One important issue that did not pop into your head immediately was that an email ping pong match with 10 incomplete single line answers from the customer takes much longer than what is reasonable to spend in a busy b2c environment. If people aren't willing to spend the time in a phone queue, the customer service may equally not want to have their people tied up with a single customer query. Lengthy dialog will only be possible with chat bots doing the interaction.
Try to post again then, with that evidence and good arguments you promised. If being AC suits you, go for it, otherwise a new account with a pseudonym starts off at a slightly higher score by default.
I suggest you look for the Opening Arguments Podcast episode 64 and 65 on issues of free speech (other podcasts and sources are available:) )
There are several tests to be made when judging on free discrimination cases, it depends on states laws, YMMV, etc. As that guy began to point out there are groups that are protected under the law, and some other groups are not deemed by the lawmaker as requiring such protection.
Do you know if this sort of setup could work if I wanted to have a HDHomeRun tuner in one country and the streaming device elsewhere? I don't fancy setting up a satellite dish for watching TV only very occasionally...
It shows however that providing TV service for a monthly fee gets so much more attention from some prospective buyers that they did not know they could get a good enough result from a free OTA service.
Next time someone says "let's release some frequencies that only a minority uses anyway" perhaps there will be some extra resistance from those who found out don't need to pay for TV every month.
Why exactly would anyone want to save up £5 a week specifically for changing nationality 5 years later, if the letter and the spirit of the law is precisely that people can move to other countries without having to acquire citizenship or get a visa?
I'll comment on the "Life in the UK" test only as I've done it recently. There's a small book with a summarised history of the UK and little boxes with factoids to memorise. It's not the most fascinating read ever (IMHO) and I've forgotten a lot of what's on there. If I wanted to pass the exam again, I'd skip the book and just use the many free online test websites for practice. I'm sure that any UK native could do the same and achieve similar results to mine: I spent longer signing up and confirming my ID than I did answering the very basic multiple-choice test.
The paperwork for proving 5 consecutive years of residence (and employment) and the fees charged are a much bigger barrier to obtaining British nationality. For Non-EU27 people, it's much more expensive than the already extortionate £1200+ they charge for the naturalisation fee. In Germany it's about EUR200.
Perhaps it's not a big deal. There's no engine speed, assorted temperatures and turbo pressures to go on gauges, so maybe it's fine to just have navigation taking most of the big screen, with a speed reading somewhere. Maybe even a HUD for speed and warning icons would be nice, but between voice warnings and a large font speed reading right in the centre of the screen, it probably is unnecessary. Everything else is really not for eye-level dashboard. Climate control should be automated, entertainment should be playlist based rather than having the driver fiddling with the touchscreen. At first glance it does look odd to me, just a disproportionately large screen and nothing else, but I'd love to give it a try and see how it feels.
The graph above shows what can only be described as a catastrophic plunge over the course of just one decade in MMR uptake among American-born children of Somali descent, from 92% to 42%. There is, for all intents and purposes, no herd immunity in this community. The interesting thing here, though, is that this plunge is very specific. It’s noted in the story that there is not a fear of vaccination in general among the Somali immigrant population. Rather, it’s fear of just one shot: the MMR.
It’s not clear exactly when Andrew Wakefield first made contact with the Minnesota Somali community, but I do know that Age of Autism was on the case as early as August 2008 and that the founder of the antivaccine group Generation Rescue J.B. Handley published “An Open Letter to the Somali Parents of Minnesota” in which he told them it was the vaccines and that they can’t trust the local health authorities. He even went so far as to urge them to declare a “state of emergency within your community and create a new vaccine schedule for your kids.” Meanwhile, also as early as August 2008, David Kirby had been writing stories like ‘Is Autism an “American Disease?” Somali Immigrants Reportedly Have High Rates.’
I'd agree that they are all important. However, the importance of the customer may be smaller than in traditional businesses, if we consider "startups" to be an investment vehicle rather than a normal phase of business development. There's probably more than one reason why there's so much talk about startups as something separate from normal companies or businesses. In my view, for many startups, the idea is to build something that gets the attention of some big spender willing to acquire the whole company. In these weird circumstances, even having customers and a sustainable sales operation is low priority.
