Power companies do this sort of thing all the time. For instance...
Back when we still resided in Seattle, (20+ years ago) my wife and I were up in NE Washington on our way home from a vacation in the Canadian Rockies. We decided to take in a dam tour up in that corner of the state. Funny thing was, that dam was owned by Seattle City Light! They weren't sending that electricity over 300 miles of dedicated line over to Seattle, though - they were selling it to local utilities, and through a game of economic musical chairs were in turn eventually getting an equivalent amount of electricity from sources much nearer to Seattle.
Most Amazon packages come through UPS or an Amazon employee. What packages does Amazon even ship using the post office?
I'm a Prime member, and I get stuff from Amazon via the Postal Service all the time.... and it sucks. I suspect that AMZN delivery contracts with off-duty USPS drivers here in the Puget Sound region, because I get the same crappy level of "service" from both.
Case in point. I ordered a phone case from Amazon, who shipped it USPS. It was supposed to come yesterday. It was supposedly out for delivery - then I got an Amazon email (not for the first time) saying "Sorry we missed you. We tried to deliver your package" - remember, we're talking about a cell phone case - " but you weren't home".
"Not home"... for a delivery which would have been left in my mailbox right on the street. Oh, and there was no other mail in the box either. And no "missed delivery" slip at my door.
It'll be there today, I'm sure. The Saturday post lady is not the same one as the Friday post lady. This actually happens a fair bit with stuff that's supposed to be here on Fridays.
Well, your comment is funny at least. But I'm not seeing the attempted humor in Linus' line... it just seems like a plain old comment.... unless they were talking about GNU scanner software.
Back before Netflix did away with star ratings, they had always proven to be really reliable estimates of how much I'd like a show... EXCEPT when it came to Netflix-produced stuff. With those, the "best guess" they'd suggest for me was invariably 4.8 to 5 stars - but, once I watched them, it turned out to be a crapshoot whether I'd even like the show/movie at all. I can't think of a Netflix-produced show I'd give even 4 stars to (if that were even possible nowadays).
So, yeah, it doesn't seem surprising to see yet another piece of evidence that Netflix execs might be less than honest when it comes to their own shows.
The small-town lifestyle is not sustainable, and only works when it's being subsidized by the cities. Most of these dying towns don't have any real industry left anyway, so it's time for the people there to pack up and leave.
That seems rather simplistic, since cities are not self-sustainable at all - they're entirely dependent on products and supplies from the outside. Wall off a city, and people there will starve really fast. Wall off a farming community, and they'll probably last a while.
There is a balancing act at play here. You need some percentage of your population to work the farms needed to feed everybody. You can certainly talk about automating much of that... but frankly most city jobs are capable of being automated away as well.
So, basically, If there are any local businesses which haven't already been destroyed by Safeway or Walmart or Target, Amazon Prime will finish them. Got it.
I'm not actually that glib... the loss of local businesses has negative consequences. But let's not pretend that Amazon started this process.
Judges ruled that Google's European headquarters in Ireland can't be taxed as if it also has a permanent base in France, as requested by the nation's administration.
Why should any company doing business in the EU have to have multiple permanent base, unless the company itself thinks it's to their advantage? If the company actually wants it, that's one thing - but why does the French administration "request" that Google keep a base in France when they already have one in another EU member state?
The claim is that the rule being complied with is a requirement for Chinese ownership:
"These regulations require cloud services be operated by Chinese companies so we're partnering with GCBD to offer iCloud," [Apple] said, referring to its online data storage service.
Also, they state there will be no back doors.
Apple also said it had strong data privacy and security protections in place.
"No backdoors will be created into any of our systems," it said.
If the latter is true, it will be interesting to see how this plays out with the Chinese government, as time goes on...
Do you guys have zero knowledge of what's been going on the past 100 years? The US and Russia/USSR have been adversaries far more often than they've been allies.
