Both of the major political parties have devolved into businesses, which sell our tax dollars to those who can pay. The words that come out of their mouths are just "advertising" to entice the people to vote for them. On occasion, we actually hold them accountable for their deceptive advertising, but not very often. It is basically Coke vs Pepsi, where the cola who's ads appealed to the most voters, gains power and gets to wallow in, and sell, our tax dollars.
I have been using a "rewards" card for a few years now. I pay $89 a year for the privilege. I use this card for just about everything, from groceries to monthly bills. I pay my balance in-full every month, so with the 3-week grace period, I'm only paying a couple dollars interest each month. The bank makes money off of it. I get much more than the $89 + a few bucks interest out of it. I usually rack up about $800 in rewards every year, plus I am insulated from fraudulent purchases (twice last year, "my card" was used in the Cayman Islands to buy gas).
So, they're paying me about $650 a year (in rewards, which I can use against my balance) to use their card, AND I get fraud protection. If they're making some money too, I'm fine with that.
[sarcasm] - how DARE you notice what's going on! Your job is to close your eyes, close your ears, and especially, shut your mouths, while these "poor, innocents" invade your country, and turn it into the exact same kind of shit-hole that they turned their homelands into. Don't you understand that the pattern of their actions can't possibly be the problem?!? The problem is that YOU noticed it, and don't want your nice country going down the same path that theirs all did!
In this day and age, internet access is a public necessity, not a luxury. Because of this, I strongly believe ISPs should be regulated like utilities, like water, gas, and electricity.
Oh, I get it. YOUR blatant prejudice is pefectly fine, so long as its YOU doing it. But fuck everyone else. You are no better than Trump, no better than Hillary, and are part of the damn problem.
Why are so many of you bashing her for this? She's doing something with her daughter, and it has nothing to do with you, or this country. I want you to honestly ask yourselves, if this was Michelle Obama doing this, would you be bashing her for it?
Kinda reminds me of when SCO Group was trying to threaten Red Hat and IBM customers over using Linux. They had gotten away with this tactic so many times in the past, they kinda forgot it only works against the little guy.
When travelling with my wife and our 1 year old, I found it is well worth it to buy our daughter her own seat, so we take up all 3 seats in the row. It is cheaper to do this, than to book 2 business class or first class seats, and it gives us (my wife and I) just enough extra ass room to be relatively comfortable. It also gives our restless 1 year old some much needed room.
"The Market" is the reason for undersized seats. The airlines get to spread the cost of operating the flight over more seats/fares, allowing them to lower the cost per fare (in theory), and giving them an edge over the competition. The customers book the cheaper flights, so the competition has to follow suit. It's finally, over the past few years, been getting to the point that the customers are fed up with being cramped up. I live in Charlotte, and have family in Ohio, Wisconsin, and Washington (state)... I'm also 6' 2" and a fit 210lbs. I don't mind being shoved in a sardine tin for the 90 minute flight to Cleveland... but the 4+hour flight to Seattle sucks.
I digresses significantly, but my point is, when the market is broken, sometimes it takes legislation to stop the "race to the bottom".
About 12 years ago, the company I worked for got bought, and during the integration process, I worked with a guy who would later become my boss. This guy was brilliant, and knew the nuts and bolts of telecom better than anyone I'd ever met (or have ever met since). He was wonderful to work with. He was respectful, helpful, and understanding. After we finished merging our systems, and are going forward as a single business, I get promoted to work under him and had to move to Rochester, NY (new HQ). Working FOR this guy was the worst. From day 1, he was verbally abusive, overly demanding, and was demanding 90-hour weeks, for a salary that was not meeting my basic living expenses in NY state, so I was slowly going into debt during this time, just to pay rent. The last straw was when I came back to my desk from the bathroom, and he was standing there waiting for me. All I did was go pee, and he went into a 20-minute tirade at me, in front of the whole office, about how if he is looking for me, I'd better to hell be at my desk.
That weekend, I rented a U-haul, moved back to Charlotte, gave him my notice, and worked it remotely.
