Amazon and Google aren't monopolies in any serious sense of the word. Yes they are 800lb gorillas in their respective space but not monopolies unless you define the market so narrowly as to make the term lose meaning.
Holy fucking shit, your pedantry has clearly crossed the line into the autism spectrum. You should have yourself evaluated by a mental health professional, as should anyone moderating your comment up or posting similar comments. The real world is waiting for you, when you're ready. It's going to take a lot of hard work, but if you have the support of your friends and family, I know you can make it.
give the employees a choice of a dozen different arbiters that Google feels are fair players, and let those arbiters fight it out for employee preference by competing on the most fair dealings for employees
Why would it be in a business's interest to use fair arbiters? Why would arbiters, who rely on corporate defendants (not aggrieved individuals) for repeat business, be motivated to render fair findings rather than findings which favor the company? Why do nearly all contracts which require mandatory binding arbitration also specify that the results of arbitration must remain secret? As much as you hate the idea, governments have a larger role to play than simply providing for the national defense.
The calls which spoof your exchange were easy to spot. Now it will just go back to being numbers I don't recognize from other area codes. Seems criminal that Android doesn't have a standard option to use whitelisting for phone calls and disable alerts for voice mail left by numbers not on the list.
This will just get tossed by the judge for the same reason almost all privacy lawsuits that don't involve leaked footage of a naked celebrity are dismissed. The plaintiff can't PROVE they were harmed. Which apparently means the perp gets a freebie. That's some legal system we've got...
If I ever go on a shooting rampage I hope you're a member of the jury. I'll just have my attorney explain to the court that *I* didn't kill anyone, it was the bullets from the gun that I fired.
"The number of people who died at the hands of gumpish was: Zero. The indirect results from bullet-related issues and blood loss was not zero, but I find it hard to argue that the gunman is directly responsible for the deaths of so many people."
If the headline was "Open source group harassed by Microsoft" I'd get ready to be mildly upset, but upon learning it was GNOME being harassed I'd quickly switch to being mildly pleased.
If value A is "2 times less" than value B, does that mean A is 1/2 B? So "3.7 times lower" means a factor of 1/3.7 ?
While I'm on the subject, there is no unit for "coldness" or "slowness", so please stop saying nonsense like "twice as cold" or "ten times slower" and stick to "half the temperature" and "one-tenth the speed". FFS
Slowly over time, universal Income is increased (doesn't cover "basic" needs any more)
Actually the cost of most commodities and services *should* be trending towards zero as automation takes over (which is what will make something like UBI necessary due to 50%+ unemployment). But in all likelihood we'll end up living out the bad ending in Manna: http://marshallbrain.com/manna1.htm
Setting aside the facial recognition component of the story, is the the first time mass surveillance has actually resulted in the apprehension of a fugitive? England is covered with cameras but you never hear stories about them doing any good.
Now we ALL get to enjoy a jagged viewport in landscape orientation.
At least it's not as horrifying as the time Apple's use of glossy displays on their laptops convinced display manufacturers that ALL displays should have a glossy finish. (Hope you like glare.)
Christ, your stockholm syndrome is so bad you were probably nodding to yourself when you read Apple executives explaining that the reason they removed the headphone jack was "courage".
For those who might not be aware, you can direct the credit reporting companies to "freeze" your credit report. This will stop identity thieves from using your information to open new lines of credit under your name. (It also stops you from doing things that require a check of your credit score, like applying for a loan, etc.)
I'm going to go out on a limb here and guess that you're also never bother by the sounds of someone eating, clicking a pen, or the visual of someone idly bouncing their leg on the ball of their foot.
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Holy fucking shit, your pedantry has clearly crossed the line into the autism spectrum. You should have yourself evaluated by a mental health professional, as should anyone moderating your comment up or posting similar comments. The real world is waiting for you, when you're ready. It's going to take a lot of hard work, but if you have the support of your friends and family, I know you can make it.
Why would it be in a business's interest to use fair arbiters?
