Instantly you'd have Google and probably Apple, too, jumping in to fill that void. Not to mention that you'll very quickly have a lot of small ISPs running that will bridge the gap, and let's be honest, even the worst garage-built ISP won't have worse support or connectivity than the useless sponges now in place.
Let's be honest here, what do you have in common with the rest of the US anymore? You're paying and paying and in return, all you get is more insanity than you have already in place (and that's gotta mean something considering the politicians you have and the policies that usually come out of them).
I'd say it's time to find out what's required to leave the Union.
But maybe it's a good thing. If companies gaming the "recommendation system" have to spend more and more money to keep gaming it, maybe they will eventually go bankrupt.
I'm not doing nothing. I have my system on autopilot and spend my time doing something I'd rather do instead. I agree, doing nothing is really the worst way to spend your time.
Second worst, though, is doing some mindless work.
Better is of course doing what you want to do.
And best is doing what you want to do and getting paid for the time you spend doing it.
I leave it to the reader to determine what the merit of automating away a mindless job is, and what the potential benefit is if you don't report it.
What good is 4k for if the content isn't even worth being watched in LD quality? The problem is not a lack of 4k content, the problem is a lack of content.
I want to see two independent security audits before I believe this.
Yes, we have arrived at the point where you can't believe a manufacturer's information about their products anymore. Either they deliberately lie to you or they don't even know it themselves. Or their product is such a hodgepodge of badly outdated libraries that the 16-year old from around the corner can hack the insecure IoT bull.
Yes, it does reduce the number of invitations I get. But it increases the share of invitations that I accepted and didn't feel uneasy about afterwards.
Yes, this is exactly the question. And the problem.
There should be no doubt that these women deserve those laurels. Their accomplishments are groundbreaking, both in physics and chemistry those Prizes went to the right people. This will change the world and we will soon see research jump forwards due to those accomplishments. These women worked hard for those goals and I do not doubt that they dedicated years if not decades of their life to be where they are now.
And without the constant whining from the alleged feminists (I can't in good faith believe they actually give a shit about the advancement of gender equality anymore, sorry), this would stand by itself. There would be NO doubt, from anyone, that these merits are fully deserved.
Thanks. Thanks a lot, you whiny, self absorbed bitches who never accomplished, or ever will accomplish, anything in your lives for ruining this for these great women. Thank you so much. You know that you'll never amount to anything and can only ever hope to get any kind of accolades if you skew and twist the rules until you get your participation trophy for belonging to a certain group. And you don't give a FUCK about anyone else from the group that actually CAN and DO accomplish anything.
In this case it's understandable: If there is a mandatory backdoor in your servers holding your trade secrets, they quickly become public knowledge, making you quite a bit less competitive.
Less competition in IT is certainly something the rest of the world could well use. Because if you're not allowed to encrypt in your country, the very first thing that will happen is that ANYONE who has remotely any data worth protecting will FLEE your country. Any data storage will happen abroad. And since I probably won't even be allowed to transport data in encrypted format into your country, I will make sure that anything remotely important will NOT touch your soil in any way.
In simple terms, so even politicians can grasp it: Pass this bill and kiss R&D, finance and IT good bye.
Because no backdoor is "government only" for long. At least not YOUR government-only. Such a back door is the holy grail, the gold ticket, the fast pass to industrial espionage. Do you think countries like North Korea would be above kidnapping the loved ones of someone holding that key and blackmail them so they don't get killed? Do you think your backdoor will be secret for long? And do you think anyone who's not completely insane will do any research or data storage in your country anymore?
Obama is hard to find a good quip for. There are too many, choosing one would've taken too long. It's like avoiding the low hanging fruit because everyone would just accuse you of going for the low hanging fruit.;)
Ford was an asshole, no doubt. He sure as fuck didn't pay more than minimum wage because he was such a sweet, lovable guy that he wanted people to be happy. He wanted workers that can afford his own products that wanted to stay in his factory SO badly that they put up with everything, from insane working hours to zero privacy.
He realized, though, that it IS possible to motivate people with money. Easily so, even. And that it's even cheaper in the long run to pay your workers more because that means that they'll bend over backwards to keep that job.
Odd. I actually hear this "sky-is-falling" doomsaying only from people who fear that if more people can afford it, the stuff they want to buy gets more expensive. Never from someone with some kind of background in those matters.
Pay peanuts and you get chimps. And frankly, if you only paid me 15 bucks an hour, I would leave my brain at home, too. If you want me to do something, pay me. If you don't pay me, don't expect more work to be done than is absolutely minimally necessary to not get fired, and even that only insofar as finding another job (which also pays shit) is down the road.
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Would you? Pretty please with cherry on top?
Instantly you'd have Google and probably Apple, too, jumping in to fill that void. Not to mention that you'll very quickly have a lot of small ISPs running that will bridge the gap, and let's be honest, even the worst garage-built ISP won't have worse support or connectivity than the useless sponges now in place.
No, it will not make the internet any better. But it keeps it from getting worse.
Let's be honest here, what do you have in common with the rest of the US anymore? You're paying and paying and in return, all you get is more insanity than you have already in place (and that's gotta mean something considering the politicians you have and the policies that usually come out of them).
