Comic books are one of the few uniquely American art creations, like jazz music. I'm glad to see them come back to the places where kids and normal people frequent. Though comic stores have their place, comic books should never have been relegated solely to specialty shops. They are meant to have mass appeal and enjoyment!
I don't go to stack overflow to be welcomed. I go there to get answers to esoteric library and build errors that make no sense, or to copy pasta code that I could figure out myself but I don't want to.
I don't care in the slightest what the color, gender, or sexual persuasion of the person answering the question is. I don't even much care if they are nice or condescending so long as I get an answer.
Stop "white knighting", Jay Hanlon EVP of Culture and Experience of Stack Overflow. Your rhetoric won't get my questions answered more correctly, will probably lead to a degradation in the overall quality of the site, and your job title sounds made up.
Thanks, Fake Tim Cook for your definitive analysis. I'm sure we're all smarter for having read your non-misleading analysis.
As detailed by the article, this shop was non-authorized. In other aftermarket situations, like many other manufacturers, Apple does nearly everything in their power to make it hard for consumers to repair equipment on their own terms -- everything from using stupid special screws to refusing to publish board schematics (even to authorized shops) so customers are forced to make full board replacements. I wouldn't be surprised if they routinely pull this shakedown practice on other non-authorized shops.
Such information is not "a matter of widespread and exceptional media interest in which there exists possible questions about the government’s integrity which affects public confidence"
Apple, if you want the general public to care about "counterfeit" parts, make your production operations completely domestic.
Don't sue the little guy for your IP leakage problems in China. He's just trying to make a living, and there's no reason you should control the repair market.
Your statements might persuade me if Twitter operated like other normal businesses. I'm skeptical they even are a business. Twitter has enough cash reserves to lose money for centuries. So do you have any other evidence to disprove my hypothesis? Unfortunately, lacking some kind of third party polling of current and ex Twitter users, I suspect all arguments will be based in anecdote for the foreseeable future.
Try it on for size, though; imagine the people running Twitter do have ulterior motives. If you wanted to control or direct the cultural zeitgeist while masking your intentions, could you come up with a more effective, sneakier, or addictive way to do so?
The 24 hour news cycle was bad enough before Twitter existed, but now it is steeped in the platform -- both as a source and outlet. Twitter can tweak who can participate in the conversation, the size of their audience, the topics du jour, etc. with no worry of going out of business. They have no concerns about competition because no VC firms bother funding a competitor against a war chest of that size, and even if they do (like gab.ai), there is a duopoly of gatekeepers that conveniently share the same cultural stances to lock them out (Google, Apple).
My understanding is that it was not just a bot purge, it was also an ideological purge to a non-trivial degree. Anecdotally, a number of conservative users were locked out, some with no recourse and others allowed back in if they provided additional identifying details like a phone number.
It defies logic to believe the company's reaction to events in the political sphere could in any way be apolitical.
What is this? It looks like news, and it comes from a business that has reported on news in the past...
Can slashdot guarantee this is actually news, please?
I doubt that random negative price days offset the ~50% rise in electricity costs for German households over the past 10 years. They are paying even when it's "free" via the government funded subsidies paid out to green energy providers funded by their tax dollars.
The groups that are doing well with traditional unions are all workers you "can't" offshore primarily because their jobs are location based (or for some, a mix of culture & location).
"Fast and resolute mitigating action is needed to avoid a national disaster," the letter said.
But five years later, there is no such program. Federal spending on electronic security is projected to increase slightly in the coming fiscal year, but spending in the Department of Homeland Security is projected to decrease to less than $100 million, with only $12 million spent to secure power control systems.
1. Stage PR stunt about an impending 'emergency!!!'.
2. Complain about lack of funding to solve desperate hole in our nation's security.
3. ???
4. Profit!
It appears to be true for red-light cameras. Accidents don't increase, but they may actually increase. What actually decreases accidents (and also profit for the governmental authority) are longer yellow light periods.
One could argue that an increased yellow duration is actually an increased 'freedom', too. The drivers get more time to decide what action they will take with less threat of retribution from authority.
From Wikipedia's article on Mutual Aid: After examining the evidence of cooperation among the animals, the "savages", the "barbarians", in the medieval city, and in modern times, he concludes that cooperation and mutual aid are as important in the evolution of the species as competition and mutual strife, if not more important.
It is also useful to consider other statistics such as how much income the wealthiest one percent actually makes. When it comes to actually living life, 50% of hundreds of thousands of dollars to billions of dollars is much different than 50% of ten to twenty grand. It's the difference between "Am I going to be able to buy a boat upon which to stand around and drink alcoholic beverages?" and "Can I afford a place to live and food to eat?".
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That's why no one comes here anymore.
Comic books are one of the few uniquely American art creations, like jazz music. I'm glad to see them come back to the places where kids and normal people frequent. Though comic stores have their place, comic books should never have been relegated solely to specialty shops. They are meant to have mass appeal and enjoyment!
