Why would you assume a free market system is one that doesn't have strict regulation to prevent extreme concentrations of wealth?
I never have but I did presume this may have been your point of view because for some reason it's the dominant point of view for individuals who bring up the "free market" on the internet. Glad to read that there are still some sane people out there.
In a well functioning free market capitalist system where money is widely dispersed among the population...
Actually, the free market capitalist system favors the concentration of wealth. Only strict regulation can impede this outcome. What I don't understand is how so many people don't understand this basic conclusion and instead follow an ideology that presents an illogical outcome. I suppose optimism bias has something to do with it.
The times before the industrial revolution were worse. People moved to the cities because the jobs their beat starving as peasants in the country side.
I'm not arguing that the industrial revolution was bad, I'm arguing it was no panacea. Technology has improved a lot of lives but that doesn't negate the exploitation that came with it as the result of a captive workforce.
This seems to happen every 50 years or so. OMG technology will take our jobs.
Considering that before the industrial revolution that almost everyone was a farmer, yes, it did take our jobs. Some people managed to survive by moving to cities but plenty of people didn't. I do write "survive" because the conditions they had to endure were horrid. It was a time of mass exploitation, death and hunger.
It took a long time for us to pull ourselves out of that hole but now most people have slowly been pushed back in it. In addition to this we now have increasing levels of automation and the level of exploitation is going to continue rising sharply. If we do nothing to compensate prevent whole sale exploitation of the populous then we'll have a dramatic increase in levels of crime, violence and corruption.
I say we go back to the duck test! I keep protests of "this is a witch hunt" and yet we don't even test to see if they float like a duck! How are we supposed to know if we've found a witch if not for the duck test?;)
Microsoft and Google have the same views on privacy which is "privacy is dead". If you want privacy then you would use the LibreOffice ownCloud port because it won't rat you out.
Serious question: why would you want to use MS Office Lite for a fee when Google Docs and LibreOffice ownCloud are free? Maybe it's just me but I think the people who are buying Chromebooks aren't looking to throw away money on software.
Russia is one of the few topics that brings out the anon troll army. The other topics I've noticed have this effect are net neutrality and systemd. It's almost as if some powerful people don't want some topics discussed.
Funny how net neutrality is in the news while at the same time Google is using it's own corporate influence to block other nation's access to the free flow of information.
Congratulations on winning the "I don't know what net neutrality is" award!
If these companies are seen as partisan and Patriotic than consumers and govts all over the world will pull a China and prop up local alternatives.
Actually, all other nations are also fighting Russia's meddling, so it's more likely that they would approve of these countermeasures. The mistake you are making is believing that the US is a one-off situation.
Now I wonder.. how else might the people be able to compel the government to represent them?
By making a more representative government at the local level and state level before moving to the federal level. This can be done by voting in individuals who will pass laws to enable elections that are more fair and thus result in a more representative government. It will take work and time but it's the only sane way to get lasting reform. Violence solves nothing.
Constexpr functions were a big step in the right direction here, letting you move between compile-time and run-time computation without shifting syntax, but there's still no equivalent for data.
His revenge campaign is petty and should be thwarted by all means available.
Why? It's an honest question. Gawker wasn't bankrupted because they simply reported the news. Gawker was bankrupted because they had a lot of shady dealings and ultimately got snagged by it in the court of law.
I am honestly asking why should this person be prohibited from purchasing the company? If your argument is based on morality then perhaps you should reexamine the situation.
The best indicator of future behavior is past behavior. Has Elon Musk greatly exaggerated Tesla's battery technology in the past? From what I've read, Elon Musk has always ended up providing what he claimed albeit a bit behind schedule and over budget. However, once the baseline product is established it seems to improve over time. Jaffe's conclusion that this are factors he is unaware of is a logical one.
We would all benefit from good competition in the CPU and chipset market. And I want to support AMD by buying their products. However, they have to put out good, competitive products for me to buy.
AMD is putting out a good competitive product. The problem here is that you are NOT the buyer of their product because this laptop is an HP product, not an AMD product. It wouldn't surprise me in the least if it's uncovered that Intel has begun paying off every OEM to ensure no laptops with AMD chips have a longer battery life than their Intel counterpart. Hell, I wouldn't be surprised if HP already had the AMD laptop fully designed and they swapped out their regular offerings for these power inefficient components to meet their contractual obligations with Intel.
When Intel cannot compete they simply cheat. They have been doing it for over 30 years so why would they change now?
The best way to predict future behavior is to look at past behavior. In the past when Intel was unable to compete with AMD they used anti-competitive practices to ensure their continued dominance. Such practices made them hundreds of billions of dollars and when they were exposed it cost them a few billion dollars to compensate AMD as they laughed their way to the bank. I'm certain that Intel is going to great lengths to ensure that power efficient AMD chips are only in power hungry systems with poor battery life to ensure they are less attractive. In the past they literally paid Dell billions of dollars to not sell systems with AMD chips so I'm sure they are going a similar route and paying to ensure no AMD laptops have better battery life than Intel laptops. I'm certain they pay all the big sellers to ensure their inferior product appears superior.
Slashdot Mirror
We can't wait for more worthless social media platforms! ;)
Why would you assume a free market system is one that doesn't have strict regulation to prevent extreme concentrations of wealth?
I never have but I did presume this may have been your point of view because for some reason it's the dominant point of view for individuals who bring up the "free market" on the internet. Glad to read that there are still some sane people out there.
In a well functioning free market capitalist system where money is widely dispersed among the population...
Actually, the free market capitalist system favors the concentration of wealth. Only strict regulation can impede this outcome. What I don't understand is how so many people don't understand this basic conclusion and instead follow an ideology that presents an illogical outcome. I suppose optimism bias has something to do with it.