Why would arbiters, who rely on corporate defendants (not aggrieved individuals) for repeat business, be motivated to render fair findings rather than findings which favor the company?
Why do nearly all contracts which require mandatory binding arbitration also specify that the results of arbitration must remain secret?
As much as you hate the idea, governments have a larger role to play than simply providing for the national defense.
The calls which spoof your exchange were easy to spot. Now it will just go back to being numbers I don't recognize from other area codes. Seems criminal that Android doesn't have a standard option to use whitelisting for phone calls and disable alerts for voice mail left by numbers not on the list.
This bugs me as well.
"10 times slower"
"Twice as cold"
"20% thinner"
It's all nonsense. The marketing types sure didn't help when they decided to start saying shit like "This laptop is just 0.75 inches thin."
This will just get tossed by the judge for the same reason almost all privacy lawsuits that don't involve leaked footage of a naked celebrity are dismissed. The plaintiff can't PROVE they were harmed. Which apparently means the perp gets a freebie. That's some legal system we've got...
If I ever go on a shooting rampage I hope you're a member of the jury. I'll just have my attorney explain to the court that *I* didn't kill anyone, it was the bullets from the gun that I fired.
"The number of people who died at the hands of gumpish was: Zero. The indirect results from bullet-related issues and blood loss was not zero, but I find it hard to argue that the gunman is directly responsible for the deaths of so many people."
I have a hard time imagining the mindset of someone who thinks interstellar civilizations will be like Vikings, but with space ships.
So what you're saying is a black hole CAN rotate faster, but if it does it better hope no cops are around?
Still waiting on a replacement for TamperData.
No, I'm not interested in configuring burp suite everywhere.
If the headline was "Open source group harassed by Microsoft" I'd get ready to be mildly upset, but upon learning it was GNOME being harassed I'd quickly switch to being mildly pleased.
Get with the times.
All UI must now be compatible with the lowest common denominator: a smartphone in portrait orientation.
Fuck you.
Stick to capeshit and Star Wars.
What the hell are they trying to convey here?
If value A is "2 times less" than value B, does that mean A is 1/2 B? So "3.7 times lower" means a factor of 1/3.7 ?
While I'm on the subject, there is no unit for "coldness" or "slowness", so please stop saying nonsense like "twice as cold" or "ten times slower" and stick to "half the temperature" and "one-tenth the speed". FFS
Here's hoping they include the scum bags at Psyonix (Rocket League).
Actually the cost of most commodities and services *should* be trending towards zero as automation takes over (which is what will make something like UBI necessary due to 50%+ unemployment).
But in all likelihood we'll end up living out the bad ending in Manna: http://marshallbrain.com/manna1.htm
Setting aside the facial recognition component of the story, is the the first time mass surveillance has actually resulted in the apprehension of a fugitive? England is covered with cameras but you never hear stories about them doing any good.
Now we ALL get to enjoy a jagged viewport in landscape orientation.
At least it's not as horrifying as the time Apple's use of glossy displays on their laptops convinced display manufacturers that ALL displays should have a glossy finish. (Hope you like glare.)
And Frank Herbert described the technology even earlier in the Dune series.
Christ, your stockholm syndrome is so bad you were probably nodding to yourself when you read Apple executives explaining that the reason they removed the headphone jack was "courage".
For those who might not be aware, you can direct the credit reporting companies to "freeze" your credit report. This will stop identity thieves from using your information to open new lines of credit under your name. (It also stops you from doing things that require a check of your credit score, like applying for a loan, etc.)
https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/a...
I need another long vacation from /.
Arg, silly me, expecting slashdot to behave like a sane site and perform entity encoding.
if (intA < intB)
So if you were reading some code out loud to someone and you reached the following line making a comparison between two integers:
if (intA intB)
You would read that as "if int A is fewer than int B"?
I'm going to go out on a limb here and guess that you're also never bother by the sounds of someone eating, clicking a pen, or the visual of someone idly bouncing their leg on the ball of their foot.
Nobody asked you.