it means that businesses that want to conduct business at the national level have to be aware of and adhere to fifty different sets of laws rather than one.
Which is precisely what the Commerce Clause was meant to deal with, but instead it's used to limit the rights of individual citizens.
I've said before that if companies want to control how you use the devices they sell you
So you never owned your old analog cell phone, since it's not upgradeable
Your reading comprehension skills could use an upgrade; there are more ways that a device is controlled by the manufacturer or distributor than limiting upgrades.
OP is right on point here, and pretty much every EULA you ever agreed to will confirm it - if you bothered to actually read them.
This 5 star rating is a laudable achievement and - more importantly for me as a buyer - a sign that the company has good priorities about what's important.
So where are the articles and praise for Ford, GM, BMW, Mercedes, Nissan, Volvo and all the other manufacturers who build cars that receive 5 start NHTSA ratings?
At $49k for the cheapest Tesla you can reasonably expect to have delivered to you, the Model 3 is a luxury car.
Sorry bud, it ain't 1975 anymore. Things change. $50k gets you a basic sedan or minivan with some nice options.
Bull.
Fucking.
Shit.
A brand new Volkwagen Jetta with all the options is still less than $32K. If you're paying over fifty thousand for a "basic sedan," you're a moron and the salesperson is a thief.
How did Jeff Bezos bilk "millions of normal folks for their hard earned $$'s"?
Tax abatements and shelters, lobbying for legislation that equates to special treatment, regulatory capture - you know, the typical Evil-American-Corporation stuff.
In fairness, all that stuff is only half on him, the other half of blame lies with our elected "representatives" who would rather make sweetheart deals with corporations than actually, you know, represent their constituents.
The intention is to satisfy the Nicotine craving while eliminating the harmful toxins and poisons of the cigarette.
FTFY - natural tobacco actually doesn't have a lot of harmful chemicals, most of those (like coal tar, formaldehyde, and yes even nicotine*) are sprayed on cigarettes at the factory, and are often present due to government regulation; coal tar, a known carcinogen, is the legally required chemical that makes cigarettes "fire-safe"
*Nicotine levels in natural tobacco are 20-some-odd lower than the levels found in most full-flavor cigarettes.
What I AM in favour of is regulating behavior that puts others at risk.
As long as you're not the one being regulated, right? Even Socrates knew that anonymous forums were toxic cesspools of confirmation bias, where hatred breeds, so does that mean you're going to stop posting under an anonymous pseudonym? Probably not.
You know what I'm in favor of regulation? Individuals who think they have some impetus to tell the rest of us what rights we can and cannot have.
Not wanting to experience something that other people do want to experience is not reason for it to be illegal.
There's ample reason to ban it in public, though.
No, it's a terrible reason - fundamentalist Christians "don't want to experience" homosexuals holding hands on a public sidewalk, but I doubt you'd say that's an "ample reason" to ban public hand-holding.
The great thing about America is that if you are free to not stand next to someone who smokes, if you don't like smoke; that does not mean you have a right to stand next to smokers just so you can bitch about the freedoms they enjoy that you disagree with.
You know, that never bothers me. But what does bother me is not bothering to put basic dampening on your trunk. It's the rattling metal that's annoying.
Ironic, considering the conversation - back in the day we used rolled-up cigarette packs stuffed behind the license plate to muffle the rattling. Worked really well with soft packs.
As a voter, it is mostly a matter of deciding which of those actor's needs align the best with your own.
As a human being capable of cogent reasoning, you need to realize that being fucked with a hot poker and being fucked with a splintery stick aren't your only options when it comes to voting.
Novel idea: How about, instead of voting for "the lesser evil," you stop voting for evil alltogether?
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There are some 1.5 trillion with an median salary of ~$40K. That means that 1/3 of these could easily afford these
If you make $40K/yr, you're not buying a $40K automobile, unless you enjoy poverty.
Source: I make slightly less than that, and the most I can afford without fucking myself over on all my other bills is about $20K
(and with prices going down, many more will).
What evidence do you have that prices for brand new Tesla automobiles are going down? Because I haven't seen any.
In the US, it literally refers to the "minimum living wage"
What would a minimum wage be, if not the least wage that a person could survive upon?
Use Deluge, no ads there.
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It's all part of his plan. The suit makes the stock price drop, then he can afford to take it private, thus proving that it was a genuine plan.
As well as proving the SEC's case against him.
Still not smart.
I would argue that acting unethically is rarely a mistake - Google execs know exactly what they're doing.
it means that businesses that want to conduct business at the national level have to be aware of and adhere to fifty different sets of laws rather than one.
Which is precisely what the Commerce Clause was meant to deal with, but instead it's used to limit the rights of individual citizens.
