5) If you look over Apple's details, you'll see that they have a huge volume of Apps that skip the 30% fee. So clearly they are shifting the majority of overhead costs to the big players who can afford it. They don't mention what their profits or operating costs are for their store ; perhaps somebody could find an SEC report? I would guess that it is on the high end of normal and nothing close to typical monopoly profits.
Can you cite one? The biggest player I can think of is Amazon, and their Kindle app complies because you can't buy a book in the app! They direct you to a browser to make the purchase, where the 30% fee isn't applied.
You can't seriously think an app business can survive without having their app on iPhones.
Maybe not, but all Spotify has to do to avoid these charges is to pass all transactions requiring payment through a web browser (even if it's Safari on the phone). Seems pretty simple. Use an iOS app to "buy" anything digital, and Apple will take a cut. This is why Amazon's Kindle app kicks you out when you want to "buy" a book. Every other vendor seems to have caught on. It's not anti-competitive, it's the electronic equivalent of paying rent for a kiosk in Apple's mall.
What's keeping these movies out of theaters is not a lack of interest among theatergoers, but a decision by Netflix to shore up their content monopoly.
What's keeping former theatergoers at home is a decision by the the movie chains to exploit their content monopoly to charge exorbitant prices for snacks and comfy chairs. Popcorn and a reclining armchair can be had in my living room for a fraction of the cost of going out.
Even if there is rampant speculation, and assuming a 26-character alphabet, there are 1.46*10^11 domain names between two and 10 characters. If 137 million of these are registered, that means only 0.0001% of all possible domain names have been taken. There's plenty left!
Precisely. In my mind, this is the cost of Waze providing real-time traffic, construction and police reports. Of course, I turn the app off when I'm not actively using it.
There are ways to obtain usable energy that do not involve the production of CO2, like solar, wind, nuclear fission, eventually nuclear fusion. Maybe you've heard of them?
Yes, but it also takes carbon to build a solar or wind power system. How much? There is no such thing as a free lunch.
The reaction is exothermic and a net 291.5 kJ of energy is released per mole.
We need publication of the net energy balance of the system as a whole. If the energy required to bring the electrolyte and the Sodium metal to the lab is more than that 291.5 kJ/mol (and I'm pretty sure it is), then this is not sequestering Carbon. they're burning the carbon to produce the inputs to the reaction.
"50% efficiency" at sequestering the CO2 is meaningless without taking into account the CO2 released to make the reagents.
Perhaps you should have hired someone who already owns a laptop.
You hired someone to work all day on a computer... who doesn't own a computer. This is not an auspicious beginning.
So, you're just fine with discriminating against the poor. When I was in college (admittedly, 30 years ago), only about one out of 50 students could afford their own computer. Today that number might be 49 out of 50, but why would you deny the job to a qualified candidate whose only limitation is the size of their bank account?
Speculative execution is not intrinsically vulnerable. Intel's implementation could be better, at a monetary cost that they do not seem willing to absorb.
... Intel puts a lot more R&D in designing the chips then making them.
and yet, there's still not a chip on Intel's horizon that won't be susceptible to Spectre/Meltdown. Seems to me the R&D is pointed in the wrong direction.
Ford cant force you to buy Ford oil changes or parts from dealership. You are free to purchase parts and services from anywhere, and not void your warranty, and install them on your vehicle; including chip/software tuning and reprogramming.
How is a phone different from a car?
Ford is free to TRY to force those things, and consumers are free to buy other brands of cars if and when they do. This is legal because they are not a monopoly. Likewise, Apple is not a monopoly either, with 43.5% of US smartphone owners running some form of iOS. This should have been thrown out on prima facie definitions.
How do I know for a fact this article was written by a lieberal? Because he thinks it's right to force people to use android. Only a lieberal would make such a statement that flies in the face of core American values.
I'm a raging liberal, and I think the submitter's editorial comment of "it's still a rational decision to make Americans use Android" is the dumbest hing I've heard this year from a person not named Donald John Trump. Why in the world would I want to use an operating system (phone, computer, television, social network) that monetizes my data?
Twitter never said they were taking action against bots. They are taking action against fake accounts. There are plenty of bots that are not fake accounts, include in their name or description that they're a bot, do not disrupt any conversations, do not mislead users. That's explicitly allowed. Misleading reporting like this may end up getting those accounts reported too.
True. I've somehow gained the attention of a trivia bot that responds to most of my Tweets with a trivia question based on a keyword in what I've stated. Weird, but harmless.
That's exactly what it's going to take--the fan community simply has to walk away from the resale marketplace. On the very morning that public tickets went on sale for Elton John's farewell tour, Ticketmaster was already offering the best seats at 75-100% markup through their reseller program (probably all purchased "legally" through the AmEx presale process). I said thanks but no thanks.
Buying a house now, and this outdated paradigm is driving me nuts. Found a house in a great neighborhood, no back neighbors. Square footage seemed about right, until I saw it in person. Separate formal "parlor" living room, "family" room, and a "tv" room. ARGH! Just put that all together!
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Yeah, easy calculation. c=3E08m/sec. If alttitude is 300km, that's 3E05m. t(one-way)= 1E-03, 1 millisecond.
5) If you look over Apple's details, you'll see that they have a huge volume of Apps that skip the 30% fee. So clearly they are shifting the majority of overhead costs to the big players who can afford it. They don't mention what their profits or operating costs are for their store ; perhaps somebody could find an SEC report? I would guess that it is on the high end of normal and nothing close to typical monopoly profits.
