" Don't you have a big statue or something to remind you of these lessons? "
Sure we do.
We, unlike France, also have a very trigger happy police force that are more than happy to remind you of how annoyed they are to be deployed to quell any " demonstrations " ( they call them riots ). Any peaceful demonstration is easily turned into a shitstorm by inserting an undercover officer ( or paid individual ) into the demonstrator crowd, who then does something ( fires a gun, lobs a firebomb, starts a fight, etc ) the police can use as an excuse to start shooting.
You have the right to demonstrate, but there is no guarantee it will remain a peaceful one.
" To be fair to Swift, she really does have some crazy stalkers, including people who break into her home and take naps in her living room, harass her family, and legal restraining order type of crazy. "
To be fair, becoming a celebrity comes with a price. It isn't all glory and riches, you give up nearly all of your private life and are pretty much under the spotlight 24/7.
If you're unwilling or unable to deal with this, you might want to consider a different career.
" Fear of being killed at a music concert is something people factor in to the decision to buy tickets and go to live events. "
Contrary to the hysteria the media likes to cause when such things happen, I don't typically factor in the " am I going to die " variable when I go somewhere or do something. The media makes it sound like folks are squaring off in the streets daily like something out of an old Western movie or something.
Truth is, the odds of being involved in a mass shooting are right up there with getting hit by lightning. . . . twice. ( Unless you're a gang-banger in Chicago, then the odds go up a bit )
However, back to the main topic:
I don't really have any issues with her using facial recognition tech as long as that is disclosed at the time you purchase your tickets. She might find that folks may have enough of an issue with it that they may simply pass on her concert.
Enough folks start passing and she may rethink how she does security.
Because communities, subdivisions, etc. don't get to vote on who / what gets to drive on public roads that are maintained by public dollars.
A few years back I recall a subdivision put up a roadblock / gate across a back entrance to a subdivision because of all the through traffic that was utilizing it as a means to bypass heavy traffic on the main street. They tried every trick in the book including the infamous " Think of the children " bullshit. They got educated in the whole public vs private roads issue as well and that roadblock was removed with haste with a warning that if it happened again there were a whole list of laws that would turn into an expensive court fight waiting for them.
You want the final say so in who gets to drive on your roads ? You use private funds to install and maintain them on private property and you can have all the say so in the world. If you use public funding in any way to maintain your roads, you don't get to complain about who drives upon them as long as the vehicles are street legal.
Giving it up for daily texting / talking would be easy ( am an introvert and don't talk to anyone anyway ), not so much on the utility side of things though.
For example:
I use mine mostly as a music player. ( Both my active and inactive Smartphones have headphone jacks still:D ) I can't log into many websites without a " code " they feel they need to send to my phone as pseudo-2fa. Some games ( think Steam and Blizzard ) both utilize 2fa via a Smartphone app. ( assuming anyone games anymore ) My phone receives text message and email alerts anytime my Credit Card is used so I know instantly if the card has been compromised. My alarm system sends alerts via text messaging / email and the phone is first point of contact should it trigger. Via VPN, my smartphone can connect to my home network and access any of the security cameras and / or the NAS if need be. Prescription alerts and reminders come across as text messages. I don't even bother wearing a watch these days.
So, it COULD be done, but I would be giving up a lot of convenience in doing so.
Cloudflare The ISP that gets them online The guy who sold the computer The one who made the website Electricity provider to power it all
Canâ(TM)t go after the one without going after them all . . . .
Besides, the USG basically defines terrorist as anyone who they donâ(TM)t see eye to eye with. That list changes on a daily basis depending on who they are bombing on amy given day.
Companies rarely have any respect for their workforce, so I'm curious why they demand and / or expect it from their employees ? It's not like they're going to give you much ( if any ) notice of being laid off, fired, terminated, whatever.
Hell, in some cases, they won't even let you collect your things from your desk. They box it all up and mail it to you.
If they want respect, they should start by giving some.
