Congress merely has to mention the word " regulation " and the rest of the Big Pharma Execs will send a couple of guys to " talk " to him about why he should keep his prices to something that doesn't draw so much attention.
the government will put into adding credibility into a story is amazing.
Like I said in a different thread:
After what happened with Snowden, what do you think the odds are that a contractor can both obtain and distribute a NSA document at all without anyone from the NSA noticing ?
I have serious doubts about it and my initial thoughts are this is just the Government pushing the Evil Russians narrative vs the home grown ( DNC ) efforts to skew the election.
Because the former is expected and the latter undermines the trust in the overall US election process. Can't have that now can we ? Bad things happen in armed countries when the populace loses faith in the election systems.
Russia just happens to be a convenient scapegoat for anything that's wrong these days.
Even IF the NSA verifies the document and shows you the evidence they have, after the bullshit they have pulled recently with their surveillance programs, would you trust any of it ?
Dear NSA: That's the problem when you erode / destroy the public trust. When you have a real situation where you need folks to believe you, very few will.
In the wake of what Mr. Snowden did, show of hands by anyone who believes that a current NSA document was ' leaked ' by accident ?
Or do you think it might have been leaked to further the common narrative going around about those darned evil Russians:|
If the former, we shouldn't bother with classification ratings anymore as they appear to be a waste of time since we can find the information on the evening news.
You eventually question why you have all that horsepower to play with when max freeway speeds are 65mph and police take up positions at every overpass to ruin your day should you dare to push things a bit.
Assuming, of course, traffic even allows for that. Most of the time you just sit in bumper to bumper traffic in your high dollar horsepower machine. Roaring along at 10mph next to the Prius in the lane beside you.
Then you factor in premium fuel, synthetic oils, Z rated tires, and sky-high insurance and you come to your senses and get something more practical instead.
"The FCC voted along party lines today to formally consider Chairman Ajit Pai's plan to scrap the legal foundation for the rules and to ask the public for comments on the future of prohibitions on blocking, throttling and paid prioritization. "
I fail to see the point in asking what the public thinks when they blatantly ignore what the public wants.
They went all James Bond on folks and pointed their " hacker-antenna " at the building and found weak or unprotected access points.
And ?
Guest access is typically open access which would explain the latter pretty quickly. Weak access could be any number of networks, but not necessarily one that would be useful to anyone.
I swear, the media is going full Autistic when it comes to trying to destroy EVERYTHING that is Donald Trump. If the information is negative, or can be spun into a negative light, they are making sure the entire world hears about it. 24/7 Regardless if there is any truth to it or not.
Lots and lots of rumors, " secret sources ", and whatnot, but not a shred of concrete evidence.
To my knowledge, they have yet to solve the abysmal battery performance in cold climate problem.
It doesn't matter if all the other factors are jaw-dropping amazing. Until you fix this issue, your typical ICE vehicle will continue to dominate in any area where the aforementioned problem still exists.
I would also expect the power companies to gouge the shit out of their customers once ( and if ) folks ever start migrating to EV.
Considering that a ShitStorm with China is a real possibility in the near future over their " pile up dirt in the ocean, declare it sovereign territory and threaten anyone who comes near it " game, if all of your manufacturing is done in China, guess what happens when said ShitStorm becomes a reality ?
If ALL of your products are manufactured by what may be your future enemy, you're in a lot of trouble once they cease making your products for you.
The non-typical* consumer may not need it today, but a processor like this is good for many years. Especially since the only thing really pushing hardware in the non-server department these days is VR. ( As long as Zenimax doesn't destroy everything with litigation greed ) Give me a motherboard where I can put two ( or more ) of these into play and things will really get interesting.
*non-typical = your 3D artists, gamers, video production and the like.
While watching Adobe Premiere Pro chew on resizing half an hour worth of 4k video ( Took two hours to convert on a quad core btw ) I was thinking how nice it would be to have a much larger processor to handle such things. Two days later, AMD makes this announcement.
