The problem, of course, is that some pencil-pusher MBA at the airlines realized that they could milk a few dollars more from customers if they charged a fee for checked bags.
You mean some MBA realized they could gain market share with lower ticket prices if light travellers no longer had to subsidize the luggage mules.
The solution is obvious: They should charge for a second carry-on too.
Or even better, charge by weight. You get on a scale while holding all your carry-ons. $1 surcharge for every kg over the threshold. This will encourage both light packing and dieting.
If vendors don't want to sell to bots, they can use CAPTCHAs, detect systematic mouse movement, limit quantities per order, limit quantities to the same shipping address, require each cabbage patch doll to be ordered along with $75 of other products, feed the items into inventory one-by-one with a randomized poisson distribution, or... just charge the market price.
If they don't do these things, then why should the taxpayers subsidize their broken business model?
It is very common for Chinese people to adopt an English name to use when communicating in English.
Chinese has phonemes that do not exist in English, and is a tonal language, so Chinese names are often very difficult for native English speakers to properly pronounce. Using an English name makes communication smoother, and also signals that they are attempting a cultural fit rather than just learning the language.
Should have only done this to one twin, imho, it would be a great case study on side effects.
The video implies that they were from separate ova and sperm. So they are fraternal twins, and only share ~50% of their DNA. That far outweighs any genetic difference caused by the gene edit.
That's why it's a lot easier for kids to learn a second language than it is for adults.
That is not a good analogy. The brains of children appear to be preprogrammed to rapidly assimilate language, and that preprogramming fades with time. Language learning is a special case, and learning other topics does not have the same fade out.
My Chinese father-in-law is 87, and has no problem at all using WeChat-Pay. Click the icon to open the app, scan the QR-code, and click "Ok". It is dead simple. They amount to be charged is in big digits about 12mm high, that are easy to read. It is faster, easier and safer than fumbling with cash.
The geezers complaining about this are the type of people that will just complain about anything, and this problem is worse in China because they have a cultural acceptance of old people acting like martyrs and whining about all the sacrifices they have to make for their children and grandchildren. But with the rising economy, they aren't actually making any sacrifices, so they whine about made-up crap like this instead.
Right now there is one camera for every ten citizens.
I was in Shanghai last month, and I saw a camera about every 100m or so. That might have been one for every 10 pedestrians on the street, but no where near one for every 10 people in the city.
Anyway, I always though that China dealt with jaywalkers by making it legal for motorists to run over them. Even in a marked cross walk, you are often risking your life in Shanghai traffic.
The area with the highest job hopping rate, due to California's ban on non-compete contracts, is Silicon Valley. No where are else are developers more productive or better paid.
Churn is good. Good for workers. Good for companies. Good for national economies.
Most developers don't switch jobs because their employer is going out of business. They switch because their job sucks, or they want to make more money.
Companies will pay more to lure away talent from other companies than they will to keep their current employees. You should switch employers every 3 to 5 years to maximize your income.
Productivity is higher in areas with more churn. Job hopping means new ideas and better techniques spread quickly between companies.
The problem is that not many companies are will to pay for expert advice.
No. The problem is that people that need an IT consultant are not able to judge quality. If they knew enough to make that judgement, they wouldn't need the consultant in the first place.
And don't give me that crap about "You get what you pay for." That is absolutely untrue in IT.
The best solution in this case is likely for her to build her team's internal skill set. Learn how to troubleshoot and use ServerFault, Microsoft.com, and Google for solutions. If she pays for a "solution", she should make sure she understands exactly what the consultant did, so she can do it herself next time.
Of course thieves will try and thwart this: they can already jam GPS trackers so presumably they can jam or shield against remote control.
A GPS or cell jammer is like a giant homing beacon. A police drone could easily detect and follow the emitter. Also, with GPS and cell signals blocked, the car will likely refuse to move. The thief could still use a tow truck or flatbed to steal the car, but that is a significant barrier for a meth-head teenager.
You don't have to make a car impossible to steal. You just need to make stealing it difficult enough that the thief steals your neighbor's car instead.
My daughter thinks Fabiano Caruana is sexier. But she said she will take either.
They have one game to go, and if it another draw, then Fabiano is in trouble. It will go to a speed chess tie-breaker, and Magnus is one of the best blitz chess players in the world. Magnus won the blitz world championship in 2017.
