But that doesn't mean it necessarily will be offshored. The company I work for is headquartered in Atlanta, but has a small satellite office in Scotland (because the CEO grew up there and wants to provide jobs in his hometown). I'm on the same scrum team as one of the guys over there and therefore work closely with him without any problems (all our meetings are during morning our time, afternoon his time).
Ironically, I'm not allowed to telecommute except in exceptional circumstances...
You must have missed the part where these companies are selling the data to whoever wants it, regardless of the reason.
Therefore, you must also:
Never become wealthy, famous, or politically-active such that someone might ever want to blackmail you.
Never have a relationship with anyone who might, at some unknown time in the future, go crazy and try to stalk you.
Never have previously had relationship with anyone who might, at some unknown time in the future, go crazy and try to stalk you.
Never do anything that might upset anyone (including extremists who would be upset by your failure to join them in their extremism).
Never break any law or any future law, just or unjust, of any jursidiction ('cause you never know when some fascist might repeal the "no ex-post-facto laws" clause and start digging through the records).
Never, even by random chance, do anything that might even be statistically correlated with any of the above.
Never, even by random chance, do anything that might even be erroneously statistically correlated with any of the above!
You've seen one of these so called scanner-cars driving the parking lots?
It's happened where I work (a suburban office park in a middle-class area). I didn't understand why the car was driving around at the time, but in retrospect this was why.
One time cost for a TV ($10 at the thrift store) plus one time cost for antenna (big used one was $50)
Those still work, if you add the one time cost for a digital-to-analog converter box ($40, or $0 back when they had the vouchers). Contrary to popular belief, there's not anything special about digital TV as far as antennas are concerned, except that fewer channels are on VHF.
...generic furniture sold at (but not designed by) IKEA...
I don't think IKEA sells generic things not designed by itself -- does it?
I once bought a piece of used furniture at an antique store and then found it at IKEA for cheaper. I took it back to the antique store and re-bought it at the IKEA. I would have been stupid not to!
You tell me, since you misread my post. I was trying to make the point that increasing the population should not only result in a decrease of overhead, but that the decrease in overhead of the US vs. Chile should have been even larger than the GP reported. (The US overhead should have been closer to 1/20 that of Chile, not 1/10, i.e. 1.5% instead of 3%.)
Yes, if you don't have a warrant. And the police in this case indeed did not have one, since to get one they'd have to tell the judge about the device.
Your average investor who owns stock via their 401(k) or other mutual fund investment isn't able to make such choices...
Bullshit. The average investor is perfectly free to choose not to hold funds that include Exxon.
(Personally, I think the risk is worth it anyway... I hold total-market index funds, and would be perfectly fine with the fraction of value represented by Exxon going to zero if that were necessary for the clean-up. Oh noes, my VTI decreased by 2.15% -- whoop-de-fucking-do!)
It's not that nobody wants to condemn it, it's that the US can't do so without being hypocritical and the EU can't do so without threatening their oil/natural gas supply.
Space elevators proponents always miss one very important detail. If you have the material to make the elevator, you can use that material to make traditional rockets too. And it may well make rockets cheaper than a elevator.
Although making rockets out of nanotube carbon fiber would certainly reduce the weight, it wouldn't reduce it that much. You forget that the bulk of a rocket's weight is fuel; eliminating that is the "big win" a space elevator provides.
Giving people warnings with the real reason for the problem apparently opens up too much liability. Better to fire them with the vague excuse that they "weren't a good fit," or even lay them off, so that they don't have any ammo for a lawsuit. Not only does the former employee have no recourse, he doesn't even know what to do differently at his next job -- it's the perfect passive-aggressive "fuck you" for the modern manager to use!
Not to mention, with automation (including direct-deposit, so there's not even physical checks being mailed), a lot of the overhead ought to be fixed rather than scaling with population. Given that the US population is 18x larger than Chile's but the overhead is only 10x less, that means the US SSA is doing worse than Chile's (assuming the % of population on retirement is the same in both places, etc.).
The revenues from hunting and fishing licenses are pretty much the reason why we can afford to keep a lot of that nature around instead of selling it off for farming or development.
Sounds about like my experience (including having to go pick the damn thing up -- one more way that they try to force people into cable boxes and restrict customer choice) except my self-activation worked after talking to the right person (the first time I called to activate, they told me to call another number that turned out to be the TiVo help line (and yes, they should have known that my HDHomeRun was not the same thing as a TiVo).
So just keep making the mask cover a larger and larger area until you find part of the head that works better to seal against. Maybe it'll end up looking like one of those masks from Avatar (or maybe even a spacesuit helmet), but sooner or later you'll find a design that's comfortable.
