This is not my problem, it is your problem. If you are too embarrassed about how you wen't about your research to share it, you should not be publishing.
Bullshit. Most loot crates have exactly zero value. A one time use item that gives you a 1% improvement in a match is precisely worthless. And you really don't understand gambling if you don't think "worthless" scratchers don't have the same "entertainment" value as a loot crate with worthless loot.
Teachers learned a long time ago that randomly checking homework was more effective than checking homework every time. It still pisses students off that they sometimes do homework without any reward, but they end up doing it more.
And so for loot boxes. Randomly getting rewards causes video game companies to make more money than giving a reward every time. It is still pay to win, but people end up buying more.
Hell, pay to win would be more honest than what they are currently doing.
All of the food trucks here are overpriced. Whether they cater to hipsters or only take cash. But, turning away business because people weren't carrying the 10 fucking dollars it costs for a couple of tacos seems daft.
Most of them park up near bars and breweries that don't serve food. So most people are too drunk/hungry to care about the prices.
Except that this autonomous car ran over a pedestrian because the loose nut behind the wheel was not paying attention.
If there had been no people in the car, this still would have happened. This is why no cars are licensed to drive autonomously. As long as cars require a driver to monitor they are going to be more dangerous, as the "driver" is going to get bored and not pay attention.
Oh the poor executives. How will they ever get by without having employees as friends? All they have is their 7 or 8 figure compensation packages. Maybe they can buy a friend for a million or so.
How do you know the CEO's fuckbuddy was not getting preferential treatment, or payouts from the corporate piggybank to keep quiet, or a threat of losing their job if they go public?
In business, if something looks unethical, you have to treat it as being unethical. It is even worse for a publicly traded company. "Don't worry, they are consenting adults" does nothing to quash rumors that murder stock prices.
That's as if every human on Earth contributed a quarter of their body mass in mostly single-use plastic polymers to a massive, abandoned pile of garbage.
Yikes, I might produce that much every year. I really gotta cut back.
The in-universe social justice of the Prime Directive and other moral dilemmas is part of what made TNG great. Even if you don't always agree with the Prime Directive as a concept, it makes for great drama. Its the real life social justice of Discovery that makes people cringe.
DS9 was pretty great, but its whole arc of "well akshully the federation was founded on lies and is run by evil people", was were it loses me. I like William Sadler as an actor and loved his character, but hated the entire idea of section 31. I hear that Discovery continues this crap. It fits in with the 90s to modern day "secret agents of the government are always evil, even if they want to do the right thing" concept that gets beat to freaking death in every movie that contains a government three letter agency. Evil secret agents is the exact opposite of the Federation. I don't think Gene would have approved.
Though a much bigger problem was CBS trying to use it to push their otherwise useless streaming service that was the real problem for me. I only watched the first couple episodes as a result.
Pushing narratives gets views. Executives don't care if the watchers hate the product or love it. Causing controversy is much easier than producing a good product.
Look at it from a vendor lock-in standpoint. Mobile devices are almost entirely locked in walled gardens, even Android. The same was true for Mainframes.
PCs allow freedom to choose how you want to use software. More importantly, modern web apps can be used from mobile browsers, pcs, apple, linux, windows.
The same logic would apply if Venmo decided their system could only be accessed through an ActiveX control or a flash app. Vendor lock-in chases people away and provides no benefit to the vendor.
This is why Zelle is killing Venmo. It is a product provided by banks to their customers. If banks don't want to get on board with Zelle, they risk losing customers to banks that do.
Oh, I agree with you. The people using it as a get-rich scheme have already cashed out. The ones still left holding tons of coins are the ones that are screwed and must carefully maintain the bubble lest their "assets" become worthless. (or "more worthless", whatever)
Writing a personal check is giving anyone that sees it the ability to drain your account. All you need is the account and routing number. The name on the check does not need to match.
One stolen / fake drivers license later, free money!
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Exactly which papers allow you to publish papers without peer review?
Not that it matters, but I will be facing a tenure committee soon...
Ones you have to pay a fee to publish in.
This is not my problem, it is your problem. If you are too embarrassed about how you wen't about your research to share it, you should not be publishing.
Bullshit. Most loot crates have exactly zero value. A one time use item that gives you a 1% improvement in a match is precisely worthless. And you really don't understand gambling if you don't think "worthless" scratchers don't have the same "entertainment" value as a loot crate with worthless loot.
