I've had a wearable for 4mo now and because I ride a motorcycle, it has become priceless during my commutes. I can flip tracks; I can see who's calling or messaging me and then I can answer to listen to what that person has to say.
Also, I work in the medical field. You know what Insurance companies are doing?
CLOSING THE FUCKING LOOPHOLES!
For example, physician owned labs are being phased out due to abuse. Doctors would urine screen every patient monthly, rather than random or via risk stratification. For this reason, the practices like ours who do have a random policy will be killed in the process. But they are STILL CLOSING THE LOOPHOLES.
I really love that last one, because people KNOW It's a glitch; they KNOW they don't have unlimited EBT funds, but yet they will still claim that they weren't abusing the system. Bollocks.
As for the statistics, I definitely spoke too broadly, but my views are still consistent because I have seen first hand accounts of this type of activity. I can't find any interweb pagez to support my claim currently, but I still stand firm that the amount of low-income subsidiary services are abused and we need to keep closing loopholes.
But I guess we are supposed to assume that 70% of the money we pay in taxes is spent on welfare on top of the 50% that goes to foreign aid and 30% on interest and 400% on nasa and 50000000% on foreign wars....
Whoa, whoa, whoa... 70% + 50% + 30% + 400% + 50000000% = more than 100% -- How could they possibly spend more than they bring in?!?!
How many? Do you have stats on this? Furthermore, how much would it cost to fix this? Would we actually end up saving money?
There are plenty of stats on the subject, and the amount of pervasive abuse is also apparent. We may or may not be saving money, but that's not the point. It would change America's mindset. If suddenly the "freeloaders" and system "cheaters" couldn't extract cash from an ATM with their foodstamp card, then they would have to go about it a different way.
There are plenty of cases where people live in gov't funded housing, get food stamps, slang drugs and have more than I do as professional. Take away the gov't funded housing, and suddenly they have some skin in the game... makes fuckin' sense to me. Maybe they find other avenues of illegitimate income, but maybe they don't. Either way, if we keep closing loopholes, eventually they have to do it the way I am.
...anyone in here who thinks any gov't can print money till they die without repercussions to the middle-class is a fucking nutter.
My sister recently purchased the Ford Fusion with all that technology packed inside, and It's by far one of the nicer infotainment systems on the market (IMO) -- but posters in here are getting it right. Fingerprints all over the mainstay console display is just ugly as sin only days after a fresh bath, so she always resorts to using the capacitive/hardware buttons.
Then there's the voice command stuff everyone is talking about. Again, all great for the one or two uses I get out of it when I borrow her vehicle for a day, but she never uses it and again, returns to using hardware buttons. Bare in mind, she is very technical, so she's used to all sorts of different interfaces and operating systems.
The bottom line is that the screens get dirty while already clunky, and the voice command stuff is still too much like talking to a computer. Until you can have easy conversational interaction with your device (or vehicle), neither interface is adequate as a replacement for current in-vehicle systems.
...my carefully prepared memo on commonly-used passwords. Now, then, as I so meticulously pointed out, the four most-used passwords are: love, sex, secret, and god.
I was wondering why the hell he thinks he needs to drag a laptop to a movie theater....
A motorcycle is my only transportation... are you seriously suggesting I leave my bag attached to my bike? Because if I left my tablet/notebook in it, I would guarantee it wouldn't be there when I got back. His rant isn't actually outrageous, you're just trying to make it seem that way...
SoP for forensic storage have included shielded lockers for data equipment at least in the MCSO for the last 5 years. So no Breaking Bad antics for you.
However yes, if you destroyed the bitcoin data on the drives, they would be forever lost.
Holy Dear God mod parent up to "+7 Thank You Snowden".
No... I will not thank Snowden. As much as I value some of the things that have come to light due to his leaks, I still feel his actions are treasonous.
On the other hand, consumers need to wake the f*ck up and smell the roses; by the mere fact Apple used to do something very noble to protect their users, and they silently removed that wonderful protection, should warrant an inquiry to Apple with the appropriate responses. I don't need a landing page on Apple's website to inform me every time they remove a feature I've counted on, but some sort of justification from the company for their actions to better let me (the consumer of their devices) decide if I want to purchase their products in the future.
Please mod up...
We just simply can't lift the required weight into space to displace existing strategic weapons... Our nuclear forces are here to stay until we have a breakthrough in heavy lift technology.
If you don't let me fix them, you will have to take the blame.
Word to the wise. Don't ever tell your boss what they need to do. I've been in the work force for over fifteen years, and this holds true for small business all the way up to large enterprise.
Best case, you've aggravated them and they will retaliate somehow. Worst case, you've aggravated them and they will retaliate somehow.
