As usual. More than 88,000 people die in US hospitals each and every year for reasons that have nothing to do with why they were in the hospital. OBAMACARE! AT! WORK! and this is what Trump WILL FIX!
Quite possibly. No one who doesn't make a six figure salary or work for Congress or the Executive Branch will be able to afford to get into a hospital in the first place. Trump will remove the onerous regulation of treating everyone regardless of their ability to pay and replace it with the old timey wallet biopsy.
That alone should cut health care costs significantly.
You're thinking direct computer hardware. Nebraska is thinking tractors and farm equipment. Locking farmers into long term hugely expensive repair contracts on absolutely critical pieces of equipment has become the norm for many "tractor" companies. When one piece of equipment costs millions and you need to spend thousands or more to recalibrate after some common mishap or loose your harvest then it's not so trivial.
This. Why do you think it's starting in Nebraska?
There are quite a few electronic objects out there that having nothing to do with Microsoft or Sony. There is a huge outcry amongst farmers and small industries with the trend towards essentially leasing complex expensive equipment even if you buy it. Farmers have been sued for the temerity of trying to fix their own gear. For John Deere stuff, you could not even buy parts that just plug into the system - they had to be 'installed' by the dealer. When they could get around to it.
IIRC, Deere got some really bad press about that a awhile back and at least lets you plug things back in (that you buy at the Deer store). It is a much larger problem than a dead X-box.
There are more things, Horatio, then are dreamt of in your philosophy.
If these are 'real' drones or just the latest Unidentified Flying Object. Since there are very few truly unambiguous reports of drone incursions into airspace and virtually no proven drone strikes it is really, really unclear just what this represents.
More drones flown by idiots? Sure, that's a pretty reasonable interpretation. Good luck trying to fix stupid.
A new punching bag for anything floating around in the airspace?
Aliens?
Personally, I blame Trump. If he can take credit for the National Debt to drop 0.02% in his first month of office, he can take the heat for this.
And there lies the killer. I might pay $20 to see a good, early, first run movie. Not $50. And not with anything else 'added' unless it is completely optional. For $50 I'd expect to get dinner with the movie.
Yep. Just look at any Police / Law Enforcement magazine. All sorts of things you can't (easily, legally) get. Those really cool looking H&K automatics that various Government Nasties run around with - you get the semi auto version. And the little clip. Useless in a firefight against Zombies.
Maybe, but most likely they'll just see you as another nuisance maker trying to make their job difficult. And in their opinion it's important, valuable, patriotic and you're either non-American or one of the wusses they defend. I'm sure the TSA system has some informal way to shitlist a person so he'll get picked for extra security screenings, luggage checks, extended questioning, "problems" processing forms etc. so any kind of solution that lets the TSA know you're trying to obstruct or evade them is kinda a non-starter.
They're only going to care if you're wrapped head to toe in a Burka or tin foil. And then only maybe.
You do realize that the VAST majority of TSA employees are just trying to get through the day. That includes middle and upper level management. Yes, they realize that most of what they do is security theater - at best - but they still have to do it. Showing up with a blank computer / no social site logins / stupid T shirt or bizarre attitude isn't going to faze them nor will it put you on some magical shit list.
You aren't a special snowflake. Just a random, generic one. And when you melt, no one will care. Get over it.
Harbor Freight doesn't sell dog food. Or, if it did, I wouldn't buy it from them.
Walmart just recently dropped it's $49 'Shipping Pass' program. And finally figured out that shipping dog food to Alaska via Fed Ex didn't make a ton of sense. Unfortunately.
Come on AC. The editors even managed to put the answer to your question in the summary. Yeah, you had to read the entire summary and sus out the bad grammar and dodgy phrasing. But hell, we can't do everything for you.
Windows Defender works well on Macs - it just sits there. Doesn't waste cycles. Doesn't add to vulnerabilities. No visual clutter. No annoying messages.
When I worked as a tech at UCSF in the late '70s I was paying $250 / month for a room in a large Victorian, a block from the hospital. Bog knows what the place is going for now.
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If all you are doing is waving your hands and drawing cool pictures, yeah it's cheap.
Actually building the thing ... not so much.
As usual. More than 88,000 people die in US hospitals each and every year for reasons that have nothing to do with why they were in the hospital. OBAMACARE! AT! WORK! and this is what Trump WILL FIX!
Quite possibly. No one who doesn't make a six figure salary or work for Congress or the Executive Branch will be able to afford to get into a hospital in the first place. Trump will remove the onerous regulation of treating everyone regardless of their ability to pay and replace it with the old timey wallet biopsy.
That alone should cut health care costs significantly.
You're thinking direct computer hardware. Nebraska is thinking tractors and farm equipment. Locking farmers into long term hugely expensive repair contracts on absolutely critical pieces of equipment has become the norm for many "tractor" companies. When one piece of equipment costs millions and you need to spend thousands or more to recalibrate after some common mishap or loose your harvest then it's not so trivial.
