Building large factories isn't 'enriching himself'.
Moron.
But do we know that he's actually building the large factories and not just pocketing the cash for his alien lizard overlords to finance their invasion of Earth?
Using facebook to help your business sell more stuff isn't really what people mean by"social media" it's just using a free alternative to e-Bay or an online store.
The New York Times ran a strong opinion piece that talks about one critical reason why everyone should quit social media: your career is dependent on it. The other argues that by spending time on social media and sharing our thoughts, we are demeaning the value of our work, our ideas.
Translation: if people post news and commentary to social media for free, the NYT is out of business.
Journalists, get used to it: you are as obsolete as buggy whip makers.
There were no buggy whip makers in Idiocracy either, as far as I remember.
...and this another great example of why Political Correctness needs to hurry up and die like every other stupid fad.
If "not being allowed to thump someone at work and get away with it just because you earn a lot of money" is political correctness, then I'm all in favour of political correctness.
And BBC's "Top Gear" will inevitably fail and get cancelled because the new cast sucks.
They're going to try changing the cast first. Although why Matt LeBlanc is still there is a total mystery. Chris Evans is pretty annoying, but at least he didn't always look as though he was reading (badly) from an autocue.
Which is why the socialists and anarchists end up protesting together around here...
But socialists and anarchists have many similar beliefs (at least in what they are opposed to), to prove the OP's point you'd need to see Fascists and Communists protesting together.
I will not date or marry anyone who believe in alternative medicine (except possibly chiropractors for back pain)
Chiropractors are basically scam artists too, with the added threat of crippling or killing you thrown in for good measure.
It's another area where a large number of people in the US appear to give credence to an absurd set of beliefs based on pseudo-religious beliefs rather than scientific evidence.
As an alternative to spending a lot of money on a sports car, you could just buy a t-shirt with the slogan "I've got a tiny penis" as it would convey exactly the same message at a fraction of the cost.
The UK is a parliamentary democracy. The "elite ruling counsel" here is the Tory government trying to impose a massive constitutional change without authority of parliament.
I remember the good old days, when insurance companies used myspace to set insurance premiums.
Now get off my lawn!
I remember the days when my driving record set my premium!
*sigh* This is for new drivers.
Everyone here may think this is entirely stupid, but 17/18 year olds in the UK who have just passed their test pay very high premiums because there is a high accident rate with this age group. As a parent I'd be quite glad of a way to pay GBP500 rather than GBP2000 (or whatever) for my kid's first year of insurance.
That sounds a bit like my attitude regarding being afraid of heights, and afraid of falling. I repeat a line I heard people say before me, that it isn't the fall that kills you, it's the sudden stop at the end. With that in mind, I don't fear falling when I am up on a roof or ledge. I hold on as needed, but I don't cling to the wall. Not being afraid of falling lets me walk and move fluidly.
Usually when I explain this to people they think I'm full of shit, because falling still means dying. But I haven't fallen yet, so I consider it to be working.
That just means you have a rational wariness about heights. It's the irrational fear of heights that causes problems.
One of the best samurai warlord, Uesugi Kenshin said this,
"If you fight willing to die, you'll survive; if you fight trying to survive, you'll die. If you think you'll never go home again, you will; if you hope to make it back, you won't."
Useful advice when you're cornered, naked and weaponless, surrounded by ten thousand homicidal maniacs with chainsaws.
I understand "illegal content" in the context of pornography; we have CP laws. But what about "illegal content about drugs"?
A number of drugs are illegal, but is information about them also illegal?
Presumably the illegal drugs were actually being traded.
If I say "30% of the non-dark internet's content is shopping", I don't just mean there's a lot of online catalogues.
I think the point is that they don't consider themselves "African" in the sense of "African-American". Whilst it may be technically accurate to call Elon Musk "African-American" 99% of normal people would assume this meant he was black, as "African-American" is synonymous with black. In America.
Are you still flogging that deceased ungulate? No one thinks Uber or Lyft are "ride sharing". Nor are they a taxi company, nor a limo service. They're a hired car company of a new kind.
Yes, because you contact them with an app on your smartphone that makes it absolutely and completely and legally different from ringing up a cab on a boring old land line. It is so radically and disruptively different that Uber are automatically excluded from adherence to outmoded so-called "laws" of course.
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Building large factories isn't 'enriching himself'.
Moron.
But do we know that he's actually building the large factories and not just pocketing the cash for his alien lizard overlords to finance their invasion of Earth?
I've never seen him outright deny this.
Using facebook to help your business sell more stuff isn't really what people mean by"social media" it's just using a free alternative to e-Bay or an online store.
Translation: if people post news and commentary to social media for free, the NYT is out of business.
Journalists, get used to it: you are as obsolete as buggy whip makers.
There were no buggy whip makers in Idiocracy either, as far as I remember.
...and this another great example of why Political Correctness needs to hurry up and die like every other stupid fad.
