Uber contractors/employees have far more RIGHTS than any union provides. How many jobs REALLY let you set your own hours? How many contract jobs are on-demand for the CONTRACTOR?
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This type of work has existed centuries. (non-retail) Sales jobs have this option to set your own hours - and if you are good, you get better pay.
One big differentiating factor however is price. The franchised or independent sales person can alter their prices to their competitive (or financial) advantage. The independent Uber driver can not do this.
I read in other related articles about people being paid to impersonate interested women on dating sites.
Given the language in the disclaimer, how would that apply in this case -- if it is an employee or contractor perpetrating a scam, then it is not "purely for entertainment purposes". Not that it would be simple to make that direct connection and bring it to trial, but you would figure the lawyers would come up with broader terms.
The 'how could it be worse' would be something like the Toyota incident from a few years back where people claimed the drive-by-wire accelerator malfunctioned.
It would be good to know the content of their quick patches; I would assume that a quick patch of this type would just be disabling networking links to drive train capabilities, but considering how criminally stupid the development team (or more likely the product management for the dev team) has been thus far, who knows what they are doing; maybe changing an existing default password to a new default password.
Probably tangental to the actual argument he is presenting, but the seniority system implemented in the US congress (combined with the lack of term limits) creates a large amount of inequality between various members of congress.
Replacing an multi-term idiot incumbent is made much harder when unseating said idiot will result in a real loss of power for the district (via a lost committee position) vs. electing someone of unknown or lesser idiocy that will have no seniority. This is one of the major reasons that there is little turnover in primary elections in the US.
I use a very minimal desktop. I just like a 4x4 pager and a ton of xterms.
From a CentOS 7 install last month, i couldn't even get Gnome to load the pager module I kept getting pointed to plugin repos that failed to worked and found no real solution to get it working. Had no issues with Gnome 2.
I'm all for taking an idea and making it better or putting it in a new direction. His memo is completely correct about the iPad/iPod/Google.
But in this case, how is what they are doing any different from Vanilla Ice using the music from "Under Pressure" in "Ice Ice Baby". New musicians playing on different instruments, with an added extra cymbal crash. A judge ruled that he stole the music and he had to shell out a bunch of cash. Can't nimblebit or whoever use that case as a legal precedent? Different code that output almost the same result.
Why don't you blame the 50% of americans that did not vote? It is stupid to blame a candidate for running. People have a right to run if they make it on the ballot.
I'm still not sure if I'm voting 3rd party or Obama. He was going to be the first demopublican for which i was going to vote (for President, at least, have few choices in other races). However, he has failed at 'change' on so many levels in his recent voting record and chosen a horrible running-mate.
Biden has a horrible record on defending our liberties (privacy, gun control, etc). He will definately have some influence on policy.
Barr has a horrible record, too (i.e. Barr Amendment which is still in effect in DC). Libertarians picked a loser of a candidate this time, in terms of civil liberties and deregulation.
I'm not so sure the events were totally compelling. Especially since he knew so much about wand lore.
He basically told everyone at the scene of the battle (which was a whole lot of people, friend and foe) all about the Elder wand. Then he showed everyone that he owned the wand. But, if everyone on the planet knew he owned that wand (even if he buried it away), there would definately be someone who would try and get it from him. The only people who knew he was hiding the wand were his close friends; and, hide it away or not, going by the shakey "harry owns the wand because he defeated draco, even though draco wasn't using the elder wand" plot device, he could still lose the wand in combat at any time.
he should have just killed voldemort and then explained all the theory to his friend in private, instead of making the classic villians mistake (of explaining yourself to someone you are about to kill).
Either that, or he should have kept the wand to help insure that he died undefeated.... though, it is not like there aren't tons of inconsistancies throughout the books anyway.Does help to explain why Dumbledore was such a badass in combat, even at his age.
Still, overall, good book.
Though, based on the above reasoning, a kick-ass epliogue would have been Stan Shunpike getting the Elder Wand from Harry and becoming a major badass.
