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Comment · 3 years ago
Any startup that needed a year of runway now needs five years of runway. Runway is money needed before the company can survive off of profits.

If company A has $1M in expenses and $1M in investment, after the tax change it will need ~$5M in investment.

Comment · 6 years ago
Protests are when you peaceably assemble to air your grievances.

Riots are when people assemble and commit crimes. Especially felony crimes like arson, destruction of property, etc.

These are riots.

Comment · 6 years ago
I would like to see them enforce equivalent salaries on H1B visas. There should not be a financial incentive for companies to do this.

The original purpose was to bring in talent where it could not be found in the US.

I believe this would be great for H1B visa employees and regular employees.

If companies want to offshore they still can and they still do. Companies that currently abuse the system would hate it.

Comment · 6 years ago
Right now they are considered a platform, not a publisher. Platforms can't be sued for libel. They are acting as a publisher. Remember the Covington Boys, CNN (A publisher) etc. got the pants sued off of them for Libel. That is one rich kid. Anyway if it is determined they are a publisher they can be sued. So if you were to post that I'm an Orange NAZI on twitter. I could essentially sue you and twitter, if I prove that I am not an Orange Nazi I could win millions. Both you and twitter would pay. No one knows if you have enough money to pay out 8 figures but everyone and his lawyer knows twitter does.
Comment · 6 years ago
I'm surprised the FEC isn't involved as well. It would seem like a donation in kind to block candidates and elected officials from twitter.
Comment · 6 years ago
JFK wouldn't even recognize the Democratic party.
Comment · 6 years ago
I read "whale fail". I expected an insightful article on the failure of large software projects. smh.
Comment · 11 years ago
I think this falls under a reasonable interpretation of the unlimited.

a reasonable person would understand that there are bandwidth limits both technological and environmental. A reasonable person would expect that the level of service they signed up for would continue or get better over time.

I see two issues.

One is that after a certain amount of data is used they limit bandwidth. If you limit something it is hard to call it unlimited.

The other issue is that early on throttling was not in place. They specifically added throttling to entice users to switch to more lucrative data plans.

Comment · 12 years ago
According to the website the ranges are the same for the RWD.

S60 208

S85 265

P85 265

The dual motor configuration increases range on all models.

S60D 225

S85D 295

P85D 275

Comment · 12 years ago
A back door is a vulnerability regardless of its intended use. There is no way to assure it can't be used elsewhere. I would be shocked if the existing decryption method used internally at Apple wasn't fully available to other agencies. How hard would it be for a three letter agency to get someone in the right position to obtain the keys and tools?

The closing of this vulnerability makes business sense for Apple. Considering how connected these devices are only, marooned data would not already be available elsewhere. Perhaps a photo that wasn't uploaded or a note taken. Everything else is accessible. Location data is available via cell tower logs. Voice calls, call history, SMS, email, web history, etc... all available already...

Comment · 14 years ago
I wish that was the complete list of EOL products from MS.
Comment · 14 years ago
They mostly use mules, they get the mules from phishing too. So the money is transferred from one victim to one mule, the mule agrees to send 90% of the money via a non traceable method. The mule is eventually on the hook for 100%.
Comment · 15 years ago
This is slightly off topic but may be of value. When I solve a particularly difficult problem, I stop and ask myself a couple of questions that help me grow as a developer.

* If I created the problem, How could I have avoided creating this problem? Was it a design error, was I careless or sloppy, did I fail to test or understand something?

* How did I solve the problem? What steps did I take to solve it? How can I optimize my problem solving skills to solve problems quicker. Does this apply to a broad range of problems or is likely a unique problem?

Comment · 15 years ago
I once did a fixed bid contract that was sized by someone else at $150K.

I completed the bulk of the work over three days. I spent about 40 hours on it total including the production roll out.

I most likely could not pull that off again because I had very specific domain knowledge. I knew the software I was modifying and I knew exactly what to do over all of the various systems.

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