California is building a high speed rail line between Bakersfield and San bernideno, and it's only going to cost tens of. Illiobs of dollars. They won't stop building this "Train to nowhere" because they want the jobs, despite the fact it will be a drain on CA economy for decades.
Your right, there's no way an Internet-based software company could relocate, why, how could they possibly do it?
They are actually the easiest company to move - their market is international, their products are location-less/virtual, and they currently have servers deployed around the world.
What keeps them in CA? The astronomical land prices, obscene taxes, and sunshine?
Hey, it's sunny in Texas, and no state income tax... just sayin'
Where's he get the gun, since it was illegal for him to buy it? Will the seller be charged?
The 3-D printed aspect is stupid, he 3-D printed attachments to a gun, the headline leads one to believe he 3-D printed himself a gun, but hey, it's a msmash story, so inaccurate/misleading headlines are the norm... sadly.
A new study shows how easy it would be for price-setting algorithms to learn to collude with each other and keep prices at a disadvantage for customers.
Not that it is happening, not that they ARE actually colluding, only that it would be easy to do...
How does increasing the minimum wage help us avoid a recession?
Are you aware of the new trade agreement w/ Mexico? It sounds like you had your talking point ready from the NAFTA days of yesteryear.
The tariffs are a bargaining chip to lower Chinese tariffs on American goods. It is amazing how many critics of Trump fail to grasp even the most basic negotiating tactics - for instance, why does the administration say they can't rule out another (partial) government shutdown? Because to take that off the table weakens their bargaining position. Kinda like when the government says a military invasion/boots on the ground is a possibility in some country - they don't want to send our troops over there, they want the fear of us sending our troops over there to force the parties to negotiate.
Trump always said, to get the best outcome for yourself/your side in any negotiation, you can't fall in love with the deal - you have to be able to walk away, only by being able to walk away can you force the best deal from your opponent. Why does the press fail to understand this simple concept?
The "little people" are the 800 or so people being let go as "redundant" to the company needs, and are getting a period of free healthcare coverage, a generous severance package, and their profit-sharing bonus from last year.
Short of keeping the employees in no-show jobs, they are doing the right thing by "the little people" IMHO.
They didn't say they were going out of business, they said they were over-staffed - there is a difference.
Did you notice this in TFS?
Thankfully, the letter promised "a comprehensive severance package," continued health benefits, career coaching, and job placement assistance as well as profit-sharing bonuses for the previous year to those who are being laid off at Blizzard.
They are giving the laid-off workers their profit-sharing bonuses - that seems pretty reasonable.
This action will take them from 9,600 employees down to around 8,800, that's a huge number of employees, I think the company is doing fine.
Did gov. Newsome really brag that he's going to piss away snother $3.5BN in federal money on a train from nowhere to nowhere because he's opposed to giving it back to/not taking it from "Trump"?
The battery era is dawning. It is getting cheaper to store 1 GWh of electricity than to build an gas burning powerplant in the usa!
Except a gas burning powerplant actually creates power, the tesla battery pack just stores it... Perhaps if you want to make this example relevant you could factor in the cost of power generation?
In deep mines, not having to suck out the diesel exhaust pays for the conversion to battery powered earth movers!
The vast majority of "earth movers" operate above ground, and do not have to "suck out the diesel exhaust".
Your fringe use case is unconvincing, I don't see an industry migration to battery-powered "earth movers" anytime soon.
They guarantee a minimum income. Income is wages+tips. This is exactly the same as it works in restaurants and other businesses. There is nothing underhanded or sneaky about what Amazon is doing. It is normal business practice.
Unless, like many people, you are clueless as to how the world really looks and you simply have emotional reactions to things you don't understand.
Amazon didn't offer the 'flex' workers $18-25/hr PLUS tips, it said their workers would make $18-25/hr at a job that potentially includes collecting tips.
By saying 'income' Amazon says the worker will earn $18-25/hr. Do high-end restaurants woo new servers by promising them $2.35/hr, or by telling them what previous servers earn in tips? That's all Amazon is doing.
It's always funny to watch a major corporation think they figured out a great new way to revolutionize an industry by doing something no one else does - in this case, build a high-speed data network buried a whole 2" under city roads.
There's a reason the wizards of the major telcos never went out and did this, and it wasn't because they were too dumb to think of it. Places like Bell Labs, Western Electric and Bellcore invest millions of dollars developing industry standards to avoid just such a costly mistake. Doing something right the first time is always cheaper than going back and fixing it... In this case, Google found it cheaper to walk away than to fix their infrastructure.
What outlay? There's no appropriations in this bill.
Dubya never had an annual deficit over a half-trillion dollars, Obama rarely had an annual deficit less than one trillion dollars.
So the ten-year 'cost' of Trump's tax cuts is $1TN, so what? That's $100BN/yr, and it stimulated the economy. Obama pushed through a one year, one trillion dollar stimulus package of 'shovel-ready' and 'green energy' jobs that barely moved the economic needle.
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California is building a high speed rail line between Bakersfield and San bernideno, and it's only going to cost tens of. Illiobs of dollars. They won't stop building this "Train to nowhere" because they want the jobs, despite the fact it will be a drain on CA economy for decades.
Your right, there's no way an Internet-based software company could relocate, why, how could they possibly do it?
They are actually the easiest company to move - their market is international, their products are location-less/virtual, and they currently have servers deployed around the world.
What keeps them in CA? The astronomical land prices, obscene taxes, and sunshine?
Hey, it's sunny in Texas, and no state income tax... just sayin'
He had a bipartisan hit list, he honestly could just have been fed up with politicians no matter their party affiliation.
Where's he get the gun, since it was illegal for him to buy it? Will the seller be charged?
