One theory I've heard (I don't know if it's true or not) is that employers require degrees to avoid sexual discrimination lawsuits.
For example, let's say a company has 20% of its employees male, the rest female. They are open to a discrimination lawsuit prima facie. But if they only hire people with a X degree, they can say, "only 19% of people with degree X are male, we are doing better than average!"
As more people with degree X arrive on the scene, the requirement becomes harder and harder to avoid.
So.......your reason for caring about net neutrality was entirely because other people cared about it? How does that even make sense? If you care about something, support it! There will be hypocritical fools will be on your side and on the other side.
Fools pay with cash. When you pay with credit cards, you get cash back.
(And don't make a stupid argument that the price is increased to pay for the "cash back"........of course it is, but the people who pay with cash pay the same price as those who pay with credit cards, just don't get any cash back).
Ah, I see what you are getting at. According to you, they are saying, "We don't want these devices to be used to oppress citizens, so we won't let them be exported." Whether or not they will succeed is one thing, but at least they are trying.
Here is a quote from the article about their motivation:
"The move is part of the EU’s strategy to take advantage of the trade vacuum left by more protectionist U.S. President Donald Trump both in terms of striking trade accords with other countries and setting values for global trade."
It appears the trade commission decided to increase trade by restricting trade, and creating regulations that make no sense. (Are they really going to stop the export of computers and SDR? Not that those are made in Europe anyway, but why let that stop a futile gesture?).
Hey, let's cheer them on, at least they aren't starting any wars or insulting other world leaders.
Uber today has announced a new internal company investigation, to discover which part of their company is not operating illegally and unethically.
"There must be something in there that's good, we intend to find it" said CEO Dara Khosrowshahi, "I mean, even Stalin wasn't pure evil, his mustache was downright luscious."
Laughter from Andreesen Horowitz was heard to inexplicably ring out all across downtown Palo Alto. Stalin could not be reached for his comment. His grandaughter was too busy wielding firearms, and didn't care.
Another option which is presently available: Compete. Meet your neighbors, set up community-based networks (wireless, wired, or whatever works best), and perhaps set up links and routing between these networks
I've never heard of such a scheme succeeding (other than what I do, which is have an open wifi hotspot). If it worked somewhere, I'd be interested to hear about it.
In Uber's case, imagine how mad customers would be if they're traveling internationally and don't speak the language then get stranded.
FWIW you should never depend solely on Uber, especially traveling internationally. Always have a backup plan. Otherwise you'll end up with a $70 bill to go 10 minutes: and it will just be normal surge pricing as far as Uber is concerned.
The problem is you often have no choice in your ISP. If there were a dozen around to choose from, you could choose the one that offered net neutrality, and someone else could choose the one that offered a lower price (in exchange for advertising or something).
Unfortunately, we don't have that situation. ON the other hand, the obvious solution is to make it easier for ISPs to exist.
We should distinguish here between Russia (the Russian government) and people who live in Russia (Russian citizens, etc). The news media isn't always very clear on that distinction. It's a way to confuse people: "this IP address was in Russia! What does Putin know about it?"
Thousands of Uber customers are believed to have had their accounts hacked by Russians after users of the app reported being billed in roubles for taxi journeys they had not taken in Moscow and St Petersburg.
What does that even mean? If they can decide who votes and who does not, and which votes are counted and which are not, then they can select whatever outcome they want. The American vote is nullified.
The FCC can be changed by changing the president. You're not going to get many people to fight a revolution over the FCC, sorry.
No. Mainly because it's a lot easier to vote them out of office. Oh, you can't vote them out of office? You probably wouldn't have won a revolution, then.
That's how the system is set up: to avoid a revolution by making power changes by other methods easier. It is not a perfect system, but it has solved the problem of periodic revolutions.
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I can agree with that.....there are not many issues worth getting worked up about. We do it anyway because it's fun.
While under the guise of finding better employees it is just a way to make sure they can hire the white man for the job.
No one cares about that. They mostly want to avoid getting sued.
One theory I've heard (I don't know if it's true or not) is that employers require degrees to avoid sexual discrimination lawsuits.
For example, let's say a company has 20% of its employees male, the rest female. They are open to a discrimination lawsuit prima facie. But if they only hire people with a X degree, they can say, "only 19% of people with degree X are male, we are doing better than average!"