I haven't had an issue with the batteries of my two most recent smartphones (iPhone 5, iPhone 6 Plus), nor with an original iPad Mini. After two years, both phones were still holding up pretty well. After four years, though, the iPhone 5 battery life was down enough that I'd sometimes have to plug it in mid-day if I wanted to be sure it would not die by evening. Annoying, but that's about it. The Mini's battery life after four years was still surprisingly good, although that device didn't get the daily use that the phones did.
With certain apps, however... I can't really disagree with you.
I've gotten to where I treat cars, computers, and now smart phones the same way. It's stupid to pay top dollar, just to get the newest model. One or two year old computers/phones are still extremely capable devices, and will have just about the same functional lifetime as a brand new model - for significantly less money.
When smartphones were still a new thing, each new generation offered a huge performance boost in practical terms... but that's no longer the case. With Apple, at least, you can save several hundred dollars AND get the same warranty as a new phone by buying refurbished. For example, a refurb 64GB iPhone 6S is $509, which is $240 less than the base model 128GB iPhone 7. PLUS it comes with a headphone jack!
Considering Trump Jr. has admitted he met with a Russian lawyer (along with Kushner) during the campaign to get dirt on Hillary...
More importantly, that particular news was "leaked" by three White House staffers at pretty much the same time, all of whom stated (unusually, for this administration) they could be attributed as White House staffers... meaning it was an intentional leak, and was likely an attempt to get ahead of something even more damaging that may be coming out soon.
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If we can't see inside their thought process, how do we know they aren't simply breaking down into sending total random gibberish to one another?
In an attempt to answer that question, Facebook released a video of one such communication.
Actually, these are 3D scans - and the government is collecting them so they can easily unlock everyone's new iPhone 8.
Private shopping malls are also free to establish policies that would seem to be in violation of basic constitutional rights
Oh, that must be why I saw a Slaves 'R' Us at our local mall...
Well I just spent the last couple months learning lisp... so I hope you're wrong.
Power companies do this sort of thing all the time. For instance...
Back when we still resided in Seattle, (20+ years ago) my wife and I were up in NE Washington on our way home from a vacation in the Canadian Rockies. We decided to take in a dam tour up in that corner of the state. Funny thing was, that dam was owned by Seattle City Light! They weren't sending that electricity over 300 miles of dedicated line over to Seattle, though - they were selling it to local utilities, and through a game of economic musical chairs were in turn eventually getting an equivalent amount of electricity from sources much nearer to Seattle.
In our case, that "b" explanation wouldn't work - we have a large mailbox. The smaller Amazon boxes fit in it just fine... for the Saturday post lady.
Most Amazon packages come through UPS or an Amazon employee. What packages does Amazon even ship using the post office?
I'm a Prime member, and I get stuff from Amazon via the Postal Service all the time. ... and it sucks. I suspect that AMZN delivery contracts with off-duty USPS drivers here in the Puget Sound region, because I get the same crappy level of "service" from both.
Case in point. I ordered a phone case from Amazon, who shipped it USPS. It was supposed to come yesterday. It was supposedly out for delivery - then I got an Amazon email (not for the first time) saying "Sorry we missed you. We tried to deliver your package" - remember, we're talking about a cell phone case - " but you weren't home".
"Not home"... for a delivery which would have been left in my mailbox right on the street. Oh, and there was no other mail in the box either. And no "missed delivery" slip at my door.
It'll be there today, I'm sure. The Saturday post lady is not the same one as the Friday post lady. This actually happens a fair bit with stuff that's supposed to be here on Fridays.
It init funny. Not at all.
Well, your comment is funny at least. But I'm not seeing the attempted humor in Linus' line... it just seems like a plain old comment. ... unless they were talking about GNU scanner software.
Back before Netflix did away with star ratings, they had always proven to be really reliable estimates of how much I'd like a show... EXCEPT when it came to Netflix-produced stuff. With those, the "best guess" they'd suggest for me was invariably 4.8 to 5 stars - but, once I watched them, it turned out to be a crapshoot whether I'd even like the show/movie at all. I can't think of a Netflix-produced show I'd give even 4 stars to (if that were even possible nowadays).
