From the articles the other 3 were also told to leave, United is wording their statement in a misleading way by saying "voluntarily left", they didn't volunteer to be bumped they left the plane without being dragged off.
The fees, and the extra cost of booking tickets that can be changed are intended to cover occasionally having the empty seat. If those fees aren't covering the cost then they should be raised to the point that they do.
And yet they don't refund the tickets for the people who don't show up. What other industry is allowed to sell commodities twice? Usually that is considered fraud....
A suggestion I put in one of the other versions of this story - require airlines to get volunteers and place no limit on compensation. The issue here is that there is a power imbalance and its in the financial interest of the dominant party to take advantage of the weaker.
By removing the compensation limit and requiring volunteers we return balance to the situation and make it a free market. If it occasionally costs $20000 for someone to volunteer then airlines will be more careful about overbooking and people being bumped won't be complaining as they got an amount they're happy changing their plans for.
Meh, my experience is that when these are added it usually means that the game is past its peak. From Google trends Minecraft is now below the halfway point - https://trends.google.ca/trend...
I don't think he recognizes the issue people had - when Canonical became successful they began acting like they were the 800-lb gorilla in the room and that they could do whatever they wanted and everyone else would fall into line. Classic not invented here syndrome, then expecting others to write & maintain support for Canonical's custom software.
Sending user searches to Amazon doesn't help either - the Linux community is much more privacy minded then the general community using public.
In my estimation Gnome has adopted a lot of poor UX design and has a generally dumbed things down. KDE has made more appropriate choices but lacks polish whichhttps://linux.slashdot.org/story/17/04/07/1918225/gnome-dev-schaller-assures-ubuntu-users-the-move-to-step-away-from-unity-will-bring-consistency-across-linux-distros# could be solved by a large distro choosing it as their primary desktop.
You could have pay tiers and place people in them based on their experience. If the criteria is objective then it hopefully doesn't favour anyone. From what I can tell Canadian Government positions try to do this.
Your quote is very misleading, that isn't the cost of FDA approval not even the real cost. Your article states 1.4 billion to bring to market (from nothing) then decides investors could have somehow made 1.2-billion in that period by investing - a 90% return is ludicrous over 10-years is unlikely and since its not all spent at the start of 10-years the supposed rate of return is more like 180%.
I've also been reading Seveneves and found it to be one of the worst books I've ever read. I'm about 40% through and its going to be one of the very few books I don't bother finishing. Its amazing that he managed to make a global catastrophe this boring.
In general I've found his novels to be disappointing given how popular they are. Snow Crash was mediocre, Anathem was bad and Seveneves is terrible.
While I think these are likely a rip-off, you do also need to consider R&D costs and for rarer disorders the cost spread over a smaller number of dosages.
Uber - "let us search your stuff or you are fired"
If memory serves there was a story about how Apple would do that. I recall they'd show up with security, if you didn't consent they'd escort you out on the spot.
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They could have planned ahead, they could have flown them another airline, they could have chartered a private plane. They had choices.
Maybe he used devtools to strike through the terms he didn't agree to ;)
From the articles the other 3 were also told to leave, United is wording their statement in a misleading way by saying "voluntarily left", they didn't volunteer to be bumped they left the plane without being dragged off.
The fees, and the extra cost of booking tickets that can be changed are intended to cover occasionally having the empty seat. If those fees aren't covering the cost then they should be raised to the point that they do.
Its marketing bullshit by people trying to push the idea that current technology is AI, it isn't.
My question is, why are MIT Technology Review articles that show up on Slashdot always so technologically stupid?
Typically for seats that allow re-booking they charge extra, that extra is meant to cover the cost of occasionally having an empty seat.
Some articles are saying these were actually United executives going to a meeting rather than flight crew.
And yet they don't refund the tickets for the people who don't show up. What other industry is allowed to sell commodities twice? Usually that is considered fraud....
A suggestion I put in one of the other versions of this story - require airlines to get volunteers and place no limit on compensation. The issue here is that there is a power imbalance and its in the financial interest of the dominant party to take advantage of the weaker.
By removing the compensation limit and requiring volunteers we return balance to the situation and make it a free market. If it occasionally costs $20000 for someone to volunteer then airlines will be more careful about overbooking and people being bumped won't be complaining as they got an amount they're happy changing their plans for.
Meh, my experience is that when these are added it usually means that the game is past its peak. From Google trends Minecraft is now below the halfway point - https://trends.google.ca/trend...
A weather man is not a climate scientist, they're predicting very localized weather based on what they're seeing nearby.
China has over 4x the population of the USA. They emit less than half the carbon per capita of the USA.
I think it can be more appropriately traced to the Amazon search debacle.
I don't think he recognizes the issue people had - when Canonical became successful they began acting like they were the 800-lb gorilla in the room and that they could do whatever they wanted and everyone else would fall into line. Classic not invented here syndrome, then expecting others to write & maintain support for Canonical's custom software.
Sending user searches to Amazon doesn't help either - the Linux community is much more privacy minded then the general community using public.
In my estimation Gnome has adopted a lot of poor UX design and has a generally dumbed things down. KDE has made more appropriate choices but lacks polish whichhttps://linux.slashdot.org/story/17/04/07/1918225/gnome-dev-schaller-assures-ubuntu-users-the-move-to-step-away-from-unity-will-bring-consistency-across-linux-distros# could be solved by a large distro choosing it as their primary desktop.
Uhh Unity? Pay attention to the topic at hand.
You could have pay tiers and place people in them based on their experience. If the criteria is objective then it hopefully doesn't favour anyone. From what I can tell Canadian Government positions try to do this.
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would have been the right move. GNOME is a lateral one.
Your quote is very misleading, that isn't the cost of FDA approval not even the real cost. Your article states 1.4 billion to bring to market (from nothing) then decides investors could have somehow made 1.2-billion in that period by investing - a 90% return is ludicrous over 10-years is unlikely and since its not all spent at the start of 10-years the supposed rate of return is more like 180%.
I've also been reading Seveneves and found it to be one of the worst books I've ever read. I'm about 40% through and its going to be one of the very few books I don't bother finishing. Its amazing that he managed to make a global catastrophe this boring.
In general I've found his novels to be disappointing given how popular they are. Snow Crash was mediocre, Anathem was bad and Seveneves is terrible.
While I think these are likely a rip-off, you do also need to consider R&D costs and for rarer disorders the cost spread over a smaller number of dosages.
They use it, but then they get shit for blocking breast feeding and historical photos. Can't win really.
Uber - "let us search your stuff or you are fired"
If memory serves there was a story about how Apple would do that. I recall they'd show up with security, if you didn't consent they'd escort you out on the spot.
Apple fangirls out in full force, what is this a tech blog.
I'm not an American, but couldn't this be considered interstate commerce which would be federally regulated?