they do not want the party high jacked by a disguised 3rd party candidate
All the more reason for structural reform or abolition of the Electoral College to give alternative parties an actual chance of winning an election. The two-party system is clearly a failure and mostly produces bland, lowest-common-denominator candidates. Until we have more choice, our elections will continue to be a choice between a douche and a turd.
Uhhh...perhaps the cost of housing near his job is prohibitive? If he works in the heart of San Francisco, he might not be able to afford a place there; 50 miles out, the housing gets cheaper. Think, McFly, think!
That's why strict and heavily-enforced consumer rights laws need to be passed that make such planned obsolescence illegal, and require that products be designed for easy repair and recycling.
We need to realise that most of us are not so much buying things themselves as much as the services they render. Unless you've made a hobby of collecting vintage power-drills, you don't care so much about the drill itself as you do for the hole it makes. In The Ecology of Commerce, Paul Hawken provides case-studies of business firms, such as Interface Carpet, which have moved to a leasing model where you lease the service of carpeting rather than buying physical carpet. This has many desirable effects, such as moving many expenditures from the CapEx to the OpEx column, and the provider (e.g., Interface) is contractually obligated to maintain the carpet and replace it upon wear-out. Another desirable outcome: manufacturers are incented to create more robust and durable physical goods, because they will be servicing and ultimately disposing of them. Moving to this model will meet vehement resistance, with many people crying out 'Socialism!' and other epithets, but even free-market ideologues should rejoice as it internalises many hitherto externalised costs and provides an accounting basis for them.
I especially like DNL's perspective about not making such a large emotional investment in what a complete stranger thinks of you. Taking a stranger's reaction in stride makes one a bit more impervious to rejection, and there's always the serendipitous possibility of a favourable response. That's always been my problem: placing far too much emphasis on what strangers and mere acquaintances think of me, and discounting and taking for granted the counsel and opinions of those closest to me.
I've started perusing Doctor Nerd Love and he seems to have pretty logical advice. Are you familiar with the site? Would you say your experiences and advice match his?
And they will similarly fail with the Windows 10 app store strategy. In trying to emulate Apple and Google, they fail to realise that Microsoft providing a me-too Windows App Store experience doesn't provide any incentive for users to choose them over the Android and iOS apps they're already using. MS's app store is demonstrably inferior to the one offered by A and G. MS still hasn't learned the lesson that for most consumers, it's the apps, stupid! They really couldn't care less about the underlying OS as long as Pokemon Go! (or whatever other app du jour) is available on it.
I live in Brat's district. He's a Tea Party douche-nozzle who sides with the plutocrats every time he votes on a bill. He's just as bought as the rest of them. Plus, he doesn't govern -- he grandstands.
The folks at Jitsi are trying to realise your vision. I've used it and it's got some rough edges, but it really hopes to be a FOSS, standards-based Skype/Facetime killer.
By your analogy, meat-space actors worth their salt will migrate to the stage. Their unique talents would have the opportunity to shine in more intimate milieu. The parent poster isn't wrong.
The highest-paid CEO's tend to be parasitic and suck value from the companies they head, taking money from employees and shareholders and moving it into their own pockets, then move on locust-like to the next victim. So of course their compensation is inversely proportional to the company's performance. These leeches are slowly poisoning their hosts. Is anybody truly surprised by this? It's rather tautological.
If the Saudi royal family are involved, count on it stinking to high heaven. T.E. Lawrence warned the rest of the world about the House of Saud's perfidy. But did anyone listen? We've been reaping the geopolitical effects for the better part of a century.
There is at least one ISP in London doing this. I've heard of other projects in European cities where they'd rather not dig up streets in the 'old city' portions, so they snake cabling through sewers.
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they do not want the party high jacked by a disguised 3rd party candidate
All the more reason for structural reform or abolition of the Electoral College to give alternative parties an actual chance of winning an election. The two-party system is clearly a failure and mostly produces bland, lowest-common-denominator candidates. Until we have more choice, our elections will continue to be a choice between a douche and a turd.
Exactly. Plausible deniability is the actual goal. If it benefits national security, that's purely ancillary.
Why do you live 50 miles from your workplace?
Uhhh...perhaps the cost of housing near his job is prohibitive? If he works in the heart of San Francisco, he might not be able to afford a place there; 50 miles out, the housing gets cheaper. Think, McFly, think!
