There are still so many mysteries that cannot be exlpained using the 'laws of physics' as they are now, so even in that regard you know these 'laws' are not definite..
I can't wait until Clinton gets elected, opens the border wide open to globalism, and drives wages through the floor!! Meanwhile, she'll provide handouts to the unemployed thus further driving up the national debt to 100 trillion dollars and beyond.
Why do I want this? So smug assholes like yourself will be taxed into oblivion to better serve all the Muslims she will dump in the country; they're future voters after all.
You are special! You are who we will tax to ensure Democrats stay in power in perpetuity. Well, unless people get angry and go full tilt communism next election cycle..bitch! Hah!
If I'm a mid-career programmer looking for a job, why should I expect to be paid a whole lot more than my peer in India when applying for a job that could easily be outsourced to India?
Because your standard and cost of living is quite a bit higher. Why do people in New York City get paid so much more than people in Bartlett, Nebraska? Same reason!
This question really displays a serf mentality. It assumes that this is your employer's world and you just get to live in it. Why should only your employer's needs be considered when discussing salary? Aren't there two parties in this negotiation? Further, getting back to standard of living, do you want to live in India? Or would you rather live in the United States? If it's the latter, why on Earth would you want to lower your own wages and therefore your quality of life? Because it benefits your employer? Have some self respect. Or, congratulations on reducing yourself to a line item on an ROI analysis.
The paper and pencil voting system with manual counting is even more unhackable, and easily verifiable whilst still being anonymous and immune to vote selling ad coercion...and is used all over the world with no real issues....
Yes, this is correct. As Stephen Spoonamore says, "Paper ballots, please".
These touch-screen voting machines cannot be trusted. If for no other reason than their code is proprietary. If they can't be independently audited, they can't be trusted. In some cases machines have been observed to flip votes and count backwards. Why would a voting machine need to be able to subtract or process negative numbers? In short, they shouldn't.
You insinuate waiters would leech off money from society by not paying taxes on their tips. If this is really the case I will never ever hand over a tip in cash again. You probably condone paying people off the record too, maybe even sharing in the money stolen from society.
Seriously? As far as corruption or tax evasion go this is waaay fucking down on the list. If you want to do something about the people leeching from society, do something about the finance industry.
It has nothing to do with tracking it has to do with freedom in a capitalist society. With cash in pocket you are free in a capitalist society without cash you are asking permission to exist. You buy nothing without cash, you only ask permission and a distant faceless corporation decides whether to grant you permission to access the essentials of life or starve you to death.
Capitalism and cash or capitalism must go. I am not going to be a fucking slave to corporations asking 24/7/365 for permission to survive. Cook is an idiot.
The nice thing about electronic money as opposed to cash is that it stays in your back account until the moment that you spend it. Which is good for interest etc.
So, you get that extra.001 cent? Yes, quite an advantage.
You are irrelevant. People will want this because of the convenience.
Unfortunately, you are likely correct. Most people don't think things through, or understand the implications of not being able to use cash. Personally, I use cash whenever possible.
How many hearings did the Republicans hold on this issue? They investigated it over and over. And they came up with nothing. If they had found anything they would have run with it. And yet here you are, still fucking that chicken.
..but the only thing that trump has openly admitted to that will be his policy is tax breaks for the rich and corporations!
How many times does supply-side economics have to be shown to not work before it sinks in? I can't believe this bullshit still gets peddled with a straight face.
Trump may not be perfect, but he will be a change. He is not for an authoritarian global corporatism based government like Hillary is.
If I contracted rubella right now, that would also be a change.
I also don't like Hillary, because she represents the Elite and the status quo. This election cycle has made it clear that people on the left and the right are fed up with how the economy has been working in this country and the government's response to it. But that doesn't mean that electing a walking dumpster fire like Donald Trump is the proper thing to do. Believe it or not, things can get worse than our current situation.
Yup, because you're entitled to someone else's work.
Typical thief.
Capitalism doesn't work without scarcity. Once something can be reproduced at near-zero marginal cost, it loses value in the marketplace. That's true regardless of how much money or effort went into producing it. It's just the way the system works.
You can argue against it on moral or ethical grounds, and you'll have a good point. But really, if morality or ethics ruled the day the world would be a very different place. A technological lack of scarcity doesn't seem to be a problem for businesses when they can drive down labor costs by replacing people with robots or computers. So I don't shed a tear when the same dynamic affects their bottom line. I do feel bad for the artists who actually do the work to produce the content. But then again I gave up on a career in music because I could see there was no money in it.
It's not Netflix' choice, it's their content providers requiring them to do this.