This aircraft carrier is so expensive that there are significant budget limitations for the rest of the Royal Navy, including the carrier group in question.
Since they don't have any airplanes for this carrier, their plan is to reach the enemy port, plug an ethernet cable and let Windows XP do its thing.
Yep, I've been there. In the UK some McD restaurants have them. The queuing areas change shape, you are doing something on the kiosk, so the waiting time "feels" shorter. Some staff are then taking completed orders to tables while others operate the till as before.
Obviously, when clueless customers take over a kiosk without understanding how to operate it, it gets slower. That's why one of their attendant pops by every now and then to help.
It's really well executed, both from a UI and from a queue management perspective. In the background, it means that orders taken from mobile apps (apps! luddites! etc.), join the queue that already had orders from the drive through and tills. Soon your mobile phone will ask you if you want the usual as you approach the restaurant.
That is not the most dystopian thing I've read on/. lately.
Consulting "Dr Google" can lead to anxiety and really bad decisions, but if this kind of self-help is moderated, serious cases are triaged and the staff can be released to deal with the really complicated matters... not a bad idea!
(you can even use social workers for that if the police has a capacity problem)
Unfortunately, the social services have the same capacity problems that police does in the UK. We have an ageing population, increasing tax revenue from working people and companies is complicated. Even if we did fund everything better, recruiting and convincing the village idiot to blow themselves up is likely to be much cheaper than anything authorities can do about it.
In any case, Theresa May would not miss an opportunity to "do something" about the internet.
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One important issue that did not pop into your head immediately was that an email ping pong match with 10 incomplete single line answers from the customer takes much longer than what is reasonable to spend in a busy b2c environment.
If people aren't willing to spend the time in a phone queue, the customer service may equally not want to have their people tied up with a single customer query. Lengthy dialog will only be possible with chat bots doing the interaction.
Try to post again then, with that evidence and good arguments you promised. If being AC suits you, go for it, otherwise a new account with a pseudonym starts off at a slightly higher score by default.
Hi,
I suggest you look for the Opening Arguments Podcast episode 64 and 65 on issues of free speech (other podcasts and sources are available :) )
There are several tests to be made when judging on free discrimination cases, it depends on states laws, YMMV, etc. As that guy began to point out there are groups that are protected under the law, and some other groups are not deemed by the lawmaker as requiring such protection.
Hi
Do you know if this sort of setup could work if I wanted to have a HDHomeRun tuner in one country and the streaming device elsewhere? I don't fancy setting up a satellite dish for watching TV only very occasionally...
Thanks!
It shows however that providing TV service for a monthly fee gets so much more attention from some prospective buyers that they did not know they could get a good enough result from a free OTA service.
Next time someone says "let's release some frequencies that only a minority uses anyway" perhaps there will be some extra resistance from those who found out don't need to pay for TV every month.
ahaha! You call this fair?! :D
Why exactly would anyone want to save up £5 a week specifically for changing nationality 5 years later, if the letter and the spirit of the law is precisely that people can move to other countries without having to acquire citizenship or get a visa?
I'll comment on the "Life in the UK" test only as I've done it recently.
There's a small book with a summarised history of the UK and little boxes with factoids to memorise. It's not the most fascinating read ever (IMHO) and I've forgotten a lot of what's on there.
If I wanted to pass the exam again, I'd skip the book and just use the many free online test websites for practice. I'm sure that any UK native could do the same and achieve similar results to mine: I spent longer signing up and confirming my ID than I did answering the very basic multiple-choice test.
The paperwork for proving 5 consecutive years of residence (and employment) and the fees charged are a much bigger barrier to obtaining British nationality. For Non-EU27 people, it's much more expensive than the already extortionate £1200+ they charge for the naturalisation fee. In Germany it's about EUR200.
Perhaps it's not a big deal. There's no engine speed, assorted temperatures and turbo pressures to go on gauges, so maybe it's fine to just have navigation taking most of the big screen, with a speed reading somewhere. Maybe even a HUD for speed and warning icons would be nice, but between voice warnings and a large font speed reading right in the centre of the screen, it probably is unnecessary.
Everything else is really not for eye-level dashboard. Climate control should be automated, entertainment should be playlist based rather than having the driver fiddling with the touchscreen. At first glance it does look odd to me, just a disproportionately large screen and nothing else, but I'd love to give it a try and see how it feels.
