Don't just blame companies and the government for the future failure of UBI. The individual collecting it will also be a major contributor to it eventual collapse.
1. UBI recipients will demand more. They will want to live in high cost areas of the country and they will want enough to pay for those costs.
2. UBI recipients will inevitably mismanage their funds and safety nets will have to be reestablished to cover medical and other needs. The bleeding hearts will not stand by and allow UBI recipients to suffer just because they cannot manager their funds.
In case your interested, Musk is paying for this himself. From the article "In exchange for paying to build the new transit system, Boring would keep the revenue from the systemâ(TM)s transit fees and any money generated by advertisements, branding and in-vehicle sales."
I have been using Sophos UTM for years and I love how it has a default secure state and you have to unblock everything you want to use. However UTM is getting close to EOL and so I switched to their new XG firewall. IT is more open as a default but that is easily fixed with a new rule that blocks everything. After a bit of learning I like the new xg firewall and because it is free I can't complain about the price. I bought a cheap desktop online and added a second nic card. It has been running for about 6 months without any problems.
Really? That's the best comeback you've got? Nuclear weapons? I won't stupe to your level by calling you dirogitory names, but here I am arguing that government should not be in charge of health care because thay take forever to get things done, and health care needs quick reactions, and you try and lump in nuclear weapons into the same category? I for one want them to take a long time to decide to launch nuclear weapons. If you want them to launch them faster then good luck with that. A world where we launch weapons with the speed that we need in healthcare would not be a great place to live in.
I can't wait until the government takes over our healthcare. They have proven time and time again that they are the best at managing important services.
"The campaign reached its fundraising goal within a few hours, reports long-time Slashdot reader NoOnesMessiah, and within three days they'd already raised four times the needed amount and began unlocking their stretch goals."
Sorry I don't follow a lot of kickstarter campaigns, but of the ones I have heard about it seems like the ones that over raise are more likely to fail. I think it is a matter of their eyes are bigger than their ability to execute. I will be interested to see if this one can keep their expectations in check and not let feature creep kill the project.
I always wipe and reinstall with a clean version of Windows when I get a new computer. No exceptions. The drivers are easily found online and I make a backup disk or backup USB of the drivers incase something happens. This has made things much more enjoyable with the laptops I buy.
With Windows 10 this is super easy because Microsoft provides a software package that will create an installer for you, and because Win10 registers itself online with your hardware specs you don't even need a key. It really is easy and I highly recommend it.
Sounds like a massive overreach by the Government. They really need to stay out of private contracts between adults. The only reason the courts should be involved is if someone broke the law. In addition, if the songwriters are not happy with the terms, don't sign. Maybe I am crazy, but I don't see any good long term benefit from this. As always the Government will expand this further. For those of you that support this action I hope some day when the Government starts reaching more and more into your private lives you are happy that you supported this action.
My children have a plethora of things to do. I have bought them bicycles, scooters, RC cars, drones, board games, trampoline, pets, we have a neighborhood full of other kids their age, siblings, a park about a 5 minute walk away, I even bought one of my sons a 4 wheeler. What does he choose to do with his free time? Play video games (he does not have a phone, but is constantly begging for one, which I refuse to buy). I am pushing him constantly to get off those and go outside and short of physically dragging him outside it is almost impossible to get him to move. I have even put time limits on his electronic time and he would rather sit in his room and mope then go out and play. I fully admit that I may have dome something wrong to produce this kind of child, but I really think electronics are ultra addictive and somehow provide a stimulation that those other activities cannot.
I actually agree with Apple on this. Having this app will give people a false impression of throttling where non exists. It is impossible to tell if ISP throttling is going on just from the download speed. For example this statement "YouTube to my iPhone at 6 Mbps, Amazon Prime video at 8 Mbps, and Netflix at 4 Mbps. It downloaded other data at speeds of up to 25 Mbps." seems to indicate ISP throttling, but can happen for many reasons. It could be that each service uses a different compression and therefore they would necessarily need to send data at different speeds. Just because Youtube is not using all the available bandwidth does not mean it is being throttled by the ISP. I also imagine that YouTube itself has some bandwidth management built in to prevent one customer from negatively affecting the rest. This app would do nothing but stir up anger.
