Allow reporters to pay a fee that equals the amount of money required to process the FOI request N days earlier than they would otherwise. Then give the reporter a copy N days before making it public. It would probably be expensive, but how badly do they want their scoop?
A bunch of people want to give up all the benefits of being an employee, in exchange for nothing? It's not as if Uber will be forced to make everyone work 8:00-5:00 if the lawsuit declares them employees. And it's not as if Uber can't split their workforce into employees and contractors by changing a few things. They just can't pretend their employees are contractors to avoid giving them employee benefits.
If there were no scarcity then how could there be greed?
Because there's always scarcity. Else I could personally own 10^80 galaxy class starships (there's about 10^80 atoms in the observable universe). Ridiculous? Yeah, but greed has no limit. If one person owns a planet, his neighbor won't be happy unless he owns a solar system, and his other neighbor won't be happy unless he owns a galaxy.
What is the only thing a billionaire needs? Enough money to become a trillionaire. Because that's what some people are like.
If we replaced our DNA and RNA with these new letters, and updated all our DNA and RNA related proteins to use those letters instead, we should be immune to any virus. Of course, I don't think we could actually pull off such a change since we'd have to change so many proteins as well.
Our thermonuclear weapons use fission to produce neutrons to produce more fission. Deuterium-Tritium fusion just happens to be a good source of neutrons, besides producing a little energy.
I'm not convinced that it's cheaper for the government to pay for failures rather than buy insurance. The reason is that I believe it is easier to convince a government worker that the risks are lower than they really are, than an insurance company. So the government might make better informed decisions if an insurance company made their independent risk estimates.
I thought it was just artists who envisioned martian habitations on the surface? Dirt is, after all, one of the better protections against radiation, temperature changes, micrometeorites. But underground dwellings aren't very artistic.
Facial analysis studies could show how to detect lies, but it could also instruct on how to evade detection. If you know which eye movements, twitches, etc. are indicators of lying, you can practice avoiding those things while lying.
I hear there's already botox treatments to make people appear more honest.
Conversely, peppering in those types of indicators during obvious truths could cause false positives and totally throw off the reliability of knowing whether someone is lying.
One of my favorite April Fool jokes is to tell someone a truth that they'll think is an April Fool joke...
Are you certain the emails are from the cable company? A common scam is to send fake emails to convince you to give them your account info and passwords. Usually those scams are for bank accounts, but you never know -- especially since they're asking you to make a payment. Is the URL in the email the same as the cable company?
Another possibility is that someone entered her email address instead of their own when making their account.
Unless I'm very much mistaken, to an investor the underlying value of a share is its share price. So, for example, an investor would buy shares if they expect the share price to go up, even if they know the value of the company will remain the same or even go down.
If you are "sad" about investment losses, you are not a rational investor, and it is best for society if you get separated from your money, which is exactly what the loss itself accomplishes.
Said the guy who had just finished talking about how a valuation loss is not a loss in value.
I call them "activists fighting the insane intellectual property laws". These guys are worth a million nerds sitting around complaining that patents are given out too easily and for too long.
First, the entire idea of cyberweapons is laughable. Exploits are only possible because of flaws in the code. That is no more a weapon than an unlocked door.
I also find the idea of lockpicks laughable. Lockpicking is only possible because of fundamental design flaws in locks. They are no more a weapon in a thief/spy's arsenal than an unlocked door.
For example, if you aren't willing to spend $5000 on an airbag, that would improve your chances of survival by %0.1, then you value your own life at less than $5 mln.
Nah, that proves that 0.1% doesn't exist and is really 0%.
I think a better example is that money can be used to save lives. There's a whole lot of different ways to save lives using money, a few examples are medical research, medical care, reducing pollution, safety equipment, reducing poverty, reducing stress. Clearly, at least some people value money more than lives -- or at the very least, choose money over lives. And by "some people" I mean "basically everyone, although they wouldn't admit it even to themselves".
Don't worry though -- if our species spent every single moment of our lives doing everything humanly possible to avoid loss of life, we'd be totally worthless and accomplish nothing.
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Allow reporters to pay a fee that equals the amount of money required to process the FOI request N days earlier than they would otherwise. Then give the reporter a copy N days before making it public. It would probably be expensive, but how badly do they want their scoop?
A bunch of people want to give up all the benefits of being an employee, in exchange for nothing? It's not as if Uber will be forced to make everyone work 8:00-5:00 if the lawsuit declares them employees. And it's not as if Uber can't split their workforce into employees and contractors by changing a few things. They just can't pretend their employees are contractors to avoid giving them employee benefits.
is good for your health.
