Zuckerberg's comment about not wanting people under 30 is the default stance of the tech industry.
If that's their stance, that's like athletes, who pretty much retire around 35 or so. If they don't want old guys as programmers, better pay high salaries to young programmers, just like how athletes get paid. So they can retire or find another job when they are "too old."
What's stopping Ford, GM or Toyota from operating their own taxi-hailing app/servers that connects passengers to their own AI-driven cars? Operating a taxi service generates more revenue than selling cars. Once Uber eliminates human drivers, they won't have a huge monopoly.
Bash is good for a few commands. But for complex tasks, you need a decent programming language and Bash is severely lacking in that area. Powershell has a good programming language.
Another alternative, that is also a powershell competitor, is Xonsh, which is Python-based.
How exactly is the user supposed to read content with bright, flashy animated ads around to distract them? I'm surprised advertisers are not sued for harassment.
According to the Tesla apologists, the driver is supposed to turn autopilot on, keep his eyes on the road and his hands on the steering wheel. That means, on a 3-hour trip, he has to watch the road for 3 hours and in case the car fails to respond correctly (like a driver without a driver's license), he's supposed to intervene and take control of the car to avoid an accident.
What is the f**ing point of this autopilot technology if the driver has to watch the road the whole trip? And how much are these shills getting paid to defend Tesla?
Nice cop-out. You're not supposed to shoot people who resist arrest, except as a last resort.
What do you think a 300lb felon with a gun in his pocket resisting arrest can do to an officer ?
So you admit there was a good chance of this situation happening. Since they knew he was a felon and armed, why did they dispatch only two officers to arrest him? That sounds negligent. They could have sent in a SWAT team or at least 5 or 6 policemen. The police chief is directly at fault for negligent policies.
Nintendo's console is only designed for games. Therefore, they are well within their rights to refuse a competitor's cartridge from working. The iPhone OTOH is a mobile, general purpose computer and Apple has no right to dictate whether some app/service can exist or not regardless if it competes with Apple. This sounds a lot life MS Office vs WordPerfect or Excel vs 1-2-3 and all the illegal maneuvers MS pulled against its competitors.
If you interact with the lock-screen just five times a day, that's almost 5,500 ads in three years time (before most people EOL the phone). On top of that, you have to watch ads in apps, websites and TV. It's a nightmare... that's not an overstatement.
This registration requirement is a very good idea and very cheap ($50). If the host were to cause some problem to his guests, the city would be able to deal with the host more effectively (for example by revoking his registration).
If the drone can pull 20G turns, it's game over for the human pilot.
It's long over even before the 20G... a human fighter has only two eyes and one brain, so can only aim in the forward direction. An AI controlled dog-fighter OTOH will have many guns -- like pins stuck uniformly around a ball. Complete 360 degrees aiming ability along any geometric plane that can target multiple planes simultaneously.
Ah, but the robots were designed and manufactured by human engineers. Shouldn't they perhaps be partners of the pizza chain, (kinda like Apple's 30% cut on all app sales)?
Global js disable is a bad idea because all sites need js to function. Why should the user be forced to run js inside some random ad? It's Firefox's fault for not blocking javascript from third-party domains. Third-party sites are welcome to show text or image ads, but they should not be allowed to run javascript code.
Blocking 3rd party js would also solve the problem of tracking by sites like google analytics and addthis.com fingerprinting.
Tell me what part of the US a roughly $26k annual salary is a "great deal"?
Can you explain how they are making so little while charging a lot?
Assuming the following: a) about $1.50 fare per mile b) car costs at 6.4 cents per mile (from TFA) c) gas costs at 7 cents per mile (from TFA) d) insurance, service etc costs at $1.50/hr for a 40 hour week (from TFA)
hours worked per year = 40 x 50 = 2000 hours miles traveled = 2000 x 30 mph avg = 60,000 miles revenue = 60,000 miles x $1.50 fare/mile = $90,000 uber's cut = 30% x 90,000 = $27,000 expenses = 60,000 miles x $0.14 + 2000 x $1.5 = $11,400
pre-tax income = 90,000 - 27,000 - 11,400 = $51,600
$51,000 is almost double of $26,000 you're claiming.
But even if the final profit is still low, the solution here is obvious: Uber needs to a charge a lower commission (15% instead of 30%).
I can totally believe that since fares are based on distance (and gas here is cheap), not time, that lots of time gets wasted.
