Only a tiny portion of our readers give. If everyone reading this right now gave $3, we wouldn’t need to fundraise for years to come.
Odd, I seem to remember them promising the same thing last year, too. It seems the Washington Post remembers as well. I guess if the price hasn't changed, they either are woefully underfunded/overbudgeted (discussed in plenty of comments above but I'm assuming not), are drastically miscalculating for inflation, or it's just pure greed.
On the contrary, I find Prime Video's selection better than Netflix in most cases, especially for movies. In addition, whereas Netflix' rotating catalog means I miss out completely if I don't watch a movie in time, with Amazon I can always pony up the $3 or so it costs to rent for the night to watch. Having the option, in addition to a better catalog selection (Amazon's partnership with HBO really helps here, plus their increasing library of originals), makes Prime Video an overall better choice.
You wouldn't say the government is responsible for storing your money safely right? I rest my case.
As a counterpoint for the sake of argument, there are many countries who do have a national bank which does just that (and successfully). I do agree on the philosophical level that government entities are not always the most trustworthy, and yet on the otherhand they're also the ones responsible for enforcing the laws and protections we're complaining about being violated here.
Yes, I'm telling you, Canada and the US are the same here. It's still not your data. You control the access, but that's about it. It's "your" data, not your data.
Well, your options boil down to three (or four) choices.
1. You own your data and control its access entirely. Every time physicians, clinics, pharmacists, researchers, etc need or want access to your data, you must authorize them (to whatever extent you wish, for however long, etc). This feels like the holy grail of data access and privacy, but it also puts the legal culpability entirely on you. Give someone bad access? You're responsible. Lose the data/access device? You're responsible. Forget to bring it to your visit? You're responsible. It's like carrying around your medical data like cash, it's irreplaceable without a lot of hard work, vulnerable to theft or misplacement, but affords you the most tangible method for control.
2. Your data is held in escrow by a third party. This would be like a hybrid of the above and the system we have now. Imagine that the store you shopped at also held your bank account. Obviously, that sounds like a recipe for disaster. Our banks and credit systems are the escrow parties for our financial means (or you could use cash as in option #1). A similar system could be adopted for medical data in which hospitals, clinics, pharmacies, etc must plug into a third party in order to access your data, by your control and authorization. It creates one more link in the chain, which can aid (or also detract) in security measures, decrease personal liability (if someone steals the data from the escrow party, you're not liable and can sue for damages), but also probably costs a fee for access to your own data, either by you or the clinic.
3. The government acts as an escrow party. Enter the libertarians and anarchists to rip this option to shreds.
4. The clinics own your data and share it with others/copy it to you upon your request or authorization. The status quo.
Well, ya know, if you live in Marvel's Cinematic Universe (incl. Agents of Shield TV show), then you just might be an inhuman who is absolutely prompt.
By the time it'll matter, Teslas will probably be the luxury option for self-driving car rides around town. Why own one, and pay for all the maintenance, when it appears when you need it and doesn't when you...don't?
Well, I'm guessing that's great, but unhelpful, considering Apple neither makes nor assembles the batteries for their hardware in the US. Now, when it comes to the carpeting, wood, plastics, clothes and electrical wiring/hardware in their headquarters and other such offices, I'm guessing there's a different story.
As much as I agree that Amazon is looking to cheap out on benefits for these groups eventually, calling someone shills because they point out your error makes your comment entirely laughable.
Not sure it's possible to take Walmart work home with you. At least not the jobs they offer at part time hours. Management at store level and above is salaried.
Hourly is hourly. You don't pay them enough to care beyond their shift time. If you want workers who are dedicated beyond their scheduled time, you have to pay a salary and give them real benefits.
My biggest problem with running debit is the liability. With CC, it's not on me if someone clones my card and uses it. With debit, if they clone my card (and likely have a pin reader camera or method to find my pin), they've just stolen everything they need to 1. make purchases, 2. withdraw from an ATM, 3. steal all my money. With CC, getting it resolved is a chargeback process, which can sometimes even happen automatically if the CC company notices strange purchases. If someone empties my bank account, going to the FDIC for fraud is going to take an investigation of months/years before I see a dime.
You can get away with using a credit card for purchases up to $25 without a signature at all. (typical fast food restaurants)
It's up to $50 in some retail stores. Which scares the hell out of me. If I was someone who stole a credit card, I'd go around making $49 purchases with their card to escape notice.
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Only a tiny portion of our readers give. If everyone reading this right now gave $3, we wouldn’t need to fundraise for years to come.
Odd, I seem to remember them promising the same thing last year, too. It seems the Washington Post remembers as well. I guess if the price hasn't changed, they either are woefully underfunded/overbudgeted (discussed in plenty of comments above but I'm assuming not), are drastically miscalculating for inflation, or it's just pure greed.
Here's what HBO has to do with Amazon.