I'm not sure what I expect them to do. But the bottom line is cancelling one's service is the only real leverage one has over a company. You can complain, and they might listen. But at the end of the day if their product does not meet your needs, stop buying the product.
I know they have agreements with the content owners, but that is not my problem. I didn't negotiate those agreements. My problem (if I traveled outside the US much) is that I can't see the programs or movies that I want and paid for. If their licensing agreements become unprofitable because of lost business, Netflix will have to renegotiate or stop carrying that content. If they can absorb the loss of revenue but still maintain an acceptable profit, they will continue as usual. But all I can do is buy their service or not.
Contact Netflix and tell them you are cancelling your subscription due to this action on their part. That's really the only leverage you have over them. It is not in the customer's interest that they are doing this.
This doesn't mean that everyone who is skeptical is wrong. And it doesn't mean everyone with fantasies is right.
*YOU* have to prove your fantasies. Otherwise you are no different than a religious loon talking about the end of the world. You have the same faith.
Leaving oneself open to the unimagined possibilities is not the same as indulging in fantasies. There is a tendency in our culture to say that things we don't know about don't exist or are impossible. The real truth is that we simply don't know. I guess people are uncomfortable with uncertainty. But I think it is better to not foreclose the future based on our understanding of the present.
It's very probable. But since we also know that the Periodic Table of Elements is universal, as well as the fundamental forces, we also know things like warp drive are just not feasible...
So they are over there, and we are here. End of story.
I like to hold out for the possibility that we don't yet know everything there is to know about physics. History is replete with examples of people doing things previously thought impossible.
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Should learn to be less openly disrespectful of regular Americans.
Or what? They'll elect Donald Trump?
There are still so many mysteries that cannot be exlpained using the 'laws of physics' as they are now, so even in that regard you know these 'laws' are not definite..
That's just flat-out mysticism.
Well, then explain how this EM drive works! ;-)
This is /., not a court of law. I feel no obligation to point to evidence that is trivial to find via Google.
Not even willing to defend your own claim?
Yep, I agree with all of this. I just didn't want to go that deep in my post.
1) Living costs are also much higher in the US than the nations with much lower labor costs.
Living costs are a function of income. If US wages go down then living costs should follow.
Along with the standard of living.
I can't wait until Clinton gets elected, opens the border wide open to globalism, and drives wages through the floor!! Meanwhile, she'll provide handouts to the unemployed thus further driving up the national debt to 100 trillion dollars and beyond.
Why do I want this? So smug assholes like yourself will be taxed into oblivion to better serve all the Muslims she will dump in the country; they're future voters after all.
You are special! You are who we will tax to ensure Democrats stay in power in perpetuity. Well, unless people get angry and go full tilt communism next election cycle..bitch! Hah!
The funny part is you believe all this bullshit.
If I'm a mid-career programmer looking for a job, why should I expect to be paid a whole lot more than my peer in India when applying for a job that could easily be outsourced to India?
Because your standard and cost of living is quite a bit higher. Why do people in New York City get paid so much more than people in Bartlett, Nebraska? Same reason!
This question really displays a serf mentality. It assumes that this is your employer's world and you just get to live in it. Why should only your employer's needs be considered when discussing salary? Aren't there two parties in this negotiation? Further, getting back to standard of living, do you want to live in India? Or would you rather live in the United States? If it's the latter, why on Earth would you want to lower your own wages and therefore your quality of life? Because it benefits your employer? Have some self respect. Or, congratulations on reducing yourself to a line item on an ROI analysis.
The paper and pencil voting system with manual counting is even more unhackable, and easily verifiable whilst still being anonymous and immune to vote selling ad coercion ...and is used all over the world with no real issues ....
Yes, this is correct. As Stephen Spoonamore says, "Paper ballots, please".
These touch-screen voting machines cannot be trusted. If for no other reason than their code is proprietary. If they can't be independently audited, they can't be trusted. In some cases machines have been observed to flip votes and count backwards. Why would a voting machine need to be able to subtract or process negative numbers? In short, they shouldn't.
Paper ballots, please.
You insinuate waiters would leech off money from society by not paying taxes on their tips. If this is really the case I will never ever hand over a tip in cash again. You probably condone paying people off the record too, maybe even sharing in the money stolen from society.
Seriously? As far as corruption or tax evasion go this is waaay fucking down on the list. If you want to do something about the people leeching from society, do something about the finance industry.
Because fuck the poor? Right?
Well, this is America so yeah.
The fuckers bleating loudest about "taxes" are dead silent about the transaction taxes they extract to buy supercars to add to their collections.
Cause unlike taxes it's optional and voluntary.