I'd say it's time to find out what's required to leave the Union.
Another playground for astroturfers.
But maybe it's a good thing. If companies gaming the "recommendation system" have to spend more and more money to keep gaming it, maybe they will eventually go bankrupt.
I'm not doing nothing. I have my system on autopilot and spend my time doing something I'd rather do instead. I agree, doing nothing is really the worst way to spend your time.
Second worst, though, is doing some mindless work.
Better is of course doing what you want to do.
And best is doing what you want to do and getting paid for the time you spend doing it.
I leave it to the reader to determine what the merit of automating away a mindless job is, and what the potential benefit is if you don't report it.
Yes, the Soviet Union protected our freedoms.
As long as it existed, our leaders had to pretend they're the good guys...
What good is 4k for if the content isn't even worth being watched in LD quality? The problem is not a lack of 4k content, the problem is a lack of content.
Alexa is only on if you hold the button.
I want to see two independent security audits before I believe this.
Yes, we have arrived at the point where you can't believe a manufacturer's information about their products anymore. Either they deliberately lie to you or they don't even know it themselves. Or their product is such a hodgepodge of badly outdated libraries that the 16-year old from around the corner can hack the insecure IoT bull.
I actually started doing this.
Yes, it does reduce the number of invitations I get. But it increases the share of invitations that I accepted and didn't feel uneasy about afterwards.
How to turn off Alexa "support"?
Great, another industry moving to China...
Now wouldn't this be the pinnacle of irony if industries started fleeing to China to escape industrial espionage?
Where's the trouble? If you have trained goons without conscience at your disposal, this is actually a pretty straight forward and easy solution.
Yes, this is exactly the question. And the problem.
There should be no doubt that these women deserve those laurels. Their accomplishments are groundbreaking, both in physics and chemistry those Prizes went to the right people. This will change the world and we will soon see research jump forwards due to those accomplishments. These women worked hard for those goals and I do not doubt that they dedicated years if not decades of their life to be where they are now.
And without the constant whining from the alleged feminists (I can't in good faith believe they actually give a shit about the advancement of gender equality anymore, sorry), this would stand by itself. There would be NO doubt, from anyone, that these merits are fully deserved.
Thanks. Thanks a lot, you whiny, self absorbed bitches who never accomplished, or ever will accomplish, anything in your lives for ruining this for these great women. Thank you so much. You know that you'll never amount to anything and can only ever hope to get any kind of accolades if you skew and twist the rules until you get your participation trophy for belonging to a certain group. And you don't give a FUCK about anyone else from the group that actually CAN and DO accomplish anything.
Go to hell, assholes!
Fixed those quotation marks for you.
In this case it's understandable: If there is a mandatory backdoor in your servers holding your trade secrets, they quickly become public knowledge, making you quite a bit less competitive.
Less competition in IT is certainly something the rest of the world could well use. Because if you're not allowed to encrypt in your country, the very first thing that will happen is that ANYONE who has remotely any data worth protecting will FLEE your country. Any data storage will happen abroad. And since I probably won't even be allowed to transport data in encrypted format into your country, I will make sure that anything remotely important will NOT touch your soil in any way.
In simple terms, so even politicians can grasp it: Pass this bill and kiss R&D, finance and IT good bye.
Because no backdoor is "government only" for long. At least not YOUR government-only. Such a back door is the holy grail, the gold ticket, the fast pass to industrial espionage. Do you think countries like North Korea would be above kidnapping the loved ones of someone holding that key and blackmail them so they don't get killed? Do you think your backdoor will be secret for long? And do you think anyone who's not completely insane will do any research or data storage in your country anymore?
To be honest, I don't really care much for the gender of scientists. I don't want to fuck them, I want them to make groundbreaking discoveries.
Obama is hard to find a good quip for. There are too many, choosing one would've taken too long. It's like avoiding the low hanging fruit because everyone would just accuse you of going for the low hanging fruit. ;)
Take a minimum paying job, double it, then calculate how far you'd get in your month before the money is up. I arrive at the 20th.
Ford was an asshole, no doubt. He sure as fuck didn't pay more than minimum wage because he was such a sweet, lovable guy that he wanted people to be happy. He wanted workers that can afford his own products that wanted to stay in his factory SO badly that they put up with everything, from insane working hours to zero privacy.
He realized, though, that it IS possible to motivate people with money. Easily so, even. And that it's even cheaper in the long run to pay your workers more because that means that they'll bend over backwards to keep that job.
You'd prefer working in a sustenance family farm to your current job? Go ahead, what's keeping you from doing it?
Odd. I actually hear this "sky-is-falling" doomsaying only from people who fear that if more people can afford it, the stuff they want to buy gets more expensive. Never from someone with some kind of background in those matters.
Pay peanuts and you get chimps. And frankly, if you only paid me 15 bucks an hour, I would leave my brain at home, too. If you want me to do something, pay me. If you don't pay me, don't expect more work to be done than is absolutely minimally necessary to not get fired, and even that only insofar as finding another job (which also pays shit) is down the road.
Supply and demand, baby.
According to MS that's not gonna happen.
Can I revert to the old look and feel or can I turn that "update" off altogether?