China didn't start out with multiple vendors to provide the hardware. They grew it over time.
Manufacturing in the US is sustainable and it doesn't have be for slave wages either. It takes automation and time to ramp up suppliers. But, this can't happen over night. Apple knows that.
No, but that's not the whole picture. As pointed out in TFA, the supplier got rid of a press that could have made them because there wasn't enough demand when competing with cheaper overseas suppliers; the supplier switched to higher value small production runs to stay in business. In order for a company to invest in the machinery they need to be relatively certain they will make a profit and their investment will pay off. High volume commodity parts isn't a safe bet in most cases. Apple or whomever could shutdown a line or go elsewhere to save some money and the company would be stuck with an expensive non-producing piece of equipment.
And those screws? They can get the material from China overnight. The connections are still there. Apple just doesn't know them because they lost connection with their own supply chain.
Reading TFA it seems Apple outsourced work to Flextronics and for whatever reason they messed up the supply chain.
Sure it is done to make money. As people leave cable the cable companies need to replace the lost revenue so data caps are a way to get money from cable cutters. The idea that cutting the cord will save most users money not going to be the case; they’ll pay the same or more just to different companies, at least until cable companies go to all streaming and sell bundles.
I have a couple friends who mentioned that they have issues with the 1 TB cap. Both said they tend to stream video all the time when home, sometimes just as a sort of background noise. I'm wondering if this is common behavior among others who have issue with the 1 TB caps?
I regularly use more than 1TB per month since I use streaming services for TV as well as Netflix. I actually have no cap since a TV/internet bundle comes with no cap and is cheaper than an uncapped service. I can see where someone who replaces cable with Hulu/DTVN/etc. would easily exceeed 1TB.
No. An MSR is actually fairly simple. The expensive part is all the regulatory BS, plus the endless lawsuits.
Another problem is they need to stay warm or risk rocking up; as well as issues of coolant reactions causing problems. The Soviets had several Alphas do that and as a result were decommissioned. They kept the reactors running even in port to key the bismuth warm. The US Navy tried a liquid sodium reactor in the Seawolf since it was a lot quieter than a water cooled reactor but wound up replacing it with one because of the problems maintaining it.
2. Get the NRC out of the way and have them actually trim down and simplify the regulation of power plants.
Not a good idea. While the nuclear industry has done a good job, post TMI, of self regulating to focus on safety the NRC still has an important role to play. They need to ensure all regulations are met and prevent the “it’s just a minor deviation from rules / design / etc. so it’s OK” mentality. The regulations may appear onerous but many are written as the result of past mistakes.
3. Streamline the licensing so new plants can actually get built.
That has been done. The combined operating license lets you build and operate the plan and not have to wait to operate while construction issues are litigated.
Spending money on new designs or upgrading and standardizing current design, would be great as well. Imagine if we had a national standard design that could be quickly deployed and licensed without endless approvals needed.
The NRC has approved several standardized designs that can be built without all the licensing and approvals needed for a nonstandard design. Unfortunately the industry can’t seem to actually build a standard design and not make on the fly changes that requires licensing approval, thus delaying construction and raising costs. In theory, a consortium of utilities could all build the same standardized design reducing construction and operating costs through economies of scale. Many current sites were approved for more plants than were actually built so sites that can be used without all the site approvals exist as well. The kicker is cheap gas. You can get 10 year contracts for gas and build a gas plant a lot faster and cheaper than a nuke. Given that, there is no reason to look to building a fleet of nukes, as was the idea when the advanced reactors were designed.
But it's only about $2500 to renounce one's citizenship, and nothing else due for net worth under $600k or so. So renouncing one's citizenship has a positive return on investment for many people.
While I get where you are coming from, such as no more US tax on all income, you can still face a tax liability upon exits. Further complicating the issue is if you've been a dual citizen by birth but never paid US taxes because yo never lived in the US or only recently found out you are a dual citizen; you could face tax compliance issues. Finally, returning to the US can be more difficult as yo uno longer are a citizen and thus must meet visa requirements, etc.
Thankfully, in both cases, emergency phone calls will still work as expected, regardless of any restrictions on the particular SIM cards in your phone.