If "not being allowed to thump someone at work and get away with it just because you earn a lot of money" is political correctness, then I'm all in favour of political correctness.
And BBC's "Top Gear" will inevitably fail and get cancelled because the new cast sucks.
They're going to try changing the cast first. Although why Matt LeBlanc is still there is a total mystery. Chris Evans is pretty annoying, but at least he didn't always look as though he was reading (badly) from an autocue.
The UN recognises 193 member states, 2 observer states and 11 non-member states. Which adds up to 206 states recognised by the UN.
So "over 200 countries" basically means "everywhere except North Korea".
Death is but a doorway, time is but a window...
Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.
Imagine being frozen in 1900 and waking up in 2016. The whole social order is different. You likely are deeply at odds with it culturally.
I imagine someone like HG Wells would do just fine.
Which is why the socialists and anarchists end up protesting together around here...
But socialists and anarchists have many similar beliefs (at least in what they are opposed to), to prove the OP's point you'd need to see Fascists and Communists protesting together.
I will not date or marry anyone who believe in alternative medicine (except possibly chiropractors for back pain)
Chiropractors are basically scam artists too, with the added threat of crippling or killing you thrown in for good measure.
It's another area where a large number of people in the US appear to give credence to an absurd set of beliefs based on pseudo-religious beliefs rather than scientific evidence.
And what do you do with all that salt? That's one of the problems with massive desalinization - you have LOTS of brine to deal with.
Duh, just throw it back in the sea.
As an alternative to spending a lot of money on a sports car, you could just buy a t-shirt with the slogan "I've got a tiny penis" as it would convey exactly the same message at a fraction of the cost.
A lot of people here on slashdot forget that it's quite rare to be able to earn a living from something you enjoy doing, like coding.
If your business gives ordinary users administrative permissions and they accidentally the whole system that's not really Microsoft's fault.
The UK is a parliamentary democracy. The "elite ruling counsel" here is the Tory government trying to impose a massive constitutional change without authority of parliament.
The point of the story is that insurance companies have always sought ways to charge customers more even before social media.
Insurance companies are very good at cashing checks. Writing them, not so much.
As opposed to all other businesses, which just love giving money away?
I remember the good old days, when insurance companies used myspace to set insurance premiums.
Now get off my lawn!
I remember the days when my driving record set my premium!
*sigh* This is for new drivers.
Everyone here may think this is entirely stupid, but 17/18 year olds in the UK who have just passed their test pay very high premiums because there is a high accident rate with this age group. As a parent I'd be quite glad of a way to pay GBP500 rather than GBP2000 (or whatever) for my kid's first year of insurance.
That sounds a bit like my attitude regarding being afraid of heights, and afraid of falling. I repeat a line I heard people say before me, that it isn't the fall that kills you, it's the sudden stop at the end. With that in mind, I don't fear falling when I am up on a roof or ledge. I hold on as needed, but I don't cling to the wall. Not being afraid of falling lets me walk and move fluidly.
Usually when I explain this to people they think I'm full of shit, because falling still means dying. But I haven't fallen yet, so I consider it to be working.
That just means you have a rational wariness about heights. It's the irrational fear of heights that causes problems.
One of the best samurai warlord, Uesugi Kenshin said this, "If you fight willing to die, you'll survive; if you fight trying to survive, you'll die. If you think you'll never go home again, you will; if you hope to make it back, you won't."
Useful advice when you're cornered, naked and weaponless, surrounded by ten thousand homicidal maniacs with chainsaws.
I understand "illegal content" in the context of pornography; we have CP laws. But what about "illegal content about drugs"? A number of drugs are illegal, but is information about them also illegal?
Presumably the illegal drugs were actually being traded.
If I say "30% of the non-dark internet's content is shopping", I don't just mean there's a lot of online catalogues.
Good luck making a web-based paint program or spreadsheet without script.
You are assuming that a web-based spreadsheet is a sane idea.
White South Africans don't consider themselves African.
They have absolutely consider themselves Africans. Heck, they call their language "Afrikaans" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Really, your claim is literally cretinous.
I think the point is that they don't consider themselves "African" in the sense of "African-American". Whilst it may be technically accurate to call Elon Musk "African-American" 99% of normal people would assume this meant he was black, as "African-American" is synonymous with black. In America.
I pick up hitchers often, if I'm in a beater that I own. At worst if they are psychos I can just crash it into something
Best. Backup Plan. Ever.
You wouldn't name your child "Toyota with Leather Interior" would you?
Fascist.
Are you still flogging that deceased ungulate? No one thinks Uber or Lyft are "ride sharing". Nor are they a taxi company, nor a limo service. They're a hired car company of a new kind.
Yes, because you contact them with an app on your smartphone that makes it absolutely and completely and legally different from ringing up a cab on a boring old land line. It is so radically and disruptively different that Uber are automatically excluded from adherence to outmoded so-called "laws" of course.