About 3 years ago I performed a little experiment. Had 20 EUR to spend. Spent them on Google AdSense (or AdWords? well whatever) to boost my Youtube channel which had many (unmonetized) World of Tanks replays. This was not to make any money, but to verify what would happen if I did go that way. That 20 EUR lasted about a week, during which the amount of views of my channel increased tenfold, from about 200 accesses a week to over 2000. then it dropped straight back to 200-something a week.
Now, the question in TFT (The Fuckin Title) is retarded. Online Advertising can be very anything from very lucrative to worthless. The outcome depends on a shit ton of factors and decisions.
No, they are running a crappy inventory system with exposed data files which Windows 10 tries to index. Let me guess, that inventory system is a glorified Excel full of formulas.
THE reason they're more expensive is EU VAT which applies to all goods manufactured outside of the EU and which don't fall under any of the free trade agreements.
This is also called "conformity guarantee" and makes the seller legally bound, regardless of what the manufacturer states. the manufacturer could say "we offer one year guarantee" but the seller MUST offer a two year guarantee regardless. If the manufacturer is also the seller (e.g. sells the product directly to end-users through a webshop), then they need to offer a two year guarantee anyway.
Dude I was just continuing the parent post's idea (which I find ridiculous but hey, a lil' bit of theoretical debate doesn't hurt) to prove that even if that was the case (which it isn't), there will still be a shortage of jobs somewhere.
Again, in Western Europe the trend is for natives to abandon jobs they find "low" such as plumber, carpenter, janitor, nurse, construction work and Eastern Europeans are taking over those areas. That doesn't mean those natives automatically get "high" jobs. Many of them just live off benefits.
Outsource? Nope. Proactive companies will need to train/apprentice new employees.
FROM WHERE???
That was the whole point!
1. You have a shortage of IT developers, you raise salaries, people from Engineering move to IT development. 2. You now have an Engineering shortage, you raise salaries there, people from accounting jobs move to Engineering. 3. You now have an Accounting shortage, you raise salaries there, people from Education move to Accounting. 4......50. you now have a Janitor shortage so you raise salaries there but nobody comes to fill those positions because NOBODY IS LEFT TO FILL THEM.
Point is, "someone, somewhere, would end up having to outsource".
It already happens in Europe, has been happening for the last couple decades: most if not all "lower level" jobs in the UK, Germany, Italy, Spain, France are occupied by Eastern Europeans and other immigrants. There is almost NOBODY native to the country who even considers taking such jobs, but they need people with those jobs anyway. It sucks when there's nobody available to take out your garbage, doesn't it?
I have seen zero evidence that there is a vast pool of qualified techs sitting on the sidelines, waiting for salaries to go up.
It's not that people are sitting on the sidelines who are already in tech, it's that there are people who are capable of doing programming jobs but are choosing to go into a different career path, perhaps electrical engineering, physics, math, or plenty of other disciplines. You can't argue that if the salary for tech jobs rose $20k across the board that none of those young people would reconsider and choose to study computer science instead.
...and end up with having to outsource the other jobs you had mentioned.
TFS says "With the national jobless rate near a 16-year low" - which means there's a shortage of people overall. If the IT tech suffers from that, raise salaries, you say. OK, then the shortage moves around from one job area to another, but the fact remains: someone, somewhere, would end up having to outsource.
My Samsung A5 (2016) did not have Facebook preinstalled... until a Samsung OS "Security Update" came a year ago and said "Facebook application has been installed" - without me being able or allowed to deny that. Now Facebook is auto-updating by itself, separately from the normal Google App Store updates. I fucking hate that.
I don't know, and won't test it either:) My guess is that if there's an issue that's covered by insurance, then it's up to the driver to handle it. Somebody vomiting in a car isn't covered by insurance, so Uber would do that for the driver.
I don't think they charge the passenger. I think they eat the cost up to some extent, and of course if you as a passenger are a repeated offender they would just ban your account. Can't really say. But it makes sense for some small issues to be covered by Uber.
If the cab driver's vehicle gets damaged, will Uber pay for the repairs?
As a matter of fact, they are. I took an Uber with my sick child to drive him to a private hospital once, and the kid vomited on the back seat. Not a lot, he's only three and didn't do a lot of damage. The driver said it's fine because he will take a picture of the damage and Uber will give him money to wash the car thoroughly and then some. I asked "what if drivers abuse this?" to which he said Uber does keep statistics of how likely this event is to occur and there are certain thresholds. he also said this sort of occurrence happens more often than I'd imagine (drunk fares are fairly common).
The key is for the damage to occur while driving for Uber.
The moderation system is designed around the law of large numbers, with one filter: the better an account's karma is, the more moderation points it receives in time. I have been wrongly moderated a couple times, in topics where TFS, TFA or both were incorrectly bashing Microsoft and I pointed it out, but at the same time I expected the moderation to swing that way. But generally I am happy with how it works.
The trick is to set the right expectation and not care too much.
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About 3 years ago I performed a little experiment.
Had 20 EUR to spend. Spent them on Google AdSense (or AdWords? well whatever) to boost my Youtube channel which had many (unmonetized) World of Tanks replays. This was not to make any money, but to verify what would happen if I did go that way.
That 20 EUR lasted about a week, during which the amount of views of my channel increased tenfold, from about 200 accesses a week to over 2000. then it dropped straight back to 200-something a week.
Now, the question in TFT (The Fuckin Title) is retarded. Online Advertising can be very anything from very lucrative to worthless. The outcome depends on a shit ton of factors and decisions.
