Except that you'd think I was murdering children and feeding puppies into a blender...
At least when you're murdering children and blending puppies you're not invading my space with your second hand smoke. And just think of the carbon emissions! Unclean!
Seriously, when my apartment complex goes smoke-free later this year, I've got a predicament on my hands.
I get a lot of dots and lines after use, but very few seem to line up with the test pattern grid. It stays readily apparent (at least where I've swiped.)
Update - I read the law Jiro linked to and requiring purchase does not excuse the rental. Either the law's been updated since '96 or Allsup's was in violation - I'm guessing the former since Allsup's has so much to lose by violating labor laws.
Not lying - This was ~1996 in Carlsbad, NM. On Church Street next door to the Tia Maria apartments - Store was closed last time I was in town. Don't remember the exact minimum wage or apron rental cost. We got paid about a nickel over minimum and were docked about a dime.
It's just a guess but maybe the reason they offered the opportunity to purchase instead of rent got them around that law? Or the law's been updated since '96?
Don't know if that's intended as a joke, but years ago when I clerked an Allsup's, they did in fact make us rent our aprons. They paid a few cents over minimum wage, but fell below that bar if you deducted the cost of apron rental. They gave us the option of buying an apron, but they were fairly expensive and the laundering requirements were absurd compared to the laundry schedule the store managed.
On my phone there are no obvious scratches, but you could pretty easily guess my passcode by looking at the oil residue from my fingers. Not even that hard - Just angle it a little against the light.
That Uber should now be found guilty of duping people into believing they could make X dollars a year by driving for them (isn't that the way a cab driver works, they drive for a company?), or that Uber was deliberately fudging numbers on the costs involved to lease a vehicle from them...
These were huge mistakes by Uber IMO. By saying "You could make up to X or more annually!", they're abandoning their "get your side hustle on" mantra and acting more like an employer encouraging driving careers. If the drivers are indeed employees, Uber is in violation of all kinds of stuff.
Even if one opposes him, one should be hoping for success.
Absolutely. Personally, he frightens me - I feel like he's too impulsive to wield that much power. But if he does poorly, we all lose. I wish him nothing but success (assuming that his definition of success is close enough to my own.)
I'll echo Seth Myers in saying that I've been wrong about him so many times that, if this trend continues, he'll be a great president. He'll certainly be novel. I feel like the marble was just set in motion on our collective roulette wheel.
This is actually a great idea. A Twitter proxy for the POTUS. He might notice a 30 minute delay before his tweets get posted, but it would allow staffers a chance for a, "Mr President, are you sure about this?" moment.
It might even be enough for him to catch himself - "Do I really want to admit to SNL that I'm still watching?" or some such.
Me too. Up until now, I've only been following one account. I just made it 2. And when I see him abusing @POTUS, I'll get really upset and I'll... I'll... I guess I'll just deal with it.
There's not even a chance that they have your best interest at heart.
If they didn't have our best interest at heart, why would they give us this application for free? Surely you don't mean to imply that even free apps are financially motivated!
TANSTAAFL. Some people miss this. If somebody's giving something away for free, find their angle.
Trading. Trading away their private data. People may be trading their information away for a pittance - And they may feel like they're getting services for "free", but they do feel they're getting something out of it. I use FB at home, I use Google whenever I need to search, and I use Win10 at work. I know I'm being "tracked" by all of them. I limit (to the extent that's practical) the amount of information that I share beyond what's actually necessary for the service, but there's enough that I feel I'm getting back from those products to share enough information to make them usable.
I don't know what the security implications are of having Twitter installed on the phone, but I'd be shocked if DJT didn't demand it. I'm sure a lot of his supporters and staff would like to have Twitter taken away so he'll stop making "He said WHAT!?!" headlines, but I'd be surprised if the inauguration was the last we heard of @realDonaldTrump. I do hope that he maintains a strict line between his personal opinions and tweets as @POTUS - I'd be upset if those weren't vetted in some fashion before being shared with the world. The thought of a @POTUS tweet complaining about SNL disturbs me.
Trump seems to see his number of followers as a measure of support.
