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Comment Re:That's a good one (Score 1) 149

Too long for most to read, but your point is mostly correct, albeit a bit simplistic.

You need to extend your thinking a bit more and ask yourself what could be done differently to entice people to want to work those jobs no one wants to work, but need to be done.

Once you truly examine that question, you start along down the path toward true enlightenment of our current circumstance, AND the ways out of it.

SPOILER: It's not more governmental control.

Comment black box model obsolescence (Score 1) 49

One would think that the he black box model of Playstation and XBox is surely heading for its death throes.

These specs are not that impressive and can be exceeded with a well spec'd PC for ~ $1K. In a year, even moreso.

Moore's law at play I suppose. The product development is unable to keep up with the technology innovation. Coupling this with the increasingly tech-saviness of the population and I just can't see this model being sustainable for much longer.

Bitcoin

Drug Dealer Loses $58M in Bitcoin After Landlord Accidentally Throws Codes Out (cnet.com) 128

An anonymous reader shares a report: Between 2011 and 2012, 49-year-old Clifton Collins bought 6,000 Bitcoin using money he earned from growing and selling weed, reports The Irish Times. At the time, the cryptocurrency's price varied between $4 and $6. Today it stands at over $9,700. But Collins isn't enjoying any euphoria for the windfall -- because his landlord threw out his Bitcoin codes. The Irish Times reports that Collins was arrested in 2017 for growing and selling weed, and was subsequently hit with a five-year prison sentence. Following this, his landlord sent many of Collins' possessions to a local dump during the process of clearing out Collins' room. One such item was a fishing rod case, which housed a pice of A4 paper with â53.6 million ($58 million) in Bitcoin codes printed onto it.

Cryptocurrency is bought through so-called cryptowallets. Once you buy Bitcoin, the cryptowallet issues you a code that's needed to access it. Anyone who gets that code can access and potentially steal the cryptocurrency, so buyers are usually encouraged to hide their codes somewhere safe. In 2017, Collins spread his 6,000 Bitcoin across 12 accounts in order to guard against losing his crypto-fortune, according to the Times. He printed out the codes to his Bitcoin stash on a piece of A4 paper, the same paper he stuffed into the aforementioned fishing rod case.

Comment Re:Minimum Wage (Score 1) 1094

Your two proposed options are full of assumptions and not the full set of options available. For instance, why would you assume sales remain flat as people suddenly see their spendable income rise significantly? Likewise, a third option is you could reduce your net revenue.

These are just off the top of my head.

Comment First step - hire a consultant (Score 1) 147

This is a MASSIVE undertaking, requiring deep and profound strategic decisions to be made at the highest levels of the company/organization.

To go all in on what advice you might receive from slashdot is fool hearty at best.

Do yourself and your company a favor, hire a world class consultant to come in and provide some advice.

Comment Re:What's the point (Score 3, Funny) 353

I feel the exact same way about all those reckless, careless, risk-taking, jock-want-to-be’s who risk their lives and wellbeing playing senseless games on the field, riding bikes and skateboards without thought or concern, and adventuring up mountain sides without care.

I find it absolutely appalling that I am forced to cough up my money to pay for their reckless behavior, broken bones, torn ligaments, hamstring injuries, and more!!

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