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Comment Trucks and SUVs are profitable, not family sedans (Score 5, Insightful) 236

I don’t think that funding it with money from trucks and SUVs is surprising. It’s well known that they are the most profitable segment for US automakers.

https://www.motorbiscuit.com/f...

And as reported a couple years ago, sedans are so unprofitable that Ford stopped making them. https://www.vehiclehistory.com...

They’re funding it with money from trucks and SUVs because it’s the only money that they have.

Comment Re:All these "confused" people everywhere (Score 2) 39

I think you misunderstand the definition of standing. Wikipedia on Trademark Dilution notes "Trademark dilution is a trademark law concept giving the owner of a famous trademark standing to forbid others from using that mark in a way that would lessen its uniqueness. In most cases, trademark dilution involves an unauthorized use of another's trademark on products that do not compete with, and have little connection with, those of the trademark owner." So Apple, because they have the trademark on iPod has standing to prevent trademark dilution.

Comment Re:Un(der)employed (Score 4, Informative) 364

I don't know about the UK, but in the US they measure unemployment using several different metrics. Some of those metrics are designed to capture things like discouraged workers. The US Bureau of Labor Statistics tracks the following metrics labeled U-1 to U-6, but generally the press only talks about U-3:

U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of the civilian labor force
U-2 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs, as a percent of the civilian labor force
U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the civilian labor force (official unemployment rate)
U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged workers, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus discouraged workers
U-5 Total unemployed, plus discouraged workers, plus all other persons marginally attached to the labor force, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus all persons marginally attached to the labor force
U-6 Total unemployed, plus all persons marginally attached to the labor force, plus total employed part time for economic reasons, as a percent of the civilian labor

I'm not sure that any of these capture your specific point, but the BLS does look at different aspects of the problem.

Comment Better to keep work life and home life separate (Score 4, Interesting) 369

A lesson that I learned a long time ago, keep your work life and home life separate. The attorneys for your workplace will have the company's interest at heart, not yours. Our company has a fairly liberal computer policy. You can use workplace computers for personal use as long as it does not interfere with work or break any laws. Nonetheless, in our ethics training, it was pointed out that if the company is sued, they may be required to give my computer to the other side. And they will. And anything private on it is open to discovery. They advised keep work and home separate. So I have separate email accounts, separate computers, etc. Never let the two mix.

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