"According to the International Federation of Health Plans, Americans pay anywhere from two to six times more than the rest of the world for brand name prescription drugs."
1009 Lenovo Consumer Reviews and Complaints Quote: "Let me begin by saying I will never buy anything from Lenovo ever again. The only reason I bother to write this review is so that Lenovo can hopefully address some of the many problems within the company, which might help other customers avoid the same ordeal that I have experienced."
However, it seems reasonable that Microsoft would try all updates with commonly-sold hardware before releasing the updates. In this case, perhaps Microsoft did, but didn't have one of the Lenovo models that failed.
I have seen many, many examples of insufficient management at Amazon.
It is VERY important to recognize ALL of the abusiveness of Amazon. Only a small part of that is mentioned here, in this re-post of a former comment, with added information:
My opinion: Jeff Bezos is not a sufficiently capable manager. Evidence: Look at any Amazon web page. As you are researching some product that is interesting, you are often distracted by other products. One fix: Put any distractions at the bottom of the page. There are many other shortcomings of the Amazon web site besides those mentioned in this Slashdot story.
Quote from the Wikipedia page for Jeff Bezos. (Nov. 29, 2018):
"Journalist Nellie Bowles of The New York Times has described the public persona and personality of Bezos as that of 'a brilliant but mysterious and coldblooded corporate titan'. During the 1990s, Bezos earned a reputation for relentlessly pushing Amazon forward, often at the expense of public charity and social welfare."
In my opinion, Bezos is not "brilliant". No one who is habitually abusive can be called brilliant; his abusiveness damages the quality of his own life.
Would you fly into space if the company has a manager who shows serious limits? Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos owns Blue Origin.. Blue Origin does NOT now have the capability of orbiting the earth. Would you fly into space with a company owned by someone who makes huge mistakes and doesn't detect them?
"Despite recently closing hundreds of bases in Iraq and Afghanistan, the United States still maintains nearly 800 military bases in more than 70 countries and territories abroad -- from giant "Little Americas" to small radar facilities. Britain, France and Russia, by contrast, have about 30 foreign bases combined."
See online: The Facebook Dilemma That's an excellent documentary, especially Part 2. The Facebook system is seriously flawed, Part 2 says. In several countries people have died because of Facebook posts by destructive people.
As is explained in the documentary, people are accepting social media as news. But social media has no editor, in many cases. So, often people, especially those with little education, are accepting fake news stories on social media as true.
Problem: Most Slashdot readers are more logical than the average person in the world. Slashdot readers are much more likely to have developed methods of avoiding fake or unreliable news. But, apparently Slashdot readers are unlikely to realize how often it is that other people are not logical.
Social media managers, especially the Facebook managers interviewed for that Frontline documentary, say they have no responsibility.
"News" without an editor is a social problem that existed far less before the Internet became available because it was too expensive to distribute fake news.
As is explained in the documentary, people are accepting social media as news. But social media has no editor, in many cases. So, often people, especially those with little education, are accepting fake news stories on social media as true.
Social media managers, especially the Facebook managers interviewed for the linked PBX Frontline documentary, say they have no responsibility.
"News" without an editor is a social problem that existed far less before the Internet became available because it was too expensive to distribute.
That's an excellent documentary, especially Part 2. The Facebook system is seriously flawed, Part 2 says. In several countries people have died because of Facebook posts by destructive people.
Mod parent comment UP! Good thinking. "Brain science" is, at present, often not science.
Correct:
"The thing is our ability still to determine how kids learning what state the brain is in is still primitive enough that I question the degree to which they are able to truly determine what is truly bad or not for them long term..."
When it first appeared, many people were against rock and roll.
My understanding is that neither Virgin Galactic nor Blue Origin are able to put anything into orbit. Their equipment is only able to be "sub-orbital".
Elon Musk's SpaceX is able to put satellites into orbit. That distinction should be made in every news story about those companies.
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This comment of mine about Facebook was moderated to +5:
We don't know everything Facebook is doing.
There have been MANY misrepresentations from Facebook. Why would we begin believing now?
