I'd be strongly in favor of banning all gene patents: lets get the direct profit motive out of developing GMOs, so that the ones we do get are at least mostly driven by less thoroughly corrupting impulses. Lots of good work has been done in academia - sometimes misguided, but at least they're generally aiming to improve the human condition.
I work in academia, and I have to ask - what century are you living in? Nowadays academics are all about getting rich (both themselves, and their schools) by coming up with patentable ideas and then monetizing them - often by spinning off their own for-profit companies.
With the death of Vevo, which was clearly one of YouTube's largest viable competitors, does a free and open video platform alternative to YouTube even exist anymore?
It's always weird to find out someone who felt really familiar has passed away, even when you didn't really know them. I only interacted with Rob within the Slashdot universe - I remember him corresponding with me about an account issue, way way back - but he seemed like a good guy.
You also make it sound like government subsidies are a bad thing.
No, I talked about subsidies because Charmeau complained that SpaceX was able to offer lower prices to European customers than Arianespace because the cost of SpaceX’s US government launches are supposedly subsidizing part of the cost for those other launches. In this context, it’s irrelevant whether you consider subsidies good or bad... the point is the Ariane program is hugely subsidized, so complaining about any SpaceX subsidy is hypocritical.
This really seems like a case of the pot calling the kettle black. Which company is more heavily subsidized by their respective government(s), overall?
You'd think with all the tech they stole from Waymo/Google, they would've been better at this.
Without autonomous cars, I wonder how Über plans to survive long-term? It seems unlikely investors will be willing to keep throwing millions and millions of dollars at them.
I have to admit - as a naive kid back when that song came out, I was completely unaware of any sub-context related to drugs in that song.... or present in 90% of the other songs written in the 1970s.
I just thought it was a nice song about a guy riding a horse in the desert.
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I'd be strongly in favor of banning all gene patents: lets get the direct profit motive out of developing GMOs, so that the ones we do get are at least mostly driven by less thoroughly corrupting impulses. Lots of good work has been done in academia - sometimes misguided, but at least they're generally aiming to improve the human condition.
I work in academia, and I have to ask - what century are you living in? Nowadays academics are all about getting rich (both themselves, and their schools) by coming up with patentable ideas and then monetizing them - often by spinning off their own for-profit companies.
The waste from the power generation is the same radioactive and poisonous mix of roughly 1000 elements that comes out of every reactor.
1000 elements?! My periodic table is apparently way, WAY out of date...
Summary: Andy Rubin might do a thing.
With the death of Vevo, which was clearly one of YouTube's largest viable competitors, does a free and open video platform alternative to YouTube even exist anymore?
What about Vimeo?
It's always weird to find out someone who felt really familiar has passed away, even when you didn't really know them. I only interacted with Rob within the Slashdot universe - I remember him corresponding with me about an account issue, way way back - but he seemed like a good guy.
Thanks, Rob, for all you did.
You also make it sound like government subsidies are a bad thing.
No, I talked about subsidies because Charmeau complained that SpaceX was able to offer lower prices to European customers than Arianespace because the cost of SpaceX’s US government launches are supposedly subsidizing part of the cost for those other launches. In this context, it’s irrelevant whether you consider subsidies good or bad... the point is the Ariane program is hugely subsidized, so complaining about any SpaceX subsidy is hypocritical.
This really seems like a case of the pot calling the kettle black. Which company is more heavily subsidized by their respective government(s), overall?
Tonight, on a very special episode of The Mindy Project, Mindy Kaling tricks Black Panther into accompanying her on a dinner date.
There seems to be no shortage of tech CEOs who have the emotional maturity level of 12-year-old boys.
But we already knew that about Elon - it's been evident for a couple years. He may be brilliant, but he's also a self-entitled whiny crybaby.
I believe we've seen this story on Slashdot before... so it must be true!
You'd think with all the tech they stole from Waymo/Google, they would've been better at this.
Without autonomous cars, I wonder how Über plans to survive long-term? It seems unlikely investors will be willing to keep throwing millions and millions of dollars at them.
I have to admit - as a naive kid back when that song came out, I was completely unaware of any sub-context related to drugs in that song. ... or present in 90% of the other songs written in the 1970s.
I just thought it was a nice song about a guy riding a horse in the desert.
Dude, it was part of the joke. Even Wikipedia mentions it.
And they keep trying to discover that horse’s name.
How did law enforcement solve crimes before smartphones were a thing?
To be fair, they do deliver your data to third parties efficiently.
Political? I thought this site was an aggregator for bitcoin stories!
It's like a bug hitting a windshield, not enough weight to go splat.
Q: What’s the last thing that goes through a bug’s mind when it hits a windshield?
A: Its butt.
... to own your own router instead of paying Comcast’s exorbitant monthly rent.
Prove I'm not the best guy ever. Or prove who is.
I am.
(the proof is left as an exercise for the reader)
We're Number One!! We're Number One!!
The CEO. Those poor guys always take a hit when their business goes south.
That sure sounds like a reputable journal worth many tenure points.
No problem - I know the phone numbers of quite a few Prime members. No need to give them my own...