Government spending has been out of control for decades. We're finally at a point where we *have* to reign it in, or we become the next Greece (and there isn't a Germany big enough to keep us afloat, if we do). There is too much "pork" everywhere. Just because some of it is for science, or arts, or whatever your pet cause is, doesn't mean it should be excluded from the axe. I just wish he also cut military spending, rather than increase it. Our bloated military needs to be streamlined, just like all the other federal departments.
This very well written blog about Uber's culture is not the first, nor the last to come out. The blatant violations of the law, the blatant cover-ups, and the lies cannot go unpunished forever. With so many angry ex-employees, there must be a class-action lawsuit in the works that will (rightfully) ruin that company.
The heading describes little benefits of testosterone, but then the body only lists one little benefit: it helps with pathological hypogonadism. What are the other little benefits testosterone supplementation offers?
Rather than force Apple to provide this, I'd love to see companies like Haynes and Chiltons get into the phone repair manual business. Their manuals for automotive repair have always been based on a complete tear-down and rebuild, rather than the manufacturer giving them any instructions, and they could do the same for phones. This would also create a demand for OEM parts to use, the tools for performing the repairs, and places to sell them. This free market solution would create a lot of jobs, and just like with cars, people would still buy new phones every few years, when it grows tiresome to keep repairing their existing one.
Unfortunately, corporations care nothing for the free market, except for whichever aspect of it contributes to their bottom line on whichever given day. They will just continue to use their money to fight for or against laws, as they benefit or threaten them, without any regard to right and wrong, or consistency.
As impressive as those speeds are, I am much more impressed by a camera's image quality. What are the practical applications to these per-second speeds? Will they help eliminate blurring when I take a picture of my daughter, and she starts crawling away right when I take the picture? That would be useful.
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For a site specializing in STEM, there sure is a lot of partisan bullshit being posted.
yep. It's not like Trump paid this guy to do this, but the headlines sure make it sound like it.
Both of the major political parties have devolved into businesses, which sell our tax dollars to those who can pay. The words that come out of their mouths are just "advertising" to entice the people to vote for them. On occasion, we actually hold them accountable for their deceptive advertising, but not very often. It is basically Coke vs Pepsi, where the cola who's ads appealed to the most voters, gains power and gets to wallow in, and sell, our tax dollars.
and find some common ground... like the fact that Hillary and The Donald are BOTH scumbags who don't deserve to be president?
I have been using a "rewards" card for a few years now. I pay $89 a year for the privilege. I use this card for just about everything, from groceries to monthly bills. I pay my balance in-full every month, so with the 3-week grace period, I'm only paying a couple dollars interest each month. The bank makes money off of it. I get much more than the $89 + a few bucks interest out of it. I usually rack up about $800 in rewards every year, plus I am insulated from fraudulent purchases (twice last year, "my card" was used in the Cayman Islands to buy gas). So, they're paying me about $650 a year (in rewards, which I can use against my balance) to use their card, AND I get fraud protection. If they're making some money too, I'm fine with that.
[sarcasm] - how DARE you notice what's going on! Your job is to close your eyes, close your ears, and especially, shut your mouths, while these "poor, innocents" invade your country, and turn it into the exact same kind of shit-hole that they turned their homelands into. Don't you understand that the pattern of their actions can't possibly be the problem?!? The problem is that YOU noticed it, and don't want your nice country going down the same path that theirs all did!
In this day and age, internet access is a public necessity, not a luxury. Because of this, I strongly believe ISPs should be regulated like utilities, like water, gas, and electricity.
"Smoking not only good for you, but it makes you look cool!", say major tobacco companies
The major manufacturers should tell Wal Mart what they should have told them years and years ago: "Go f**k yourself!"
Oh, I get it. YOUR blatant prejudice is pefectly fine, so long as its YOU doing it. But fuck everyone else. You are no better than Trump, no better than Hillary, and are part of the damn problem.
Why are so many of you bashing her for this? She's doing something with her daughter, and it has nothing to do with you, or this country. I want you to honestly ask yourselves, if this was Michelle Obama doing this, would you be bashing her for it?