The 3-D printed aspect is stupid, he 3-D printed attachments to a gun, the headline leads one to believe he 3-D printed himself a gun, but hey, it's a msmash story, so inaccurate/misleading headlines are the norm... sadly.
He. Inverted it to auto, but only fired three shots?
Why go through the effort?
All he did was physically shorten the gun as I understand it.
A new study shows how easy it would be for price-setting algorithms to learn to collude with each other and keep prices at a disadvantage for customers.
Not that it is happening, not that they ARE actually colluding, only that it would be easy to do...
Why can't the headlines match the story?
Wow, you seem really pissed, but uninformed.
How does increasing the minimum wage help us avoid a recession?
Are you aware of the new trade agreement w/ Mexico? It sounds like you had your talking point ready from the NAFTA days of yesteryear.
The tariffs are a bargaining chip to lower Chinese tariffs on American goods. It is amazing how many critics of Trump fail to grasp even the most basic negotiating tactics - for instance, why does the administration say they can't rule out another (partial) government shutdown? Because to take that off the table weakens their bargaining position. Kinda like when the government says a military invasion/boots on the ground is a possibility in some country - they don't want to send our troops over there, they want the fear of us sending our troops over there to force the parties to negotiate.
Trump always said, to get the best outcome for yourself/your side in any negotiation, you can't fall in love with the deal - you have to be able to walk away, only by being able to walk away can you force the best deal from your opponent. Why does the press fail to understand this simple concept?
The "little people" are the 800 or so people being let go as "redundant" to the company needs, and are getting a period of free healthcare coverage, a generous severance package, and their profit-sharing bonus from last year.
Short of keeping the employees in no-show jobs, they are doing the right thing by "the little people" IMHO.
So, immature people with poor social skills.
That describes their entire customer base.
Not enough to keep them afloat
They didn't say they were going out of business, they said they were over-staffed - there is a difference.
Did you notice this in TFS?
Thankfully, the letter promised "a comprehensive severance package," continued health benefits, career coaching, and job placement assistance as well as profit-sharing bonuses for the previous year to those who are being laid off at Blizzard.
They are giving the laid-off workers their profit-sharing bonuses - that seems pretty reasonable.
This action will take them from 9,600 employees down to around 8,800, that's a huge number of employees, I think the company is doing fine.
Did gov. Newsome really brag that he's going to piss away snother $3.5BN in federal money on a train from nowhere to nowhere because he's opposed to giving it back to/not taking it from "Trump"?
So how many billions were spent to 'rocket' people between Bakersfield & Merced, California?
Who will pay to shuttle between those two locations, let alone pay a premium to do it 'high-speed'?
Why is she conflating privacy concerns with net neutrality? Any chance she knows the difference between the two? Probably not.
The battery era is dawning. It is getting cheaper to store 1 GWh of electricity than to build an gas burning powerplant in the usa!
Except a gas burning powerplant actually creates power, the tesla battery pack just stores it... Perhaps if you want to make this example relevant you could factor in the cost of power generation?
In deep mines, not having to suck out the diesel exhaust pays for the conversion to battery powered earth movers!
The vast majority of "earth movers" operate above ground, and do not have to "suck out the diesel exhaust".
Your fringe use case is unconvincing, I don't see an industry migration to battery-powered "earth movers" anytime soon.
Does your employer pay you $2-3/hr?
Do you deliver goods/services directly to people?
Do you do so in a way that not only reflects well on the business, but also encourages the customer to return to the establishment again?
Or do you make $60K/yr sitting in a cubicle performing a task too trivial to automate?
You are looking at it the wrong way, he got to bang the other woman and he has $65BN. After about $10BN it all becomes the same, I suspect.
It's a crime, it's exactly what the govt agency should be spending its time on.
How else can the employer withhold required taxes from tips? Tips aren't tax-free.
I think these are Gig/commission-based jobs, that's why the pay is fungible.
The tip is paid with credit card, collected by amazon, reported to IRS, and taxes are withheld.
That's the law - not theft.
Amazon Prime Now (in very few markets, delivery in a few hours) and Amazon grocery delivery are the only 'tip-worthy' delivery options.
They guarantee a minimum income. Income is wages+tips. This is exactly the same as it works in restaurants and other businesses. There is nothing underhanded or sneaky about what Amazon is doing. It is normal business practice.
Unless, like many people, you are clueless as to how the world really looks and you simply have emotional reactions to things you don't understand.
Amazon didn't offer the 'flex' workers $18-25/hr PLUS tips, it said their workers would make $18-25/hr at a job that potentially includes collecting tips.
By saying 'income' Amazon says the worker will earn $18-25/hr. Do high-end restaurants woo new servers by promising them $2.35/hr, or by telling them what previous servers earn in tips? That's all Amazon is doing.
It's always funny to watch a major corporation think they figured out a great new way to revolutionize an industry by doing something no one else does - in this case, build a high-speed data network buried a whole 2" under city roads.
There's a reason the wizards of the major telcos never went out and did this, and it wasn't because they were too dumb to think of it. Places like Bell Labs, Western Electric and Bellcore invest millions of dollars developing industry standards to avoid just such a costly mistake. Doing something right the first time is always cheaper than going back and fixing it... In this case, Google found it cheaper to walk away than to fix their infrastructure.
How will roads be paid for, without federal tax revenues from gasoline and diesel sales?
What outlay? There's no appropriations in this bill.
Dubya never had an annual deficit over a half-trillion dollars, Obama rarely had an annual deficit less than one trillion dollars.
So the ten-year 'cost' of Trump's tax cuts is $1TN, so what? That's $100BN/yr, and it stimulated the economy. Obama pushed through a one year, one trillion dollar stimulus package of 'shovel-ready' and 'green energy' jobs that barely moved the economic needle.