Amazon appears to me to be a poorly-managed company. One example: Every Amazon web page has the distractions of Amazon trying to sell something else besides the product that interests you. Is trying to manipulate customers good business management?
Two years ago, during a Jan. 17, 2017 discussion with Charlie Rose, Bill Gates said he spends "15 percent" of his time managing Microsoft. I interpreted that to mean that Gates is still extremely involved and very influential. Did Gates want the mess that is Windows 10?
From the transcript at that Charlie Rose web page:
08:42
"Bill Gates: I'm there about 15 percent of the time. And I get to work just on the R and D part, brainstorming with people, thinking, OK, how are we going to take this artificial intelligence and make it understand, help you use your time better. It's a very exciting time in software. There's five companies that are, you know, in a really strong position. Microsoft is leading in some really cool stuff so --"
It seems obvious that Bill Gates still has a huge amount of overall influence on the management of Microsoft, even if he mostly focuses on other subjects.
Dollar Tree often has good items. Certainly it would not be healthy to buy a lot of food at Dollar Tree, however; food is often expensive at Dollar Tree. One dollar for 4 ounces is $4 per pound.
Interesting parent comment: "Studies of current dieting fads should not be [considered] as science. Correct diet is based on INDIVIDUAL needs of a person, that person's lifestyle and circumstances. No universal law can be applied to diet that would be as good for one person as [for] [an]other..."
I think there are general facts about diet that are correct, but most articles and books say some things that are reasonable, but also add a lot of ideas that are imagination.
Readers didn't like my comment: "There is fake news everywhere. People don't think carefully." However, it seems to me that is the overall issue. There are literally thousands of diet books. All of the diet books I've seen are very limited in their understanding.
Not only is there a "browser monoculture", browser makers sometimes seem to have hidden intentions. For example, why does Firefox use a lot of CPU power and add more memory use when you aren't looking at any Firefox window?
A long time ago I installed Google Chrome and it installed 3 system services. I stopped the services, uninstalled Google Chrome, and never used it again.
Pale Moon told me not to use NoScript. Why? Luckily, Pale Moon is still allowing NoScript.
Amazon appears to me to be a poorly-managed company. Every Amazon web page has the distractions of Amazon trying to sell something else besides the product that interests you.
Many years ago, I was using Microsoft Word. I wrote something for more than 3 hours. I then discovered that Microsoft Word was not able to load that file! Yow!
I was able to load the file in LibreOffice. Since then, I don't use Microsoft Word.
Quote from the Slashdot summary: "... a Facebook vice president of public policy, Will Castleberry, spun the news as the attorneys general just wanting to help Facebook..."
"In 2007, more than 920,000 athletes under the age of 18 were treated in emergency rooms, doctors' offices, and clinics for football-related injuries, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission."
Quoting that article: "Besides the cleanup project, Hanford also hosts a commercial nuclear power plant, the Columbia Generating Station..."
The problems at Chernobyl and Fukushima and Hanford have shown that humans cannot manage large nuclear plants of any kind. I knew one of the managers at Hanford, so I had facts from inside the organization.
"... the cost of constructing nuclear power plants,... is absurdly high..."
Also extremely high: "the cost of dealing with the radioactive waste materials."
"the corruption and incompetence is staggering, and far outweighs the benefits of nuclear power."
The Hanford Site was established in 1943. "... decades of manufacturing left behind 53 million US gallons (200,000 m3) of high-level radioactive waste..."
Perhaps every 2 years for more than 5 decades, there have been new claims about cleaning the Hanford site. This Slashdot story is a good example of demonstrating the confusion and inadequate management. One of the problems in the past is that most government officials didn't have technical knowledge, but tried to make decisions anyway.
Humans have made a mess that humans don't know how to fix. Nuclear fission plants have never made sense, partly because of the immense problems dealing with radioactive waste.
Last week I was in a library. A woman walked in with 2 daughters. She told me later their ages. They were standing in front of the self-checkout computer. The 2 1/2-year-old pushed the 6-year-old out of the way so she could stand on a stool and do the self-checkout.