For us it is still âoe Cloud âoe and âoe Virtualization âoe.
The second term is especially amusing to hear upper mgmt talk of it as if it were the Second Coming of Christ.
They want to virtualize EVERYTHING and they kinda gloss over a bit when you tell them that, at some point, you need a physical connection or hardware to make it work.
Iâ(TM)m sure being voted the worst ISP in the country for X years running had something to do with it.
Though, in defense of the poster above stating they have few issues with Comcast, I have to concur.
Obviously an exception to the rule but my connection is up and running about 95% of the time.
I have an IPSLA trigger running which makes a log entry any time I lose visibility to the network and, as much as youâ(TM)ll hate on me for saying it, that loss is rare and not always their fault.
Iâ(TM)ll see an hour here and there for maintenance ( unlikely unscheduled when it lasts exactly one hour ) but the last major outage ( ~12 hours or so ) was due to an idiot crashing their vehicle into a gas line.
The resulting fire burned up the vehicle and the closest telephone pole which was carrying a Comcast line. They had to wait till the fire was out and the gas line repaired before starting their work.
They sent out an apology and credited everyone for the outage period.
This really isnâ(TM)t behavior I can complain about.
California will be the test market for seeing how well a " driving " tax works vs the fuel tax that is in place today.
California has the highest taxes on fuel in the country coming in around ~70 cents / gallon when all taxes are accounted for.
California accounts for ~10% of total fuel usage in the Nation ( it's a big State with a lot of folks in it ) California uses about ~15B gallons of gas per year
Without having to do the math, as the number of vehicles on California roads using gasoline drops, so too does the tax collected on gasoline sales. The short term fix will be to raise the fuel taxes even higher ( which will mostly impact those who can't afford EV's, GJ ! Let's stick it to the poor people lol ) but, in the end, they'll have to switch to another option if they want to keep funding the highways and all the infrastructure that goes with it.
As a result, a " distance driven " tax will likely be introduced in the not too distant future. It will either be an odometer check yearly when you have to renew your registration, or it will be via some other means ( like GPS ).
So, good job for lowering your consumption but be prepared for what is likely coming because of it.
Folks,who can, are leaving voluntarily because if they don't, they're candidates to be let go during the next round of layoffs. We see the same song and dance about twice a year. First and last quarters usually.
They are actively canvassing folks twice a year to see who is interested in leaving. Anyone who doesn't take the hint is tossed into the magic sorting machine to find out who get's the short straw on the next draw.
Lots of " re-organizations " moving folks around which dissolves some groups, but inflates others ( by combining groups ) which gives HR all they need to cut folks loose. ( They have too many employees doing job X )
Hell, they even started dangling the lump sum carrot in front of management.
Previously, management had to take the annuity and did not have the lump sum option. Now, in an effort to cut as many folks as they can, the lump sum option is now a reality.
Many folks are waiting around for some magical " package " like the days of old where folks got a few years of service tacked on, a pension bump and a decent amount of exit cash. ( Which is why we have so many folks with 30, 40 and even 50+ years of service still working ) They haven't figured out that if the company were to offer it again, so many would take it, the company would have to turn around and go on a hiring spree. Thus, no package.
My best guess as to why is due to the stupid amounts of debt the company took on with its latest assimilation . . ..er. . . acquisition.
What the company doesn't realize is this: All the folks they want to push out the door are the ones with all the expertise. By the time they get done with layoffs, they'll just end up having to hire them back as contractors to keep things running:|
We're already starting to see hints of this.
"Contact the database administrator for access" "We can't, they retired." "What about the alt-administrator ?" "They retired too. . . " "Is there anyone maintaining that database at all ?" "Nope, they all retired.":|
The other big part is keeping material available that folks want to watch.
There are so many older movies out there that I would like to see again, but none of them are ever on any of the Streaming Services. You can rent them via physical media, but good luck finding them as a streaming title.