Epoxy -> smush together is quicker than dropping tiny screws and not stripping out the heads when installing them.
If these devices weren't being mass-manufactured on assembly lines by purpose-built robots, I might agree with that.
I doubt an actual human employee has physically turned a screw in an Apple parts factory in 20 years.
I've said before that if companies want to control how you use the devices they sell you
So you never owned your old analog cell phone, since it's not upgradeable
Your reading comprehension skills could use an upgrade; there are more ways that a device is controlled by the manufacturer or distributor than limiting upgrades.
OP is right on point here, and pretty much every EULA you ever agreed to will confirm it - if you bothered to actually read them.
Fair point!
This 5 star rating is a laudable achievement and - more importantly for me as a buyer - a sign that the company has good priorities about what's important.
So where are the articles and praise for Ford, GM, BMW, Mercedes, Nissan, Volvo and all the other manufacturers who build cars that receive 5 start NHTSA ratings?
At $49k for the cheapest Tesla you can reasonably expect to have delivered to you, the Model 3 is a luxury car.
Sorry bud, it ain't 1975 anymore. Things change. $50k gets you a basic sedan or minivan with some nice options.
Bull.
Fucking.
Shit.
A brand new Volkwagen Jetta with all the options is still less than $32K. If you're paying over fifty thousand for a "basic sedan," you're a moron and the salesperson is a thief.
Nearly all states have anti-scalping laws on the books
How do those stand up against Right of First Sale, anyway?
I bought it, it should be mine to do with as I please.
So those are features available only to Bezos and Amazon, they don't apply to all businesses and/or individuals?
... typical Evil-American-Corporation stuff.
Did you even read past the first three words of my post? Doesn't seem like it.
The absolute, most critical part of preschool is getting young kids to learn to do what they're told and not question authority.
You and I appear to have attended different preschools.
How did Jeff Bezos bilk "millions of normal folks for their hard earned $$'s"?
Tax abatements and shelters, lobbying for legislation that equates to special treatment, regulatory capture - you know, the typical Evil-American-Corporation stuff.
In fairness, all that stuff is only half on him, the other half of blame lies with our elected "representatives" who would rather make sweetheart deals with corporations than actually, you know, represent their constituents.
Check your priveledge, white man.
For example, the privilege of being attacked because of your race and gender.
No, I kinda like law and order.
So did Hitler.
Yes, I just Godwinned this thread, and I don't care. You're an asshole.
So, punish people for seeking knowledge? Not everyone who views extremist content is themselves an extremist, you know.
This is decided by judges on the basis of applicable law.
So was the Holocaust.
The intention is to satisfy the Nicotine craving while eliminating the harmful toxins and poisons of the cigarette.
FTFY - natural tobacco actually doesn't have a lot of harmful chemicals, most of those (like coal tar, formaldehyde, and yes even nicotine*) are sprayed on cigarettes at the factory, and are often present due to government regulation; coal tar, a known carcinogen, is the legally required chemical that makes cigarettes "fire-safe"
*Nicotine levels in natural tobacco are 20-some-odd lower than the levels found in most full-flavor cigarettes.
What I AM in favour of is regulating behavior that puts others at risk.
As long as you're not the one being regulated, right? Even Socrates knew that anonymous forums were toxic cesspools of confirmation bias, where hatred breeds, so does that mean you're going to stop posting under an anonymous pseudonym? Probably not.
You know what I'm in favor of regulation? Individuals who think they have some impetus to tell the rest of us what rights we can and cannot have.
Not wanting to experience something that other people do want to experience is not reason for it to be illegal.
There's ample reason to ban it in public, though.
No, it's a terrible reason - fundamentalist Christians "don't want to experience" homosexuals holding hands on a public sidewalk, but I doubt you'd say that's an "ample reason" to ban public hand-holding.
The great thing about America is that if you are free to not stand next to someone who smokes, if you don't like smoke; that does not mean you have a right to stand next to smokers just so you can bitch about the freedoms they enjoy that you disagree with.
with the bass on the radios shaking the town
You know, that never bothers me. But what does bother me is not bothering to put basic dampening on your trunk. It's the rattling metal that's annoying.
Ironic, considering the conversation - back in the day we used rolled-up cigarette packs stuffed behind the license plate to muffle the rattling. Worked really well with soft packs.
As a voter, it is mostly a matter of deciding which of those actor's needs align the best with your own.
As a human being capable of cogent reasoning, you need to realize that being fucked with a hot poker and being fucked with a splintery stick aren't your only options when it comes to voting.
Novel idea: How about, instead of voting for "the lesser evil," you stop voting for evil alltogether?