Kinda reminds me of when SCO Group was trying to threaten Red Hat and IBM customers over using Linux. They had gotten away with this tactic so many times in the past, they kinda forgot it only works against the little guy.
and I've never seen sexism in the Tech workplace at all. Have only read about it.
When travelling with my wife and our 1 year old, I found it is well worth it to buy our daughter her own seat, so we take up all 3 seats in the row. It is cheaper to do this, than to book 2 business class or first class seats, and it gives us (my wife and I) just enough extra ass room to be relatively comfortable. It also gives our restless 1 year old some much needed room.
"The Market" is the reason for undersized seats. The airlines get to spread the cost of operating the flight over more seats/fares, allowing them to lower the cost per fare (in theory), and giving them an edge over the competition. The customers book the cheaper flights, so the competition has to follow suit. It's finally, over the past few years, been getting to the point that the customers are fed up with being cramped up. I live in Charlotte, and have family in Ohio, Wisconsin, and Washington (state)... I'm also 6' 2" and a fit 210lbs. I don't mind being shoved in a sardine tin for the 90 minute flight to Cleveland... but the 4+hour flight to Seattle sucks. I digresses significantly, but my point is, when the market is broken, sometimes it takes legislation to stop the "race to the bottom".
About 12 years ago, the company I worked for got bought, and during the integration process, I worked with a guy who would later become my boss. This guy was brilliant, and knew the nuts and bolts of telecom better than anyone I'd ever met (or have ever met since). He was wonderful to work with. He was respectful, helpful, and understanding. After we finished merging our systems, and are going forward as a single business, I get promoted to work under him and had to move to Rochester, NY (new HQ). Working FOR this guy was the worst. From day 1, he was verbally abusive, overly demanding, and was demanding 90-hour weeks, for a salary that was not meeting my basic living expenses in NY state, so I was slowly going into debt during this time, just to pay rent. The last straw was when I came back to my desk from the bathroom, and he was standing there waiting for me. All I did was go pee, and he went into a 20-minute tirade at me, in front of the whole office, about how if he is looking for me, I'd better to hell be at my desk. That weekend, I rented a U-haul, moved back to Charlotte, gave him my notice, and worked it remotely.
Government spending has been out of control for decades. We're finally at a point where we *have* to reign it in, or we become the next Greece (and there isn't a Germany big enough to keep us afloat, if we do). There is too much "pork" everywhere. Just because some of it is for science, or arts, or whatever your pet cause is, doesn't mean it should be excluded from the axe. I just wish he also cut military spending, rather than increase it. Our bloated military needs to be streamlined, just like all the other federal departments.
This very well written blog about Uber's culture is not the first, nor the last to come out. The blatant violations of the law, the blatant cover-ups, and the lies cannot go unpunished forever. With so many angry ex-employees, there must be a class-action lawsuit in the works that will (rightfully) ruin that company.
The heading describes little benefits of testosterone, but then the body only lists one little benefit: it helps with pathological hypogonadism. What are the other little benefits testosterone supplementation offers?
Rather than force Apple to provide this, I'd love to see companies like Haynes and Chiltons get into the phone repair manual business. Their manuals for automotive repair have always been based on a complete tear-down and rebuild, rather than the manufacturer giving them any instructions, and they could do the same for phones. This would also create a demand for OEM parts to use, the tools for performing the repairs, and places to sell them. This free market solution would create a lot of jobs, and just like with cars, people would still buy new phones every few years, when it grows tiresome to keep repairing their existing one. Unfortunately, corporations care nothing for the free market, except for whichever aspect of it contributes to their bottom line on whichever given day. They will just continue to use their money to fight for or against laws, as they benefit or threaten them, without any regard to right and wrong, or consistency.
Sure, but I've learned long ago to take what the manufacturer says with a grain of salt
As impressive as those speeds are, I am much more impressed by a camera's image quality. What are the practical applications to these per-second speeds? Will they help eliminate blurring when I take a picture of my daughter, and she starts crawling away right when I take the picture? That would be useful.