" threat of another economic downturn make it harder for Millennials to thrive as entrepreneurs. "
Not to point out the obvious but economic downturns have a tendency to wreak havoc on everyone, not just Millennials. ( Welcome to the real world btw where things don't always go as expected. )
It's bad enough we have Olympic Curling, but E-Sports ? I know they're desperate for viewers but come on . . . . .
An Olympic medal in E-Sports is nothing more than a participation trophy from the perspective of the true athletes that compete in the games. It's embarrassing. It's akin to walking up to a total stranger and trying to impress them by telling them you're a level XYZ Tree Elf Unicorn Herder in WoW.:| ( Pro tip: Other than perhaps the WoW crowd, NO ONE CARES )
Maybe we can add any of the following as well since we're considering the absurd:
Olympic Texting Olympic Cooking Olympic Underwater Basket Weaving Olympic Flower Picking Olympic Yodeling Olympic Hot Dog Eating Olympic Debate Club Olympic Line Dancing Olympic Twerking Olympic Internet Trolling
The point is, there are lots of things many people are really good at and, admittedly, some are more popular than others. ( I have never figured out the allure of watching someone ELSE play a video game )
Trying to compare those activities with Olympic level athletics is just insanity.
Many of the buildings I've worked in with my company over the past couple of decades have had levels of mold, damage and inadequate upkeep that ranged from elevated to downright ludicrous.
Like many large companies, they have their own Health / Hazard / Safety teams that we are supposed to contact about any concerns. When we did complain ( many times ) about the mold growing on everything ( walls, floor, desks, chairs, etc ) in the locked room next door to us, they would simply send out a cleaning crew to vacuum, wipe down and otherwise remove the most obvious stuff. The Health Organization ison the company payroll so it is their job to fix any issues as quickly and cheaply as possible, so keep that in mind.
Finally, someone got OSHA involved and after showing up the inspector ordered the evacuation of the impacted area and the areas adjacent to it. ( Three floors ) The company was forced to rip out everything down to the concrete and steel. Clean up took years.
That was the first building. My doctors seem to think that the time I spent there ( many years ) are why my lungs and sinuses are where they are today. One of my coworkers always had what we thought to be an Asthma issue as he was always coughing and spitting out crap. After developing similar symptoms, I wonder just how much the daily exposure to those levels of mold had in his condition.
I heard he died not long after retiring.:|
After moving from the building, anytime my symptoms started to worsen I would ask the Health folks for an air quality check. I've had to vacate two additional buildings ( three total now ) because of the results showing high / elevated concentrations of various species of mold.
The most recent building I work in rarely gets cleaned. The cleaning crews show up roughly once a month ( the building only has a few full time employeesin it ) to change out the paper towels, take out the trash and clean the toilets. They do not sweep, mop, vacuum the floor or wipe down any horizontal surfaces at all. Where a roach died on the floor, it stayed there for years even if it was the middle of the room.
Once again, I contacted our Health folks and the building manager to come look for themselves and to run an air quality check. I straight up asked the building manager why the cleaning crews didn't vacuum, sweep or clean up the obvious and his answer was:
" It's not in the budget. "
I then walked them around the building to show them all the dead roaches, the fact that the carpet hadn't seen a vacuum for more than a decade, the mold growing on the walls of an unused front door entrance, breaks and splits in the walls from previous water damage that was never fixed, the multi-colored water damaged carpet in one of the hallways and the list goes on and on.
The air quality check produced results as one might expect from said conditions. ( Of course the cleaning crew made an extra effort the next time they were out due to the complaints. They even washed the carpet.:| )
Here's the kicker. This is a Fortune 500 company whose profits were ~$20 BILLION last year. ( Profits. Total revenues in excess of ~$150 Billion in 2017 )
" It's not in the budget. "
I've debated bringing OSHA back into the picture as there is a clear pattern of incompetence on the part of the company I work for. The company owns thousands of buildings across the country alone. Many more overseas. I could probably keep OSHA inspectors busy and employed for the next decade just inspecting the buildings.
