enough that it can be a second or even third household vehicle, it's simply not feasible for a lot of Americans.
That's called paid advertising. It's still quid pro quo.
By getting around state sales tax laws, Amazon angered bureaucrats.
They do this to a lesser extent than most online stores. They have warehouses in 24 states. Most online stores have one or two distribution centers across the country. As a result, Amazon collects sales tax for more states than most other online stores. Sure, they do a lot more revenue than a LOT of other companies, but they're not doing it in a significantly different way.
Relevant link missing - http://kotaku.com/zapp-brannig...
I chose 192kbps AAC (but later switched to VBR that approximates that quality) as my compromise for my rips. Not being able to tell which one is "better" is not the same as not noticing a difference - and I think cymbals are still muddy at the 128kbps (and really bad at 128kbps in MP3), but cymbals are also kind full of dissonant harmonics and accurate doesn't really sound "right."
I don't know if you know this, but a lot of people aren't in a financial state where they can just quit a job and not lose their car, home, etc.
So, same rules that allow your landlord to look through your mailbox (which is technically owned by him)?
Not in the US. In the US, a mailbox is federal property - even one that you privately buy for yourself.
it is not something that you get desensitised to very easily
It would probably be worse if you did - I'm not sure which is really worse for your mental health and ability to interact with society.
nature vs. nurture is far too old and unresolved an argument to be settled by your "superior" comment.
AI can reduce the amount of amazingly disgusting kinks 4chan tier content and narrow it down to a smaller amounts of human-reviewed content.
Thus concentrating the amount that an individual human reviewer has to see. It actually makes it worse because everything they have to see is some degree of terrible.
Far from the last episode - there's been two full new seasons since then.
I'm not sure they sold out, but they were never really against ads in the first place. They were against dangerous/intrusive/annoying ads but still understood that ads pay for things and sought a fair compromise.
Identifying creeps is also easy: a person who is looking into your window while you're showering.
But why target Amazon for this first? Why not start with clothing stores that are much worse at this? Retail price of $200 for a shirt, on sale for $40 before 20% off and a $5 off 25 coupon. The only difference is that for 3 or 4 days out of the year, that shirt is really $200 (and nobody buys it).
becoming outdated and unpopular.
Isn't that what Apple has always wanted? Now update to the new phone - your old one's obsolete.
they just have to have a TV show that a million people are willing to spend $20/season on
$20 million? That's a cheap show by Netflix's standards.. "The Get Down" cost almost $200 million for a season.
Ah... The glory days of Apple. Remember when they used to be relevant?
Remember the glory days of Microsoft? Those are over too. Once upon a time, they asked "Where do you want to go today?" Now, they just say "We know where you've been and what you're doing right now."
Something tells me if they remake "I, Robot", they get sued by iRobot, and then Apple countersues for them using the lowercase "i" in front of their brand name - only to be told that iRobot has had a lowercase "i" for much longer. Make a series out of that whole legal farce, and I'd watch it.
He's doing what CEOs are "supposed to do" (short term profit) instead of what puts a company in line for long term innovation and success. Apple is going back to what it was when Jobs left the first time.