Most people who earn minimum wage do not live below the poverty line in the united states. Most people below the poverty line are those who do not maintain full time employment throughout the year.
Minimum wage earners usually live in multiple-income houses or are young people still getting economic care from their parents, such as students.
Exactly, we can't expect any company to behave ethically, they must simply play within the rules. And when they become large enough they can simply make their own rules.
Facebook already has no real way to generate revenue that justifies the company's value.
Over time, the savvy of a typical user increases and this makes them less susceptible to advertising. Of course, no one WANTS to be advertised to or to be influenced by advertising. You have to pop advertising out in front of them in a situation where they won't disregard it (Watch this:30 video clip, then we'll show you the video you desire)
Facebook seems to need to invent new ways to advertise - but there are only so many ways you can pop a Starbucks logo up in front of someone. They will fall into the same trap as the companies in TFA - all they can do is deliver more impressions, not more sales.
Once Facebook sees the member decline like Myspace did - something better comes along, or it becomes uncool - they will fall in a hurry.
Facebook will one day be sold at a laugher's price like MySpace was.
Apple is a private company using a broken patent system the way every other private company would if they held those patents. The system is the problem. Apple is just doing its fiduciary duty to maximize shareholder wealth. Blame the system. Reform the system.
Every device comes with a power cable, you'd only need to buy additional ones if you wanted to own several of them.
Most people own a number of Apple cables because they have owned a few different iPods and iPhones. The same thing will happen in the future, it will just be a different cable.
Do we know there won't be any adapters available? They have produced adapters for their products in the past, such as the numerous display adapters.
It's kind of "heads I win, tails you lose".
If Apple moves to a slimmer profile device, people say they are just trying to make people buy new cables. If they stay on an old one, people say they won't give up on their proprietary cables.
If they produce an adapter, people will say they just want to cash in by selling the adapters. If they don't produce adapters, people say they just want to make you buy new cables.
Apple uses proprietary connectors, everyone knows that.
That being said, connectors change over time, a la USB, Mini-USB, Micro-USB. I don't think Apple moving from the one it's used for 5-6 years to a smaller one is nefarious.
I think in the HTML area especially, the "hand coding is better" is a vestige of the era where a lot of people were using Frontpage (etc.) and you were going to get a lot of Microsoft EEE garbage in the page code.
Today if you use a good wysiwyg editor, you will probably get pretty tight code and at least save yourself a bucket of time on the initial build. Small adjustments by hand-coding are preferable to me, but not large tasks.
Speaking about the the US, where most posters seem to be, most states are at-will in terms of employment, which means you can fire someone at any time for any reason. You can fire them because you don't like their tie. People are not usually owed any kind of severance from a legal perspective.
Usually this is provided because it's a good practice in terms of relations with your current employees and to maintain your firm's reputation, but the only legal requirement is to pay accrued vacation, subject to the terms of your employment agreement.
Yes, of course if I am the victim I will speak with them. If they are investigating a crime for which I am not responsible, there is no benefit whatever to me speaking with them. Too often they just want to catch someone, not the truth, and the risk of incriminating yourself falsely is too high.
Some places have a standing policy to terminate people early where the employee has access to sensitive data or could cause a lot of trouble if they are disgruntled. I knew of one company where they simply told people to leave immediately when they gave their notice; in other cases sometimes they shut off your access just a day or two before your last day so you couldn't save something nasty for your way out the door.
In any case, I don't think giving more than two weeks is a good idea. Depending on the jurisdiction they may not have to pay you for four weeks if they send you away after two. Usually you can fire someone without any kind of a reason.
Well, you do have the right today what you want, and you don't have to participate in anything you don't want to. That is kind of the way a free society works.
Most of the time today there is a standing HR policy that says they will only confirm dates of employment. The only thing I have heard differently is that my prior employer would say whether the person was "re-hireable" or not, if asked.
As far as exit interviews go, if you do want to say something negative, it's good- as with any other time in the business world - to never say anything negative about an individual. You can usually get your point across without it.
Any "rich" guy who needs a truck and has $20,000 to spend should be forced to instead give $30,000 to BigCorporation01?
Not sure I've heard such overt corporatist sentiment on Slashdot before. Was this man bailing the corporation out with his tax dollars not enough, does he still owe BigCorporation01 something more?
I think most carriers have strategized to push most customers to smartphones and data plans, and are content offloading dumbphone users to their pre-paid subsidiary or letting them go altogether.
Not to go to the usual car analogy, but several automakers have eliminated the mid-sized pickup trucks. They figure that the people buying them can be pushed into buying the more expensive, very high margin full-size pickups if the midsize trucks are not available. For the majority it's probably true.
I was using AT&T's data plan until recently, and I had an old, grandfathered, ultra-cheap phone service plan. Even so, there was no way to have a data plan and a bill that totaled less than $90.
The carriers create all kinds of theater around serving you better, but the only thing you can be sure of is that their plan is for your bill to increase year over year, forever.
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Most people who earn minimum wage do not live below the poverty line in the united states. Most people below the poverty line are those who do not maintain full time employment throughout the year.
Minimum wage earners usually live in multiple-income houses or are young people still getting economic care from their parents, such as students.
So what do they play these days?
I have a 4S, so I won't be buying a new phone anytime soon. My last phone lasted me several years.
If I ever did get an iPhone >= 5, I'd just buy the adapter.
Wow. They already controlled the tablet market, and basically doubled sales year-over-year?