It is gambling compulsion either way.
Teachers learned a long time ago that randomly checking homework was more effective than checking homework every time. It still pisses students off that they sometimes do homework without any reward, but they end up doing it more.
And so for loot boxes. Randomly getting rewards causes video game companies to make more money than giving a reward every time. It is still pay to win, but people end up buying more.
Hell, pay to win would be more honest than what they are currently doing.
All of the food trucks here are overpriced. Whether they cater to hipsters or only take cash. But, turning away business because people weren't carrying the 10 fucking dollars it costs for a couple of tacos seems daft.
Most of them park up near bars and breweries that don't serve food. So most people are too drunk/hungry to care about the prices.
I see tablets at food trucks all the time. Most of the ones here take Square or some other tablet-based-pos payment.
Except that this autonomous car ran over a pedestrian because the loose nut behind the wheel was not paying attention.
If there had been no people in the car, this still would have happened. This is why no cars are licensed to drive autonomously. As long as cars require a driver to monitor they are going to be more dangerous, as the "driver" is going to get bored and not pay attention.
The only mistake here is that Facebook was not being paid.
Oh the poor executives. How will they ever get by without having employees as friends? All they have is their 7 or 8 figure compensation packages. Maybe they can buy a friend for a million or so.
How do you know the CEO's fuckbuddy was not getting preferential treatment, or payouts from the corporate piggybank to keep quiet, or a threat of losing their job if they go public?
In business, if something looks unethical, you have to treat it as being unethical. It is even worse for a publicly traded company. "Don't worry, they are consenting adults" does nothing to quash rumors that murder stock prices.
The touch, the feel, of plastic. The fabric of our lives.
Do they still cost more if you factor in the value of your time in rebuilding them every few years?
That's as if every human on Earth contributed a quarter of their body mass in mostly single-use plastic polymers to a massive, abandoned pile of garbage.
Yikes, I might produce that much every year. I really gotta cut back.
The in-universe social justice of the Prime Directive and other moral dilemmas is part of what made TNG great. Even if you don't always agree with the Prime Directive as a concept, it makes for great drama. Its the real life social justice of Discovery that makes people cringe.
DS9 was pretty great, but its whole arc of "well akshully the federation was founded on lies and is run by evil people", was were it loses me. I like William Sadler as an actor and loved his character, but hated the entire idea of section 31. I hear that Discovery continues this crap. It fits in with the 90s to modern day "secret agents of the government are always evil, even if they want to do the right thing" concept that gets beat to freaking death in every movie that contains a government three letter agency. Evil secret agents is the exact opposite of the Federation. I don't think Gene would have approved.
Though a much bigger problem was CBS trying to use it to push their otherwise useless streaming service that was the real problem for me. I only watched the first couple episodes as a result.
Pushing narratives gets views. Executives don't care if the watchers hate the product or love it. Causing controversy is much easier than producing a good product.
Yeah, that is exactly how it works. An actual VC will have the money to hire an expert to review a company's product before investing.
Otherwise they would just be throwing money away at someone with a good marketing video... .which is exactly what kickstarter is.
Having reddish streetlights would help astronomy by creating less light pollution in the more sensitive blue and green frequencies.
However, sodium vapor lamps are better, as they are easy to filter out since they produce a narrow frequency band.
Look at it from a vendor lock-in standpoint. Mobile devices are almost entirely locked in walled gardens, even Android. The same was true for Mainframes.
PCs allow freedom to choose how you want to use software. More importantly, modern web apps can be used from mobile browsers, pcs, apple, linux, windows.
The same logic would apply if Venmo decided their system could only be accessed through an ActiveX control or a flash app. Vendor lock-in chases people away and provides no benefit to the vendor.
This is why Zelle is killing Venmo. It is a product provided by banks to their customers. If banks don't want to get on board with Zelle, they risk losing customers to banks that do.
sudo make me a sandwich
Oh, I agree with you. The people using it as a get-rich scheme have already cashed out. The ones still left holding tons of coins are the ones that are screwed and must carefully maintain the bubble lest their "assets" become worthless. (or "more worthless", whatever)
Serious question. Does the gpdr apply to governments?
Writing a personal check is giving anyone that sees it the ability to drain your account. All you need is the account and routing number. The name on the check does not need to match.
One stolen / fake drivers license later, free money!
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A pile of money. The early adopters and scammers will get rich quick and get out. If they are not already out, they are likely fools.