Can you cite one? The biggest player I can think of is Amazon, and their Kindle app complies because you can't buy a book in the app! They direct you to a browser to make the purchase, where the 30% fee isn't applied.
You can't seriously think an app business can survive without having their app on iPhones.
Maybe not, but all Spotify has to do to avoid these charges is to pass all transactions requiring payment through a web browser (even if it's Safari on the phone). Seems pretty simple. Use an iOS app to "buy" anything digital, and Apple will take a cut. This is why Amazon's Kindle app kicks you out when you want to "buy" a book. Every other vendor seems to have caught on. It's not anti-competitive, it's the electronic equivalent of paying rent for a kiosk in Apple's mall.
What's keeping these movies out of theaters is not a lack of interest among theatergoers, but a decision by Netflix to shore up their content monopoly.
What's keeping former theatergoers at home is a decision by the the movie chains to exploit their content monopoly to charge exorbitant prices for snacks and comfy chairs. Popcorn and a reclining armchair can be had in my living room for a fraction of the cost of going out.
Porsche will bankrupt Tesla
With a Taycan that specs a 0-60 time slower than my model 3?
You ever get a good look at Peter Ubberoth?
and, apparently, paper. No Kindle version of the book. I guess they figured there'll be a surplus of resources, so why not kill more trees?
remember that in 1995, "ebay" was a useless combination of letters.
I understand that, but the factual answer to the originally-posted question is "the vast majority of them."
Even if there is rampant speculation, and assuming a 26-character alphabet, there are 1.46*10^11 domain names between two and 10 characters. If 137 million of these are registered, that means only 0.0001% of all possible domain names have been taken. There's plenty left!
They'll get my motorcycle when they pry my cold, dead fingers from the handlebars.
Precisely. In my mind, this is the cost of Waze providing real-time traffic, construction and police reports. Of course, I turn the app off when I'm not actively using it.
There are ways to obtain usable energy that do not involve the production of CO2, like solar, wind, nuclear fission, eventually nuclear fusion. Maybe you've heard of them?
Yes, but it also takes carbon to build a solar or wind power system. How much? There is no such thing as a free lunch.
The reaction is exothermic and a net 291.5 kJ of energy is released per mole.
We need publication of the net energy balance of the system as a whole. If the energy required to bring the electrolyte and the Sodium metal to the lab is more than that 291.5 kJ/mol (and I'm pretty sure it is), then this is not sequestering Carbon. they're burning the carbon to produce the inputs to the reaction. "50% efficiency" at sequestering the CO2 is meaningless without taking into account the CO2 released to make the reagents.
Perhaps you should have hired someone who already owns a laptop.
You hired someone to work all day on a computer ... who doesn't own a computer. This is not an auspicious beginning.
So, you're just fine with discriminating against the poor. When I was in college (admittedly, 30 years ago), only about one out of 50 students could afford their own computer. Today that number might be 49 out of 50, but why would you deny the job to a qualified candidate whose only limitation is the size of their bank account?
I just saw this article this morning. Didn't realize it was about Zuck. Area Man’s Intelligence Probably Just Too Intimidating For Most Women
Speculative execution is not intrinsically vulnerable. Intel's implementation could be better, at a monetary cost that they do not seem willing to absorb.
... Intel puts a lot more R&D in designing the chips then making them.
and yet, there's still not a chip on Intel's horizon that won't be susceptible to Spectre/Meltdown. Seems to me the R&D is pointed in the wrong direction.
Ford cant force you to buy Ford oil changes or parts from dealership. You are free to purchase parts and services from anywhere, and not void your warranty, and install them on your vehicle; including chip/software tuning and reprogramming.
How is a phone different from a car?
Ford is free to TRY to force those things, and consumers are free to buy other brands of cars if and when they do. This is legal because they are not a monopoly. Likewise, Apple is not a monopoly either, with 43.5% of US smartphone owners running some form of iOS. This should have been thrown out on prima facie definitions.
How do I know for a fact this article was written by a lieberal? Because he thinks it's right to force people to use android. Only a lieberal would make such a statement that flies in the face of core American values.
I'm a raging liberal, and I think the submitter's editorial comment of "it's still a rational decision to make Americans use Android" is the dumbest hing I've heard this year from a person not named Donald John Trump. Why in the world would I want to use an operating system (phone, computer, television, social network) that monetizes my data?
Actually, Trademarks would have been more appropriate. Patents expire, Trademarks can be protected indefinitely.
Twitter never said they were taking action against bots. They are taking action against fake accounts. There are plenty of bots that are not fake accounts, include in their name or description that they're a bot, do not disrupt any conversations, do not mislead users. That's explicitly allowed. Misleading reporting like this may end up getting those accounts reported too.
True. I've somehow gained the attention of a trivia bot that responds to most of my Tweets with a trivia question based on a keyword in what I've stated. Weird, but harmless.
Try T-Mobile.They're doing a pretty good job of flagging the callers. "Scam Likely" and "Telemarketing" are two of the ID's I see now.
That's exactly what it's going to take--the fan community simply has to walk away from the resale marketplace. On the very morning that public tickets went on sale for Elton John's farewell tour, Ticketmaster was already offering the best seats at 75-100% markup through their reseller program (probably all purchased "legally" through the AmEx presale process). I said thanks but no thanks.
Buying a house now, and this outdated paradigm is driving me nuts. Found a house in a great neighborhood, no back neighbors. Square footage seemed about right, until I saw it in person. Separate formal "parlor" living room, "family" room, and a "tv" room. ARGH! Just put that all together!