All AMD needs to do now is keep reminding people of the Intel Management Engine debacle ( and the lack of any ability to disable it ) and watch how fast folks switch teams.
Considering their last attempt to sell such data was somewhat lacking in buyers, I'm curious why they don't just ring up WikiLeaks, get a semi-decent payday and be done with it.
Unless, of course, it's the intel agencies themselves playing the part of TSB seeing who they can reel in on their fishing expedition.
I don't even give my company access to medical history, what makes you think I would give them biometric data ?
With unique personally identifiable information now traversing the corporate networks, are they going to be forced to implement HIPAA standards to protect it ?
I doubt most companies will want to go that route due to cost, upkeep and penalties should that data get compromised.
For any who think this would be a grand idea, consider how it can / will be abused.
Examples: Every single purchase will be indexed and analyzed for whatever purpose. From the things you like, to the foods you eat, to hobbies you enjoy. Folks like Google have an orgasm every time they think about such a system. Make no mistake, it will be for sale / available to those with the funds for it and it will most certainly be used against you if / when the need arises.
Governments can effectively control your behavior because to step out of line in any way means they can just freeze your accounts and too bad if you have bills to pay or would like to eat this month. Perhaps you are identified in taking part in a protest they don't wish to see. Maybe they don't like your online opinions which run contrary to their own. Maybe you're a whistle blower. Etc. Etc.
Just KNOWING they can shut your life down by freezing your only financial means to survive will have a chilling effect on your behavior and you'll be far less likely to step out of line.
They want to watch and control every single aspect of your life at all times. What you watch, what you say / believe, down to how you act and think. Privacy of any kind does not mesh well with how they would prefer things to be.
You've read the above using your own government as a variable in the equation. Now replace your government with one that may not be quite as tolerant. Imagine what such a regime would do with this sort of system in place. You think you know what oppression is ? It would pale in comparison to what it will become.
Think of it as a Gorilla sized version of PayPal. Where if you do ANYTHING they disagree with, ( and the TOS can change with every new administration ) they simply shut off access to your funds. Only, this time, there isn't any alternative for you to fall back on and you're just SOL. Your life is effectively over until you agree to play the game by their rules. ( regardless if you agree with them or not )
I think I would prefer to keep the cash option available.
"I'm not American, I'm a Finn, and as such I'm acutely aware of the Russian mentality of indirect control."
In the grand scheme of things, there isn't much difference between a foreign government trying to influence the outcome of an election and a multi-national corporation who can use " campaign contributions " to do the same thing.
"Well, yes, sure. But it should still be alarming to you that foreign powers are 'campaigning' - rather successfully it seems - for one side."
After decades of the same warmongering bullshit coming out of Washington ( regardless of a Red or Blue candidate ), if I were a foreign country that was considered " hostile " to US interests, I would do everything I could to influence the elections as well. Why not ? The US does it to everyone else. Pot meet Kettle.
"As I look at the way the white house behaves currently, it does resemble this to an extent: while there's obviously no need for the US to fear direct Russian invasion so the media can still freely discuss about these issues, there's been a noted change in tone towards Russia already."
There might be a perceived change in tone, but nothing has changed in reality. The same War Drums maintain their cadence with Syria being the current dance floor.
"You guys should know, you've been doing the exact same song and dance in south America for decades, not to even mention middle-east."
This is why I don't really look at it as a " Good Guy " vs " Bad Guy " type of scenario. The US is, without a doubt, the most overt aggressor on the planet. Not even taking into account the shit we pull behind the scenes out of the spotlight.
"While all this is going on they're relatively free to continue their actions in Ukraine and elsewhere in their neighboring regions with next to no real threat from americans/NATO."
The problem here is you really can't spread yourself too thin. We've still got Afghanistan going on, the whole ISIS thing, Syria, Turkey being stupid, Yemen, Iran, North Korea, China and their island building silliness, Philippine leadership being retarded, Venezuela, and probably a few others I can't think of off the top of my head. There IS a limit to what we can juggle without dropping anything.