As more people with degree X arrive on the scene, the requirement becomes harder and harder to avoid.
Your words are saying that you care more about the people pushing the idea than the idea itself.
So.......your reason for caring about net neutrality was entirely because other people cared about it? How does that even make sense? If you care about something, support it! There will be hypocritical fools will be on your side and on the other side.
It''s not a deal, but you pay the 3.5% either way. ltr
Yeah, actually; look how many people in the comments are feeling outrage. People want to feel outrage, I guess; and this gives them a chance.
That's a good enough reason.
Fools pay with cash. When you pay with credit cards, you get cash back.
(And don't make a stupid argument that the price is increased to pay for the "cash back"........of course it is, but the people who pay with cash pay the same price as those who pay with credit cards, just don't get any cash back).
The low-end models are still there, as always. More expensive models are also available, which increases the AVERAGE price.
This comment should be posted right in the summary, it explains the whole story.
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Perhaps those regulations don't make sense to you. Likewise, you don't make sense to me.
A stunning analysis based in logic and pure sequitur. Applauded to be you are. Infallible well logic sense is done!
Ah, I see what you are getting at. According to you, they are saying, "We don't want these devices to be used to oppress citizens, so we won't let them be exported." Whether or not they will succeed is one thing, but at least they are trying.
"The move is part of the EU’s strategy to take advantage of the trade vacuum left by more protectionist U.S. President Donald Trump both in terms of striking trade accords with other countries and setting values for global trade."
It appears the trade commission decided to increase trade by restricting trade, and creating regulations that make no sense. (Are they really going to stop the export of computers and SDR? Not that those are made in Europe anyway, but why let that stop a futile gesture?).
Hey, let's cheer them on, at least they aren't starting any wars or insulting other world leaders.
(PS I lied, looks like AMD has a fab in Europe. Careful, those are usable for hacking!)
Uber today has announced a new internal company investigation, to discover which part of their company is not operating illegally and unethically.
"There must be something in there that's good, we intend to find it" said CEO Dara Khosrowshahi, "I mean, even Stalin wasn't pure evil, his mustache was downright luscious."
Laughter from Andreesen Horowitz was heard to inexplicably ring out all across downtown Palo Alto. Stalin could not be reached for his comment. His grandaughter was too busy wielding firearms, and didn't care.
Another option which is presently available: Compete. Meet your neighbors, set up community-based networks (wireless, wired, or whatever works best), and perhaps set up links and routing between these networks
I've never heard of such a scheme succeeding (other than what I do, which is have an open wifi hotspot). If it worked somewhere, I'd be interested to hear about it.
In Uber's case, imagine how mad customers would be if they're traveling internationally and don't speak the language then get stranded.
FWIW you should never depend solely on Uber, especially traveling internationally. Always have a backup plan. Otherwise you'll end up with a $70 bill to go 10 minutes: and it will just be normal surge pricing as far as Uber is concerned.
The problem is you often have no choice in your ISP. If there were a dozen around to choose from, you could choose the one that offered net neutrality, and someone else could choose the one that offered a lower price (in exchange for advertising or something).
Unfortunately, we don't have that situation. ON the other hand, the obvious solution is to make it easier for ISPs to exist.
But... that could mean Idaho and Florida! :-P
Idaho is known for their mean Potato Hackers.
We should distinguish here between Russia (the Russian government) and people who live in Russia (Russian citizens, etc). The news media isn't always very clear on that distinction. It's a way to confuse people: "this IP address was in Russia! What does Putin know about it?"
Thousands of Uber customers are believed to have had their accounts hacked by Russians after users of the app reported being billed in roubles for taxi journeys they had not taken in Moscow and St Petersburg.
So.....you think you could win a revolution over the FCC? Or are you just nitpicking?
What does that even mean? If they can decide who votes and who does not, and which votes are counted and which are not, then they can select whatever outcome they want. The American vote is nullified.
The FCC can be changed by changing the president. You're not going to get many people to fight a revolution over the FCC, sorry.
So... is it time for the guillotines yet?
No. Mainly because it's a lot easier to vote them out of office. Oh, you can't vote them out of office? You probably wouldn't have won a revolution, then.
That's how the system is set up: to avoid a revolution by making power changes by other methods easier. It is not a perfect system, but it has solved the problem of periodic revolutions.
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