Rocket science is hard
...but not exactly brain surgery, is it?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
No, they are running a crappy inventory system with exposed data files which Windows 10 tries to index. Let me guess, that inventory system is a glorified Excel full of formulas.
Oh, I'm sure they don't :)
but-but-but... he's an old white guy who... whatever he said. Don't you forget that!
how is this different from the famious BSOD on stage at a trade show as Gates was touting how stable it was until u plugged in a kybd..
FYI it was a scanner.
Well that's how shortages appear :)
THE reason they're more expensive is EU VAT which applies to all goods manufactured outside of the EU and which don't fall under any of the free trade agreements.
What was that? You say NO manufacturer offers a warranty longer than 1 year in the USA? Hmph, imagine that.
FTFY.
The EU enforces a two year guarantee for sold consumer goods.
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal...
This is also called "conformity guarantee" and makes the seller legally bound, regardless of what the manufacturer states. the manufacturer could say "we offer one year guarantee" but the seller MUST offer a two year guarantee regardless.
If the manufacturer is also the seller (e.g. sells the product directly to end-users through a webshop), then they need to offer a two year guarantee anyway.
...only for very large values of "little".
Their findings were briefly explained in this documentary called "Storks": http://www.imdb.com/title/tt46...
My welcome is stronger than your welcome!
Dude I was just continuing the parent post's idea (which I find ridiculous but hey, a lil' bit of theoretical debate doesn't hurt) to prove that even if that was the case (which it isn't), there will still be a shortage of jobs somewhere.
Again, in Western Europe the trend is for natives to abandon jobs they find "low" such as plumber, carpenter, janitor, nurse, construction work and Eastern Europeans are taking over those areas. That doesn't mean those natives automatically get "high" jobs. Many of them just live off benefits.
Those pointy ears though... mmmmm....
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It was a fucking EXAMPLE.
Sorry... I was hoping people knew what an example is, apparently not. My bad.
Let me rephrase:
GRR. UGA-UGA! Hrrmf! BaaaAAAhh!
That better? I hope I got the pronunciation right.
Outsource? Nope. Proactive companies will need to train/apprentice new employees.
FROM WHERE???
That was the whole point!
1. You have a shortage of IT developers, you raise salaries, people from Engineering move to IT development. ...50. you now have a Janitor shortage so you raise salaries there but nobody comes to fill those positions because NOBODY IS LEFT TO FILL THEM.
2. You now have an Engineering shortage, you raise salaries there, people from accounting jobs move to Engineering.
3. You now have an Accounting shortage, you raise salaries there, people from Education move to Accounting.
4...
Point is, "someone, somewhere, would end up having to outsource".
It already happens in Europe, has been happening for the last couple decades: most if not all "lower level" jobs in the UK, Germany, Italy, Spain, France are occupied by Eastern Europeans and other immigrants. There is almost NOBODY native to the country who even considers taking such jobs, but they need people with those jobs anyway. It sucks when there's nobody available to take out your garbage, doesn't it?
I have seen zero evidence that there is a vast pool of qualified techs sitting on the sidelines, waiting for salaries to go up.
It's not that people are sitting on the sidelines who are already in tech, it's that there are people who are capable of doing programming jobs but are choosing to go into a different career path, perhaps electrical engineering, physics, math, or plenty of other disciplines. You can't argue that if the salary for tech jobs rose $20k across the board that none of those young people would reconsider and choose to study computer science instead.
...and end up with having to outsource the other jobs you had mentioned.
TFS says "With the national jobless rate near a 16-year low" - which means there's a shortage of people overall. If the IT tech suffers from that, raise salaries, you say. OK, then the shortage moves around from one job area to another, but the fact remains: someone, somewhere, would end up having to outsource.
Maybe if someone punched you in the pie...
Why do you think the saying goes "join the Dark Side, we have cookies!"?
Do you have cookies? Maybe but not the kind they want.
My Samsung A5 (2016) did not have Facebook preinstalled... until a Samsung OS "Security Update" came a year ago and said "Facebook application has been installed" - without me being able or allowed to deny that.
Now Facebook is auto-updating by itself, separately from the normal Google App Store updates. I fucking hate that.
I don't know, and won't test it either :)
My guess is that if there's an issue that's covered by insurance, then it's up to the driver to handle it. Somebody vomiting in a car isn't covered by insurance, so Uber would do that for the driver.
I don't think they charge the passenger. I think they eat the cost up to some extent, and of course if you as a passenger are a repeated offender they would just ban your account.
Can't really say. But it makes sense for some small issues to be covered by Uber.
If the cab driver's vehicle gets damaged, will Uber pay for the repairs?
As a matter of fact, they are.
I took an Uber with my sick child to drive him to a private hospital once, and the kid vomited on the back seat. Not a lot, he's only three and didn't do a lot of damage. The driver said it's fine because he will take a picture of the damage and Uber will give him money to wash the car thoroughly and then some.
I asked "what if drivers abuse this?" to which he said Uber does keep statistics of how likely this event is to occur and there are certain thresholds. he also said this sort of occurrence happens more often than I'd imagine (drunk fares are fairly common).
The key is for the damage to occur while driving for Uber.
The moderation system is designed around the law of large numbers, with one filter: the better an account's karma is, the more moderation points it receives in time.
I have been wrongly moderated a couple times, in topics where TFS, TFA or both were incorrectly bashing Microsoft and I pointed it out, but at the same time I expected the moderation to swing that way. But generally I am happy with how it works.
The trick is to set the right expectation and not care too much.