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We have had better iPhones for 10+ years … and maybe the iPad, Watch and Airpods… this from the richest gizmo company.. No Apple Car… Pervasive Health product is a long way from the current watch
Now tell me again about $TSLA valuation ?!
> "Tesla enters into contractual agreements with its general contractors, which allow them to select the resources they need for the job while also requiring them to hire and _pay_ their workers appropriately."
Do you think they did a good job in enforcing their own stated requirement?
Any client who permits people to work in their premises providing them with badges and security passes does minimal background checks. Now tell me what minimal background check would not have found their Visa Status and hence Visa fraud on the basis of B1 Visa person doing hands on job?
Do you still think Tesla was ignorant or closed their eyes purposefully?
- No App Download link
- No Telephone numbers toll free or otherwise
- No product listing, (items, prices etc.) on the website
- Just one email address to buy from farmers on your platformCouldn't find anything quickly on your site http://sartak.org
Not sure someone with that kind of access will need seed funding with YCombinator or anywhere else. Unless their hack is unproven and unreliable, and up for immediate rejection.
Are we talking about patentable innovations, or something else? A lot of patentable innovations do not make anything, a lot things which are not patentable make boat load of bucks. Your comment seem to have clouded this distinction.
It seems to me that you are questioning the basis of government granted monopoly. But this grant is not on the basis of money generation, but on innovation and benefits to the society by disclosure.
Imagine if someone discovered and invented a principle and device for unlimited cheap source of energy. If he kept it to himself, it may definitely help him to unknown riches. And possibly the secret could die with him. But if he shared his secret sauce, then all of us in the society will benefit a lot. Patents are a means to that end. What do you think?
Which view point does death frighten you for?
That want is driven by ego.
Cockroaches hide in dark places.
no, by moochers I mean people who live off unearned income. In this context, from forced government dole outs.
> the bureaucracy of organising the benefits system costs multiple times the amount actually paid out in benefits.
you got any citations for this?
> so there are actually more people not receiving benefits they are legally entitled to
the whole of your argument and point of view, is based on legally instituted perverse "benefits". We have instituted morally corrupt systems of welfare and people nowadays take it as a matter of fact.
> Now cheer up and learn to mooch a little
Thanks, but no thanks. You obviously feel a lot better if you spread your moral corruption to every one else. I work for my own bread.
But lets see what we got on your list: - whole banking crisis, last I checked my savings bank account was secure. And although my livelihood may be intricately connected to Big Banks, I don't think all the banks in the world are going bust. Nor is the age old concepts of banking. A lot of things which is complex and serious here, but definitely nothing here which disgusts me
- massive depression and unemployment, This is an era of massive changes, but there will always be human activity. No matter what cooked up and muddled GDP numbers say. Again no disgust.
- corrupt politicians, the moochers are a result of their policies, and they enable the corrupt politicians. So this is along the same lines as the disgusting stench of moochers.
- ecological collapse, huge civil unrest across previously stable democracies and, loads of wars and, all sorts of crazy shit going down more serious issues, and a lot of call for action. But disgust? Whom are we kidding.
Looks like you have a problem reading the import of the message. Maybe you sympathize with the blood sucking moochers, or maybe you are one of them. Whatever it is, the only thing more disgusting than the dole out leechers are people who knowingly give them unearned, undeserved virtual credibility.
And what might that percentage be? Seeing a number of moochers feigning disability for unearned dole outs, is surely the most common disgust of our times.
And if one is disabled, they should not expect to be given free handouts from money forced out at gunpoint. They need care and consideration and all volunteer help they can get.
Its time to realize that Government should be the institution for one thing and one only. Protection of individual freedom. And nothing else.
How so? Use the baby analogy (as it was indeed Baker's child), what was it in this case in your view?
Time on site is an important metric, no matter what Tim or Tom says.
What is interesting is so many languages look like C or Lisp or ML or its variants.
It is interesting to note that the computer was actually sold for more than twice the target price (of $3000) ... (which sounds like a lot even in todays inflated dollar value)
I wonder if there is any historical reference about why/how it slipped from what was already highlighted as a stake in the ground, much much early in the planning/design ... !
I note that someone gave up on the slime port of vim for various reasons ...