If there were no scarcity then how could there be greed?
Because there's always scarcity. Else I could personally own 10^80 galaxy class starships (there's about 10^80 atoms in the observable universe). Ridiculous? Yeah, but greed has no limit. If one person owns a planet, his neighbor won't be happy unless he owns a solar system, and his other neighbor won't be happy unless he owns a galaxy.
What is the only thing a billionaire needs? Enough money to become a trillionaire. Because that's what some people are like.
If we replaced our DNA and RNA with these new letters, and updated all our DNA and RNA related proteins to use those letters instead, we should be immune to any virus. Of course, I don't think we could actually pull off such a change since we'd have to change so many proteins as well.
News flash: Republicans get made fun of everywhere.
So do clowns.
Our thermonuclear weapons use fission to produce neutrons to produce more fission. Deuterium-Tritium fusion just happens to be a good source of neutrons, besides producing a little energy.
You must be thinking about WASPs, honey.
fryPad?
I'm not convinced that it's cheaper for the government to pay for failures rather than buy insurance. The reason is that I believe it is easier to convince a government worker that the risks are lower than they really are, than an insurance company. So the government might make better informed decisions if an insurance company made their independent risk estimates.
"All the ease of use of graphene, plus the flammability of matches!"
You gotta wonder why he thought it was OK to trespass and steal switches though.
It's a matter of common law concerning property that has been abandoned since you can remember. Experts summarize it as "You snooze, you lose".
How about teaching backwoods-asshole Chinese and Vietnamese that not every rare animal part will make their dick harder or bigger?
I think they're trying to make themselves hornier.
I'd only trust a certified certifications expert to answer that question.
I thought it was just artists who envisioned martian habitations on the surface? Dirt is, after all, one of the better protections against radiation, temperature changes, micrometeorites. But underground dwellings aren't very artistic.
Any chance a chocolate company will sponsor one of the Mars exploration/colonization missions?
Facial analysis studies could show how to detect lies, but it could also instruct on how to evade detection. If you know which eye movements, twitches, etc. are indicators of lying, you can practice avoiding those things while lying.
I hear there's already botox treatments to make people appear more honest.
Conversely, peppering in those types of indicators during obvious truths could cause false positives and totally throw off the reliability of knowing whether someone is lying.
One of my favorite April Fool jokes is to tell someone a truth that they'll think is an April Fool joke...
Are you certain the emails are from the cable company? A common scam is to send fake emails to convince you to give them your account info and passwords. Usually those scams are for bank accounts, but you never know -- especially since they're asking you to make a payment. Is the URL in the email the same as the cable company?
Another possibility is that someone entered her email address instead of their own when making their account.
Unless I'm very much mistaken, to an investor the underlying value of a share is its share price. So, for example, an investor would buy shares if they expect the share price to go up, even if they know the value of the company will remain the same or even go down.
If you are "sad" about investment losses, you are not a rational investor, and it is best for society if you get separated from your money, which is exactly what the loss itself accomplishes.
Said the guy who had just finished talking about how a valuation loss is not a loss in value.
I call them "activists fighting the insane intellectual property laws". These guys are worth a million nerds sitting around complaining that patents are given out too easily and for too long.
First, the entire idea of cyberweapons is laughable. Exploits are only possible because of flaws in the code. That is no more a weapon than an unlocked door.
I also find the idea of lockpicks laughable. Lockpicking is only possible because of fundamental design flaws in locks. They are no more a weapon in a thief/spy's arsenal than an unlocked door.
Do you think the US and UK treat journalists and human rights activists the same way they are treated in Egypt and Sudan?
Depends on whether the human rights activists are fighting oppressors the US likes, or doesn't like.
For example, if you aren't willing to spend $5000 on an airbag, that would improve your chances of survival by %0.1, then you value your own life at less than $5 mln.
Nah, that proves that 0.1% doesn't exist and is really 0%.
I think a better example is that money can be used to save lives. There's a whole lot of different ways to save lives using money, a few examples are medical research, medical care, reducing pollution, safety equipment, reducing poverty, reducing stress. Clearly, at least some people value money more than lives -- or at the very least, choose money over lives. And by "some people" I mean "basically everyone, although they wouldn't admit it even to themselves".
Don't worry though -- if our species spent every single moment of our lives doing everything humanly possible to avoid loss of life, we'd be totally worthless and accomplish nothing.