WTF? google didn't innovate email at all. web based email had been around for a decade or more. The only thing they changed was increasing storage space which won them a huge market share quickly.
and? a computer can process the image information on a screen a 1000 times faster and react to that information a 1000 times faster. numbers or pictures is irrelevant, computers have an inherent advantage here, the fact it didn't reach 100% victory rate says it still has a ways to go given it is starting from such a huge tactical advantage.
yours is one of the very few posts that seems to get it. The Guardian article is just complete and utter garbage. Large companies that get these incentives have already done their homework long before they talk to local or state governments, they will be well aware of services and businesses available to them and of the local facilities and staffing. They will Also be acutely aware of the benefits they bring to that local community and will ensure they make sure the local government is given that information so that they can bargain from a position of strength.
The concept that you can attract the mega corps with just having a nice city and good business infrastructure is fairy land thinking as unless you are already established as a hub or the best for such a business in which case you would not be worried about courting them anyway. You will invariably be on a list of 10 or 20 such places that will be suitable, so then it becomes the local government needs to justify why that company should pick them. The article seems to want to ignore reality, these companies demand the incentives as they KNOW what they are worth to the local economy.
subsidies they don't give a shit about, tax breaks etc are hugely valuable though, they are also the exact types of companies cities want to attract, they spend money, use local businesses yet don't really compete directly with local businesses.
It is actually a very valuable tool for cities and states to keep local businesses and industries alive that would otherwise go under. (IF it was used properly). Large manufacturing or technology companies are basically consumers of local resources and business services while they supply the rest of the country or even internationally. Those companies are going to make those goods and sell them regardless, so you may as well get some of the benefits by bringing them to you. Where it is dumb is when you are bringing in competitors to local businesses or bringing in businesses that have very low local economic benefits.
As a reminder to anyone reading this who disagrees with anything written above: you have a tool to financially profit off your disagreement with me - short selling
I disagree with you, but hope I am wrong for my friends sake. regardless you are showing ignorance of shorting to suggest people that disagree with you have a way to make easy money, shorting is not about long term or even medium term prospects for a company, it is what will happen in the short term and is more often based on sentiment and emotion rather than reality. I could lose everything betting TESLA will go bankrupt if I happen to be wrong by a month of when I think the market will realise their mistake even though I was right about the end result (note I don't expect TESLA to go bankrupt, but I do think they are massively overvalued).
I am sure they are, however we probably need to see the financials first and see how many they actually produced for the quarter to be sure they didn't just pump up the numbers for the final week.
The victims gave away there password and gave them their 2FA confirmation and then thought nothing of it till their money disappeared. I don't like Uber but fuck what more can you do to protect someone that voluntarily puts a gun to their head and pulls the trigger. YES it is partially the victims fault. This concept that you can't blame the victim when the victim is clearly a huge part of the problem is moronic.
$300k a year for a 100 person business with 40 trucks is barely breaking even and if you had a business of that size only making $300k a year you need to get the fuck out fast while you can.
basically for that size business $300k means you are barely breaking even and are on the edge of going under for any slight hiccup. For the millions you will have to have invested for a business of that size this is a business venture that is planning for failure right from the get go.
MRI machines are using Pentium 3's? AND are connected to the internet? AND running windows? AND getting monthly updates? fuck me I hope I never need an MRI as that sounds like a playing Russian roulette.
misreporting manufacturing capacity by 5%, huge deal. more scrap than expected probably minor. the manufacturing misreporting if true is market affecting and outright fraud if true.
The problem here it isn't the scammers/VW being punished, it is the equivalent of punishing the car dealership, i.e. the middle man. The scammers got off free.
you chose your poison, games that old very rarely "required" steam. however so many idiots chose that as their purchase method that it became a requirement over time. personally I have no games from around then that won't run as I actively avoided steam (and still do wherever possible).
actually they pre approve a loan to you with strict conditions that you must agree to if you want the credit that stipulate what you can and cannot do with it.
Well they can try! but they can only be seized if you provide them access to the keys, The scumbag running silk road basically handed them the keys through his poor security hygiene. Unlike standard assets without the keys you can theoretically ignore any court order (though you would probably be put in a cell for doing so).
it is your money and you should be allowed to spend it how you like.
completely WRONG. a credit card is you spending their money through a line of credit. You are asking them for a loan. If you want to buy crypto currencies you can, you just can't use their money.
The same laws that allow you to determine what you do with your money. It is THEIR money, they get to choose what they do with it not you. A credit card is in effect you asking them for an unsecured loan which they are well within their rights to refuse.
