Good points. In addition: * you can shop at whatever time is convenient to you.
* many many many of the things you buy through Amazon come from small merchants all over the country. Amazon doesn't stock everything themselves
* for my rural self, the convenience of having something shipped to me in 3 or 4 days trumps having to drive 45 min each way to a large store to get a single item in many cases
In short, there are a number of valuable thing, other than pure cost, that lead me to buy many things online.
Did anyone really expect anything different from the NSA's two biggest defenders in the House?
No. I don't think anyone with half a brain ever thought that.
In fact, I would expect anyone with a third of a brain to outright reject any legislation with those names on it that has anything to do with this issue.
I have a number of acquaintances who teach and they say the same thing - they HAVE to report it.
Here's how it works: teacher sees it, immediately turns away and pretends she didn't see it. Then... nothing else happens.
Teachers are just as guilty as the admins for hiding behind the whole 'I have no choice" crap.
My wife's friend said she heard a kid make some joke about his dad "beating him if he did that" - she said she knew it was obviously just a joke. And yet... she reported it anyway. Because she "had" to.
In the grand scheme of things, 1000 books isn't really that many.
The shit in a college bookstore that gets re-purchased every year because the previous year's edition had a typo is by FAR a bigger waste of money and paper.
"Based on that data alone it may be difficult but give it enough samples the current algorithms can actually make some pretty darn good predictions that even you may not be even aware off yourself."
Agreed. Remember Target predicting a girl was pregnant? That was almost 2 years ago. I'm sure NSA had that kind of stuff well before Target, and far better predictive capacity now.
BUT, the robot-repair jobs will require robot-supply services and other robot-related secondary jobs.
Meanwhile, lower cost for some end products or materials could make them turn into higher-order capital goods that can be used to create a whole new industry. These are the things that become the job-producers.
You can't just think about the 1st order jobs created by a new tech.
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Re: Re: Efficiency isn't always the most valuable thing in the world
Because, Evil. It only makes sense.
Re: Re: Efficiency isn't always the most valuable thing in the world
* you can shop at whatever time is convenient to you.
* many many many of the things you buy through Amazon come from small merchants all over the country. Amazon doesn't stock everything themselves
* for my rural self, the convenience of having something shipped to me in 3 or 4 days trumps having to drive 45 min each way to a large store to get a single item in many cases
In short, there are a number of valuable thing, other than pure cost, that lead me to buy many things online.
Re:
They'll come up with some ruling somewhere that will tease apart the SCOTUS ruling and manage to do exactly as you say.
Re: An Awkward Question
The threat of force is not insignificant.
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Obviously he's never read Snow Crash...
Re: Re: singular or not
Of course, if anyone believes that would happen without abuse then they aren't paying attention. I get your point.
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Man that thing sucks. I'd almost rather pirate a show than watch it on that horrible box.
Re: Re: Re: Re:
I still haven't caught up with Justified because I missed 1 episode 2 years ago, and I don't have Amazon Prime.
I know there are other ways of watching it, but there are other shows that I can get on demand or on Netflix without any extra effort.
So... someday. Maybe.
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But when you put stuff in the cloud that doesn't NEED to be in the cloud, then.. I can see the power grab argument, pretty clear.
Water - has to come from somewhere else. Power - has to come from somewhere else. Internet - again, from outside.
A software program that I download and install on my local machine? How the hell is running that a "service"?
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(untitled comment)
No. I don't think anyone with half a brain ever thought that.
In fact, I would expect anyone with a third of a brain to outright reject any legislation with those names on it that has anything to do with this issue.
If they are for it, be against it
Re: Re:
I have a number of acquaintances who teach and they say the same thing - they HAVE to report it.
Here's how it works: teacher sees it, immediately turns away and pretends she didn't see it. Then... nothing else happens.
Teachers are just as guilty as the admins for hiding behind the whole 'I have no choice" crap.
My wife's friend said she heard a kid make some joke about his dad "beating him if he did that" - she said she knew it was obviously just a joke. And yet... she reported it anyway. Because she "had" to.
No brains. No judgement. No backbone.
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Root access to everything, handing out privilege as they see fit.
Re: Great way to waste paper...
The shit in a college bookstore that gets re-purchased every year because the previous year's edition had a typo is by FAR a bigger waste of money and paper.
Let Nathan tell you himself
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Is there something special about this mall?
Has the Kenyan version of the FBI been to mall shootings in America? Ever?
Somehow I doubt it.
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Agreed. Remember Target predicting a girl was pregnant? That was almost 2 years ago. I'm sure NSA had that kind of stuff well before Target, and far better predictive capacity now.
Re: Re: Re: Re: Luddites have no vision
Re: Re: Luddites have no vision
BUT, the robot-repair jobs will require robot-supply services and other robot-related secondary jobs.
Meanwhile, lower cost for some end products or materials could make them turn into higher-order capital goods that can be used to create a whole new industry. These are the things that become the job-producers.
You can't just think about the 1st order jobs created by a new tech.
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