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Comment Re:Outsource polling (Score 1) 292

Won't really work as the actual problem is that the last generation who thinks it's impolite to hang up on someone who cold called you is finally dying off.

Which generation would that be? I don't think that generation actually existed, as I'm in my late 50s, and witnessed much older relatives do exactly what you're claiming they don't.

Comment Re:Reconciling faith with science (Score 1) 305

The most scientific oriented government, both in policy and origin, is undoubtedly the modern democracies, created by men who were careful to study the flaws of the powerful, to account for them, and to allow for change should future generations gain more wisdom on the subject.

Which ones do you speak of? I think it could easily be argued that those modern democracies evolved in an environment that included religious value systems. Do you have any examples to the contrary?

Comment Re:As always (Score 1) 368

And yet people think it's fair that the artists man up and shoulder the cost of a few months of streaming.

Apple did not do this unilaterally. They approached the rightsholders who actually own the music - that is, the labels and not the artists - and proposed this arrangement. After much negotiation, everyone agreed that this was a solid plan and started moving ahead with it. How much money Apple does or doesn't have is immaterial because they could not legally do this without the consent of the people who own the material, and those people thought it was a fine idea and signed on the dotted line.

So yes, it's perfectly fair: not because you or I think so but because the people capable of vetoing it said it is.

Comment Re:Stop charging for checked bag (Score 1) 273

From http://time.com/money/3082797/...

According to a new Associated Press analysis, the average price of a round-trip flight within the U.S. for the first half of 2014 was $509.15. That’s around $14 higher than the same period a year ago. What’s more, soaring flight prices have outpaced inflation: Average domestic airfare has risen 10.7% over the past five years, after adjusting for inflation.

Clearly there's a disconnect between the two articles.

Comment Re:Well, there's no lack of (Score 1) 410

So, because you don't see the point, that makes it vacuous? Well, let's see.

1. It would either back up or disprove the GP's point.
2. It would either back up or disprove the point of the article.
3. And finally, my curiosity got to me regarding an area like SV, which is very dense in tech, vs. that of London which IMO has the claimed culture, finance, fashion industries, but not nearly the tech density...I wondered how it would compare.

Is that too vacuous?

Comment Re:Relatively difficult to get a work visa for the (Score 1) 410

Intra-company transfers for an existing employer (e.g. IBM), limited to a year if you are making £40,000/year; call it $63,500 at todays exchange rate; this is generally not hard for someone employed by IBM, actually

Did I misinterpret that, or did you really mean to say that £40,000/year is a plausible amount for an IBMer to make while living in London? What would you say is a nice salary for a senior engineer?

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