The times before the industrial revolution were worse. People moved to the cities because the jobs their beat starving as peasants in the country side.
I'm not arguing that the industrial revolution was bad, I'm arguing it was no panacea. Technology has improved a lot of lives but that doesn't negate the exploitation that came with it as the result of a captive workforce.
This seems to happen every 50 years or so. OMG technology will take our jobs.
Considering that before the industrial revolution that almost everyone was a farmer, yes, it did take our jobs. Some people managed to survive by moving to cities but plenty of people didn't. I do write "survive" because the conditions they had to endure were horrid. It was a time of mass exploitation, death and hunger.
It took a long time for us to pull ourselves out of that hole but now most people have slowly been pushed back in it. In addition to this we now have increasing levels of automation and the level of exploitation is going to continue rising sharply. If we do nothing to compensate prevent whole sale exploitation of the populous then we'll have a dramatic increase in levels of crime, violence and corruption.
So yeah, color me a bit concerned for humanity.
Otherwise they are no better than a duck test.
I say we go back to the duck test! I keep protests of "this is a witch hunt" and yet we don't even test to see if they float like a duck! How are we supposed to know if we've found a witch if not for the duck test? ;)
This is a great and all but can it turn your phone into a hand grenade? #Note7Forever ;)
Microsoft and Google have the same views on privacy which is "privacy is dead". If you want privacy then you would use the LibreOffice ownCloud port because it won't rat you out.
For a fee? My Android tablets are all 10.1" or smaller.
that's nice but most chromebooks have a 13" screen. so yes, for a fee.
Serious question: why would you want to use MS Office Lite for a fee when Google Docs and LibreOffice ownCloud are free? Maybe it's just me but I think the people who are buying Chromebooks aren't looking to throw away money on software.
society didn't end the survival of the fittest, it just modified it. Who would have guessed that Pokemon people are not the fittest! ;)
Russia is one of the few topics that brings out the anon troll army. The other topics I've noticed have this effect are net neutrality and systemd. It's almost as if some powerful people don't want some topics discussed.
Funny how net neutrality is in the news while at the same time Google is using it's own corporate influence to block other nation's access to the free flow of information.
Congratulations on winning the "I don't know what net neutrality is" award!
If these companies are seen as partisan and Patriotic than consumers and govts all over the world will pull a China and prop up local alternatives.
Actually, all other nations are also fighting Russia's meddling, so it's more likely that they would approve of these countermeasures. The mistake you are making is believing that the US is a one-off situation.
Moscow expressed concerns the search engine might discriminate against Russian media.
This should be filed under the "things to consider before you inject yourself into US politics" department.
But does it run Linux... to run Linux? This Linux on MINIX garbage isn't cutting it for me! ;)
Now I wonder.. how else might the people be able to compel the government to represent them?
By making a more representative government at the local level and state level before moving to the federal level. This can be done by voting in individuals who will pass laws to enable elections that are more fair and thus result in a more representative government. It will take work and time but it's the only sane way to get lasting reform. Violence solves nothing.
std::array is not data, it's a class. You are complaining about X and then pointing to Y.
Constexpr functions were a big step in the right direction here, letting you move between compile-time and run-time computation without shifting syntax, but there's still no equivalent for data.
yes, there is: http://en.cppreference.com/w/c...
His revenge campaign is petty and should be thwarted by all means available.
Why? It's an honest question. Gawker wasn't bankrupted because they simply reported the news. Gawker was bankrupted because they had a lot of shady dealings and ultimately got snagged by it in the court of law.
I am honestly asking why should this person be prohibited from purchasing the company? If your argument is based on morality then perhaps you should reexamine the situation.
The best indicator of future behavior is past behavior. Has Elon Musk greatly exaggerated Tesla's battery technology in the past? From what I've read, Elon Musk has always ended up providing what he claimed albeit a bit behind schedule and over budget. However, once the baseline product is established it seems to improve over time. Jaffe's conclusion that this are factors he is unaware of is a logical one.
I agree completely. However, I cannot resist a good AMD joke.
Living In London As Bad As Living In Nuclear Fallout Zone
Where is the sensationalism when you want it? ;)
We would all benefit from good competition in the CPU and chipset market. And I want to support AMD by buying their products. However, they have to put out good, competitive products for me to buy.
AMD is putting out a good competitive product. The problem here is that you are NOT the buyer of their product because this laptop is an HP product, not an AMD product. It wouldn't surprise me in the least if it's uncovered that Intel has begun paying off every OEM to ensure no laptops with AMD chips have a longer battery life than their Intel counterpart. Hell, I wouldn't be surprised if HP already had the AMD laptop fully designed and they swapped out their regular offerings for these power inefficient components to meet their contractual obligations with Intel.
When Intel cannot compete they simply cheat. They have been doing it for over 30 years so why would they change now?
The best way to predict future behavior is to look at past behavior. In the past when Intel was unable to compete with AMD they used anti-competitive practices to ensure their continued dominance. Such practices made them hundreds of billions of dollars and when they were exposed it cost them a few billion dollars to compensate AMD as they laughed their way to the bank. I'm certain that Intel is going to great lengths to ensure that power efficient AMD chips are only in power hungry systems with poor battery life to ensure they are less attractive. In the past they literally paid Dell billions of dollars to not sell systems with AMD chips so I'm sure they are going a similar route and paying to ensure no AMD laptops have better battery life than Intel laptops. I'm certain they pay all the big sellers to ensure their inferior product appears superior.
Intel has one game: don't compete, cheat.