First it was zombies, then came the comic book super-heroes. I'll be glad when Hollywood gets back to making more movies that actually have stories and quality acting.
I can't tell if you are being sarcastic. When was the last time Hollywood had a movie with stories and/or quality acting?
Comic book based movies have the advantage in that there is often a decent background story (a story that became popular without relying on big name actors or special effects). Of course that does not mean that the story is actually used when the movie is made.
I can't speak for Punisher, but drop in the quality of Jessica Jones between Season 1 and Season 2 was very noticeable. Season 1 was great (with a very clear villain), while somewhere halfway or so through Season 2 I just stopped watching.
if the deal wasn't struck with a clause in it that required Amazon STAY there for a number of years
Also, tax credit should be a percentage (e.g., 10% discount) rather than a fixed figure (e.g., $3 billion).
It is a bad negotiation tactic to offer a fixed amount, because what happens when Amazon brings $5 billion revenue over 10 years instead of "estimated" $30 billion?
over those ten years they would have paid an estimated $30 BN in various taxes and fees. Instead, NY City and State agreed to 90 cents on the dollar, AKA $27 BN over the next ten years to lure Amazon to Queens. So AOC & Friends didn't "save" NY city and state $3 BN, she cost them $27 BN in new tax revenue.
So, was the agreement to offer a 10% discount on Amazon taxes?
And if the taxes of $30 BN turn out to be less (e.g., $6 BN) would someone be held responsible?
I am thinking if NY was guaranteed $27 BN new tax revenue, they would not be so quick to turn Amazon down.
Foster's Law states "If 3D makes your movie better, your movie sucks". Except surfing movies. A 3D surfing movie would be cool!
Next thing you'll be saying "If special effects make your movie better, your movie sucks".
Entertaining special effects is not necessarily a bad thing though (when done properly and in moderation)
The last acquisition was by a company that hadn't given at least some staff pay rises for 8 years.
But... but...
Ms. Enoch started getting interview opportunities the same day she began sending out applications online.
Since our market metrics are now based on Ms. Enoch, I think you must be wrong..?
Also, not even a very desirable applicant is going to get same-day interviews. One would be lucky if their application/resume is reviewed from an online submission.
Or, you could use a credit card, which are actually regulated by some laws.
You should be able to cancel the subscription that refuses to go away just as easily via a credit card.
Yes... all too many times, the only way to cancel a service is be on hold for an hour- and then listen to a "retain the customer" sales pitch for 10 minutes
Why do people put up with that?
Last time a company asked me to call to discuss a (shipping) subscription cancellation, I emailed them that I want to cancel -- and if they don't, I will cancel myself (via a credit card).
Believe it or not, they cancelled my subscription with no further questions.
E.g. instead of weekly visitation, do video calls a few times a week and in-person every other week or so. Would be a win-win for everyone.
They are not looking for "win-win". They are looking for lowering costs and to charge monopoly-based prices.
They used to have costs of $14/minute until an attempt to cap at 11c-22c minute. Which apparently failed, at least based on the CNN article.
Yes, I would expect this to make Ticketmaster a lot of money. In "buy a regular ticket" fee, "my face changed" fee and "sell the face database to everyone" profit
I wouldn't want my children's facial data in some database controlled by Ticketmaster
Don't worry, for extra $5/ticket, you could put just the parent's faces with full biometric info
And for a convenience fee of only $17.50 per ticket, you could still buy tickets the old-fashioned way!
All I want is a version of Amazon prime that is just for fast shipping. I really don't need the music or streaming service
Ok. Instead of $10/month, you can have a $9.93/month service with just the shipping.
Shipping is the only one that costs money per-customer. Digital items are a fixed cost that is amortized among many millions of existing subscribers.
what right does the government have to take down their website and business just in case they get a conviction? Isn't the whole point of "innocent until proven guilty"
I believe the trick is in claiming that property (website, hardware, cash, etc.) does not get those rights. So you are innocent until proven guilty but your seized property is not afforded the same rights. And if you need that property/cash to defend yourself or keep the business running... too bad.
Oliver had done a great coverage on civil forfeiture.
That's 41,000 per day, every day. No one is even going to follow up to see if the first alias listed even exists, let alone have time to verify its authenticity.
That's 41,000 per day now. If that requirement hits, it may be thousands and thousands less.
Since there is no security benefit, I can only assume the goal is to prevent people from traveling to US so much. I am sure the tourist industry / travel industry would love that.
People generally ignore what comes up because stock Android until recently didn't let you say "Oh, Facebook wants access to my call history huh? Well, I'll install it but not let it have that. Even now, rather than fail gracefully, Android tells the app that it's been denied a privilege so it can refuse to work until you give it what it demands.
