Amazon Granted a Patent That Prevents In-Store Shoppers From Online Price Checking
Hey Beau, if you didn't know, only the USPTO can grant patents in the USA through its powers vested in it through Congress. Congress itself *USED TO* grant patents way back in the day. Amazon CANNOT grant a patent.
Amazon Granted a Patent doesn't mean Amazon gave anyone a patent, any more than Trump accused in obstruction investigation means Trump accused someone of obstruction.
"The majority including myself do not give a shit about this LGBT issue. [...]"
This is self-evidently false. If nobody cares, why is so much effort put into fighting LGBT equality? If nobody cared, when we asked for marriage equality, the response would have been, "yeah sure, whatever, we don't care".
Why are you equating "the majority doesn't care" with "nobody cares"? Go look at the data. It's quite clear that the majority of Americans either support LGBT equality or don't care. That doesn't mean there isn't a vocal minority in opposition.
I wonder if it would be cost effective for utility companies to get into the cryptocurrency mining business?
Wonder no more. This "record longest continuous negative power prices" lasted for a mind-boggling five hours. How much cryptocurrency can be mined in five hours?
Think of FB as a creep and stalker that follows you around.
Wouldn't it be more appropriate to think of FB as a creep and stalker that you've asked to follow you around? Or are there people who use Facebook but don't know they use it?
If you don't want Facebook to use your camera you could, you know, turn off Facebook's permission to use your camera. Or if you think that's not enough, you can stick some tape over the selfie lens.
I doubt if more than a paltry few (if any) of these extractions were connected in any way with terrorism-related cases. Much more likely your garden-variety domestic felonies such as homicide and drug trafficking.
Freedom of speech does not mean freedom from consequences
Um, yes, that's exactly what it means. That is, in fact, the definition.
Well, sort of. It actually means freedom from having the government restrict your speech by any means, including imposing punishment (with certain well-known exceptions). It doesn't mean freedom from being called out by your peers, or freedom from losing your (non-government) job, or freedom from being denied acceptance to a private school.
Nevermind, I see it's hundreds of employees out of just 1,000 surveyed. I suck.
Or maybe you don't suck. From the "A Better Balance" report: "Based on our conversation with Walmart employees as well as survey results of over 1,000 current and former Walmart workers who have struggled due to Walmart’s absence control program..."
I would expect a survey of workers "who have struggled due to Walmart's absence control program" to turn up a lot of complaints.
Everyone complains about the Slashdot editors, but nobody Reads TFA to find out whether the summary is misleading. Yeah, I know, nobody RTFA, but seriously, people: you're getting yourselves enraged over a half-truth here.
I've always heard that the dead have no right to privacy or at least they don't in the US am I understanding correctly that in germany even the dead have a right to privacy?
You may have always heard that, but it's not completely true. In the US, attorney-client privilege survives the death of the client (Swidler & Berlin v. United States, 524 U.S. 399 (1998)).
At least these are a cut above what appears to be a growing trend:
1. This man went looking for the truth about [subject]. You won't believe what he found!
2. Try this weird trick to increase your understanding of [subject].
3. The shocking truth about [subject].
It wasn't what Trump said. The entire media narrative about polls and his chances of getting elected should have clued you in that the rest of "professional journalism" went the way of Fox News.
I love this narrative that since they incorrectly predicted the results of a poll about a single topic, they are therefore wrong about everything ever.
Nice that you love it, but you're wrong about it being the narrative. You glossed over the bit about "When have journalists ever NOT botched a story you had any independent knowledge of." If you've been paying attention, you should have noticed that this has been going on for a very long time. You should be asking yourself a very simple question: if the news organizations are consistently wrong every time they report on a subject about which I actually know the truth, why should I take them at face value on subjects about which I don't know the truth?
"That's one of our aims. We wanted to make it as simple as possible, [to] really democratize the process of creation."
