I remember speaking with an economist years ago who said if you wanted to eliminate crime nearly overnight just make the largest bill $10. Very difficult for Tony Soprano to transact crime if $50,000 was a half-a-million pieces of paper.
I guess that's why there was no crime in all those countries where the currency was devalued so much people would burn their paycheck for heat because it was cheaper than buying coal.
Quit stalling and require a record of every cash transaction made already. It can even be mostly automated, face recognition by the cash register cameras, which no doubt is already done by stores to track their customers.
Because Microsoft wants to spy on you for financial gain.
Oh, it's worse than that. Microsoft wants to own your machine. They want to be able to run whatever code they want on your machine, whenever they want. Which, if you think about it, is exactly what automatic updates means. Guess what OS forces you to automatically update?
PS: Windows 10, for now, allows you to block automatic updates. But it's hidden as "Network & Internet" > "Set as metered connection".
Even worse, making multiple quality levels of components could end up costing way more than just going with a higher quality component, due to economies of scale. And that's nothing compared to the insane levels of QA and engineering required to have the components fail at exactly the right time -- cheaper to make a component that will last 1 or two years, then to make one that will last exactly 365 and a quarter days.
If you want all your components to fail at the same time, just hit it with a sledgehammer when one component breaks -- it would be cheaper than that harebrained scheme.
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It's no more surprising than storing weapons in an armory.
But Twitter could get themselves in the news bigtime for shutting him down, even briefly, due to their war on hate speech. They do say that no press is bad press...
Being a presidential candidate doesn't grant you the right to violate terms of service. Of course, it does mean people are more likely to let it slide. But it does make a mockery of their "no hate speech" nonsense.
Secondly, using a privately owned server to do Official Government Business is a crime even if the work is unclassified. (It violates the Freedom of Information Act, which says that the people have the right to demand records from the government so they can check for corruption.)
And then she demonstrated why it shouldn't be allowed when she was asked for her emails and immediately "accidentally" deleted them.
On that note, it seems likely to me that the biggest mail companies benefit greatly from spam. After all, they would be in a better position then their competitors to filter it, and have no risk of being "accidentally" put on someone's blacklist.
And Android is effectively a monoculture too, everybody just gets their apps from Google Play, the same as if it was the Apple store.
However, it turns out there's a huge difference between a monoculture and almost a monoculture. It's amazing what even a small amount of competition can do.
Cable TV industry lobby groups expressed their displeasure with a Federal Communications Commission plan to bring competition to the set-top box market, which could help consumers watch TV on different devices and thus avoid paying cable box rental fees.
Cable TV industry lobby groups expressed some of the highest praise they can give for a Federal Communications Commission plan to bring competition to the set-top box market
I'd recommend some amount of openness and honesty. If in doubt, consider what happened when Dice tried to stifle the story on what they were doing to Sourceforge, and then tried to stifle that they'd stifled the story. While everyone here has been happy to hear from you, if they get the idea that you won't follow through with what you said or want something to quietly go away, they can get viscous. I think nerds place a much higher value on honest and efficient communication.
There have been a few spammers, which honestly is rather embarrassing for a tech site. However, they are actual people rather than bots, and I haven't seen them in a while -- I think they're on a self-imposed hiatus. It would not be a bad idea to have a filter to find duplicate/near-duplicate posts, for when they return.
I don't mind ads so long as they're not part of the story (including the story links).
That way, anyone who posts here and sees ads they don't want deserves to see pop-ups, pop-unders, and autoplaying videos shouting obscenities at max volume. But keep the stories themselves pure, please.
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Better yet, make cash go away.
I remember speaking with an economist years ago who said if you wanted to eliminate crime nearly overnight just make the largest bill $10. Very difficult for Tony Soprano to transact crime if $50,000 was a half-a-million pieces of paper.
I guess that's why there was no crime in all those countries where the currency was devalued so much people would burn their paycheck for heat because it was cheaper than buying coal.
Quit stalling and require a record of every cash transaction made already. It can even be mostly automated, face recognition by the cash register cameras, which no doubt is already done by stores to track their customers.
Obviously, the NSA put a backdoor in the random number generator.
On a more serious note, people can be trained to flip coins.
Because Microsoft wants to spy on you for financial gain.
