Plus way more went into it than that crap Pollock turned out. Writing an AI "artist" is way more impressive than hanging paint from a string, and Pollock's crap sells for millions. Plus there's room to "express some idea or emotion, filter it through personal experience and set it against a broader cultural context" in millions of lines of code, contrasted with none in an f'ing pain can on an f'ing string.
You left out the high taxes. The company gets a break on them but the employees won't. Sure, that's part of the high cost of living, but one to which only the employees are exposed. It's like they picked the places where their employees would have the lowest relative standard of living. There were plenty of places under consideration that had all the benefits and amenities of the sites they chose, but with lower cost of living.
There are two gas station/convenience stores near my house that we regularly use. They have only had their chip readers activated within the last quarter. So, for most of the 12 months discussed in the article, anyone could have used a fake card at either location.
Give it another 12 months before getting judgy about whether or not chip & PIN is making a difference.
I don't think I've ever thrown that much data at it, but like I said, still easier than the printed editions. Physically, they're like a cross between a set of encyclopedias and large-print phone books. Which much take a toll on the often elderly election volunteers.
Wait, you're taking issue with the file format? That's the most interesting response I've seen.
Voter rolls are public, and get published. If you've ever held a copy, you'd understand why an excel spreadsheet, even one that causes excel to grind nearly to a halt, is better.
Voter rolls aren't just public record, they're published. It's required. This isn't unusual or unprecedented, it's common practice. I don't know why Williams has his panties in a bunch over not having to order a printed copy.
Yeah, except that's not what's happening or what happened, it's the partisan BS pushed by his opposition. We have laws down here and his people (he recused himself from overseeing the campaign) just enforce them. He didn't tell the people running registration drives to fill out the forms wrong so that they would have to be thrown out. He didn't write the law saying that the information entered into those forms has to exactly match the State's records, he didn't write the law saying voter rolls are public, you're putting the blame in the wrong place.
Okay... Now what does that have to do with what I said? And, "systems of oppression"? We aren't talking about China or North Korea, we're talking about a society whose laws are rooted in the preservation of liberty and protecting the rights of the individual from the state, not the other way around.
Cameras in public places aren't "spying", it's a public place patrolled by public safety officials (aka, cops). There is no expectation of privacy in a public space, so "monitoring" would be the more accurate and less inflammatory term.
And that there are cameras does not mean they are being abused. Recognizing a camera is one thing, but you cannot look at it and make a justifiable claim that it is being abused. Unless maybe you see it in a bathroom.
What about spoofed legitimate numbers? Like mine. I'm sure I'm not the only one who's gotten the mysterious, "I just got a call from this number...", when you didn't call anybody.
I don't take my coffee black (anymore), don't like to create pain, but do like radishes. What does this mean!?!??!?!?! DEAR GOD WHAT AM I!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
Snowden blew a whistle, revealing a massive and illegal surveillance operation, helping the American people. This jackoff released CIA tools to the world, hurting everyone except America's enemies and any black hat looking to round out their arsenal.
There's nothing wrong with the CIA having powerful tools. It is to the benefit of the nation if they do. Releasing them was an act of treason, plain and simple.
How someone "self identifies" has no bearing on the real world. Self identity is how you imagine yourself to be and nobody is under any obligation to care, let alone agree to pretend that's how they see you too. Islamic terrorists self identify as heroic moral champions and holy martyrs, but that doesn't mean we have to see them as anything but the mass murderers they objectively are.
Pretending a transgender person is not of the sex into which they were born is a courtesy, not a legal necessity. How they see themselves is irrelevant when it comes to what the word "sex" means. That facts undermine the self image a person may have constructed in their own imagination does not make them any less true.
And gender is not "assigned at birth", it is defined by sex at a time when they can be nothing but identical. Framing it as "assigned" implies that it has no more of an objective basis than someone's self-image. Even if gender is a social construct, it is based on biological fact. A self-image that contradicts biological fact is that person's own problem, and cannot outweigh that which is based on fact.
Isn't that less of a protest and more of a long lunch? One you need to leave early for, because maybe you have a doctors appointment or need to run to the DMV.
There's a ton of BS involved, but it's normal for businesses to pass on increased costs to consumers. And I'm sure you've seen the commercials that content providers run when negotiations get heated - "[your cable company] is going to drop [our channels]! Call now and say you don't want to lose [our channels]!", so there must be a point for them where they dig in their heels, presumably because they know how much heat they'll take from their customers should they implement a commensurate increase in prices.
I think there is something wrong with the fundamental relationships. Cable companies should not be paying broadcasters, broadcasters make their money from advertising, cable companies from subscriptions. Broadcasters make nothing if people don't see their content, cable companies make nothing if they don't have content. Any fees between cable and content should be nominal and related only to potential connection costs. I don't know why this isn't the case, but I suspect that ESPN and sports are the reason.