If you don't want to add additional animosity from your opposing political party, then don't ram legislation through via sneaky legal tactics. Go research HOW President Obama managed to get the ACA legislation passed; it will shock you, and you'll then understand a little better why the republicans fight it tooth and nail.
Just look at all the political posturing... For example, is it not a little unreasonable that the Healthcare.gov website was a no-bid contract? In a law and service you want represented flawlessly, why wouldn't you RFP multiple, large and competent businesses that have done it before and at ten times the scale? It's because its your signature law, and you bet the farm on it, so you'd like all the people in your own corner to back it, profit from it, and live in its limelight. That's exactly what President Obama did... and because it flopped hard, it will be his and potentially his party's downfall for the next x years.
Taxpayers have already purchased this system and It's failed. Now we spend more taxpayers money to fix it, and blame the opposing political party in whatever fashion we can.
The intellectual dishonesty among constituents is baffling, and I can't understand for the life of me why they let their representatives get away with murder just because of the future promise of something they don't currently have and want.
Yes... There are bad apples in every batch, but to sit there and bash all law enforcement as equals because of said bad apples is ridiculous. I have a lot of family that are LEO in some form or fashion and they are hard working individuals who care about their community and its safety.
Why do all cops have to be bad? There are a lot of military scandals as well, so does that make all service men and women bad? Let's have an honest conversation here... Both yourself and Shaman seem to think that there are more "bad" cops than good; at least that's what I can infer from your comments, but yet you cite flimsy media outlet articles that hold credence to your claims.
Hard stats please, and not one off incidents that were in the news last week...
Fuck the police. They are badge wearing gang bangers who murder people and get away with it.
I was completely onboard with your comment until this last line. Grouping all law enforcement and then dragging them through the dirt like you did is disgraceful.
Please kindly fuck right the fuck off, and don't call 911 next time you or your property are in jeopardy...
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I've had a wearable for 4mo now and because I ride a motorcycle, it has become priceless during my commutes. I can flip tracks; I can see who's calling or messaging me and then I can answer to listen to what that person has to say.
I couldn't see riding without it...
Subscribers get to see an article in red before it posts. Sometimes regular users do too, right before it posts.
Go figure, /. is using time travel for posts... but that doesn't make sense as there are way too many spelling mistakes.
Also, I work in the medical field. You know what Insurance companies are doing?
CLOSING THE FUCKING LOOPHOLES!
For example, physician owned labs are being phased out due to abuse. Doctors would urine screen every patient monthly, rather than random or via risk stratification. For this reason, the practices like ours who do have a random policy will be killed in the process. But they are STILL CLOSING THE LOOPHOLES.
I also didn't claim to have stats on the abuse. I just said it was prevalent.
Cheating is cheating period. When you give in to acceptable losses, you're still feeding the problem...
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I really love that last one, because people KNOW It's a glitch; they KNOW they don't have unlimited EBT funds, but yet they will still claim that they weren't abusing the system. Bollocks.
As for the statistics, I definitely spoke too broadly, but my views are still consistent because I have seen first hand accounts of this type of activity. I can't find any interweb pagez to support my claim currently, but I still stand firm that the amount of low-income subsidiary services are abused and we need to keep closing loopholes.
But I guess we are supposed to assume that 70% of the money we pay in taxes is spent on welfare on top of the 50% that goes to foreign aid and 30% on interest and 400% on nasa and 50000000% on foreign wars....
Whoa, whoa, whoa... 70% + 50% + 30% + 400% + 50000000% = more than 100% -- How could they possibly spend more than they bring in?!?!
How many? Do you have stats on this? Furthermore, how much would it cost to fix this? Would we actually end up saving money?
There are plenty of stats on the subject, and the amount of pervasive abuse is also apparent. We may or may not be saving money, but that's not the point. It would change America's mindset. If suddenly the "freeloaders" and system "cheaters" couldn't extract cash from an ATM with their foodstamp card, then they would have to go about it a different way.
There are plenty of cases where people live in gov't funded housing, get food stamps, slang drugs and have more than I do as professional. Take away the gov't funded housing, and suddenly they have some skin in the game... makes fuckin' sense to me. Maybe they find other avenues of illegitimate income, but maybe they don't. Either way, if we keep closing loopholes, eventually they have to do it the way I am.
...anyone in here who thinks any gov't can print money till they die without repercussions to the middle-class is a fucking nutter.
Sure It's not hard-on? :P
My sister recently purchased the Ford Fusion with all that technology packed inside, and It's by far one of the nicer infotainment systems on the market (IMO) -- but posters in here are getting it right. Fingerprints all over the mainstay console display is just ugly as sin only days after a fresh bath, so she always resorts to using the capacitive/hardware buttons.
