I'm pretty sure everything would have suffered. School, social life, family life. I can totally see that. I'd like to think my mom and dad would have put some kind of limits on it, but honestly I kind of doubt it.
People risk capital, some lose it, others get rewarded nicely. It's kind of like poker. There are winners and there are losers. People don't sit down at a table with N players and split each pot N ways. If it were like that, the rake (taxes) that the house (government) takes would eventually eat up all the money, leaving everyone with nothing.
You don't think people who put up millions or billions of dollars of their own money to fund the startup capital requirements of a company deserve to be compensated for risking that money? That you should just measure how many hours a week a person spends performing labor and all profits split accordingly? You would not have any companies if you did that, because nobody would be willing to risk the money to start one, when you can go work at an existing company risk-free.
The machines would not create wealth for *us*. They would create wealth for the owners of the machines. Unless you are willing to abandon the whole private ownership model and move to universal ownership of the machines and division of the proceeds, it won't work the way you think.
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I love seeing ads every time I click the Start menu!
too bad they didn't just stay in their lane, bro...
did Planet of the Apes teach us nothing?
You need to learn to live with strange happenings when you're dealing with black holes.
Filling out a W4 is going more complicated too. Whatever happened to filling out your taxes on a postcard?
So I don't have to support them with my efforts.
737 Max Pinto?
If they don't have any physical presence there, why would they?
Until it's installed on a computer that uses an Intel (tm) processor, that is....
I'm pretty sure everything would have suffered. School, social life, family life. I can totally see that. I'd like to think my mom and dad would have put some kind of limits on it, but honestly I kind of doubt it.
People risk capital, some lose it, others get rewarded nicely. It's kind of like poker. There are winners and there are losers. People don't sit down at a table with N players and split each pot N ways. If it were like that, the rake (taxes) that the house (government) takes would eventually eat up all the money, leaving everyone with nothing.
You don't think people who put up millions or billions of dollars of their own money to fund the startup capital requirements of a company deserve to be compensated for risking that money? That you should just measure how many hours a week a person spends performing labor and all profits split accordingly? You would not have any companies if you did that, because nobody would be willing to risk the money to start one, when you can go work at an existing company risk-free.
The machines would not create wealth for *us*. They would create wealth for the owners of the machines. Unless you are willing to abandon the whole private ownership model and move to universal ownership of the machines and division of the proceeds, it won't work the way you think.
Designing web based software, you need these sorts of things as part of your visual language.
No. Just fucking NO
If you store the correct data, it could literally be a virus.
Rocket launches are pretty easily detectable. With Rods from God it would be much harder to detect and retaliate.
I think they mean, edge of the observable universe.
As long as they obtain a warrant first.
"Alexa, pull up. Alexa? Alexa! Alexa, pull up! Alexa, PULL UP ALEXA ALEXA PULL UP ALEXA OH MY G--------"
And, we're still paying the cable companies big bucks for unbundled high speed internet connections. Argggh.
that sounds oddly specific.
Worst units ever.
Actually, maybe there *are* some interesting possibilities...
Screen protectors?
but...but...but... recurring revenue! (all the bean-counters get instant erections)