What Trump "seems to see" and what "is" seem to differ quite often. I've heard him brag about how many followers he has, but I think he's being selectively blind. He obviously reads at least some of the responses to his Tweets - He's re-Tweeted a few of his favorites. From what I've seen in the responses, there's a pretty healthy mix between fervent supporters and vicious critics. Mostly it's petty sniping back and forth (like here sometimes!), but it's inescapably obvious that many of his followers are not supporters.
Even he must see this - Even a 20 second glance makes it evident.
(By the way, use @DJTCopier instead- follow Trump without following Trump)
What's wrong with following Trump? I installed Twitter and have exactly one person I'm following - I've never tweeted or had a desire to. It's a means of seeing what our president (in hours!) is announcing to the world and I don't mind if it's visible that I'm watching. I don't see why any American wouldn't be following him - More policy announcements come out over Twitter than over news conferences with this leader.
I follow him as a concerned citizen. Whether I'm a supporter or not is none of his business.
TANSTAAFL seems to escape some people. If you're using it, you're almost certainly paying for it in one form or another. Fortunately for companies like Google, many people place zero value on their privacy/personal details.
My wife had the same thing happen to her as happened to that shark. I'd been working abroad 6 months and she managed to get pregnant completely on her own. Unbelievable.
If you assume an ex-prisoner will commit crimes again, your prison system isn't working.
At least in the U.S., it's a good bet that a criminal will re-commit. This may be a sign that the prison system isn't working, but it doesn't change the fact that we have a recidivism rate of over 50% in the first year after release alone.
That said, if we don't give "rehabilitated" convicts the benefit of the doubt after "paying their debt," we're pretty much guaranteeing that they'll have to return to crime. Convicts do need the ability to escape their criminal past.
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Except that you'd think I was murdering children and feeding puppies into a blender...
At least when you're murdering children and blending puppies you're not invading my space with your second hand smoke. And just think of the carbon emissions! Unclean!
Seriously, when my apartment complex goes smoke-free later this year, I've got a predicament on my hands.
does the tv talk directly to you..no.
I'll bet I think this song is about me!
Atto parsecs per micro fortnight is my favorite unit of velocity.
Wouldn't that just be "picoparsecs per fortnight"?
This administration knows better than to trust the government.
Based on his track record so far, I can forgive him wanting to get defensible numbers before going on record with them. The press will be watching.
I get a lot of dots and lines after use, but very few seem to line up with the test pattern grid. It stays readily apparent (at least where I've swiped.)
Update - I read the law Jiro linked to and requiring purchase does not excuse the rental. Either the law's been updated since '96 or Allsup's was in violation - I'm guessing the former since Allsup's has so much to lose by violating labor laws.
Not lying - This was ~1996 in Carlsbad, NM. On Church Street next door to the Tia Maria apartments - Store was closed last time I was in town. Don't remember the exact minimum wage or apron rental cost. We got paid about a nickel over minimum and were docked about a dime.
It's just a guess but maybe the reason they offered the opportunity to purchase instead of rent got them around that law? Or the law's been updated since '96?
Don't know if that's intended as a joke, but years ago when I clerked an Allsup's, they did in fact make us rent our aprons. They paid a few cents over minimum wage, but fell below that bar if you deducted the cost of apron rental. They gave us the option of buying an apron, but they were fairly expensive and the laundering requirements were absurd compared to the laundry schedule the store managed.
On my phone there are no obvious scratches, but you could pretty easily guess my passcode by looking at the oil residue from my fingers. Not even that hard - Just angle it a little against the light.
That Uber should now be found guilty of duping people into believing they could make X dollars a year by driving for them (isn't that the way a cab driver works, they drive for a company?), or that Uber was deliberately fudging numbers on the costs involved to lease a vehicle from them...
These were huge mistakes by Uber IMO. By saying "You could make up to X or more annually!", they're abandoning their "get your side hustle on" mantra and acting more like an employer encouraging driving careers. If the drivers are indeed employees, Uber is in violation of all kinds of stuff.
Even if one opposes him, one should be hoping for success.
Absolutely. Personally, he frightens me - I feel like he's too impulsive to wield that much power. But if he does poorly, we all lose. I wish him nothing but success (assuming that his definition of success is close enough to my own.)
he is literally just so crazy that it might work.
