Open up shops to do what? Shops usually depend don't here buying a large employer to have a income base high enough to support shops.
You seem lack an understanding of the colloquialism, "to open up shop," as well as having a very limited definition of the term, "shop"
Probably not a lot of profit to be had for 'boutique' shops, but there are auto shops, carpentry shops, metalworking shops, etc., that would be quite viable in a place like The Motor City, regardless of it's current condition.
And if you have a high tech degree, why would you want to start a business there? VC practically don't exist, you contemporaries are all on the coast.
Right - why would foreigners with high-tech degrees want to start a business in Detroit? At least as Americans, we have a somewhat vested interest in keeping one of our large cities alive. I can imagine foreign companies selling off large tracts of land and assets the moment they take ownership, assuming they can find a buyer.
Try getting 10 million to start a software company in Detroit.
It still blows my mind that today, in an age where we can communicate instantly with people all over the planet, industries still tend to centralize geographically. Silicon Valley had a purpose at first, but I can't figure out for the life of me why anyone would want to invest, today, in companies that are based in one of the most business-and-individual-unfriendly regions of the nation.
Detroit is just like every other city when the primary employment went away.
I think you've had enough decades of "fewer people=fewer problems" as an attempt to improve things.
I'm not sure I get what you're laying down; how would importing foreigners to work in Detroit improve things for the millions of people living there already, moreso than encouraging Americans to do the same?
Here's the problem with importing more and more workers: They're going to get fucked by the Big Boys just like the rest of is. I have no illusions about this.
How about Dan Costa's idea? If the feds want Detroit to live, offer business grants to get people to open up shop there, give the existing population work (instead of just importing more people), and give them the opportunity to lift themselves out of poverty.
Would you rather be successful and miserable, or a happy failure?
I'm told that Hawaii, for example, has an odd vibe where a lot of people lead frugal lives with clapped out cars and McJobs, but they're there because it's a wonderful place to live. Do they deserve contempt for their lack of ambition? Praise for their ability to value the things that really matter? Respect despite having chosen a path we might not choose for ourselves?
Considering that my dream life involves tropical air, building guitars all day (because I want to, not because I need income) while my wife shoots the curls, and killing a fair amount of what I eat... hell, I'll admit to being just a little green with envy.
Well, it always depends on how you measure success... who's more successful, the small guy who manages to get around with minimum wage jobs, or the top manager who tanks several companies but always leaves with the golden parachute?
So, you obviously measure success by how much earthly capital a person acquires throughout their lives.
I measure it by being able to do what I want and be happy, without having to be a selfish douche-bag.
In accordance with that metric, I know homeless people who are far more successful than any corporate executive.
Your extensive rant notwithstanding, I feel compelled to point out that I was merely clarifying OP's statement, not positing my own position on the matter.
How is having a sense of humor being a five-year-old?
BTW, I would assume someone as mature as you're trying to make yourself out to be would not insist on including playground epithets in every response, especially the opening one.
Last time I checked, Russia's continual asylum was conditional on not releasing more information,
Easy for him to live up to since he gave the entire trove to Greenwald, et al. Snowden hasn't released anything since, because he doesn't have anything left. Same reason all the talk about the FSB getting access to the files is also baseless speculation.
I would be naive to assume that Greenwald has the only electronic copy of these documents. The speculation is Snowden could have stashed them in other safe places, to which he would have access. I almost guarantee the govt has done an automated search of the popular cloud sharing sites for keywords. The recent rumors that he planned this ahead of time with Russia is most likely wild speculation by an irresponsible congress critter. If the US knew that as fact, they wouldn't have told us.
I was going to wax philosophical about how and where Snowden might have stashed his cache, so to speak.
Then I thought about it, and decided I didn't want to accidentally say something clever that might... compromise his negotiating position. Better safe than sorry, you know?
Now, if you'll excuse me, there seems to be a commotion going on outsi
This world is occupied by 4.5 big thugs - China, Russia, USA, Japan, plus UK, which can only be rated as 0.5big, since they are living in their past glory.
Japan.... a thug? Really? And not just a 1/2 "thug" like you describe the UK, but a big thug? That is fascinating. Could you expand on that a bit?
I think I can: Japan gives a lot of aid and comfort to the other thug nations. It's like helping someone dump a body and cover their tracks.
what we have is a choice of kang or kodos. either way, we lose.
and no, voting 3rd party is a non-starter. don't even go there.
So, let me get this straight: If you had a choice between A) a guy that will eat your face, B) another guy that will eat your face, or C) a guy you've never heard of who wants to do something like, I dunno, legalize drugs or use a tax surplus to give everybody a $10 gift card to Office Depot... you'd vote for one of the face-eaters?