The difference here, though, is that it would be published. Even if the accuser is anonymous, wouldn't it leave the publisher (the state) open to civil suit for publishing unsubstantiated accusations as truth? Is the state shielded from slander laws?
I suppose that they could shield themselves with a provision in the new law. Though, I'd hope that a court would strike any such provision.
I haven't visited Pandora's in a few years, but in the past, they always had a few game systems available for customer use - to try out the latest import games. Similar to the practices of other console retailers.
It is very possible that the "some hold 15 or more games" was just the one display unit in each store for customer in-store usage. If that is the case, it may not be an open and shut case - though, I'm sure they will have a hard time proving that the display units were not for sale.
While many here will debate the fairness of the 15% clause does anybody seriously think that the American public would have been served by having the debate canceled?
The issue here wasn't the 15% clause. The injunction was based upon the Arizona State Constitution. The argument centered on the fact that the LP is on the ballot and an officially recognized political entity in Arizona. Therefor, the state was unlawfully providing contributions to only the Democratic and Repulican parties. From the summary on the blog:
... argued the case based on the violation of Arizonas Constitution, Art. 9, Sec. 7, which prohibit gifts to private entities. He presented additional arguments based on the 1st Amendment, the 14th Amendment equal protection clause, and case law which was on point.
When the U.S. Navy's first integrated power system (IPS)/electric drive warship arrives in 2011 as the DD(X), the service will mark a technological breakthrough that not only signals a new era for naval engineering, but provides huge amounts of electrical power for uses once considered fanciful, such as free electron lasers, high-powered microwaves and electromagnetic rail guns....
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When the new ship arrives in service it will be armed with very advanced, but conventional weaponry, including two United Defense 155mm Advanced Gun System cannons and an 80-cell vertical launch system for various guided missiles. But these systems are stepping stones to greater capabilities,...
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Advanced weapon technologies may one day take advantage of surplus electricity aboard ships, including free electron lasers, high-powered microwaves and electromagnetic rail guns.
So, all the talk about the energy weapons just refers to the fact that the destroyer's engines' output will be available to the entire ship's electrical systems (instead of the current arrangement in which the engines just power the propellers and a second set of engines gives power to the rest of the ship). This will give surplus power for the rail guns, etc.
Going to the gym, especially alone, can be really boring. This is, as you alluded to, why you haven't been going. There are many less boring alternatives to working out than a gym or even running.
What you need is something that isn't boring. DDR isn't all that boring, especially when you get all the expansions. Other alternatives - Find someone to work out with or try and find a gym with organized classes that are convinient for your schedule. Other people will help motivate you and make things much less boring. Also there are things aside from gyms - adult sports leagues (soccer/ultimate frisbee/etc), martial arts, etc.
I went the martial arts route. It is a killer workout. It is not boring. There are lots of other people around. You can see yourself get better/stronger/faster. Schools are relatively pleantiful (if you aren't picky about which style to study) and they usually cater to working adults (as many instructors are also working adults) and most give free introductory lessons to try and atract new students.
of course, if it is just the gut you're trying to get rid of then diet is as important as the exercise.
Ever try to be designated driver when you own a bike? Yeaaahhh. No.
It isn't like you have to drive your own vehicle to be a designated driver. So, it isn't very hard to be a designated driver when you own only a bike - most bikers can also drive cars.
It is just harder code to read than what most programmers are used to. It isn't 'skim' friendly. I can read it and understand it, but there isn't always time to read every single character in a method - I expect to be able to look at every line quickly and see what is going on.
The main problem is that there are some changes that are not apparent if you were to skim the method. For example:
readMode = cModeTextAuto | fModeTwo | fModeLF; c = LF;
On a quick skimming of the method the "c = LF" statement would probably be missed. This would cause confusion later when the variable is used. Sure, at that point someone could just use the search tool to find the "c =" line, but still, it takes that extra effort.
Using whitespace isn't bad. It is ignored by the compiler anyway, it is there for the benefit of the reader. Having extra line breaks to facilitate reading is a good thing.
