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Not trying to be pedantic, but isn't every business trying to separate "your money from your wallet in exchange for some product or service?" The only potential difference I could see (looking at it through this lens) is whether it's a consumer or business oriented company.

For what it's worth, I'd categorize Amazon as (principally) an eCommerce company.

Interesting article. It has been a long time since I have worked this "close to the metal." Back when I coded at the machine level, there were no branch predictions performed by the processor to help maintain the pipeline. What you had were different opcodes for your conditional jumps - 1 for when the jump was likely, 1 for when it was not. It had amazed me (a bit) that never got reflected in higher level languages. Now that I see that the processor makes (educated?) guesses, I suppose I am no longer surprised.

This doesn't seem to offer much more than TiVo. Based on Google's 2 minute pitch, much of what they promised is already available on the Gen 3 TiVo: record programs, Netflix, YouTube, video on demand, photos. The only things I saw that were new were a "global" search capability and bookmarks. Is that enough of a difference maker? Probably not. Maybe if there was some other benefit thrown in (aka no recurring service fees).

What is remarkable to me is that Southwest Airlines has yet to have a passenger die in an aviation accident. And they carry about 100 million passengers per year these days.

Quantas has never had a _fatal_ crash, in one of their _jets_. Which is different than what you...

Or was that just a Rain Man reference?

I guess you are trying to be funny, but I don't see the point. Your first 3 points are clearly false (the 4th is not clearly so). Are you suggesting that there is benefit to the pursuit itself? If so, then yes it is good that we developed the shuttle... but why continue to use it?

Agree with all the points on price anchoring... but $499 does not seem cheap to me at all for what you get with the entry level iPad. Maybe I need to watch Jobs presentation?

Agree with others that this seems like a really bad idea. I'll throw another reason into the ring - the "Make terrible Foul calls on him" part. An interview is a two-way process. If my would-be co-workers are calling Mickey Mouse, ticky-tack fouls, _I'm_ going to think that _they_ are (to use a word from the article) dicks and less than fun to work with.

The "TL;DR" doesn't cover it, but in the chapter the previous commenter references, he does explain why it's a logical fallacy. At the risk of putting something incomplete and/or incorrect, TL;DR summary of the explanation of the fallacy is that the productivity saved by automation is always available to fuel further production.

Perhaps you are not asking for legal advice... but I think the point is that you should be... if want assurance that the answer you receive is correct.

You will hear from people who have been in this sort of situation, but not the same situation. For example, their employment contracts likely differ from yours.

I have only heard that term used in the UK, not in the US.

I think that usage of naught/nought for zero in British English is pretty standard. In the US, it can be used to mean "nothing" (e.g. "all for naught") but not zero.

This is why, I believe, that not much is being made out of the end of the decade. That, and perhaps so much emphasis was placed on the start of the century and/or millennium.

I'm not sure either what sort of name will be used for the next decade.

No, that (removing soda as an option) wouldn't go over well at all. Forget the idea of being offended, the practical matter is that soda is no longer an option... or at least a convenient option. You may as well take away the coffee as see how that goes over.

And if a tree falls in the forest, will anyone hear it? As has been said the goal is destroy the earth. Not to leave no witnesses to confirm if the deed has been done.

I can't decide if the idea is demeaning or really demeaning. After reading in the linked article that the original plans called for the tourists to be "shot" by local kids with a water pistol and then sold a "I got shot in LA!" T-shirt, I'm not sure that the tour companies' hearts are in the right place... I'm leaning towards really demeaning.

Good article. But... while the article states that Farmville spreads itself "throughout your social network innocently" ... I don't know. It seems that there is a lot of (for lack of a better work) begging related to this game. "Does anyone need a horse?" "Can someone look after my crops?" I can't say I understand how this might help one's social network, and therefore, how "innocent" this might be.

There's legacy software... and then there are coding artifacts from another era. I'm not necessarily saying it's a deal breaker, but if your development tools consist solely of products that have been End of Lifed, you have right to be concerned how the job would affect your career development.

Yes, a brilliant idea. It seems that much of the design in video games is to trick the player into failing. This was a case of tricking the player into success.

From the article: "while Berkeley charges $5,858 (per year in tuition and fees)."

Where did he get that from? The Education Fee for the current fall semester alone is $3,444. Berkeley, like the other UCs, comes out to about $10k per year for state residents. (reference - http://registrar.berkeley.edu/Registration/feesched.html).

Right. There problem seems fairly specific to their message, not a general flaw of Twitter.

Your mileage may vary, but I know that in California, the curriculum has gotten a lot more ambitious. When I went to kindergarten, you learned the alphabet, how to count to 12, played with blocks and finger painted. When my son went to kindergarten, he knew how to read ("Dick and Jane" level text) and add and subtract single digit numbers. Granted, blocks and finger painting were gone, gone, gone, but kindergarten has gotten a lot more academic, at least in CA.