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Comment Re:So, what's the difference in the two unlimited? (Score 1) 21

They mention "Audible produced", so I believe the unlimited listening, will be limited to specific titles. Similar to the Kindle Unlimited service.

I'll probably switch for a bit, because I love the idea of being able to listen to a book for a bit, then decide if I want to continue or not. Often times I'm an hour in and the book just doesn't resonate.

The problem is that now Amazon curates what I can listen to much more specifically. I dislike giving them more power, but in reality if I'm paying $8 a month for a service I will much more likely listen to something for free rather than spend >$15 on something that isn't covered in the service.

Comment Re: I watched some of the video (Score 1) 94

I came to mention this. As normal, everyone is complaining based on the summary. No one even spent the time to watch and see how terrible it actually is. No one will ever look back at this video as the point where they decided to become a âoecoderâ. How hard would it have been to find a few kids and ask them if they would watch this if they had the option to watch anything else.

Comment Hope Disney Fails (Score 2) 46

I really hope this entire effort by Disney fails. Aside from this type of attitude, I want to tamper down on the proliferation of these services that are offering exclusive rights to media. I don't want to have to change the service I pay for every month and then binge on specific shows or movies. Continually paying for multiple services is even worse.

Comment Re:From a Management Point of View (Score 3, Insightful) 186

From a managers point of view I can only see this working if there is a PAR job manual and some monitoring software and or cameras to guarantee if we pay for 8 hours we get 8 hours of work.

What type of work are you doing? I would think you want to measure output, rather than hours in a seat. Is this some type of customer service type of job, where they need to answer phone calls?

You should be firing anyone who is not getting the job done, no matter how many hours they are working.

Comment Re: Saponins (Score 1) 292

How is "gluten-free" an advantage outside of the ignorant hipster circlejerk?

There is a growing number of people with celiacs disease and with nonceliac gluten sensitivity. I wasn't able to find reliable numbers for nonceliac, but 1% of people have celiacs. There is no wide spread agreement on the increase, aside from better testing. My wife is celiacs and it is a major PITA. Many bread type items that are gluten free suck, so any more options there would be great.

Comment Re:incompetent (Score 1) 275

If we have users purchasing and installing hard drives we're going to have issues. We obviously try to understand the amount of money we're spending on IT (which this would negatively impact), but more importantly I don't want random people replacing hard drives. It may seem simple enough to people on Slashdot, but for the most part people are going to cause more work. Especially if they are replacing an hd. There are processes to make sure that data doesn't get out.

Comment Re:Feels weird agreeing with scientologists (Score 0) 265

No, your point is wrong because the only people who have the legal right to do it are terrible at doing so. That is, the police regularly kill harmless mentally ill people they've been asked to detain for their own protection.

You'll need to back this up with something. We'll need a number of times the mentally ill are detained and the percentage of times those people are injured or killed.

Comment Re:Yes brown fat will help you (Score 1) 234

And you seem shocked at a WHOLE HOUR. It's not that much, especially if you can combine it with other things like commuting or shopping. And if you're really stressed for time you can do a shorter, but more intense, workout. Most people have enough time though, just the wrong priorities.

You could also find something you enjoy doing, so that WHOLE HOUR turns into ONLY AN HOUR. There is a curve to getting into physical activity, for example many people hate running at first. But if you're able to push through so you can run a couple of miles without feeling like you're going to fall over, you'll find you may actually enjoy it. There are tons of things you can do that are fun that have the side benefit of being exercise. Just put some effort into it and find something you like.

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