If hotels stopped selling to wholesalers then they wouldn't have this problem.
But they would have a different problem. If they aren't listed by the OTAs, then they are invisible to many potential customers. 80% of something is better than 100% of nothing.
They are paying 20% of their gross to outsource their marketing, which is likely cheaper than the cost of doing their own publicity and promotions.
Look up the documentary "The lost Boys" on how the Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints literally kicks out excess male children.
It would be way more efficient if they used embryo gender selection to just avoid having the male children. If they look for it, I am sure they could find a justification in scripture.
Even better would be to just go open source, without regard for the country of origin. As long as we can read the code, we can see for ourselves if it is compromised. Why should "fingerprint analysis" need to be proprietary?
The polls are conducted by independent journalists, many of them Western. Also, some polls include expat Russians living abroad, who have little fear of reprisals.
Putin is genuinely popular with the Russian people. Why wouldn't he be? Americans don't like him because he has repeatedly outmaneuvered us and made the West look impotent. But Russians see all that as a good thing. Whey wouldn't they?
Here are some hard facts that are never challenged by Russian citizens.
The concept of "objective truth", disjoined from self-interest, has never really been part of Russian culture.
I know several Russians. They all generally approve of Putin, say he has made them "proud to be Russian", and given them back their self respect after the implosion of their empire and economy during the 1990s. And these are cosmopolitan Russians that regularly travel to the West. He is even more popular in the rural oblasts. Russians are proud of the way he stood up to America, and prevailed, over Crimea, the Donbas, and in Syria.
So then why does he have to inhibit competition?
Because he may not always be so popular. Also his popularity is not transferable. His deputies and cronies are nowhere near as popular as he is. If they allow a real contested election this time, they will be expected to do the same when Putin is no longer around.
Many corporations use patents defensively, as weapons against other corporations suing them. It is very common for companies to form "patent pools" to share technology among themselves while excluding outsiders.
This indicates that most companies see little or no inherent value in patents, and consider them more of a Prisoner's Dilemma. They are forced to collect patents because others are collecting, but they could be collectively better off if patents didn't exist.
There is little reason to believe that the patent system is a net contributor to innovation. For every inventor that is protected, there are many more that are stifled. You can't improve and extend what you aren't allowed to use.
Also, copyrights and patents are very different, and should not be lumped together.
One would ordinarily think that somebody who was worthy of the title "journalist"...
Here is a complete and comprehensive list of all the qualifications, skills, and credentials needed to acquire the esteemed and august title of "Journalist": { }
I don't think people have really been taking the full seriousness of the word 'vow'
You make it sound like that is a bad thing. Societies that place an importance on "honor" tend to be violent, intolerant, and economically backwards. It is better to be open minded, willing to compromise, and less concerned about what other people think of you.
The word "vow" was made up by the journalist writing TFA. Ke Jie never used that word. His statement was more in the form of an off-hand remark in a blog post, and was written in Chinese. You are complaining about the nuance of an English word, when neither English nor that particular word was actually used.
At this point, would it not make more sense for AlphaGo to come out of retirement to play Tianrang for the title?
No. Software doesn't "come out of retirement". To have a chance in the tournament, AlphaGo (actually AlphaGo-Zero) would have to be trained with thousands of GPU cores for thousands of hours. It would likely also need both wider and deeper layers, and some of Google's best AI researchers devoted to tuning it. That is a lot of resources. For what? If Google wins, nobody cares, because AlphaGo already beat the human champion, and plenty of other programs. But if AlphaGo loses, it will be big news and Tencent (the likely winner) will get plenty of good PR and perhaps more leverage to hire talent.
With nothing to win, and plenty to lose, Google is smart to let AlphaGo "stay in retirement".
The same can be said for drugs and we still use dogs for that.
But how much of that is just theater? Many "drug arrests" at airports are staged, with actors playing the criminals. The rationale is both training for the dogs and deterrence for would-be smugglers witnessing the "arrest".
Learning an additional first language hasn't been shown to be taxing in any way to children, including time spent.
Then they should learn a second mainstream language that will actually be useful. Spanish+English will lead to far more life opportunities than Spanish+Taushiro.
It is easy to say that some impoverished child in a tribe half a world away should learn a useless language. But instead, how about you teach YOUR child an obscure language? Suddenly it doesn't seem like such a great idea.
Weird how Slashdot never reported negatively with the special censorship logo regarding Correct The Record doing the same thing...
Because CTR did not "do the same thing". CTR is not part of the government, and censored nothing. If you say something, and CTR responds by disagreeing with you, that is not "censorship".
These obscure languages cause speakers to be economically and socially marginalized. They are better off learning a mainstream language, and devoting time to learning economically useful skills rather than learning a language that is only spoken by a handful of families.