Money is simply a stand-in representation for resources so it can be shared amongst the populace. If the amount of resources stays roughly the same (which it does) but the population grows exponentially then there is simply fewer resources to go around as time progresses.
Fuck off, because that's not what's happening. Instead, the amount of resources and population are both growing, but the resources aren't "going around" and are instead being horded by those at the top.
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But that doesn't mean it necessarily will be offshored. The company I work for is headquartered in Atlanta, but has a small satellite office in Scotland (because the CEO grew up there and wants to provide jobs in his hometown). I'm on the same scrum team as one of the guys over there and therefore work closely with him without any problems (all our meetings are during morning our time, afternoon his time).
Ironically, I'm not allowed to telecommute except in exceptional circumstances...
Nah, if there were a pattern then the next thing would be some fascist from Europe annexing his neighboring countries.
You must have missed the part where these companies are selling the data to whoever wants it, regardless of the reason.
Therefore, you must also:
Yeah, good luck with that!
It's happened where I work (a suburban office park in a middle-class area). I didn't understand why the car was driving around at the time, but in retrospect this was why.
...then it means the suspect is actively attacking, right at that moment; i.e., the lives of officers or third parties are in immediate danger.
Because it WASN'T A GODDAMNED SHOOTOUT, YOU FASCIST TWAT!
So... something that happens every 70 years or so? Forgive me if I'm not reassured.
Your theme music would be more like this.
Those still work, if you add the one time cost for a digital-to-analog converter box ($40, or $0 back when they had the vouchers). Contrary to popular belief, there's not anything special about digital TV as far as antennas are concerned, except that fewer channels are on VHF.
More like, tape it to the RFID reader.
I don't think IKEA sells generic things not designed by itself -- does it?
I once bought a piece of used furniture at an antique store and then found it at IKEA for cheaper. I took it back to the antique store and re-bought it at the IKEA. I would have been stupid not to!
If I went to Dunkin' I would have to pay for it. If I use the Keurig in the office, the company pays for it.
You tell me, since you misread my post. I was trying to make the point that increasing the population should not only result in a decrease of overhead, but that the decrease in overhead of the US vs. Chile should have been even larger than the GP reported. (The US overhead should have been closer to 1/20 that of Chile, not 1/10, i.e. 1.5% instead of 3%.)
...really?
Yes, if you don't have a warrant. And the police in this case indeed did not have one, since to get one they'd have to tell the judge about the device.
Bullshit. The average investor is perfectly free to choose not to hold funds that include Exxon.
(Personally, I think the risk is worth it anyway... I hold total-market index funds, and would be perfectly fine with the fraction of value represented by Exxon going to zero if that were necessary for the clean-up. Oh noes, my VTI decreased by 2.15% -- whoop-de-fucking-do!)
Large corporations cause bad events to happen because they dilute responsibility.
Solution: ban large corporations!
It's not that nobody wants to condemn it, it's that the US can't do so without being hypocritical and the EU can't do so without threatening their oil/natural gas supply.
Although making rockets out of nanotube carbon fiber would certainly reduce the weight, it wouldn't reduce it that much. You forget that the bulk of a rocket's weight is fuel; eliminating that is the "big win" a space elevator provides.
Giving people warnings with the real reason for the problem apparently opens up too much liability. Better to fire them with the vague excuse that they "weren't a good fit," or even lay them off, so that they don't have any ammo for a lawsuit. Not only does the former employee have no recourse, he doesn't even know what to do differently at his next job -- it's the perfect passive-aggressive "fuck you" for the modern manager to use!
Not to mention, with automation (including direct-deposit, so there's not even physical checks being mailed), a lot of the overhead ought to be fixed rather than scaling with population. Given that the US population is 18x larger than Chile's but the overhead is only 10x less, that means the US SSA is doing worse than Chile's (assuming the % of population on retirement is the same in both places, etc.).
The revenues from hunting and fishing licenses are pretty much the reason why we can afford to keep a lot of that nature around instead of selling it off for farming or development.
Sounds about like my experience (including having to go pick the damn thing up -- one more way that they try to force people into cable boxes and restrict customer choice) except my self-activation worked after talking to the right person (the first time I called to activate, they told me to call another number that turned out to be the TiVo help line (and yes, they should have known that my HDHomeRun was not the same thing as a TiVo).
So just keep making the mask cover a larger and larger area until you find part of the head that works better to seal against. Maybe it'll end up looking like one of those masks from Avatar (or maybe even a spacesuit helmet), but sooner or later you'll find a design that's comfortable.
Fuck off, because that's not what's happening. Instead, the amount of resources and population are both growing, but the resources aren't "going around" and are instead being horded by those at the top.
Or, if you're a masochist, you can ask for a CableCard.