I submitted this a couple hours before it was posted on the front page. Why does it say an anonymous reader posted it?
https://slashdot.org/submissio...
As a conservative, free market supporter I also support this. I think you will find that most conservatives support states, counties, and cities doing this. What we don't want is the federal gov imposing these kinds of things on everyone. I would also support state single payer health care, and any other social program as long as it is done at the state, or lower, level where the people actually have a say in what is going on.
"Bloomberg reported on Friday that a class action seeking to represent 143 million consumers has been filed, and it alleges the company didn't spend enough on protecting data. The class-action -- filed by the firm Olsen Daines PC along with Geragos & Geragos, a celebrity law firm known for blockbuster class actions -- will seek as much as $70 billion in damages nationally."
As long as 99.9% of the settlement goes to those who were affected I can get behind this. Unfortunately I know that a huge chunk will go to the lawyers.
Real people must also not need locks on their doors, because the only reason to lock your door is so that no one can see your illegal activities. Forget protecting your property, that is like protecting your privacy, not important to the government.
My phone, a oneplus one, and possibly even the newer oneplus phones, will allow you to use the camera, without unlocking the phone. This way I can film without exposing my private data.
"Because the cosmos emerged some 13.8 billion years ago, we're only able to observe objects up to a certain distance from Earth. Anything outside this "Hubble Bubble" is invisible to us because the light from these distant objects simply haven't had enough time to reach us."
The light has been traveling for 13.8 billion years and it still hasn't reached us. That is amazing.
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Don't just blame companies and the government for the future failure of UBI. The individual collecting it will also be a major contributor to it eventual collapse.
1. UBI recipients will demand more. They will want to live in high cost areas of the country and they will want enough to pay for those costs.
2. UBI recipients will inevitably mismanage their funds and safety nets will have to be reestablished to cover medical and other needs. The bleeding hearts will not stand by and allow UBI recipients to suffer just because they cannot manager their funds.
In case your interested, Musk is paying for this himself. From the article "In exchange for paying to build the new transit system, Boring would keep the revenue from the systemâ(TM)s transit fees and any money generated by advertisements, branding and in-vehicle sales."
I have been using Sophos UTM for years and I love how it has a default secure state and you have to unblock everything you want to use. However UTM is getting close to EOL and so I switched to their new XG firewall. IT is more open as a default but that is easily fixed with a new rule that blocks everything. After a bit of learning I like the new xg firewall and because it is free I can't complain about the price. I bought a cheap desktop online and added a second nic card. It has been running for about 6 months without any problems.
Is it just me or have I read this story before? https://apple.slashdot.org/sto...
Really? That's the best comeback you've got? Nuclear weapons? I won't stupe to your level by calling you dirogitory names, but here I am arguing that government should not be in charge of health care because thay take forever to get things done, and health care needs quick reactions, and you try and lump in nuclear weapons into the same category? I for one want them to take a long time to decide to launch nuclear weapons. If you want them to launch them faster then good luck with that. A world where we launch weapons with the speed that we need in healthcare would not be a great place to live in.
I can't wait until the government takes over our healthcare. They have proven time and time again that they are the best at managing important services.
"The campaign reached its fundraising goal within a few hours, reports long-time Slashdot reader NoOnesMessiah, and within three days they'd already raised four times the needed amount and began unlocking their stretch goals."
Sorry I don't follow a lot of kickstarter campaigns, but of the ones I have heard about it seems like the ones that over raise are more likely to fail. I think it is a matter of their eyes are bigger than their ability to execute. I will be interested to see if this one can keep their expectations in check and not let feature creep kill the project.