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I was afraid we were dooming ourselves to another financial bubble, but it looks like business is backing out in time.
Plus way more went into it than that crap Pollock turned out. Writing an AI "artist" is way more impressive than hanging paint from a string, and Pollock's crap sells for millions. Plus there's room to "express some idea or emotion, filter it through personal experience and set it against a broader cultural context" in millions of lines of code, contrasted with none in an f'ing pain can on an f'ing string.
Break AT&T up again in the process. That'd be doing it a favor - right now it's a hopelessly broken mess. Too big to function.
You left out the high taxes. The company gets a break on them but the employees won't. Sure, that's part of the high cost of living, but one to which only the employees are exposed. It's like they picked the places where their employees would have the lowest relative standard of living. There were plenty of places under consideration that had all the benefits and amenities of the sites they chose, but with lower cost of living.
Give it another 12 months before getting judgy about whether or not chip & PIN is making a difference.
caused by games?? As if it didn't predate phones or popular access to videogames?
I don't think I've ever thrown that much data at it, but like I said, still easier than the printed editions. Physically, they're like a cross between a set of encyclopedias and large-print phone books. Which much take a toll on the often elderly election volunteers.
Geez, fine, you're gay, we get it. Nobody cares.
I'll send you my Christmas list.
Voter rolls are public, and get published. If you've ever held a copy, you'd understand why an excel spreadsheet, even one that causes excel to grind nearly to a halt, is better.
Voter rolls aren't just public record, they're published. It's required. This isn't unusual or unprecedented, it's common practice. I don't know why Williams has his panties in a bunch over not having to order a printed copy.
Yeah, except that's not what's happening or what happened, it's the partisan BS pushed by his opposition. We have laws down here and his people (he recused himself from overseeing the campaign) just enforce them. He didn't tell the people running registration drives to fill out the forms wrong so that they would have to be thrown out. He didn't write the law saying that the information entered into those forms has to exactly match the State's records, he didn't write the law saying voter rolls are public, you're putting the blame in the wrong place.
OH! I'm sorry, I read Slashdot in the morning and I'm not always awake enough to catch satire. Armed with my new understanding, that was pretty funny.
It did sound an awful lot like almost every mecha anime. It has that basic "teenagers + killbots" formula to it.
Step one: Get yourself some bright youngsters, strip away the bits you don't need and stick the rest in a mobile weapons platform.
Step two: Lie, telling everyone you created a true AI killbot. Oh, and tell the parents there was a terrible accident.
Okay... Now what does that have to do with what I said? And, "systems of oppression"? We aren't talking about China or North Korea, we're talking about a society whose laws are rooted in the preservation of liberty and protecting the rights of the individual from the state, not the other way around.
And that there are cameras does not mean they are being abused. Recognizing a camera is one thing, but you cannot look at it and make a justifiable claim that it is being abused. Unless maybe you see it in a bathroom.
What about spoofed legitimate numbers? Like mine. I'm sure I'm not the only one who's gotten the mysterious, "I just got a call from this number...", when you didn't call anybody.
I don't take my coffee black (anymore), don't like to create pain, but do like radishes. What does this mean!?!??!?!?! DEAR GOD WHAT AM I!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
There's nothing wrong with the CIA having powerful tools. It is to the benefit of the nation if they do. Releasing them was an act of treason, plain and simple.
Pretending a transgender person is not of the sex into which they were born is a courtesy, not a legal necessity. How they see themselves is irrelevant when it comes to what the word "sex" means. That facts undermine the self image a person may have constructed in their own imagination does not make them any less true.
And gender is not "assigned at birth", it is defined by sex at a time when they can be nothing but identical. Framing it as "assigned" implies that it has no more of an objective basis than someone's self-image. Even if gender is a social construct, it is based on biological fact. A self-image that contradicts biological fact is that person's own problem, and cannot outweigh that which is based on fact.
Isn't that less of a protest and more of a long lunch? One you need to leave early for, because maybe you have a doctors appointment or need to run to the DMV.
if I'm not mistaken, a consortium founded by a group of exiled African princes who need help liberating confiscated funds.
I agree that the lack of competition is at least a major factor, but I'm skeptical about the idea of fixing it by changing who the single provider is.
I think there is something wrong with the fundamental relationships. Cable companies should not be paying broadcasters, broadcasters make their money from advertising, cable companies from subscriptions. Broadcasters make nothing if people don't see their content, cable companies make nothing if they don't have content. Any fees between cable and content should be nominal and related only to potential connection costs. I don't know why this isn't the case, but I suspect that ESPN and sports are the reason.