Some of us are old enough to remember 1000 dramatic predictions of the future, and then the future happened and none of those dramatic predictions came true.
Maybe you shouldn’t buy an Echo. They're definitely not as useful as marketing hype suggests.
But why do we need to be trolled by cynical Gizmodo jerks? Even the lamest marketing hype is a lot more believable than some story about my Echo being hacked and used to listen in on me.
are moved overseas? What do you do in the face of rapidly encroaching automation? Not everything is in your control.
You do what you can to improve the things that are in your control. Obviously. WTF else? Give up and wait for a rescue that will never come?
All the time here on/. I hear people say kids these days shouldn't borrow $160k to go to college but learn a trade instead. But even if you do that what happens if you pick the wrong trade.
Try again then. Something else. WTF is the alternative? Feeling sorry for yourself?
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Is it just me, or are we, the working class, always being told to work harder for less? When I was a kid we were supposed to work less for more.
Versus what? Not working and blaming others for the fact that you can’t get ahead without working?
From the very link you posted it looks like 35% of revenue goes to store employees(and this is including electricity and rent). So maybe 20% of revenue go to employees, probably less. The other 45% of your disingenuous 80% go to raw materials.
And it has been decreasing every year according to what you postedy.
What’s your point? I was refuting the claim that "most" of the money "goes to the corporation and shareholders". 80% of it doesn't, so that's clearly false. Are you defending clearly false claims? If you are, why? How about making and defending true claims instead of false ones?
Nope. Addiction might be what keeps them drinking coffee, but the whole point of this story is that coffee can easily be brewed at home for 1/10th the cost. If it was addiction, that's what people would do.
People actually value what they buy at coffee shops. It's neither a fad, nor marketing, nor addiction. People go to coffee shops because they like to.
Some people would say you can reproduce it for free on your phone with a streaming music service. Is a concert more different from a playlist than a home brewed coffee is different from a frap at the coffee shop? Let's not pretend there's an objective measure.
The sad part is, most of the money goes to the corporation and shareholders. Very little goes to the actual person providing the service, which is where it should be.
Like so much today, it's marketing hype. Persuading people to pay way over the odds for something by convincing them that it's cool and trendy.
Cool and trendy 20 years ago maybe. If it was a fad, coffee shops would be closing by now. Advertising and marketing get people in the shop the first few times. They keep going or stop going based on their actual experience.
It's like that schmuck in Australia who told the young uns the could afford a house in Sydney if only they'd give up avocado toast. It's nonsense the aristocracy tells it's workers to excuse stagnant and falling wages. Don't fall for it.
Self control and delayed gratification lead to economic success. Avocado toast isn't a significant factor, but the idea of taking control of your spending and your life by saying no to avocado toast is the lesson to learn.
It's nonsense the aristocracy tells it's workers to excuse stagnant and falling wages. Don't fall for it.
Waiting for someone else to solve your wage problems is a good way to make sure your wage problems never get solved. Telling people to wait for some magic answer from others is just wrong. If people listen to that advice, they're losing 99% of their opportunity for improvement.
People like them and value them. If people felt ripped off, they would stop going. But people don't feel ripped off. You're simply disagreeing with their preference. It's like saying a jazz music concert is a ripoff — I don't like jazz, but value is subjective.
Seems like Apple gets indirect benefits from government services that they should pay for indirectly, like by paying an educated employee a salary, and having that employee pay taxes on that salary to finance that education. They should probably also pay a little tax directly for the direct government services they get.
But I'd say the protestors are more interested in plundering Apple for loot than getting the government services Apple uses reimbursed.
It's nothing this century. And these protestors weren't protesting injustice. Actually the opposite; they want to take money other people earned so they can spend it on themselves.
So what? Someone else has an even better pizza even closer. You're a relative caveman next to him. You should whimper in shame thinking about his pizza glory, whoever he is. Your 9/10 pizza is skunk vomit next to his pizza.
I think the app just relays entered information. The Japanese pizza guys probably aren't entering fake info to make it appear like they are working hard and following procedure.
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Some of us are old enough to remember 1000 dramatic predictions of the future, and then the future happened and none of those dramatic predictions came true.
Ok, have it your way: internet doom is here. I won't argue with someone's religious faith.
Yeah? How often do dramatic predictions of future doom come true?
It makes sense when you understand that Net Neutrality is a religion and internet doomsday is nigh.
If it took this long to find a case of this and write a story about it.
Why does it seem like celebrities are among the world's worst people?
When the media decides to tell a story, facts that contradict that story don't matter.
