Don't want American companies as competition in your country ? No problem, how about we don't allow Indian workers into the H-1B Visa program . . . . at all ? ( It is, pretty much, the only thing we import from India )
Wouldn't want the competition destroying American jobs now would we ?:|
My most recent experience with this problem was the purchase of mid-range headphones. ( ~$300 )
The box still had the seals in place, but when I got it home and pulled them from the box, it was obvious they had already been opened. A few pieces were missing and, upon closer inspection, there were hairs stuck to the earphone cups indicating these had been worn.
I ended up returning them to the store for another pair.
Retailers act surprised when I decline to take the floor or demo model and I tell them that I don't want the model that everyone has fondled, picked up and played with as the likelihood of said item having some issue requiring its return is too high. Especially if it's a high value item.
Dollar stores exist because the folks who aren't doing very well financially need somewhere they can go to buy basics. When even WalMart is too damned expensive for a non-trivial number of folks, there is something terribly wrong with the wage levels in this country.
I'm guessing if we bothered to do something about the income inequality gap, there really wouldn't be much of a need for a Dollar Store in the first place.
Since that is unlikely to ever happen ( didn't happen under Democrats when they were in charge, didn't happen when the Repubs were in charge either ) I suppose the big grocery chains could take it up with our inept Congress about how unfair things are that they can't compete with the Dollar Stores.
( Which is ironic because the big chains are what drove the Mom & Pop stores out of business in the first place )
Should anyone be allowed to incorporate tracking / metrics hardware into devices of any kind without full disclosure that is not buried under fifty pages of legalese ?
Some folks know to " stay away " from new until it has been released, field tested and reviewed.
Games, cars, gadgets, etc. It all falls into this category.
If you jump onto the new hotness bandwagon on day one and it turns out to be less than spectacular, the rest of us don't want to hear any whining because we told you so.
I worked 4x10's for years with Sat/Sun and Wed ( Yes, I intentionally picked Wednesday. Explanation below. ) off.
Means I worked two days ( Mon / Tue ) was off Wed, then worked two days ( Thu / Fri ) and off for the weekend. No matter how shitty the day was, the worst case scenario I only had to tell myself " I only have one more day before I'm off ".
Was outstanding in that no one else is off on Wednesday, so guess what days I picked for all appointments, Doc visits, etc ?
The media throws around the term " AI " like its commonplace in society.
If and when a true AI is ever created, it will be truly terrifying in comparison to what passes as AI today. I say terrifying because we, as a species, are used to being top of the food chain here.
Once we lose that distinction, quite a few folks aren't going to deal with that realization well.
Unless someone comes to their senses about all this patent, copyright, Intellectual Property insanity, there will come a time in the future where you won't be able to create anything new because there will already be a bazillion hazy, wide-reaching and / or totally bullshit patents ( and patent trolls ) standing by to cash in on your work.
You'll end up having to pay off so many people it won't even be worth the effort to bring your idea to market.
Seriously ? A patent on an window close animation ?
" Really? There's few jurisdictions where both fuzzy justifiable homicide laws and lax local prosecution would seriously allow someone to use deadly force to shoot someone running away with a package. "
Texas allows it. Commission of a crime while tresspassing on private property puts things into motion. If you believe the items stolen cannot be recovered, you can legally shoot the individual ( even if running from you ) to prevent the theft.
Unless you live in California where criminals have more rights than you or I do, any judge you bring this to is going to laugh you right out of court. Then they are going to arrest you.
Yes, your honor, I not only tresspassed upon private property, but I also engaged in criminal behavior by stealing items from said location.
Upon opening the package, I was covered in glitter against my will and the inside of my car smells like shit.
I would like to press charg. . . why are you laughing at me ?
Yes, your honor, I understand had I not engaged in the aforementioned criminal activity we would not be having this conversation.
How DARE someone pick on the poor criminals after the police told them ( even with video evidence ) that it wasnâ(TM)t worth their time.
Also, since Banks use exploding dye packs for the idiots dumb enough to take them, I have serious doubts anyone is going to take your glitter issue seriously.
Personally, I would have used a smoke bomb / pepper gas combo. Both non-lethal ( thus not considered a booby trap ) but far more effective.
