You're right, it probably is New Zealand's fault. But in the Ireland case Apple went with Irelend instead of the governing body because they happened to like what Irelend was telling them better. While I know that technically companies are supposed to make as much money as they can at any cost, jesus, are the people running these companies not understanding how they are affecting the world's economy? Not really sure how anyone can be so selfish so as not to ask questions about whether this is the right thing to do. Business is business yes, but business is run by people and if these people don't give a crap then the world is screwed it's that simple.
If it is a ride sharing service then they don't need the Uber app, they already know where they are going so if the other person is going the same way then what is the app for?
If you're competent and enjoy spending your personal time networking, on job interviews, and climbing the corporate latter maybe you're fine without a union. Some of us are competent and just want a job and not worry about the other external bullshit.
1. "Sure it would. In fact it would be a lot safer, if a bit slower. "
3. It's going to be an hour at the most, hardly enough time to do anything productive. I can see if you are on a long road trip but not to work. Besides, everyone on the road is absolutely free to trade speed for safety now. In most places there are no minimum speed limits. They don't drive slower because they don't want to.
4. It's hard to comment on that since we're no where close to that yet. Yes they can see everything around them but will people be able to teach them how to interpret that information correctly? Google only just developed AI that can detect a cat in a video, whether that can be applied to a car detecting a cat by the side of the road while driving in order to avoid it remains to be seen. The difficult part of automated driving, which is dealing with unpredictable situations, has not really been attempted yet. AI cars are having trouble with other cars that are following the laws of traffic and doing mostly expected things right now, how will they decide how to drive around snow clearing equipment driving in random ways and leaving snow piles here and there? Also, data security has to make some great advances before cars can realistically talk to each other without being hackable or able to be manipulated. Decades indeed, I'm thinking more like ten of them.
You were saying driving slower would be safer, but the point is that people don't want to drive slower or they already would be. This doesn't change with AI. I don't want my ride to work to take longer in an automated car than it does manually. If that is the case then ai isn't really effective.
That can end badly unless you are very, very careful. At the least you need a battery backup so the raid can write out in the event of a power outage. I had my mdadm raid kick a drive out of the array when another one failed and it couldn't be brought back in again. Fortunately I was able to revive the drive and get back all but a handful of files but it was scary enough that I wouldn't use software raid again. Hardware raid is worrisome because you need to be able to purchase the same hardware you had before so not wise to do without a support contract.
It's called advertising! They will promise anything as long as they can do it without it costing them much money. But yet then where is the airline with the biggest seats? I just tried it on two search engines. I expected st least one airline boasting larger seats all around but there are none. Where is the corporate investment in earning customers?
I work in a lot of different languages and it changes from week to week. Maybe what makes a language simple also makes it efficient to change. Unless you can point to something that Python cannot do with simpler source code, why would you want to use the more complex one? I can appreciate the use of objective-c for speed or, well, it took Android awhile to get 'smooth' on Java but it's there now and it has a full complement of libraries. But for the part that needs to be extended and tweaked and retweaked, I think Python is a valid choice. You get a lot done in a simple way.
I just want to say. Good for Python. I know a lot of people hate it but once you get past the static indents there is a lot to like about the language.
No, my page shifts around in firefox. On my phone I get a full page ad inviting me to enter a contest that I can't make go away. I have to close my browser and come back to read slashdot. At first I thought I had malware of some sort but it only happened on slashdot.
I was going to say, the city I live in has trouble just keeping the concrete from turning into gravel. It would be far more economically feasible to just have comprehensive public transit that can deal with the condition of the roads.
Everyone benefits from having more room. It's not just about fitting into the seat, it's about being comfortable. A small seat is more uncomfortable for people than a bigger seat.
For a real free market to exist, at least one airline needs to stand up and say "we are making our seats bigger because that is the right thing to do. We will make less money than our competitors but our customers will be happier and we will still be able to stay in business". THIS is not what happens. You are far willing to excuse them for not doing the things they could do but don't choose to because it is a more difficult way to go.
Because when the government does it, they are imposing a limit on what they deem to be workable for people, which is exactly what the government should be doing. If companies didn't get locked in a race to the bottom then we wouldn't need the government but sadly we do in many cases because commercial ventures lose all common sense pursuing profits.
Stop talking about the market. If the market was a real thing then different airlines would be shrinking seats to a different degree. Some airlines would be advertising 'our seats are bigger'. But as usual, every company moves in lock step with one another. There is no such thing as having the market sort it out, as is the case for most products and services.
I don't see what any of this has to do with the inability to lower the price. I'm a little surprised that a person could be so lazy that they would be troubled by finding a place for a book, but none of this contributes to the cost of a book seller.
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You're right, it probably is New Zealand's fault. But in the Ireland case Apple went with Irelend instead of the governing body because they happened to like what Irelend was telling them better. While I know that technically companies are supposed to make as much money as they can at any cost, jesus, are the people running these companies not understanding how they are affecting the world's economy? Not really sure how anyone can be so selfish so as not to ask questions about whether this is the right thing to do. Business is business yes, but business is run by people and if these people don't give a crap then the world is screwed it's that simple.
