I've been going back on forth on this for years. Bought at $1000 and sold 90% of everything last week. Nice gain, but I'm very concerned about the logic of everything...

The problem I see is where all the bitcoins are currently - as I can tell by research, China has been mining them for years, and their computational capacity sure outweighs the solar-powered PC in some guy's backyard. This MUST preclude the US government introducing any federal acceptance of bitcoins as legal tender, simply because the US government doesn't have any...or is that why Trump was elected president? Based on the idea that his cold, hard cash is enough to allow a movement of government assets to bitcoin in a way that doesn't involve the printing of millions of US dollar bills to make up for the government's failure to get a position in bitcoin.

It's not like tulips, because when the value of a tulip bulb was finally assessed, it sure was a lot less than what people were saying. With bitcoin, people have accepted that it has no intrinsic value, and can't be used for anything, but it is the future of a currency that will work in the same way that the internet supplanted things like a $60-dollar home phone line and easy digital has replaced (for the most part) VCRs and vinyl.

What it's like is the Euro. No one thought that would last. Sure, it doesn't have a basic use, but everyone's agreed to switch over, so if you don't, you don't get to play with all the new kids, whether it's european countries, or the new net-based industries that have changed the world in the same way amazon and facebook have.

Likely this will be framed in a way that will appeal to the regular chrome user, allowing Google to " reverse" profile everyone:

Chrome/Google: Would you like to block ads? click the following categories that you don't want to see:

All of a sudden, Google knows a lot more about your preference in operating systems, car buying and takeout than they knew based on what you type into a search box.

Exactly - I consider myself pretty technology-literate. A couple of weeks ago, about 15 minutes after leaving a Burger King, a message popped up in my email thanking me for my "recent visit" and asking me to fill out a survey about how satisfied I was. I had NOT paid for anything (paid by friend), or used any sort of personal identifier except for walking in IRL. It's happened with another store or two since.

The only thing I could narrow it down to was Google Maps, as usual not actually exiting when it was quit and running quietly in the background. Whether that means it is sending records of my physical location to Google constantly, or somehow listening all the time to be triggered by some signal when I enter a store is irrelevant.

It is done by something Google is doing on my phone (and millions of others), is a complete breach of privacy, and not based on anything as specific as a credit card as I never made purchases in most places it asked about and they don't have any of my card info.

So...overly inflated Uber fares will become more expensive by charging all their passengers a tip upfront, and it will be charged regardless of whether the driver deserves a tip or not - completely defeating the concept of tipping. Well done, Uber.

In the words of Homer Simpson: “Kids are the best; you can teach them to hate the things you hate. And they practically raise themselves, what with the internet and all.”

Just for fun, since I haven't seen a first post, or done one in a loooong time.

Fair enough... the point being that with our global exposure, racism is on the way out. It may not happen with the millennial generation, but fast forward 50 years and it will have been diluted to the relevance of Scientology or the KKK. They were bigger 50 years ago, but now are mostly irrelevant.

If [local company] can't get enough non-white people for their software to have accurate facial recognition, [foreign company] will take the customer base and profit from it until they are bought by the next startup/billion-valued corporation. i.e. Google -- Yahoo and Microsoft mega-corporations couldn't get search engines right, so two students came along and took over the market. Google couldn't get a video-playing service going, so they bought youtube for millions.

Rascist people make less money than other people. Make Fast and the Furious 8 as stupid as possible to allow easy overdubbing of dialogue to exploit the global resale market. Put foreign people in Big Bang Theory to increase appeal to the giant foreign market in India and other places. If racist executive had objected to either of those, he'd be unemployed. Greed will overcome everything, because that's what has a huge stake in matters these days, not what color someone is, and it's just going to increase.

And here we go again. The ignorant subset of users on /. are using this information to confirm that racism is fine and thriving. Maybe it is, but only in the UNITED STATES. Every other country left slavery behind years ago. Go find a high school student and ask if they care what race their best friend is. They don't, maybe unless they're American.

The fact is that if companies are withholding mortgages from legitimate borrowers on the basis of race, they're crappy companies and I would be more than happy to start a financing company that lent money at second-mortgage conditions to anybody who wanted a second mortgage and couldn't get one. PROFIT?!?!?!
The problem that _should_ be taken into account is poverty, and if your AI program is judging people based on race, you're a dumb programmer implementing stupid programs.

Just like Microsoft: If you are so unfamiliar with the online troll environment that you can't predict who will spend their time interacting with your twitter bot, and for what purposes, you shouldn't be releasing a twitter bot with idealistic expectations. Most countries are fairly race-neutral these days, even the US could elect a non-white (black or orange) and came very close to electing a woman. It happened in the UK decades ago. These entire discussions are just evidence of the biases of idiotic slashdot/internet trolls, which is absolutely no surprise.

They better have increased revenue, because the cost to make a movie will eat up a huge chunk of money...these days movies are more expensive than ever. Remember when Avatar was considered a big budget? Consider the LOTR movies or any of the X-Men movies.

Captain America: Civil War cost somewhere around $250 million, so there goes a big piece of 11 billion. Finding Dory was probably about the same cost - there goes another piece. Batman v. Superman supposedly cost more than $400 million. They damn well better make a ton of money each...Studios are making 10 movies a year with the expectation they will make half a billion dollars like those three - that didn't used to be the case. They used to make 40 or so, hoping one might go blockbuster and make $100 million.

just to be informative: top 10 most expensive movies 2016

Move to non-US country and check back, american...

Lol...and they'll cancel their wedding in sadness...

Oh wait...they won't care, will save their food and other expenses, while you sit at home and sulk. Also, they'll never talk to you again because you skipped out on their wedding like a petulant child.

Go try and stick up for your rights as a "cellphone carrier" at the next show where they're banned, get arrested, then tell your friend he gave you inaccurate legal advice and sue him.

(not legal advice)

Go record your next phone call without telling the person you're talking to, then try to convince the judge that copyright matters when he rules for the person you recorded and awards damages. The mind boggles at how stupid some of you people are.

Has no one even read the summary?
This company provides bags to lock your cellphone in, and carry it around yourself until exiting at the end of the show, when it will be unlocked. This is not a big deal in Chappelle's show, where you go to a seat, sit down and put the bag on your lap until the performance is done. It is a big deal for Chappelle himself, because if your brother goes to the show, records the performance, then plays it for your extended family at Thanksgiving, Chappelle just lost the possibility of 3-10(?) ticket sales. As opposed to you going to dinner, raving about how hilarious the show was, and 3-10(?) people deciding to buy tickets.

Concealing cameras? Make people walk through a metal detector on the way in.
Do you think you have some entitlement to carry your camera into the show? They can put a condition on the ticket. It's not your right to do anything when attending a private show that has informed you of the conditions to enter. Resell a ticket - it's called scalping, not a right because you have to work late. If you don't want to follow the rules of the show, you're not allowed in. Chances are there's already a clause that says they can eject you for any reason at any time during the show. Not to mention you're already on private property, so get kicked out and see if a court will refund you your $50.

It has nothing to do with copyright, will probably not spread to the shows of musical performers, and I thought it was a great idea when I heard it, perfectly enforceable and intelligent. You keep your phone in a reasonably durable bag, and pay $300 damages if you don't return an intact bag at the end of the show.
Well done.

The ELF = Explodes on Launchpad in Florida