When a language dwindles to a few dozen speakers, we should video record a few hours of conversation and put it up on Youtube for future linguists to study, and then move on.
There appears to be a fungus that also breaks down lignum developing and essentially ending the carboniferous age - or at least the coal forming part of it.
The carboniferous age lasted about 60 million years, from 360 Mya to 300 Mya, and during that time a lot of undigested wood turned into coal. Enough CO2 was sucked out of the atmosphere to trigger a major ice age.
A fungus finally figured out how to digest lignin, in a process described by biochemists as "untying a knot with a flamethrower". The same process is still used by fungi today, pretty much unaltered. By stopping the carbon-and-ice death spiral, these little fungi saved the planet. Without them, even the dinosaurs would have never existed. If you want to show your gratitude, go to a Chinese restaurant and order some "mu er" (wood ear). Some people think they are slimy and don't care for the taste, while others (including me) love'em. But while you are chewing, remember that you wouldn't even exist without the little critters.
coal power... has released more radioactive radiation as well.
Bullcrap. Nearly all the radiation in coal is from thorium, which remains in the ash. If you count ash as "released", then you would need to count all spent nuclear fuel as "released" as well. Also, thorium is not biologically active, does not bioaccumulate, and is nearly harmless in normal concentration. It is common not only in coal ash, but in almost any other rock was well. There is about a gram of thorium in every cubic meter of the earth's crust.
There are plenty of good reasons to oppose burning coal, but "radiation" isn't one of them.
Mostly a collection of advertisements and banal BS.
In hindsight, it is often the banalities that are the most interesting. Archaeologists often learn more from looking at ancient garbage dumps than from excavating palaces.
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A honeypot doesn't work if you can't log in. This is an example of Hanlon's Razor.
The Norks have figured out how to build and launch ICBMs, but setting up a functioning Wifi hotspot is still beyond their capability.
If hotels stopped selling to wholesalers then they wouldn't have this problem.
But they would have a different problem. If they aren't listed by the OTAs, then they are invisible to many potential customers. 80% of something is better than 100% of nothing.
They are paying 20% of their gross to outsource their marketing, which is likely cheaper than the cost of doing their own publicity and promotions.
Look up the documentary "The lost Boys" on how the Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints literally kicks out excess male children.
It would be way more efficient if they used embryo gender selection to just avoid having the male children. If they look for it, I am sure they could find a justification in scripture.
Even better would be to just go open source, without regard for the country of origin. As long as we can read the code, we can see for ourselves if it is compromised. Why should "fingerprint analysis" need to be proprietary?
And what entity created the survey?
The polls are conducted by independent journalists, many of them Western. Also, some polls include expat Russians living abroad, who have little fear of reprisals.
Putin is genuinely popular with the Russian people. Why wouldn't he be? Americans don't like him because he has repeatedly outmaneuvered us and made the West look impotent. But Russians see all that as a good thing. Whey wouldn't they?
Here are some hard facts that are never challenged by Russian citizens.
The concept of "objective truth", disjoined from self-interest, has never really been part of Russian culture.
Those approval ratings are apparently genuine.
I know several Russians. They all generally approve of Putin, say he has made them "proud to be Russian", and given them back their self respect after the implosion of their empire and economy during the 1990s. And these are cosmopolitan Russians that regularly travel to the West. He is even more popular in the rural oblasts. Russians are proud of the way he stood up to America, and prevailed, over Crimea, the Donbas, and in Syria.
So then why does he have to inhibit competition?
Because he may not always be so popular. Also his popularity is not transferable. His deputies and cronies are nowhere near as popular as he is. If they allow a real contested election this time, they will be expected to do the same when Putin is no longer around.
Many corporations use patents defensively, as weapons against other corporations suing them. It is very common for companies to form "patent pools" to share technology among themselves while excluding outsiders.
This indicates that most companies see little or no inherent value in patents, and consider them more of a Prisoner's Dilemma. They are forced to collect patents because others are collecting, but they could be collectively better off if patents didn't exist.
There is little reason to believe that the patent system is a net contributor to innovation. For every inventor that is protected, there are many more that are stifled. You can't improve and extend what you aren't allowed to use.
Also, copyrights and patents are very different, and should not be lumped together.
Both are authoritarian states which likes to pretend they are not
America is not authoritarian. You may want to look up what the word means.
Russia is openly authoritarian, and does not pretend otherwise.
both have a population which is heavily indoctrinated "to love their country"
So does every other country ever.
And Russians actually believe that?
Independent polling gives Putin an approval rating of about 80%. So why wouldn't they believe it?
I doubt if anyone is going to use it on 68K hardware.
There are plenty of 68k emulators. On a modern computer, even an emulator would be way faster than the original hardware.
The original Lisa was a 68000, so you don't even need to emulate any VM stuff. The first 68k with VM was the 68020.