Then there's the voice command stuff everyone is talking about. Again, all great for the one or two uses I get out of it when I borrow her vehicle for a day, but she never uses it and again, returns to using hardware buttons. Bare in mind, she is very technical, so she's used to all sorts of different interfaces and operating systems.
The bottom line is that the screens get dirty while already clunky, and the voice command stuff is still too much like talking to a computer. Until you can have easy conversational interaction with your device (or vehicle), neither interface is adequate as a replacement for current in-vehicle systems.
A buddy and I made a few shirts. On the front, "Mike Digsmol" and on the back "Yell my name, loud and proud!" -- It's pretty funny...
Show off... It's not always about how small it is!
...my carefully prepared memo on commonly-used passwords. Now, then, as I so meticulously pointed out, the four most-used passwords are: love, sex, secret, and god.
I was wondering why the hell he thinks he needs to drag a laptop to a movie theater....
A motorcycle is my only transportation... are you seriously suggesting I leave my bag attached to my bike? Because if I left my tablet/notebook in it, I would guarantee it wouldn't be there when I got back. His rant isn't actually outrageous, you're just trying to make it seem that way...
I wish I could mod you to the moon...
SoP for forensic storage have included shielded lockers for data equipment at least in the MCSO for the last 5 years. So no Breaking Bad antics for you.
However yes, if you destroyed the bitcoin data on the drives, they would be forever lost.
Holy Dear God mod parent up to "+7 Thank You Snowden".
No... I will not thank Snowden. As much as I value some of the things that have come to light due to his leaks, I still feel his actions are treasonous.
On the other hand, consumers need to wake the f*ck up and smell the roses; by the mere fact Apple used to do something very noble to protect their users, and they silently removed that wonderful protection, should warrant an inquiry to Apple with the appropriate responses. I don't need a landing page on Apple's website to inform me every time they remove a feature I've counted on, but some sort of justification from the company for their actions to better let me (the consumer of their devices) decide if I want to purchase their products in the future.
/. -- The only place where the lack of comma gets more attention than the technology in the article.
Please mod up...
We just simply can't lift the required weight into space to displace existing strategic weapons... Our nuclear forces are here to stay until we have a breakthrough in heavy lift technology.
If you don't let me fix them, you will have to take the blame.
Word to the wise. Don't ever tell your boss what they need to do. I've been in the work force for over fifteen years, and this holds true for small business all the way up to large enterprise.
Best case, you've aggravated them and they will retaliate somehow. Worst case, you've aggravated them and they will retaliate somehow.
I would bet on the Russians though as those people are crazy, drunk, fearless, and in general, up for some shit.
Leslie Chow -- 'nuff said.
Now enter partisanship...
If you don't want to add additional animosity from your opposing political party, then don't ram legislation through via sneaky legal tactics. Go research HOW President Obama managed to get the ACA legislation passed; it will shock you, and you'll then understand a little better why the republicans fight it tooth and nail.
Just look at all the political posturing... For example, is it not a little unreasonable that the Healthcare.gov website was a no-bid contract? In a law and service you want represented flawlessly, why wouldn't you RFP multiple, large and competent businesses that have done it before and at ten times the scale? It's because its your signature law, and you bet the farm on it, so you'd like all the people in your own corner to back it, profit from it, and live in its limelight. That's exactly what President Obama did... and because it flopped hard, it will be his and potentially his party's downfall for the next x years.
Taxpayers have already purchased this system and It's failed. Now we spend more taxpayers money to fix it, and blame the opposing political party in whatever fashion we can.
The intellectual dishonesty among constituents is baffling, and I can't understand for the life of me why they let their representatives get away with murder just because of the future promise of something they don't currently have and want.
Thanks Jellomizer :)
I was trying to get one of the others to say as you did.
I completely agree that there are enough bad cops, and hence why these audit tags/GPS systems are a wonderful idea.
Yes... There are bad apples in every batch, but to sit there and bash all law enforcement as equals because of said bad apples is ridiculous. I have a lot of family that are LEO in some form or fashion and they are hard working individuals who care about their community and its safety.
Why do all cops have to be bad? There are a lot of military scandals as well, so does that make all service men and women bad? Let's have an honest conversation here... Both yourself and Shaman seem to think that there are more "bad" cops than good; at least that's what I can infer from your comments, but yet you cite flimsy media outlet articles that hold credence to your claims.
Hard stats please, and not one off incidents that were in the news last week...
Fuck the police. They are badge wearing gang bangers who murder people and get away with it.
I was completely onboard with your comment until this last line. Grouping all law enforcement and then dragging them through the dirt like you did is disgraceful.
Please kindly fuck right the fuck off, and don't call 911 next time you or your property are in jeopardy...