TLDR: No one is going to have any sympathy for thugs.
Show of hands of who thinks you'll end up on a list if you dare call a suicide hotline ? Think it might come back to haunt you years down the road ? ( Want to take a guess why so many Veterans don't ask for help ? Hint: See Above )
Maybe we should start looking hard at the WHY behind things.
WHY are suicides happening ? WHY are mass shootings happening ? WHY are so many depressed or angry to the point of suicide or homicide ?
Wonder if it has anything to do with a mediocre economy, pathetic job market, stagnant wages, income inequality, non-stop military conflicts / wars, totally useless / lying leadership for the past several decades, the voting system being a total joke, government spying, etc. etc. This list can go on forever.
The short version: There isn't a whole lot to be happy about in America these days.
Fix the why and you'll solve a lot of issues at once.
Slashdot Mirror
Made $3B profit selling digital stuff to make it âoe fun âoe.
Should tell you all you need to know about the Free to Play model.
The easiest fix is to play the H-1B card.
Don't want American companies as competition in your country ?
No problem, how about we don't allow Indian workers into the H-1B Visa program . . . . at all ?
( It is, pretty much, the only thing we import from India )
Wouldn't want the competition destroying American jobs now would we ? :|
Maybe they will quit using the term AI in every other tech story :|
My most recent experience with this problem was the purchase of mid-range headphones. ( ~$300 )
The box still had the seals in place, but when I got it home and pulled them from the box, it was obvious they had already been opened. A few pieces were missing and, upon closer inspection, there were hairs stuck to the earphone cups indicating these had been worn.
I ended up returning them to the store for another pair.
Retailers act surprised when I decline to take the floor or demo model and I tell them that I don't want the model that everyone has fondled, picked up and played with as the likelihood of said item having some issue requiring its return is too high. Especially if it's a high value item.
Perhaps Microsoft is " fixing " more than what they say they are.
The real question is, while they say they are doing X, what else are they doing under the hood that they don't bother to say anything about.
The tech companies face a choice:
Submit to the will of India ( and set a precedence ) or lose that very lucrative market.
Going with the former will see other countries follow suit with demands of their own. The latter will cause a shareholder revolt.
The USG will also want encryption broken, they just won't demand it publicly and since you were kind enough to do it for India . . .
A difficult choice is coming.
Dollar stores exist because the folks who aren't doing very well financially need somewhere they can go to buy basics. When even WalMart is too damned expensive for a non-trivial number of folks, there is something terribly wrong with the wage levels in this country.
I'm guessing if we bothered to do something about the income inequality gap, there really wouldn't be much of a need for a Dollar Store in the first place.
Since that is unlikely to ever happen ( didn't happen under Democrats when they were in charge, didn't happen when the Repubs were in charge either ) I suppose the big grocery chains could take it up with our inept Congress about how unfair things are that they can't compete with the Dollar Stores.
( Which is ironic because the big chains are what drove the Mom & Pop stores out of business in the first place )
The question should be:
Should anyone be allowed to incorporate tracking / metrics hardware into devices of any kind without full disclosure that is not buried under fifty pages of legalese ?
The answer is no.
if there is any truth left in anything.
It seems everything claimed these days comes with a side of lies and / or deception.
Sometimes the lies are exposed quickly, others years later but, it seems damn near everything is ( at least partially ) a lie :|
You can bet your ass the " important " people in India have exceptions in place for this law.
Eg: Big Brother can spy on you, but are exempt from being spied upon.
Some folks know to " stay away " from new until it has been released, field tested and reviewed.
Games, cars, gadgets, etc. It all falls into this category.
If you jump onto the new hotness bandwagon on day one and it turns out to be less than spectacular,
the rest of us don't want to hear any whining because we told you so.
DDOS even works for this.
Drone
Denial
Of
Service
Anytime a company gets caught doing something stupid these days that it's always a bug, glitch or software error ?
" Oh, it was a bug. "
It's like a perfect digital scapegoat where no one has to face any consequences.
Oh the algorithm accidentally sold all of our stock at .1 instead of 100 dollars a share ?
