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by mises 8y ago
It's nice to see that Apple is trying to help people repair parts. I personally see nothing wrong with Apple choosing to do this itself and simultaneously saying that it doesn't want the government stepping in.
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by mises 8y ago
Where do you draw the line at repair-hostile vs. secure? I agree many things are hostile to repair, but let's take the new T2. It's awful for repair, but actually does have security benefits against evil maid attacks, a serious
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Wells Fargo CEO Timothy Sloan Stepping Down(wsj.com)
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by mises 8y ago
> There is no problem with a voice assistant sounding male or female; what's the problem with some other voice assistant sounding genderless? This is literally the whole problem. It's less that it's genderless in a roboti
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by mises 8y ago
Forget helpful, maybe it's more kind? I don't know if it's "societal training" or not, but it's not our job, nor is it that of a company, to try to "train people". Deliberately introducing something
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by mises 8y ago
Another possible concern is that the employee sues for wrongful termination, alleging they were "just following the law" (which they would have been). The employee shouldn't lose his job for following the law, the company sh
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by mises 8y ago
> We elect the government to serve the people Quit making me laugh, buddy. Unfortunately, I think we all know that once they get their office, they do very little to serve the people. Not sure about the case with Australia, but you can
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by mises 8y ago
I don't approve of America surveilling her own citizens, but at least she doesn't abuse the information the way china does. Show me the reeducation camps, great firewall, etc. in America. Not perfect, certainly, but much less ba
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by mises 8y ago
You're quite right, but that at least sounds like a person. It's this unnatural almost-human type thing I can't stand. Also, I'm not signing up for alexa with a cartoon boy's voice any time soon.
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by mises 8y ago
There's a lot of people saying that alexa is a girl because it's perceived as more helpful. But have we thought about the fact that maybe it's perceived as more nice or as less threatening? There's a reason movie villa
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by mises 8y ago
> it also sounds like a high pitched male I think it sounds feminine in a couple senses, but male in others: * The speaker speaks less from the chest and more from the throat * In terms of enunciation, females tend to speak more clearly
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by mises 8y ago
I'm not sure I see the problem with a voice assistant sounding male or female, and I certainly wouldn't buy this. It just sounds wrong, and I can't quite say why. I guess after all the work tech companies have put into tryi
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by mises 8y ago
I think this is part of the growing resistance to china and its bad actions. The EU just did something similar: https://breakingdefense.com/2019/03/europe-moves-to-better-m... People are starting to wake up to th
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by mises 8y ago
> city-level policy-making How would you propose to do this? Houston is an incredibly large and diverse city, and different places have different needs. It's much easier for people from the actual place to come to a resolution tha
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by mises 8y ago
His position was that government should not stifle speech, but that a private company should not be forced to re-print it. There's a big difference between prohibition/regulation and coercion of speech.
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by mises 8y ago
Basically, HOAs are smaller scale. Also, there's a big difference between a bureaucratic gov't doing it and a bunch of residents doing it. Here's the thing about zoning: the people on whom it is enacted probably have a part
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by mises 8y ago
RiseSmart costs $1,900 for three months for a single employee (their most popular "Ignite" plan). https://www.risesmart.com/talent-mobility-solutions/smb The question may become whether how the company is se
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by mises 8y ago
It is mentioned that employees have not been helped to find new jobs. But there may be reason for that. It is sometimes the case that for a particularly high-performing, excellent employee, a manager or senior exec might call around to a f
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by mises 8y ago
Why do you care if someone wants to support childrens' hospitals? I personally think getting a building that could save the lives of children is worth putting a guy's name on that building.
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by mises 8y ago
I like the approach Houston has taken: no zoning. Many say it won't work, but it does. HOAs pop up in some places if they really don't want commercial.
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by mises 8y ago
I was a Boy Scout in America; we did the same thing. It was a great experience.
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by mises 8y ago
Gee, you aren't implying that Huawei would do something bad, are you? You aren't implying that they don't take their user's security seriously, are you? You aren't implying that they could be dropping (very sloppy
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by mises 8y ago
> Notifications are making people miserable So stay off social media. I do.
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by mises 8y ago
Yeah, I'm not quite sure where he got this. I'm an introvert, and I still really enjoy spending time in-person with close friends. In fact, I don't do that well relating to people over the internet (at least not emotionally
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by mises 8y ago
I didn't believe he was serious, but he is. He actually delivered.
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by mises 8y ago
But here's the possible issue: Chinese factories start industrializing. They stay near the others. Because everyone's still in China, the next generation will be built there. This is a big part of the reason why America winning
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by mises 8y ago
> robots cost the same to operate in the US and they do in China Nope. Labor, land, resources are all typically cheaper in china. It's also close to other manufacturing. I've read on this elsewhere; it's called "ec
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by mises 8y ago
I don't use it, but I just read (can't remember where) that adoption in America is about 70% of stores and 99% in Australia. This corresponds to another comment's assessment that it was available in about 2/3 of stores.
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by mises 8y ago
> super long distance super low speed link Interesting, can you provide any more information? How could you do radio that far? Googling shows it is at least 2,092 miles. What kind of radio can go that far?
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by mises 8y ago
Exactly. Many people don't realize that Houston is not just hot but humid. How much water would all those extra changes of clothes use? All those extra showers?

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