In the US, cell phone companies are required by the FCC to connect any 911 call on a phone that connects to its tower. You do not have to have any service, or even a SIM card, as long as your phone can connect. That's why some companies advertise those "911 emergency phones" knowing they must work; and hoping people don't realize any old cell phone will do the same. Got a few years old phone you no longer use? Keep it charged and you have a 911 only phone.
In Belgium you get your license plate once. You take them with you when you get a new car. When you do not need them, you bring em back i.e. drop them off at the post office.
In the US you keep the plate but have to renew the registration every year. Usually costs about $20-25, plus tack on another $20 for yearly required emissions. So, even at $50 a year for registration the basic plate would take 10 years before the purchase price is paid off. Now, what are the odds that an electronic plate will last 10 years without damage/needing to be replaced/etc?
You also pay a $7/month subscription fee for the plate; plus I doubt the DMV is going to lower the registration costs. I really don't see any great value beyond perhaps more unique vanity tags and the ability for the state to us it to identify vehicles, such as changing or flashing the number to Expired, Stolen, Amber Alert, etc. and to collect some extra cash each month. Of course, no one would figure out how to access it and change the display to something more interesting.
"How much smarter are you with a phone or computer or without? You're vastly smarter, actually," Musk said. "You can answer any question pretty much instantly. You can remember flawlessly.
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Of course, since Google searches only return correct information, Wikipedia is never wrong. Everything you read or see on the internet is true.
Unless you're going to have separate companies for each state, you kinda need a uniform set of rules for the country. That's what the EU has done with GDPR. Even with the uniform Privacy Directive providing uniform principles to be applied in each country, they found that wasn't sufficient; a uniform rule was needed across Europe.
There is plenty to debate about what the rules should *be*. There's no doubt that having 50 different conflicting sets of rules would be a mess. One state would require records be preserved for inspection by authorities, while another would require that data be deleted after it's no longer actively used, and it would be impossible to comply with both.
While I agee that uniorm rules are better than a patchwork; the real goal of federal lawmaking is to ensure the minimum possible standards while providing the greates possible opportunuity to influence the rules in a company's favor. Of course, people are in f avor of it when it does something they want and agaisnt it if it prevents them from doing something they want to do.
Like the Bay Area billionaire owners of the Democratic party would allow any of that.
Nah. The key line is “Under Rubio's legislation, any national regulations would preempt state laws -- even if the state's are more strict.” That eliminates the need to buy state legislatures; all you have to buy is Congress and get them to draft some watered down laws.
He pointed out if they called me or someone else did the solicitation then I could do the work.
Aw.... if you have clients to take with you, go visit them in person and explain -- just "Invite them to lunch", and chatter about random stuff until they effectively solicit you for the potential thing they're needing work on, since they probably will.
If your services were individual skilled professional services, and the client dealt with you on a daily basis --- chances are you have the credit for any of the skill, care, and quality of your work, not your employer, who would LIKE to have credit and keep any business despite the relationship being sustained by your hard work alone, and your past employer no longer having a way to offer them the same level of service.
Exactly. I actually have been working with a number of past clients after explain I am not allowed per my agreement to solicit them but they should feel free to call me if they need my services.
Good ol' days -
People complain that the "Cable Companies" don't allow them to purchase channels a la carte, and that they are forced into buying bundles of channels.
Today -
People complain that the "Streaming Companies" are forcing them to purchase streaming services a la carte, instead of having the option of everything being bundled together.
Of course. Since they aren't getting paid based on the total number of cable subscriber but on the total number interested in their product, the price will rise. This is an inevitable result of the shrinking cable TV base; companies are looking to get as much for their product as possible. So we get what we wished for - a la carte pricing. In the end we'll pay as much or more as with cable, just to different companies.
Unless you have an electorate that's researched the ballot measure extensively ahead of time, that language is going to fool anyone. Maybe there's a small group that were voting for it because they do want such laws as it benefits them, but that particular wording appears to have been crafted by the devil himself.
Welcome to ballot initiatives. They are written to get passed, and often do just the opposite of what was intended.