Oh, it's worse than that. Microsoft wants to own your machine. They want to be able to run whatever code they want on your machine, whenever they want. Which, if you think about it, is exactly what automatic updates means. Guess what OS forces you to automatically update?
PS: Windows 10, for now, allows you to block automatic updates. But it's hidden as "Network & Internet" > "Set as metered connection".
Even worse, making multiple quality levels of components could end up costing way more than just going with a higher quality component, due to economies of scale. And that's nothing compared to the insane levels of QA and engineering required to have the components fail at exactly the right time -- cheaper to make a component that will last 1 or two years, then to make one that will last exactly 365 and a quarter days.
If you want all your components to fail at the same time, just hit it with a sledgehammer when one component breaks -- it would be cheaper than that harebrained scheme.
Those vultures!
It seems like the reasonable thing to do would be to pave a few km of road and see how it holds up under real conditions for a few years.
Does it? Maybe building a factory just to try a few km would actually be too expensive?
any anyway, next time France gets invaded, the tank tracks will rip them to pieces.
That's actually a bonus. "If you invade us, you have to bring your own power plants."
1. Develop a way to charge them wirelessly.
2. ???
3. Profit!
weapon [wep-uh n]
noun
1. any instrument or device for use in attack or defense in combat, fighting, or war, as a sword, rifle, or cannon.
2. anything used against an opponent, adversary, or victim:
the deadly weapon of satire.
3. Zoology. any part or organ serving for attack or defense, as claws, horns, teeth, or stings.
It's no more surprising than storing weapons in an armory.
What's more, if it won, the election should be rerun with none of the previous candidates allowed on the new ballot.
Sounds like a good way to create a democratic dictatorship.
But Twitter could get themselves in the news bigtime for shutting him down, even briefly, due to their war on hate speech. They do say that no press is bad press...
Being a presidential candidate doesn't grant you the right to violate terms of service. Of course, it does mean people are more likely to let it slide. But it does make a mockery of their "no hate speech" nonsense.
He who has the gold, makes the rules. And boy, does Trump have the gold.
Secondly, using a privately owned server to do Official Government Business is a crime even if the work is unclassified. (It violates the Freedom of Information Act, which says that the people have the right to demand records from the government so they can check for corruption.)
And then she demonstrated why it shouldn't be allowed when she was asked for her emails and immediately "accidentally" deleted them.
On that note, it seems likely to me that the biggest mail companies benefit greatly from spam. After all, they would be in a better position then their competitors to filter it, and have no risk of being "accidentally" put on someone's blacklist.
Seriously, this is cool - but the Trump name drop is as bad as apple-baiting.
I bet not even the Donald can build a bigger, more eco-friendly blade.
And Android is effectively a monoculture too, everybody just gets their apps from Google Play, the same as if it was the Apple store.
However, it turns out there's a huge difference between a monoculture and almost a monoculture. It's amazing what even a small amount of competition can do.
Cable TV industry lobby groups expressed their displeasure with a Federal Communications Commission plan to bring competition to the set-top box market, which could help consumers watch TV on different devices and thus avoid paying cable box rental fees.
Cable TV industry lobby groups expressed some of the highest praise they can give for a Federal Communications Commission plan to bring competition to the set-top box market
I'd recommend some amount of openness and honesty. If in doubt, consider what happened when Dice tried to stifle the story on what they were doing to Sourceforge, and then tried to stifle that they'd stifled the story. While everyone here has been happy to hear from you, if they get the idea that you won't follow through with what you said or want something to quietly go away, they can get viscous. I think nerds place a much higher value on honest and efficient communication.
How can you be sure it's a guy? Are you saying that women can't be cows?
Sounds like bull.
same as the old boss
It might take them more than a day to fix things up. Though I would like to hear what their plans for the site are.
There have been a few spammers, which honestly is rather embarrassing for a tech site. However, they are actual people rather than bots, and I haven't seen them in a while -- I think they're on a self-imposed hiatus. It would not be a bad idea to have a filter to find duplicate/near-duplicate posts, for when they return.
I don't mind ads so long as they're not part of the story (including the story links).
That way, anyone who posts here and sees ads they don't want deserves to see pop-ups, pop-unders, and autoplaying videos shouting obscenities at max volume. But keep the stories themselves pure, please.
Can we save the cynicism for when they actually do something bad?