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Comment Re:Trump is really smashing the China now! (Score 2) 193

This has nothing to do with a corporation. You are ignorant of high level security requirements. He does indeed need to report any contact, however brief or casual, on any medium or in person, with any foreign national. (I have held clearances that required exactly this. It's been so many decades ago, that I won't get in trouble for saying that today. But I know that the rules have not changed.)

I used to know a British/Canadian citizen who worked at Lawrence Livermore labs, alongside many people who undoubtedly had clearances (probably 'Q' clearances). Every time one of those colleagues talked to him, did they have to report it? Every water cooler discussion about common social topics?

Comment Is this the end for Uber? (Score 4, Insightful) 18

Uber has never made a profit. Uber can only make a profit if the drivers no longer need to be paid -- ie. self-driving cars.

It's possible that Uber could license the technology in the future. It does make it easier for Uber to select a self-driving solution from competing vendors, when such solutions actually exist in a cost-effective manner.

Otherwise, this looks like a short-term grab for cash at the expense of long-term profit.

Comment Re:Saying what we've known all along (Score 5, Insightful) 170

A longer running show won't lead to new subscribers perhaps, but cancelling too soon leads to losing the subscribers you already had.

Exactly. Almost no new shows finish the storyline after one season, so why commit to watching a program unless you know that there will be more seasons when Netflix has a history of cancelling?

Long term, fewer views and fewer subscribers.

Perhaps Netflix should invest in mini-series. Series that wrap up the storyline after one season.

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