I asked if the 2-year-old had her own tablet computer. The mother said no, but the 2-year-old often played with the 6-year-old's tablet.
Obviously, the 2-year-old doesn't go to work, doesn't cook, and doesn't clean the house. So she has a lot of time to teach herself the user interface of the tablet.
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Didn't edit my parent comment sufficiently.
I should have said: 'Other, similarly bad names for a company: "Spelling" or "Country".'
"Alphabet" is a really bad name for a company. Another, similar bad name for a company: "Spelling" or "Country".
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Wow! Amazing examples of management failure because of managers not understanding technology.
It seems to me that there is a lot of other sloppiness in the design of Amazon web pages.
It's okay to recommend other products. Recommendations could be at the bottom of the page.
Why have a lot of blank space under the image?
Now Amazon web addresses have a lot of coding we are not allowed to understand. An example, this is the working Amazon web page address given above:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0722DMYTN/ref=br_msw_pdt-5/130-5936011-9843524
This is what Amazon wants sent: (For the address above, I removed the coding.)
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0722DMYTN/ref=br_msw_pdt-5/130-5936011-9843524?_encoding=UTF8&smid=A3C4ATI46R3AXM&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=&pf_rd_r=XGG9QKGBQ5TP7MG7A7T4&pf_rd_t=36701&pf_rd_p=182628c5-bc31-4d16-a82d-3758ab4ea7a9&pf_rd_i=desktop
(Google is now doing that with Google News.)
Amazon appears to me to be a poorly-managed company. One example: Every Amazon web page has the distractions of Amazon trying to sell something else besides the product that interests you. Is trying to manipulate customers good business management?
Two years ago, during a Jan. 17, 2017 discussion with Charlie Rose, Bill Gates said he spends "15 percent" of his time managing Microsoft. I interpreted that to mean that Gates is still extremely involved and very influential. Did Gates want the mess that is Windows 10?
From the transcript at that Charlie Rose web page:
08:42
"Bill Gates: I'm there about 15 percent of the time. And I get to work just on the R and D part, brainstorming with people, thinking, OK, how are we going to take this artificial intelligence and make it understand, help you use your time better. It's a very exciting time in software. There's five companies that are, you know, in a really strong position. Microsoft is leading in some really cool stuff so --"
It seems obvious that Bill Gates still has a huge amount of overall influence on the management of Microsoft, even if he mostly focuses on other subjects.
Some of the many stories about Windows 10:
Windows 10 is possibly the worst spyware ever made. "Buried in the service agreement is permission to poke through everything on your PC." (Aug. 4, 2015)
Microsoft's Intolerable Windows 10 Aggression (May 27, 2016)
Microsoft is infesting Windows 10 with annoying ads (March 17, 2017)
Microsoft, stop sabotaging Windows 10. (March 21, 2017)
Safeway grocery stores here are expensive. I doubt they are making only 3 percent.
We go to WinCo
Dollar Tree often has good items. Certainly it would not be healthy to buy a lot of food at Dollar Tree, however; food is often expensive at Dollar Tree. One dollar for 4 ounces is $4 per pound.
Interesting parent comment: "Studies of current dieting fads should not be [considered] as science. Correct diet is based on INDIVIDUAL needs of a person, that person's lifestyle and circumstances. No universal law can be applied to diet that would be as good for one person as [for] [an]other..."
I think there are general facts about diet that are correct, but most articles and books say some things that are reasonable, but also add a lot of ideas that are imagination.
Readers didn't like my comment: "There is fake news everywhere. People don't think carefully." However, it seems to me that is the overall issue. There are literally thousands of diet books. All of the diet books I've seen are very limited in their understanding.
What can we learn? There is fake news everywhere. People don't think carefully.
Not only is there a "browser monoculture", browser makers sometimes seem to have hidden intentions. For example, why does Firefox use a lot of CPU power and add more memory use when you aren't looking at any Firefox window?
A long time ago I installed Google Chrome and it installed 3 system services. I stopped the services, uninstalled Google Chrome, and never used it again.
Pale Moon told me not to use NoScript. Why? Luckily, Pale Moon is still allowing NoScript.