This. Why do you think it's starting in Nebraska?
There are quite a few electronic objects out there that having nothing to do with Microsoft or Sony. There is a huge outcry amongst farmers and small industries with the trend towards essentially leasing complex expensive equipment even if you buy it. Farmers have been sued for the temerity of trying to fix their own gear. For John Deere stuff, you could not even buy parts that just plug into the system - they had to be 'installed' by the dealer. When they could get around to it.
IIRC, Deere got some really bad press about that a awhile back and at least lets you plug things back in (that you buy at the Deer store). It is a much larger problem than a dead X-box.
There are more things, Horatio, then are dreamt of in your philosophy.
And for all of you complaining that *every* story references Trump in the first five comments, don't vote for him next time.
If these are 'real' drones or just the latest Unidentified Flying Object. Since there are very few truly unambiguous reports of drone incursions into airspace and virtually no proven drone strikes it is really, really unclear just what this represents.
More drones flown by idiots? Sure, that's a pretty reasonable interpretation. Good luck trying to fix stupid.
A new punching bag for anything floating around in the airspace?
Aliens?
Personally, I blame Trump. If he can take credit for the National Debt to drop 0.02% in his first month of office, he can take the heat for this.
Hanlon's Razor
Never attribute to malice that which can be explained by incompetence.
They will also include free non-skip able ads
And there lies the killer. I might pay $20 to see a good, early, first run movie. Not $50. And not with anything else 'added' unless it is completely optional. For $50 I'd expect to get dinner with the movie.
Chinese takeout and Redbox?
Whatever floats your boat.
Sin in haste, repent in leisure.
It's hardly Boeing. Anything more complex than a hamburger tends to have this problem.
Yep. Just look at any Police / Law Enforcement magazine. All sorts of things you can't (easily, legally) get. Those really cool looking H&K automatics that various Government Nasties run around with - you get the semi auto version. And the little clip. Useless in a firefight against Zombies.
Flash bangs. Cell phone intercepts. MVRAPS.
Makes you jealous, it does.
Bleeding edge. Always happens in technology. You pay to be first.
No, this is unsocial media.
Looks like our first case of insanity has checked in.
What? Commander Taco is back?
Where?
Ogg: Ogglet! Go outside! Play! Get eaten by that tiger!
Ogglet: No dad, can't I just paint on the wall a little longer? It's raining.
What is new is old.
You can powerwash a chromebook? Cool. I'm going to have to look into one of those.
Maybe, but most likely they'll just see you as another nuisance maker trying to make their job difficult. And in their opinion it's important, valuable, patriotic and you're either non-American or one of the wusses they defend. I'm sure the TSA system has some informal way to shitlist a person so he'll get picked for extra security screenings, luggage checks, extended questioning, "problems" processing forms etc. so any kind of solution that lets the TSA know you're trying to obstruct or evade them is kinda a non-starter.
They're only going to care if you're wrapped head to toe in a Burka or tin foil. And then only maybe.
You do realize that the VAST majority of TSA employees are just trying to get through the day. That includes middle and upper level management. Yes, they realize that most of what they do is security theater - at best - but they still have to do it. Showing up with a blank computer / no social site logins / stupid T shirt or bizarre attitude isn't going to faze them nor will it put you on some magical shit list.
You aren't a special snowflake. Just a random, generic one. And when you melt, no one will care. Get over it.
The phone that is tracking your every word. move, text and photo?
Harbor Freight doesn't sell dog food. Or, if it did, I wouldn't buy it from them.
Walmart just recently dropped it's $49 'Shipping Pass' program. And finally figured out that shipping dog food to Alaska via Fed Ex didn't make a ton of sense. Unfortunately.
Was pretty cool while it lasted.
Come on AC. The editors even managed to put the answer to your question in the summary. Yeah, you had to read the entire summary and sus out the bad grammar and dodgy phrasing. But hell, we can't do everything for you.
A ballistic missile seems a bit overkill (so to speak) for that mission.
Windows Defender works well on Macs - it just sits there. Doesn't waste cycles. Doesn't add to vulnerabilities. No visual clutter. No annoying messages.
What's not to like?
You might say they civilized them, to the extent possible.
For various weird definitions of 'civilization'.
Warm Beer.
Chutney.
Cricket.
Driving on the wrong side of the road (although this appears to be optional, like all motor vehicle laws).
I know! I know!
A venture capital app.
Or is that recursive?
When I worked as a tech at UCSF in the late '70s I was paying $250 / month for a room in a large Victorian, a block from the hospital. Bog knows what the place is going for now.
Time and inflation. Amazing concepts.
I'm sure more than three people a year die in California after receiving their tax bills for the year.
At least the ice is sort of natural.