The companies that were bailed out in the last crash WERE already replaced. It's not like they had a similar monopoly position as Facebook where them disappearing would leave a product vacuum behind that takes years to fill.
There is option 3, you know: I'm sitting outside the US and am just watching the dog-and-pony show. It's a bit like going to the zoo and enjoying the antics of the chimps, the difference probably being that these chimps can fling their feces far enough to hit you, no matter where you hide.
That's easy to explain: The plant will run for 30 years, even if I get reelected over and over and over again I won't outlast that, even Kohl only lasted for 16 years (yes, Kohl ruled Germany for 16 years. Kohl's rule was longer than Hitler's "Thousand Years Reich", which lasted for roughly 12 years. It didn't just feel that way...).
Why would I as a politician give a fuck about the problems I leave behind long after my rule is over?
That wasn't me trying to log in. Better delete the account right now, lest you have some fake profiles again. Better safe than sorry, delete it NOW, NOW, NOW!
I've had my share of religiously motivated flat earthers. And yes, the bible actually talks about a firmament spanning above the earth and stuff, and for literalists this means that it cannot be a globe. Because on a globe, a "firmament above" is pretty much impossible.
Hitler was elected. Yes, he was then sworn in by Reichspräsident Hindenburg as Reichskanzler. Because that's how the system worked. What you said is like saying the US president is appointed by the Chief Justice.
The cost of nuclear plants happen at their end, when it's time to dismantle them. You can't run nuke plants forever, but yes, for the time they run, they're dirt cheap. The end bill is prohibitively expensive, though. You have to get rid of a LOT of highly radioactive NIMBY waste. Try to find a place to put them. And then try to ensure that this place is safe for the next couple thousands or hundreds of thousands of years, because that's how long that waste is going to be very dangerous if not lethal to anything coming close to it.
That's great for nuclear power companies, of course. You reap the rewards of cheap power, pay your shareholders well and as soon as the plant is no longer viable and needs to get dismantled (i.e. when the big bills catch up to you), your company goes POOF and you dump about 99% of the cost your power plant generates onto the public.
Nobody would build a nuclear plant if they had to provide for the end-game cost.
My guess is that there's a connection. Some of those that take this bible thing serious think that their book could in some way be wrong if the Earth wasn't flat, so it MUST be flat because the book MUST be right.
Well, at least 'til the first hacker conference is being held at the hotel. Then they'll probably shut down. Either the service or the hotel, depending on when they notice it...
Yes, back then the number of people on the internet has been lower. But I doubt that the percentage of "bad" people changed significantly. And you know the old saying, on the internet you're by default in a bad neighborhood and EVERY burglar is in front of your door.
And back then there was no information campaigning in schools and awareness presentations telling you about the bad, bad men on the internet who want to lure you into their virtual van.
Facebook offers little that the next gen wants. Facebook didn't manage to make the leap onto the cellphone smoothly, which is essentially the tool younger (under 20) people use to stay in touch with each other. The thing closest to a computer they use, aside of gaming consoles, is maybe a touchpad.
Facebook isn't quite a mobile app. Yes, yes, it has a mobile app, but face it, it sucks. It's too bulky, too unwieldy and too overloaded, and the next gen users don't want that, it seems. They want apps that do what they want to do NOW, do it well and everything aside of that, there's another app for that that does that well. Simple interfaces without having to dig through 6 menus to get to what you want to do NOW is what they want. If that means running 10 apps that you switch between with the flick of a finger, so be it.
I guess I don't know anyone from the general target audience for smartphones. Which could well be the case, considering that two of my friends have flip-phones because the functionality they're looking for in a cellphone is text messages, telephone and an alarm clock...
You can leech from companies for a while until they find out that it's cheaper to cut you and develop it themselves. This is basically what happened here. That "Alliance for Open Media", you know who that is? According to their Wikipedia article it is "Amazon, Apple, ARM, Cisco, Facebook, Google, IBM, Intel Corporation, Microsoft, Mozilla, Netflix, and Nvidia". Notice something in that lineup? Makers of networking hardware/software, makers of CPUs/GPUs along with content providers and the makers of the tools to show that content. In other words, everyone that MPEG sold to.
They simply noticed "Hey! Instead of throwing that money at these goons, throw it in a pool and let's develop a standard that suits OUR needs!"
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What was the justification for the last bail outs? Want to bet that you can use the same excuses?
The companies that were bailed out in the last crash WERE already replaced. It's not like they had a similar monopoly position as Facebook where them disappearing would leave a product vacuum behind that takes years to fill.
How is Facebook more or less "relevant" than GM or Boeing? What's "system relevant" about these two, anyway?
There is option 3, you know: I'm sitting outside the US and am just watching the dog-and-pony show. It's a bit like going to the zoo and enjoying the antics of the chimps, the difference probably being that these chimps can fling their feces far enough to hit you, no matter where you hide.
