It's not like I charge my parents for my services. Hell, I don't even charge them gas money or insist they feed me. Plus, they have access to one of the streams on my Netflix account.
And remember, you have 3 main "natural" or "grabber" price points.
$20, $50 and $100.
Technicaly $19.99, $49.99 and $99.99, but I'm lazy and not going to worry about fudging a penny (which they kinda count on).
Basically things like cell phone service, single lines for service talk about something right around the $50/month price point. And shared plans are all around $100. Same thing with cable. They, for a long while were $50/month (plus fees, etc). Now they've climbed into the $100 range.
Other than a few favorite shows, I haven't missed a damn thing.
I have Netflix and an Amazon account if I want to watch something.
Since I'm the "techie" in the family, if I HAVE to watch something NOW, I can log into my parents' account and stream, as they haven't divorced themselves from TV.
But, for the most part, I simply don't miss it.
And somewhere in the past, my child TV addict self screams in horror.
With the equipment costs, and the push towards a "$100 minimum" bill and all these fucking channels you don't give a shit about...
Seriously, who the fuck needs 8-10 distinct ESPN channels both in SD and HD? Plus "insert network" Sports Channels, etc?
I'm not a goddamn sports nut. Bundle all that crap into an optional package I want a package for Scifi/Fantasy, maybe home improvement and science/technology. And "news" channels can go DIAF.
The thing is, the cable companies want that "$100 minimium" no matter what.
So even if we get "a la carte", they're likely to screw with us no matter what.
Honestly, dry ice is probably a LOT more humane than rat poison.
The whole reason rat poison functions is because rats don't have a gag reflex. Once they "acquire" something by eating it, the only way to get rid of it is via full digestion and pooping it out. So they can't puke up rat poison. This gives the toxin plenty of time to kill the rat, especially with their high burning metabolism.
Dry ice evaporates into CO2 and knocks the rats out. Then, as the CO2 levels climb, kills them.
If you've ever seen the "Crazy Russian Hacker" video where he builds a work bucket-based "air conditioner" and uses dry ice instead of regular ice? DUMB.
As much as I think you did this country (well the citizens at least, fuck the government), you have almost no chance of "The Great Unifier Obamachrist" pardoning you.
He's too deeply in bed with intelligence agencies and benefits from keeping the people ignorant and divided.
Anything that shakes that status quo will be conveniently ignored.
I already have WAY more of my personal info on my phone than I'm comfortable with. I, quite simply, don't trust either the wallet systems or the devices enough yet. Moreover, I don't trust our government enough yet. Because if my phone is my sole form of payment and it's confiscated or damaged, I'm SOL.
Unfortunately, in the US, we're past peak Hydro here due to environmental impacts and the corresponding legislation. Additionally, Costa Rica had to stop hydro generation because of water shortages..
Geothermal has some applications, but they've geographically limited. Costa Rica's got it fairly good. But the US doesn't really have the same distribution of available sites that are useful for utility-grade geothermal.
Now, that's not to say other forms of geothermal might not help out on smaller scales. But we're talking about national/regional utilities here.
There's always going to be some minimum wage, grunt labor jobs.
Just, as the costs of automation come down, and the demands of such workers keeps going up, yeah. At a certain point, automation is just going to be cheaper.
At that point, it's "Improve your job skills or starve."
Thoguh I expect the idiots in government will institute yet another hand-out program designed to keep people sucking the public teat, rather than actually trying to make something of themselves.
If I really need a Windows environment, I'll spin one up in VMWare. It works just fine there and it's not like I'm gaming on it.
Fuck Microsoft and their attempt to force upgrades by removing choice from the owner of the computer. And damn Intel and AMD for slobbing the Redmond knob and helping them!
What? The penalty for burgling is death? And without due process? What king of fucked up view of "a polite society" do you have, anyway?
If you're stupid enough to burgle someone without checking to make sure that they're heavily armed?
HELL THE FUCK YEAH!
The gene pool has enough idiocy floating to the top already. We don't need any more. And getting shot to death is a fairly effective chlorination technique.
