Machines kill people all the time yet this story is getting a lot of traction because it plays into the 'evil robot' narrative. I've seen some pretty evil automobiles, chainsaws, and escalators.
Right, because in the absence of government intervention no private company would ever fill the void by coming up with businesses that allow people to review products so that others can avoid corporations taking shortcuts with their products. I didn't realize Consumer Reports, IIHS, and Yelp were government-run enterprises.
The difference is immaterial wrt to my argument because the result is the same - the government doesn't get its tax revenue, and both come about from ill-conceived tax policies.
France doesn't have that problem? Tell that to all the wealthy ex-pats who left the country after France was proposing a 75% income tax. And you think corruption is unique to Greece?
Btw, "There, fixed that for you" went out with Barney 5 years ago. He was the purple dinosaur btw.
To see what their future holds. Over-regulation, anti-competitive policies, protected public worker class, and oppressive taxes. A perfect recipe for insolvency and economic depression.
The fact that Taylor Swift even has a career even though it's obvious the woman can't sing should encourage her to keep her mouth shut about the industry and just be happy that she earns millions from tone-deaf tweens.
For the last ten people on earth still consuming content on PCs instead of tablets, phones, and Smart TVs.
My prediction for the Apple Watch's success
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I think the first generation will sell the most units and each successive generation will sell in fewer and fewer numbers. This is because IMO the watch is a novelty item without much utility and those buying it will quickly reach the same conclusion and never buy it again.
Seems this is just a case of fraud and greed rather than someone lying to promote a cause they truly believe in:
"In early 2015, media scrutiny revealed that Gibson's cancer claims appear to have been fabricated, that she had lied about her age and other details of her personal life and history, and she had used campaign donations to lead a profligate and affluent lifestyle instead of delivering the money to charitable institutions as promised. There are claims she rented an expensive town house, leased an office suite and luxury car, underwent cosmetic dental procedures, and holidayed internationally from the proceeds of money purportedly raised for charity"
They made sense years ago when phones had much smaller, lower resolution displays, cellular latencies were much higher, and embedded processors were much slower (for HTML rendering). All that is in the rear-view mirror now.
China's vociferous response to Google removing CNNIC's root certificate authority is the reason Apple is not taking action. Apple is a very principled company until those principles start costing them money.
The fact that the agent may be working for his own interests does not address the contradiction - it only means the agent is lying to his clients about their improved marketability from staring in the film. As to whether Mark Hamill would have had a less successful acting career without Star Wars, that depends on how you define successful; if you mean a lifetime of showing up to conventions and signing autographs for $10 a piece then maybe. If instead you mean an actual acting career with other significant roles, I would say no.
The first section of the summary states that actors have trouble finding other roles after staring in the Star Wars franchise but then concludes with an agent saying actors should accept the low-paying Star Wars roles because it "...guarantees a huge global audience, enhancing an actor's marketability."
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Machines kill people all the time yet this story is getting a lot of traction because it plays into the 'evil robot' narrative. I've seen some pretty evil automobiles, chainsaws, and escalators.
Right, because in the absence of government intervention no private company would ever fill the void by coming up with businesses that allow people to review products so that others can avoid corporations taking shortcuts with their products. I didn't realize Consumer Reports, IIHS, and Yelp were government-run enterprises.
The difference is immaterial wrt to my argument because the result is the same - the government doesn't get its tax revenue, and both come about from ill-conceived tax policies.
Ironic considering you typed your anti-capitalist rant on a device made possible by the hyper-competitive, capitalist computer industry.
France doesn't have that problem? Tell that to all the wealthy ex-pats who left the country after France was proposing a 75% income tax. And you think corruption is unique to Greece? Btw, "There, fixed that for you" went out with Barney 5 years ago. He was the purple dinosaur btw.
To see what their future holds. Over-regulation, anti-competitive policies, protected public worker class, and oppressive taxes. A perfect recipe for insolvency and economic depression.
If the success of an asset or currency is predicated on a doomsday scenario then that asset/currency is doomed itself.
For those cozy nights by the fire.
And more meh.
Nails extra
Example of her auto-tuned studio performance vs her actual voice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
The fact that Taylor Swift even has a career even though it's obvious the woman can't sing should encourage her to keep her mouth shut about the industry and just be happy that she earns millions from tone-deaf tweens.
Because we've all been beta-testing Windows since forever.
Since they did such a great job of self-immolation.
http://time.com/3822487/tsa-se...
Version 8 and above are empty vessels for Microsoft's beyond-the-desktop ambitions.
For the last ten people on earth still consuming content on PCs instead of tablets, phones, and Smart TVs.
I think the first generation will sell the most units and each successive generation will sell in fewer and fewer numbers. This is because IMO the watch is a novelty item without much utility and those buying it will quickly reach the same conclusion and never buy it again.
Seems this is just a case of fraud and greed rather than someone lying to promote a cause they truly believe in:
"In early 2015, media scrutiny revealed that Gibson's cancer claims appear to have been fabricated, that she had lied about her age and other details of her personal life and history, and she had used campaign donations to lead a profligate and affluent lifestyle instead of delivering the money to charitable institutions as promised. There are claims she rented an expensive town house, leased an office suite and luxury car, underwent cosmetic dental procedures, and holidayed internationally from the proceeds of money purportedly raised for charity"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B...
They made sense years ago when phones had much smaller, lower resolution displays, cellular latencies were much higher, and embedded processors were much slower (for HTML rendering). All that is in the rear-view mirror now.
The fact that the NSA thinks it can achieve this shows how far our civil liberties have fallen.
China's vociferous response to Google removing CNNIC's root certificate authority is the reason Apple is not taking action. Apple is a very principled company until those principles start costing them money.
The fact that the agent may be working for his own interests does not address the contradiction - it only means the agent is lying to his clients about their improved marketability from staring in the film. As to whether Mark Hamill would have had a less successful acting career without Star Wars, that depends on how you define successful; if you mean a lifetime of showing up to conventions and signing autographs for $10 a piece then maybe. If instead you mean an actual acting career with other significant roles, I would say no.
The first section of the summary states that actors have trouble finding other roles after staring in the Star Wars franchise but then concludes with an agent saying actors should accept the low-paying Star Wars roles because it "...guarantees a huge global audience, enhancing an actor's marketability."
They tried to buy donuts with bitcoins.