If it is a ride sharing service then they don't need the Uber app, they already know where they are going so if the other person is going the same way then what is the app for?
Would you want to pay less for a flight if it meant you had a 10% greater chance of being in a plane crash? I wouldn't. Totally fine with regulations.
If you're competent and enjoy spending your personal time networking, on job interviews, and climbing the corporate latter maybe you're fine without a union. Some of us are competent and just want a job and not worry about the other external bullshit.
They're screwing over entire NATIONS and you ask what of it?
1. "Sure it would. In fact it would be a lot safer, if a bit slower. "
3. It's going to be an hour at the most, hardly enough time to do anything productive. I can see if you are on a long road trip but not to work. Besides, everyone on the road is absolutely free to trade speed for safety now. In most places there are no minimum speed limits. They don't drive slower because they don't want to.
4. It's hard to comment on that since we're no where close to that yet. Yes they can see everything around them but will people be able to teach them how to interpret that information correctly? Google only just developed AI that can detect a cat in a video, whether that can be applied to a car detecting a cat by the side of the road while driving in order to avoid it remains to be seen. The difficult part of automated driving, which is dealing with unpredictable situations, has not really been attempted yet. AI cars are having trouble with other cars that are following the laws of traffic and doing mostly expected things right now, how will they decide how to drive around snow clearing equipment driving in random ways and leaving snow piles here and there? Also, data security has to make some great advances before cars can realistically talk to each other without being hackable or able to be manipulated. Decades indeed, I'm thinking more like ten of them.
Hardware raid usually comes with cache batteries built in so I didn't feel it worth mentioning.
You were saying driving slower would be safer, but the point is that people don't want to drive slower or they already would be. This doesn't change with AI. I don't want my ride to work to take longer in an automated car than it does manually. If that is the case then ai isn't really effective.
That can end badly unless you are very, very careful. At the least you need a battery backup so the raid can write out in the event of a power outage. I had my mdadm raid kick a drive out of the array when another one failed and it couldn't be brought back in again. Fortunately I was able to revive the drive and get back all but a handful of files but it was scary enough that I wouldn't use software raid again. Hardware raid is worrisome because you need to be able to purchase the same hardware you had before so not wise to do without a support contract.
It's called advertising! They will promise anything as long as they can do it without it costing them much money. But yet then where is the airline with the biggest seats? I just tried it on two search engines. I expected st least one airline boasting larger seats all around but there are none. Where is the corporate investment in earning customers?
I work in a lot of different languages and it changes from week to week. Maybe what makes a language simple also makes it efficient to change. Unless you can point to something that Python cannot do with simpler source code, why would you want to use the more complex one? I can appreciate the use of objective-c for speed or, well, it took Android awhile to get 'smooth' on Java but it's there now and it has a full complement of libraries. But for the part that needs to be extended and tweaked and retweaked, I think Python is a valid choice. You get a lot done in a simple way.
I just want to say. Good for Python. I know a lot of people hate it but once you get past the static indents there is a lot to like about the language.
Yes because Java is only used by inexperienced people.
But the point is you only get what you pay for.
No, my page shifts around in firefox. On my phone I get a full page ad inviting me to enter a contest that I can't make go away. I have to close my browser and come back to read slashdot. At first I thought I had malware of some sort but it only happened on slashdot.
I was going to say, the city I live in has trouble just keeping the concrete from turning into gravel. It would be far more economically feasible to just have comprehensive public transit that can deal with the condition of the roads.
The thing is people will not be getting into accidents, so why will they pay for them?
Everyone benefits from having more room. It's not just about fitting into the seat, it's about being comfortable. A small seat is more uncomfortable for people than a bigger seat.
For a real free market to exist, at least one airline needs to stand up and say "we are making our seats bigger because that is the right thing to do. We will make less money than our competitors but our customers will be happier and we will still be able to stay in business". THIS is not what happens. You are far willing to excuse them for not doing the things they could do but don't choose to because it is a more difficult way to go.
Don't you see me with this small woman on my shoulders? You don't have any one on your shoulders! Why am I subsidizing you??
It wouldn't be so bad if the ads weren't shifting the page by 200 pixels all through reading
Because when the government does it, they are imposing a limit on what they deem to be workable for people, which is exactly what the government should be doing. If companies didn't get locked in a race to the bottom then we wouldn't need the government but sadly we do in many cases because commercial ventures lose all common sense pursuing profits.
Stop talking about the market. If the market was a real thing then different airlines would be shrinking seats to a different degree. Some airlines would be advertising 'our seats are bigger'. But as usual, every company moves in lock step with one another. There is no such thing as having the market sort it out, as is the case for most products and services.
I don't see what any of this has to do with the inability to lower the price. I'm a little surprised that a person could be so lazy that they would be troubled by finding a place for a book, but none of this contributes to the cost of a book seller.
We're not talking about age and maintenance. We're talking about out of the box brand new.