I'll echo Seth Myers in saying that I've been wrong about him so many times that, if this trend continues, he'll be a great president. He'll certainly be novel. I feel like the marble was just set in motion on our collective roulette wheel.
Why would anyone who isn't Trump himself want to protect him from making a fool of himself?
We elected him POTUS. When he makes an ass of himself, we all look bad. I'd prefer it if he'd stop.
...bring their manufacturing back into the US as they're a US company and should be creating US jobs.
I'd say they're a global company based in the US and, as such, should be creating jobs wherever it makes sense for their bottom line.
This is actually a great idea. A Twitter proxy for the POTUS. He might notice a 30 minute delay before his tweets get posted, but it would allow staffers a chance for a, "Mr President, are you sure about this?" moment.
It might even be enough for him to catch himself - "Do I really want to admit to SNL that I'm still watching?" or some such.
Me too. Up until now, I've only been following one account. I just made it 2. And when I see him abusing @POTUS, I'll get really upset and I'll... I'll... I guess I'll just deal with it.
There's not even a chance that they have your best interest at heart.
If they didn't have our best interest at heart, why would they give us this application for free? Surely you don't mean to imply that even free apps are financially motivated!
TANSTAAFL. Some people miss this. If somebody's giving something away for free, find their angle.
just stop giving other people your private data
Trading. Trading away their private data. People may be trading their information away for a pittance - And they may feel like they're getting services for "free", but they do feel they're getting something out of it. I use FB at home, I use Google whenever I need to search, and I use Win10 at work. I know I'm being "tracked" by all of them. I limit (to the extent that's practical) the amount of information that I share beyond what's actually necessary for the service, but there's enough that I feel I'm getting back from those products to share enough information to make them usable.
I don't know what the security implications are of having Twitter installed on the phone, but I'd be shocked if DJT didn't demand it. I'm sure a lot of his supporters and staff would like to have Twitter taken away so he'll stop making "He said WHAT!?!" headlines, but I'd be surprised if the inauguration was the last we heard of @realDonaldTrump. I do hope that he maintains a strict line between his personal opinions and tweets as @POTUS - I'd be upset if those weren't vetted in some fashion before being shared with the world. The thought of a @POTUS tweet complaining about SNL disturbs me.
Trump seems to see his number of followers as a measure of support.
What Trump "seems to see" and what "is" seem to differ quite often. I've heard him brag about how many followers he has, but I think he's being selectively blind. He obviously reads at least some of the responses to his Tweets - He's re-Tweeted a few of his favorites. From what I've seen in the responses, there's a pretty healthy mix between fervent supporters and vicious critics. Mostly it's petty sniping back and forth (like here sometimes!), but it's inescapably obvious that many of his followers are not supporters.
Even he must see this - Even a 20 second glance makes it evident.
(By the way, use @DJTCopier instead- follow Trump without following Trump)
What's wrong with following Trump? I installed Twitter and have exactly one person I'm following - I've never tweeted or had a desire to. It's a means of seeing what our president (in hours!) is announcing to the world and I don't mind if it's visible that I'm watching. I don't see why any American wouldn't be following him - More policy announcements come out over Twitter than over news conferences with this leader.
I follow him as a concerned citizen. Whether I'm a supporter or not is none of his business.
You mean Google isn't a non-profit?
TANSTAAFL seems to escape some people. If you're using it, you're almost certainly paying for it in one form or another. Fortunately for companies like Google, many people place zero value on their privacy/personal details.
My wife had the same thing happen to her as happened to that shark. I'd been working abroad 6 months and she managed to get pregnant completely on her own. Unbelievable.
If you assume an ex-prisoner will commit crimes again, your prison system isn't working.
At least in the U.S., it's a good bet that a criminal will re-commit. This may be a sign that the prison system isn't working, but it doesn't change the fact that we have a recidivism rate of over 50% in the first year after release alone.
That said, if we don't give "rehabilitated" convicts the benefit of the doubt after "paying their debt," we're pretty much guaranteeing that they'll have to return to crime. Convicts do need the ability to escape their criminal past.