The point is, those are people who would benefit, and are the target audience for Google I/O. But they're being pushed out of being able to go by scalpers and people going for the swag.
Odds are that any such question would be fairly easy to Google.
I think the best way to do so is to bind a ticket to a person, make them non-transferable but refundable, and hold a lottery to see who gets them. As tickets get refunded, people on the waiting list are given a chance to go.
Increasing supply doesn't really work for something like this, though. There are only so many people that can fit into the venue, and only so many days the Google engineers can take to actually present stuff.
Since when does Capitalism require that someone charge the maximum price they can? Further, what is "efficient" about 3rd party scalpers entering in for the sole purpose of reselling for a profit?
Tickets should not be transferable. If you're going to buy tickets, then you had better have the intention of going.
Scalping tickets is NOT capitalism. Capitalism is supposed to be about the efficient allocation of resources. There's nothing efficient about having to to through a 3rd party to get tickets to a developer conference, when that 3rd party simply bought the tickets just to sell them at a markup. If anything, that's causing extra resources to be spent that otherwise wouldn't have to be, thus a glaring inefficiency.
Until we reach a time where people are not required to work for a living, there will be people who will be forced by circumstance to work for abusive fucks. The best thing we can do is to limit the ways in which these fucks can be abusive, starting with banning shit like this.
Unfortunately, as you said, most people are not in the position to be choosy regarding their employer. It's coercive situations like this that require laws banning this practice, once and for all.
No, fuck you. This "you don't have to work there" is NOT AN ANSWER. I don't give a fuck about some shitbag employer's need to "screen" candidates. This should be straight up illegal, end of story. I am so fucking sick and tired of hearing this bullshit that employers should be able to do whatever they want to their employees.
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So because, according to you, "Life isn't fair", we should just sit back and let shit like this happen? Absolutely not.
And how do you plan on actually achieving #2?
That's not always possible.
Clearly, over 75% of the "attendees" of this conference are not even going for the conference, they are going to get free shit.
Citation Needed.
No. Why should prices be higher? They shouldn't. You're essentially saying that only the rich should get to go.
No. Because your solution is basically, "Don't let the poor people in. You either have to be rich, or going at the behest of a company."
The point is, those are people who would benefit, and are the target audience for Google I/O. But they're being pushed out of being able to go by scalpers and people going for the swag.
Objective-C is a strict superset of C. C++ is not a strict superset of C. Your example doesn't work.
What? No you don't. There are a few APIs that you have to do in C, but most of the Core Foundation stuff is Objective-C.
What self-entitlement? That device was given to me at the show. Not my employer.
And we're right back in the problem we have with the scalpers: The price is too damn high.
Except now you've said that only the rich get to go. That's no better than the situation we have now.
Odds are that any such question would be fairly easy to Google.
I think the best way to do so is to bind a ticket to a person, make them non-transferable but refundable, and hold a lottery to see who gets them. As tickets get refunded, people on the waiting list are given a chance to go.
The point is to GET RID OF SCALPING, not give Google an actual interest in continuing scalping.
When you sign up for the lottery, you sign up for how many are in your party.
Increasing supply doesn't really work for something like this, though. There are only so many people that can fit into the venue, and only so many days the Google engineers can take to actually present stuff.
I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that the problem with scalpers is far, far bigger than the problem you suggested.
If someone legitimately can't go, offer them a refund, and then Google can offer that ticket to the next person on the waiting list. Problem solved.
Since when does Capitalism require that someone charge the maximum price they can? Further, what is "efficient" about 3rd party scalpers entering in for the sole purpose of reselling for a profit?
Tickets should not be transferable. If you're going to buy tickets, then you had better have the intention of going.
Scalping tickets is NOT capitalism. Capitalism is supposed to be about the efficient allocation of resources. There's nothing efficient about having to to through a 3rd party to get tickets to a developer conference, when that 3rd party simply bought the tickets just to sell them at a markup. If anything, that's causing extra resources to be spent that otherwise wouldn't have to be, thus a glaring inefficiency.
Until we reach a time where people are not required to work for a living, there will be people who will be forced by circumstance to work for abusive fucks. The best thing we can do is to limit the ways in which these fucks can be abusive, starting with banning shit like this.
Any reasonable employer would not want that legal liability.
And would thus decline to hire you.
Just about everyone up in arms about the Facebook thing is also up in arms about using credit checks as well.
Unfortunately, as you said, most people are not in the position to be choosy regarding their employer. It's coercive situations like this that require laws banning this practice, once and for all.
No, fuck you. This "you don't have to work there" is NOT AN ANSWER. I don't give a fuck about some shitbag employer's need to "screen" candidates. This should be straight up illegal, end of story. I am so fucking sick and tired of hearing this bullshit that employers should be able to do whatever they want to their employees.
Tell that to the bank that's getting ready to foreclose on your mortgage.