But, hey, if your style works for you, use it. Just remember that it might not fly so well when working with a team of other programmers. I must admit, I used to be a fan of code density, too (though not to your extent) back when I was just using vim on a console terminal. More concerned about readability now that I use 2 to 8 vim windows under X.
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Uber contractors/employees have far more RIGHTS than any union provides. How many jobs REALLY let you set your own hours? How many contract jobs are on-demand for the CONTRACTOR?
This type of work has existed centuries. (non-retail) Sales jobs have this option to set your own hours - and if you are good, you get better pay.
One big differentiating factor however is price. The franchised or independent sales person can alter their prices to their competitive (or financial) advantage. The independent Uber driver can not do this.
I read in other related articles about people being paid to impersonate interested women on dating sites.
Given the language in the disclaimer, how would that apply in this case -- if it is an employee or contractor perpetrating a scam, then it is not "purely for entertainment purposes". Not that it would be simple to make that direct connection and bring it to trial, but you would figure the lawyers would come up with broader terms.
This is from 2013 and has been in the news again recently, re: VW insecure keyless entry:
http://tech.slashdot.org/story...
The 'how could it be worse' would be something like the Toyota incident from a few years back where people claimed the drive-by-wire accelerator malfunctioned.
It would be good to know the content of their quick patches; I would assume that a quick patch of this type would just be disabling networking links to drive train capabilities, but considering how criminally stupid the development team (or more likely the product management for the dev team) has been thus far, who knows what they are doing; maybe changing an existing default password to a new default password.
Apple's user base is pretty large. And there have been multiple malwares created for iOS, for example WireLurker.
When I fry things in delicious bacon fat, they also taste of bacon.
Probably tangental to the actual argument he is presenting, but the seniority system implemented in the US congress (combined with the lack of term limits) creates a large amount of inequality between various members of congress.
Replacing an multi-term idiot incumbent is made much harder when unseating said idiot will result in a real loss of power for the district (via a lost committee position) vs. electing someone of unknown or lesser idiocy that will have no seniority. This is one of the major reasons that there is little turnover in primary elections in the US.
Gnome 3's plugin model seems to be broken.
I use a very minimal desktop. I just like a 4x4 pager and a ton of xterms.
From a CentOS 7 install last month, i couldn't even get Gnome to load the pager module I kept getting pointed to plugin repos that failed to worked and found no real solution to get it working. Had no issues with Gnome 2.
Switched to KDE, no real issues.
That is just one of many possible non-weird scenarios where business is concerned.
Perhaps the domain name purchase was included as part of a larger contract and the client refused to pay the developer for his services.
I'm all for taking an idea and making it better or putting it in a new direction. His memo is completely correct about the iPad/iPod/Google.
But in this case, how is what they are doing any different from Vanilla Ice using the music from "Under Pressure" in "Ice Ice Baby". New musicians playing on different instruments, with an added extra cymbal crash. A judge ruled that he stole the music and he had to shell out a bunch of cash. Can't nimblebit or whoever use that case as a legal precedent? Different code that output almost the same result.
I wonder if this was someone's April Fools joke idea that somehow made it through the bureaucracy and got implemented.
and don't forget the walkthrough song: http://5090.fawm.org/songs/4255/
... is an attempt to kill all of our browsers by forcing us to load up a thread with thousands of comments.
lets just hope everyone on ./ doesn't go for the bs april fools achievment.
or maybe taco made an achievment for starting a post with 7digit number of comments and it just trying to unlock it.
Why don't you blame the 50% of americans that did not vote? It is stupid to blame a candidate for running. People have a right to run if they make it on the ballot.
I'm still not sure if I'm voting 3rd party or Obama. He was going to be the first demopublican for which i was going to vote (for President, at least, have few choices in other races). However, he has failed at 'change' on so many levels in his recent voting record and chosen a horrible running-mate.
Biden has a horrible record on defending our liberties (privacy, gun control, etc). He will definately have some influence on policy.