It's the same order of stupidity as some drunk dumbass trying to be Evel Knievel and spattering himself all over every available local surface.
You have exactly ONE product with any real brand recognition, and its a social media platform. Everything else either hangs off that product or is a media project you've bought (like Occulus).
You can think of your company however you want. You're rich enough to mostly ignore reality all you want. It doesn't actually CHANGE reality however.
Do I agree that other departments need training in security?
HELL THE FUCK YES! The nastiest hole in most security systems are the stupid meatbags being stupid on their computers.
Do I think that there should be SOME input back from these other departments too? Sure. But in a healthy organization, this is already the case.
Do I think that these departments should be given policy and decision making powers over security policy?
HELL THE FUCK NO! That's like putting a blind and deaf sheep that's considered stupid (even by sheep standards) in charge of a flock in an unfenced field in wolf country.
In short, while feedback is welcome, and good ideas are always welcome, managerial control isn't. Because it's not their job.
1) This is one of the downsides of globalism. A bunch of governments prostituting themselves to one another with vague bullshittery about how beneficial it's going to be for everyone.
The only people it's beneficial for are political cronies and law enforcement entities.
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It shouldn't be a huge expense to build in some form of error correction to catch that sort of thing.
Got news for you.
There is NO type of power generation technology in this country that is NOT subsidized.
Barter economy.
It's not like I charge my parents for my services. Hell, I don't even charge them gas money or insist they feed me.
Plus, they have access to one of the streams on my Netflix account.
And remember, you have 3 main "natural" or "grabber" price points.
$20, $50 and $100.
Technicaly $19.99, $49.99 and $99.99, but I'm lazy and not going to worry about fudging a penny (which they kinda count on).
Basically things like cell phone service, single lines for service talk about something right around the $50/month price point. And shared plans are all around $100.
Same thing with cable. They, for a long while were $50/month (plus fees, etc). Now they've climbed into the $100 range.
Other than a few favorite shows, I haven't missed a damn thing.
I have Netflix and an Amazon account if I want to watch something.
Since I'm the "techie" in the family, if I HAVE to watch something NOW, I can log into my parents' account and stream, as they haven't divorced themselves from TV.
But, for the most part, I simply don't miss it.
And somewhere in the past, my child TV addict self screams in horror.
With the equipment costs, and the push towards a "$100 minimum" bill and all these fucking channels you don't give a shit about...
Seriously, who the fuck needs 8-10 distinct ESPN channels both in SD and HD?
Plus "insert network" Sports Channels, etc?
I'm not a goddamn sports nut. Bundle all that crap into an optional package
I want a package for Scifi/Fantasy, maybe home improvement and science/technology.
And "news" channels can go DIAF.
The thing is, the cable companies want that "$100 minimium" no matter what.
So even if we get "a la carte", they're likely to screw with us no matter what.
Honestly, dry ice is probably a LOT more humane than rat poison.
The whole reason rat poison functions is because rats don't have a gag reflex. Once they "acquire" something by eating it, the only way to get rid of it is via full digestion and pooping it out.
So they can't puke up rat poison. This gives the toxin plenty of time to kill the rat, especially with their high burning metabolism.
Dry ice evaporates into CO2 and knocks the rats out. Then, as the CO2 levels climb, kills them.
If you've ever seen the "Crazy Russian Hacker" video where he builds a work bucket-based "air conditioner" and uses dry ice instead of regular ice? DUMB.
This explains it in excruciating detail. https://youtu.be/YIgV2Q8Leh0
It's not so much the data itself.
It's the concentration of personal data on one device.
As much as I think you did this country (well the citizens at least, fuck the government), you have almost no chance of "The Great Unifier Obamachrist" pardoning you.
He's too deeply in bed with intelligence agencies and benefits from keeping the people ignorant and divided.
Anything that shakes that status quo will be conveniently ignored.
Sorry man.
There's nobody to directly complain to.
Sure, you can PROBABLY dig this shit out, given enough time. But they make it a supreme pain in the balls.