The problem is, we all know what will happen if I do.
I won't get fired for reporting it ( that's illegal ), but they will certainly find something ( anything ) they can fire me for eventually.
So the conundrum is this:
Try to outlive it with the few years I have left before retirement, or report it and risk getting fired which will likely wreak any retirement plans I had. ( Assuming I don't kee
Demanding top tier prices for your goods works well for a while, but it doesn't last forever. Especially if you have a market full of cheaper competition.
The best example I can think of off the top of my head would be Silicon Graphics.
They used to be the top dog of the CGI hardware world. Eventually, everyone dropped them like a bad habit due to the availability of much lower priced hardware.
Apple should probably enjoy the market while they can because it will eventually reach a point where their prices will actually start forcing folks to look at alternatives.
Bear spray is typically nothing more than Pepper Spray at a higher concentration. While I'm certainly not downplaying the effectiveness of Pepper Spray ( I once cleared an entire downtown building with just a few shots of it: long story ), unless you have a breathing issue like Asthma, COPD, or the like, I don't understand how you can be in Critical Condition after exposure to it.
The simple fix is to require damage resistant packaging for such items.
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They publicly stopped it, will rename it and swear to secrecy the next group of folks who will be working on it.
No way they will give up that market so easily.
" Don't you have a big statue or something to remind you of these lessons? "
Sure we do.
We, unlike France, also have a very trigger happy police force that are more than happy to remind you of how annoyed they are to be
deployed to quell any " demonstrations " ( they call them riots ). Any peaceful demonstration is easily turned into a shitstorm by inserting
an undercover officer ( or paid individual ) into the demonstrator crowd, who then does something ( fires a gun, lobs a firebomb, starts a fight, etc )
the police can use as an excuse to start shooting.
You have the right to demonstrate, but there is no guarantee it will remain a peaceful one.
" To be fair to Swift, she really does have some crazy stalkers, including people who break into her home and take naps in her living room, harass her family, and legal restraining order type of crazy. "
To be fair, becoming a celebrity comes with a price.
It isn't all glory and riches, you give up nearly all of your private life and are pretty much under the spotlight 24/7.
If you're unwilling or unable to deal with this, you might want to consider a different career.
" Fear of being killed at a music concert is something people factor in to the decision to buy tickets and go to live events. "
Contrary to the hysteria the media likes to cause when such things happen, I don't typically factor in the " am I going to die "
variable when I go somewhere or do something. The media makes it sound like folks are squaring off in the streets daily like
something out of an old Western movie or something.
Truth is, the odds of being involved in a mass shooting are right up there with getting hit by lightning. . . . twice.
( Unless you're a gang-banger in Chicago, then the odds go up a bit )
However, back to the main topic:
I don't really have any issues with her using facial recognition tech as long as that is disclosed at the time you purchase your tickets.
She might find that folks may have enough of an issue with it that they may simply pass on her concert.
Enough folks start passing and she may rethink how she does security.
Because communities, subdivisions, etc. don't get to vote on who / what gets to drive on public roads that are maintained by public dollars.
A few years back I recall a subdivision put up a roadblock / gate across a back entrance to a subdivision because of all the through traffic that was utilizing it as a means to bypass heavy traffic on the main street. They tried every trick in the book including the infamous " Think of the children " bullshit. They got educated in the whole public vs private roads issue as well and that roadblock was removed with haste with a warning that if it happened again there were a whole list of laws that would turn into an expensive court fight waiting for them.
You want the final say so in who gets to drive on your roads ? You use private funds to install and maintain them on private property and you can have all the say so in the world. If you use public funding in any way to maintain your roads, you don't get to complain about who drives upon them as long as the vehicles are street legal.
Giving it up for daily texting / talking would be easy ( am an introvert and don't talk to anyone anyway ), not so much on the utility side of things though.