Suddenly I'm starting to realize why some people in other countries think we're collectively brain damaged.
Big is just what is needed to topple the corrupt telecommunications oligopoly. If Google can get 1 gb/s fiber here and there and spread it, we're either gonna get 1 gb/s fiber eventually, or the telecommunications oligopolies will be forced to compete and stop deliberately keeping us in the dark ages.
At least, until Google owns enough of the infrastructure to join the 'big boys' in their little club. Then it'll just be more of the same, but with 1 extra player.
CD, SD, USB, and FTP still work to get a competing web browser's installer onto a PC.
I downloaded a copy of Firefox once using FTP, and I have to admit, there's a certain, perverse joy in doing a trivial thing in a slightly-less-than-trivial manner.
It's my damn device, if I want to go all scorched-earth on it and delete a bunch of shit it needs to function, that should be my right as the property owner.
Keep dreaming. Bloating phones with money-making unstable privacy-invading tracking crapware is their first amendment right, and we are required to be glad for it, because it saves us the hassle of ordering our unlocked phones online.
You know, I've read the Constitution and all Amendments several times, and I still can't find the clause that actually gives rights of any kind to businesses.
From what I can tell, the Constitution only mentions 3 entities: Federal government, State government, and the People. Of course, corporations did exist back then (the collusion between the East India Tea Company and the British crown was a large part of the colonists rationale for revolting, after all), so it's not like it was an oversight.
So... what's up with all this talk about business rights? Businesses don't have rights.
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Open up shops to do what? Shops usually depend don't here buying a large employer to have a income base high enough to support shops.
You seem lack an understanding of the colloquialism, "to open up shop," as well as having a very limited definition of the term, "shop"
Probably not a lot of profit to be had for 'boutique' shops, but there are auto shops, carpentry shops, metalworking shops, etc., that would be quite viable in a place like The Motor City, regardless of it's current condition.
And if you have a high tech degree, why would you want to start a business there? VC practically don't exist, you contemporaries are all on the coast.
Right - why would foreigners with high-tech degrees want to start a business in Detroit? At least as Americans, we have a somewhat vested interest in keeping one of our large cities alive. I can imagine foreign companies selling off large tracts of land and assets the moment they take ownership, assuming they can find a buyer.
Try getting 10 million to start a software company in Detroit.
It still blows my mind that today, in an age where we can communicate instantly with people all over the planet, industries still tend to centralize geographically. Silicon Valley had a purpose at first, but I can't figure out for the life of me why anyone would want to invest, today, in companies that are based in one of the most business-and-individual-unfriendly regions of the nation.
Detroit is just like every other city when the primary employment went away.
Such as?
I think you've had enough decades of "fewer people=fewer problems" as an attempt to improve things.
I'm not sure I get what you're laying down; how would importing foreigners to work in Detroit improve things for the millions of people living there already, moreso than encouraging Americans to do the same?
Here's the problem with importing more and more workers: They're going to get fucked by the Big Boys just like the rest of is. I have no illusions about this.
How about Dan Costa's idea? If the feds want Detroit to live, offer business grants to get people to open up shop there, give the existing population work (instead of just importing more people), and give them the opportunity to lift themselves out of poverty.
Because, how often do you get to use the word "catnado," much less actually see it happen?
Here's hoping someone caught it on film and is uploading to the net as we type.
Would you rather be successful and miserable, or a happy failure?
I'm told that Hawaii, for example, has an odd vibe where a lot of people lead frugal lives with clapped out cars and McJobs, but they're there because it's a wonderful place to live. Do they deserve contempt for their lack of ambition? Praise for their ability to value the things that really matter? Respect despite having chosen a path we might not choose for ourselves?
Considering that my dream life involves tropical air, building guitars all day (because I want to, not because I need income) while my wife shoots the curls, and killing a fair amount of what I eat... hell, I'll admit to being just a little green with envy.
Well, it always depends on how you measure success ... who's more successful, the small guy who manages to get around with minimum wage jobs, or the top manager who tanks several companies but always leaves with the golden parachute?
So, you obviously measure success by how much earthly capital a person acquires throughout their lives.
I measure it by being able to do what I want and be happy, without having to be a selfish douche-bag.
In accordance with that metric, I know homeless people who are far more successful than any corporate executive.
Ah, yes, I misread that sentence.
My bad, carry on.
Your extensive rant notwithstanding, I feel compelled to point out that I was merely clarifying OP's statement, not positing my own position on the matter.
It's time to build our own "Internet", with Meshed networks,
And blackjack, and hookers!
In fact, forget the meshed networks and blackjack!
While it does list some restrictions, it's more of a whitelist. Anything the constitution doesn't say the government can do, it can't do.