The way my old boss put it: "I have a lawyer on retainer, it doesn't cost me anything." He was known to *threaten* to enforce a non-compete and cause an ex-employee to lose the chance at a job. The hiring company didn't want to mess with it.
Just because it isn't legally enforceable doesn't mean it isn't practicably enforceable.
That's the main point, it's often just a scare tactic and effective. Until an employee says FU, you may have a retainer but that will only cove a fraction of your fees and you will lose your boss will continue to use that threat. As with anything, you can tell someone they must do X, even if they don't, and if they believe you you win.
Want to find out if these Non-Compete contracts will hold up in court? Just ask if you can take the NC contract to a lawyer for evaluation. If the company says, "No, you have to sign it now", the contract is not enforceable. They are forcing you sign the NC contract under duress and that won't hold up in courts. It the company says, "Yes, you can have a lawyer check it", you may have an enforceable contract. I asked at many places and was always told "No" so I signed the NC contract (if I wanted the job) knowing that it meant nothing.
A lot depends on local laws. When I left a company that had a non compete, my attorney basically said most are unenforceable because labor laws change a lot as court cases get decided and most are used simply to scare employees by making them think they cannot go to a competitor. It turned out mine was a not a non compete, although it was called one, and simply said I could not solicit work from any clients. He pointed out if they called me or someone else did the solicitation then I could do the work. He wondered if they paid an attorney to write it; and if they did wondered about the attorney's skills.
TIL that 1st Century Egyptians, 13th Century Chinese, Secondo Campini and Frank Whittle were Nazis...
Fanta may be the one item actually with origins in Nazi Germany. It was created as a result of the embargo on Germany and Coca-Cola's being prevented from selling syrup to its German division. As a result, the Germans created Fanta from ingredients they had available. After the war, Coca-Cola reclaimed its plant and rights to Fanta; eventually relaunching it in the 50's.
Now that Boing Boing showed us how to convert the Bird eScooters and other suing the same standard Xi scooter into a stock one sans lockouts and GPS via a $30 circuit board, enterprising individuals can pickup the illegally parked scooters blocking sidewalks and recycle them. Sell them for 1/2 to 1/3 the price of a new one and profit while solving a problem for the city and saving them money all the while adding to the local economy.
If they are essential since they have not been furloughed they do not since they are still employed and working.
Stop making stuff up. Its called partial unemployment and can be used whenever your income significantly decreases.
Exepcted employyes (those paid by appropriations and working but not getting paid) are generally not eligible dor unemplyemnet becasue states ofthn consider them employed and thus not eligible. See Question #3 https://nasapeople.nasa.gov/sh... Those collecting unemplyment may ahve to repay it if they get paid or the furlough days.
They can't apply for unemployment benefits while they are still employed, even if they are not being paid.
If they are furloughed they qualify for unemployment benefits. If they are essential since they have not been furloughed they do not since they are still employed and working.
They can quit, but of course they might still be looking for work by the time the government shutdown ends, and there's no assurance they'd be able to get their old job back.
Very true. They are better off working another job and calling in sick if essential.
IINAL, but it would seem to me if Netflix is using the CYOA statement as a descriptive term, and not implying their show is a CYOPA product they may be able to claim fair use. You can use trademarks in such as a way if they are descriptive and do not imply endorsement or cause confusion. If I read the complaint correctly the issue is a line in the show. t's pretty clear that Netflix makes movies, not children's adventure books, so an actor saying "This is like the CYOA book XXX" as par tof a scene isn't likely to cause confusion.
Somehow I'm guessing they weren't familiar with the Streisand effect.
Exactly, and now people will see how they might get a cheap scooter. Bird (and others) now either have to keep better track of scooters and ensure they don't violate laws or risk them being impounded and sold at auction. The letter no doubt was done in hopes BB would be frightened and take it down, a standard trick with lawyer's letters where people don't know their rights or the law and a thus may comply even if they don't have to comply.
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China didn't start out with multiple vendors to provide the hardware. They grew it over time.
Manufacturing in the US is sustainable and it doesn't have be for slave wages either. It takes automation and time to ramp up suppliers. But, this can't happen over night. Apple knows that.
