Name one other content distribution model where the content producers pay the distributors rather than the distributors paying the content producers?
That's why it was always stupide for the ISPs to stop messing with net neutrality. Once the idea someone had to pay came into it, it was inevitable that the ISPs would end up paying Netflix, not Netflix paying the ISPs.
Project overhead, even for simple projects, is so heavy that it's a wonder anyone can find the time to code, much less derive joy from it
If I was supposed to derive joy from it, I'd be paying my employer to do my job rather than the other way around. I'm being paid because I do it for their benefit, not for mine.
The problem is that while widget A and being treated as fully equivalent to widget B, it's hard to compare one line of code to another line of code from a completely different program.
If good programmer just means "spits out more lines of code than anyone else", I can write all sorts of gobbledy gook that add lots more code without really participating in the actual purpose of the program.
Actually, one giant building requires a lot less energy to cool than an equal volume of multiple tiny buildings, because the big building has much less surface area / volume and thus transfers heat more slowly.
Yes, but they don't offer links to this particular article, so what it doesn't matter what the regulator status of said article is. It's like complaining Nokia isn't hiring enough meat inspectors for their cellphone plants.
So how much money is Google expected to spend reviewing whether seven year old news stories are covered by the ruling? Particularly when they're liable for court costs and damages if the EU court later decides that it is covered by the ruling?
I don't know why the journalist is blaming Google for this ("So why has Google killed this example of my journalism?") when it's obvious they're not doing this voluntarily.
But, if there were enough energy to push the universe over the hill and into the deeper energy valley next door, the universe would simply, and catastrophically, collapse... For any wannabe universe, this is very bad news — the newborn universe would appear as a Big Bang, the Higgs field would become overloaded with an energetic inflationary period, and the whole lot would vanish in a blink of an eye.
"I read somewhere that the sun's getting hotter every year," said Tom genially. "It seems that pretty soon the earth's going to fall into the sun--or wait a minute--it's just the opposite--the sun's getting colder every year." -- The Great Gatsby
Middle English, from Late Latin incentivum, from neuter of incentivus stimulating, from Latin, setting the tune, from incentus, past participle of incinere to play (a tune), from in- + canere to sing
There's all kinds of psychological research showing that people's perceptions of what motivates them is wildly different from what actually motivates them:
In a study of exactly that question, four French and four German wines, matched for price and dryness, were placed on the shelves of a supermarket in England. French and German music were played on alternate days from a tape deck on the top shelf of the display. And indeed, on days when the French music played, 77 percent of the wine purchased was French, while on the days of German music, 73 percent of the wine purchased was German. Clearly, the music was a crucial factor in which type of wine shoppers chose to buy, but when asked whether the music influenced their choice, only one shopper in seven said that it had.
In another study, subjects were given three different boxes of detergent and asked to try them all out for a few weeks, then report on which they liked best and why. One box was predominantly yellow, another blue, and the third was blue with splashes of yellow. In their reports the subjects overwhelmingly favored the detergent in the box with mixed colors. Their reports included much about the relative merits of the detergents, but none mentioned the box. Why should they? A pretty box doesn’t make the detergent work better. But in reality it was just the box that differed – the detergents inside were all identical.
62% of the more than 18,000 U.S. consumers it polled said social media had no influence on their buying decisions.
I hate polls that take some factual statement that is either objectively true or isn't, and then ask people whether they think it's true, as if that tells us anything about the factual matter rather than just the biases of the poll sample.
Social media advertising either influences or it doesn't. And it will influence or it won't regardless of whether zero, half, or all of the country thinks it does.
I was a engineering major, and most of my freshman/sophomore classes were in a big room with 300-400 students watching a professor I never directly met the entire semester giving lectures that might as well have been on You Tube.
All the interaction was provided in weekly "break out" sessions taught by completely unpaid grad students.
I honestly feel bad for these people, but they think it's bad now, just wait.
A first semester physics class pretty much covers the same material at every university and doesn't really change from year to year. In this day and age, there's really no reason other than tradition why we need to keep hiring thousands of people to present essentially identical lectures over and over.
Suppose congress passed a law saying that, while abortions are completely legal, no one may accept payment for performing an abortion nor spend any money on supplies, personell, etc. to be able to provide one.
Would you not consider that a severe restriction on the ability to get an abortion? Would it be fair to characterize thep osition of people opposing such a law as "ha, ha, they thinks money is an abortion!"
The lack of self-awareness here is hilarious. You deny they're claiming to be the only legitimate voice for the internet followed immediately by multiple demands that anyone who disagrees "get the hell out" because you're the only legitimate voice for the internet.
