This is a woman who doesn't know how to use a fax machine, the idea that she even remotely understands net neutrality is a joke.
When did using a FAX machine ever become a job requirement?
I had a FAX machine between 2005 and 2010 when I got into IT contract work. HR would fax the contract, I would sign it and get my I-9 notarized, and faxed the documents back. These days I can print out from computer, sign the documents, scan into computer, and send documents back via email. Heck, I sometimes use a digital signature for some of this stuff.
BTW, Donald Trump reportedly doesn't use a computer and has two rotatory telephones on his desk. He probably doesn't know how to use a FAX machine.
I'm told it's getting pretty hard to find people willing to commute into the City to work a kitchen three days a week.
That's an easy fix. Convert the part-time job into a full-time job and pay more. If that isn't doable, the restaurant owner need to rethink the business model and/or move to a city with available labor.
I'm not a scientist but this pear-shaped atom probably points back to the origin point of the Big Bang. It might be possible find the precise galactic center from where everything got spewed out into the cosmos?
[...] a business plan that says "we're going to get bought out by Facebook!"
FTFY - The dot com version had Microsoft as the fantasy buyer.
Turns out sometimes it's the company you overlook that is purchased by Google for over $1B (which greatly increases the statistics).
I worked for a company that went on a buying spree prior to the dot com bust that paid two to four times more than what each acquired company was actually worth. Something that Google found out when they bought Nest for $3.2B in 2014 and recently halted unlimited funding that the division enjoyed for showing little in return.
Everyone talks about unicorns but they were always extremely rare (thus the name).
The line I picked up from a recent WSJ article that VCs and investors were funding 20 potential unicorns per month, which is a much slower rate than last year. Unicorns that made $1B+ in real money averages to two per year.
We really need the "experts" to focus on fundamental basics in the economy instead of irrational exuberance.
That's what the VCs and investors are doing to the unicorns by forcing them to focus on profitable business operations and not offering endless perks for employees.
When I worked on the Google help desk in 2008, I had to walk a newly hired Stanford graduate through the process of turning on his own computer. He was shocked — shocked! — that no one was standing around to turn on the computer like they do at the university computer labs. Apparently, they don't teach computer scientists on how to turn on hardware. Oy!
My job got hit by an email-delivered virus that spread across the network and encrypted 200+ hard drives before being stopped. Fortunately, user profiles are stored on the network. Didn't take much time to deploy loaner laptops and re-image the desktops to get the users up and running again.
Expectations adjusting downward to match reality is the bubble bursting!
THE SKY IS FALLING! THE SKY FALLING! THE SKY IS FALLING!
THE SKY IS FALLING! THE SKY FALLING! THE SKY IS FALLING!
THE SKY IS FALLING! THE SKY FALLING! THE SKY IS FALLING!
THE SKY IS FALLING! THE SKY FALLING! THE SKY IS FALLING!
THE SKY IS FALLING! THE SKY FALLING! THE SKY IS FALLING!
THE SKY IS FALLING! THE SKY FALLING! THE SKY IS FALLING!
Does this make you feel better?
You apparently don't realize that you just described the bubble bursting, while at the same time misleading yourself into thinking it hasn't just burst!
I lived through the bubbles bursting prior to the Dot Com Bust in 2001 and the Great Recession in 2009. Companies went out of business, employees got laid off, people moved out of the valley, housing and apartment rents dropped, and freeway traffic got better. Guess what? I'm not seeing any that at all. This "bust" is a whimper that has.
[...] community participation in those programs brings in business for them.
Good point. My father and brother donated their time to rebuild a baseball field from benches behind a chain link fence and pock-marked field to cinder-block dugouts and a professional field. Created a lot of goodwill in the community.
What you seen is venture capitalists and investors no longer throwing money at every potential "unicorn" (a startup with a $1B+ valuation) that comes along. A lot of these unicorns have very little to show for after blowing cash through the wazoo. One notable unicorn had to cut back on employee perks because it was costing $25K per year per employee. VCs and investors want to see profits from business operations. That's not a bubble bursting, it's reality sinking in.
[...] a common misconception among those who prefer to use their feelings to inform themselves about reality rather than data.
I suggest you pull your head out of your ass and look at the data on the ground. When my parents retired to Sacramento County in the early 1990's, my father drove me around and pointed out all the new football fields being built. These are the same schools that told parents that there was no money for school supplies or reduce classroom sizes.
Amazon is anticipating making a profit here, of course. But it's not coming from school district funds.
The school district still have to pay the teachers for using the Amazon services. That might mean taking the teachers away from something else. Or the teachers use their own — unpaid — time to deal with Amazon, just like for everything else.
It's easier for school districts to find money to build a new football field than pay for school supplies, smaller classroom sizes or computers to access unlimited content.
The animation sequence for the Quake zombies shows them grabbing their ass and tossing something at the player. It could be ass, might be shit. An inside joke from the gamer developers.
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This is a woman who doesn't know how to use a fax machine, the idea that she even remotely understands net neutrality is a joke.
When did using a FAX machine ever become a job requirement?
I had a FAX machine between 2005 and 2010 when I got into IT contract work. HR would fax the contract, I would sign it and get my I-9 notarized, and faxed the documents back. These days I can print out from computer, sign the documents, scan into computer, and send documents back via email. Heck, I sometimes use a digital signature for some of this stuff.