I always wipe and reinstall with a clean version of Windows when I get a new computer. No exceptions. The drivers are easily found online and I make a backup disk or backup USB of the drivers incase something happens. This has made things much more enjoyable with the laptops I buy. With Windows 10 this is super easy because Microsoft provides a software package that will create an installer for you, and because Win10 registers itself online with your hardware specs you don't even need a key. It really is easy and I highly recommend it.
Sounds like a massive overreach by the Government. They really need to stay out of private contracts between adults. The only reason the courts should be involved is if someone broke the law. In addition, if the songwriters are not happy with the terms, don't sign. Maybe I am crazy, but I don't see any good long term benefit from this. As always the Government will expand this further. For those of you that support this action I hope some day when the Government starts reaching more and more into your private lives you are happy that you supported this action.
My children have a plethora of things to do. I have bought them bicycles, scooters, RC cars, drones, board games, trampoline, pets, we have a neighborhood full of other kids their age, siblings, a park about a 5 minute walk away, I even bought one of my sons a 4 wheeler. What does he choose to do with his free time? Play video games (he does not have a phone, but is constantly begging for one, which I refuse to buy). I am pushing him constantly to get off those and go outside and short of physically dragging him outside it is almost impossible to get him to move. I have even put time limits on his electronic time and he would rather sit in his room and mope then go out and play. I fully admit that I may have dome something wrong to produce this kind of child, but I really think electronics are ultra addictive and somehow provide a stimulation that those other activities cannot.
The previously mentioned sharing is legal, the sharing you are talking about is not.
I actually agree with Apple on this. Having this app will give people a false impression of throttling where non exists. It is impossible to tell if ISP throttling is going on just from the download speed. For example this statement "YouTube to my iPhone at 6 Mbps, Amazon Prime video at 8 Mbps, and Netflix at 4 Mbps. It downloaded other data at speeds of up to 25 Mbps." seems to indicate ISP throttling, but can happen for many reasons. It could be that each service uses a different compression and therefore they would necessarily need to send data at different speeds. Just because Youtube is not using all the available bandwidth does not mean it is being throttled by the ISP. I also imagine that YouTube itself has some bandwidth management built in to prevent one customer from negatively affecting the rest. This app would do nothing but stir up anger.
Oh sorry, I just realised these are suggestions. I thought this was existing law. my bad.
source?
I submitted this a couple hours before it was posted on the front page. Why does it say an anonymous reader posted it? https://slashdot.org/submissio...
As a conservative, free market supporter I also support this. I think you will find that most conservatives support states, counties, and cities doing this. What we don't want is the federal gov imposing these kinds of things on everyone. I would also support state single payer health care, and any other social program as long as it is done at the state, or lower, level where the people actually have a say in what is going on.
https://www.investors.com/poli...
We can't possibly allow the truth to get in the way of a leftist agenda
So to the police. https://www.theatlantic.com/te...
"Bloomberg reported on Friday that a class action seeking to represent 143 million consumers has been filed, and it alleges the company didn't spend enough on protecting data. The class-action -- filed by the firm Olsen Daines PC along with Geragos & Geragos, a celebrity law firm known for blockbuster class actions -- will seek as much as $70 billion in damages nationally."
As long as 99.9% of the settlement goes to those who were affected I can get behind this. Unfortunately I know that a huge chunk will go to the lawyers.
Real people must also not need locks on their doors, because the only reason to lock your door is so that no one can see your illegal activities. Forget protecting your property, that is like protecting your privacy, not important to the government.
Amen. I wish I had mod points
We see it all the time in police shows "i won't testify until I get immunity blah blah blah"
My phone, a oneplus one, and possibly even the newer oneplus phones, will allow you to use the camera, without unlocking the phone. This way I can film without exposing my private data.
This line fascinates me
"Because the cosmos emerged some 13.8 billion years ago, we're only able to observe objects up to a certain distance from Earth. Anything outside this "Hubble Bubble" is invisible to us because the light from these distant objects simply haven't had enough time to reach us."
The light has been traveling for 13.8 billion years and it still hasn't reached us. That is amazing.