You have no clue how many UPS/FedEx/USPS trucks get followed so deliveries get swiped if they're left at the door and nobody answers immediately.
It's gotten so bad that the county sheriff had to issue a public notice (via the USPS to our postal boxes) to start watching after deliverymen and postmen.
"Once you start selling with Amazon, you don't simply stop as they enough information about you to intuit your entire supply chain, predict how much your overhead costs are and where they'll trend often better than you can."
I really doubt Amazon is going to be violating my mining claims to get my materials for lapidary work. They'd be responsible for a LOT of dead bodies if they tried.
"Of course, if you're an "instant gratification" type who can't wait 2 days for shipping"
I'd much rather not take the chance of my shit being damaged in transport and then I'm stuck waiting a week or more on a replacement. Thanks, but no thanks. I'll spend the hour of time to ensure I get my product to my house in working order.
You shouldn't have been using NewEgg in the first place. Go looking on pricewatch.com - NewEgg quit advertising there because the competition kept (and still does for the most part) beating their prices.
"They all failed for one reason - they're damn inconvenient."
No, they all failed because they needed expensive data lines. I've been to several B2B meetings where these things get inevitably shown. They all fail because of the need for bandwidth.
"because their app will be on a range of hardware from different manufacturers"
Uhh, in case you don't know, they all use the same underlying hardware architecture. It's called ARM. And ARM ASM ten years ago is the exact same as it is now, with extra features added.
"I love the old dismissive posters who don't really understand the blockchain or cryptocurrency"
There's nothing to understand about the walking train wreck that is a permission-less distributed database (what you try calling a blockchain, but it's not new technology, you're just new to this industry and fall for buzzwords just like any child.) It was shown to be a bad idea in the fucking 70s and it's still bad now for the exact same reasons - scaling and information transfer requirements.
100% this. iPhone with its ungodly shit aperture makes for horribly noisy pictures even in the best of light conditions.
I'l stick with my massive 20 megapixel CMOS sensor that can capture photos and video clearly in low-light conditions. The camera that holds it is only about the size of an iPhone, anyways.
"No, I'm just capable of following a conversation and don't construe other people's words to mean something completely irrelevant that isn't at all being discussed"
You might be capable of following a conversation but your historical recollection is utter shit if you don't know the relationship between things being a standard and things like standards collusion (like diesel vehicle emissions testing) and the shit that goes on behind the scenes and always has since the day of Ma Bell.
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You have no clue how many UPS/FedEx/USPS trucks get followed so deliveries get swiped if they're left at the door and nobody answers immediately.
It's gotten so bad that the county sheriff had to issue a public notice (via the USPS to our postal boxes) to start watching after deliverymen and postmen.
"The judge who signed the warrant was probably some smelly Frenchie"
Videotron is a French-Canadian (Quebec) company, so there's a possibility.
Yea, no.
"There is way more appetite for bandwidth than carriers can add"
That's bull. These companies just don't want to spend the MONEY to make those towers capable of supporting more bandwidth.
For similar fuckery, see the 1996 Telecommunications Act.
"Recent argument on fark"
You still visit that SJW-infested site that turned its back on the very fanbase that made it? Why?
You got a 4K CRT lying around?
You're so color blind that you can't see the grey film of phosphors on your CRT screen?
I just wrapped a coil of foil to bridge the two rabbit ears when I wanted to watch UHF.
The correct legal term is 'aiding and abetting' just FYI.
"They also track credit card numbers. How many credit cards do you have"
Thousands of temporary ones, thanks to my banks services for online purchases.
"Once you start selling with Amazon, you don't simply stop as they enough information about you to intuit your entire supply chain, predict how much your overhead costs are and where they'll trend often better than you can."
I really doubt Amazon is going to be violating my mining claims to get my materials for lapidary work. They'd be responsible for a LOT of dead bodies if they tried.
"There are far more places to buy things than to sell things."
Your logic is rather broken. The only places to buy things are the places selling things in the first place!
"Of course, if you're an "instant gratification" type who can't wait 2 days for shipping"
I'd much rather not take the chance of my shit being damaged in transport and then I'm stuck waiting a week or more on a replacement. Thanks, but no thanks. I'll spend the hour of time to ensure I get my product to my house in working order.
You shouldn't have been using NewEgg in the first place. Go looking on pricewatch.com - NewEgg quit advertising there because the competition kept (and still does for the most part) beating their prices.
"Video chat widespread popularized mainly with Skype many years ago"
Try again, much earlier - Yahoo was THE video chat place (until they cut all that out.)
" I'd pay $25 for an ipad video-chat app which isn't so touch-enabled that toddlers mess it up"
So just get Camfrog.
"They all failed for one reason - they're damn inconvenient."
No, they all failed because they needed expensive data lines. I've been to several B2B meetings where these things get inevitably shown. They all fail because of the need for bandwidth.
"because their app will be on a range of hardware from different manufacturers"
Uhh, in case you don't know, they all use the same underlying hardware architecture. It's called ARM. And ARM ASM ten years ago is the exact same as it is now, with extra features added.
"Take that pedantic shit somewhere where they give a crap."
Apparently you forgot where the fuck you are, son.
"I love the old dismissive posters who don't really understand the blockchain or cryptocurrency"
There's nothing to understand about the walking train wreck that is a permission-less distributed database (what you try calling a blockchain, but it's not new technology, you're just new to this industry and fall for buzzwords just like any child.) It was shown to be a bad idea in the fucking 70s and it's still bad now for the exact same reasons - scaling and information transfer requirements.
"I don't want them in 100% complete control of it."
I do, then I can hold them 100% accountable for it. Try getting a corporation to be accountable for shit.
Didn't nVidia claim their notebook GPUs were desktop class but with a lower clock instead of half the core count to make up for the power efficiency?
What's the fucking point of eGPUs now, unless you're using an APPLE PRODUCT?
Has never been known for being tight-lipped.
Take that as you will. It literally works both ways. The unspoken way is likely true given her behavior.
The ONLY thing good about most BLU phones is that the touchscreen still functions after the screen cracks.
Oh, and the FM radio is at least guaranteed to work.
BT support sucks, hardware is RAM-starved, they rarely not do system updates, the list goes on and on...
100% this. iPhone with its ungodly shit aperture makes for horribly noisy pictures even in the best of light conditions.
I'l stick with my massive 20 megapixel CMOS sensor that can capture photos and video clearly in low-light conditions. The camera that holds it is only about the size of an iPhone, anyways.
"No, I'm just capable of following a conversation and don't construe other people's words to mean something completely irrelevant that isn't at all being discussed"
You might be capable of following a conversation but your historical recollection is utter shit if you don't know the relationship between things being a standard and things like standards collusion (like diesel vehicle emissions testing) and the shit that goes on behind the scenes and always has since the day of Ma Bell.