Barr has a horrible record, too (i.e. Barr Amendment which is still in effect in DC). Libertarians picked a loser of a candidate this time, in terms of civil liberties and deregulation.
He's 19 years old!
He can't move out and live on his own as an adult?
I'm not so sure the events were totally compelling. Especially since he knew so much about wand lore.
... though, it is not like there aren't tons of inconsistancies throughout the books anyway.Does help to explain why Dumbledore was such a badass in combat, even at his age.
He basically told everyone at the scene of the battle (which was a whole lot of people, friend and foe) all about the Elder wand. Then he showed everyone that he owned the wand. But, if everyone on the planet knew he owned that wand (even if he buried it away), there would definately be someone who would try and get it from him. The only people who knew he was hiding the wand were his close friends; and, hide it away or not, going by the shakey "harry owns the wand because he defeated draco, even though draco wasn't using the elder wand" plot device, he could still lose the wand in combat at any time.
he should have just killed voldemort and then explained all the theory to his friend in private, instead of making the classic villians mistake (of explaining yourself to someone you are about to kill).
Either that, or he should have kept the wand to help insure that he died undefeated.
Still, overall, good book.
Though, based on the above reasoning, a kick-ass epliogue would have been Stan Shunpike getting the Elder Wand from Harry and becoming a major badass.
The difference here, though, is that it would be published. Even if the accuser is anonymous, wouldn't it leave the publisher (the state) open to civil suit for publishing unsubstantiated accusations as truth? Is the state shielded from slander laws?
I suppose that they could shield themselves with a provision in the new law. Though, I'd hope that a court would strike any such provision.
I haven't visited Pandora's in a few years, but in the past, they always had a few game systems available for customer use - to try out the latest import games. Similar to the practices of other console retailers.
It is very possible that the "some hold 15 or more games" was just the one display unit in each store for customer in-store usage. If that is the case, it may not be an open and shut case - though, I'm sure they will have a hard time proving that the display units were not for sale.
The issue here wasn't the 15% clause. The injunction was based upon the Arizona State Constitution. The argument centered on the fact that the LP is on the ballot and an officially recognized political entity in Arizona. Therefor, the state was unlawfully providing contributions to only the Democratic and Repulican parties. From the summary on the blog:
yeah, but that 10degree boost in ambient room temp is not very nice on a hot summer day.
I actually shut my computer down overnight now that it is warm outside.
What you need is something that isn't boring. DDR isn't all that boring, especially when you get all the expansions. Other alternatives - Find someone to work out with or try and find a gym with organized classes that are convinient for your schedule. Other people will help motivate you and make things much less boring. Also there are things aside from gyms - adult sports leagues (soccer/ultimate frisbee/etc), martial arts, etc.
I went the martial arts route. It is a killer workout. It is not boring. There are lots of other people around. You can see yourself get better/stronger/faster. Schools are relatively pleantiful (if you aren't picky about which style to study) and they usually cater to working adults (as many instructors are also working adults) and most give free introductory lessons to try and atract new students.
of course, if it is just the gut you're trying to get rid of then diet is as important as the exercise.
It isn't like you have to drive your own vehicle to be a designated driver. So, it isn't very hard to be a designated driver when you own only a bike - most bikers can also drive cars.
The main problem is that there are some changes that are not apparent if you were to skim the method. For example:
readMode = cModeTextAuto | fModeTwo | fModeLF; c = LF;
On a quick skimming of the method the "c = LF" statement would probably be missed. This would cause confusion later when the variable is used. Sure, at that point someone could just use the search tool to find the "c =" line, but still, it takes that extra effort.
Using whitespace isn't bad. It is ignored by the compiler anyway, it is there for the benefit of the reader. Having extra line breaks to facilitate reading is a good thing.
But, hey, if your style works for you, use it. Just remember that it might not fly so well when working with a team of other programmers. I must admit, I used to be a fan of code density, too (though not to your extent) back when I was just using vim on a console terminal. More concerned about readability now that I use 2 to 8 vim windows under X.