If you are in a store on their wifi, and check an Amazon site; which then senses what you are researching, triggering Amazon to now offer an even better deal (potentially allowing selling at a loss), it looks like you may have made out.
So, then, now Amazon has undercut a B&M competitor, further forcing a potential bankruptcy (via ever-increasing lost sales).
Which, in turn, reduces Amazon competition.
Which, in turn, allows the STRONG potential for another Amazon monopoly.
Which, in turn, allows Amazon to jack prices back up.
Which, in turn, reduces the general shopper's ability to get a reasonable deal!
Sounds to me like we, the people, need to make our government ("By the people, For the people") step in and update our laws?!
AND, B&Ms need to make their operations more efficient, so as to compete w/ Amazon.
Perhaps many of those things we generally classify as "fantastically weird" would be a bit more mainstream if we were to get better educated in reality and less "morally righteous"!
Would someone please explain to me how a drone can damage any power lines?
I was under the impression that you need to complete a circuit to cause current flow,
and that high voltage wires are far enough apart that a small drone could never touch 2 wires at ones.
Birds have no problem perching on high-voltage wires.
Perhaps there is more to this story?!
Like, perhaps, that the drone was equipped to intentionally short the wires?
Or, for that matter, what if I want to circumvent a firmware lock on a PC I bought, so I can install Linux, or Win 7?!
This ruling would seem to precedent being able to hack anything I own.
Further, if the leadership is that afraid of having cases like this publicly heard, then it is very likely there is something they wish to keep hidden from their constituents; which would likely expose their abuses.
I often struggle to accept what passes for news these days, especially that from "mainstream" outlets.
I find that the RT (RT on MiND TV and at RT.com) outlet seems to have a rounding-out delivery of stories, many of which never make the "mainstream" media.
While RT (Russia Today) is a Russian owned outlet, I find their periodic propaganda much easier to handle than nearly all of the US mainstream sensationalism and biased crap.
If the people that voted for Trump were to have watched RT during the last presidential campaign, I am sure Trump would NOT have been elected.
It seems obvious to me that a vast pool of people should not be voting at all, as they have been brow-beaten by mainstream media - not just news - into being corporate cronies.
Nice essay. Yet, I might beg to differ about the "no threat" perspective.
There is a real threat if beekeepers stop their interventions.
While honeybees are not indigenous to North America, they have since become an integral part of the economy.
As long as beekeepers work to proliferate the species, there may be a reduced threat.
Yet, if we did nothing to support honeybees, it is very probable they would die off virtually completely.
Note that China is so short on honeybees that they are manually pollinating crops - by the hands of humans!
Agreed. "Enslaved" shows a misconception about beekeeping.
Having a pet is more closely related to "enslaving" anything.
Bees are free to go. When a colony grows strong and big, usually as a result of the beneficial care of beekeepers, they will make another queen and half the colony will split with her. This is how the species propagates.
(Of course, saavy beekeepers would provide a new home for that swarm, and the cycle continues.)
On the other hand, if your dog does it's natural thing, like bark at a passer by, the owner usually shushes the pet.
Which is closer to being the "enslaved" entity here?
Yet, in return, everyone needs to provide some service to qualify; unless disabled.
Any person with half a brain can see that one of the major problems with our society is the pervasive feeling of entitlement without justification.
I sacrificed and worked my ass off to get anywhere, and I object to the lazy drunk down the street not sacrificing a daily drunkenness to allow some brains to get out there and make some effort to be a productive member of society!
With what would amount to more welfare will NOT fix things; yet, would perpetuate half-brained feelings of entitlement and laziness.
I say that such recipients need to be required to meed some standards and provide some contribution for any 'gift' our government sees fit to distribute.
Oh, by the way, we need to get the super rich, like Zuckerberger, to pay a considerable chunk of those welfare dollars!
Oh, wait! We DID have a party running for office with those ideas! Bernie Sanders!
His "Socialist" program was far more Democratic that the Chinese version!
Why the fuck didn't you vote for him?!?!?!
(You know who you are!)
And what are you going to do about it?!
How about you join the movement to fix this stuff? And, take your country back from the Oligarchy Dictatorship?
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Our recently installed solar panels seem to now be struggling to get sun!
Perhaps we now need to push for climate change remediation, as more and more cloudy days are affecting our production!
If you are in a store on their wifi, and check an Amazon site; which then senses what you are researching, triggering Amazon to now offer an even better deal (potentially allowing selling at a loss), it looks like you may have made out.
So, then, now Amazon has undercut a B&M competitor, further forcing a potential bankruptcy (via ever-increasing lost sales).
Which, in turn, reduces Amazon competition.
Which, in turn, allows the STRONG potential for another Amazon monopoly.
Which, in turn, allows Amazon to jack prices back up.
Which, in turn, reduces the general shopper's ability to get a reasonable deal!
Sounds to me like we, the people, need to make our government ("By the people, For the people") step in and update our laws?!
