A while ago there was a whole thing about how this wasn't the case. I think it was maybe for Picasa, among other things, where related terms were making it show up in the top non-advertised slot despite the fact that related websites were much more in use, leading to allegations of google manipulating the results. As said in other threads, this seems to be a fraud issue, since google presents their system as working one way yet manipulates it in a completely different way in some cases.

Thank you for pointing this out. The thing that matters in these cases is the point of sale, not the point of creation. If this passes, we could see things like car companies forcing dealerships to buy from overseas, however. That would be worrying for actual distribution outlets. Imagine your entire business being at the whim of manufacturers desires, even after you paid them.

because you've become de facto on call 24/7. Granted, a solution is just to not pick up , but that choice doesn't even have to be made with a desk phone.

please check the definition of treason in the US:

why are passwords not DRM? I mean most DRM is isomorphic to password right?

health insurance is a lot more expensive than 100 euros/month. Dunno exact prices but I think thousands might be more correct (for family plans at least).

let's add a new one!

Have extremely bad documentation, making it more or less impossible to compile it yourself (this is what a lot of business GPL sofrware does).

There's a difference between a free ride and a less expensive ride. Most people don't have the luxury of having their parents helping to pay, and just saying " take a loan " is what caused prices to rise as much as they have : Schools know the gov't is giving out the loans, so they raise prices without fear. Pretty much handing money over to the schools. It's hard for prices to stabilize if the consumers are given infinite buying power.

> Traditional unions (the ones with red flags) would crack down hard on performance based bonus systems. The reason that unions are against this sort of thing is that instead of being assured a certain salary, what would normally be your salary becomes some performance-based system based on completely artificial statistics, meaning your "base" salary drops overall.

I'm not saying perfomance bonuses are bad , just that 1) it shouldn't replace your salary (especially in high cost-of-living areas like SF , and that 2) It's a lot easier for the company you're working for to game the system than it is for you to attempt to.

The issue is fundamentally the same as other union issues, which is worker protection. Also see things like Silicon Valley companies agreeing not to poach on each others employees (thus lowering salaries for everyone as well).

I'd rather the base salary go up rather than go down, especially in a large company where I'm just a cog in a machine and "performance" is fundamentally a group metric anyways.

> the Supreme Court just held up that "first sale" doesn't count if the *thing* was intended to be sold to a segregated market, or sold to you by an unlicensed distributor. No, they heard the arguments for a case that, if it goes anti-first-sale, would mean that a sale in a foreign country does not constitute "first-sale". So this would just mean if you bought your car in China and then try to have it shipped to the US, you would not have resale rights

I think by employment situation he meant the situation of employed people, not the employment rate. You can live on minimum wage in France a hell of a lot better than on minimum wage in the US, and still get a decent amount of consumer protection.

There have been so many cases of people being exploited by companies because they are essentially forced to become contractors, instead of employees (with all the protection it entails). Why would you want to make that easier?

Chrome has had it for a pretty long time, Chromium doesn't (issues of non-freedom with the viewer plugin).

always having exact change for any transaction requires a good amount of acrobatics, especially if you live in places that still have penny-ful prices.