Yeah, but you get to live in a society with modern services and infrastructure. Don't like taxes? Go live in the woods.
Had it 4 years now, and it has never cost me a cent.
It hasn't cost you directly. But you still pay slightly inflated prices to account for the credit card's transaction fee.
It has nothing to do with tracking it has to do with freedom in a capitalist society. With cash in pocket you are free in a capitalist society without cash you are asking permission to exist. You buy nothing without cash, you only ask permission and a distant faceless corporation decides whether to grant you permission to access the essentials of life or starve you to death.
Capitalism and cash or capitalism must go. I am not going to be a fucking slave to corporations asking 24/7/365 for permission to survive. Cook is an idiot.
This guy gets it.
The nice thing about electronic money as opposed to cash is that it stays in your back account until the moment that you spend it. Which is good for interest etc.
So, you get that extra .001 cent? Yes, quite an advantage.
You are irrelevant. People will want this because of the convenience.
Unfortunately, you are likely correct. Most people don't think things through, or understand the implications of not being able to use cash. Personally, I use cash whenever possible.
The same can be seen in almost every business plan and employee evaluation.
BULLSHIT, please cite references
LOL, you don't think there is often bias in employee reviews? Have you ever had a review?
and The Foval Group started all the violence at all the Trump rallies.
Allthe violence at all the Trump rallies? I don't think even James O'Keefe is making that claim.
Hillary was responsible for deaths at Beghazi.
How many hearings did the Republicans hold on this issue? They investigated it over and over. And they came up with nothing. If they had found anything they would have run with it. And yet here you are, still fucking that chicken.
..but the only thing that trump has openly admitted to that will be his policy is tax breaks for the rich and corporations!
How many times does supply-side economics have to be shown to not work before it sinks in? I can't believe this bullshit still gets peddled with a straight face.
Trump may not be perfect, but he will be a change. He is not for an authoritarian global corporatism based government like Hillary is.
If I contracted rubella right now, that would also be a change.
I also don't like Hillary, because she represents the Elite and the status quo. This election cycle has made it clear that people on the left and the right are fed up with how the economy has been working in this country and the government's response to it. But that doesn't mean that electing a walking dumpster fire like Donald Trump is the proper thing to do. Believe it or not, things can get worse than our current situation.
Yup, because you're entitled to someone else's work.
Typical thief.
Capitalism doesn't work without scarcity. Once something can be reproduced at near-zero marginal cost, it loses value in the marketplace. That's true regardless of how much money or effort went into producing it. It's just the way the system works.
You can argue against it on moral or ethical grounds, and you'll have a good point. But really, if morality or ethics ruled the day the world would be a very different place. A technological lack of scarcity doesn't seem to be a problem for businesses when they can drive down labor costs by replacing people with robots or computers. So I don't shed a tear when the same dynamic affects their bottom line. I do feel bad for the artists who actually do the work to produce the content. But then again I gave up on a career in music because I could see there was no money in it.
And what do you expect them to do?
It's not Netflix' choice, it's their content providers requiring them to do this.
I'm not sure what I expect them to do. But the bottom line is cancelling one's service is the only real leverage one has over a company. You can complain, and they might listen. But at the end of the day if their product does not meet your needs, stop buying the product.
I know they have agreements with the content owners, but that is not my problem. I didn't negotiate those agreements. My problem (if I traveled outside the US much) is that I can't see the programs or movies that I want and paid for. If their licensing agreements become unprofitable because of lost business, Netflix will have to renegotiate or stop carrying that content. If they can absorb the loss of revenue but still maintain an acceptable profit, they will continue as usual. But all I can do is buy their service or not.
Contact Netflix and tell them you are cancelling your subscription due to this action on their part. That's really the only leverage you have over them. It is not in the customer's interest that they are doing this.
This doesn't mean that everyone who is skeptical is wrong. And it doesn't mean everyone with fantasies is right.
*YOU* have to prove your fantasies. Otherwise you are no different than a religious loon talking about the end of the world. You have the same faith.
Leaving oneself open to the unimagined possibilities is not the same as indulging in fantasies. There is a tendency in our culture to say that things we don't know about don't exist or are impossible. The real truth is that we simply don't know. I guess people are uncomfortable with uncertainty. But I think it is better to not foreclose the future based on our understanding of the present.
It's very probable. But since we also know that the Periodic Table of Elements is universal, as well as the fundamental forces, we also know things like warp drive are just not feasible...
So they are over there, and we are here. End of story.
I like to hold out for the possibility that we don't yet know everything there is to know about physics. History is replete with examples of people doing things previously thought impossible.