So, yeah, it doesn't seem surprising to see yet another piece of evidence that Netflix execs might be less than honest when it comes to their own shows.
The small-town lifestyle is not sustainable, and only works when it's being subsidized by the cities. Most of these dying towns don't have any real industry left anyway, so it's time for the people there to pack up and leave.
That seems rather simplistic, since cities are not self-sustainable at all - they're entirely dependent on products and supplies from the outside. Wall off a city, and people there will starve really fast. Wall off a farming community, and they'll probably last a while.
There is a balancing act at play here. You need some percentage of your population to work the farms needed to feed everybody. You can certainly talk about automating much of that... but frankly most city jobs are capable of being automated away as well.
So, basically, If there are any local businesses which haven't already been destroyed by Safeway or Walmart or Target, Amazon Prime will finish them. Got it.
I'm not actually that glib... the loss of local businesses has negative consequences. But let's not pretend that Amazon started this process.
You're right, I don't count the Soviet probes that crashed on Mars as "successful". I added that caveat for a reason.
So shouldn't you include Europe in that list?
"As a programmer (and a reader of fanfiction), plenty of things I read are not valid English syntax."
As a long-time Slashdotter, plenty of things I read here are not valid English syntax.
Does level 3 mean I can have it take me home while drunk
You can... but you might regret it the next morning when you wake up and see it laying next to you.
Dreamhost is pretty awesome.
Judges ruled that Google's European headquarters in Ireland can't be taxed as if it also has a permanent base in France, as requested by the nation's administration.
Why should any company doing business in the EU have to have multiple permanent base, unless the company itself thinks it's to their advantage? If the company actually wants it, that's one thing - but why does the French administration "request" that Google keep a base in France when they already have one in another EU member state?
The claim is that the rule being complied with is a requirement for Chinese ownership:
"These regulations require cloud services be operated by Chinese companies so we're partnering with GCBD to offer iCloud," [Apple] said, referring to its online data storage service.
Also, they state there will be no back doors.
Apple also said it had strong data privacy and security protections in place.
"No backdoors will be created into any of our systems," it said.
If the latter is true, it will be interesting to see how this plays out with the Chinese government, as time goes on...
Football (sorry americans, thats what the rest of the world calls it)
No need to apologize just because you're all wrong...
Oh, look who's cleaning up the filth! Is it a human child? I wish!
Do you guys have zero knowledge of what's been going on the past 100 years? The US and Russia/USSR have been adversaries far more often than they've been allies.
But I'm not really feeling the outrage here, at least with regard to what was reported.
I haven't had an issue with the batteries of my two most recent smartphones (iPhone 5, iPhone 6 Plus), nor with an original iPad Mini. After two years, both phones were still holding up pretty well. After four years, though, the iPhone 5 battery life was down enough that I'd sometimes have to plug it in mid-day if I wanted to be sure it would not die by evening. Annoying, but that's about it. The Mini's battery life after four years was still surprisingly good, although that device didn't get the daily use that the phones did.
With certain apps, however... I can't really disagree with you.
I've gotten to where I treat cars, computers, and now smart phones the same way. It's stupid to pay top dollar, just to get the newest model. One or two year old computers/phones are still extremely capable devices, and will have just about the same functional lifetime as a brand new model - for significantly less money.
When smartphones were still a new thing, each new generation offered a huge performance boost in practical terms... but that's no longer the case. With Apple, at least, you can save several hundred dollars AND get the same warranty as a new phone by buying refurbished. For example, a refurb 64GB iPhone 6S is $509, which is $240 less than the base model 128GB iPhone 7. PLUS it comes with a headphone jack!
Given we're talking about Microsoft... it's just pining for Redmond Town Center Mall.
Considering Trump Jr. has admitted he met with a Russian lawyer (along with Kushner) during the campaign to get dirt on Hillary ...
More importantly, that particular news was "leaked" by three White House staffers at pretty much the same time, all of whom stated (unusually, for this administration) they could be attributed as White House staffers... meaning it was an intentional leak, and was likely an attempt to get ahead of something even more damaging that may be coming out soon.