So what you are saying that the problem isn't fixed even now? Your first sentence makes it sound like Android has recently fixed this error -- but notifying the app causes the same problem.
For Facebook users, the option was no app, or trust Facebook.
True for all apps. I don't have Facebook app, but there other apps (Uber/Lyft/WhatsApp) that I actually needed. It's an outrage that my options are still trust the app or no app at all.
run every app in its own container where I can specify what the external world looks like from within the container.
So much yes!
It's amazing that the app can demand access to everything (address book, camera, sms, phone calls, location, etc.) and my choices are accept or don't install. Why isn't there an easy option:
"Accept all access but report having only 1 address book entry and location in the middle of the north pole"?
desirable animations, such as the main video on the video's description page, from ads?
There is no desirable animation. Pages should not be playing videos unless I explicitly activate it. There are very few cases I want a video on my webpage and none of them call for auto-play
I have abandoned several news sites (such as Salon.com) because each article insisted on a video, which would jump down to bottom when you scrolled and would try to auto-play and to re-open itself.
It wasn't even an ad, I think it was part of the news or some other news or something. I guess I'll never know for sure.
Not for someone who was already renting there. Some are protected by rent control, but I am sure not all.
You are on point for anyone who actively moves to SF now.
I don't see, process, or store commercials from any media any more.
Every time I stay at a hotel, turning on a TV is quite a shock. The ads are obnoxious and long (In 70s shows used to have 26 minute per episode, current ones have 22, for the same half-hour slot).
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First it was zombies, then came the comic book super-heroes. I'll be glad when Hollywood gets back to making more movies that actually have stories and quality acting.
I can't tell if you are being sarcastic. When was the last time Hollywood had a movie with stories and/or quality acting?
Comic book based movies have the advantage in that there is often a decent background story (a story that became popular without relying on big name actors or special effects). Of course that does not mean that the story is actually used when the movie is made.
I can see dropping Jessica Jones and Punisher,
I can't speak for Punisher, but drop in the quality of Jessica Jones between Season 1 and Season 2 was very noticeable.
Season 1 was great (with a very clear villain), while somewhere halfway or so through Season 2 I just stopped watching.
if the deal wasn't struck with a clause in it that required Amazon STAY there for a number of years
Also, tax credit should be a percentage (e.g., 10% discount) rather than a fixed figure (e.g., $3 billion).
It is a bad negotiation tactic to offer a fixed amount, because what happens when Amazon brings $5 billion revenue over 10 years instead of "estimated" $30 billion?
over those ten years they would have paid an estimated $30 BN in various taxes and fees. Instead, NY City and State agreed to 90 cents on the dollar, AKA $27 BN over the next ten years to lure Amazon to Queens. So AOC & Friends didn't "save" NY city and state $3 BN, she cost them $27 BN in new tax revenue.
So, was the agreement to offer a 10% discount on Amazon taxes?
And if the taxes of $30 BN turn out to be less (e.g., $6 BN) would someone be held responsible?
I am thinking if NY was guaranteed $27 BN new tax revenue, they would not be so quick to turn Amazon down.
Foster's Law states "If 3D makes your movie better, your movie sucks". Except surfing movies. A 3D surfing movie would be cool!
Next thing you'll be saying "If special effects make your movie better, your movie sucks".
Entertaining special effects is not necessarily a bad thing though (when done properly and in moderation)
... "Sent from my iPhone."
Apple products typically say "Designed by Apple in California. Assembled in China". So that makes it ok, it is at least semi-ethical.
The last acquisition was by a company that hadn't given at least some staff pay rises for 8 years.
But... but...
Ms. Enoch started getting interview opportunities the same day she began sending out applications online.
Since our market metrics are now based on Ms. Enoch, I think you must be wrong..?
Also, not even a very desirable applicant is going to get same-day interviews. One would be lucky if their application/resume is reviewed from an online submission.
Why is it so expensive now that you need loans, or these schemes, to pay it off?
College tuition is out of control. But this story is about a guy surprised that computer classes cost a few thousand dollars.
He seems to have expected it to be free (?)
This reminds me of people asking for various tech support "because you are a computer guy". It doesn't work the same with doctors or plumbers.
Where possible I use PayPal
Or, you could use a credit card, which are actually regulated by some laws.
You should be able to cancel the subscription that refuses to go away just as easily via a credit card.
Yes... all too many times, the only way to cancel a service is be on hold for an hour- and then listen to a "retain the customer" sales pitch for 10 minutes
Why do people put up with that?