Where, I suppose, "democratize" is supposed to mean, "characterized by the principle of social equality for all." Or in other words, everyone should be able to compose a movie soundtrack without regard to musical talent, training, or hard work. Sounds ideal.
Any salaried position has by definition unlimited time off. You get x number of days guaranteed/paid time off but since you're exempt from reporting your worked hours, you can take off whenever you want.
You need to talk to one of the hundreds of thousands of "salaried exempt" workers in the US defense industry. These people fill in time cards with hours charged to various accounts. If you charge "time off" to a government-funded work order, you're guilty of a federal crime. I suppose you could try charging time off to an indirect account, but that's a short trip to being laid off.
In popular culture, ages ago, there used to be a stereotyped scene where a guy gets slapped in the face and he straightens up and says "thanks, I needed that." (Was that a scene in a movie, or something? I don't even know where that one originated). I don't think that ever happened, either.
It was a commercial for Mennen Skin Bracer aftershave, from the early 1970s.
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Amazon Granted a Patent That Prevents In-Store Shoppers From Online Price Checking
Hey Beau, if you didn't know, only the USPTO can grant patents in the USA through its powers vested in it through Congress. Congress itself *USED TO* grant patents way back in the day. Amazon CANNOT grant a patent.
Amazon Granted a Patent doesn't mean Amazon gave anyone a patent, any more than Trump accused in obstruction investigation means Trump accused someone of obstruction.
Amazon Granted a Patent That Prevents In-Store Shoppers From Online Price Checking
Amazon is not supposed to be able to grant patents. Only the USPTO does that in the USA. Care to explain, you STUPID MILLENIAL BeauHD?
The only explanation required is that you must have left your reading comprehension in your other pants.
"The majority including myself do not give a shit about this LGBT issue. [...]"
This is self-evidently false. If nobody cares, why is so much effort put into fighting LGBT equality? If nobody cared, when we asked for marriage equality, the response would have been, "yeah sure, whatever, we don't care".
Why are you equating "the majority doesn't care" with "nobody cares"? Go look at the data. It's quite clear that the majority of Americans either support LGBT equality or don't care. That doesn't mean there isn't a vocal minority in opposition.
According to the poster who floated this idea, it's the size of a 40 foot shipping container.
I wonder if it would be cost effective for utility companies to get into the cryptocurrency mining business?
Wonder no more. This "record longest continuous negative power prices" lasted for a mind-boggling five hours. How much cryptocurrency can be mined in five hours?
Think of FB as a creep and stalker that follows you around.
Wouldn't it be more appropriate to think of FB as a creep and stalker that you've asked to follow you around? Or are there people who use Facebook but don't know they use it?
If you don't want Facebook to use your camera you could, you know, turn off Facebook's permission to use your camera. Or if you think that's not enough, you can stick some tape over the selfie lens.
I doubt if more than a paltry few (if any) of these extractions were connected in any way with terrorism-related cases. Much more likely your garden-variety domestic felonies such as homicide and drug trafficking.
Interesting. A quick scan of the 39 pages of the Tulsa report shows just 2 iPhones, both iPhone 5c. The rest are all mostly flavors of Android.
Look again, more carefully. There were a handful of 6 and 6s models as well.
Freedom of speech does not mean freedom from consequences
Um, yes, that's exactly what it means. That is, in fact, the definition.
Well, sort of. It actually means freedom from having the government restrict your speech by any means, including imposing punishment (with certain well-known exceptions). It doesn't mean freedom from being called out by your peers, or freedom from losing your (non-government) job, or freedom from being denied acceptance to a private school.
Nevermind, I see it's hundreds of employees out of just 1,000 surveyed. I suck.
Or maybe you don't suck. From the "A Better Balance" report: "Based on our conversation with Walmart employees as well as survey results of over 1,000 current and former Walmart workers who have struggled due to Walmart’s absence control program..."
