When you do a google search, a couple of ad results normally float to the top. I imagine what Amazon is planning is something similar. You look for shoes and perhaps Clarks has a deal with Amazon to bring their shoes to the top.
As long as they clearly mark the ad as an ad, this won't drive me away from doing business with them. (they already have an ad section on a product page where similar sponsored products appear).
If the ads get any more invasive, I will certain switch. It's not like you can go into Walmart and avoid advertising. Sponsored deal end-caps and floating areas. Walk into Best Buy and you'll see the giant Samsung shrine that Samsung paid BB to set up.
Go fuck yourself. Stop trying to be anything other than a store.
I am so happy I got rid of my Amazon account.
I'm not sure I agree with that. Hardware wise they've had good success. The Kindle e-reader was a life changer. I appreciate that device. The Kindle tablet was fantastic. $35 (black Friday few years back) for a decent enough crappy tablet to give the kids- will play their crappy games without costing me a fortune if they drop it. Getting into distribution has saved a bunch on shipping. I watch Amazon Prime TV, only way I can find some shows.
I'm rather glad they've innovated and branched out. We even have a DOT that we use everyday to control lights in a room where accessing the switch is a bitch and is very useful (we're aware it records and stores everything we ask it, and we don't ask it where to bury bodies or anything).
The camera is a step too far, and one would hope those that use it, use it with some common sense (cover the lens when not in use, never walk in front of it naked, etc).
"Amazon, does this shirt and these trousers go together" "No, red jeans should never be paired with Hawaiian shirts" "Too late, it's already on my body"
Because only China is doing this in large part. They have the top emissions worldwide. The US & Canada are both dropping.
it's 2017, not 1997. wake up.
China, despite having a lower GDP than the US has outspent the US in spending on renewables for every year this decade. China is already doing more than the US to break from fossil fuels. China has a lot of problems with how they treat the environment, but they're beating us on renewables.
While it is true that China is rolling out more all-electric cars SUVs and trucks than North America, the problem is not the ratio of electric vehicles but the shift from 80 percent bicycle to more cars and SUVs.
China needs to stop providing parking spots for non-electric cars in high demand areas, and use those spots for bicycles.
Why China? Why not everywhere else. Seems a bit unfair to expect China to stay on bicycles and not adopt ICE and only allow electric if other countries are not willing to do the same. Indeed, whilst the POTUS is promoting Coal as the fuel of the future, China has been promoting renewables. (it sucks that they have all the pollution and disregard for the environment from all the factories).
The field of flying cars and electronic drones usually excites me. Most of the ideas are pie-in-the-sky, but by and large I find the field fascinating...... until they talk about Uber creating flying taxis, then the fascination turns to horror.
Unless things change on the global scare, I don't think there will ever be more than one big-player in the cryptocurrency scene.
Why do people do bitcoin? 1) To operate anonymously outside the system. 2) It is widely recognized as having value by a large enough subset of people to be exchanged.
Whereas #1 can be duplicated, and maybe even improved upon. #2 is going to be difficult. There already IS a cryptocurrency that can be exchanged this way- there doesn't really seem to be much need to create another one, and with BitCoin being so easily exchanged, why would anyone use an alternate crypto currency?
The only way we will see another currency emerge is if it is BETTER than BitCoin in some way (more secure perhaps?) In which case it would REPLACE BitCoin, not supplement it.
There will only ever be one Crypto Currency at a time that is viable.
Ever hear of Dogecoin or any of the others anymore? They get announced but fade out of existence.
The game's server is in Chicago. That means if you live in the Midwest, your computer can communicate with it almost instantaneously. If you're in L.A., it can take roughly 60 milliseconds. But if you're in Hawaii, it can take 120 milliseconds
On the plus side, they don't live in Chicago.
I would take latency, sandy beaches, perfect weather and bikini clad women over snow and death by homicide.
She's like the Construction Worker who operates the big wrecking ball... being paid to destroy buildings.
Only in her case, she wasn't really supposed to demolish the company, and she got paid more than if the construction worker was hired to demolish an entire small town.