No, but that's not the whole picture. As pointed out in TFA, the supplier got rid of a press that could have made them because there wasn't enough demand when competing with cheaper overseas suppliers; the supplier switched to higher value small production runs to stay in business. In order for a company to invest in the machinery they need to be relatively certain they will make a profit and their investment will pay off. High volume commodity parts isn't a safe bet in most cases. Apple or whomever could shutdown a line or go elsewhere to save some money and the company would be stuck with an expensive non-producing piece of equipment.
And those screws? They can get the material from China overnight. The connections are still there. Apple just doesn't know them because they lost connection with their own supply chain.
Reading TFA it seems Apple outsourced work to Flextronics and for whatever reason they messed up the supply chain.
Sure it is done to make money. As people leave cable the cable companies need to replace the lost revenue so data caps are a way to get money from cable cutters. The idea that cutting the cord will save most users money not going to be the case; they’ll pay the same or more just to different companies, at least until cable companies go to all streaming and sell bundles.
I have a couple friends who mentioned that they have issues with the 1 TB cap. Both said they tend to stream video all the time when home, sometimes just as a sort of background noise. I'm wondering if this is common behavior among others who have issue with the 1 TB caps?
I regularly use more than 1TB per month since I use streaming services for TV as well as Netflix. I actually have no cap since a TV/internet bundle comes with no cap and is cheaper than an uncapped service. I can see where someone who replaces cable with Hulu/DTVN/etc. would easily exceeed 1TB.
No. An MSR is actually fairly simple. The expensive part is all the regulatory BS, plus the endless lawsuits.
Another problem is they need to stay warm or risk rocking up; as well as issues of coolant reactions causing problems. The Soviets had several Alphas do that and as a result were decommissioned. They kept the reactors running even in port to key the bismuth warm. The US Navy tried a liquid sodium reactor in the Seawolf since it was a lot quieter than a water cooled reactor but wound up replacing it with one because of the problems maintaining it.
2. Get the NRC out of the way and have them actually trim down and simplify the regulation of power plants.
Not a good idea. While the nuclear industry has done a good job, post TMI, of self regulating to focus on safety the NRC still has an important role to play. They need to ensure all regulations are met and prevent the “it’s just a minor deviation from rules / design / etc. so it’s OK” mentality. The regulations may appear onerous but many are written as the result of past mistakes.
3. Streamline the licensing so new plants can actually get built.
That has been done. The combined operating license lets you build and operate the plan and not have to wait to operate while construction issues are litigated.
Spending money on new designs or upgrading and standardizing current design, would be great as well. Imagine if we had a national standard design that could be quickly deployed and licensed without endless approvals needed.
The NRC has approved several standardized designs that can be built without all the licensing and approvals needed for a nonstandard design. Unfortunately the industry can’t seem to actually build a standard design and not make on the fly changes that requires licensing approval, thus delaying construction and raising costs. In theory, a consortium of utilities could all build the same standardized design reducing construction and operating costs through economies of scale. Many current sites were approved for more plants than were actually built so sites that can be used without all the site approvals exist as well. The kicker is cheap gas. You can get 10 year contracts for gas and build a gas plant a lot faster and cheaper than a nuke. Given that, there is no reason to look to building a fleet of nukes, as was the idea when the advanced reactors were designed.
But it's only about $2500 to renounce one's citizenship, and nothing else due for net worth under $600k or so. So renouncing one's citizenship has a positive return on investment for many people.
While I get where you are coming from, such as no more US tax on all income, you can still face a tax liability upon exits. Further complicating the issue is if you've been a dual citizen by birth but never paid US taxes because yo never lived in the US or only recently found out you are a dual citizen; you could face tax compliance issues. Finally, returning to the US can be more difficult as yo uno longer are a citizen and thus must meet visa requirements, etc.
Thankfully, in both cases, emergency phone calls will still work as expected, regardless of any restrictions on the particular SIM cards in your phone. In the US, cell phone companies are required by the FCC to connect any 911 call on a phone that connects to its tower. You do not have to have any service, or even a SIM card, as long as your phone can connect. That's why some companies advertise those "911 emergency phones" knowing they must work; and hoping people don't realize any old cell phone will do the same. Got a few years old phone you no longer use? Keep it charged and you have a 911 only phone.
