You're totally right, I haven't seen them. I'm talking out my ass. Let me look at them. Thank god we have Wikipedia for these things.
Sweden: -17.632
United States: 87.859
Wow. Yup, just like you said. Theirs is negative and the US's is so much higher. What was I thinking? Hey, I gotta read up more about this Debt to GDP thingy so I stop making an ass of myself and be smart too. Good thing I still have wikipedia open:
A low debt-to-GDP ratio indicates an economy that produces and sells goods and services sufficient to pay back debts without incurring further debt. Governments aim for low debt-to-GDP ratios, but geopolitical and economic considerations - including interest rates, war, recessions, and other variables - influence the borrowing practices of a nation and the choice to incur further debt.
you let it, otherwise in which case it won't." Research in the "We Point Out Bullshit Stories and Also Comment on Ones That Are True" department at the Tautology Research Institute has found that, technically, if you word your headlines precisely enough, you can pass bullshit as 'news' and still be correct.
There's only two things it is socially acceptable to judge people for in present society: Smoking, and judging people for things, including those in this list.
It's still a stopgap though. At least with books, however unpopular they get, you always have those hipsters and anachronists who will always seek them out. For some formats/types of book, I actually prefer dead tree myself. Roleplaying source books and textbooks will always be superior in print. Fiction can go straight to the Kindle.
If all you (as a store) do is Kindles, then you're the replaceable AA batteries of the literature distribution system. I guess in theory, you'd do this and still keep stock of real books for anyone who might want them, but I can't imagine that you'd reap enough profit from this program to keep up with how much you've undercut your original business. It's also only for the first two years from the devices purchase date that stores get the cut of the books sold. Bookstores may be going out of business but all this does is offer a solid execution date. It's an unsustainable business model for any area that doesn't have huge growth.
That's the fun thing, no matter how bad things will get, you'll always have too much to lose. As long as you have a family and a job that is even just barely good enough to get by, you'll never stick your neck out.
Catastrophic to most people these days is not being able to afford their daily $8 Starbucks coffee.
The problem isn't that they're using the wrong words, it's that their worlds are too small for the proper order of magnitude for the word. Like a six year old.
I assumed that they'd transition toward actually developing Ora.. err, RHEL at that point. From what I can tell based upon my clients, Solaris is dying, at least in the financial sector.
Maybe the super secret algo stuff is done on Solaris, I don't know. Can't speak to the dark secrets the real wizards keep behind locked doors, but the general infrastructure appears to be transitioning to Linux as fast as it can.
Is that actually what they're doing? It'd be interesting because the soulless megacorp I work for has recently decided that, hell or high water, we're doing the Oracle Linux thing. I'm not in the right country club and about 5000 org chart slots too low to effect change in the matter, but I would like another line item to illustrate how somehow, at the end of the day, we always manage to make the wrong choice.
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I'm reasonably certain that firearms were not the first thing Americans did with a 3D printer.
You're totally right, I haven't seen them. I'm talking out my ass. Let me look at them. Thank god we have Wikipedia for these things.
...huh.
Sweden: -17.632
United States: 87.859
Wow. Yup, just like you said. Theirs is negative and the US's is so much higher. What was I thinking? Hey, I gotta read up more about this Debt to GDP thingy so I stop making an ass of myself and be smart too. Good thing I still have wikipedia open:
A low debt-to-GDP ratio indicates an economy that produces and sells goods and services sufficient to pay back debts without incurring further debt. Governments aim for low debt-to-GDP ratios, but geopolitical and economic considerations - including interest rates, war, recessions, and other variables - influence the borrowing practices of a nation and the choice to incur further debt.
The most disturbing thing to me is that, on a different site, that comment could be construed as both, serious AND insightful.
Well, tragic that the prison industry is too profitable in the US to follow suit, anyway.
Ugh, I think I accidentally a word there.
I'm now picturing the Thor with the soundtrack from Heavy Metal.
In Soviet Russia, Soviet Russia moves to you!
Sounds like their APT doesn't have super cow powers...
Or edit your HOSTS file...
Interesting, I've been in hotter videos on your mom's Facebook feed.
you let it, otherwise in which case it won't." Research in the "We Point Out Bullshit Stories and Also Comment on Ones That Are True" department at the Tautology Research Institute has found that, technically, if you word your headlines precisely enough, you can pass bullshit as 'news' and still be correct.
There's only two things it is socially acceptable to judge people for in present society: Smoking, and judging people for things, including those in this list.
It's still a stopgap though. At least with books, however unpopular they get, you always have those hipsters and anachronists who will always seek them out. For some formats/types of book, I actually prefer dead tree myself. Roleplaying source books and textbooks will always be superior in print. Fiction can go straight to the Kindle.
If all you (as a store) do is Kindles, then you're the replaceable AA batteries of the literature distribution system. I guess in theory, you'd do this and still keep stock of real books for anyone who might want them, but I can't imagine that you'd reap enough profit from this program to keep up with how much you've undercut your original business. It's also only for the first two years from the devices purchase date that stores get the cut of the books sold. Bookstores may be going out of business but all this does is offer a solid execution date. It's an unsustainable business model for any area that doesn't have huge growth.
"We'll pay you to stop being a bookstore and start being a Licensed Kindle Kiosk".
Frankly, I hope they do. I don't think you're giving them nearly enough credit though.
That's the fun thing, no matter how bad things will get, you'll always have too much to lose. As long as you have a family and a job that is even just barely good enough to get by, you'll never stick your neck out.
I think he's saying that he's not the troll Slashdot needs; he's the troll Slashdot DESERVES.
I'd want to read an autobiography by Richard Garriott. I imagine it would read something like Fear and Loathing.
Catastrophic to most people these days is not being able to afford their daily $8 Starbucks coffee.
The problem isn't that they're using the wrong words, it's that their worlds are too small for the proper order of magnitude for the word. Like a six year old.
Amen. If I could start over again, same circumstances, I'd be a fucking lawyer in a heartbeat.
Well, different assuming that you vote based upon things like gay rights or abortions, I suppose.
...well, I was attempting to crack wise based upon the parent comment's statement of the value being imaginary.
I'm either unfunny, or I need a disclaimer saying that if there's any way you can not take my comments seriously, that's the way you should take them.
What I want to know is how much it would have cost the US economy for the government to keep running during that period of time.
I assumed that they'd transition toward actually developing Ora.. err, RHEL at that point. From what I can tell based upon my clients, Solaris is dying, at least in the financial sector.
Maybe the super secret algo stuff is done on Solaris, I don't know. Can't speak to the dark secrets the real wizards keep behind locked doors, but the general infrastructure appears to be transitioning to Linux as fast as it can.
Is that actually what they're doing? It'd be interesting because the soulless megacorp I work for has recently decided that, hell or high water, we're doing the Oracle Linux thing. I'm not in the right country club and about 5000 org chart slots too low to effect change in the matter, but I would like another line item to illustrate how somehow, at the end of the day, we always manage to make the wrong choice.