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Comment Re:Yay! (Score 1) 439

Hadlock. Get your facts straight, my friend. The State of Sao Paulo, where I live, would still be in the G-20 if it was an independent country, with a world class infrastructure.

Maybe, even though the Sao Paulo republic has a huge amount of filthy rich people, it wouldn't survive 5 minutes in South American politics. Just saying.

Comment Re:Less pay or no job (Score 1) 606

What's it going to be? It's a global economy, there are people in other countries willing to do the job you won't. Sad to say but unions are effectively dead until third world countries stop working for pennies on the dollar.

Ok, Amazon can get the hell out of Europe and put up shop in Pakistan ? Myanmar ? Tajikistan ? Afghanistan ? Some god forsaken hell hole of southeast asia ? [...]. Nothing is worth destoying what good labor laws we have in the continent, most of time gained through blood and violence during the last 2 centuries.

Except I think those workers in Pakistan deserve good working conditions too. Since big companies move around so much I believe it's very important to make them treat their employees well even if they are in another country, no excuses like "we are just starting up in Pakistan and lots of people need jobs".

Bah.

Submission + - Standardised laptop charger approved by IEC

Sockatume writes: The IEC, the standards body which wrote the phone charger specification used in the EU, has approved a standardised laptop charger. While the "DC Power Supply for Portable Personal Computer" doesn't have a legal mandate behind it, the IEC is still optimistic that it will lead to a reduction in electronics waste and make it easier to find a replacement charger. Unfortunately the technical documentation does not seem to be available yet, but previous comments indicate that it will be a barrel plug of some kind.
The Internet

New Baltic Data Cable Plan Unfolding 65

jones_supa writes "Details are shaping up of a plan for a new government-backed high capacity data cable between Germany and Finland, routed through the Baltic Sea. The project to significantly upgrade Finland's international data transfer capacity has long been high on the government's list of priorities. It could improve the country's competitiveness in ICT technologies and digital services. Following a meeting of the cabinet's economic policy committee on Wednesday, Pekka Haavisto, the minister responsible for state ownership steering, told the press that the state will take part in the venture as a partial owner. The estimated cost of the undersea data cable project is around 100 million euros. Haavisto said that roughly one third of the costs could be paid by the state, another third by institutional investors and the remainder by private companies. So far, all data transmission to Finland has taken place via the Øresund Bridge, that is through Denmark and Sweden."
Businesses

Amazon Reveals "Prime Air", Their Plans For 30-minute Deliveries By Drone 397

Z80xxc! writes "Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos revealed during a CBS 60 Minutes interview that the company is working on a service called 'Prime Air' to deliver packages by autonomous octocopter drones within 30 minutes of hitting the 'buy' button. The plan still requires more testing and FAA approval, but Bezos predicts it'll be available to the public in the next 4-5 years. With a lot of backlash against drones, and some towns even offering bounties to shoot them down, will this technology ever take off, or is this just another one of Amazon's eccentric CEO's fantastical flight ideas?"

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