And when these people arrived from Somalia, who did they encounter?
Good old Andrew Wakefield, a walking argument for supporting the death penalty.
Let me quote from the nice article above:
The graph above shows what can only be described as a catastrophic plunge over the course of just one decade in MMR uptake among American-born children of Somali descent, from 92% to 42%. There is, for all intents and purposes, no herd immunity in this community. The interesting thing here, though, is that this plunge is very specific. It’s noted in the story that there is not a fear of vaccination in general among the Somali immigrant population. Rather, it’s fear of just one shot: the MMR.
It’s not clear exactly when Andrew Wakefield first made contact with the Minnesota Somali community, but I do know that Age of Autism was on the case as early as August 2008 and that the founder of the antivaccine group Generation Rescue J.B. Handley published “An Open Letter to the Somali Parents of Minnesota” in which he told them it was the vaccines and that they can’t trust the local health authorities. He even went so far as to urge them to declare a “state of emergency within your community and create a new vaccine schedule for your kids.” Meanwhile, also as early as August 2008, David Kirby had been writing stories like ‘Is Autism an “American Disease?” Somali Immigrants Reportedly Have High Rates.’
OH don't worry, they'll use some Star Trek clips and a car analogy and then move on to some other subject :)
I'd agree that they are all important. However, the importance of the customer may be smaller than in traditional businesses, if we consider "startups" to be an investment vehicle rather than a normal phase of business development.
There's probably more than one reason why there's so much talk about startups as something separate from normal companies or businesses. In my view, for many startups, the idea is to build something that gets the attention of some big spender willing to acquire the whole company. In these weird circumstances, even having customers and a sustainable sales operation is low priority.
Yes, and the other way around too.
Windows or no Windows, IBM owned PC(tm)
"IBM began replacing PCs with Macs in early 2015"
Irony can be pretty ironic.
This aircraft carrier is so expensive that there are significant budget limitations for the rest of the Royal Navy, including the carrier group in question.
Since they don't have any airplanes for this carrier, their plan is to reach the enemy port, plug an ethernet cable and let Windows XP do its thing.
These guys are toast. They didn't licence the music properly.
Yep, I've been there. In the UK some McD restaurants have them. The queuing areas change shape, you are doing something on the kiosk, so the waiting time "feels" shorter.
Some staff are then taking completed orders to tables while others operate the till as before.
Obviously, when clueless customers take over a kiosk without understanding how to operate it, it gets slower. That's why one of their attendant pops by every now and then to help.
It's really well executed, both from a UI and from a queue management perspective. In the background, it means that orders taken from mobile apps (apps! luddites! etc.), join the queue that already had orders from the drive through and tills. Soon your mobile phone will ask you if you want the usual as you approach the restaurant.
That is not the most dystopian thing I've read on /. lately.
Consulting "Dr Google" can lead to anxiety and really bad decisions, but if this kind of self-help is moderated, serious cases are triaged and the staff can be released to deal with the really complicated matters... not a bad idea!
(no idea if $15/hour is a little or a lot)
Nearly like rain or your wedding day.
The population density varies significantly in different Swedish regions. Perhaps the NY State is more similar than you initially thought.
Article doesn't explain how the scientists know this is an end to the destruction versus a temporary reprieve? Seems like a stupid title altogether.
Perhaps the coral is all FUBAR, therefore the destruction should be near its end.
Starting Strength, by Mark Rippetoe.
Covers the essentials of strength training which has improved my health and well being considerably.
That's a job for systemd, right?
Well social media makes a lot of noise but in the end it's only words on screens.
I'm surprised that this story hasn't escalated and this guy can still walk around in public without getting shot.
Trade sanctions are difficult to put in place. Choosing non-US alternatives is what I will do when possible.
HI
(you can even use social workers for that if the police has a capacity problem)
Unfortunately, the social services have the same capacity problems that police does in the UK. We have an ageing population, increasing tax revenue from working people and companies is complicated. Even if we did fund everything better, recruiting and convincing the village idiot to blow themselves up is likely to be much cheaper than anything authorities can do about it.
In any case, Theresa May would not miss an opportunity to "do something" about the internet.