Maybe you shouldn’t buy an Echo. They're definitely not as useful as marketing hype suggests.
But why do we need to be trolled by cynical Gizmodo jerks? Even the lamest marketing hype is a lot more believable than some story about my Echo being hacked and used to listen in on me.
are moved overseas? What do you do in the face of rapidly encroaching automation? Not everything is in your control.
You do what you can to improve the things that are in your control. Obviously. WTF else? Give up and wait for a rescue that will never come?
All the time here on /. I hear people say kids these days shouldn't borrow $160k to go to college but learn a trade instead. But even if you do that what happens if you pick the wrong trade.
Try again then. Something else. WTF is the alternative? Feeling sorry for yourself?
[Weird story deleted.]
Is it just me, or are we, the working class, always being told to work harder for less? When I was a kid we were supposed to work less for more.
Versus what? Not working and blaming others for the fact that you can’t get ahead without working?
Unemployment is at 4%.
From the very link you posted it looks like 35% of revenue goes to store employees(and this is including electricity and rent). So maybe 20% of revenue go to employees, probably less. The other 45% of your disingenuous 80% go to raw materials.
And it has been decreasing every year according to what you postedy.
What’s your point? I was refuting the claim that "most" of the money "goes to the corporation and shareholders". 80% of it doesn't, so that's clearly false. Are you defending clearly false claims? If you are, why? How about making and defending true claims instead of false ones?
Addiction is what keeps the masses coming back.
Nope. Addiction might be what keeps them drinking coffee, but the whole point of this story is that coffee can easily be brewed at home for 1/10th the cost. If it was addiction, that's what people would do.
People actually value what they buy at coffee shops. It's neither a fad, nor marketing, nor addiction. People go to coffee shops because they like to.
Some people would say you can reproduce it for free on your phone with a streaming music service. Is a concert more different from a playlist than a home brewed coffee is different from a frap at the coffee shop? Let's not pretend there's an objective measure.
If addiction were the major factor people would stop going and just make coffee at home. It's cheaper, very easy, and contains the same substances.
The sad part is, most of the money goes to the corporation and shareholders. Very little goes to the actual person providing the service, which is where it should be.
False. over 80% goes to labor and costs related to operating the store. Same for almost every business.
"something will happen today"
Thanks. I will prepare. You didn't even need to know I'm a Capricorn! This new insight into the stars is amazing.
Like so much today, it's marketing hype. Persuading people to pay way over the odds for something by convincing them that it's cool and trendy.
Cool and trendy 20 years ago maybe. If it was a fad, coffee shops would be closing by now. Advertising and marketing get people in the shop the first few times. They keep going or stop going based on their actual experience.
It's like that schmuck in Australia who told the young uns the could afford a house in Sydney if only they'd give up avocado toast. It's nonsense the aristocracy tells it's workers to excuse stagnant and falling wages. Don't fall for it.
Self control and delayed gratification lead to economic success. Avocado toast isn't a significant factor, but the idea of taking control of your spending and your life by saying no to avocado toast is the lesson to learn.
It's nonsense the aristocracy tells it's workers to excuse stagnant and falling wages. Don't fall for it.
Waiting for someone else to solve your wage problems is a good way to make sure your wage problems never get solved. Telling people to wait for some magic answer from others is just wrong. If people listen to that advice, they're losing 99% of their opportunity for improvement.
People like them and value them. If people felt ripped off, they would stop going. But people don't feel ripped off. You're simply disagreeing with their preference. It's like saying a jazz music concert is a ripoff — I don't like jazz, but value is subjective.
better lead to more accurate horoscopes.
Seems like Apple gets indirect benefits from government services that they should pay for indirectly, like by paying an educated employee a salary, and having that employee pay taxes on that salary to finance that education. They should probably also pay a little tax directly for the direct government services they get.
But I'd say the protestors are more interested in plundering Apple for loot than getting the government services Apple uses reimbursed.
Yeah, those don't really help us as much as you think they do.
People highly value them. I don't know who you think "us" is, but your definition of "help" seems to be contrary to Apple customers' definition.
It's nothing this century. And these protestors weren't protesting injustice. Actually the opposite; they want to take money other people earned so they can spend it on themselves.
Not any more. He committed suicide in 1995.
So what? Someone else has an even better pizza even closer. You're a relative caveman next to him. You should whimper in shame thinking about his pizza glory, whoever he is. Your 9/10 pizza is skunk vomit next to his pizza.
I think the app just relays entered information. The Japanese pizza guys probably aren't entering fake info to make it appear like they are working hard and following procedure.