Much like the proposed Boba Fett movie. When it comes down to it, no one really cared how Han became the Han we saw in the Star Wars Universe and killing him off did more to enrage fans about a prequel than it did to excite them about it.
And those toys are going to end up in the clearance aisle in Walmart before the end of the Summer.
I never answer it and have distinctive ring enabled to send known robocallers to the dead zone. Anyone else gets voice mail.
Anyone who would actually need to get in touch calls my cell (which I guard closely) or email/SMS. Every once in a while I'll pick up a robo just to fuck with them for entertainment and to waste their time, but otherwise it just rings silently.
Finding out that a crowdfund collected a lot of money and then disappeared without fulfilling their obligations is like a news alert that Trump tweeted something controversial today. You know it's coming, just a matter of when.
If you want an insight into why Amazon is so different and so unlike any other company, you only need to look at their 1997 cover letter to their investors which has been added to every other investor letter since. A quote from the letter:
"It’s All About the Long Term
We believe that a fundamental measure of our success will be the shareholder value we create over the long
term. This value will be a direct result of our ability to extend and solidify our current market leadership position.
The stronger our market leadership, the more powerful our economic model. Market leadership can translate
directly to higher revenue, higher profitability, greater capital velocity, and correspondingly stronger returns on
invested capital."
(Source: https://www.amazon.com/p/featu... - 1997 letter is at the end)
Unlike most companies, which concentrate on shareholder value or profit or margins, Amazon is focused on one thing and one thing only.
BEING THE MARKET LEADER ANY MARKET THEY ENTER.
At any cost. Seriously; they care less about profit than they do about being number one in anything they do, no matter what. How do you compete with someone when their only mode is 'full out'? When the only thing they care about is beating you, even if it costs them profit to do so?
There's an excellent video that explains this strategy here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
OMG! WTF!
I meant to say that "As far as I can tell, Armstrong wasn't commenting about THIS launch." Meaning they were more about BFR...My brain obviously disengaged.
Holy crap I wish I could/. had an edit feature. Thanks for catching that and giving me a chance to clarify before more people saw it and thought I was dissing Neil (as much as I disagreed with some of his testimony).
For anyone that missed the interview on 60 Minutes a while back before the FH launch, it's extremely interesting to see Musk's reaction when the subject of resistance from Neil Armstrong and the late Gene Cernan's testimony to Congress. He got very emotional when pressed about the disparaging comments about the program were made and you could tell that it really hurt him personally when his heroes dissed him.
It's one of the few times I have ever seen Elon Musk let something 'get to him' and it shows a human side you don't often see. Nice to see how personally vested he is besides the huge monetary investment. Remember that when he started SpaceX, he invested half of his assets from the PayPal sale despite everyone telling him he would likely end up losing it all.
Buzz Aldrin, Neil's partner on the Moon, was at the FH launch. As far as I can tell, Armstrong hasn't commented on the launch.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?... around 2:21
There's two other advantages to this - you can create a profile for your kids so they can only see the videos and movies you choose. The other is that there is a browser bookmarklet for sending video URLs to Plex's "Watch Later" queue so you can review Youtube vids and send the approved ones to your kids Watch Later queue. (https://support.plex.tv/articles/200392326-using-the-plex-it-bookmarklet/) I use this all the time and it works great with a number of video services, not just YouTube.
If that's the only way they can stay in business given the pool they are marketing to, I'm not sure I have that much of a problem with it. Let's face it, they aren't targeting the low risk, high premium customer with those ads.
Not to mention that this statement isn't really accurate:
Perhaps I'd find this sudden concern about security a bit more believable if Google hadn't allowed every app that's come down the pipe since the Stone Age basically to rape whatever device it's installed on. Why does just about every game in the app store "need" access to my contacts, or permission to read my browser history?
Google isn't allowing it, you are when you install it. Google tells you about it and lets you decide.
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..send the Space Force!
Much like the proposed Boba Fett movie. When it comes down to it, no one really cared how Han became the Han we saw in the Star Wars Universe and killing him off did more to enrage fans about a prequel than it did to excite them about it. And those toys are going to end up in the clearance aisle in Walmart before the end of the Summer.
