It's sad but some people are so immensely lazy, they'd rather circle the block in an SUV 10 times than walk 5 steps. So, when such people are asked to produce regulations: the results are predictable.
Sure, it's a good thing that the option exists that employees can be fired at will. but, that doesn't mean that firing is a good thing. If someone is fired or laid off, it means the company has failed in some way. Either they hired the wrong person, or had unrealistic expectations or in some way mismanaged their resources (hiring too many people for a project, etc). Not something that should be proudly celebrated.
> SpaceX has said it will offer speeds of up to a gigabit per second, with latencies between 25ms and 35ms. Those latencies would make SpaceX's service comparable to cable and fiber.
> The FCC proposal would require SpaceX to launch 50 percent of these satellites within six years and the rest within an additional three years.
Sure it looks cool now, but how long until they nerf it and break it like they did the Ipad 1. I can't even use the app store anymore on my ipad1 because apple broke it. I'm certainly not going to buy this anytime soon.
i suspect the remaining customers aren't very price sensitive, and not the type to try something new to lower their bill by a huge amount. the cable companies have realized this and decided to milk it for all it's worth.
Absolute insanity. This should be made illegal... seriously, if policians have enough time to deal with privacy issues and gdpr and they should have enough bandwidth to deal with stuff like this.
at the end of the day, what matters is the supply of jobs vs the supply of places to live. And if there's already too many jobs to residential areas, then I think it's quite responsible of them to say no to more jobs. It's better to put those jobs in areas that have enough housing. the bay area was not so smart and look where it got us.
normally i'm against heavy handed government, but in the case of cell phones and other electronic devices being slowed down by companies/made unusable I am greatly in favor of this!
but that's one time transfer because there's nothing left to transfer. So, you really have to divide that by 20 or more years. so 500$ per head per year, really isn't that much.
The problem is not wealth inequality. The problem is lack of wealth. Even if you taxed every last billionaire in this country at 100% and stole every single asset from them, it still wouldn't get you anywhere: 2.7 trillion/ 300 million = roughly 8000$ per head, after that you'd get only tiny fraction, you couldn't squeeze any more out of them because they don't have it.
Even those at the 1% mark may struggle to afford a home because if you're earning that income, it means your paying through the nose on housing: 1.5M or more for a mediocre housing.
It's time we faced facts. We're not nearly as wealthy as we think we are. and it's time we started asking why? this question isn't easily answered and has many many many reasons, many due to economics and our lack of understanding of economics.
i think it may have to do with the type. I won a free yearlong gym-membership in a contest, from a govt workplace and was told I would have to pay imputed taxes on it. Needless to say, I turned it down.
It's not just Amazon. The next generation is far less materialistic than generations of the past. No one can blame them for not wanting to spend 500$ on a Gucci gucci bag or 400$ on overpriced jeans, especially when they've got all that student debt. Workplace clothes are changing as well. Less people are opting for the fancy suits. Retail needs to keep up with the changes and start offering something people actually want, like: coffee bars, museums, libraries, book exchanges, 2nd hand stores, places that offer experiences (like sculpting classes, etc). Or here's a crazy idea: let's actually start using some of the 2nd floor+ space for housing/residential and maybe the place won't be such a ghost town when more people can afford to live there.
yes, but functionaly it's the same thing. "Ownership" in other countries is just a legal construct. It's not like you can do whatever you want with it. There are countless rules and regulations you must follow - you can't build on it or touch in anyway without getting permits and your "property" can be confiscated if you don't pay taxes on it. So, I would argue no property rights with 0 property taxes is more like true ownership.
the prices you've heard about are the top of the top. In many other cities in China, you can get much much cheaper housing. I know a family that just bought a 1500 sq ft, 3 bedroom apartment at the top of a skyscraper for a mere (100K in US dollars) - in Yuans of course. And, there are far more remote areas that are much cheaper than that.
I dont understandy, Why doesn't instagram just come up with some negativity filter/heuristic? Once someone reports being harassed to instagram, they can activate the filter and block all messages/tagging with negative content in it, for any and all messages directed towards the target.
Do you also think it's silly that credit card companies can charge merchant fees from 2.5% to 5% for everything you purchase. Whether or not you use a credit card, you still end up paying the fee because it still gets passed on to you. the future may not be Bitcoin. But, Alot of smart people saw this opportunity: I wouldn't write it off just yet.
I just want to qualify point #3 "It can be monetized and marketed." This was once true about 7 to 10 years ago, but no longer. There are some that work tirelessly for years hoping for a pay off at the end, the vast majority of which you'll never hear about. I just don't want people to get a false impression about their chances of producing a monetary success. If you're hoping to make money off your game and just getting started: view it as a lottery ticket.
Other than that, yes, producing games is lots of fun.
i've been fasting 15-16 hours a day everyday for the last 6 years and it's certainly helped me keep my weight about 10 lbs lower than I would have with just dieting. Before that I always subscribed to 3-5 meals a day hypothesis. Once I switched over to fasting 16 hours, I noticed the effect immediately, by losing 10 lbs in 2 months and have kept it off ever since.
> "We run around chasing our kids to eat cookies and drink juice, and then wonder why we have a childhood obesity crisis. Good job, everybody, good job."
I literally have seen this happen, where parents chase their kids around cookies and Juice in hand, Literally.
What's really scary, is that facial recognition articles it links to describing the dystopian future that awaits China: the "ubiquitous surveillance network". Video cameras everywhere watching every move you make and reporting it to the social credit system.
Alot of people have been unemployed for quite some time and certainly aren't going to be able to negotiate that. I mean what are they going to do if it doesn't work out? wait another 3 years for another job.
It's a great article. But, I'm always surprised to see people are surprised by this: "That conversation made me realize that I’m not Google. I provide a service to Google in exchange for money." And it's doubly surprising when highly educated/smart people don't understand this.
I think there's something fundamentally flawed about our education system that isn't teaching or preparing people for the real world. I think every child should grow up with a basic understand of economics and how our economy works.
here's some advice about doing an indie business:
When you build your own software business: the rewards are not proportional to how much effort you put in. You may put relatively little and get a huge reward or may work day and night for years with 0 revenue.
This project assignment is good:
"Build an ambitious multi-user decentralized application on top of some existing infrastructure, or on your own new infrastructure."
If decentralization is going to have a chance, it either needs to integrate with existing services or offer some niche where it provides x10 the value.
In some parts of SF, you don't even have the option of sending your kids to Public school, because they won't let anyone else in: all seats taken. They have a pretty massive shortage of teachers because no one can afford to live there. At that point, your only choice is private school or move.
It's worth noting, the birth rate here in CA has been reducing for the last 30 years and recently has reached a 100 year low. It's currently lower than it was during the great depression.