Seriously. I watched the video earlier today. It was remarkably clear, fairly concise and very accurate.
If this guy actually motivates enough people, even if for the wrong reasons, I salute him. If he actually gets people motivated for the right reasons? Oh hell, he's up for sainthood.
Okay, sure. You're paying 5% more. The guy trucking product in is paying his people 5% more. Which means he's charging you MORE than that just to make ends meet. Your warehouse/distributor is paying his people 5% more. Which means he's charging you MORE than that just to make ends meet.
If you think this all adds up to a price increase of JUST 5%, you've basically failed math.
Please explain to me how such a thing could happen, I would be interested in learning. Since you didn't explain it already though, I'm not going to hold my breath because you are probably talking out of your ass.
It's called "take your own economics course" trollboy.
Um... okay... thanks for that off topic and completely nonsensical reply, I guess.
No. It was on-topic. You apparently don't have the intellect to comprehend it.
If the Mom & Pop shop has to pay more for labor, their prices go up.
Typically Mom & Pop shops tend to be more expensive than giant WalTargetLowesMeijer chains.
At some point, the economics of shopping at a Mom & Pop are outweighed by the sheer cost savings of shopping the chains, for whom labor is a much smaller slice of their outgoing expenses.
Depending on how bad this exodus of customers is, it can put Mom & Pop out of business or force the business to move someplace where the labor costs aren't so stupidly out of whack.
So now you have an empty building that used to be a store sitting as a drain on the local economy, when it used to generate tax revenue.
And sure, prices are now lower for people. But that's because they're patronizing the giant chains instead of Mom & Pop.
And Mom & Pop are either someplace else doing business, or they're now working at one of the chains pushing carts and stocking shelves, if the chains are actually hiring in those areas due to the stupidly out of whack wage hikes.
Minimum wage jobs are not SUPPOSED to be "living wage" jobs.
They're supposed to be starter jobs for high school kids, "staying active" jobs for old people, and an activity for the mentally/physically impaired that brings in money to augment their cost of living.
These are not supposed to be permanent employment for Lazy McLivesInMom'sBasement who never graduated high school and feels entitled to a high paying job because he feels entitled to it.
So, if you're working at McBurgerHut, you're not a teenager, old person or medically certified as mentally/physically impaired, and you expect a living wage?
Watch a round of automation go in and take jobs away.
Hell, watch hiring come to a standstill firings/layoffs skyrocket as employers clean house and work with staffing at the most minimal levels they can get away with.
Oh, and benefits? What benefits? There are none anymore. You're making $15/hour, pay for them yourself!
Oh. Did we mention a little thing called "inflation"? Have fun paying $5 for a gallon of milk.
Oh yes, and pretty much every business that's mobile enough is going to pack themselves up and move out of the city as fast as they can.
"2.3 times larger" is grossly ambiguous in at least 2 different ways:
Until we read further, we are left to guess whether that means 2.3 times the diameter, 2.3 times the volume, or what. A few sentences later they clarify a bit, but it's still sloppy writing.
Second, "times larger" is ambiguous in English. If Earth has diameter 1, then a diameter 2.3 times as large would be 2.3. Technically, a diameter 2.3 times larger would be 3.3 (1 + 2.3).
Call that nitpicking if you want, but it's still sloppy writing.
The sidebar states 17.2 +/- 1.9 M (M = Earth masses) It also states that the Radius is aproximately 2.35 R (R = Earth radius)
Surface Gravity is a little over 3x that of Earth. Unfortunately this probably isn't going to be a liveable world. It's only about a quarter of the distance from its sun that the Earth is. It's mean surface temperature is a whopping 400+ degrees Fahrenheit (so yes, paper would auto-ignite there).
The problem with AT&T DSL is that, no matter what you pay for, most of the bandwidth is downstream. You upstream bandwidth is artificially limited to 768K (of which you'll see 512K MAX) regardless of service tier. Which is, frankly, pathetic.
I trust this about as far as I could shot-put a lead-filled Buick after you've torn off both my arms and legs, superglued me to a bed and put me into a coma.
So, basically, instead of making Comcast, y'know IMPROVE THEIR FUCKING NETWORK AND PEERING, we're going to go for a "cheap internet plan".
Oh boy. A 1mbit/1mbit plan for $20 a month! WOO! Oh, in the fine print. Going over the 5MByte cap more than twice in a 6 month period gets you upgraded to the more expensive basic plan!
