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  1. Re:"Amazon be ashamed pay their workers so little" on Struggling Workers Found Sleeping In Tents Behind Amazon's Warehouse (thecourier.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    In 2015 Amazon had 230,800 employees. CEO pay (Jeff Bezos) was 1.68 M. Other publicly listed officers made 175k, 231k, 73k, 175k, and 7.8M. I dont see how cutting their pay in half and giving each employee an extra $21.77 per year (1.1 cents per hour on 40 hour work weeks) would make any difference.

    http://www1.salary.com/Amazon-...

    These numbers include equity (stock options).

  2. Re:Does he get to keep the money? on US Government's Pirate Movie Bootlegger Gets 24 Months Probation · · Score: 1

    Yes, you have to commit the crime to get the money. The 19k was from profits from running a bootleg dvd service. Our government is not paying people to take probation periods.

    Do I need to quote you your own signature?

  3. Re:Pointless on Arro Taxi App Arrives In NYC As 'Best Hope' Against Uber · · Score: 1

    With uber or lyft, you can rate your driver, and the driver can rate the customer. I have never had either service with at least 4 stars out of 5 that dont know exactly where they are going, drive safely, and get me to my destination in a reasonably clean and unsmelly car. Lower stars, not as good service. Pretty simple.

    You might once in a blue moon find an anomaly to that, but I haven't experienced it and I don't know anyone else who has.

  4. Rather than make a joke about how many other websi on India Blocks Over 800 Adult Websites · · Score: 1

    tes are out there...

    Just what is on these 800 websites that they need to block?

    I am guessing that even the deepest segments of 4chan would look at those and say 'too much'.

  5. Re:And back in AU.... min purchase $10 on The Cashless Society? It's Already Coming · · Score: 1

    The coffee itself costs the store about 50-75 cents, the transaction fees another 50 cents, and the staff/store upkeep are considered a fixed cost, so it doesn't factor in. The store still makes nearly $3 on your $4 coffee.

  6. Re:Pre-emptive stance prior to 4K TV services on Comcast Tells Government That Its Data Caps Aren't Actually "Data Caps" · · Score: 2

    I have business service from Comcast (there are no reliable alternatives in my city). It is actually $4 per month cheaper, since I use my own modem. Turns out that isn't a problem, and you don't have to rent it. That being said, I have just as many internet outages as when I had Comcast residential internet service, and it certainly isn't any faster. I just don't have data caps anymore.

  7. Re:Canada has the future :) on Predicting a Future Free of Dollar Bills · · Score: 1

    Bullshit on every level.

    I have never seen a toll booth where you can't go and hand pennies to the cashier. You may have to wait up to a few minutes in line with other cash customers, but they certainly take them. If you use coinstar like services, they charge a ridiculous fee...unless you exchange for a gift card instead of cash. Amazon, the store where the coinstar is located, a large number of chain restaurants, etc., will let you turn in all your coins and get a giftcard, to the penny, with no fee.

    I would hate to have to worry that I am losing or gaining pennies on every transaction that I participate in. If that is only 20 transactions per day, I could be losing over $200 per year; or for most americans, 2 days wages!

    You would be hard pressed to find an American who wants to live in Canada. Change isn't normally the reason, but if it was mentioned, it would certainly be a valid one.

  8. Re:Cash Cab with Ben Bailey? on Uber Is Now Cheaper Than a New York City Taxi · · Score: 1

    I doubt it, since Cash Cab was cancelled for the 2nd time in 2012.

  9. Re:WTF does it do for me? on Why Mobile Wallets Are Doomed · · Score: 1

    Still, regardless of payment method, I am transacted faster than it takes for them to make my coffee, even if I order drip. This turns into no time saved at the expense of (at the very least, perceived) security.

  10. I assume they dont want to make money on 93 Harvard Faculty Members Call On the University To Divest From Fossil Fuels · · Score: 1

    As supply goes down and demand increases based on population growth...

  11. 800MM seems impossibly low on Judge OKs Class Action Suit Against Apple For E-Book Price Fixing · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Anyone you accuse of participating in a cartel should be sued for dissolution, not monetary damages.