I don't go to stack overflow to be welcomed. I go there to get answers to esoteric library and build errors that make no sense, or to copy pasta code that I could figure out myself but I don't want to.
I don't care in the slightest what the color, gender, or sexual persuasion of the person answering the question is. I don't even much care if they are nice or condescending so long as I get an answer.
Stop "white knighting", Jay Hanlon EVP of Culture and Experience of Stack Overflow. Your rhetoric won't get my questions answered more correctly, will probably lead to a degradation in the overall quality of the site, and your job title sounds made up.
Thanks, Fake Tim Cook for your definitive analysis. I'm sure we're all smarter for having read your non-misleading analysis.
As detailed by the article, this shop was non-authorized. In other aftermarket situations, like many other manufacturers, Apple does nearly everything in their power to make it hard for consumers to repair equipment on their own terms -- everything from using stupid special screws to refusing to publish board schematics (even to authorized shops) so customers are forced to make full board replacements. I wouldn't be surprised if they routinely pull this shakedown practice on other non-authorized shops.
Talking about Comey and Trump on an article about Apple?
Did he or did he not have secret, politically motivated meetings with Obama (be it alone or with others)?
It's hard to tell because the FBI won't let us know when they met.
He does not operate an authorized repair shop.
Apple, if you want the general public to care about "counterfeit" parts, make your production operations completely domestic.
Don't sue the little guy for your IP leakage problems in China. He's just trying to make a living, and there's no reason you should control the repair market.
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Your statements might persuade me if Twitter operated like other normal businesses. I'm skeptical they even are a business. Twitter has enough cash reserves to lose money for centuries. So do you have any other evidence to disprove my hypothesis? Unfortunately, lacking some kind of third party polling of current and ex Twitter users, I suspect all arguments will be based in anecdote for the foreseeable future.
Try it on for size, though; imagine the people running Twitter do have ulterior motives. If you wanted to control or direct the cultural zeitgeist while masking your intentions, could you come up with a more effective, sneakier, or addictive way to do so?
The 24 hour news cycle was bad enough before Twitter existed, but now it is steeped in the platform -- both as a source and outlet. Twitter can tweak who can participate in the conversation, the size of their audience, the topics du jour, etc. with no worry of going out of business. They have no concerns about competition because no VC firms bother funding a competitor against a war chest of that size, and even if they do (like gab.ai), there is a duopoly of gatekeepers that conveniently share the same cultural stances to lock them out (Google, Apple).
My understanding is that it was not just a bot purge, it was also an ideological purge to a non-trivial degree. Anecdotally, a number of conservative users were locked out, some with no recourse and others allowed back in if they provided additional identifying details like a phone number.
It defies logic to believe the company's reaction to events in the political sphere could in any way be apolitical.
Maybe this case of protesting in a shopping mall? http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12...
What is this? It looks like news, and it comes from a business that has reported on news in the past... Can slashdot guarantee this is actually news, please?
I doubt that random negative price days offset the ~50% rise in electricity costs for German households over the past 10 years. They are paying even when it's "free" via the government funded subsidies paid out to green energy providers funded by their tax dollars.
A view from the other side of the fence: http://midwifethinking.com/2011/02/10/cord-blood-collection-confessions-of-a-vampire-midwife/ Basically, the opposing argument is that newborns need their blood. Wait a few minutes to let them get it all. Many companies market many things to new parents... cord blood saving may be little more than that.
Clearing cookies is dishonest?
Mom gives birth to baby, dad gets credit for the hard work.
No Lirpa?
The groups that are doing well with traditional unions are all workers you "can't" offshore primarily because their jobs are location based (or for some, a mix of culture & location).
2. Complain about lack of funding to solve desperate hole in our nation's security.
3. ???
4. Profit!
It appears to be true for red-light cameras. Accidents don't increase, but they may actually increase. What actually decreases accidents (and also profit for the governmental authority) are longer yellow light periods.
One could argue that an increased yellow duration is actually an increased 'freedom', too. The drivers get more time to decide what action they will take with less threat of retribution from authority.
Kropotkin had another take on Darwinism.
From Wikipedia's article on Mutual Aid: After examining the evidence of cooperation among the animals, the "savages", the "barbarians", in the medieval city, and in modern times, he concludes that cooperation and mutual aid are as important in the evolution of the species as competition and mutual strife, if not more important.
For all interested, Ari Fleischer -- ex-bush press secretary -- has made a more detailed whine using this same statistic.
It is also useful to consider other statistics such as how much income the wealthiest one percent actually makes. When it comes to actually living life, 50% of hundreds of thousands of dollars to billions of dollars is much different than 50% of ten to twenty grand. It's the difference between "Am I going to be able to buy a boat upon which to stand around and drink alcoholic beverages?" and "Can I afford a place to live and food to eat?".
Here's the prohibited actions and penalties.
Good thing you're rich enough to vote with your dollars... not all people have that luxury.