Oh, and at any point did anyone discuss the problem with Comcast's horizontal monopoly being extended to a few million more people? Yes, even if they spin those people off, it's still majority owned by Comcast. All their competitor is doing is getting a revenue share to shut them the fuck up.
While I sympathize with your position, you are setting an unrealistic bar to beat, which is common place problem in this comparison.
If I'm going to entrust MY life to it at 50+mph? I don't feel it's so "unrealistic. And I don't want to be forced into finding out that I was right.
Human beings are no where near 100% infallible (in fact, you likely F up every day your drive, you just get away with it because we have a lot of sloppy driving allowances). The purpose here is not to be 100% infallible, as nothing is 100% infallible. The purpose here is to beat human fallibility ratings.
Again, this is not about human fallibility. This is about being able to intervene in a scenario where one of these vehicles is obviously malfunctioning.
I'm sorry, why should I have to wait for something that completely strips a driver of control to become mainstream before commenting on possible safety issues?
And YOU may wish to wager on something like this.
Personally, I don't. Hence my distrust of a car that would bar any and all driver intervention in case of a malfunction.
Again, like planes, trains don't don't have to share a track with other trains. They're controlled from outside by various dispatch personnel and systems.
This is in no way comparable to an open road situation. The fact that you think it is shows that you haven't actually thought about the subject in any sort of depth whatsoever.
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Seriously. I watched the video earlier today. It was remarkably clear, fairly concise and very accurate.
If this guy actually motivates enough people, even if for the wrong reasons, I salute him.
If he actually gets people motivated for the right reasons? Oh hell, he's up for sainthood.
Okay, sure. You're paying 5% more.
The guy trucking product in is paying his people 5% more. Which means he's charging you MORE than that just to make ends meet.
Your warehouse/distributor is paying his people 5% more. Which means he's charging you MORE than that just to make ends meet.
If you think this all adds up to a price increase of JUST 5%, you've basically failed math.
Better?
Please explain to me how such a thing could happen, I would be interested in learning. Since you didn't explain it already though, I'm not going to hold my breath because you are probably talking out of your ass.
It's called "take your own economics course" trollboy.
You're still wrong.
Depending on what percentage of a business' costs are tied up in labor, you could quite EASILY see a resultant rise in prices that exceed 5%.
But please, fail to acknowledge that.
Um... okay... thanks for that off topic and completely nonsensical reply, I guess.
No. It was on-topic. You apparently don't have the intellect to comprehend it.
If the Mom & Pop shop has to pay more for labor, their prices go up.
Typically Mom & Pop shops tend to be more expensive than giant WalTargetLowesMeijer chains.
At some point, the economics of shopping at a Mom & Pop are outweighed by the sheer cost savings of shopping the chains, for whom labor is a much smaller slice of their outgoing expenses.
Depending on how bad this exodus of customers is, it can put Mom & Pop out of business or force the business to move someplace where the labor costs aren't so stupidly out of whack.
So now you have an empty building that used to be a store sitting as a drain on the local economy, when it used to generate tax revenue.
And sure, prices are now lower for people. But that's because they're patronizing the giant chains instead of Mom & Pop.
And Mom & Pop are either someplace else doing business, or they're now working at one of the chains pushing carts and stocking shelves, if the chains are actually hiring in those areas due to the stupidly out of whack wage hikes.
Walmart is the 900-kb gorilla
That gorilla needs a RAM upgrade.
LOL!
Already commented in this thread or I'd have tossed you a modpoint.
Minimum wage jobs are not SUPPOSED to be "living wage" jobs.
They're supposed to be starter jobs for high school kids, "staying active" jobs for old people, and an activity for the mentally/physically impaired that brings in money to augment their cost of living.
These are not supposed to be permanent employment for Lazy McLivesInMom'sBasement who never graduated high school and feels entitled to a high paying job because he feels entitled to it.
So, if you're working at McBurgerHut, you're not a teenager, old person or medically certified as mentally/physically impaired, and you expect a living wage?
YOU ARE DOING IT WRONG!
$15 for working at McBurgerWorld?
Pfft.
Watch a round of automation go in and take jobs away.
Hell, watch hiring come to a standstill firings/layoffs skyrocket as employers clean house and work with staffing at the most minimal levels they can get away with.
Oh, and benefits? What benefits? There are none anymore. You're making $15/hour, pay for them yourself!
