Being able to use Circles to easily steer conversations only to those contacts who would be interested, rather than spamming everyone's feed with everything, was an amazing feature. But great features don't mean anything if there's nobody around to use them with.
lol @ relying on government to solve your problems. There's no money for politicians in cracking down on Amazon. Letting the market sort this out is the only realistic option. Vote with your wallet.
Amazon behaves like the world is the USA ignoring local laws, they do not pay their workers properly, fight unions, works council and other worker representation in their company, they pressure delivery services and personnel, they pressure cities to commit to their needs and pay subsidies. Really, do not shop there. Shop somewhere else.
Keeping prices low by keeping overhead low through cheap labor and telling useless unions to fuck off sounds like good business.
For a person with no marketable skill, some money is better than no money. We're at a point where unskilled workers can either work for cheap or replaced by automation.
Leveraging demands on the USPS, which is an incredible failure for an organization that functions as a national monopoly, sounds like the average taxpayer getting more for their money than they might otherwise.
You are right that many people want to return to work soon after retirement. It's because the average person doesn't know what to do with himself when someone else isn't telling him what to do. I've known multiple people who developed into adults without goals or hobbies of their own. They did what the boss said at work, they went home and did what their wife said, maybe watched TV and did what it said, and followed that pattern for 30+ years.
As the recent memes illustrate, most people are NPCs, incapable of believing there are self-directing people who think, invent, create, and carve their own path through any circumstances. Not everyone will struggle with retirement. I look so forward to having to do nothing but what is on my own extensive list: books to read, home modifications to make, endless miles to explore in my 4x4, plus whatever I might be able to do with family and friends when work no longer occupies 60% of my time.
"[i]If you worked at Toyota, people would use your work.[/]"
I've always agreed with you, but never thought about it that way. Me personally, I took an FJ Cruiser, lifted it, added lights, a tent, awnings, power ports, and aftermarket tires to create a capable and comfortable overlanding rig. Take the OEM reliability, add a hot shower and comfortable bed anywhere, and you have what I've built upon the work of others.
Besides that, my career is in construction. While I have built items of my own design, most of the time I have taken structures built by others, then modified them meet modern wants or needs. In no instance was the individual who came before me compensated again.
Mozilla should have started leaving decisions to the users a long time ago. I for one would have opted against breaking all the extensions to make the browser faster on paper.
The original intent of copyright was to protect ownership for 28 years. That would put many NES games in public domain at this point. You'll have to wait until 2022 for the complete catalog, however.
Netflix had entered the big time, landing a special from Amy Schumer that was going to open the door for them to millions more customers, the way Howard Stern did for Sirius. But then...it wasn't very good.
There was their big star - fresh, uncensored, and squeezed into a scandalous leather leather outfit. It was going to be epic! Glitz, glamour, buzz...but then the material was flat. On top of that, she used the special as a platform to demonize gun owners, who never take lightly the suggestion that they surrender their rights, and she was an outspoken supporter of Clinton, who lost the election just days after the release of the special.
There are two types of people in the world: those who don't review Netflix titles, and those who do. Those who do were merciless. In a panic, Netflix broke its otherwise-reliable ratings system, then just left it that way.
If the show had been funny, people would have overlooked the gun rant. Without the gun rant, her performance and the leather probably would have been enough. As it wound up, it just didn't work. But I still like Amy, leather, and guns.
You do have some good points. Having to go to the theater to reserve a seat is an inconvenience. IMAX and 3D make my wife motion sick and I'm just cheap, so we never see anything in those formats.
You can use Moviepass to see the same movie more than once. Just use the unlisted showtime feature.
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Being able to use Circles to easily steer conversations only to those contacts who would be interested, rather than spamming everyone's feed with everything, was an amazing feature. But great features don't mean anything if there's nobody around to use them with.
You must live in an absent the poor and uneducated, who comprise the majority of those that still smoke.
lol @ relying on government to solve your problems. There's no money for politicians in cracking down on Amazon. Letting the market sort this out is the only realistic option. Vote with your wallet.
Prime customers are grown up. "I want it now, and I'm willing to pay extra for it."