For example:
I use mine mostly as a music player. ( Both my active and inactive Smartphones have headphone jacks still :D )
I can't log into many websites without a " code " they feel they need to send to my phone as pseudo-2fa.
Some games ( think Steam and Blizzard ) both utilize 2fa via a Smartphone app. ( assuming anyone games anymore )
My phone receives text message and email alerts anytime my Credit Card is used so I know instantly if the card has been compromised.
My alarm system sends alerts via text messaging / email and the phone is first point of contact should it trigger.
Via VPN, my smartphone can connect to my home network and access any of the security cameras and / or the NAS if need be.
Prescription alerts and reminders come across as text messages.
I don't even bother wearing a watch these days.
So, it COULD be done, but I would be giving up a lot of convenience in doing so.
This is how you go from a decent chat and voip client, to a bloated behemoth.
Can not wait :/
Where does this end exactly ?
Cloudflare
The ISP that gets them online
The guy who sold the computer
The one who made the website
Electricity provider to power it all
Canâ(TM)t go after the one without going after them all . . . .
Besides, the USG basically defines terrorist as anyone who they donâ(TM)t see eye to eye with. That list changes on a daily basis depending on who they are bombing on amy given day.
I have no sympathy for the Companies here.
Companies rarely have any respect for their workforce, so I'm curious why they demand and / or expect it from their employees ?
It's not like they're going to give you much ( if any ) notice of being laid off, fired, terminated, whatever.
Hell, in some cases, they won't even let you collect your things from your desk. They box it all up and mail it to you.
If they want respect, they should start by giving some.
Will do just as soon as you can point me to the Linux release that will run all of the following:
Rhinocerous 3D
Keyshot
Adobe CC ( Full Suite )
Capture One Pro
Zbrush
Painter 2018
The above + MS Win 10 bullshit is why I'm still running Windows 7 Ultimate.
( At least Maya has a Linux version )
I think most Windows 10 users are doing everything they can to disable any and all updates of any kind considering Microsoft's track record recently.
For us it is still âoe Cloud âoe and âoe Virtualization âoe.
The second term is especially amusing to hear upper mgmt talk of it as if it were the Second Coming of Christ.
They want to virtualize EVERYTHING and they kinda gloss over a bit when you tell them that, at some point, you need a physical connection or hardware to make it work.
Iâ(TM)m sure being voted the worst ISP in the country for X years running had something to do with it.
Though, in defense of the poster above stating they have few issues with Comcast, I have to concur.
Obviously an exception to the rule but my connection is up and running about 95% of the time.
I have an IPSLA trigger running which makes a log entry any time I lose visibility to the network and, as much as youâ(TM)ll hate on me for saying it, that loss is rare and not always their fault.
Iâ(TM)ll see an hour here and there for maintenance ( unlikely unscheduled when it lasts exactly one hour ) but the last major outage ( ~12 hours or so ) was due to an idiot crashing their vehicle into a gas line.
The resulting fire burned up the vehicle and the closest telephone pole which was carrying a Comcast line. They had to wait till the fire was out and the gas line repaired before starting their work.
They sent out an apology and credited everyone for the outage period.
This really isnâ(TM)t behavior I can complain about.
-shrug-
California will be the test market for seeing how well a " driving " tax works vs the fuel tax that is in place today.
California has the highest taxes on fuel in the country coming in around ~70 cents / gallon when all taxes are accounted for.
California accounts for ~10% of total fuel usage in the Nation ( it's a big State with a lot of folks in it )
California uses about ~15B gallons of gas per year
Without having to do the math, as the number of vehicles on California roads using gasoline drops, so too does the tax collected
on gasoline sales. The short term fix will be to raise the fuel taxes even higher ( which will mostly impact those who can't afford EV's,
GJ ! Let's stick it to the poor people lol ) but, in the end, they'll have to switch to another option if they want to keep funding the highways
and all the infrastructure that goes with it.
As a result, a " distance driven " tax will likely be introduced in the not too distant future. It will either be an odometer check yearly when you
have to renew your registration, or it will be via some other means ( like GPS ).