Exactly, we can't expect any company to behave ethically, they must simply play within the rules.
And when they become large enough they can simply make their own rules.
People are immoral, corporations are amoral
that Philips clock/radio iPod player that I have must have been smuggled into the country.
Facebook already has no real way to generate revenue that justifies the company's value.
Over time, the savvy of a typical user increases and this makes them less susceptible to advertising. Of course, no one WANTS to be advertised to or to be influenced by advertising. You have to pop advertising out in front of them in a situation where they won't disregard it (Watch this :30 video clip, then we'll show you the video you desire)
Facebook seems to need to invent new ways to advertise - but there are only so many ways you can pop a Starbucks logo up in front of someone. They will fall into the same trap as the companies in TFA - all they can do is deliver more impressions, not more sales.
Once Facebook sees the member decline like Myspace did - something better comes along, or it becomes uncool - they will fall in a hurry.
Facebook will one day be sold at a laugher's price like MySpace was.
That's okay, because BigCorporation02 uses Android, so they must have goodness in their hearts.
Apple is a private company using a broken patent system the way every other private company would if they held those patents. The system is the problem. Apple is just doing its fiduciary duty to maximize shareholder wealth. Blame the system. Reform the system.
Don't hate the player...
You can ask for whatever you want. You can ask for a zillion euro, a pony, a unicorn, the moon. A unicorn on the moon.
Every device comes with a power cable, you'd only need to buy additional ones if you wanted to own several of them.
Most people own a number of Apple cables because they have owned a few different iPods and iPhones. The same thing will happen in the future, it will just be a different cable.
Do we know there won't be any adapters available? They have produced adapters for their products in the past, such as the numerous display adapters.
It's kind of "heads I win, tails you lose".
If Apple moves to a slimmer profile device, people say they are just trying to make people buy new cables. If they stay on an old one, people say they won't give up on their proprietary cables.
If they produce an adapter, people will say they just want to cash in by selling the adapters. If they don't produce adapters, people say they just want to make you buy new cables.
Apple uses proprietary connectors, everyone knows that.
That being said, connectors change over time, a la USB, Mini-USB, Micro-USB. I don't think Apple moving from the one it's used for 5-6 years to a smaller one is nefarious.
I think in the HTML area especially, the "hand coding is better" is a vestige of the era where a lot of people were using Frontpage (etc.) and you were going to get a lot of Microsoft EEE garbage in the page code.
Today if you use a good wysiwyg editor, you will probably get pretty tight code and at least save yourself a bucket of time on the initial build. Small adjustments by hand-coding are preferable to me, but not large tasks.
Speaking about the the US, where most posters seem to be, most states are at-will in terms of employment, which means you can fire someone at any time for any reason. You can fire them because you don't like their tie. People are not usually owed any kind of severance from a legal perspective.
Usually this is provided because it's a good practice in terms of relations with your current employees and to maintain your firm's reputation, but the only legal requirement is to pay accrued vacation, subject to the terms of your employment agreement.
Yes, of course if I am the victim I will speak with them. If they are investigating a crime for which I am not responsible, there is no benefit whatever to me speaking with them. Too often they just want to catch someone, not the truth, and the risk of incriminating yourself falsely is too high.
Is an assmaster some sort of exercise device?
Some places have a standing policy to terminate people early where the employee has access to sensitive data or could cause a lot of trouble if they are disgruntled. I knew of one company where they simply told people to leave immediately when they gave their notice; in other cases sometimes they shut off your access just a day or two before your last day so you couldn't save something nasty for your way out the door.
In any case, I don't think giving more than two weeks is a good idea. Depending on the jurisdiction they may not have to pay you for four weeks if they send you away after two. Usually you can fire someone without any kind of a reason.
Well, you do have the right today what you want, and you don't have to participate in anything you don't want to. That is kind of the way a free society works.
If the cop is investigating a crime, you have nothing whatever to gain by speaking with him.
If it is some other situation, it's probably a good idea to be friendly and cordial, as with anyone else.
Most of the time today there is a standing HR policy that says they will only confirm dates of employment. The only thing I have heard differently is that my prior employer would say whether the person was "re-hireable" or not, if asked.
As far as exit interviews go, if you do want to say something negative, it's good- as with any other time in the business world - to never say anything negative about an individual. You can usually get your point across without it.
Ford and Dodge have eliminated them, leaving only the (poorly reviewed) Colorado among domestics. Frontier and Tacoma are nice vehicles, however.
Any "rich" guy who needs a truck and has $20,000 to spend should be forced to instead give $30,000 to BigCorporation01?
Not sure I've heard such overt corporatist sentiment on Slashdot before. Was this man bailing the corporation out with his tax dollars not enough, does he still owe BigCorporation01 something more?
I think most carriers have strategized to push most customers to smartphones and data plans, and are content offloading dumbphone users to their pre-paid subsidiary or letting them go altogether.
Not to go to the usual car analogy, but several automakers have eliminated the mid-sized pickup trucks. They figure that the people buying them can be pushed into buying the more expensive, very high margin full-size pickups if the midsize trucks are not available. For the majority it's probably true.
I was using AT&T's data plan until recently, and I had an old, grandfathered, ultra-cheap phone service plan. Even so, there was no way to have a data plan and a bill that totaled less than $90.
The carriers create all kinds of theater around serving you better, but the only thing you can be sure of is that their plan is for your bill to increase year over year, forever.