I find it hard to believe that a virtual memory change will result in a 5-30% slowdown for Intel processors. Maybe for a few extremely specific (likely edge-case) tasks, but if there was a legitimate 5-30% performance decrease, you can bet there would be a far different solution in the works that would suitably fix the problem.

UPS, FedEx, and DHL offer a faster, more reliable, more technologically up to date, and less destructive service than the USPS does. I never choose USPS when I have another choice. USPS is a garbage organization filled with workers who despise their jobs, managers on power trips, and an economy that makes sense in NO setting. They have no taxpayer funding, lose billions a year, and still somehow they exist. USPS is a relic and it needs to die.

The cost of receiving mail should reflect what it costs to deliver it. The USPS's inability to accomplish that is why they're losing billions.

Also, the post offices already exist. No new structures would need to be built. The USPS is currently managed like a government entity, while not being funded by taxpayer money. It will forever be a money sink as long as that remains true.

I'd prefer that they just privatize/sell the USPS and let it compete on even terms with UPS, FedEx, DHL, etc.

Ah, gotcha. I should have done a better job of RTFA.

There wouldn't really be any damages. The winnings are determined by the number of people who won. If almost everyone won, the winnings would be very small per person. The actual payout by the lottery wouldn't really be any larger overall.

The real culprit here is that actually FINDING it on amazon was a challenge, and their interface sucked. Amazon seems to be very much a "jack of all trades" company that does an "OK" job of a lot of things, but not enough to stand out and make them a "master" in a lot of fields.

Online retail is their bread and butter. Most of the other stuff they do is not as good as its competition.

That's selective reasoning. GWB nearly doubled the national debt and Obama turned around and doubled it again. Continuing the trend is bad, of course, but acting like this is anything other than normal at this stage is just willful ignorance.

Only the ones who trash talk the trump administration. >:]

Before assuming you'll be screwed over by the tax plan, I suggest using the nytimes' calculator to see what your tax changes will be. As it stands, virtually no poor or middle class citizens will see a tax increase. https://www.nytimes.com/intera... (I myself will see a few thousand dollar decrease in taxes)

I'm sure there are some instances where a handful of people will see increased taxes, but don't believe every front page post you see on reddit. There's no incoming middle class decimation along with this bill, and waving your arms and screaming about it won't make your statement any more true.

It's pretty silly to say this and then exclude companies like Samsung, Apple, LG, HTC, etc from the same logic.

Xiaomi also makes some very high-end phones that are highly reviewed. Definitely not "cheap crap." Huawei? /shrug

You're forgetting who owns all the wires and routing devices it would operate over... Just because it uses a new protocol and is called "Internet 2.0" doesn't mean it wouldn't have to operate over existing infrastructure.

Wow, .759 people! That's pretty cool. What happened to the .241 of them?

RTFA. It's not about killing the missile itself. It's about frying everything at the launchpad(s).

Why? A cornerstone of the internet is that no one should be able to hold all the cards. While I'm not a big fan of Russia doing it, ideologically it's good that *someone* is. The more the merrier in this space, imho.