That's why strict and heavily-enforced consumer rights laws need to be passed that make such planned obsolescence illegal, and require that products be designed for easy repair and recycling.
We need to realise that most of us are not so much buying things themselves as much as the services they render. Unless you've made a hobby of collecting vintage power-drills, you don't care so much about the drill itself as you do for the hole it makes. In The Ecology of Commerce, Paul Hawken provides case-studies of business firms, such as Interface Carpet, which have moved to a leasing model where you lease the service of carpeting rather than buying physical carpet. This has many desirable effects, such as moving many expenditures from the CapEx to the OpEx column, and the provider (e.g., Interface) is contractually obligated to maintain the carpet and replace it upon wear-out. Another desirable outcome: manufacturers are incented to create more robust and durable physical goods, because they will be servicing and ultimately disposing of them. Moving to this model will meet vehement resistance, with many people crying out 'Socialism!' and other epithets, but even free-market ideologues should rejoice as it internalises many hitherto externalised costs and provides an accounting basis for them.
'Don't make us take off our masks as we anally sodomise you with a spiked club!'
I especially like DNL's perspective about not making such a large emotional investment in what a complete stranger thinks of you. Taking a stranger's reaction in stride makes one a bit more impervious to rejection, and there's always the serendipitous possibility of a favourable response. That's always been my problem: placing far too much emphasis on what strangers and mere acquaintances think of me, and discounting and taking for granted the counsel and opinions of those closest to me.
so the world will likely lose interest in America.
True, unless Trump gets into a dick-measuring contest with Kim Jong Un and starts WW III.
I've started perusing Doctor Nerd Love and he seems to have pretty logical advice. Are you familiar with the site? Would you say your experiences and advice match his?
Either that, or the displaced workers and therefore the cost of supporting them will have to be outright eliminated from society.
The dystopian solution would be one of the following:
Those are just several. Considering all of the genocides throughout history, I wouldn't discount any of those being tried.
Whoops, wrong article. Sorry, fellow /.ers. :(
Feel free to moderate this thread into oblivion.
...when it's convenient for the corporation.
And they will similarly fail with the Windows 10 app store strategy. In trying to emulate Apple and Google, they fail to realise that Microsoft providing a me-too Windows App Store experience doesn't provide any incentive for users to choose them over the Android and iOS apps they're already using. MS's app store is demonstrably inferior to the one offered by A and G. MS still hasn't learned the lesson that for most consumers, it's the apps, stupid! They really couldn't care less about the underlying OS as long as Pokemon Go! (or whatever other app du jour) is available on it.
In one sitting, it's a negligible difference. Over decades, it adds up to become a difference in kind, not merely degree.
I could post the code again if anyone showed any interest in it.
How about throwing it up on GitHub? If nothing else, it would serve as a good example for budding developers to emulate.
I live in Brat's district. He's a Tea Party douche-nozzle who sides with the plutocrats every time he votes on a bill. He's just as bought as the rest of them. Plus, he doesn't govern -- he grandstands.
'Brat' is a wholly appropriate name.
The folks at Jitsi are trying to realise your vision. I've used it and it's got some rough edges, but it really hopes to be a FOSS, standards-based Skype/Facetime killer.
By your analogy, meat-space actors worth their salt will migrate to the stage. Their unique talents would have the opportunity to shine in more intimate milieu. The parent poster isn't wrong.
Windows 7 doesn't reach EOL until January, 2020. I wouldn't consider that the 'near future' in this context.
The highest-paid CEO's tend to be parasitic and suck value from the companies they head, taking money from employees and shareholders and moving it into their own pockets, then move on locust-like to the next victim. So of course their compensation is inversely proportional to the company's performance. These leeches are slowly poisoning their hosts. Is anybody truly surprised by this? It's rather tautological.
If the Saudi royal family are involved, count on it stinking to high heaven. T.E. Lawrence warned the rest of the world about the House of Saud's perfidy. But did anyone listen? We've been reaping the geopolitical effects for the better part of a century.
I don't have mod points, but must give you props for a very insightful and interesting post. :)
The author cites melanoma, which is overwhelmingly caused by sun exposure and is not tied to ionizing radiation.
UV is ionising radiation!
There is at least one ISP in London doing this. I've heard of other projects in European cities where they'd rather not dig up streets in the 'old city' portions, so they snake cabling through sewers.
I think they renamed that project SHIT (Sewer Hosted Internet Topology).