Wrong. How much does Uber cost?
Your Uber fare is calculated on 4 criteria:
Base fare â" A flat fee charged at the beginning of the ride
Cost per minute â" How much youâ(TM)re charged for each minute youâ(TM)re inside the ride
Cost per mile â" How much youâ(TM)re charged for each mile of the ride
Booking Fee (Formerly known as the âSafe Rides Feeâ(TM)) â" A flat fee to cover âoperational costsâ(TM) (Not included for UberBlack and UberSUV)
When a company is offering a new type of product/service, especially an internet one, they often give it away for free, but only initially. They must have plotted a bait-n-switch, from free to paid, from the very start. Lure millions with free content and switch to a paid model once you have enough suckers (customers) roped in. That's a highly disingenuous and deceptive business practice, but not uncommon in the business world.
If they're not being deceptive, they should upload the content to some video site.
Who's going to pay for the massive bandwidth bills for hosting thousands of videos? Coursera should at least upload videos to youtube playlists or similar before shutting access to them.
If you voluntarily install a tracking application on your phone, and give it permission to access your GPS - That doesn't "violate" anything (except "common sense").
No, you're using funny words. The user wants the app to chat with friends (and he has no other option). What he/she has to pay for that service is all these permissions the app requires. I blame Google solely for this, since they don't allow the user to selectively disable non-essential app permissions like GPS tracking.
It's not just Facebook though... any damn app on your phone can do the same thing. Ultimately, many apps are going to have a map GPS-to-store functionality in their apps and will sell that info to marketeers etc. So if you're a smartphone user, expect to be tracked like hell.
What if the employers "price" the non-compete salary into your main salary. Bob used to make $140k before the non-compete pay law was passed. After the law passed, his salary is now in the range $120k to $130k (i.e. pay reduction applied to new hires or employees getting raises). As you can see, unless a lot of employees are laid off under this law, the company does not lose much money. Instead, each employee is paying non-compete severance insurance for his co-workers.
How is radio comparable? It plays the same songs (good or bad) over and over again -- no variety/small playlist. Plus there's around 20 minutes of ads every hour.
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If that's their stance, that's like athletes, who pretty much retire around 35 or so. If they don't want old guys as programmers, better pay high salaries to young programmers, just like how athletes get paid. So they can retire or find another job when they are "too old."
What's stopping Ford, GM or Toyota from operating their own taxi-hailing app/servers that connects passengers to their own AI-driven cars? Operating a taxi service generates more revenue than selling cars. Once Uber eliminates human drivers, they won't have a huge monopoly.
Bash is good for a few commands. But for complex tasks, you need a decent programming language and Bash is severely lacking in that area. Powershell has a good programming language.
Another alternative, that is also a powershell competitor, is Xonsh, which is Python-based.
https://developers.slashdot.or...
How exactly is the user supposed to read content with bright, flashy animated ads around to distract them? I'm surprised advertisers are not sued for harassment.
According to the Tesla apologists, the driver is supposed to turn autopilot on, keep his eyes on the road and his hands on the steering wheel. That means, on a 3-hour trip, he has to watch the road for 3 hours and in case the car fails to respond correctly (like a driver without a driver's license), he's supposed to intervene and take control of the car to avoid an accident.
What is the f**ing point of this autopilot technology if the driver has to watch the road the whole trip? And how much are these shills getting paid to defend Tesla?
The sex offender Sterling caused his own death.
Nice cop-out. You're not supposed to shoot people who resist arrest, except as a last resort.
What do you think a 300lb felon with a gun in his pocket resisting arrest can do to an officer ?
So you admit there was a good chance of this situation happening. Since they knew he was a felon and armed, why did they dispatch only two officers to arrest him? That sounds negligent. They could have sent in a SWAT team or at least 5 or 6 policemen. The police chief is directly at fault for negligent policies.
See this tire featured at a car show:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
This tire is way more practical and does the same thing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
Nintendo's console is only designed for games. Therefore, they are well within their rights to refuse a competitor's cartridge from working. The iPhone OTOH is a mobile, general purpose computer and Apple has no right to dictate whether some app/service can exist or not regardless if it competes with Apple. This sounds a lot life MS Office vs WordPerfect or Excel vs 1-2-3 and all the illegal maneuvers MS pulled against its competitors.
