Perhaps Musk is from Mars, because people did something about it in the 19th century here on Earth - they're called underground metro systems. He should try riding one sometime.
But if there's not an underground system where he wants to go, someone would have to build one first.
If the only way he can sell this change is to blatantly lie about easily-verifiable things like the telemedicine exception, you know he doesn't have any good arguments.
I've RTFA and I still can't figure out... what's the scam? Someone is ordering a ride, someone is driving, someone is paying for the ride.
Last analysis I read said Uber is already burning investor money faster than they're making it, trying to grow and corner the market. If these guys are just providing the same service as Uber, how are they making any money?
Uber is a credit card service. Denounce fraud and you'll get your money back or go to a dispute. Uber gets charged for each refund so it's bad business for them.
Under what Financial Services industry code of conduct do Uber operate? what credit products do they provide? What credit network do they operate (important to know what stores I can use their product in)?
I thought the same thing when I read that. Then I realized it meant that Uber is a service that uses (exclusively) credit cards. So every dispute will be handled according to CC rules, and Uber will eat the cost of reversed charges.
The government often asks for scads of reports and documentation to show that you are following their accounting, engineering, quality,... guidelines and rules...
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On the other hand, a commercial entity simply says "rocket costs 65 million dollars". The contract is a standard purchase order. Nothing more.
True. But imagine what happens if you don't do the paperwork? Something takes longer than expected - this is research, remember - or, God forbid, actually fails. Whichever politician championed the project to begin with could be facing a Congressional subpoena to explain what went wrong. That person isn't going to want to wait 6 months for a post-mortem, he's* going to want all the info already compiled.
* And yes, let's assume it's probably going to be a "he".
I've been thinking of switching from Sam's to Costco, but the last two things I searched, tires & mattresses had a better selection and better prices at Sam's.
I'm a huge fan of comparison shopping, but are tires and mattresses something you're going to buy often enough that they should drive the decision?
There used to be a chain sort of like that. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... About a third of the store would be showroom, the rest would be warehouse. You find what you like and pick up a card from the display with a UPC code on it. Take the cards to the front where they scan and pull from the warehouse.
Chrome 65, due a few weeks later, will squelch another unwelcome action that can happen when you click a link and the website opens in a new tab while switching the existing tab to a page you didn't request.
It's been this way for over half a year and I haven't noticed anything broken by it. And honestly I'm having a bit of difficulty imagining how a website could legitimately use this sort of eventListener and not be a prime example of sloppy coding.
This should be the free square on this-is-why-developers-don't-write-requirements Bingo. Just because you don't use this style of interaction, nobody should need it.
How about these two use cases:
* Reordering elements in a list * Maps
I use these all the time. It's entirely possible this change is why a few sites have become unusable on my phone and - like people have been pointing out - I've assumed it's because those sites weren't mobile compatible. Maybe the sites are mobile compatible, but not in Chrome. Guess I'll have to download Firefox and check.
Does it gather information whenever you look at Facebook, whether you post or not? Does it gather location information from your phone, even when the Facebook app isn't open?
If you check the EULA, I'll bet you see that you've authorized the latter.
Worse, for a full 20 hours after the news broke, Gothamist.com and DNAinfo.com effectively didn't exist: Any link to the sites showed only Ricketts's statement about his decision, which claims the business was not profitable enough to support the journalism.
"Effectively didn't exist"? You mean the archives were gone. Which is bad, I agree, but is that really worse than closing the business without even making an attempt to sell it?
30+ years ago, news organizations mostly stuck with *objectively reporting the news* rather than subtly leaving out certain parts of the story again and again and again to advance a chosen agenda, or constantly running rabid "opinion" pieces bordering on batshit-crazy levels of outrage.
I won't beat the "How is this news?" drum, because that's already been hit multiple times. What I want to know is, why now? We're nowhere close to the change from or to DST, so what brought this up to begin with?
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Perhaps Musk is from Mars, because people did something about it in the 19th century here on Earth - they're called underground metro systems. He should try riding one sometime.
But if there's not an underground system where he wants to go, someone would have to build one first.
Oh, wait ...
If the only way he can sell this change is to blatantly lie about easily-verifiable things like the telemedicine exception, you know he doesn't have any good arguments.
Or it might be because they are the deranged rantings of POTUS.
That's what he said.
I've RTFA and I still can't figure out ... what's the scam? Someone is ordering a ride, someone is driving, someone is paying for the ride.
Last analysis I read said Uber is already burning investor money faster than they're making it, trying to grow and corner the market. If these guys are just providing the same service as Uber, how are they making any money?
For those old enough to remember, this is not very different from what Evil Knievel did when jumping the Snake River canyon.
Nit: It's Evel, not Evil.