On the contrary, I find Prime Video's selection better than Netflix in most cases, especially for movies. In addition, whereas Netflix' rotating catalog means I miss out completely if I don't watch a movie in time, with Amazon I can always pony up the $3 or so it costs to rent for the night to watch. Having the option, in addition to a better catalog selection (Amazon's partnership with HBO really helps here, plus their increasing library of originals), makes Prime Video an overall better choice.
You wouldn't say the government is responsible for storing your money safely right? I rest my case.
As a counterpoint for the sake of argument, there are many countries who do have a national bank which does just that (and successfully). I do agree on the philosophical level that government entities are not always the most trustworthy, and yet on the otherhand they're also the ones responsible for enforcing the laws and protections we're complaining about being violated here.
Yes, I'm telling you, Canada and the US are the same here. It's still not your data. You control the access, but that's about it. It's "your" data, not your data.
each individual organization/doctor/pharmacist/etc is responsible for the data they store.
Nope, this is the status quo as described in #4. You don't keep your data, the clinic does. You may "own" it but that ownership is only de jure.
1. You own your data and control its access entirely. Every time physicians, clinics, pharmacists, researchers, etc need or want access to your data, you must authorize them (to whatever extent you wish, for however long, etc). This feels like the holy grail of data access and privacy, but it also puts the legal culpability entirely on you. Give someone bad access? You're responsible. Lose the data/access device? You're responsible. Forget to bring it to your visit? You're responsible. It's like carrying around your medical data like cash, it's irreplaceable without a lot of hard work, vulnerable to theft or misplacement, but affords you the most tangible method for control.
2. Your data is held in escrow by a third party. This would be like a hybrid of the above and the system we have now. Imagine that the store you shopped at also held your bank account. Obviously, that sounds like a recipe for disaster. Our banks and credit systems are the escrow parties for our financial means (or you could use cash as in option #1). A similar system could be adopted for medical data in which hospitals, clinics, pharmacies, etc must plug into a third party in order to access your data, by your control and authorization. It creates one more link in the chain, which can aid (or also detract) in security measures, decrease personal liability (if someone steals the data from the escrow party, you're not liable and can sue for damages), but also probably costs a fee for access to your own data, either by you or the clinic.
3. The government acts as an escrow party. Enter the libertarians and anarchists to rip this option to shreds.
4. The clinics own your data and share it with others/copy it to you upon your request or authorization. The status quo.
Attractiveness has varied wildly throughout history. At many points in time, wider hips were prized for childbearing as well as beauty.
A good fiction can be just as damaging as the truth.
Stolen is an interesting term for a routine publication of a former governor's communications.
Well, ya know, if you live in Marvel's Cinematic Universe (incl. Agents of Shield TV show), then you just might be an inhuman who is absolutely prompt.
Dickhead #747182 reporting in.
I'd go just for the chance to attend the battle school en-route.
To be fair, NASA has been moving backwards in space travel technology since 1972.
By the time it'll matter, Teslas will probably be the luxury option for self-driving car rides around town. Why own one, and pay for all the maintenance, when it appears when you need it and doesn't when you...don't?
No, no, and no. Not only did that "one major study" that supposedly proved it have all sorts of problems, but a much longer, human study found the exact opposite to all those years of supposition. Cell phones don't cause any more cancer than your car radio.
Well, I'm guessing that's great, but unhelpful, considering Apple neither makes nor assembles the batteries for their hardware in the US. Now, when it comes to the carpeting, wood, plastics, clothes and electrical wiring/hardware in their headquarters and other such offices, I'm guessing there's a different story.
Better than a boot loop.
As much as I agree that Amazon is looking to cheap out on benefits for these groups eventually, calling someone shills because they point out your error makes your comment entirely laughable.
Not sure it's possible to take Walmart work home with you. At least not the jobs they offer at part time hours. Management at store level and above is salaried.
Hourly is hourly. You don't pay them enough to care beyond their shift time. If you want workers who are dedicated beyond their scheduled time, you have to pay a salary and give them real benefits.
I thought some of W's more flippant soundbites were more like "If you're not with us, you're against us." or "Mission Accomplished."
My biggest problem with running debit is the liability. With CC, it's not on me if someone clones my card and uses it. With debit, if they clone my card (and likely have a pin reader camera or method to find my pin), they've just stolen everything they need to 1. make purchases, 2. withdraw from an ATM, 3. steal all my money. With CC, getting it resolved is a chargeback process, which can sometimes even happen automatically if the CC company notices strange purchases. If someone empties my bank account, going to the FDIC for fraud is going to take an investigation of months/years before I see a dime.
I know which one I still feel is safer.
You can get away with using a credit card for purchases up to $25 without a signature at all. (typical fast food restaurants)
It's up to $50 in some retail stores. Which scares the hell out of me. If I was someone who stole a credit card, I'd go around making $49 purchases with their card to escape notice.
This is the real news, right? "Hacker makes monumental achievement, has it stolen by shitty friend!"