BTW, Donald Trump reportedly doesn't use a computer and has two rotatory telephones on his desk. He probably doesn't know how to use a FAX machine.
This is a service pack.
But radical Whites shooting up other Whites? Not a peep.
FTFY
My workplace uses McAfee security products. We're safe.
To prevent grandmothers from sharing baby pics on their cellphones before the lights go down and the trailers start playing. Very annoying.
The City finally found a replacement for the BART escalators.
I'm told it's getting pretty hard to find people willing to commute into the City to work a kitchen three days a week.
That's an easy fix. Convert the part-time job into a full-time job and pay more. If that isn't doable, the restaurant owner need to rethink the business model and/or move to a city with available labor.
They destroy our jobs, and obama is just doing nothing.
What jobs are being destroyed in San Francisco?
What makes you think it's Obama's responsibility for anything that happens in San Francisco?
A nice to place to visit, but I wouldn't want to live there kind of place.
I'm not a scientist but this pear-shaped atom probably points back to the origin point of the Big Bang. It might be possible find the precise galactic center from where everything got spewed out into the cosmos?
Anyway, what's wrong with any way?
[...] a business plan that says "we're going to get bought out by Facebook!"
FTFY - The dot com version had Microsoft as the fantasy buyer.
Turns out sometimes it's the company you overlook that is purchased by Google for over $1B (which greatly increases the statistics).
I worked for a company that went on a buying spree prior to the dot com bust that paid two to four times more than what each acquired company was actually worth. Something that Google found out when they bought Nest for $3.2B in 2014 and recently halted unlimited funding that the division enjoyed for showing little in return.
Everyone talks about unicorns but they were always extremely rare (thus the name).
The line I picked up from a recent WSJ article that VCs and investors were funding 20 potential unicorns per month, which is a much slower rate than last year. Unicorns that made $1B+ in real money averages to two per year.
You need to get in line behind all my other adoring AC fans. I'm sure they will accommodate your needs.
We really need the "experts" to focus on fundamental basics in the economy instead of irrational exuberance.
That's what the VCs and investors are doing to the unicorns by forcing them to focus on profitable business operations and not offering endless perks for employees.
When I worked on the Google help desk in 2008, I had to walk a newly hired Stanford graduate through the process of turning on his own computer. He was shocked — shocked! — that no one was standing around to turn on the computer like they do at the university computer labs. Apparently, they don't teach computer scientists on how to turn on hardware. Oy!
My job got hit by an email-delivered virus that spread across the network and encrypted 200+ hard drives before being stopped. Fortunately, user profiles are stored on the network. Didn't take much time to deploy loaner laptops and re-image the desktops to get the users up and running again.
Denial of the bubble bursting is another sign of the bubble having already burst.
This "bubble" is a like a bear taking a shit in the wood. Beside the bear, who else in world cares? (Hint: no one.)
Expectations adjusting downward to match reality is the bubble bursting!
THE SKY IS FALLING! THE SKY FALLING! THE SKY IS FALLING!
THE SKY IS FALLING! THE SKY FALLING! THE SKY IS FALLING!
THE SKY IS FALLING! THE SKY FALLING! THE SKY IS FALLING!
THE SKY IS FALLING! THE SKY FALLING! THE SKY IS FALLING!
THE SKY IS FALLING! THE SKY FALLING! THE SKY IS FALLING!
THE SKY IS FALLING! THE SKY FALLING! THE SKY IS FALLING!
Does this make you feel better?
You apparently don't realize that you just described the bubble bursting, while at the same time misleading yourself into thinking it hasn't just burst!
I lived through the bubbles bursting prior to the Dot Com Bust in 2001 and the Great Recession in 2009. Companies went out of business, employees got laid off, people moved out of the valley, housing and apartment rents dropped, and freeway traffic got better. Guess what? I'm not seeing any that at all. This "bust" is a whimper that has .
[...] community participation in those programs brings in business for them.
Good point. My father and brother donated their time to rebuild a baseball field from benches behind a chain link fence and pock-marked field to cinder-block dugouts and a professional field. Created a lot of goodwill in the community.
We've seen IPOs dry up.
What you seen is venture capitalists and investors no longer throwing money at every potential "unicorn" (a startup with a $1B+ valuation) that comes along. A lot of these unicorns have very little to show for after blowing cash through the wazoo. One notable unicorn had to cut back on employee perks because it was costing $25K per year per employee. VCs and investors want to see profits from business operations. That's not a bubble bursting, it's reality sinking in.
[...] a common misconception among those who prefer to use their feelings to inform themselves about reality rather than data.
I suggest you pull your head out of your ass and look at the data on the ground. When my parents retired to Sacramento County in the early 1990's, my father drove me around and pointed out all the new football fields being built. These are the same schools that told parents that there was no money for school supplies or reduce classroom sizes.
Amazon is anticipating making a profit here, of course. But it's not coming from school district funds.
The school district still have to pay the teachers for using the Amazon services. That might mean taking the teachers away from something else. Or the teachers use their own — unpaid — time to deal with Amazon, just like for everything else.
It's easier for school districts to find money to build a new football field than pay for school supplies, smaller classroom sizes or computers to access unlimited content.
I have never seen a zombie throw its ass
The animation sequence for the Quake zombies shows them grabbing their ass and tossing something at the player. It could be ass, might be shit. An inside joke from the gamer developers.