Slashdot is making progress. I'm glad to see a discussion on electric cars on this forum where no-one is whining "electric cars will never work, you can't go more than 200 miles without needing to refuel... customers don't want electric..." etc,etc,et.
When even the luddites accept a technology as here to stay you know the technology is a success.
If it does all that then it can't call itself a Chromebook competitor, it's just a cheap lower-end Windows laptop, which we already have and most people pass over for Chromebooks already.
I had 8GB in the PC I built 5 years ago wasn't really a problem, but I always planned to upgrade. I recently switched out the memory for faster 16GB RAM. I haven't really noticed an improvement over when I only had 8GB yet.
I don't have any desire to get a Windows "Chrome" Book- we have a couple of Chromebooks at home for the kids, but I won't be getting them a Microsoft equivalent one unless it is demonstrably better.
That said the "Under 20 second Cold Boot" isn't a goal- it's a worst case scenario. They very well might boot in 6 seconds just like a Chromebook does. Until it is released we can't know. They're saying the very worst device in this classification would have to be able to boot in 20 seconds, not the best, nor the average, but the worst.
I, for one, don't believe this study at... what were we talking about? Chickens? Yes, I had some chickens when I was a child, one was called Lucy she used to, oh it's wonderful weather today.
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When you do a google search, a couple of ad results normally float to the top. I imagine what Amazon is planning is something similar. You look for shoes and perhaps Clarks has a deal with Amazon to bring their shoes to the top.
As long as they clearly mark the ad as an ad, this won't drive me away from doing business with them. (they already have an ad section on a product page where similar sponsored products appear).
If the ads get any more invasive, I will certain switch. It's not like you can go into Walmart and avoid advertising. Sponsored deal end-caps and floating areas. Walk into Best Buy and you'll see the giant Samsung shrine that Samsung paid BB to set up.
Amazon, Apple, Google, Microsoft, Facebook;
They all intercept each other's business models in multiple ways. This isn't any real major diversion from the plot.
Baby sheep born in artificial womb and humans might be next?
Why would we use humans to give birth to baby sheep if we've already got an artificial womb to do that?
Go fuck yourself. Stop trying to be anything other than a store.
I am so happy I got rid of my Amazon account.
I'm not sure I agree with that. Hardware wise they've had good success.
The Kindle e-reader was a life changer. I appreciate that device.
The Kindle tablet was fantastic. $35 (black Friday few years back) for a decent enough crappy tablet to give the kids- will play their crappy games without costing me a fortune if they drop it.
Getting into distribution has saved a bunch on shipping.
I watch Amazon Prime TV, only way I can find some shows.
I'm rather glad they've innovated and branched out. We even have a DOT that we use everyday to control lights in a room where accessing the switch is a bitch and is very useful (we're aware it records and stores everything we ask it, and we don't ask it where to bury bodies or anything).
The camera is a step too far, and one would hope those that use it, use it with some common sense (cover the lens when not in use, never walk in front of it naked, etc).
How Slashdot users would use this:
"Amazon, does this shirt and these trousers go together"
"No, red jeans should never be paired with Hawaiian shirts"
"Too late, it's already on my body"
How did the human race survive with just mirrors before this technology was developed?
Most people who have ever lived before Amazon planted cameras in bedrooms are dead.
Most people who have lived since Amazon planted cameras in bedrooms are still alive.
This is proof that Amazon's technology is a life saver.
It's the only way to see Trump's dick
You don't need a microscope to see Steve Bannon, what are you talking about?
Some hacker has the misfortune of seeing me butt ass, it would persuade them into a more legitimate profession PDQ
They could always sell it to a humor website.
"Alexa, does this make my bum look fat?"
Because only China is doing this in large part. They have the top emissions worldwide. The US & Canada are both dropping.
it's 2017, not 1997. wake up.
China, despite having a lower GDP than the US has outspent the US in spending on renewables for every year this decade. China is already doing more than the US to break from fossil fuels. China has a lot of problems with how they treat the environment, but they're beating us on renewables.