In Belgium you get your license plate once. You take them with you when you get a new car. When you do not need them, you bring em back i.e. drop them off at the post office.
In the US you keep the plate but have to renew the registration every year. Usually costs about $20-25, plus tack on another $20 for yearly required emissions. So, even at $50 a year for registration the basic plate would take 10 years before the purchase price is paid off. Now, what are the odds that an electronic plate will last 10 years without damage/needing to be replaced/etc?
You also pay a $7/month subscription fee for the plate; plus I doubt the DMV is going to lower the registration costs. I really don't see any great value beyond perhaps more unique vanity tags and the ability for the state to us it to identify vehicles, such as changing or flashing the number to Expired, Stolen, Amber Alert, etc. and to collect some extra cash each month. Of course, no one would figure out how to access it and change the display to something more interesting.
Of course, since Google searches only return correct information, Wikipedia is never wrong. Everything you read or see on the internet is true.
Unless you're going to have separate companies for each state, you kinda need a uniform set of rules for the country. That's what the EU has done with GDPR. Even with the uniform Privacy Directive providing uniform principles to be applied in each country, they found that wasn't sufficient; a uniform rule was needed across Europe.
There is plenty to debate about what the rules should *be*. There's no doubt that having 50 different conflicting sets of rules would be a mess. One state would require records be preserved for inspection by authorities, while another would require that data be deleted after it's no longer actively used, and it would be impossible to comply with both.
While I agee that uniorm rules are better than a patchwork; the real goal of federal lawmaking is to ensure the minimum possible standards while providing the greates possible opportunuity to influence the rules in a company's favor. Of course, people are in f avor of it when it does something they want and agaisnt it if it prevents them from doing something they want to do.
Like the Bay Area billionaire owners of the Democratic party would allow any of that.
Nah. The key line is “Under Rubio's legislation, any national regulations would preempt state laws -- even if the state's are more strict.” That eliminates the need to buy state legislatures; all you have to buy is Congress and get them to draft some watered down laws.
A standard battery management procedure used by almost everybody when implemented by Apple suddenly becomes a new item because REASONS
/. hates Apple. At least this week. Next week Apple is our friend and (insert manufacturer) is the enemy.
Oh and 2019 is the year of Linux on the desktop.
He pointed out if they called me or someone else did the solicitation then I could do the work.
Aw.... if you have clients to take with you, go visit them in person and explain -- just "Invite them to lunch", and chatter about random stuff until they effectively solicit you for the potential thing they're needing work on, since they probably will. If your services were individual skilled professional services, and the client dealt with you on a daily basis --- chances are you have the credit for any of the skill, care, and quality of your work, not your employer, who would LIKE to have credit and keep any business despite the relationship being sustained by your hard work alone, and your past employer no longer having a way to offer them the same level of service.
Exactly. I actually have been working with a number of past clients after explain I am not allowed per my agreement to solicit them but they should feel free to call me if they need my services.
Good ol' days - People complain that the "Cable Companies" don't allow them to purchase channels a la carte, and that they are forced into buying bundles of channels. Today - People complain that the "Streaming Companies" are forcing them to purchase streaming services a la carte, instead of having the option of everything being bundled together.
Of course. Since they aren't getting paid based on the total number of cable subscriber but on the total number interested in their product, the price will rise. This is an inevitable result of the shrinking cable TV base; companies are looking to get as much for their product as possible. So we get what we wished for - a la carte pricing. In the end we'll pay as much or more as with cable, just to different companies.
This being /. we'll complain no matter what.
Unless you have an electorate that's researched the ballot measure extensively ahead of time, that language is going to fool anyone. Maybe there's a small group that were voting for it because they do want such laws as it benefits them, but that particular wording appears to have been crafted by the devil himself.
Welcome to ballot initiatives. They are written to get passed, and often do just the opposite of what was intended.
The way my old boss put it: "I have a lawyer on retainer, it doesn't cost me anything." He was known to *threaten* to enforce a non-compete and cause an ex-employee to lose the chance at a job. The hiring company didn't want to mess with it. Just because it isn't legally enforceable doesn't mean it isn't practicably enforceable.