Besides, you know what a direct confrontation with Russian forces in Ukraine will do.
She's blaming Zillow for her woes is she ? Zillow has some usefulness, but is far from a total ( or accurate ) picture of why a home price is what it is.
What's next ? Folks going to go after Edmunds True Car Value or Kelly Blue Book because they feel they're undervaluing their cars ?:|
It's a third party ESTIMATE based on an algorithm for fucks sake.
You want to know what counts ? The folks that actually appraise your home periodically to set your tax rate. ( I highly doubt they rely on Zillow data btw ) That's the only one that counts because that's the one the banks are going to use to determine the worth of a home when it comes time to lend money. You trying to sell your home for $800k, but it officially appraises at $500k ? Well, guess what. The bank isn't about to lend anyone $800k on that home. You want it ? You'll have to come up with the other $300k on your own.
Welcome to reality.
I can't speak for other areas / States, but where I live it's dead simple to pull up the official tax records ( they're online and public record ) on ANY home in the county to see what value it appraised at for the past decade. If you want to sell your home for near $650k, you damn well better make sure that it officially appraises close to that figure. Otherwise, you're just suffering from delusions of grandeur.
Trump can pick his damn nose and it would make the news.
Seriously, it's MAY.
Certainly the news has better things to focus on by now. When they nitpick on everything Trump, it doesn't make me hate Trump. It makes me turn off the news.
Besides, don't fret for Comey. He'll just do some paid-speech work for those he helped during his tenure, and they'll repay him handsomely for it. Or some bogus book deal for his " memoirs ".
That's how this works. Scratch our back while in office and we'll pay you very well ( Would draw too much attention if they threw large sums at them while they're still in office ) once you depart.
It's nice they passed this for those living in Seattle, although I doubt it will do much good.
How I see it playing out:
Option 1: 1TB usage cap, 150Mb/s speeds and we don't sell your online habits for just $99.00 / month. Option 2: 1TB usage cap, 150Mb/s speeds and we can* sell your online data for just $79.99 / month.
* = bundling your data with others data and selling in bulk since they can't legally sell individual data. Still trivial to determine what data belongs to who when cross-referenced with other databases ( which are also for sale ).
Option 2 will be considered the " Opt In " option.
Take a guess what 99% of folks will go with? All the while the ISP can honestly say " We let the customer decide what was best for them ! ":|
"Health care expenses are so far out of whack it isn't funny. The whole industry is out of whack and keeps pushing itself farther away."
This.
My last Doc visit for " routine " blood work was $500. Was there all of 30 minutes.
A pair of CT scans is $1600. The pulmo test will be $1500. The bronchoscopy test the want to do is $7000.
NONE of this is emergency level stuff, yet the cost is already $10k. Insurance will knock it down, but it damn well better considering the monthly premiums I pay out.
Money I could have put in retirement accounts but, instead, get to line the pockets of an out of control system.
You're in for quite the shock if you are ever hospitalized.
ALL of this crap became necessary when one day in my mid 40's I got a sore throat. A simple sore throat that lasted a few days.
Dropped into my chest and apparently wreaked absolute havoc. Two years later, still fighting it. Zero warning, completely out of the blue.
Moral: It doesn't matter how well you plan financially or otherwise, life finds a way to screw you over every time.
I'll probably be labeled a shill for this, but it explains why AT&T isn't pushing very hard on FTTH deployment.
In the works is a wireless solution that will provide gigabit speeds to homes that will be MUCH cheaper to deploy than fiber can ever be. It's called Project AirGig.
The designs I've seen sit atop telephone poles and are inductive powered via the power lines.
I want to say they operate in the 39 ghz range.
It is being prepped for 5g deployment so, IF they get the design down, expect to see it in the not too distant future.
