PayPal was a competing product to Musk's x.com the companies merged and Musk was removed from the CEO position when the company re-branded as paypal and the two products were merged. He sat on the board until it was bought out by ebay a couple years later.
It's been a long time since I've done anything like that but my family used to have about half an acre that we would plant every year with beets, potatoes, sweet potatoes, squash, green beans, tomatoes, and radish. We also had a couple grape vines, strawberries, and mulberry trees. The strawberries and grapes didn't grow well it get's to cold here.
It's also not a bad idea to know how to feed yourself either. I grew up in the mid-west and if I had to I could grow and hunt for food, make jelly, can vegetables and fruit, and dig a well.
I could probably also build a some crude wind turbines to generate power and charge a battery bank.
Mandatory overtime is legal in America, and is fairly common
Only to a certain extent some jobs that require certification, a license, or fall under OSHA regulations also have rules about the number of hours someone can perform a task. A trucker get's 14 hours where he is only allowed to drive 11 hours in a 24 hour period then must have 10 hours of down time.
It may be mandatory overtime but even if the job isn't one of the exceptions a companies liability increases as the person works longer. If someone is injured because of fatigue from working to much mandatory overtime the company is then liable for the medical cost and loss of wages and other possible legal liabilities.
I don't do stock music or art not just because I would have trouble whipping out enough generic content to make it profitable but because of this also. I prefer my work is used in ways I know about and feel comfortable, posting up pices to a stock music site wouldn't really allow that.
That being said I did write a commercial soundtrack for an industrial product at a company a sibling worked for she was also one of engineers that designed the product. It's not on internet, TV, or Radio it's only shown at conferences and to perspective buyers.
I've also done a commercial arrangement but not of my own work it was a radio commercial for an indie band (usually they would rather have a mix of existing tracks which I've done a few of also but an arrangement is not a very common request).
The local theater here get's students that go multiple nights a week because it's one of the few places that they can go to just hang out I would imagine if those student all had passes they would be loosing out on a lot of money.
After posting that I did check and was surprised they do have ebooks, audiobooks, movies, and tv shows. They limit the streaming video service to ten streams a month but for a free library card I say that's not bad I'll have to get a card so I can check out what selection they have online.
The library here sucks but there is one 60 miles from me that has a better selection than family video (which I am amazed is still open). The local library will borrow and lend books from that library (if you don't mind waiting a week to check it out) but not DVDs or Bluray.
I have a listed land line number that I have kept over the years as part of a custody arrangement and it gets at least two spam calls every day sometimes as many as five or six.
I transfered someone that claimed to be with Microsoft Support to the real Microsoft Support number once.
Yes I remember bank tellers and they remember me or at least they do at the bank I use just like my insurance agent does. There are somethings that just can't be replaced. The ATM is nice I can take cash out anytime but honestly I almost never use it because there just aren't any places I go that only accept cash at least not for the past 10-15 years.
I live and was born in the US mid-west and get so speak to people all over and I have very little trouble understanding them. We have offices in Ontario and I talk with executives there frequently, if they have any recognizable accent it's slight. On the other hand my first wife was born in the US but had family in Ireland that would travel back and forth, I had all kinds of trouble understanding them.
There are varying accents in the US but the part I live in they call accent neutral or general American and the accent is used by most US news casters.
I'm guessing it would be easier to use your real face than creating a model or trying to beat a pin number out of you. I'm not seeing how this is good security.
I'll take your wallet and your phone, now hold still while I use your face to unlock your phone.
I would say the business model is you freely send them information about Spam you have received so that they can improve security services like a spam filter that they sale but they appear to be a non-profit that receives support from various local and state government departments that they work with so I guess not.
People want to secure their houses, but they still need to get in and out. Same issue here.
Not exactly, people want to secure their home so they put a lock on the door and don't give the police or anyone else the key and if the police want in they force the door open.
It could be an age thing or educational. Most of the people I associate with are my age didn't grow up with the internet or cell phones and have some kind of college education. Most of them do not use facebook on a daily basis.
fostex and tascam both had very popular 4 track versions in the 90s that were standard cassette but today a cheap digital 6 track costs less than those did has a much better recording quality. The fostex 8 track reel to reel isn't probably worth more than $100 today.
The summary says that musicians are clamoring for it to distribute their music though for cheap multi-track recorders would make more sense but the digital multi-tracks are as cheap as the tapes now.
The Fairness Doctrine was only for licensed broadcasters which twitter, facebook, and other social media, etc... is not. It didn't cover newspapers or magazines either just radio and TV.
It also didn't give you the right to speak it actually took away the rights for editorial opinions and required that broadcasting be for the public interest and that controversial issues be reported in a non-biased manner.
I'm having trouble reconciling how the other 30% can be divided up between every other internet device that's not on mobile. Internet connected TVs, DVD/Bluray players, other streaming devices, game consoles, ebook readers, tablets, laptops, desktops... whatever.
Wasn't the article just before this one about how pirate tv services are taking a bite out paid tv providers?
I have no problem getting tickets in Tulsa, Kansas City, Huston, St.Louis, Chicago as big as some of those places are I would expect it to be harder it certainly was in the 70s and 80s. things like rock fest and summer fest are only pulling in 50-100k people and can have up to 60 bands playing.
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PayPal was a competing product to Musk's x.com the companies merged and Musk was removed from the CEO position when the company re-branded as paypal and the two products were merged. He sat on the board until it was bought out by ebay a couple years later.