Quote from the parent comment: "... start with letting American purchasers buy FDA-approved compounds on the world market, ..."
Why pharmaceuticals are cheaper outside the United States. (Sept. 28, 2015)
Quoting:
"According to the International Federation of Health Plans, Americans pay anywhere from two to six times more than the rest of the world for brand name prescription drugs."
Compare drug prices among reputable online pharmacies. ("Prices collected March 2018")
Discount Drugs from Canada
That theory seems reasonable to me.
Lenovo Laptops Common Problems
1009 Lenovo Consumer Reviews and Complaints Quote: "Let me begin by saying I will never buy anything from Lenovo ever again. The only reason I bother to write this review is so that Lenovo can hopefully address some of the many problems within the company, which might help other customers avoid the same ordeal that I have experienced."
However, it seems reasonable that Microsoft would try all updates with commonly-sold hardware before releasing the updates. In this case, perhaps Microsoft did, but didn't have one of the Lenovo models that failed.
" If you want to maximize profit based on customer lock-in to a complex integrated monolithic system, it is good practice."
That is long-term abuse. Eventually markets find ways to navigate around abuse. Maybe ReactOS?
Run Windows programs under Linux? How to run Windows software in Linux: Everything you need to know. (March 23, 2015)
A later story: How to Run Windows Programs on Linux? (August 10, 2018)
"IE has its claws sunk into the operating system.
Therefore security issues in IE are more likely to affect the underlying operating system."
That seems correct to me. It seems that everywhere we look, we find that Microsoft is managed poorly.
It seems to me that Microsoft's top management is utterly incompetent.
Microsoft: No one is managing well?
Examples of insufficient management at Amazon
How to Install Android in VirtualBox
May be useful if you want to test Android Apps.
I have seen many, many examples of insufficient management at Amazon.
It is VERY important to recognize ALL of the abusiveness of Amazon. Only a small part of that is mentioned here, in this re-post of a former comment, with added information:
My opinion: Jeff Bezos is not a sufficiently capable manager. Evidence: Look at any Amazon web page. As you are researching some product that is interesting, you are often distracted by other products. One fix: Put any distractions at the bottom of the page. There are many other shortcomings of the Amazon web site besides those mentioned in this Slashdot story.
A few of the stories about Amazon being abusive:
Inside Amazon: Wrestling Big Ideas in a Bruising Workplace. (New York Times, Aug. 15, 2015)
Quote: "The company is conducting an experiment in how far it can push white-collar workers..."
Amazon warehouse jobs push workers to physical limit (Seattle Times, April 3, 2012)
Worse than Wal-Mart: Amazon's sick brutality and secret history of ruthlessly intimidating workers (Salon.com, Feb. 23, 2014)
Amazon paid no US income taxes for 2017 (SeattlePI, Feb. 27, 2018)
Undercover author finds Amazon warehouse workers in UK 'peed in bottles' over fears of being punished for taking a break (Business Insider, April 16, 2018)
The undercover author who discovered Amazon warehouse workers were peeing in bottles tells us the culture was like a 'prison' (Business Insider, April 18, 2018)
Amazon Gets Tax Breaks While Its Employees Rely on Food Stamps, New Data Shows (The Intercept, April 19, 2018)
Quote: "Though the company now employs 200,000 people in the United States, many of its workers are not making enough money to put food on the table."
Amazon Under Fire Over Alleged Worker Abuse in Germany (bloomberg.com, Feb 19, 2013)
Quote from the Wikipedia page for Jeff Bezos. (Nov. 29, 2018):
"Journalist Nellie Bowles of The New York Times has described the public persona and personality of Bezos as that of 'a brilliant but mysterious and coldblooded corporate titan'. During the 1990s, Bezos earned a reputation for relentlessly pushing Amazon forward, often at the expense of public charity and social welfare."
In my opinion, Bezos is not "brilliant". No one who is habitually abusive can be called brilliant; his abusiveness damages the quality of his own life.
Would you fly into space if the company has a manager who shows serious limits? Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos owns Blue Origin.. Blue Origin does NOT now have the capability of orbiting the earth. Would you fly into space with a company owned by someone who makes huge mistakes and doesn't detect them?