Is why they're pushing for regulation changes that would allow them to install these units atop the poles with a minimum of red tape.
Also explains why they don't want to pour billions of dollars into fiber if this is a potential solution instead.
"On my plane trip to/from Austin, lots of younger guys checking out real estate on their laptops while waiting to board. I looked at a couple houses, $400-450K and that 2.3% property tax isn't exactly cheap."
Much more expensive than you think.
In Texas, your property tax can increase up to 10% every year with no cap. Think long and hard about buying a $500k home here.
"(Amazon says its price changes are not attempts to gather data on customers' spending habits, but rather to give shoppers the lowest price out there.)"
Perhaps Amazon can explain why the price shown to me for individual music tracks is.30 higher ( each ) than it is when my other half looks at the exact same track. Not that thirty cents bothers me, but they most certainly do not treat all customers the same and I'm curious what the algorithm is.
I havent looked at other goods they offer because I'm too lazy, but they aren't losing money.
If you ever embarass the United States Government, there is no limit to the amount of time, resources and, if necessary, dirty or downright illegal tricks to ruin your life.
Their reaction, however, pretty much legitimizes the Wikileaks documents as no one puts this much effort into removing a source vs disproving false information.
It's hilarious the USG would rather go after the messenger vs leading by example and just following the rules.
Quit doing illegal shit and there won't be much to report on will there ?:|
"Depends where you live, the American banks chose to go for chip and signature while the European banks (and afaict most other countries) went for chip and pin."
Which explains why my new chip card was compromised within a week of receiving it. One of the staff at the restaurants we frequent bought themselves a porn subscription apparently.
Text alert let me shut it down, but the card was still compromised.
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Congress merely has to mention the word " regulation " and the rest of the Big Pharma Execs will send a couple of guys to " talk " to him about why he should keep his prices to something that doesn't draw so much attention.
the government will put into adding credibility into a story is amazing.
Like I said in a different thread:
After what happened with Snowden, what do you think the odds are that a contractor can both obtain and distribute a NSA document at all without anyone from the NSA noticing ?
I have serious doubts about it and my initial thoughts are this is just the Government pushing the Evil Russians narrative vs the home grown ( DNC ) efforts to skew the election.
Because the former is expected and the latter undermines the trust in the overall US election process. Can't have that now can we ? Bad things happen in armed countries when the populace loses faith in the election systems.
Russia just happens to be a convenient scapegoat for anything that's wrong these days.
Even IF the NSA verifies the document and shows you the evidence they have, after the bullshit they have pulled recently with their surveillance programs, would you trust any of it ?
Dear NSA: That's the problem when you erode / destroy the public trust. When you have a real situation where you need folks to believe you, very few will.
If any at all.
In the wake of what Mr. Snowden did, show of hands by anyone who believes that a current NSA document was ' leaked ' by accident ?
Or do you think it might have been leaked to further the common narrative going around about those darned evil Russians :|
If the former, we shouldn't bother with classification ratings anymore as they appear to be a waste of time since we can find the information on the evening news.
I, however, am betting on the latter.
The administrations of recent history are doing a fine job of undermining democracy all on their own.
and it was fun.
But!
You eventually question why you have all that horsepower to play with when max freeway speeds are 65mph and police take up positions at every overpass to ruin your day should you dare to push things a bit.
Assuming, of course, traffic even allows for that. Most of the time you just sit in bumper to bumper traffic in your high dollar horsepower machine. Roaring along at 10mph next to the Prius in the lane beside you.
Then you factor in premium fuel, synthetic oils, Z rated tires, and sky-high insurance and you come to your senses and get something more practical instead.
"The FCC voted along party lines today to formally consider Chairman Ajit Pai's plan to scrap the legal foundation for the rules and to ask the public for comments on the future of prohibitions on blocking, throttling and paid prioritization. "
I fail to see the point in asking what the public thinks when they blatantly ignore what the public wants.
*sigh*
I guess we can try again in 2020.