It's been a long time since I've done anything like that but my family used to have about half an acre that we would plant every year with beets, potatoes, sweet potatoes, squash, green beans, tomatoes, and radish. We also had a couple grape vines, strawberries, and mulberry trees. The strawberries and grapes didn't grow well it get's to cold here.
It's also not a bad idea to know how to feed yourself either. I grew up in the mid-west and if I had to I could grow and hunt for food, make jelly, can vegetables and fruit, and dig a well.
I could probably also build a some crude wind turbines to generate power and charge a battery bank.
Mandatory overtime is legal in America, and is fairly common
Only to a certain extent some jobs that require certification, a license, or fall under OSHA regulations also have rules about the number of hours someone can perform a task. A trucker get's 14 hours where he is only allowed to drive 11 hours in a 24 hour period then must have 10 hours of down time.
It may be mandatory overtime but even if the job isn't one of the exceptions a companies liability increases as the person works longer. If someone is injured because of fatigue from working to much mandatory overtime the company is then liable for the medical cost and loss of wages and other possible legal liabilities.
I don't do stock music or art not just because I would have trouble whipping out enough generic content to make it profitable but because of this also. I prefer my work is used in ways I know about and feel comfortable, posting up pices to a stock music site wouldn't really allow that.
That being said I did write a commercial soundtrack for an industrial product at a company a sibling worked for she was also one of engineers that designed the product. It's not on internet, TV, or Radio it's only shown at conferences and to perspective buyers.
I've also done a commercial arrangement but not of my own work it was a radio commercial for an indie band (usually they would rather have a mix of existing tracks which I've done a few of also but an arrangement is not a very common request).
The local theater here get's students that go multiple nights a week because it's one of the few places that they can go to just hang out I would imagine if those student all had passes they would be loosing out on a lot of money.
After posting that I did check and was surprised they do have ebooks, audiobooks, movies, and tv shows. They limit the streaming video service to ten streams a month but for a free library card I say that's not bad I'll have to get a card so I can check out what selection they have online.
The library here sucks but there is one 60 miles from me that has a better selection than family video (which I am amazed is still open). The local library will borrow and lend books from that library (if you don't mind waiting a week to check it out) but not DVDs or Bluray.
I have a listed land line number that I have kept over the years as part of a custody arrangement and it gets at least two spam calls every day sometimes as many as five or six.
I transfered someone that claimed to be with Microsoft Support to the real Microsoft Support number once.
Yes I remember bank tellers and they remember me or at least they do at the bank I use just like my insurance agent does. There are somethings that just can't be replaced. The ATM is nice I can take cash out anytime but honestly I almost never use it because there just aren't any places I go that only accept cash at least not for the past 10-15 years.
I was thinking the same thing and they have locations in every state.
I live and was born in the US mid-west and get so speak to people all over and I have very little trouble understanding them. We have offices in Ontario and I talk with executives there frequently, if they have any recognizable accent it's slight. On the other hand my first wife was born in the US but had family in Ireland that would travel back and forth, I had all kinds of trouble understanding them.
There are varying accents in the US but the part I live in they call accent neutral or general American and the accent is used by most US news casters.
"do the needful" is one I've heard a few times though the most surprising was from someone in Texas!?!?!?
I thought it was chrome over 50% then firefox follow by ie and lastly opera, vivaldi, and safari where all lumped into other
Still easier to beat the passcode out of you than to try and break it...
It would be easier for a mugger to knee cap you and make you hold still than it would be to break a 4 digit passcode or beat a passcode out of you.
I'm guessing it would be easier to use your real face than creating a model or trying to beat a pin number out of you. I'm not seeing how this is good security.
I'll take your wallet and your phone, now hold still while I use your face to unlock your phone.
I would say the business model is you freely send them information about Spam you have received so that they can improve security services like a spam filter that they sale but they appear to be a non-profit that receives support from various local and state government departments that they work with so I guess not.
People want to secure their houses, but they still need to get in and out. Same issue here.
Not exactly, people want to secure their home so they put a lock on the door and don't give the police or anyone else the key and if the police want in they force the door open.
It could be an age thing or educational. Most of the people I associate with are my age didn't grow up with the internet or cell phones and have some kind of college education. Most of them do not use facebook on a daily basis.
fostex and tascam both had very popular 4 track versions in the 90s that were standard cassette but today a cheap digital 6 track costs less than those did has a much better recording quality. The fostex 8 track reel to reel isn't probably worth more than $100 today.
The summary says that musicians are clamoring for it to distribute their music though for cheap multi-track recorders would make more sense but the digital multi-tracks are as cheap as the tapes now.
The Fairness Doctrine was only for licensed broadcasters which twitter, facebook, and other social media, etc... is not. It didn't cover newspapers or magazines either just radio and TV.
It also didn't give you the right to speak it actually took away the rights for editorial opinions and required that broadcasting be for the public interest and that controversial issues be reported in a non-biased manner.
I'm having trouble reconciling how the other 30% can be divided up between every other internet device that's not on mobile. Internet connected TVs, DVD/Bluray players, other streaming devices, game consoles, ebook readers, tablets, laptops, desktops... whatever.
Wasn't the article just before this one about how pirate tv services are taking a bite out paid tv providers?
I have no problem getting tickets in Tulsa, Kansas City, Huston, St.Louis, Chicago as big as some of those places are I would expect it to be harder it certainly was in the 70s and 80s. things like rock fest and summer fest are only pulling in 50-100k people and can have up to 60 bands playing.