I would expect a survey of workers "who have struggled due to Walmart's absence control program" to turn up a lot of complaints.
Everyone complains about the Slashdot editors, but nobody Reads TFA to find out whether the summary is misleading. Yeah, I know, nobody RTFA, but seriously, people: you're getting yourselves enraged over a half-truth here.
I've always heard that the dead have no right to privacy or at least they don't in the US am I understanding correctly that in germany even the dead have a right to privacy?
You may have always heard that, but it's not completely true. In the US, attorney-client privilege survives the death of the client (Swidler & Berlin v. United States, 524 U.S. 399 (1998)).
You forgot "The top [x] [subject] ...."
At least these are a cut above what appears to be a growing trend:
1. This man went looking for the truth about [subject]. You won't believe what he found!
2. Try this weird trick to increase your understanding of [subject].
3. The shocking truth about [subject].
My choice is to try to pick out the bits of truth here and there.
That's my choice as well. It does get a little tiresome and frustrating though, like trying to pick out bits of pepper from a pile of fly shit.
It wasn't what Trump said. The entire media narrative about polls and his chances of getting elected should have clued you in that the rest of "professional journalism" went the way of Fox News.
I love this narrative that since they incorrectly predicted the results of a poll about a single topic, they are therefore wrong about everything ever.
Nice that you love it, but you're wrong about it being the narrative. You glossed over the bit about "When have journalists ever NOT botched a story you had any independent knowledge of." If you've been paying attention, you should have noticed that this has been going on for a very long time. You should be asking yourself a very simple question: if the news organizations are consistently wrong every time they report on a subject about which I actually know the truth, why should I take them at face value on subjects about which I don't know the truth?
Come on, that wouldn't be a reboot. What they really need to do is come out with a new improved Kin.
"That's one of our aims. We wanted to make it as simple as possible, [to] really democratize the process of creation."
Where, I suppose, "democratize" is supposed to mean, "characterized by the principle of social equality for all." Or in other words, everyone should be able to compose a movie soundtrack without regard to musical talent, training, or hard work. Sounds ideal.
Any salaried position has by definition unlimited time off. You get x number of days guaranteed/paid time off but since you're exempt from reporting your worked hours, you can take off whenever you want.
You need to talk to one of the hundreds of thousands of "salaried exempt" workers in the US defense industry. These people fill in time cards with hours charged to various accounts. If you charge "time off" to a government-funded work order, you're guilty of a federal crime. I suppose you could try charging time off to an indirect account, but that's a short trip to being laid off.
No, no. It's the Department of Redundancy Department. Sheesh!
In popular culture, ages ago, there used to be a stereotyped scene where a guy gets slapped in the face and he straightens up and says "thanks, I needed that." (Was that a scene in a movie, or something? I don't even know where that one originated). I don't think that ever happened, either.
It was a commercial for Mennen Skin Bracer aftershave, from the early 1970s.
With such an elaborate setup for the pun-chline, how did this get modded Interesting instead of Funny?
I thought "gloat" was the collective word for "people who will never make it". Like a "pod of whales" or a "pride of lions" or a "lounge of lizards".
No. The phrase is "A BasicIncome of people who will never make it.
there is a huge gloat of people who will never make it.
The good news? There are far fewer people who can't distinguish between 'gloat' and 'glut'.
1. Auto delete any voice mail from numbers that are not in my address book.
Are your nearby hospitals in your address book? Your kids' schools? All the places where you might have or make appointments?
2. Access code required to leave a voice mail message. Unauthenticated senders need not apply.
See above.
3. Voice recognition software screens each voice mail, comparing new messages to a centralized database of spam messages
Now, this I can get behind.
This is a golden opportunity for the Democrats to earn a quantum of cred by declaring up front that they will never, ever use this.
(Yeah, I'm not holding my breath. Anyone that thinks they're not all scum is deluded.)
That horse left the barn years ago -- see the discussion upthread regarding Obama for America.