So, good job for lowering your consumption but be prepared for what is likely coming because of it.
"They can, but it costs money and time, and they are not willing to spend either."
Bingo.
No one wants to support half a dozen different versions of a thing. Even you programmer types can agree on that one.
It seems China has the same issues the United States has in that folks with kiddos either:
1) Don't know how or
2) Don't want to be bothered
with actually being a parent.
The simple fix for that Fortnite addiction is to simply not allow them to play it for excessive amounts of time.
You know. . . . BE a parent.
GregMmm's post hit it squarely on the head.
Folks ,who can, are leaving voluntarily because if they don't, they're candidates to be let go during the next round of layoffs.
We see the same song and dance about twice a year. First and last quarters usually.
They are actively canvassing folks twice a year to see who is interested in leaving. Anyone who doesn't take the hint is tossed
into the magic sorting machine to find out who get's the short straw on the next draw.
Lots of " re-organizations " moving folks around which dissolves some groups, but inflates others ( by combining groups ) which
gives HR all they need to cut folks loose. ( They have too many employees doing job X )
Hell, they even started dangling the lump sum carrot in front of management.
Previously, management had to take the annuity and did not have the lump sum option. Now, in an effort to cut as many folks
as they can, the lump sum option is now a reality.
Many folks are waiting around for some magical " package " like the days of old where folks got a few years of service tacked on,
a pension bump and a decent amount of exit cash. ( Which is why we have so many folks with 30, 40 and even 50+ years of service
still working ) They haven't figured out that if the company were to offer it again, so many would take it, the company would have to turn
around and go on a hiring spree. Thus, no package.
My best guess as to why is due to the stupid amounts of debt the company took on with its latest assimilation . . . .er. . . acquisition.
What the company doesn't realize is this: All the folks they want to push out the door are the ones with all the expertise. :|
By the time they get done with layoffs, they'll just end up having to hire them back as contractors to keep things running
We're already starting to see hints of this.
"Contact the database administrator for access" :|
"We can't, they retired."
"What about the alt-administrator ?"
"They retired too. . . "
"Is there anyone maintaining that database at all ?"
"Nope, they all retired."
The other big part is keeping material available that folks want to watch.
There are so many older movies out there that I would like to see again, but none of them are ever on any of the Streaming Services.
You can rent them via physical media, but good luck finding them as a streaming title.
" threat of another economic downturn make it harder for Millennials to thrive as entrepreneurs. "
Not to point out the obvious but economic downturns have a tendency to wreak havoc on everyone, not just Millennials.
( Welcome to the real world btw where things don't always go as expected. )
It's bad enough we have Olympic Curling, but E-Sports ?
I know they're desperate for viewers but come on . . . . .
An Olympic medal in E-Sports is nothing more than a participation trophy from the perspective of the true athletes that compete in the games. :|
It's embarrassing. It's akin to walking up to a total stranger and trying to impress them by telling them you're a level XYZ Tree Elf Unicorn Herder in WoW.
( Pro tip: Other than perhaps the WoW crowd, NO ONE CARES )
Maybe we can add any of the following as well since we're considering the absurd:
Olympic Texting
Olympic Cooking
Olympic Underwater Basket Weaving
Olympic Flower Picking
Olympic Yodeling
Olympic Hot Dog Eating
Olympic Debate Club
Olympic Line Dancing
Olympic Twerking
Olympic Internet Trolling
The point is, there are lots of things many people are really good at and, admittedly, some are more popular than others.
( I have never figured out the allure of watching someone ELSE play a video game )
Trying to compare those activities with Olympic level athletics is just insanity.
Many of the buildings I've worked in with my company over the past couple of decades have had levels of mold, damage and inadequate upkeep
that ranged from elevated to downright ludicrous.
Like many large companies, they have their own Health / Hazard / Safety teams that we are supposed to contact about any concerns.