They went all James Bond on folks and pointed their " hacker-antenna " at the building and found weak or unprotected access points.
And ?
Guest access is typically open access which would explain the latter pretty quickly.
Weak access could be any number of networks, but not necessarily one that would be useful to anyone.
I swear, the media is going full Autistic when it comes to trying to destroy EVERYTHING that is Donald Trump. If the information is negative, or can be spun into a negative light, they are making sure the entire world hears about it. 24/7 Regardless if there is any truth to it or not.
Lots and lots of rumors, " secret sources ", and whatnot, but not a shred of concrete evidence.
WTF has happened to journalistic integrity ?
To my knowledge, they have yet to solve the abysmal battery performance in cold climate problem.
It doesn't matter if all the other factors are jaw-dropping amazing. Until you fix this issue, your typical ICE vehicle will continue to dominate in any area where the aforementioned problem still exists.
I would also expect the power companies to gouge the shit out of their customers once ( and if ) folks ever start migrating to EV.
Well. . . .
Considering that a ShitStorm with China is a real possibility in the near future over their " pile up dirt in the ocean, declare it sovereign territory and threaten anyone who comes near it " game, if all of your manufacturing is done in China, guess what happens when said ShitStorm becomes a reality ?
If ALL of your products are manufactured by what may be your future enemy, you're in a lot of trouble once they cease making your products for you.
The non-typical* consumer may not need it today, but a processor like this is good for many years. Especially since the only thing really pushing hardware in the non-server department these days is VR. ( As long as Zenimax doesn't destroy everything with litigation greed )
Give me a motherboard where I can put two ( or more ) of these into play and things will really get interesting.
*non-typical = your 3D artists, gamers, video production and the like.
While watching Adobe Premiere Pro chew on resizing half an hour worth of 4k video ( Took two hours to convert on a quad core btw ) I was thinking how nice it would be to have a much larger processor to handle such things. Two days later, AMD makes this announcement.
All AMD needs to do now is keep reminding people of the Intel Management Engine debacle ( and the lack of any ability to disable it ) and watch how fast folks switch teams.
Considering their last attempt to sell such data was somewhat lacking in buyers, I'm curious why they don't just ring up WikiLeaks, get a semi-decent payday and be done with it.
Unless, of course, it's the intel agencies themselves playing the part of TSB seeing who they can reel in on their fishing expedition.
I don't even give my company access to medical history, what makes you think I would give them biometric data ?
With unique personally identifiable information now traversing the corporate networks, are they going to be forced to implement HIPAA standards to protect it ?
I doubt most companies will want to go that route due to cost, upkeep and penalties should that data get compromised.
Simply to deny use of any Social media to anyone who is considered a minor.
Problem solved.
Far cheaper and easier a solution than to try and mediate every post, image and video that can be found there.
For any who think this would be a grand idea, consider how it can / will be abused.
Examples:
Every single purchase will be indexed and analyzed for whatever purpose. From the things you like, to the foods you eat, to hobbies you enjoy. Folks like Google have an orgasm every time they think about such a system. Make no mistake, it will be for sale / available to those with the funds for it and it will most certainly be used against you if / when the need arises.
Governments can effectively control your behavior because to step out of line in any way means they can just freeze your accounts and too bad if you have bills to pay or would like to eat this month. Perhaps you are identified in taking part in a protest they don't wish to see. Maybe they don't like your online opinions which run contrary to their own. Maybe you're a whistle blower. Etc. Etc.
Just KNOWING they can shut your life down by freezing your only financial means to survive will have a chilling effect on your behavior and you'll be far less likely to step out of line.
They want to watch and control every single aspect of your life at all times. What you watch, what you say / believe, down to how you act and think. Privacy of any kind does not mesh well with how they would prefer things to be.
You've read the above using your own government as a variable in the equation. Now replace your government with one that may not be quite as tolerant. Imagine what such a regime would do with this sort of system in place. You think you know what oppression is ? It would pale in comparison to what it will become.