  12. Re:Shooting themselves in the foot on Elon Musk Addresses New Jersey's Tesla Store Ban · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Actually, just like any out of state purchase, just tell the dealer you are going to register in another state, and they will give you a temporary tag instead of making you get one in the state you purchase. Then, you get 30 days to register in your state (and pay the sales taxes and registration fees). This usually helps negotiate a lower price on the car itself (in my experience anyway), because there is much less paperwork for the dealership to bother with.

  13. Re:Umm safety? on Why Your Phone Gets OTA Updates But Your Car Doesn't · · Score: 1

    Dont you mean facebook?

  14. Not a fanboi, but on Apple Devices To Reach Parity With Windows PCs In 2014 · · Score: 1

    a ridiculous amount of that is caused by people who don't understand function over form. Every business = windows, every art student = mac, but there really is no explaining college students. You need an excel-like program (and there are great free ones) for math, unless you are an engineer. You need a decent email system, and if your school doesn't default to one, you went to the wrong place. You need a word processor, to fix your many spelling and grammatical errors. That's it. Buy the cheapest one that isn't raspberry pi, since you aren't in CS/CE and don't already have one.

  15. Re:Well yes! Of Course! on Senator Bernie Sanders Asks NSA If Agency Is Spying On Congress · · Score: 1

    Obviously, congresscritters have access and power over things that matter in this country (even if recent history says they don't act on it). Your email from your ex claiming you don't know how to emotionally get involved or your daily email from groupon aren't at all interesting, even in the aggregate.

  16. I know this is ancecdote, but on Surge In Online Orders Overwhelms UPS Christmas Deliveries · · Score: 1

    I ordered a new monitor to replace a burned out one last Friday (Dec 17) with 2 day shipping. Not amazon prime, but UPS, specifically 2 Day shipping. Should be here either last Monday or Tuesday, right? Worst case, it arrived today? No, It is scheduled to deliver NEXT monday (Dec 30). I paid an extra $20 for it (free shipping would be scheduled for when I am SUPPOSED to now get it), and you better believe a $20 UPS giftcard isn't going to cut it.

  17. Re:Reason on 90 Percent of Businesses Say IP Is "Not Important" · · Score: 1

    The bakery does have to pay license fees for bread, they are just built into the cost of ovens, yeast, eggs, milk, and so forth.

  18. Brought to you by on New Smart Glasses Allow Nurses To See Veins Through Skin · · Score: 1

    the "how the hell did no one think of this before" Department

  19. Re:It is not flat on Square Is Discontinuing Monthly Pricing On February 1, 2014 · · Score: 5, Informative

    The plan was $275/month or 2.75% per swipe. However, the 275 per month was limited to the first $10,000 (ie $275 in fees). After this, it defaulted to the 2.75% anyway. Therefore, if you chose monthly, and didn't use it all, you actually paid a higher price. By definition, you could always just take the 2.75%, so I don't know why anyone would ever choose the monthly plan in the first place.

  20. Really? on Nebraska Scientists Refuse To Carry Out Climate Change-Denying Study · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Why do we not need a study on cyclical climate change? Recognizing how much of global warming isn't due to humans is also important.

  21. Re:Actually I can't download it on Minecraft Documentary Premiers On Pirate Bay As Well As Xbox Live · · Score: 2

    You can buy the digital download or the dvd. See the giant paragraph on TPB download page.

  22. Re:Kudos on Anonymous Hacks Westboro Baptist Church · · Score: 1

    It can be if a cemetary is private property. Trespassing is still a crime.

  23. So if you are 18+ and work a night shift, on Nintendo Puts a Bedtime On Wii U Content In Europe · · Score: 5, Insightful

    too bad...

  24. As expected... on Photographer Threatened With Legal Action After Asserting His Copyright · · Score: 1

    Aaaaaannnndddd..../.ed

    Any other link?

  25. Re:Innovate or become obsolete. That's where it's on FCC Boss Backs Metering the Internet · · Score: 1

    Except of course, for live syndicated sports like NBA, MLB, NFL, some NCAA, local college and high school sports, and, of course, sportscenter (the original live show is unedited, then they cut out the goof ups and the swearing for the 8 reruns following).