He didn't say specify "for a living since the 70's."
What-ever.
Even if he was born in 1979 and writing software since he left the womb, that would still make him 29 years old in 200, which we know isn't what happened. This guy was too old to be claiming "indiscretions of his youth" on why he left his old employer.
How will small businesses that are just making ends meet cope with this mandate?
A small business that is "just making ends meet" can't afford to have a new building constructed. They would be leasing space or buying an existing property.
The theory is what was suggested 138 years ago. It wasn't suggested the evolutionary change itself occurred then. Don't worry. I had to read that part twice, too.
It's really not up to the provided to decide. They don't own (most) of the content, so they are kinda beholden to the rights-holder and their agreements. But please, keep getting mad at the wrong people - the studios like that.
True, but if you're making a loss, that just means someone else (or you) is paying for the task. That means that eventually that money will run out, and you will have to stop doing the task.
That's only true if the loss on the one task is larger than your entire profit.
We recover $40 mil of gold, but at a cost of $100 mil. Okay, that's a loss on this one task. But what is that cost spread out over all those iPhones we recycled? Still a loss, but a small one per unit. Now remember that Apple is the only iPhone maker, so every one of those iPhones they recycled they also sold and made a profit on once upon a time. How much profit did they make from each iPhone back then? The loss of recycling the old iPhone is only a small niche out of the slice of profit pie from the device's initial sale.
Apple gains good PR by the recycling program and what's more, by doing the recycling program Apple's impact on their profits with the action are lessened because they are recovering valuable precious metals for themselves in the process. You can think of the recycling program as a small "brand marketing" cost against their profits on the device this way.
The fact this is a naturally occurring phenomenon? It's not a result of research and development of advanced lens materials or manufacturing processes.
Not everything is about making a profit. Sometimes the doing right thing for the environment is a price worth paying. I think that might have even been their whole idea with this, too...
He holds several U.S. patents, including one for ballet pointe shoes and another for an educational magnifying glass created by filling a clear plastic bag with water.
Really? Water refracting light rays is now patentable?
Funny enough, my local Alamo (Kansas City area) used to be an AMC theater. They had to remove every other row of seats for the aisles for the servers to walk through. I wonder how they do in business compared to the old owners.
I go there 1-2 times a month, but it's almost always to see the older films that AMC wouldn't have even considered running. So if it was still an AMC I'd never go there, and that's even before the texting/talking policy. The last few new movies I've seen, I've also driven the hour+ from home to go there, rather than visited the local (Regal owned) cineplex.
The plan was expected to include rules requiring businesses earning more than 600 million euros a year (nearly $700 USD) to open up their tax affairs to public scrutiny, revealing their profits and accounts in every country in which they operate within the EU
They probably pay for better than average, but when it's so easy to set up a 24/7 torrent device (a Raspberry PI would be plenty), there's no reason to buy top-tier, you can just let things run in their sweet time and download while you're asleep/away from home. Anything 20 mbps or above will be able to support play-as-you-download if your client is downloading in consecutive piece order.
But I think that piracy is so widespread that if ISPs actually did shut people off the providers would be losing a significant portion of their customer base, and in todays Wall-Street driven "endless growth" bullshit economy losing even a few people is unforgivable -- this is demonstrated in how companies are so doormat when it comes to enforcing billing policies when a customer threatens to leave, regardless of if they are right.
They would never agree to willingly lose busieness. It would also highlight the fact there is no competition for broadband in many areas when those customers realized there was no one else to go to for service after being kicked out.
You sarcasm detector seems to be broken....or your insight detector. There's something slightly wrong about only people working for elite Silicon Valley companies being able to get some time off to raise a family. But I doubt we'll see the government step in and take action, as they often have to when it comes to fair labor practices, as long as we keep hiring the same type of leaders.
But reading the article, the headline is not correct: "Twitter To Give All New Parents 20 Weeks of Paid Leave"
Apparently, this only applies to Twitter employees, and not actually "All New Parents".
Well, only Twitter employees are fit to be new parents anyway. Or Facebook employees. All you people working outside Silicon Valley should just be adopting orphans that can go straight to latchkey kid status.
That's not really a good excuse... Just because there is bias elsewhere doesn't mean that we, as engineers who are developing something new, have to follow those biases.
No, it's a great excuse. Unless you want to explain to your boss why you're being SJW about interface decisions, instead of choosing what customers will prefer.
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He didn't say specify "for a living since the 70's."
What-ever.
Even if he was born in 1979 and writing software since he left the womb, that would still make him 29 years old in 200, which we know isn't what happened.
This guy was too old to be claiming "indiscretions of his youth" on why he left his old employer.
Going from Win8 to Win10 meant I needed to find out where Microsoft moved a bunch of stuff I used. Now they're moving it all around again.
Yeah, it's a shame you can't just keep using what you're familiar with instead of upgrading.
Oh wait, you can.