Think of it as a Gorilla sized version of PayPal. Where if you do ANYTHING they disagree with, ( and the TOS can change with every new administration ) they simply shut off access to your funds. Only, this time, there isn't any alternative for you to fall back on and you're just SOL. Your life is effectively over until you agree to play the game by their rules. ( regardless if you agree with them or not )
I think I would prefer to keep the cash option available.
"I'm not American, I'm a Finn, and as such I'm acutely aware of the Russian mentality of indirect control."
In the grand scheme of things, there isn't much difference between a foreign government trying to influence the outcome of an election and a multi-national corporation who can use " campaign contributions " to do the same thing.
"Well, yes, sure. But it should still be alarming to you that foreign powers are 'campaigning' - rather successfully it seems - for one side."
After decades of the same warmongering bullshit coming out of Washington ( regardless of a Red or Blue candidate ), if I were a foreign country that was considered " hostile " to US interests, I would do everything I could to influence the elections as well. Why not ? The US does it to everyone else. Pot meet Kettle.
"As I look at the way the white house behaves currently, it does resemble this to an extent: while there's obviously no need for the US to fear direct Russian invasion so the media can still freely discuss about these issues, there's been a noted change in tone towards Russia already."
There might be a perceived change in tone, but nothing has changed in reality. The same War Drums maintain their cadence with Syria being the current dance floor.
"You guys should know, you've been doing the exact same song and dance in south America for decades, not to even mention middle-east."
This is why I don't really look at it as a " Good Guy " vs " Bad Guy " type of scenario. The US is, without a doubt, the most overt aggressor on the planet. Not even taking into account the shit we pull behind the scenes out of the spotlight.
"While all this is going on they're relatively free to continue their actions in Ukraine and elsewhere in their neighboring regions with next to no real threat from americans/NATO."
The problem here is you really can't spread yourself too thin. We've still got Afghanistan going on, the whole ISIS thing, Syria, Turkey being stupid, Yemen, Iran, North Korea, China and their island building silliness, Philippine leadership being retarded, Venezuela, and probably a few others I can't think of off the top of my head. There IS a limit to what we can juggle without dropping anything.
Besides, you know what a direct confrontation with Russian forces in Ukraine will do.
CNN will get the war they want :D
She's blaming Zillow for her woes is she ? Zillow has some usefulness, but is far from a total ( or accurate ) picture of why a home price is what it is.
What's next ? Folks going to go after Edmunds True Car Value or Kelly Blue Book because they feel they're undervaluing their cars ? :|
It's a third party ESTIMATE based on an algorithm for fucks sake.
You want to know what counts ? The folks that actually appraise your home periodically to set your tax rate. ( I highly doubt they rely on Zillow data btw ) That's the only one that counts because that's the one the banks are going to use to determine the worth of a home when it comes time to lend money. You trying to sell your home for $800k, but it officially appraises at $500k ? Well, guess what. The bank isn't about to lend anyone $800k on that home. You want it ? You'll have to come up with the other $300k on your own.
Welcome to reality.
I can't speak for other areas / States, but where I live it's dead simple to pull up the official tax records ( they're online and public record ) on ANY home in the county to see what value it appraised at for the past decade. If you want to sell your home for near $650k, you damn well better make sure that it officially appraises close to that figure. Otherwise, you're just suffering from delusions of grandeur.
Trump can pick his damn nose and it would make the news.
Seriously, it's MAY.
Certainly the news has better things to focus on by now. When they nitpick on everything Trump, it doesn't make me hate Trump. It makes me turn off the news.
Besides, don't fret for Comey. He'll just do some paid-speech work for those he helped during his tenure, and they'll repay him handsomely for it. Or some bogus book deal for his " memoirs ".
That's how this works. Scratch our back while in office and we'll pay you very well ( Would draw too much attention if they threw large sums at them while they're still in office ) once you depart.