While it is true that China is rolling out more all-electric cars SUVs and trucks than North America, the problem is not the ratio of electric vehicles but the shift from 80 percent bicycle to more cars and SUVs.
China needs to stop providing parking spots for non-electric cars in high demand areas, and use those spots for bicycles.
Why China? Why not everywhere else. Seems a bit unfair to expect China to stay on bicycles and not adopt ICE and only allow electric if other countries are not willing to do the same. Indeed, whilst the POTUS is promoting Coal as the fuel of the future, China has been promoting renewables. (it sucks that they have all the pollution and disregard for the environment from all the factories).
The field of flying cars and electronic drones usually excites me. Most of the ideas are pie-in-the-sky, but by and large I find the field fascinating... ... until they talk about Uber creating flying taxis, then the fascination turns to horror.
Waymo Sally, think you better slow your waymo down.
Nah... doesn't have the same feel to it.
Unless things change on the global scare, I don't think there will ever be more than one big-player in the cryptocurrency scene.
Why do people do bitcoin? 1) To operate anonymously outside the system. 2) It is widely recognized as having value by a large enough subset of people to be exchanged.
Whereas #1 can be duplicated, and maybe even improved upon. #2 is going to be difficult. There already IS a cryptocurrency that can be exchanged this way- there doesn't really seem to be much need to create another one, and with BitCoin being so easily exchanged, why would anyone use an alternate crypto currency?
The only way we will see another currency emerge is if it is BETTER than BitCoin in some way (more secure perhaps?) In which case it would REPLACE BitCoin, not supplement it.
There will only ever be one Crypto Currency at a time that is viable.
Ever hear of Dogecoin or any of the others anymore? They get announced but fade out of existence.
True, although Hawaii may fare better than most islands and coastal areas. Most of Hawaii is well above even the scariest of sea level rises.
Just about the entire state of Florida would be under water before 10% of Hawaii is underwater.
In other sports, runners who live at sea-level are disadvantaged in competition against runners who live high up in the mountains.
The life of athletes is full of unfairness.
That made me chuckle in a conversation about gamers.
The game's server is in Chicago. That means if you live in the Midwest, your computer can communicate with it almost instantaneously. If you're in L.A., it can take roughly 60 milliseconds. But if you're in Hawaii, it can take 120 milliseconds
On the plus side, they don't live in Chicago.
I would take latency, sandy beaches, perfect weather and bikini clad women over snow and death by homicide.
She's like the Construction Worker who operates the big wrecking ball... being paid to destroy buildings.
Only in her case, she wasn't really supposed to demolish the company, and she got paid more than if the construction worker was hired to demolish an entire small town.
The moth larvae can eat polyethylene per the article.
That's a large % of the plastic used.
Slashdot is making progress. I'm glad to see a discussion on electric cars on this forum where no-one is whining "electric cars will never work, you can't go more than 200 miles without needing to refuel... customers don't want electric..." etc,etc,et.
When even the luddites accept a technology as here to stay you know the technology is a success.
Now to win over the space luddites.
"World's First Vaccine Against Malaria To Arrive Next Year, Says WHO "
Well aren't they going to answer that question?
If it does all that then it can't call itself a Chromebook competitor, it's just a cheap lower-end Windows laptop, which we already have and most people pass over for Chromebooks already.
I had 8GB in the PC I built 5 years ago wasn't really a problem, but I always planned to upgrade. I recently switched out the memory for faster 16GB RAM. I haven't really noticed an improvement over when I only had 8GB yet.
I don't have any desire to get a Windows "Chrome" Book- we have a couple of Chromebooks at home for the kids, but I won't be getting them a Microsoft equivalent one unless it is demonstrably better.
That said the "Under 20 second Cold Boot" isn't a goal- it's a worst case scenario. They very well might boot in 6 seconds just like a Chromebook does. Until it is released we can't know. They're saying the very worst device in this classification would have to be able to boot in 20 seconds, not the best, nor the average, but the worst.
I, for one, don't believe this study at... what were we talking about? Chickens? Yes, I had some chickens when I was a child, one was called Lucy she used to, oh it's wonderful weather today.