Uber is a credit card service. Denounce fraud and you'll get your money back or go to a dispute. Uber gets charged for each refund so it's bad business for them.
Under what Financial Services industry code of conduct do Uber operate? what credit products do they provide? What credit network do they operate (important to know what stores I can use their product in)?
I thought the same thing when I read that. Then I realized it meant that Uber is a service that uses (exclusively) credit cards. So every dispute will be handled according to CC rules, and Uber will eat the cost of reversed charges.
Sorry, he asked for less fuzzy. Thanks anyway.
The government often asks for scads of reports and documentation to show that you are following their accounting, engineering, quality, ... guidelines and rules...
[snip]
On the other hand, a commercial entity simply says "rocket costs 65 million dollars". The contract is a standard purchase order. Nothing more.
True. But imagine what happens if you don't do the paperwork? Something takes longer than expected - this is research, remember - or, God forbid, actually fails. Whichever politician championed the project to begin with could be facing a Congressional subpoena to explain what went wrong. That person isn't going to want to wait 6 months for a post-mortem, he's* going to want all the info already compiled.
* And yes, let's assume it's probably going to be a "he".
I've been thinking of switching from Sam's to Costco, but the last two things I searched, tires & mattresses had a better selection and better prices at Sam's.
I'm a huge fan of comparison shopping, but are tires and mattresses something you're going to buy often enough that they should drive the decision?
There used to be a chain sort of like that. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... About a third of the store would be showroom, the rest would be warehouse. You find what you like and pick up a card from the display with a UPC code on it. Take the cards to the front where they scan and pull from the warehouse.
researching prototype technologies for a UAS Traffic Management (UTM) system
Can you use an acronym as one of the "words" in another acronym like that? Seems sketchy.
Yeah, I was doing three things at once and didn't ready yours closely enough. My bad.
Chrome 65, due a few weeks later, will squelch another unwelcome action that can happen when you click a link and the website opens in a new tab while switching the existing tab to a page you didn't request.
Somebody's been viewing porn.
It's been this way for over half a year and I haven't noticed anything broken by it. And honestly I'm having a bit of difficulty imagining how a website could legitimately use this sort of eventListener and not be a prime example of sloppy coding.
This should be the free square on this-is-why-developers-don't-write-requirements Bingo. Just because you don't use this style of interaction, nobody should need it.
How about these two use cases:
* Reordering elements in a list
* Maps
I use these all the time. It's entirely possible this change is why a few sites have become unusable on my phone and - like people have been pointing out - I've assumed it's because those sites weren't mobile compatible. Maybe the sites are mobile compatible, but not in Chrome. Guess I'll have to download Firefox and check.
Does it gather information whenever you look at Facebook, whether you post or not? Does it gather location information from your phone, even when the Facebook app isn't open?
If you check the EULA, I'll bet you see that you've authorized the latter.
The problem may have been caused by Daylight Savings Time ...
Is there a Slashdot style guide that specifically requires this incorrect plural just to fuck with us?
Worse, for a full 20 hours after the news broke, Gothamist.com and DNAinfo.com effectively didn't exist: Any link to the sites showed only Ricketts's statement about his decision, which claims the business was not profitable enough to support the journalism.
"Effectively didn't exist"? You mean the archives were gone. Which is bad, I agree, but is that really worse than closing the business without even making an attempt to sell it?
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DST is Daylight Saving Time.
Not "savings".
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It was wrong so many times in the summary I'm convinced they're trolling us.
Except it’s Qualcomm that filed suit against not Broadcom.
You know this story is about Broadcom buying Qualcomm, so they'll be the same company, right?
Which makes it obvious that moving their mailing address was done just to make it easier for US regulators to approve this acquisition.
And don't forget the pending litigation with Apple. Might play better for them as an "American" company.
...That this has something to do with the ongoing legal battle between Apple & Broadcom...
I guess I lose the bet. It's Qualcomm not Broadcom that Apple is in a worldwide battle with at present.
Unless Broadcom buys Qualcomm. But I'm sure the timing of that is a coincidence.
30+ years ago, news organizations mostly stuck with *objectively reporting the news* rather than subtly leaving out certain parts of the story again and again and again to advance a chosen agenda, or constantly running rabid "opinion" pieces bordering on batshit-crazy levels of outrage.
See Yellow Journalism to understand that's not true at all. In particular, William Randolph Hearst is widely credited with helping to start a war to sell papers.
Err, the time change is this weekend (in the U.S.), seems timely enough to me...
Doh!
I won't beat the "How is this news?" drum, because that's already been hit multiple times. What I want to know is, why now? We're nowhere close to the change from or to DST, so what brought this up to begin with?
Who the fuck modded this funny?
Someone who got the joke.