That's the main point, it's often just a scare tactic and effective. Until an employee says FU, you may have a retainer but that will only cove a fraction of your fees and you will lose your boss will continue to use that threat. As with anything, you can tell someone they must do X, even if they don't, and if they believe you you win.
Want to find out if these Non-Compete contracts will hold up in court? Just ask if you can take the NC contract to a lawyer for evaluation. If the company says, "No, you have to sign it now", the contract is not enforceable. They are forcing you sign the NC contract under duress and that won't hold up in courts. It the company says, "Yes, you can have a lawyer check it", you may have an enforceable contract. I asked at many places and was always told "No" so I signed the NC contract (if I wanted the job) knowing that it meant nothing.
A lot depends on local laws. When I left a company that had a non compete, my attorney basically said most are unenforceable because labor laws change a lot as court cases get decided and most are used simply to scare employees by making them think they cannot go to a competitor. It turned out mine was a not a non compete, although it was called one, and simply said I could not solicit work from any clients. He pointed out if they called me or someone else did the solicitation then I could do the work. He wondered if they paid an attorney to write it; and if they did wondered about the attorney's skills.
An open OS that manufacturers can tailor or a standard one controlled by one company to ensure compatibility?
Manufacturers not letting apps run in the background doing who knows what or allowing them and not having background processes top unexpectedly?
TIL that 1st Century Egyptians, 13th Century Chinese, Secondo Campini and Frank Whittle were Nazis...
Fanta may be the one item actually with origins in Nazi Germany. It was created as a result of the embargo on Germany and Coca-Cola's being prevented from selling syrup to its German division. As a result, the Germans created Fanta from ingredients they had available. After the war, Coca-Cola reclaimed its plant and rights to Fanta; eventually relaunching it in the 50's.
Now that Boing Boing showed us how to convert the Bird eScooters and other suing the same standard Xi scooter into a stock one sans lockouts and GPS via a $30 circuit board, enterprising individuals can pickup the illegally parked scooters blocking sidewalks and recycle them. Sell them for 1/2 to 1/3 the price of a new one and profit while solving a problem for the city and saving them money all the while adding to the local economy.
If they are essential since they have not been furloughed they do not since they are still employed and working.
Stop making stuff up. Its called partial unemployment and can be used whenever your income significantly decreases.
Exepcted employyes (those paid by appropriations and working but not getting paid) are generally not eligible dor unemplyemnet becasue states ofthn consider them employed and thus not eligible. See Question #3 https://nasapeople.nasa.gov/sh... Those collecting unemplyment may ahve to repay it if they get paid or the furlough days.
They can't apply for unemployment benefits while they are still employed, even if they are not being paid.
If they are furloughed they qualify for unemployment benefits. If they are essential since they have not been furloughed they do not since they are still employed and working.
They can quit, but of course they might still be looking for work by the time the government shutdown ends, and there's no assurance they'd be able to get their old job back.
Very true. They are better off working another job and calling in sick if essential.
IINAL, but it would seem to me if Netflix is using the CYOA statement as a descriptive term, and not implying their show is a CYOPA product they may be able to claim fair use. You can use trademarks in such as a way if they are descriptive and do not imply endorsement or cause confusion. If I read the complaint correctly the issue is a line in the show. t's pretty clear that Netflix makes movies, not children's adventure books, so an actor saying "This is like the CYOA book XXX" as par tof a scene isn't likely to cause confusion.
Somehow I'm guessing they weren't familiar with the Streisand effect.
Exactly, and now people will see how they might get a cheap scooter. Bird (and others) now either have to keep better track of scooters and ensure they don't violate laws or risk them being impounded and sold at auction. The letter no doubt was done in hopes BB would be frightened and take it down, a standard trick with lawyer's letters where people don't know their rights or the law and a thus may comply even if they don't have to comply.
I've seen them in the 1500 - 2000k range for 65" displays.
Quite a spread, 1500 to 2 million.
Actually, it's even bigger. The Cowboys big screen monitor costs 40 Million.