Obviously it depends on the news organization, but I haven't seen any major news site reporting on the actual salaries of various employees, or on the medical reasons claimed for leaves of absence. That data exists and I wouldn't be surprised if some "news" site (be it X Report, Wikileaks, or a Slashdot comment somewhere) contains that data, but it's not being blatantly reprinted by the New York Times for example just for gossip.

On the other other hand, I do bet that there's a reporter somewhere poring through that data, looking for signs of systematic discrimination against (insert minority group) and emails from (asshole executive) that imply intent to discriminate. Were they to find that material, the public interest is served to publish it, even if the source documents aren't included.

By leaving, they are happily giving up their position as leading Spanish news aggregator. That seems to avoid the monopoly issue entirely, as now there's space for other competitors to grow.

I think calling something "Malware" implies malice, something that's not indicated here as I see it. This is probably a case of incompetence, releasing poorly thought out, poorly written, and/or poorly tested code. Maybe we need a term for that - "bugware". (Or, for the cynics in the audience, we already have a term - "software".)

"quality" is subjective. If the goal of the audience is to experience the higher noise and lower dynamic range of vinyl, then vinyl is of higher quality to them.

You can't look at this as just a technical discussion and evaluate the options on their data sheet metrics. This is a sociology discussion and you have to at least partially empathize with the consumers.

(Yes, "SNR" and "dynamic range" are objective measures, but when you start using the term "quality" that has a lay meaning things start to get fuzzier.)

That "warmth" is the noise, in particular the noise envelope typical of record albums. Some people grew up with that, and to them that's what music should sound like.

Given that "what music should sound like" is pretty subjective (even saying "it should sound like the artist intended" is subjective), people who like vinyl are most welcome to it.

I don't think you really understand how DACs work. The output of almost every DAC is discrete steps based on the size of the LSB. Later filtering (either in the hardware, or in your ear) removes those steps, but they do exist at the actual DAC's output. Sometimes a DAC and a filter are bundled together and called a "DAC", so you never see the steps, but it's erroneous to claim that they "don't exist" or that they can convert into the "complete and smooth and "original" signal.

The parent talks about "no cameras" in a clause immediately following a comment about line of sight flying. I read his comment to thus mean that a commercial license would be required to pilot remotely via camera.

I totally agree with you that the presence of a camera recording locally for later viewing has no bearing on the license. If that was the parent's intent he's misguided .

In your gutter idea, accepting $10 to check a neighbor's roof does make the job commercial, the same way accepting $10 to mow a neighbor's yard does, or bring over your scissors and give them a haircut. The fact some people ignore regulations on commercial, personal services doesn't change the nature of those services. In the aerial case, let's suppose mr pilot forgets about the overhead power line on his neighbors property and crashes into it. Oops, he's not an amateur making a mistake, he's a paid operator who's not bonded or insured.

I see no need to make Sundays special, but I do think the government should mandate triple overtime for work done on the three major secular holidays - Memorial Day, Labor Day, and Thanksgiving. This would be for work performed from 2AM day of until 6 the next morning, so you can close the night before but then have a day with your family.

The public would happily pay for police, EMS, fire, and medical staffs, who would appreciate the extra pay. I suspect Walgreens and CVS would stay open with a few stores, as would some gas stations (obviously self employed are exempt and can work when they wish). The rest would get the government-endorsed time off they deserve or be compensated.

Works fine with printed; cursive not required.

Over 45 years? Especially if driven by two different family members on different shifts? 16 hours a day times 6 days a week times 52 weeks a year times 45 years is about 225,000 hours. I suspect taxis can make far more than $4 an hour, enough to cover gas, vehicle maintenance/repair/replacement, a financed medallion payment, and a meager living for the family.

This assumes it's a family medallion. The ones sold today for that much are rented to the drivers and operated 24 hours a day 7 days a week.

http://hailacabapp.com/

It's no different than a college education. Yes, $800k is still insane, but if you're told you have to spend $X to enable your career, plenty of people choose to pay it. In that case $100k is pretty reasonable for most people these days. At least with the medallion you don't also have to spend four years; you can start your career right away.