I already have WAY more of my personal info on my phone than I'm comfortable with.
I, quite simply, don't trust either the wallet systems or the devices enough yet.
Moreover, I don't trust our government enough yet. Because if my phone is my sole form of payment and it's confiscated or damaged, I'm SOL.
Unfortunately, in the US, we're past peak Hydro here due to environmental impacts and the corresponding legislation. Additionally, Costa Rica had to stop hydro generation because of water shortages..
Geothermal has some applications, but they've geographically limited. Costa Rica's got it fairly good. But the US doesn't really have the same distribution of available sites that are useful for utility-grade geothermal.
Now, that's not to say other forms of geothermal might not help out on smaller scales. But we're talking about national/regional utilities here.
What do you think places like ITT, Devry and ASU are?
Darn
Embargoes
Mean
Others
Can
Ruin
All
Civility.
Yanno?
There's always going to be some minimum wage, grunt labor jobs.
Just, as the costs of automation come down, and the demands of such workers keeps going up, yeah. At a certain point, automation is just going to be cheaper.
At that point, it's "Improve your job skills or starve."
Thoguh I expect the idiots in government will institute yet another hand-out program designed to keep people sucking the public teat, rather than actually trying to make something of themselves.
Your argument is based in classism.
Had you said something about a "liveable wage", I'd have been inclined to be more forgiving.
But you're just regurgitating the notion that you're somehow "owed" because someone makes more than you.
Fuck that shitty, self-entitled noise.
You don't get paid what a CEO does because you don't do a CEO's job. You don't have a CEO's level of risk.
Your primary duty is to show up (it'd be nice if it were ON TIME too), and do what you're told to do. Like the good little trained monkey you are.
If you think that BASIC WORK ETHIC entitles you to a high paying salary, you're nuts.
This is what's going to happen as people try to force $15 for bottom-rung unskilled jobs.
It's part of our infinite set of totally admirable traits, each more awesome than the last. :)
If I really need a Windows environment, I'll spin one up in VMWare. It works just fine there and it's not like I'm gaming on it.
Fuck Microsoft and their attempt to force upgrades by removing choice from the owner of the computer.
And damn Intel and AMD for slobbing the Redmond knob and helping them!
Oh boo fucking hoo on you.
Sorry, but it's a commonly accepted social precept that you shouldn't steal from others.
And, in an armed society, doing so CAN GET YOU SHOT.
Get over it.
What? The penalty for burgling is death? And without due process? What king of fucked up view of "a polite society" do you have, anyway?
If you're stupid enough to burgle someone without checking to make sure that they're heavily armed?
HELL THE FUCK YEAH!
The gene pool has enough idiocy floating to the top already. We don't need any more. And getting shot to death is a fairly effective chlorination technique.
It's the same order of stupidity as some drunk dumbass trying to be Evel Knievel and spattering himself all over every available local surface.
You have exactly ONE product with any real brand recognition, and its a social media platform. Everything else either hangs off that product or is a media project you've bought (like Occulus).
You can think of your company however you want. You're rich enough to mostly ignore reality all you want.
It doesn't actually CHANGE reality however.
Do I agree that other departments need training in security?
HELL THE FUCK YES! The nastiest hole in most security systems are the stupid meatbags being stupid on their computers.
Do I think that there should be SOME input back from these other departments too? Sure. But in a healthy organization, this is already the case.
Do I think that these departments should be given policy and decision making powers over security policy?
HELL THE FUCK NO! That's like putting a blind and deaf sheep that's considered stupid (even by sheep standards) in charge of a flock in an unfenced field in wolf country.
In short, while feedback is welcome, and good ideas are always welcome, managerial control isn't. Because it's not their job.
1) This is one of the downsides of globalism. A bunch of governments prostituting themselves to one another with vague bullshittery about how beneficial it's going to be for everyone.
The only people it's beneficial for are political cronies and law enforcement entities.
No. My main problem with him is NOT that he's fat.
Learn to fucking read before trying to become someone who's "professionally offended".
Is anyone actually listening to anything this fat fuck says anymore?