"If our defense budget was cut in half, which freedoms would I lose?"
You would gain freedom, because there would be more money for taking care of citizens.
The "Defense" of the U.S. is poorly managed. Highly qualified people don't want to work helping the military kill people and destroy property.
800 military bases in more than 70 countries: Where in the World Is the U.S. Military?
Quote:
"Despite recently closing hundreds of bases in Iraq and Afghanistan, the United States still maintains nearly 800 military bases in more than 70 countries and territories abroad -- from giant "Little Americas" to small radar facilities. Britain, France and Russia, by contrast, have about 30 foreign bases combined."
"It's fairly slow, though."
From the Slashdot story: "... could disappear completely within 100 million years..."
Does anyone mind if I worry about that tomorrow?
See online: The Facebook Dilemma That's an excellent documentary, especially Part 2. The Facebook system is seriously flawed, Part 2 says. In several countries people have died because of Facebook posts by destructive people.
... and basically being ignored."
As is explained in the documentary, people are accepting social media as news. But social media has no editor, in many cases. So, often people, especially those with little education, are accepting fake news stories on social media as true.
Problem: Most Slashdot readers are more logical than the average person in the world. Slashdot readers are much more likely to have developed methods of avoiding fake or unreliable news. But, apparently Slashdot readers are unlikely to realize how often it is that other people are not logical.
Social media managers, especially the Facebook managers interviewed for that Frontline documentary, say they have no responsibility.
"News" without an editor is a social problem that existed far less before the Internet became available because it was too expensive to distribute fake news.
Facebook abuse: Look at the 2nd part of the documentary starting at 43:11. Zeynep Tufekci of UNC Chapel Hill (University of North Carolina), Associate Professor, UNC School of Information and Library Science; Adjunct Professor, Department of Sociology says this about deaths as a result of people accepting a Facebook post as news:
"years and years of people begging the company [Facebook]
She indicates that Facebook cannot be trusted.
Suggestion: Look around you. Most people aren't as logically-minded as you.
As is explained in the documentary, people are accepting social media as news. But social media has no editor, in many cases. So, often people, especially those with little education, are accepting fake news stories on social media as true.
... and basically being ignored."
Social media managers, especially the Facebook managers interviewed for the linked PBX Frontline documentary, say they have no responsibility.
"News" without an editor is a social problem that existed far less before the Internet became available because it was too expensive to distribute.
Look at this in the 2nd part of the documentary, The Facebook Dilemma, starting at 43:11. Zeynep Tufekci of UNC Chapel Hill (University of North Carolina), Associate Professor, UNC School of Information and Library Science; Adjunct Professor, Department of Sociology says this about deaths as a result of people accepting a Facebook post as news:
"years and years of people begging the company [Facebook]
The Facebook Dilemma
That's an excellent documentary, especially Part 2. The Facebook system is seriously flawed, Part 2 says. In several countries people have died because of Facebook posts by destructive people.
Mod parent comment UP! Good thinking. "Brain science" is, at present, often not science.
Correct:
"The thing is our ability still to determine how kids learning what state the brain is in is still primitive enough that I question the degree to which they are able to truly determine what is truly bad or not for them long term..."
When it first appeared, many people were against rock and roll.
We are all Microsoft Beta testers
Moderate parent UP! Seems correct to me.
Orion Spacecraft. Quote: "... is building...".
Boeing Starliner. Quote: "... is being developed...".
My understanding is that neither Virgin Galactic nor Blue Origin are able to put anything into orbit. Their equipment is only able to be "sub-orbital".
Elon Musk's SpaceX is able to put satellites into orbit. That distinction should be made in every news story about those companies.
Thanks. I didn't see how to do that.
Tesla stock, 5 years. (The bottom of the graph is not zero.)
People play games instead of learning about life.
"Well, except for my urologist - Dr Waters."
Ha!
There is a woman who is a manager in city government here whose last name is "Lust".
Remember what people said about Microsoft? It was small and soft.
Wow! Thanks for the links. From SATAN to SAINT. They seem to have learned something.