" Not our fault, the computer did it ! "
Oh we accidentally shared all of your personal info online.
" Bug "
No matter how epic a problem that gets created, they always go to the same excuse.
" Bug "
I worked 4x10's for years with Sat/Sun and Wed ( Yes, I intentionally picked Wednesday. Explanation below. ) off.
Means I worked two days ( Mon / Tue ) was off Wed, then worked two days ( Thu / Fri ) and off for the weekend.
No matter how shitty the day was, the worst case scenario I only had to tell myself " I only have one more day before I'm off ".
Was outstanding in that no one else is off on Wednesday, so guess what days I picked for all appointments, Doc visits, etc ?
I miss that shift . . . . .
Folks eventually start to believe it.
The media throws around the term " AI " like its commonplace in society.
If and when a true AI is ever created, it will be truly terrifying in comparison to what passes as AI today.
I say terrifying because we, as a species, are used to being top of the food chain here.
Once we lose that distinction, quite a few folks aren't going to deal with that realization well.
Unless someone comes to their senses about all this patent, copyright, Intellectual Property insanity, there will come a time in the future where you won't be able to create anything new because there will already be a bazillion hazy, wide-reaching and / or totally bullshit patents ( and patent trolls ) standing by to cash in on your work.
You'll end up having to pay off so many people it won't even be worth the effort to bring your idea to market.
Seriously ? A patent on an window close animation ?
THIS is what Qualcomm is whining about ?
Perhaps they are posting from an iPhone lol
Is what's fucking wrong with this country.
They should be thankful our engineer didn't go all Unabomber on their ass. THAT would have made an AWESOME news story.
Serial package thief atomized inside car, news at eleven.
" If that keeps up sooner or later some dumb ass is gonna put an M-80 or something in a box and kill somebody. "
Live like a criminal, die like one. They won't be missed.
" Really? There's few jurisdictions where both fuzzy justifiable homicide laws and lax local prosecution would seriously allow someone to use deadly force to shoot someone running away with a package. "
Texas allows it. Commission of a crime while tresspassing on private property puts things into motion. If you believe the items stolen cannot be recovered, you can legally shoot the individual ( even if running from you ) to prevent the theft.
Booby Trap equates to intent to harm.
Glitter and Fart Spray don't qualify.
Glitter and / or Fart spray pretty much sit at the other end of the spectrum from Deadly Force :|
So is tresspassing.
So is theft.
Law abiding folks have nothing to worry about do they ?
Unless you live in California where criminals have more rights than you or I do, any judge you bring this to is going to laugh you right out of court. Then they are going to arrest you.
Yes, your honor, I not only tresspassed upon private property, but I also engaged in criminal behavior by stealing items from said location.
Upon opening the package, I was covered in glitter against my will and the inside of my car smells like shit.
I would like to press charg. . . why are you laughing at me ?
Yes, your honor, I understand had I not engaged in the aforementioned criminal activity we would not be having this conversation.
How DARE someone pick on the poor criminals after the police told them ( even with video evidence ) that it wasnâ(TM)t worth their time.
Also, since Banks use exploding dye packs for the idiots dumb enough to take them, I have serious doubts anyone is going to take your glitter issue seriously.
Personally, I would have used a smoke bomb / pepper gas combo. Both non-lethal ( thus not considered a booby trap ) but far more effective.
TLDR: No one is going to have any sympathy for thugs.
Show of hands of who thinks you'll end up on a list if you dare call a suicide hotline ?
Think it might come back to haunt you years down the road ?
( Want to take a guess why so many Veterans don't ask for help ? Hint: See Above )
Maybe we should start looking hard at the WHY behind things.
WHY are suicides happening ?
WHY are mass shootings happening ?
WHY are so many depressed or angry to the point of suicide or homicide ?
Wonder if it has anything to do with a mediocre economy, pathetic job market, stagnant wages,
income inequality, non-stop military conflicts / wars, totally useless / lying leadership for the past several
decades, the voting system being a total joke, government spying, etc. etc. This list can go on forever.
The short version: There isn't a whole lot to be happy about in America these days.
Fix the why and you'll solve a lot of issues at once.