Oh. Did we mention a little thing called "inflation"? Have fun paying $5 for a gallon of milk.
Oh yes, and pretty much every business that's mobile enough is going to pack themselves up and move out of the city as fast as they can.
"2.3 times larger" is grossly ambiguous in at least 2 different ways:
Until we read further, we are left to guess whether that means 2.3 times the diameter, 2.3 times the volume, or what. A few sentences later they clarify a bit, but it's still sloppy writing.
Second, "times larger" is ambiguous in English. If Earth has diameter 1, then a diameter 2.3 times as large would be 2.3. Technically, a diameter 2.3 times larger would be 3.3 (1 + 2.3).
Call that nitpicking if you want, but it's still sloppy writing.
Okay from the Wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K...
The sidebar states 17.2 +/- 1.9 M (M = Earth masses)
It also states that the Radius is aproximately 2.35 R (R = Earth radius)
Surface Gravity is a little over 3x that of Earth.
Unfortunately this probably isn't going to be a liveable world. It's only about a quarter of the distance from its sun that the Earth is. It's mean surface temperature is a whopping 400+ degrees Fahrenheit (so yes, paper would auto-ignite there).
The problem with AT&T DSL is that, no matter what you pay for, most of the bandwidth is downstream. You upstream bandwidth is artificially limited to 768K (of which you'll see 512K MAX) regardless of service tier. Which is, frankly, pathetic.
Well yeah. Even if you COULD cut one of Chuck's legs off before he killed you horribly, the dettached limb could STILL roundhouse kick you to death.
I trust this about as far as I could shot-put a lead-filled Buick after you've torn off both my arms and legs, superglued me to a bed and put me into a coma.
Sounds Too Good To Be True? = IS!
We are humbled before you.
As well you should be!
=_
Correlation == Causation?
Please oh please oh PLEASE don't let this become another Phantom console!
You're putting stuff on THEIR systems. So you're supposedly going to trust them?
They can't even keep their stupid adware system malware free on a month-by-month basis. And you think that's an ACCIDENT?
And why, pray tell, is such a stance "insane".
Oh yeah. It ISN'T! You're just a trolling AC!
No. You shoot Stalin and Hitler in the head, just to be safe.
Then you pistol-whip the CEO to death with the heated muzzle.
MUCH more emotionally satisfying! =)
So, basically, instead of making Comcast, y'know IMPROVE THEIR FUCKING NETWORK AND PEERING, we're going to go for a "cheap internet plan".
Oh boy. A 1mbit/1mbit plan for $20 a month! WOO!
Oh, in the fine print. Going over the 5MByte cap more than twice in a 6 month period gets you upgraded to the more expensive basic plan!
Oh, and at any point did anyone discuss the problem with Comcast's horizontal monopoly being extended to a few million more people? Yes, even if they spin those people off, it's still majority owned by Comcast. All their competitor is doing is getting a revenue share to shut them the fuck up.
No.
No.
NO!
No, my problem is a bunch of fanboys who are heedless of safety issues trying to push something ahead of its time attempting to troll me.
No they weren't. A few futurist talked about flying cars in a magazine.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F...
While I sympathize with your position, you are setting an unrealistic bar to beat, which is common place problem in this comparison.
If I'm going to entrust MY life to it at 50+mph? I don't feel it's so "unrealistic. And I don't want to be forced into finding out that I was right.
Human beings are no where near 100% infallible (in fact, you likely F up every day your drive, you just get away with it because we have a lot of sloppy driving allowances). The purpose here is not to be 100% infallible, as nothing is 100% infallible. The purpose here is to beat human fallibility ratings.
Again, this is not about human fallibility. This is about being able to intervene in a scenario where one of these vehicles is obviously malfunctioning.
I'm sorry, why should I have to wait for something that completely strips a driver of control to become mainstream before commenting on possible safety issues?
And YOU may wish to wager on something like this.
Personally, I don't. Hence my distrust of a car that would bar any and all driver intervention in case of a malfunction.
Yes. And if the pattern recognition of the software in your steering-wheel-free misinterprets said "other guy" and dumps you into a ravine?
Again, like planes, trains don't don't have to share a track with other trains. They're controlled from outside by various dispatch personnel and systems.
This is in no way comparable to an open road situation. The fact that you think it is shows that you haven't actually thought about the subject in any sort of depth whatsoever.