If you're only using it a couple times a year that's significant, I agree.
Probably better off creating a throw away email and just using it for free if you're that infrequent of a user (I suspect their very generous and easy to game free trials aren't an accident, and are specifically to cover the few times a year use).
I'm surprised you don't know any hobbiests that $20/month is a drop in the bucket for their hobby, photographers specifically even.
Are you saying taxis already don't let drunk people ride?
Why the PSAs about if you're drunk call a cab?
Or are you saying the passengers of driverless cars will become the driver? I don't think Lyft/Uber would go for that, they want drunk people to be comfortable using the service.
Are you saying that as a casual user you'd rather pay $1200+ up front (Photoshop was $700 alone), than $40/month ($20/month/app)?
I know that after 2 years it becomes more expensive if you're not keeping up to date, but the subscription model seems more tailored for casual users than paying hundreds up front to me.
The cost of creative suite in the US (design premium, we'll ignore the master collection which was much more) was about 1200 +600 every 18 months (working from memory, I think I'm a touch low).
It would take many years for the sub to cost more. People that were already on the upgrade cycle were ended up with a significant increase in cost after the 1 year 30/month intro (33->50/month).
It was a pretty deft move to basically have existing users make the cost of entry much much lower to keep themselves as the industry standard.
The low up front cost probably dramatically reduced piracy too.
The getting rid of individual app availability was kinda a jerk move though.
I find the fact that everybody as the same version of creative suite a huge benefit for working with people from outside my company.
We used to upgrade every other to third version, some customers every version, others even further apart. It was a nightmare.
We switched the to sub model on an upgrade cycle and it was break even for 2 upgrade cycles (4 versions) and costs about 20% more now, but never a large expense at once, never a struggle to share files.
If they didn't force it on everyone else, the value would not be as high.
So driverless Lyft will be for sober passengers only?
The one who hailed it will be the only person in the car, and the person in charge of where the car goes, and the person of last resort if something goes wrong.
If that ends up being true, I don't really see a future for driverless tech at all.
I think the bigger issue (or I hope it's the bigger issue as a consumer) is that Amazon refuses to integrate their products (the stated reason for not selling Chromecast is that Amazon video doesn't have the ability to cast).
It's really annoying that I need an apple TV of I want to out video from all of my providers on my TV.
I'm kind of alright with that, insurance will handle the civil liabilities, and things will remain relatively capped on payout (vs what a multi billion dollar company can do).
Though I will need to pay the liability insurance, it will likely reduce the overall cost in payouts of liability for self driving cars, making the insurance cheaper vs GM insuring (or self insuring) for said payouts.
I'm much more concerned about the criminal aspect of riding in an automous (level 4 within it's automous rules) under the influence (or asleep).
I don't see how they could possibly do it with wheel/pedal less cars though.
But there will be cars that can drive unattended in some conditions and locations, but not everywhere, and I'm curious how it will be treated.
Will a level 4 car that has a wheel and pedals for cases it can't handle (locations or weather I assume are what is meant) count as under driver control?
I'm willing to bet yes, even when being used autonomously on a route and conditions that it's fine for.
I personally predict an industrial revolution level event.
I think the ultimate outcome will be good, but it may take 75 years to start to see it that way (as the displaced people die off and their offspring grew up and found niches in the new reality). Jobs are not as fungible as economic models treat them (economists that made predictions about global trade are beginning to admit that as results of global trade can now be seen (still a net good)).
My only point is that if $15/hour makes the tech worth it today, $7.50/hour would in 2021 (I guess we can lie and say that's livable), and $3.75 would in 2024 (are we going to say that's livable?), Eventually prices for the automation equipment will level off, maybe around then, maybe another halving or so?
Yeah, because people will definitely use uncomfortable condoms that actively squeeze blood out of their erection, and there's no way the extra stretch with friction increases breaking risks.
The correct solution is to use a female condom if the ones they sell don't fit.
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If you're only using it a couple times a year that's significant, I agree.
Probably better off creating a throw away email and just using it for free if you're that infrequent of a user (I suspect their very generous and easy to game free trials aren't an accident, and are specifically to cover the few times a year use).
I'm surprised you don't know any hobbiests that $20/month is a drop in the bucket for their hobby, photographers specifically even.
Are you saying taxis already don't let drunk people ride?
Why the PSAs about if you're drunk call a cab?
Or are you saying the passengers of driverless cars will become the driver? I don't think Lyft/Uber would go for that, they want drunk people to be comfortable using the service.
For what, like three days?
Subsonic is open source (I think), and has a nice phone app.
It may be the ideal way for you to host at home too.
The file exchange is exactly why I love the subscription model.