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WTF? google didn't innovate email at all. web based email had been around for a decade or more. The only thing they changed was increasing storage space which won them a huge market share quickly.
and? a computer can process the image information on a screen a 1000 times faster and react to that information a 1000 times faster. numbers or pictures is irrelevant, computers have an inherent advantage here, the fact it didn't reach 100% victory rate says it still has a ways to go given it is starting from such a huge tactical advantage.
yours is one of the very few posts that seems to get it. The Guardian article is just complete and utter garbage. Large companies that get these incentives have already done their homework long before they talk to local or state governments, they will be well aware of services and businesses available to them and of the local facilities and staffing. They will Also be acutely aware of the benefits they bring to that local community and will ensure they make sure the local government is given that information so that they can bargain from a position of strength.
The concept that you can attract the mega corps with just having a nice city and good business infrastructure is fairy land thinking as unless you are already established as a hub or the best for such a business in which case you would not be worried about courting them anyway. You will invariably be on a list of 10 or 20 such places that will be suitable, so then it becomes the local government needs to justify why that company should pick them. The article seems to want to ignore reality, these companies demand the incentives as they KNOW what they are worth to the local economy.
subsidies they don't give a shit about, tax breaks etc are hugely valuable though, they are also the exact types of companies cities want to attract, they spend money, use local businesses yet don't really compete directly with local businesses.
It is actually a very valuable tool for cities and states to keep local businesses and industries alive that would otherwise go under. (IF it was used properly). Large manufacturing or technology companies are basically consumers of local resources and business services while they supply the rest of the country or even internationally. Those companies are going to make those goods and sell them regardless, so you may as well get some of the benefits by bringing them to you. Where it is dumb is when you are bringing in competitors to local businesses or bringing in businesses that have very low local economic benefits.
then explain Firefox being on the list?
you can't change license plates with the vehicle, it is the vehicle that is registered not the driver, swapping plates would be illegal.
As a reminder to anyone reading this who disagrees with anything written above: you have a tool to financially profit off your disagreement with me - short selling
I disagree with you, but hope I am wrong for my friends sake. regardless you are showing ignorance of shorting to suggest people that disagree with you have a way to make easy money, shorting is not about long term or even medium term prospects for a company, it is what will happen in the short term and is more often based on sentiment and emotion rather than reality. I could lose everything betting TESLA will go bankrupt if I happen to be wrong by a month of when I think the market will realise their mistake even though I was right about the end result (note I don't expect TESLA to go bankrupt, but I do think they are massively overvalued).
i bet the shorters are a bit worried now.
I am sure they are, however we probably need to see the financials first and see how many they actually produced for the quarter to be sure they didn't just pump up the numbers for the final week.
NO, not quite 100%. The scumbag scammers do deserve a portion of the blame too.
The victims gave away there password and gave them their 2FA confirmation and then thought nothing of it till their money disappeared. I don't like Uber but fuck what more can you do to protect someone that voluntarily puts a gun to their head and pulls the trigger. YES it is partially the victims fault. This concept that you can't blame the victim when the victim is clearly a huge part of the problem is moronic.
I think it was attempted sarcasm/humour from the OP, I doubt anyone could be quite that big a moron.
misdemeanour for endangering peoples lives? I think not. If anything what they are proposing sounds too light.
$300k a year for a 100 person business with 40 trucks is barely breaking even and if you had a business of that size only making $300k a year you need to get the fuck out fast while you can.
basically for that size business $300k means you are barely breaking even and are on the edge of going under for any slight hiccup. For the millions you will have to have invested for a business of that size this is a business venture that is planning for failure right from the get go.
MRI machines are using Pentium 3's? AND are connected to the internet? AND running windows? AND getting monthly updates? fuck me I hope I never need an MRI as that sounds like a playing Russian roulette.
90% of the PC using planet that uses Microsoft based software or services.
misreporting manufacturing capacity by 5%, huge deal. more scrap than expected probably minor. the manufacturing misreporting if true is market affecting and outright fraud if true.
NO, not even close. The judgement is purely around the defamation case and specifically that his comments were not defamation.
The problem here it isn't the scammers/VW being punished, it is the equivalent of punishing the car dealership, i.e. the middle man. The scammers got off free.
you chose your poison, games that old very rarely "required" steam. however so many idiots chose that as their purchase method that it became a requirement over time. personally I have no games from around then that won't run as I actively avoided steam (and still do wherever possible).
actually they pre approve a loan to you with strict conditions that you must agree to if you want the credit that stipulate what you can and cannot do with it.
Well they can try! but they can only be seized if you provide them access to the keys, The scumbag running silk road basically handed them the keys through his poor security hygiene. Unlike standard assets without the keys you can theoretically ignore any court order (though you would probably be put in a cell for doing so).
it is your money and you should be allowed to spend it how you like.
completely WRONG. a credit card is you spending their money through a line of credit. You are asking them for a loan. If you want to buy crypto currencies you can, you just can't use their money.
The same laws that allow you to determine what you do with your money. It is THEIR money, they get to choose what they do with it not you. A credit card is in effect you asking them for an unsecured loan which they are well within their rights to refuse.