That's easy to explain: The plant will run for 30 years, even if I get reelected over and over and over again I won't outlast that, even Kohl only lasted for 16 years (yes, Kohl ruled Germany for 16 years. Kohl's rule was longer than Hitler's "Thousand Years Reich", which lasted for roughly 12 years. It didn't just feel that way...).
Why would I as a politician give a fuck about the problems I leave behind long after my rule is over?
Companies the size of Facebook that really get into trouble whine at governments to bail them out.
Dear Facebook,
That wasn't me trying to log in. Better delete the account right now, lest you have some fake profiles again. Better safe than sorry, delete it NOW, NOW, NOW!
I've had my share of religiously motivated flat earthers. And yes, the bible actually talks about a firmament spanning above the earth and stuff, and for literalists this means that it cannot be a globe. Because on a globe, a "firmament above" is pretty much impossible.
Hitler was elected. Yes, he was then sworn in by Reichspräsident Hindenburg as Reichskanzler. Because that's how the system worked. What you said is like saying the US president is appointed by the Chief Justice.
With Apple, the customer is at the center of their concerns.
So they can fleece him from every angle.
Sounds awfully complicated. I take my chance with a conventional rocket.
The cost of nuclear plants happen at their end, when it's time to dismantle them. You can't run nuke plants forever, but yes, for the time they run, they're dirt cheap. The end bill is prohibitively expensive, though. You have to get rid of a LOT of highly radioactive NIMBY waste. Try to find a place to put them. And then try to ensure that this place is safe for the next couple thousands or hundreds of thousands of years, because that's how long that waste is going to be very dangerous if not lethal to anything coming close to it.
That's great for nuclear power companies, of course. You reap the rewards of cheap power, pay your shareholders well and as soon as the plant is no longer viable and needs to get dismantled (i.e. when the big bills catch up to you), your company goes POOF and you dump about 99% of the cost your power plant generates onto the public.
Nobody would build a nuclear plant if they had to provide for the end-game cost.
My guess is that there's a connection. Some of those that take this bible thing serious think that their book could in some way be wrong if the Earth wasn't flat, so it MUST be flat because the book MUST be right.
Snatch the food? I'd snatch the robot.
Well, at least 'til the first hacker conference is being held at the hotel. Then they'll probably shut down. Either the service or the hotel, depending on when they notice it...
I would've compared it more to the average drug dealer, but the method is quite similar.
Yes, back then the number of people on the internet has been lower. But I doubt that the percentage of "bad" people changed significantly. And you know the old saying, on the internet you're by default in a bad neighborhood and EVERY burglar is in front of your door.
And back then there was no information campaigning in schools and awareness presentations telling you about the bad, bad men on the internet who want to lure you into their virtual van.
Facebook offers little that the next gen wants. Facebook didn't manage to make the leap onto the cellphone smoothly, which is essentially the tool younger (under 20) people use to stay in touch with each other. The thing closest to a computer they use, aside of gaming consoles, is maybe a touchpad.
Facebook isn't quite a mobile app. Yes, yes, it has a mobile app, but face it, it sucks. It's too bulky, too unwieldy and too overloaded, and the next gen users don't want that, it seems. They want apps that do what they want to do NOW, do it well and everything aside of that, there's another app for that that does that well. Simple interfaces without having to dig through 6 menus to get to what you want to do NOW is what they want. If that means running 10 apps that you switch between with the flick of a finger, so be it.
So ... it was written by the medieval equivalent of some conspiracy theorist?
you would think over time people would become less gullible, not more.
One would think so, but Creationism is on the rise again.
https://xkcd.com/593/
It is obvious when you think about it...
Hitler was elected too, that means diddly squat.
Whether Turkey still is a democracy will be seen when/if we still get to see democratic elections in the future.
I guess I don't know anyone from the general target audience for smartphones. Which could well be the case, considering that two of my friends have flip-phones because the functionality they're looking for in a cellphone is text messages, telephone and an alarm clock...
I guess I'm getting old.
You can leech from companies for a while until they find out that it's cheaper to cut you and develop it themselves. This is basically what happened here. That "Alliance for Open Media", you know who that is? According to their Wikipedia article it is "Amazon, Apple, ARM, Cisco, Facebook, Google, IBM, Intel Corporation, Microsoft, Mozilla, Netflix, and Nvidia". Notice something in that lineup? Makers of networking hardware/software, makers of CPUs/GPUs along with content providers and the makers of the tools to show that content. In other words, everyone that MPEG sold to.
They simply noticed "Hey! Instead of throwing that money at these goons, throw it in a pool and let's develop a standard that suits OUR needs!"
Plus, no rent to pay after we have it.
You're pissed that for a change a different secret service gets to spy on the world with a 0day?