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811.
by qq66 12y ago
There are also non-technology reasons you can't store cars tilted 90 degrees. People leave small items, half-finished sodas, etc. in their car and wouldn't want them all on the back windshield when they get back. Not to mention, i
812.
by qq66 12y ago
Also, Britney Spears is 32. Should they have said the CEO is one year older, and the CFO younger?
813.
by qq66 12y ago
Why shouldn't an ISP charge Netflix to host a box in their datacenter? I'd charge you a fee if you wanted to store your DVDs in my house, even if you let me watch them.
814.
by qq66 12y ago
That means you have to pay for peak bandwidth 100% of the time.
815.
by qq66 12y ago
Apple isn't doing anything that unusual here. Hardware doesn't have to be "consumer" or "enterprise" -- your PC at home and your PC at work aren't that different. It's software and sales that are very
816.
by qq66 12y ago
If that's true, which is doubtful, then their problems should become a 2nd priority, since our 1st priorities should be improving the happiness of the least happy.
817.
by qq66 12y ago
An offer of career advancement for sex would be sexual harassment whether or not the offer was accepted, and, if accepted, whether the promised advancement was granted or was not.
818.
by qq66 12y ago
Part of me things that this could have been avoided with better messaging and product design. Instead of calling it "surge pricing," they should have said, "There are no Ubers available. Your expected wait for an Uber is 110
819.
by qq66 12y ago
Maybe, but certainly very little land in the United States wasn't taken from someone at the wrong end of a rifle.
820.
by qq66 12y ago
Land "ownership" has no basis in natural law since it's a formalization of violence (all private land was either taken from someone else, or declared to be owned by threatening newcomers with violence). You can't own lan
821.
by qq66 12y ago
Without some force of law to ensure dividend distribution back to shareholders, equity doesn't really exist except at the pleasure of management.
822.
by qq66 12y ago
US courts don't look fondly on loopholes. For example, the Supreme Court just ruled against Aereo and stated that the legislature didn't even need to close the loophole, that the courts would do it for them.
823.
by qq66 12y ago
That's an interesting perspective. Thanks.
824.
by qq66 12y ago
I don't think checkers is comparable, since there's no luck component in checkers. In a physical sport with random winds/ground conditions/ball imperfections/bat imperfections/etc, you have to be that much bett
825.
by qq66 12y ago
There's no reason the grid must accommodate peak demand. Two other options are simple failure to meet demand (you only get 10 amps) and dynamic pricing to reduce demand (if air conditioning costs $100/hr you might not use it).
826.
by qq66 12y ago
It's actually illegal to sell a VCR that does not honor the do-not-copy transmitted signal. The courts and legislature generally sanction the activity, not the tool.
827.
by qq66 12y ago
I think most people who want to live in a planned-out corporate retirement community with 42 golf courses are not bold iconoclasts looking to stir the pot. I'd guess that most people who move there know that they are trading conformity
828.
by qq66 12y ago
Many beams of publicly accessible light are regulated. You can't tape the Simpsons off the air and sell your own DVD box sets.
829.
by qq66 12y ago
The same government that regulates the sale of stock is the one that ensures the company gives you the stock, voting, and dividends you are owed. If you buy unregulated securities with Bitcoin, what stops the seller from "vanishing&quo
830.
by qq66 12y ago
Why are pools and tennis courts negatives? Maintenance costs?
831.
by qq66 12y ago
Of course the Supreme Court doesn't understand software. Or real estate. Or coal mining. Or any of the things they are asked to make rulings on. How would they? They're lawyers who have spent their whole lives studying the law, an
832.
by qq66 12y ago
Given that a "Yo" usually follows a more detailed text message like "Text me when you're downstairs," I think the total finger-on-screen time would be higher to open the Yo app and search for the right contact. I as
833.
by qq66 12y ago
The existing method, of course, is a standard SMS message that says "Yo". I've sent plenty of them.
834.
by qq66 12y ago
It's just anecdotal, but I bought a '98 Mercedes with ~120,000 miles for a few thousand bucks. It's been rock solid for the ~20,000 miles I've put on it since.
835.
by qq66 12y ago
The large companies are much more likely to have the protection of the state for their drones, while the worker's drones are more likely to be ruled illegal and confiscated etc.
836.
by qq66 12y ago
I once paid $100 to a car mechanic for a job that took him about 5 minutes. The reason I did it was that I didn't know how to do it myself, so I paid whatever it took to get the job done. "Grandma" here is similar.
837.
by qq66 12y ago
I've had four SSD failures and three SSD failures in an office of five people, in only 3 years. Backup your data and expect drive failures.
838.
by qq66 12y ago
What if your key cycling write fails?
839.
by qq66 12y ago
Great narrative storytelling talent isn't going to expand much. As technology reduces the costs of everything else, the Spielbergs and DiCaprios will capture all of the profit in the market.
840.
by qq66 12y ago
When I lived in the UK (2002-2003) I was told that its perfectly acceptable to leave your litter on the train platform against the wall as there are people who regularly come by to clear it. Is this still true?

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