If there is a vacuum in space, would their need to be a corresponding antivacuum?
There is an antivacuum in the universe . . . more specifically, in my apartment.
At least that is what my cleaning girl claims . . . when she tries to vacuum here . .
An antivacuum is usually called 'gas'.
That's exactly what a non-compete contract is: a threat.
Not in any legal sense. Just because you imagine it to be a threat because of rabid foam-at-the-mouth manufactured outrage, doesn't mean it really is. If a clause in a contract is unenforceable, it is not illegal to put it in the contract, it just can't be enforced. Amazon has made NO effort to enforce this clause against any warehouse workers, so there is no actionable tort against them.
There are real problems in the world to get outraged about. You should refocus on something less ridiculous.
If there is a vacuum in space, would their need to be a corresponding antivacuum?
No. Because of Heisenberg's uncertainty principle, there can never be a complete vacuum. Even if there was, you couldn't measure it without destroying it.
Isn't this what one would expect if dark matter is WIMPs?
Indeed. I don't think that any of this is new. The reason dark matter was hypothesized in the first place was because of the behavior of colliding galaxies, such as the Bullet Cluster. The missing mass couldn't be stars, because it didn't emit light, it couldn't be gas or dust, because it didn't experience drag, so it must be either WIMPS or MACHOs. Further observations ruled out the MACHOs. So what is new about this observation?
how many minimum wage workers need to be completely fucked over while establishing the 'class'?
Technically, you would need at least two. So far, the count is zero.
A guy whose evidence is "I've seen stats", without linking to them shouldn't be lecturing about hard evidence.
On PC platforms perhaps. Not on server platforms.
I would say that threat of being sued
Except Amazon hasn't actually threatened anyone. No rational person would believe, in light of complete absence of evidence to the contrary, that the intent of this clause is to prevent someone from working as a cashier at Walmart. Preemptively suing Amazon because there is an infinitesimal chance that they might sue you, is not going to get very far. The judge should throw the case out and order you to reimburse Amazon for their legal expense. We have enough frivolous nonsense in our courts.
If it has gotten through "design reviews, code reviews, standards, pair programming, etc..." and doesn't work when it gets to test, you have a problem.
... and your problem is a completely broken development process. Code should be tested as it is written. You should never waste time reviewing code that has not passed unit tests, functional tests, regression tests, etc. Hallway usability testing should be done even before the design review.
Testing is an integral part of every development step, not something you tack on the end.
Yeah and like in most cases Amazon would pay out what amounts to 10s of dollars per person while having raked in billions in revenue.
More likely they would pay out $0 to all zero of the plaintiffs that actually have a case.
It'd be a slap on the wrist at best.
Even a "slap on the wrist" would be excessive, since there isn't any evidence that they have done anything wrong. It is not a crime to be big, and nobody should be fined just because they can afford it.
On what grounds could one sue?
Probably under data privacy laws.
I imagine it would be quite hard to prove real damages with a price-tag attached.
They don't need to show financial hardship:
Google argued the point was moot because consumers suffered no financial hardship due to the practice. The UK's Court of Appeal disagreed. According to the court's judgment:
"These claims raise serious issues which merit a trial. They concern what is alleged to have been the secret and blanket tracking and collation of information, often of an extremely private nature [...] about and associated with the claimants' Internet use, and the subsequent use of that information for about nine months. The case relates to the anxiety and distress this intrusion upon autonomy has caused."
The brain is a wonderful organ; it starts working the moment you get up in the morning, and does not stop until you get to work.