AND, B&Ms need to make their operations more efficient, so as to compete w/ Amazon.
Perhaps many of those things we generally classify as "fantastically weird" would be a bit more mainstream if we were to get better educated in reality and less "morally righteous"!
What do YOU thing might better serve mankind?
Now that lead-poisoned generation can be again easily manipulated at election times again! ;-)
Sounds like a R plan to me!
1) We don't speak Russian.
2) Treaty would not stop those "independent patriotic Russian hackers".
Probably should have read something like "The fly-by was observed by a dedicated group".
Also, the IT staff that failed to implement and verify backups needs to go.
PLEASE be sure these idiots are put on the national "IT offender" list!
Would someone please explain to me how a drone can damage any power lines?
I was under the impression that you need to complete a circuit to cause current flow,
and that high voltage wires are far enough apart that a small drone could never touch 2 wires at ones.
Birds have no problem perching on high-voltage wires.
Perhaps there is more to this story?!
Like, perhaps, that the drone was equipped to intentionally short the wires?
Add another requirement: MUST speak CLEAR, fluent English!
That will weed out another 80%!
Is this where trolls appear, where you can "throw axe", and where there is a Plover room, etc...?
Or, for that matter, what if I want to circumvent a firmware lock on a PC I bought, so I can install Linux, or Win 7?!
This ruling would seem to precedent being able to hack anything I own.
Don't forget the protein! We are all Soylent Green!
Seconded.
Further, if the leadership is that afraid of having cases like this publicly heard, then it is very likely there is something they wish to keep hidden from their constituents; which would likely expose their abuses.
I often struggle to accept what passes for news these days, especially that from "mainstream" outlets.
I find that the RT (RT on MiND TV and at RT.com) outlet seems to have a rounding-out delivery of stories, many of which never make the "mainstream" media.
While RT (Russia Today) is a Russian owned outlet, I find their periodic propaganda much easier to handle than nearly all of the US mainstream sensationalism and biased crap.
If the people that voted for Trump were to have watched RT during the last presidential campaign, I am sure Trump would NOT have been elected.
It seems obvious to me that a vast pool of people should not be voting at all, as they have been brow-beaten by mainstream media - not just news - into being corporate cronies.
Tessa must have some pretty damning evidence against her to fire her for this, ....
Something seems wrong with this picture https://www.theguardian.com/te....
I cannot imagine that there was he level of harassment that she claims.
Yet, these companies have no problem hiring cheap H1B visa holders over real Americans!
Nice essay. Yet, I might beg to differ about the "no threat" perspective.
There is a real threat if beekeepers stop their interventions.
While honeybees are not indigenous to North America, they have since become an integral part of the economy.
As long as beekeepers work to proliferate the species, there may be a reduced threat.
Yet, if we did nothing to support honeybees, it is very probable they would die off virtually completely.
Note that China is so short on honeybees that they are manually pollinating crops - by the hands of humans!
Agreed. "Enslaved" shows a misconception about beekeeping.
Having a pet is more closely related to "enslaving" anything.
Bees are free to go. When a colony grows strong and big, usually as a result of the beneficial care of beekeepers, they will make another queen and half the colony will split with her. This is how the species propagates.
(Of course, saavy beekeepers would provide a new home for that swarm, and the cycle continues.)
On the other hand, if your dog does it's natural thing, like bark at a passer by, the owner usually shushes the pet.
Which is closer to being the "enslaved" entity here?
Yet, in return, everyone needs to provide some service to qualify; unless disabled.
Any person with half a brain can see that one of the major problems with our society is the pervasive feeling of entitlement without justification.
I sacrificed and worked my ass off to get anywhere, and I object to the lazy drunk down the street not sacrificing a daily drunkenness to allow some brains to get out there and make some effort to be a productive member of society!
With what would amount to more welfare will NOT fix things; yet, would perpetuate half-brained feelings of entitlement and laziness.
I say that such recipients need to be required to meed some standards and provide some contribution for any 'gift' our government sees fit to distribute.
Oh, by the way, we need to get the super rich, like Zuckerberger, to pay a considerable chunk of those welfare dollars!
Why didn't we think of that?
Oh, wait! We DID have a party running for office with those ideas! Bernie Sanders!
His "Socialist" program was far more Democratic that the Chinese version!
Why the fuck didn't you vote for him?!?!?!
(You know who you are!)
Yep, me too. Radio Shack, Heath, Digikey, Lafayette Electronics stores, etc...!
Oh, the memories!
While the 'net provides good sources, there was something about perusing the stores for cool projects...
My solar panels and wind turbines generate virtually NO CO2!
Y'all are welcome to use solar and/or wind, too!
And what are you going to do about it?!
How about you join the movement to fix this stuff? And, take your country back from the Oligarchy Dictatorship?
We have little, if any, control over lightning, which is nature's doing.
Why complicate and/or contribute to the levels with our unnatural emissions?
yet, it is important enough to warrant action; even if that action is improving testing, and/or mandating mitigation (enforcing limits).