The bonus being it's all nice and legal.
It's nice they passed this for those living in Seattle, although I doubt it will do much good.
How I see it playing out:
Option 1: 1TB usage cap, 150Mb/s speeds and we don't sell your online habits for just $99.00 / month.
Option 2: 1TB usage cap, 150Mb/s speeds and we can* sell your online data for just $79.99 / month.
* = bundling your data with others data and selling in bulk since they can't legally sell individual data. Still trivial to determine what data belongs to who when cross-referenced with other databases ( which are also for sale ).
Option 2 will be considered the " Opt In " option.
Take a guess what 99% of folks will go with? All the while the ISP can honestly say " We let the customer decide what was best for them ! " :|
"Health care expenses are so far out of whack it isn't funny. The whole industry is out of whack and keeps pushing itself farther away."
This.
My last Doc visit for " routine " blood work was $500. Was there all of 30 minutes.
A pair of CT scans is $1600. The pulmo test will be $1500. The bronchoscopy test the want to do is $7000.
NONE of this is emergency level stuff, yet the cost is already $10k. Insurance will knock it down, but it damn well better considering the monthly premiums I pay out.
Money I could have put in retirement accounts but, instead, get to line the pockets of an out of control system.
You're in for quite the shock if you are ever hospitalized.
ALL of this crap became necessary when one day in my mid 40's I got a sore throat. A simple sore throat that lasted a few days.
Dropped into my chest and apparently wreaked absolute havoc. Two years later, still fighting it. Zero warning, completely out of the blue.
Moral: It doesn't matter how well you plan financially or otherwise, life finds a way to screw you over every time.
I'll probably be labeled a shill for this, but it explains why AT&T isn't pushing very hard on FTTH deployment.
In the works is a wireless solution that will provide gigabit speeds to homes that will be MUCH cheaper to deploy than fiber can ever be. It's called Project AirGig.
The designs I've seen sit atop telephone poles and are inductive powered via the power lines.
I want to say they operate in the 39 ghz range.
It is being prepped for 5g deployment so, IF they get the design down, expect to see it in the not too distant future.
Is why they're pushing for regulation changes that would allow them to install these units atop the poles with a minimum of red tape.
Also explains why they don't want to pour billions of dollars into fiber if this is a potential solution instead.
Marketing Video: https://youtu.be/ZF09OWzv_pw
"On my plane trip to/from Austin, lots of younger guys checking out real estate on their laptops while waiting to board. I looked at a couple houses, $400-450K and that 2.3% property tax isn't exactly cheap."
Much more expensive than you think.
In Texas, your property tax can increase up to 10% every year with no cap. Think long and hard about buying a $500k home here.
Think carefully before moving here and
"(Amazon says its price changes are not attempts to gather data on customers' spending habits, but rather to give shoppers the lowest price out there.)"
Perhaps Amazon can explain why the price shown to me for individual music tracks is .30 higher ( each ) than it is when my other half looks at the exact same track. Not that thirty cents bothers me, but they most certainly do not treat all customers the same and I'm curious what the algorithm is.
I havent looked at other goods they offer because I'm too lazy, but they aren't losing money.
If you ever embarass the United States Government, there is no limit to the amount of time, resources and, if necessary, dirty or downright illegal tricks to ruin your life.
Their reaction, however, pretty much legitimizes the Wikileaks documents as no one puts this much effort into removing a source vs disproving false information.
It's hilarious the USG would rather go after the messenger vs leading by example and just following the rules.
Quit doing illegal shit and there won't be much to report on will there ? :|
"Depends where you live, the American banks chose to go for chip and signature while the European banks (and afaict most other countries) went for chip and pin."
Which explains why my new chip card was compromised within a week of receiving it.
One of the staff at the restaurants we frequent bought themselves a porn subscription apparently.
Text alert let me shut it down, but the card was still compromised.
Security theater is all it is.
for the four people who still watch and trust anything on Television.