Such as, declare businesses as people, so they can end-run the Constitution.
The fact that the People let the government get away with such egregious violations doesn't change the fact they are unconstitutional.
How is having a sense of humor being a five-year-old?
BTW, I would assume someone as mature as you're trying to make yourself out to be would not insist on including playground epithets in every response, especially the opening one.
Well, as the NFL is classified as a not-for-profit business, I'm gonna go with one (or a combination) of the first two.
Not me. But then I'm not five years old, emotionally, psychologically, or physically.
I certainly hope not; otherwise, we would need to hunt down the filthy pedophile who shoved that stick up your ass.
Just makes me glad everyone over there has a dashcam.
Last time I checked, Russia's continual asylum was conditional on not releasing more information,
Easy for him to live up to since he gave the entire trove to Greenwald, et al. Snowden hasn't released anything since, because he doesn't have anything left. Same reason all the talk about the FSB getting access to the files is also baseless speculation.
I would be naive to assume that Greenwald has the only electronic copy of these documents. The speculation is Snowden could have stashed them in other safe places, to which he would have access. I almost guarantee the govt has done an automated search of the popular cloud sharing sites for keywords. The recent rumors that he planned this ahead of time with Russia is most likely wild speculation by an irresponsible congress critter. If the US knew that as fact, they wouldn't have told us.
I was going to wax philosophical about how and where Snowden might have stashed his cache, so to speak.
Then I thought about it, and decided I didn't want to accidentally say something clever that might... compromise his negotiating position. Better safe than sorry, you know?
Now, if you'll excuse me, there seems to be a commotion going on outsi
My bet is on annoying the US, hell if [I were] Putin I would.
Same here.
No fun having power if you can't use it to piss off powerful people every once and a while :)
Can't we privately send him to Mars with a 3D printer? He'll do fine over there and he'll be in a new paradise far away from decaying Earth.
Is going to Mars such a horrible thing? 200,000 people have signed up for a possible trip to Mars
In my case, you just answered your own question, sir.
This world is occupied by 4.5 big thugs - China, Russia, USA, Japan, plus UK, which can only be rated as 0.5big, since they are living in their past glory.
Japan.... a thug? Really? And not just a 1/2 "thug" like you describe the UK, but a big thug? That is fascinating. Could you expand on that a bit?
I think I can: Japan gives a lot of aid and comfort to the other thug nations. It's like helping someone dump a body and cover their tracks.
what we have is a choice of kang or kodos. either way, we lose.
and no, voting 3rd party is a non-starter. don't even go there.
So, let me get this straight: If you had a choice between A) a guy that will eat your face, B) another guy that will eat your face, or C) a guy you've never heard of who wants to do something like, I dunno, legalize drugs or use a tax surplus to give everybody a $10 gift card to Office Depot... you'd vote for one of the face-eaters?
Suddenly I'm starting to realize why some people in other countries think we're collectively brain damaged.
How many of you read the summary and developed a sudden desire to bombard this poor soul's inbox by trying it for yourselves? Be honest.
I'll start things off by admitting to it myself.
Big is just what is needed to topple the corrupt telecommunications oligopoly. If Google can get 1 gb/s fiber here and there and spread it, we're either gonna get 1 gb/s fiber eventually, or the telecommunications oligopolies will be forced to compete and stop deliberately keeping us in the dark ages.
At least, until Google owns enough of the infrastructure to join the 'big boys' in their little club. Then it'll just be more of the same, but with 1 extra player.
CD, SD, USB, and FTP still work to get a competing web browser's installer onto a PC.
I downloaded a copy of Firefox once using FTP, and I have to admit, there's a certain, perverse joy in doing a trivial thing in a slightly-less-than-trivial manner.
how do I handle the inevitable flood of support issues form retards deleting their dialer?
"Go to the app store and type in dialer." Or "Go to the app store and tap downloaded apps, dialer, reinstall." Problem solved.
I can beat that:
"Google it, dumbfuck."
Why not make it all deletable?
It's my damn device, if I want to go all scorched-earth on it and delete a bunch of shit it needs to function, that should be my right as the property owner.
Keep dreaming.
Bloating phones with money-making unstable privacy-invading tracking crapware is their first amendment right, and we are required to be glad for it, because it saves us the hassle of ordering our unlocked phones online.
You know, I've read the Constitution and all Amendments several times, and I still can't find the clause that actually gives rights of any kind to businesses.
From what I can tell, the Constitution only mentions 3 entities: Federal government, State government, and the People. Of course, corporations did exist back then (the collusion between the East India Tea Company and the British crown was a large part of the colonists rationale for revolting, after all), so it's not like it was an oversight.
So... what's up with all this talk about business rights? Businesses don't have rights.