#1 and #2 requires the eradication of Islam, for it's the religion based on the subjugation or women and children.
Iran is Islamic, and averages 1.6 births per woman, well below replacement level. Turkey, Malaysia, and Bangladesh are Islamic and average 2.1 births per woman.
That sounds a lot more complicated than just signing a page and faxing it.
Only if it is already on paper. 99% of the forms I fill out are downloaded or attached PDFs. So click to sign, click to attach, click to send. Done.
Even if you are dealing with a paper document, signing, scanning and emailing is easier for most people, because then you don't need a fax machine or a landline. I have neither.
... and if you need your own copy of the signed document for your records, you will end up scanning the paper form anyway.
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Change your names to fit Bill but never expect Bill and his kind to do the same...
Au contraire. I have a Chinese name. My wife is Chinese, so I use her surname, and the first hanzi of her given name, but replace the final hanzi.
It is the name I use in China, it is printed on my business card, and it was printed on my residence card when I lived in Shanghai.
The problem, of course, is that some pencil-pusher MBA at the airlines realized that they could milk a few dollars more from customers if they charged a fee for checked bags.
You mean some MBA realized they could gain market share with lower ticket prices if light travellers no longer had to subsidize the luggage mules.
The solution is obvious: They should charge for a second carry-on too.
Or even better, charge by weight. You get on a scale while holding all your carry-ons. $1 surcharge for every kg over the threshold. This will encourage both light packing and dieting.
Why should our tax dollars be spent on this?
If vendors don't want to sell to bots, they can use CAPTCHAs, detect systematic mouse movement, limit quantities per order, limit quantities to the same shipping address, require each cabbage patch doll to be ordered along with $75 of other products, feed the items into inventory one-by-one with a randomized poisson distribution, or ... just charge the market price.
If they don't do these things, then why should the taxpayers subsidize their broken business model?
Don't worry about. Here is the probability of this proposal being voted into law: 0%.
Make airline boarding more like the old Southwest system
I like SWA's open seating, and agree that it speeds up boarding.
But I know several people who hate that system and refuse to fly on SWA for that reason.
Parents: Grace, Mark
Are these Chinese names?
It is very common for Chinese people to adopt an English name to use when communicating in English.
Chinese has phonemes that do not exist in English, and is a tonal language, so Chinese names are often very difficult for native English speakers to properly pronounce. Using an English name makes communication smoother, and also signals that they are attempting a cultural fit rather than just learning the language.
Shit, am I being racist?
No. A language is not a race.
Should have only done this to one twin, imho, it would be a great case study on side effects.
The video implies that they were from separate ova and sperm. So they are fraternal twins, and only share ~50% of their DNA. That far outweighs any genetic difference caused by the gene edit.
Indeed. Innate resistance to HIV is well known. The gene that causes it has been identified, and 23andMe will even tell you if you have that gene.
With an HIV positive dad, the benefit to these GMO babies outweighs the risks.
Credit cards charge a fee that raises the price of everything you buy. Pay-by-app, at least for WeChat-pay and Ali-Pay, charges no fee.
Anyone who can't remember to charge their phone, is just as likely to forget or lose their CC.
These payment systems can use either Wifi or the cellular network. Both are very reliable in China.
CC fraud is a huge problem. Pay-by-app fraud is nearly nonexistent.
Peer-to-peer payments are easy with the apps. Impossible with CCs.
That's why it's a lot easier for kids to learn a second language than it is for adults.
That is not a good analogy. The brains of children appear to be preprogrammed to rapidly assimilate language, and that preprogramming fades with time. Language learning is a special case, and learning other topics does not have the same fade out.
My Chinese father-in-law is 87, and has no problem at all using WeChat-Pay. Click the icon to open the app, scan the QR-code, and click "Ok". It is dead simple. They amount to be charged is in big digits about 12mm high, that are easy to read. It is faster, easier and safer than fumbling with cash.
The geezers complaining about this are the type of people that will just complain about anything, and this problem is worse in China because they have a cultural acceptance of old people acting like martyrs and whining about all the sacrifices they have to make for their children and grandchildren. But with the rising economy, they aren't actually making any sacrifices, so they whine about made-up crap like this instead.
Right now there is one camera for every ten citizens.
