I bet most of those people wear $60 t-shirts and overpay for just about everything else in their life, too.
That doesn't make them informed, intelligent, or anything else. They just want to be seen wearing/using certain brands because they think it increases their status.
Yes, high profits can be made from these people. No, it doesn't tell you anything about the quality of the products they pursue, only the marketing of those products.
Yeah, there's no way traffickers could get fake ID numbers.
The answer to trafficking is to legalize all forms of prostitution. If there's plenty of consenting supply then there's less profit in supplying it illegally and less people will be trafficked.
The same goes for drugs: Making drugs illegal doesn't take any drugs off the streets, it just fills the pockets of the mafia.
Their problem with selective enforcement will be knowing that I'm not a European living somewhere else. One slip-up and... lawsuit!
Hopefully the USA and other countries will soon have similar laws, making this moot.
Facebook, et. al. are scum. The world needs this law. Are 'targeted ads' really enough of an excuse for what they do, ie. Are they really that much more valuable? I doubt it. Advertiser will still pay for ads.
I don't see how this could possibly generate "ridiculous amounts of revenue" as claimed by TFA.
Losses from pirates are high. Not only material losses, the cost of maintaining an anti-pirate army.
What the article doesn't mention is that robo-ships are allowed to use automated defenses. They're much more efficient killers than the minimum wage deck hands.
I don't see what's so special about it. As soon as you step outside of web/email/basic use then there's suddenly a great big hole compared to windows. Even basic stuff like text editors and FTP programs are completely lacking (show me the Mac equivalents of Notepad++ or WinSCP...)
My guess is that Macbooks mostly sell because they look pretty compared to the $500 Windows laptops you see in most stores.
My answer to that is to try spending $1500 on a windows laptop. You might find something equally pretty but a whole lot better built and much more useful.
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I really don't see how my $10 t-shirt is inferior to a $60 t-shirt with a fancier brand name.
Same goes for brand-name underwear: I don't have to stuff newspapers down my trousers to save money, I can simply not shop at Calvin Klein.
I bet most of those people wear $60 t-shirts and overpay for just about everything else in their life, too.
That doesn't make them informed, intelligent, or anything else. They just want to be seen wearing/using certain brands because they think it increases their status.
Yes, high profits can be made from these people. No, it doesn't tell you anything about the quality of the products they pursue, only the marketing of those products.
I remember walking down the street in Amsterdam to see what could be seen, and I remember wanting to flush my eyes with bleach after doing that.
Ah, yes, the famous Amsterdam street. For tourists.
That ain't typical. Really.
A popular saying about the prioritization of horses and carts comes to mind.
You assume there would be "plenty of consenting supply"
And you assume that there won't be.
Unfortunately for you, the evidence is on my side. Try looking at a country where it's legal, eg. most of Europe.
Isn't "coastline" the very first example they give in Fractals 101?
It certainly was back in the 1980s when I was at school but here it is as front page news on Slashdot. FFS.
Now get off my lawn.
I was waiting for the part where he says, "...but we're going to do it anyway".
I meant 110dB, dammit.
I guess I shouldn't burp near my NAS then
You jest, but, there's people who can burp at 100dB.
https://encrypted.google.com/s...
ie. This guy can burp at a heavy metal concert and the people around him will tell him to STFU because they can't hear the music for all the burping.
Nobody cares because we all have gigabytes of data in our plans.
Google needs to do some basic research. No European will ever use this if it's based on SMS.
Also: Based on SMS so that carriers can charge us per-message.
If half dies every two years, it will be around forever.
By the same logic: You can never leave your basement.
(going half the distance to the door will always need a finite amount of time therefore you can never reach it)
Yeah, there's no way traffickers could get fake ID numbers.
The answer to trafficking is to legalize all forms of prostitution. If there's plenty of consenting supply then there's less profit in supplying it illegally and less people will be trafficked.
The same goes for drugs: Making drugs illegal doesn't take any drugs off the streets, it just fills the pockets of the mafia.
Targeted ads are useless anyway. People encountering them gets the ads after they already have bought an item of that type.
They might be effective if they can show you them while you're searching for an item (or researching it).
Facebook can't do that though. That's where google comes into the picture.
(and Google doesn't need to profile you in order to include relevant ads in searches - they have the search query!)
FB will send all people updated agreement next month with one stupid checkbox
The new European law specifically forbids that sort of behavior.
"Requests must be granular, asking for separate consent for separate types of processing. Blanket consent is not allowed."
https://www.cennydd.com/writin...
Their problem with selective enforcement will be knowing that I'm not a European living somewhere else. One slip-up and... lawsuit!
Hopefully the USA and other countries will soon have similar laws, making this moot.
Facebook, et. al. are scum. The world needs this law. Are 'targeted ads' really enough of an excuse for what they do, ie. Are they really that much more valuable? I doubt it. Advertiser will still pay for ads.
IKEA is cheaper because the customer does the assembly at home.
Um, no.
IKEA is cheaper because unassembled furniture is much smaller than assembled furniture.
This saves a hell of a lot in transport+storage and customers can fit it in their car instead of paying for delivery.
I don't see how this could possibly generate "ridiculous amounts of revenue" as claimed by TFA.
Losses from pirates are high. Not only material losses, the cost of maintaining an anti-pirate army.
What the article doesn't mention is that robo-ships are allowed to use automated defenses. They're much more efficient killers than the minimum wage deck hands.
Boat and plane navigation is reasonably similar
True, but ... boats have pirates. Planes don't.
it's just coincidence that she's related to somebody /. hates.
How's the new swamp drainage system looking? I expect they'll open the sluices any day now, right?
Right?
It only has to be as good as, or better than, humans... ...which aren't anywhere near 100%.
My ZTE phone has given me four years of good service. Three of those in my pocket and the last year as an Android development device.
My current phone? A $500 Xioami that one of my clients bought me as a thankyou (the boss was buying one for himself and he bought one for me, too).
If it wasn't for that I'd probably still be carrying the ZTE around.
macOS is great for desktops.
For those who can afford it I guess it's OK
I don't see what's so special about it. As soon as you step outside of web/email/basic use then there's suddenly a great big hole compared to windows. Even basic stuff like text editors and FTP programs are completely lacking (show me the Mac equivalents of Notepad++ or WinSCP...)
My guess is that Macbooks mostly sell because they look pretty compared to the $500 Windows laptops you see in most stores.
My answer to that is to try spending $1500 on a windows laptop. You might find something equally pretty but a whole lot better built and much more useful.
And ... Linux for servers was a solved problem a decade ago.
I guess this is the real reason why incrementing the Linux version number is irrelevant.
On the flip side, Musk appears to be able to admit when he makes mistakes (and change direction accordingly).
When was the last time you saw that?