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I am guessing that this is going to end up be a PR nightmare for Yelp once Google let's the hounds loose. They have been such an easy target in the past.

I'm curious too. The article is clearly tripe.

Does anyone know by what specific mechanism(s) / technique(s) did this article make to the top?

It's hard for me to imagine a company as big as Dell making such a bone-headed blunder.

Given how gigantic this market is, that's a pretty common occurance (i.e., starting a property/vacation rental/related site).

There's already plenty of other big players like HA, VRBO, FK, TA, rent and countless others. There's even giants that doing this that are not fully devoted to short-term rentals and vacation stuff like CL.

That doen't even touch on the devoted timeshare and timeshare-related stuff. Or, how many convenient insurance companies can you think of that will underwrite policies for these shot-term renters?

There's just so much opportunity in this field....

This seems like very good idea to me. It is good enough that I will try to remind people in-person and online about it.

I have given eulogies before. I have focused on only things I wanted to remember and perhaps things I thought others would want to remember--not that there's anything majorly wrong with that. It is not easy to devise guidelines about what should and should not be communicated. But, I do think it is a disservice to someone's life with a disease to be summarized with a single word or short phrase--ESPECIALLY if that time frame is many years.

In summary, I see the issues as:

- Individuals summarizing another person's experience with a disease or condition using single words or short phrases such as "battle" or "long fight"

- Focusing only on periods of their life prior to to their diagnosis

- The ignoring of accomplishments, day-to-day realities of life, significant persons, significant places, etc. after their diagnosis

The author's point directly conflicts with your suggestion of using U+0027. The author correctly states that the apostrophe when used inside a contracted English word should be treated as a modifier letter. There is a Unicode apostrophe character set aside and labelled as exactly this--U+02BC.

The author's point makes sense to me. I agree and my initial thought is that the correct thing to do is recommend U+02BC be the apostrophe.

This is something for the future. It won't be faithfully reflected in text for years or decades.

For something like a DMV, it is important that a live human being personally verify individuals and documents in-person. This is inefficient by design, but quite necessary.

Automation of things such as this with current technology makes something as important as vehicle licensing and government-issued identification (along with everything that entails) a very risky and dangerous thing indeed.

Okay, so going to the DMV is boring and even infuriating. But, for now, we must have human beings asking all of the questions, administering all of the tests, looking at every person in the face, double and triple-checking things and so on.

This is one of those interesting items that is truly deserving of the headline "Neat Trick."

It reminds me of a card trick that I learned as a child that appeared to work by magic, but instead worked every time because it involved something complex going on involving math.

I'm not, but I'll grab the hook for a few seconds.

This is going to boil down to Lenovo getting $0.90, $2.00, some other amount per system or a one time payment. It could also be for a specific quantity of desktop/laptop systems, sysems shipped after a specific date or within a specific time frame. There could also be a geographical component to this. There may also be other details to the financial arrangement, targetting demographics and systems affected.

I would guess that this did not get installed on server or workstation products, but I wouldn't be all that surprised if the latter were.

I wonder how much Lenovo received and how the payments were structured.

...be wary. Hell yes. This is a product that, with a hidden bug or quirk, will kill, maim or hurt you and others around you.

On the other hand, Apple has the capital to do this correctly. Even if they later decide to limit the scope of the project, it will pay dividends with their existing automotive control group. A project like this will take many years. But, with their best project managers, there's no doubt that they can do it. Who knows, with the kind of money they have now, I'd say even 5 years is doable.

But, be mindful that the existing existing players such as BMW, Ford, GM, Honda, Hyundai, Mercedes, Nissan, Tesla, Toyota and VW are all getting better too. Electric cars aren't rocket science, but with all the regulations and bureaucratic red tape surrounding the automotive industry, it may as well be.

Here's another kicker--Apple may be thinking about integrating some new thing(s) that are novel. It could be that Apple engineers have thought of some great way to combine X (and Y...) in some novel way with the automobile that will revolutionize the industry. If that's the case, you can expect even greater and more fanatical secrecy than the existing wall of silence.

Here's the nice thing about a project like this as I see it. Cars are fun. They're sexy and lots of kids dream about driving, building, fixing and/or designing them. This is the type of thing that gets the public eye and can rally existing employees and potential employees. Who wouldn't want to work on a car?

Lastly, just like the moonshot project of the 60's, you never know what technologies and ancillary benefits will come about because of something as complex and far-reaching as this appears to be.

I agree that Trader Joe Dijon is outstanding. I would characterize it as equal to GP. However, Stadium Mustard is still top dog in my book.

There are many Trader Joe's products that I think are top quality, if not the best of their kind. If you have a Trader Joe's in your area and you have not sampled their wares, you are doing your taste buds a disservice.

Also, thank you for the recommendations!