How will small businesses that are just making ends meet cope with this mandate?
A small business that is "just making ends meet" can't afford to have a new building constructed. They would be leasing space or buying an existing property.
I am a Prime member and I can conclusively say it isn't worth the $100. Take a look at the movies/music available for Prime streaming: utter garbage
Must be an awful lot of garbage.
Make sure you file that comment with the submitter. I, on the other hand, know how to use commas.
The theory is what was suggested 138 years ago. It wasn't suggested the evolutionary change itself occurred then.
Don't worry. I had to read that part twice, too.
It's really not up to the provided to decide. They don't own (most) of the content, so they are kinda beholden to the rights-holder and their agreements. But please, keep getting mad at the wrong people - the studios like that.
Posting Persistent Stories.
True, but if you're making a loss, that just means someone else (or you) is paying for the task. That means that eventually that money will run out, and you will have to stop doing the task.
That's only true if the loss on the one task is larger than your entire profit.
We recover $40 mil of gold, but at a cost of $100 mil. Okay, that's a loss on this one task. But what is that cost spread out over all those iPhones we recycled? Still a loss, but a small one per unit. Now remember that Apple is the only iPhone maker, so every one of those iPhones they recycled they also sold and made a profit on once upon a time. How much profit did they make from each iPhone back then? The loss of recycling the old iPhone is only a small niche out of the slice of profit pie from the device's initial sale.
Apple gains good PR by the recycling program and what's more, by doing the recycling program Apple's impact on their profits with the action are lessened because they are recovering valuable precious metals for themselves in the process. You can think of the recycling program as a small "brand marketing" cost against their profits on the device this way.
The fact this is a naturally occurring phenomenon?
It's not a result of research and development of advanced lens materials or manufacturing processes.
Not everything is about making a profit. Sometimes the doing right thing for the environment is a price worth paying.
I think that might have even been their whole idea with this, too...
He holds several U.S. patents, including one for ballet pointe shoes and another for an educational magnifying glass created by filling a clear plastic bag with water.
Really? Water refracting light rays is now patentable?
Funny enough, my local Alamo (Kansas City area) used to be an AMC theater.
They had to remove every other row of seats for the aisles for the servers to walk through. I wonder how they do in business compared to the old owners.
I go there 1-2 times a month, but it's almost always to see the older films that AMC wouldn't have even considered running. So if it was still an AMC I'd never go there, and that's even before the texting/talking policy. The last few new movies I've seen, I've also driven the hour+ from home to go there, rather than visited the local (Regal owned) cineplex.
The plan was expected to include rules requiring businesses earning more than 600 million euros a year (nearly $700 USD) to open up their tax affairs to public scrutiny, revealing their profits and accounts in every country in which they operate within the EU
Wow, that's quite an exchange rate.
how many Libraries of Congress it can hold?
Oooo, not sure if I mean information storage or physical space now, huh?
In Soviet Amerika, Facebook looks at YOU!
They probably pay for better than average, but when it's so easy to set up a 24/7 torrent device (a Raspberry PI would be plenty), there's no reason to buy top-tier, you can just let things run in their sweet time and download while you're asleep/away from home. Anything 20 mbps or above will be able to support play-as-you-download if your client is downloading in consecutive piece order.
But I think that piracy is so widespread that if ISPs actually did shut people off the providers would be losing a significant portion of their customer base, and in todays Wall-Street driven "endless growth" bullshit economy losing even a few people is unforgivable -- this is demonstrated in how companies are so doormat when it comes to enforcing billing policies when a customer threatens to leave, regardless of if they are right.
They would never agree to willingly lose busieness. It would also highlight the fact there is no competition for broadband in many areas when those customers realized there was no one else to go to for service after being kicked out.
Should have "in humans" as part of that, I misinterpreted that headline completely.
about how Obama is all in-support of the FBI and weaker consumer encryption?
in the land of people who care...
You seem a little insane.
You sarcasm detector seems to be broken. ...or your insight detector.
There's something slightly wrong about only people working for elite Silicon Valley companies being able to get some time off to raise a family. But I doubt we'll see the government step in and take action, as they often have to when it comes to fair labor practices, as long as we keep hiring the same type of leaders.
Here I was all excited!
But reading the article, the headline is not correct: "Twitter To Give All New Parents 20 Weeks of Paid Leave"
Apparently, this only applies to Twitter employees, and not actually "All New Parents".
Well, only Twitter employees are fit to be new parents anyway. Or Facebook employees.
All you people working outside Silicon Valley should just be adopting orphans that can go straight to latchkey kid status.
I don't think Donald Trump has even ONE heart.
That's not really a good excuse... Just because there is bias elsewhere doesn't mean that we, as engineers who are developing something new, have to follow those biases.
No, it's a great excuse. Unless you want to explain to your boss why you're being SJW about interface decisions, instead of choosing what customers will prefer.