Comment Re:You'd think the EU has bigger fish to fry. (Score 1) 132
Why would I do that? Corporate America is Gollum. They will chase their preciousss dollars directly into the volcano every time.
Why would I do that? Corporate America is Gollum. They will chase their preciousss dollars directly into the volcano every time.
Those people are free to never stray beyond it's walls.
But note, even if literally nobody chooses to go outside the garden, the simple fact that they are free to makes sure Apple is careful to maintain the garden well.
Yes, there is plenty of bad on both sides. So why should we help one bad side over the other? Perhaps we should stay out of it rather than fueling the fire.
They are protesting AGAINST U.S. involvement in foreign war activities.
U.S. companies frequently sell products made in China for several times what a Chinese company charges for practically the same product made in the same place.
If American Capitalism was actually performing to spec, the Chinese companies wouldn't have nearly as much advantage as they do.
If they can't stop Chinese companies from selling Chinese products direct to Americans, American companies might have to lower prices, and that would delay the CEO's and major shareholders buying their new winter yachts.
The horror of it all!
BIOS spends so much time faffing about and twiddling it's thumbs, the time to bring up the RAM is lost in the noise.
Most desktop 3D printers are Chinese. The American ones (made in China) mostly went away because they cost 10x as much, were near impossible to repair, and some were drowning in DRM.
If American companies don't stop phoning it in and demanding huge margins (or running with terrible efficiency), they will be left behind.
Users no longer have to simply identify things. They need to identify things and do something with that information -- move a puzzle piece, rotate an object, find the specter of a number hidden in a roomscape...
Hit the back button and browse elsewhere
Only in the sense that the mugger who says "your money or your life" has given you a choice. In many American job markets, it's muggers all the way down.
I can't help thinking about a hidden agenda. Manufacturing moved to China so we now pay American prices for Chinese products sold by American companies. Due to the internet and business developments, consumers can sometimes buy Chinese products from Chinese companies at Chinese prices which are often a small fraction of the American price. Incidentally, Chinese products are much more likely to be repair friendly and have good availability of off the shelf 3rd party replacement parts.
I have to wonder how much of the trade war is American companies (or their wealthy owners) wanting to cut that access off wherever they can before this becomes common knowledge among American consumers.
Most of the people protesting technology putting people out of work do so because they know the same people saving big with the tech will fight tooth and nail to make sure we do NOT adapt the economy. They want the displaced to go die quietly somewhere that is not in their back yard. Unless/until that changes, every displaced worker brings us that much closer to an ugly social uprising.
We need to look at UNDER employment as well. Especially on the west coast, a number of the homeless are, in-fact, employed. Some full time. But because our job market is ruled by supply and demand (rather than needs), a glut in supply has resulted in employed people that can't even afford a shitty apartment.
Many of the homeless I see are doing the "thorazine shuffle", a gait that comes from years of treatment with major tranquilizers/antipsychotics. So for those, mental health issues is a good bet.
The last time I needed any sort of "advanced" support from Comcast, the person in India had no way to escalate other than mark it on the ticket and hope someone called me back in 24 hours (they did NOT).
It turned out someone assigned half of my already assigned block of static IPs to another customer.
So step one, give the AI a way to ring tier 2 at least.
Obviously not. The Constitution applies to the government of the United States. It applies to the U.S. GOVERNMENT everywhere in the world. If a U.S. LEO meets an American in Mexico, the Constitution still applies. If a U.S. LEO meets a foreigner in Arizona (or mexico for that matter), the Constitution applies.
Wherever possible, give MS the boot. Also the Windows admins.
"No job too big; no fee too big!" -- Dr. Peter Venkman, "Ghost-busters"