I was in Shanghai last month, and I saw a camera about every 100m or so. That might have been one for every 10 pedestrians on the street, but no where near one for every 10 people in the city.
Anyway, I always though that China dealt with jaywalkers by making it legal for motorists to run over them. Even in a marked cross walk, you are often risking your life in Shanghai traffic.
I want to see a cite, preferably more than one, for "Productivity is higher in areas with more job churn".
Here you go:
1. Labor market flexibility boosts productivity
2. Go for the Churn
The area with the highest job hopping rate, due to California's ban on non-compete contracts, is Silicon Valley. No where are else are developers more productive or better paid.
Churn is good. Good for workers. Good for companies. Good for national economies.
Most developers don't switch jobs because their employer is going out of business. They switch because their job sucks, or they want to make more money.
Companies will pay more to lure away talent from other companies than they will to keep their current employees. You should switch employers every 3 to 5 years to maximize your income.
Productivity is higher in areas with more churn. Job hopping means new ideas and better techniques spread quickly between companies.
... a GPU.
There is no way you are going to make money mining Bitcoin on a GPU.
You need to get an ASIC mining rig. You can buy one on Amazon for $515.
Iâ(TM)d like to short 3BTC. Where can I do that on margin?
Five ways to short bitcoin.
Free advice: If you are not an experienced investor, you are fool to short anything.
Pretty sure she is the boss, judging from the question.
The summary says the "company owner" is vetoing her decisions, so she may be the day-to-day manager, but is not at the top.
The problem is that not many companies are will to pay for expert advice.
No. The problem is that people that need an IT consultant are not able to judge quality. If they knew enough to make that judgement, they wouldn't need the consultant in the first place.
And don't give me that crap about "You get what you pay for." That is absolutely untrue in IT.
The best solution in this case is likely for her to build her team's internal skill set. Learn how to troubleshoot and use ServerFault, Microsoft.com, and Google for solutions. If she pays for a "solution", she should make sure she understands exactly what the consultant did, so she can do it herself next time.
Not while a 1st world person consumes 30 times the resources of a 3rd world person.
Do you really expect this disparity to continue for the next century?
A generation ago, China was as poor as Africa. Today they are 8 times richer per capita.
Nitpick: America emits ~10 times as much as Africa per capita, not 30.
94% male out of 20000 people. Cue the alarmists saying that men are preventing women from learning JavaScript.
Or that men are preventing women from responding to surveys about JS.
Of course thieves will try and thwart this: they can already jam GPS trackers so presumably they can jam or shield against remote control.
A GPS or cell jammer is like a giant homing beacon. A police drone could easily detect and follow the emitter. Also, with GPS and cell signals blocked, the car will likely refuse to move. The thief could still use a tow truck or flatbed to steal the car, but that is a significant barrier for a meth-head teenager.
You don't have to make a car impossible to steal. You just need to make stealing it difficult enough that the thief steals your neighbor's car instead.
A hot young stud oozing sex appeal
My daughter thinks Fabiano Caruana is sexier. But she said she will take either.
They have one game to go, and if it another draw, then Fabiano is in trouble. It will go to a speed chess tie-breaker, and Magnus is one of the best blitz chess players in the world. Magnus won the blitz world championship in 2017.
#1 and #2 requires the eradication of Islam, for it's the religion based on the subjugation or women and children.
Iran is Islamic, and averages 1.6 births per woman, well below replacement level. Turkey, Malaysia, and Bangladesh are Islamic and average 2.1 births per woman.
Is it really alarmism when 99% of the experts say we need to solve a problem as quickly as possible?
No, it isn't. But that is NOT what TFA is saying. It is saying that the 16mm rise from 2014 to 2018 is causing serious flooding NOW. That is nonsense.
I wouldn't exactly call four years of data climate.
The data on sea level rise goes back WAY more than 4 years.
Recent Sea Level Rise
Satellite altimeter data goes back 20 years, and there are tidal records from around the world going back more than a century.
That sounds a lot more complicated than just signing a page and faxing it.
Only if it is already on paper. 99% of the forms I fill out are downloaded or attached PDFs. So click to sign, click to attach, click to send. Done.
Even if you are dealing with a paper document, signing, scanning and emailing is easier for most people, because then you don't need a fax machine or a landline. I have neither.
... and if you need your own copy of the signed document for your records, you will end up scanning the paper form anyway.