Good!!! The governments should not provide subsidies. There should be a law against that.
This is the first story in many months about the U.S. government doing something sensible.
Google has been EXTREMELY self-destructive by allowing Android to be a method of abusing customers, in my opinion.
Android generally gets NO updates. That policy is intended to make more money for cell phone providers.
Microsoft never knew how to code safely, apparently. One of the many, many stories:
Microsoft Admits Normal Windows 10 Users Are 'Testing' Unstable Updates (Dec. 12, 2018)
Amazon appears to me to be a poorly-managed company. Every Amazon web page has the distractions of Amazon trying to sell something else besides the product that interests you.
... this is going to change the ownership in Amazon.
Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon, seems to have a poorly-managed life. He was having sex with a woman besides his wife. Now his wife gets half of his money, more than $65 billion.
Knowing the sloppiness around Jeff Bezos, would you go into sub-orbital space with Blue Origins, risking your life to be a tourist?
How will Jeff Bezos losing half his money affect Amazon?
I wish the U.S. government managed effectively. Government should limit corporate abuse.
"They do care about controlling access to information. Every [authoritarian] government..."
I'm seeing many areas in which the U.S. government is badly or insufficientlly managed.
Many years ago, I was using Microsoft Word. I wrote something for more than 3 hours. I then discovered that Microsoft Word was not able to load that file! Yow!
I was able to load the file in LibreOffice. Since then, I don't use Microsoft Word.
"... no way ... I am going to pay you for a subscription."
Answer: LibreOffice is free.
Quote from the Slashdot summary: "... a Facebook vice president of public policy, Will Castleberry, spun the news as the attorneys general just wanting to help Facebook..."
The five most dishonest answers Mark Zuckerberg gave to Congress.
Facebook is using 'dishonest and manipulative' tactics to get EU users to agree to facial recognition, critics say.
"Idiots" and "a bunch of muscle-heads fight over a ball..."
... leads all other sports in the number of injuries sustained. Quoting:
Football
"In 2007, more than 920,000 athletes under the age of 18 were treated in emergency rooms, doctors' offices, and clinics for football-related injuries, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission."
I am saying what others are saying. The entire situation is badly managed.
I don't agree with you. You have refused to see the overall situation, in my opinion.
I have followed the "Hanford Cleanup" for literally decades. To me, Hanford has seemed badly managed.
The overall issue is that we are not seeing the necessary quality of management at ANY site involving large quantities of radioactive products.
Quoting that article: "Besides the cleanup project, Hanford also hosts a commercial nuclear power plant, the Columbia Generating Station..."
The problems at Chernobyl and Fukushima and Hanford have shown that humans cannot manage large nuclear plants of any kind. I knew one of the managers at Hanford, so I had facts from inside the organization.
Quotes from the parent comment:
... is absurdly high..."
"... the cost of constructing nuclear power plants,
Also extremely high: "the cost of dealing with the radioactive waste materials."
"the corruption and incompetence is staggering, and far outweighs the benefits of nuclear power."
The Hanford Site was established in 1943. "... decades of manufacturing left behind 53 million US gallons (200,000 m3) of high-level radioactive waste..."
Perhaps every 2 years for more than 5 decades, there have been new claims about cleaning the Hanford site. This Slashdot story is a good example of demonstrating the confusion and inadequate management. One of the problems in the past is that most government officials didn't have technical knowledge, but tried to make decisions anyway.
Humans have made a mess that humans don't know how to fix. Nuclear fission plants have never made sense, partly because of the immense problems dealing with radioactive waste.
Last week I was in a library. A woman walked in with 2 daughters. She told me later their ages. They were standing in front of the self-checkout computer. The 2 1/2-year-old pushed the 6-year-old out of the way so she could stand on a stool and do the self-checkout.
I asked if the 2-year-old had her own tablet computer. The mother said no, but the 2-year-old often played with the 6-year-old's tablet.
Obviously, the 2-year-old doesn't go to work, doesn't cook, and doesn't clean the house. So she has a lot of time to teach herself the user interface of the tablet.