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  1. Re:And what of the FOUR horseman? on America's 'Retail Apocalypse' Is Really Just Beginning (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Sounds like you're giving up after the first attempt.

    I look at prices across the board and occasionally buy from Wally's World when there is a significant gain - especially when it is a heavy item with high shipping costs for home delivery. I go when I'm buying other specific things there, usually once a month, and picking up additional items takes all of 5 minutes.

    You're correct on the quality of employee though. Keep things simple and don't ask for any changes. Open the order there and refuse and cancel the order if everything isn't perfect.

  2. Sounds like TensorFlow will love supporting the Chinese version of Communism and controlling all their serfs.

  3. Re:impressive on SpaceX Lands the 13th Falcon 9 Rocket of the Year In Flames (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Voters didn't evolve. Do you think there wouldn't be a massive public backlash if NASA was frying rockets at the same rate as X does?

    It comes down to risk management, acceptable loss, and designing a system to fit in that rather than risk avoidance.

  4. Re:An people will complain on First Mass-Produced Electric Truck Unveiled (nhk.or.jp) · · Score: 1

    Many ICE cars are so quiet that they rival electric. The whole pedestrian thing is FUD. If anyone really wants to reduce pedestrian deaths then they need to support the police in writing more traffic tickets for the red light runners and other reckless drivers... and jay walkers.

  5. Re: But we just passed a law to fix this.... on Smartphones Are Killing Americans, But Nobody's Counting (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 0, Troll

    Unlikely. It typically takes 5 to 8 pounds of pressure on the trigger to fire a double action revolver and holsters prevent access to the trigger.

    More people are dying because police are no longer enforcing traffic safety laws and giving tickets. Why do your job when the media will just slander you to the point where some political DA prosecutes you? The vast majority of officers in the news for "brutality" have been exonerated when all the facts come out, but that is far after the blood sucking media whips up a sensationalized lie about it.

  6. Re:Jobs for coal miners on World's First 'Negative Emissions' Plant Has Begun Operation (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    We will if they get that lab experiment turning solar energy into ethanol working to scale.

  7. GM should have died during the recession. I'll never forgive them for cannibalizing Saturn for only 6 weeks of operating cost for the corpulent low quality main office.

  8. The only reason to count them different are as fake status symbols. Same reason that jewelry and antiques are down 50% in price and sales - iP* is the new Bling.

  9. Re:Blue Screen of Antimatter containment failure on According To Star Trek: Discovery, Starfleet Still Runs Microsoft Windows (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    I'd like to see how much China paid CBS for the show. The entire pilot was a propaganda piece.

  10. Re:Would cloud hosting have prevented the /. outag on Airlines Suffer Worldwide Delays After Global Booking System Fails (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    AWS has had plenty of outages.

    Personally I don't think there is any such thing as "technical issue". There are resourcing, risk management, and personnel management issues. I've built systems with the right teams before that could stand anything short of a nuke, and we came in under budget. Honesty and the right people give you results.

  11. Re:"According to the Washington Post." on Russia Reportedly Bought Thousands of Facebook Ads Sought To Stress Racial Divisions (thehill.com) · · Score: 1, Troll

    Have you ever heard of a country named "Ukraine"? Off down the rabbit hole you go...

  12. Re:Opening themselves up to trouble on Governments Turn Tables By Suing Public Records Requesters (apnews.com) · · Score: -1, Troll

    The ACLU's largest push this last year is to protect rioting. Not protests, but riots that injure people and burn down property. Be careful of those "unified bodies".

  13. Re:Whodathunkit? on The New Corporate Recruitment Pool: Workers In Dead-End Jobs (msn.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Satellite offices aren't new, they are something that have been being shut down for the last 10-15 years as employers pull everyone into their hives. I'm watching one do it now in my city while another bought out a local company and is using it to triple employees and expand.

    I've been to a couple dozen cities with better average talent than SV and willing to work for half the salary. Perfect english, same or similar time zones, and a short flight away if you need them in person.

  14. China subsidizes electricity and hardware for bitcoin processing. Are they trying to take over the global market while minimizing bitcoin's disruption in their own markets? That would follow with their methods for standard currencies.

  15. It's not really even capitalism... Lenovo makes the worst laptops but big business buys them because they are cheap. The loss of work time and quality is staggering.

  16. Re:Bitcoin crash on China Bans Companies From Raising Money Through ICOs (cnbc.com) · · Score: 2

    China subsidizes cryptocurrencies with free electricity and other means. They are fighting themselves.

  17. Seems like it. Google used to at least try to follow "Do no evil" but seems to have completely thrown that away in the last year.

  18. Re:I don't have a problem with them scanning plate on US Cops Can't Keep License Plate Data Scans Secret Without Reason, Court Rules (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 2

    6 months is an edge case which is effectively a logic fallacy.

    The points of WHY to keep the data need to be determined first. If its for tickets then delete it after review (except for the offender until after court). If its for something else then that something else first needs defined and why it benefits society.

  19. Re:They're neither "outside" nor "fact-checkers" on Facebook Pages Spreading Fake News Won't Be Able To Buy Ads (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 0, Troll

    It'd be nice if CNN would get flagged.

  20. Re:Simple explanation for this on Why Amazon's UK Tax Bill Has Dropped 50% (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    The loophole seems to be when the stock is taxed. It should be when it is given, not when it is cashed. That's like handing someone cash but only paying employer tax when the employee gets around to spending it.

  21. Re:Northern Greenland Inc. Stock Spikes on Global Investment Firm Warns 7.8 Degrees of Global Warming Is Possible (vice.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Not to mention all other plants and animals because this change is happening 1000x faster than previous ones.

  22. Re: And then Google says... on Google Fires Author of Divisive Memo On Gender Differences (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Here's an interesting read on it: https://www.forbes.com/sites/t...

  23. Re:I know right on 'Elon Musk's Hyperloop Is Doomed For the Worst Reason' (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 2

    So dig deeper. Go under all the pipes and load bearing areas.

  24. Re: VP of Diversity, Integrity & Governance... on Google Engineer's Leaked 'Gender Diversity' Essay Draws Massive Response (medium.com) · · Score: 1

    Then write in a candidate rather than vote for 1 of 2 horrible candidates.

    The essay was quite accurate though.

  25. Re:Mixed bag on Vermont Medical School Says Goodbye To Lectures (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    Another aspect is cost. Sure some ways are more effective, but cost more per effective unit, making them less cost efficient. That's why we still have 150 students in a lecture hall - cost.