If you interact with the lock-screen just five times a day, that's almost 5,500 ads in three years time (before most people EOL the phone). On top of that, you have to watch ads in apps, websites and TV. It's a nightmare... that's not an overstatement.
This registration requirement is a very good idea and very cheap ($50). If the host were to cause some problem to his guests, the city would be able to deal with the host more effectively (for example by revoking his registration).
It's long over even before the 20G... a human fighter has only two eyes and one brain, so can only aim in the forward direction. An AI controlled dog-fighter OTOH will have many guns -- like pins stuck uniformly around a ball. Complete 360 degrees aiming ability along any geometric plane that can target multiple planes simultaneously.
Can we also deduce that the taxi medallion supply is well below taxi passenger demand?
How about having a limited quota for robots? For example, only half the workers in this pizza maker are allowed to be robots.
Ah, but the robots were designed and manufactured by human engineers. Shouldn't they perhaps be partners of the pizza chain, (kinda like Apple's 30% cut on all app sales)?
Global js disable is a bad idea because all sites need js to function. Why should the user be forced to run js inside some random ad? It's Firefox's fault for not blocking javascript from third-party domains. Third-party sites are welcome to show text or image ads, but they should not be allowed to run javascript code.
Blocking 3rd party js would also solve the problem of tracking by sites like google analytics and addthis.com fingerprinting.
Can you explain how they are making so little while charging a lot?
Assuming the following:
a) about $1.50 fare per mile
b) car costs at 6.4 cents per mile (from TFA)
c) gas costs at 7 cents per mile (from TFA)
d) insurance, service etc costs at $1.50/hr for a 40 hour week (from TFA)
hours worked per year = 40 x 50 = 2000 hours
miles traveled = 2000 x 30 mph avg = 60,000 miles
revenue = 60,000 miles x $1.50 fare/mile = $90,000
uber's cut = 30% x 90,000 = $27,000
expenses = 60,000 miles x $0.14 + 2000 x $1.5 = $11,400
pre-tax income = 90,000 - 27,000 - 11,400 = $51,600
$51,000 is almost double of $26,000 you're claiming.
But even if the final profit is still low, the solution here is obvious: Uber needs to a charge a lower commission (15% instead of 30%).
Wrong.
How much does Uber cost?
Your Uber fare is calculated on 4 criteria:
Base fare â" A flat fee charged at the beginning of the ride
Cost per minute â" How much youâ(TM)re charged for each minute youâ(TM)re inside the ride
Cost per mile â" How much youâ(TM)re charged for each mile of the ride
Booking Fee (Formerly known as the âSafe Rides Feeâ(TM)) â" A flat fee to cover âoperational costsâ(TM) (Not included for UberBlack and UberSUV)
http://www.ridesharingdriver.c...
Free auditing was allowed in the older version. Right now, I'm seeing many courses that were once free but are now only available after payment.
When a company is offering a new type of product/service, especially an internet one, they often give it away for free, but only initially. They must have plotted a bait-n-switch, from free to paid, from the very start. Lure millions with free content and switch to a paid model once you have enough suckers (customers) roped in. That's a highly disingenuous and deceptive business practice, but not uncommon in the business world.
If they're not being deceptive, they should upload the content to some video site.
Who's going to pay for the massive bandwidth bills for hosting thousands of videos? Coursera should at least upload videos to youtube playlists or similar before shutting access to them.
If you voluntarily install a tracking application on your phone, and give it permission to access your GPS - That doesn't "violate" anything (except "common sense").
No, you're using funny words. The user wants the app to chat with friends (and he has no other option). What he/she has to pay for that service is all these permissions the app requires. I blame Google solely for this, since they don't allow the user to selectively disable non-essential app permissions like GPS tracking.
It's not just Facebook though... any damn app on your phone can do the same thing. Ultimately, many apps are going to have a map GPS-to-store functionality in their apps and will sell that info to marketeers etc. So if you're a smartphone user, expect to be tracked like hell.
What if the employers "price" the non-compete salary into your main salary. Bob used to make $140k before the non-compete pay law was passed. After the law passed, his salary is now in the range $120k to $130k (i.e. pay reduction applied to new hires or employees getting raises). As you can see, unless a lot of employees are laid off under this law, the company does not lose much money. Instead, each employee is paying non-compete severance insurance for his co-workers.
How is radio comparable? It plays the same songs (good or bad) over and over again -- no variety/small playlist. Plus there's around 20 minutes of ads every hour.