Amazon behaves like the world is the USA ignoring local laws, they do not pay their workers properly, fight unions, works council and other worker representation in their company, they pressure delivery services and personnel, they pressure cities to commit to their needs and pay subsidies. Really, do not shop there. Shop somewhere else.
Keeping prices low by keeping overhead low through cheap labor and telling useless unions to fuck off sounds like good business.
For a person with no marketable skill, some money is better than no money. We're at a point where unskilled workers can either work for cheap or replaced by automation.
Leveraging demands on the USPS, which is an incredible failure for an organization that functions as a national monopoly, sounds like the average taxpayer getting more for their money than they might otherwise.
You just pay for it.
You are right that many people want to return to work soon after retirement. It's because the average person doesn't know what to do with himself when someone else isn't telling him what to do. I've known multiple people who developed into adults without goals or hobbies of their own. They did what the boss said at work, they went home and did what their wife said, maybe watched TV and did what it said, and followed that pattern for 30+ years.
As the recent memes illustrate, most people are NPCs, incapable of believing there are self-directing people who think, invent, create, and carve their own path through any circumstances. Not everyone will struggle with retirement. I look so forward to having to do nothing but what is on my own extensive list: books to read, home modifications to make, endless miles to explore in my 4x4, plus whatever I might be able to do with family and friends when work no longer occupies 60% of my time.
Public transit? Gross. Who wants to be locked in a vehicle with a bunch of sick, dirty, loud strangers?
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"[i]If you worked at Toyota, people would use your work.[/]"
I've always agreed with you, but never thought about it that way. Me personally, I took an FJ Cruiser, lifted it, added lights, a tent, awnings, power ports, and aftermarket tires to create a capable and comfortable overlanding rig. Take the OEM reliability, add a hot shower and comfortable bed anywhere, and you have what I've built upon the work of others.
Besides that, my career is in construction. While I have built items of my own design, most of the time I have taken structures built by others, then modified them meet modern wants or needs. In no instance was the individual who came before me compensated again.
Mozilla should have started leaving decisions to the users a long time ago. I for one would have opted against breaking all the extensions to make the browser faster on paper.
It should be that a ROM is considered a legal backup of the cartridge you own. But Nintendo has deep pockets and the DMCA.
Whether or not the titles were under copyright, people would still buy the retro consoles from Nintendo.
The original intent of copyright was to protect ownership for 28 years. That would put many NES games in public domain at this point. You'll have to wait until 2022 for the complete catalog, however.
Netflix had entered the big time, landing a special from Amy Schumer that was going to open the door for them to millions more customers, the way Howard Stern did for Sirius. But then...it wasn't very good.
There was their big star - fresh, uncensored, and squeezed into a scandalous leather leather outfit. It was going to be epic! Glitz, glamour, buzz...but then the material was flat. On top of that, she used the special as a platform to demonize gun owners, who never take lightly the suggestion that they surrender their rights, and she was an outspoken supporter of Clinton, who lost the election just days after the release of the special.
There are two types of people in the world: those who don't review Netflix titles, and those who do. Those who do were merciless. In a panic, Netflix broke its otherwise-reliable ratings system, then just left it that way.
If the show had been funny, people would have overlooked the gun rant. Without the gun rant, her performance and the leather probably would have been enough. As it wound up, it just didn't work. But I still like Amy, leather, and guns.
Garbz, that was a really interesting and thorough explanation. Thanks for that!
Why the hell would there be a seasonal shutdown when there is year-round demand?
Then again, this is Britain we're talking about. Logic has long been hard to come by there.
You do have some good points. Having to go to the theater to reserve a seat is an inconvenience. IMAX and 3D make my wife motion sick and I'm just cheap, so we never see anything in those formats.
You can use Moviepass to see the same movie more than once. Just use the unlisted showtime feature.
A third of the movies for twice the money isn't a reasonable alternative to Moviepass.
Also, let's stop calling Slashdot news for nerds when so much garbage like the above article is posted daily.
The most significant jump in graphical improvement was from a Voodoo card. Since then, everything has been seemingly incremental in comparison.
Some will just have to pay more for it.
An Australian man and member of the Science Party wanted more government involvement in transportation.
An Australian man and member of the Science Party experienced more government involvement in transportation!
Satellites are causing global warming.
Rye aye, and we can sing just like our fathers. Come on, Eileen.