One would ordinarily think that somebody who was worthy of the title "journalist" ...
Here is a complete and comprehensive list of all the qualifications, skills, and credentials needed to acquire the esteemed and august title of "Journalist": { }
I don't think people have really been taking the full seriousness of the word 'vow'
You make it sound like that is a bad thing. Societies that place an importance on "honor" tend to be violent, intolerant, and economically backwards. It is better to be open minded, willing to compromise, and less concerned about what other people think of you.
The word "vow" was made up by the journalist writing TFA. Ke Jie never used that word. His statement was more in the form of an off-hand remark in a blog post, and was written in Chinese. You are complaining about the nuance of an English word, when neither English nor that particular word was actually used.
At this point, would it not make more sense for AlphaGo to come out of retirement to play Tianrang for the title?
No. Software doesn't "come out of retirement". To have a chance in the tournament, AlphaGo (actually AlphaGo-Zero) would have to be trained with thousands of GPU cores for thousands of hours. It would likely also need both wider and deeper layers, and some of Google's best AI researchers devoted to tuning it. That is a lot of resources. For what? If Google wins, nobody cares, because AlphaGo already beat the human champion, and plenty of other programs. But if AlphaGo loses, it will be big news and Tencent (the likely winner) will get plenty of good PR and perhaps more leverage to hire talent.
With nothing to win, and plenty to lose, Google is smart to let AlphaGo "stay in retirement".
in a Spanish+Taushiro speaking region ...
There is no "region". There is one guy.
Should other people learn the language to "keep it alive"? I don't think so.
The same can be said for drugs and we still use dogs for that.
But how much of that is just theater? Many "drug arrests" at airports are staged, with actors playing the criminals. The rationale is both training for the dogs and deterrence for would-be smugglers witnessing the "arrest".
A handheld scanner would take away the drama.
Learning an additional first language hasn't been shown to be taxing in any way to children, including time spent.
Then they should learn a second mainstream language that will actually be useful. Spanish+English will lead to far more life opportunities than Spanish+Taushiro.
It is easy to say that some impoverished child in a tribe half a world away should learn a useless language. But instead, how about you teach YOUR child an obscure language? Suddenly it doesn't seem like such a great idea.
Weird how Slashdot never reported negatively with the special censorship logo regarding Correct The Record doing the same thing...
Because CTR did not "do the same thing". CTR is not part of the government, and censored nothing. If you say something, and CTR responds by disagreeing with you, that is not "censorship".
Care to elaborate how it's different?
America: Russia bad.
Vietnam: China bad.
These obscure languages cause speakers to be economically and socially marginalized. They are better off learning a mainstream language, and devoting time to learning economically useful skills rather than learning a language that is only spoken by a handful of families.
When a language dwindles to a few dozen speakers, we should video record a few hours of conversation and put it up on Youtube for future linguists to study, and then move on.
Which is where Tesla's coming in with their massive battery installations.
Batteries are very expensive for grid storage. A better option is to widen the grid, so a peak in one area can fill in a trough in other areas.
There appears to be a fungus that also breaks down lignum developing and essentially ending the carboniferous age - or at least the coal forming part of it.
The carboniferous age lasted about 60 million years, from 360 Mya to 300 Mya, and during that time a lot of undigested wood turned into coal. Enough CO2 was sucked out of the atmosphere to trigger a major ice age.
A fungus finally figured out how to digest lignin, in a process described by biochemists as "untying a knot with a flamethrower". The same process is still used by fungi today, pretty much unaltered. By stopping the carbon-and-ice death spiral, these little fungi saved the planet. Without them, even the dinosaurs would have never existed. If you want to show your gratitude, go to a Chinese restaurant and order some "mu er" (wood ear). Some people think they are slimy and don't care for the taste, while others (including me) love'em. But while you are chewing, remember that you wouldn't even exist without the little critters.
coal power ... has released more radioactive radiation as well.
Bullcrap. Nearly all the radiation in coal is from thorium, which remains in the ash. If you count ash as "released", then you would need to count all spent nuclear fuel as "released" as well. Also, thorium is not biologically active, does not bioaccumulate, and is nearly harmless in normal concentration. It is common not only in coal ash, but in almost any other rock was well. There is about a gram of thorium in every cubic meter of the earth's crust.
There are plenty of good reasons to oppose burning coal, but "radiation" isn't one of them.
... than have died worldwide in nuclear accidents in the past 20 years.
You are cherry-picking. If you go back further, your claim is no longer true.
The anti-nukes are saying that nuclear disasters are potentially very bad, not that they are frequent.
Mostly a collection of advertisements and banal BS.
In hindsight, it is often the banalities that are the most interesting. Archaeologists often learn more from looking at ancient garbage dumps than from excavating palaces.