Last time a company asked me to call to discuss a (shipping) subscription cancellation, I emailed them that I want to cancel -- and if they don't, I will cancel myself (via a credit card).
Believe it or not, they cancelled my subscription with no further questions.
If you cap surge prices, drivers won't want to deal with all the drunks at 2 am
Ah, but these are "ride-sharing" companies.
Uber/Lyft driver doesn't know how drunk you are when you order a car.
So their modest income is now trackable by the government
I assume it is taxable now, too.
matter of time until even the oldest profession in the world is monitored by governments for taxes due.
I believe it is already taxed -- in countries where this profession is legal, anyway.
E.g. instead of weekly visitation, do video calls a few times a week and in-person every other week or so. Would be a win-win for everyone.
They are not looking for "win-win". They are looking for lowering costs and to charge monopoly-based prices.
They used to have costs of $14/minute until an attempt to cap at 11c-22c minute. Which apparently failed, at least based on the CNN article.
It's still a human who decides whether to actually launch an attack or not.
For now.
Self-driving cars also have a human operator for the time being.
is this likely to be better?
Yes, I would expect this to make Ticketmaster a lot of money.
In "buy a regular ticket" fee, "my face changed" fee and "sell the face database to everyone" profit
I wouldn't want my children's facial data in some database controlled by Ticketmaster
Don't worry, for extra $5/ticket, you could put just the parent's faces with full biometric info
And for a convenience fee of only $17.50 per ticket, you could still buy tickets the old-fashioned way!
All I want is a version of Amazon prime that is just for fast shipping. I really don't need the music or streaming service
Ok. Instead of $10/month, you can have a $9.93/month service with just the shipping.
Shipping is the only one that costs money per-customer. Digital items are a fixed cost that is amortized among many millions of existing subscribers.
what right does the government have to take down their website and business just in case they get a conviction? Isn't the whole point of "innocent until proven guilty"
I believe the trick is in claiming that property (website, hardware, cash, etc.) does not get those rights. So you are innocent until proven guilty but your seized property is not afforded the same rights. And if you need that property/cash to defend yourself or keep the business running ... too bad.
Oliver had done a great coverage on civil forfeiture.
That's 41,000 per day, every day. No one is even going to follow up to see if the first alias listed even exists, let alone have time to verify its authenticity.
That's 41,000 per day now. If that requirement hits, it may be thousands and thousands less.
Since there is no security benefit, I can only assume the goal is to prevent people from traveling to US so much. I am sure the tourist industry / travel industry would love that.
People generally ignore what comes up because stock Android until recently didn't let you say "Oh, Facebook wants access to my call history huh? Well, I'll install it but not let it have that. Even now, rather than fail gracefully, Android tells the app that it's been denied a privilege so it can refuse to work until you give it what it demands.
So what you are saying that the problem isn't fixed even now? Your first sentence makes it sound like Android has recently fixed this error -- but notifying the app causes the same problem.
For Facebook users, the option was no app, or trust Facebook.
True for all apps. I don't have Facebook app, but there other apps (Uber/Lyft/WhatsApp) that I actually needed.
It's an outrage that my options are still trust the app or no app at all.
multiple European laws were violated, malware was used, and the military's psychological warfare division attempted?
Yes, and Facebook is being "destroyed" as we speak.
They might even pay a small fine when this is all over. Or not.
Equifax is still standing, and that was financial, non-voluntarily given data, and on a far larger scale.
run every app in its own container where I can specify what the external world looks like from within the container.
So much yes!
It's amazing that the app can demand access to everything (address book, camera, sms, phone calls, location, etc.) and my choices are accept or don't install. Why isn't there an easy option: "Accept all access but report having only 1 address book entry and location in the middle of the north pole"?
desirable animations, such as the main video on the video's description page, from ads?
There is no desirable animation. Pages should not be playing videos unless I explicitly activate it. There are very few cases I want a video on my webpage and none of them call for auto-play
I have abandoned several news sites (such as Salon.com) because each article insisted on a video, which would jump down to bottom when you scrolled and would try to auto-play and to re-open itself.
It wasn't even an ad, I think it was part of the news or some other news or something. I guess I'll never know for sure.
Participation in the madness is voluntary.
Not for someone who was already renting there. Some are protected by rent control, but I am sure not all.
You are on point for anyone who actively moves to SF now.
I don't see, process, or store commercials from any media any more.
Every time I stay at a hotel, turning on a TV is quite a shock.
The ads are obnoxious and long (In 70s shows used to have 26 minute per episode, current ones have 22, for the same half-hour slot).