It worked extremely well. Competition skyrocketed, prices dropped. If the government actually got off its ass and fulfilled it's mandate instead of being corporate lapdogs and kept them from re-merging, you'd have a lot more than 4 major telcos in the US... which is still 3 more than you had in 1983.
I sometimes forget how out of touch with reality the users on sites like Slashdot and HN are. Facebook has been a place to find work for years now, with massive groups centered around all sorts of jobs. I'm on a local group for people working/hiring in food production (restaurants, catering, etc) and there are 36 thousand(!) members. I got a friend who does prep work and bartending, said she hasn't found a job outside of Facebook in 2 years.
One of the things that I hate about SV/VC culture is that they deride the companies that you're talking about as "lifestyle" companies. You're either a disruptive unicorn or you're nothing. It's a horrible make-or-break culture that doesn't do people any good.
Consider this: a late night host shows up on TV and does a 5 minute monologue 5 nights a week. Most comedians spend about 3-6 months writing and testing material to do 15 minutes.
Using writers is the only way to create more than a small fraction of the TV time people demand.
Owning physical things is a pain in the ass. Having moved 3 times in the past year, I've ditched all of my movies and most of my books. Having something take up space on a shelf for years when I'll use it maybe 2-3 times in that period? Fuck that.
A couple years ago (2012 or 13), I was gifted a bag of Starbucks "Christmas Roast". I came home, ground some and made a drip. It was very bitter, but I just laced it with cream and sugar until it was ok. Then my GF came home, came straight to my study and asked, "have you lost your fucking mind? why were you smoking in the kitchen?" She thought I'd been smoking cigarettes in the there.
What's the problem with just watching the good shows? I mean, if you decide to consume everything, then there's no form of expression that worthwhile. Do you realize the utter garbage that is published every year, the hundreds of thousands of hours of unlistenable music, or wasted pieces of canvas. The only difference between those and television, is that you have access to the vast majority of TV being made in your market. The fact that there are good show, and that they can be so good, means that television is something worth paying attention to.
It's hard to discuss left/right politics with Americans when the death penalty discussion there isn't, "should the state kill prisoners" but, "should the state kill mentally retarded children".
This is a massive oversimplification. Preschool does a lot more than let parents go back to work, it teaches kids to interact with adults and children they're not related to. It gives them a chance to fight for their wants and needs, to get people to pay attention to them, all this stuff that's useful later in life. Good day care and pre-school are well worth it.
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It worked extremely well. Competition skyrocketed, prices dropped. If the government actually got off its ass and fulfilled it's mandate instead of being corporate lapdogs and kept them from re-merging, you'd have a lot more than 4 major telcos in the US... which is still 3 more than you had in 1983.
I sometimes forget how out of touch with reality the users on sites like Slashdot and HN are. Facebook has been a place to find work for years now, with massive groups centered around all sorts of jobs. I'm on a local group for people working/hiring in food production (restaurants, catering, etc) and there are 36 thousand(!) members. I got a friend who does prep work and bartending, said she hasn't found a job outside of Facebook in 2 years.
One of the things that I hate about SV/VC culture is that they deride the companies that you're talking about as "lifestyle" companies. You're either a disruptive unicorn or you're nothing. It's a horrible make-or-break culture that doesn't do people any good.
The current US administration already got this for free from eastern troll mills and /r/The_Donald.
I dunno man, I live about 8 hours from my job... by air.
I know a bunch of people who work for Google and none of them do it in SF.
If everybody had to plan having children according to worst-case scenarios, no one would have children, and you wouldn't exist.
If data disproves my point, I'll move the goalposts!
A generation is about 20 years, not 5-10.
To be fair, you did have 5 years to save up that 1200, it's only 5 quid a week.
Exactly this. Why does Google spend so much money on hiring and keeping their employees on board, and then completely bone stuff like this?
Probably because Octanes and Indigos sold in the thousands and consoles in the tens or hundreds of millions.
Change.org isn't even a news site.
Consider this: a late night host shows up on TV and does a 5 minute monologue 5 nights a week. Most comedians spend about 3-6 months writing and testing material to do 15 minutes.
Using writers is the only way to create more than a small fraction of the TV time people demand.
He said from the "day the contract is signed", meaning all those things will be covered by the contract.
You're not a cynic, you're just someone who thinks cynicism is the same thing as critical thought.
Owning physical things is a pain in the ass. Having moved 3 times in the past year, I've ditched all of my movies and most of my books. Having something take up space on a shelf for years when I'll use it maybe 2-3 times in that period? Fuck that.
Solar requires batteries, unlike coal, gas.
I like solar energy but there are additional issues besides mere production.
And coal and gas require transportation. You can eliminate the (costliest) part of energy delivery with solar: the last mile.
It's been a couple decades since the Republicans were actually about small government and conservatism.
A couple years ago (2012 or 13), I was gifted a bag of Starbucks "Christmas Roast". I came home, ground some and made a drip. It was very bitter, but I just laced it with cream and sugar until it was ok. Then my GF came home, came straight to my study and asked, "have you lost your fucking mind? why were you smoking in the kitchen?" She thought I'd been smoking cigarettes in the there.
And Tebow has already said that he's not speaking and that it was all a rumor.
What's the problem with just watching the good shows? I mean, if you decide to consume everything, then there's no form of expression that worthwhile. Do you realize the utter garbage that is published every year, the hundreds of thousands of hours of unlistenable music, or wasted pieces of canvas. The only difference between those and television, is that you have access to the vast majority of TV being made in your market. The fact that there are good show, and that they can be so good, means that television is something worth paying attention to.
It's hard to discuss left/right politics with Americans when the death penalty discussion there isn't, "should the state kill prisoners" but, "should the state kill mentally retarded children".
This is a massive oversimplification. Preschool does a lot more than let parents go back to work, it teaches kids to interact with adults and children they're not related to. It gives them a chance to fight for their wants and needs, to get people to pay attention to them, all this stuff that's useful later in life. Good day care and pre-school are well worth it.
And subsidising the pick axe with taxpayer money.