We don't all need to speak as one. YOU need us all to speak as one because then you don't actually have to convince people your view point is right.
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Name one other content distribution model where the content producers pay the distributors rather than the distributors paying the content producers?
That's why it was always stupide for the ISPs to stop messing with net neutrality. Once the idea someone had to pay came into it, it was inevitable that the ISPs would end up paying Netflix, not Netflix paying the ISPs.
If I was supposed to derive joy from it, I'd be paying my employer to do my job rather than the other way around. I'm being paid because I do it for their benefit, not for mine.
The problem is that while widget A and being treated as fully equivalent to widget B, it's hard to compare one line of code to another line of code from a completely different program.
If good programmer just means "spits out more lines of code than anyone else", I can write all sorts of gobbledy gook that add lots more code without really participating in the actual purpose of the program.
The article linked to originally had a picture of the tweet I mentioned, but they removed it during an update:
https://twitter.com/strobetalb...
A Russian GRU officer had already taken credit for shooting down the plane on Twitter before it was realized the AN-26 he just shot down was a 777:
http://thehill.com/policy/inte...
Actually, I think "I would not travel to Russia or any nation friendly with Putin" is enough without any other qualifications.
You're suprised it's illegal to steal someone's credit card information and charge things to it without permission?
Actually, one giant building requires a lot less energy to cool than an equal volume of multiple tiny buildings, because the big building has much less surface area / volume and thus transfers heat more slowly.
Regulatory Capture results in regulators being captured.
Yes, but they don't offer links to this particular article, so what it doesn't matter what the regulator status of said article is. It's like complaining Nokia isn't hiring enough meat inspectors for their cellphone plants.
Except in this case it's a company that doesn't offer something.
We can call it the Ministry of Truth
So how much money is Google expected to spend reviewing whether seven year old news stories are covered by the ruling? Particularly when they're liable for court costs and damages if the EU court later decides that it is covered by the ruling?
I don't know why the journalist is blaming Google for this ("So why has Google killed this example of my journalism?") when it's obvious they're not doing this voluntarily.
"I read somewhere that the sun's getting hotter every year," said Tom genially. "It seems that pretty soon the earth's going to fall into the sun--or wait a minute--it's just the opposite--the sun's getting colder every year." -- The Great Gatsby
This isn't true.
Etymology of "incentive":
Middle English, from Late Latin incentivum, from neuter of incentivus stimulating, from Latin, setting the tune, from incentus, past participle of incinere to play (a tune), from in- + canere to sing
Etymology of "incite":
Middle French inciter, from Latin incitare, from in- + citare to put in motion
The two words come from completely different Latin roots and arrived in English from completely different sources.
There's all kinds of psychological research showing that people's perceptions of what motivates them is wildly different from what actually motivates them:
Why People Choose Coke Over Pepsi
I hate polls that take some factual statement that is either objectively true or isn't, and then ask people whether they think it's true, as if that tells us anything about the factual matter rather than just the biases of the poll sample.
Social media advertising either influences or it doesn't. And it will influence or it won't regardless of whether zero, half, or all of the country thinks it does.
I was a engineering major, and most of my freshman/sophomore classes were in a big room with 300-400 students watching a professor I never directly met the entire semester giving lectures that might as well have been on You Tube.
All the interaction was provided in weekly "break out" sessions taught by completely unpaid grad students.
Wow. You really think Republicans control education in this country?
Learning for learning's sake is great, but frankly that can be done in your spare time without getting in debt for tens of thousands of dollars.
I honestly feel bad for these people, but they think it's bad now, just wait.
A first semester physics class pretty much covers the same material at every university and doesn't really change from year to year. In this day and age, there's really no reason other than tradition why we need to keep hiring thousands of people to present essentially identical lectures over and over.
The reactor referred to in the article is a chemical reactor, not a nuclear reactor.
Suppose congress passed a law saying that, while abortions are completely legal, no one may accept payment for performing an abortion nor spend any money on supplies, personell, etc. to be able to provide one.
Would you not consider that a severe restriction on the ability to get an abortion? Would it be fair to characterize thep osition of people opposing such a law as "ha, ha, they thinks money is an abortion!"
The lack of self-awareness here is hilarious. You deny they're claiming to be the only legitimate voice for the internet followed immediately by multiple demands that anyone who disagrees "get the hell out" because you're the only legitimate voice for the internet.
We don't all need to speak as one. YOU need us all to speak as one because then you don't actually have to convince people your view point is right.