Everybody is up to date and on the same version.
Are you saying that as a casual user you'd rather pay $1200+ up front (Photoshop was $700 alone), than $40/month ($20/month/app)?
I know that after 2 years it becomes more expensive if you're not keeping up to date, but the subscription model seems more tailored for casual users than paying hundreds up front to me.
The most popular version we're 1200-1800 or so, with upgrades around 600 every 18 months.
Because you better be rich to pay $20/month?
That's pretty low even for a hobbiest.
$240/year is less than a photographer used to pay for film.
The cost of creative suite in the US (design premium, we'll ignore the master collection which was much more) was about 1200 +600 every 18 months (working from memory, I think I'm a touch low).
It would take many years for the sub to cost more. People that were already on the upgrade cycle were ended up with a significant increase in cost after the 1 year 30/month intro (33->50/month).
It was a pretty deft move to basically have existing users make the cost of entry much much lower to keep themselves as the industry standard.
The low up front cost probably dramatically reduced piracy too.
The getting rid of individual app availability was kinda a jerk move though.
I find the fact that everybody as the same version of creative suite a huge benefit for working with people from outside my company.
We used to upgrade every other to third version, some customers every version, others even further apart. It was a nightmare.
We switched the to sub model on an upgrade cycle and it was break even for 2 upgrade cycles (4 versions) and costs about 20% more now, but never a large expense at once, never a struggle to share files.
If they didn't force it on everyone else, the value would not be as high.
So driverless Lyft will be for sober passengers only?
The one who hailed it will be the only person in the car, and the person in charge of where the car goes, and the person of last resort if something goes wrong.
If that ends up being true, I don't really see a future for driverless tech at all.
Did you find subsonic lacking?
I dropped it when I went to Google play music and wanted everything in one place, but I had a subsonic host that was pretty great for a while.
Not selling me products on Amazon is actively attacking me, the user.
I'd actually say they started it when they refused to support Chromecast. Step two was refusing to sell them (which is what Google responded to).
I think the bigger issue (or I hope it's the bigger issue as a consumer) is that Amazon refuses to integrate their products (the stated reason for not selling Chromecast is that Amazon video doesn't have the ability to cast).
It's really annoying that I need an apple TV of I want to out video from all of my providers on my TV.
You'll notice that Amazon isn't the only seller on Amazon.
I'm kind of alright with that, insurance will handle the civil liabilities, and things will remain relatively capped on payout (vs what a multi billion dollar company can do).
Though I will need to pay the liability insurance, it will likely reduce the overall cost in payouts of liability for self driving cars, making the insurance cheaper vs GM insuring (or self insuring) for said payouts.
I'm much more concerned about the criminal aspect of riding in an automous (level 4 within it's automous rules) under the influence (or asleep).
A fear I have too.
I don't see how they could possibly do it with wheel/pedal less cars though.
But there will be cars that can drive unattended in some conditions and locations, but not everywhere, and I'm curious how it will be treated.
Will a level 4 car that has a wheel and pedals for cases it can't handle (locations or weather I assume are what is meant) count as under driver control?
I'm willing to bet yes, even when being used autonomously on a route and conditions that it's fine for.
But some combination of performance reduction and compensation seems reasonable.
They could probably eat that, everyone who has an affected CPU gets 5-30% refund - depreciation for age.
They could probably even get away with making you prove you purchased one...
And yet in benchmarks I see notable differences between even fairly similar in power CPUs.
I personally predict an industrial revolution level event.
I think the ultimate outcome will be good, but it may take 75 years to start to see it that way (as the displaced people die off and their offspring grew up and found niches in the new reality). Jobs are not as fungible as economic models treat them (economists that made predictions about global trade are beginning to admit that as results of global trade can now be seen (still a net good)).
My only point is that if $15/hour makes the tech worth it today, $7.50/hour would in 2021 (I guess we can lie and say that's livable), and $3.75 would in 2024 (are we going to say that's livable?), Eventually prices for the automation equipment will level off, maybe around then, maybe another halving or so?
I bet closer to 12*14*12 to fit them.
10*10 seems capable of fitting six in a layer at best, and I really doubt the boxes are 4mm thick.
A more cube box with padding seems most likely.
This was bodega/convenience store sized.
Yeah, because people will definitely use uncomfortable condoms that actively squeeze blood out of their erection, and there's no way the extra stretch with friction increases breaking risks.
The correct solution is to use a female condom if the ones they sell don't fit.
The article I read said there were tons of employees.
The stores don't stock themselves, it's rare that it would be a cashier don't that for someone anyway.
Once automated stocking is handled, automated retreval will be too.