When we did complain ( many times ) about the mold growing on everything ( walls, floor, desks, chairs, etc ) in the locked room next door to us,
they would simply send out a cleaning crew to vacuum, wipe down and otherwise remove the most obvious stuff. The Health Organization ison the
company payroll so it is their job to fix any issues as quickly and cheaply as possible, so keep that in mind.
Finally, someone got OSHA involved and after showing up the inspector ordered the evacuation of the impacted area and the areas adjacent to it.
( Three floors ) The company was forced to rip out everything down to the concrete and steel. Clean up took years.
That was the first building. My doctors seem to think that the time I spent there ( many years ) are why my lungs and sinuses are where they are
today. One of my coworkers always had what we thought to be an Asthma issue as he was always coughing and spitting out crap. After
developing similar symptoms, I wonder just how much the daily exposure to those levels of mold had in his condition.
I heard he died not long after retiring. :|
After moving from the building, anytime my symptoms started to worsen I would ask the Health folks for an air quality check.
I've had to vacate two additional buildings ( three total now ) because of the results showing high / elevated concentrations of various species
of mold.
The most recent building I work in rarely gets cleaned. The cleaning crews show up roughly once a month ( the building only has a few full time
employeesin it ) to change out the paper towels, take out the trash and clean the toilets. They do not sweep, mop, vacuum the floor or wipe down
any horizontal surfaces at all. Where a roach died on the floor, it stayed there for years even if it was the middle of the room.
Once again, I contacted our Health folks and the building manager to come look for themselves and to run an air quality check.
I straight up asked the building manager why the cleaning crews didn't vacuum, sweep or clean up the obvious and his answer was:
" It's not in the budget. "
I then walked them around the building to show them all the dead roaches, the fact that the carpet hadn't seen a vacuum for more than a
decade, the mold growing on the walls of an unused front door entrance, breaks and splits in the walls from previous water damage that was
never fixed, the multi-colored water damaged carpet in one of the hallways and the list goes on and on.
The air quality check produced results as one might expect from said conditions. :| )
( Of course the cleaning crew made an extra effort the next time they were out due to the complaints. They even washed the carpet.
Here's the kicker. This is a Fortune 500 company whose profits were ~$20 BILLION last year.
( Profits. Total revenues in excess of ~$150 Billion in 2017 )
" It's not in the budget. "
I've debated bringing OSHA back into the picture as there is a clear pattern of incompetence on the part of the company I work for.
The company owns thousands of buildings across the country alone. Many more overseas. I could probably keep OSHA inspectors
busy and employed for the next decade just inspecting the buildings.
The problem is, we all know what will happen if I do.
I won't get fired for reporting it ( that's illegal ), but they will certainly find something ( anything ) they can fire me for eventually.
So the conundrum is this:
Try to outlive it with the few years I have left before retirement, or report it and risk getting fired which will likely wreak any retirement
plans I had. ( Assuming I don't kee
Gain control of that glove of his. . . . . specifically the Time Stone and you can roll back the clock before the snap.
I figure that's how they're going to undo all of this.
Demanding top tier prices for your goods works well for a while, but it doesn't last forever. Especially if you have a market full of cheaper competition.
The best example I can think of off the top of my head would be Silicon Graphics.
They used to be the top dog of the CGI hardware world.
Eventually, everyone dropped them like a bad habit due to the availability of much lower priced hardware.
Apple should probably enjoy the market while they can because it will eventually reach a point where their prices will actually start forcing folks to look at alternatives.
$10k seems low for a 5-6kw system unless they're still being subsidized.
I assume they still are. . .
How does that work ?
Bear spray is typically nothing more than Pepper Spray at a higher concentration. While I'm certainly not downplaying the effectiveness of Pepper Spray ( I once cleared an entire downtown building with just a few shots of it: long story ), unless you have a breathing issue like Asthma, COPD, or the like, I don't understand how you can be in Critical Condition after exposure to it.
The simple fix is to require damage resistant packaging for such items.