I never answer it and have distinctive ring enabled to send known robocallers to the dead zone. Anyone else gets voice mail. Anyone who would actually need to get in touch calls my cell (which I guard closely) or email/SMS. Every once in a while I'll pick up a robo just to fuck with them for entertainment and to waste their time, but otherwise it just rings silently.
Upside; they could disable it every few minutes and then she'll *have* to do him.
Finding out that a crowdfund collected a lot of money and then disappeared without fulfilling their obligations is like a news alert that Trump tweeted something controversial today. You know it's coming, just a matter of when.
That's got to be the first time a misspelling still worked as a valid sentence. Cheers! ;)
If you want an insight into why Amazon is so different and so unlike any other company, you only need to look at their 1997 cover letter to their investors which has been added to every other investor letter since. A quote from the letter: "It’s All About the Long Term We believe that a fundamental measure of our success will be the shareholder value we create over the long term. This value will be a direct result of our ability to extend and solidify our current market leadership position. The stronger our market leadership, the more powerful our economic model. Market leadership can translate directly to higher revenue, higher profitability, greater capital velocity, and correspondingly stronger returns on invested capital." (Source: https://www.amazon.com/p/featu... - 1997 letter is at the end) Unlike most companies, which concentrate on shareholder value or profit or margins, Amazon is focused on one thing and one thing only. BEING THE MARKET LEADER ANY MARKET THEY ENTER. At any cost. Seriously; they care less about profit than they do about being number one in anything they do, no matter what. How do you compete with someone when their only mode is 'full out'? When the only thing they care about is beating you, even if it costs them profit to do so? There's an excellent video that explains this strategy here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
Please read my reply to the first person who pointed out my error which explains this.
OMG! WTF! I meant to say that "As far as I can tell, Armstrong wasn't commenting about THIS launch." Meaning they were more about BFR...My brain obviously disengaged. Holy crap I wish I could /. had an edit feature. Thanks for catching that and giving me a chance to clarify before more people saw it and thought I was dissing Neil (as much as I disagreed with some of his testimony).
For anyone that missed the interview on 60 Minutes a while back before the FH launch, it's extremely interesting to see Musk's reaction when the subject of resistance from Neil Armstrong and the late Gene Cernan's testimony to Congress. He got very emotional when pressed about the disparaging comments about the program were made and you could tell that it really hurt him personally when his heroes dissed him. It's one of the few times I have ever seen Elon Musk let something 'get to him' and it shows a human side you don't often see. Nice to see how personally vested he is besides the huge monetary investment. Remember that when he started SpaceX, he invested half of his assets from the PayPal sale despite everyone telling him he would likely end up losing it all. Buzz Aldrin, Neil's partner on the Moon, was at the FH launch. As far as I can tell, Armstrong hasn't commented on the launch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?... around 2:21
Android Wear is getting killed IN THE MARKET. Google has NOT ANNOUNCED it is discontinuing the product or support for it.
There's two other advantages to this - you can create a profile for your kids so they can only see the videos and movies you choose. The other is that there is a browser bookmarklet for sending video URLs to Plex's "Watch Later" queue so you can review Youtube vids and send the approved ones to your kids Watch Later queue. (https://support.plex.tv/articles/200392326-using-the-plex-it-bookmarklet/) I use this all the time and it works great with a number of video services, not just YouTube.
If that's the only way they can stay in business given the pool they are marketing to, I'm not sure I have that much of a problem with it. Let's face it, they aren't targeting the low risk, high premium customer with those ads.
Here's what you missed in the headlines: "Is [Insert date here] the Year of the Linux Desktop???"
So sick of this little shit. Can't believe Manning is running for office and Snowden is still living in fear of his life.
The Year of the Linux Desktop: {insert year here}
Thanks for starting off my Friday with a LOL.
Stop being such a Linux Programming Nazi.
I think you're confusing signs of Linux adoption with signs of the apocalypse.
I wish I could upvote this. LOL
Wrong V'ger. You have 5 more to wait through.
"We were blown away by what we saw," said Demkowicz.
Perhaps I'd find this sudden concern about security a bit more believable if Google hadn't allowed every app that's come down the pipe since the Stone Age basically to rape whatever device it's installed on. Why does just about every game in the app store "need" access to my contacts, or permission to read my browser history?
Google isn't allowing it, you are when you install it. Google tells you about it and lets you decide.
Nothing going on in there....
What kinda porn was *he* trying to hide???