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This must impact quality at some point. Either driver competence will decline or vehicle maintenance will be dangerously put off.
Manufacturers selling on Amazon should include QR coded key that can be verified as authentic
>The whole reason for the African slave trade was Malaria as the European "slaves" (poor indentured workers) could not survive in the US south

Do you have any references for that?

Apparently the European slave owners survived

Re:The Tyranny of Convenience on Sunday March 04, 2018 @10:50AM (#16515078)
Convenience is just another word for removing waste. Wasted movement, or time.
There's claims the plastic ban bag in San Diego led to a Hepatitis outbreak https://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2017/sep/08/stringers-pl...
Re:How to Beat Amazon on Tuesday January 30, 2018 @06:52PM (#16270201)
It's hard to beat Amazon on diversification, specialization would be the only way. Until they acquire you
To be pedantic dogs are pretty selectively bred by humans. Raptor vs Wolf might be more apt
Re:Amazon Go and the Future on Tuesday January 23, 2018 @10:54AM (#16214506)
This same article could have been written 120 years ago about Automats https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automat
indirectly with chip suppliers
who is this hypothetical poor man who's so bad at managing money that an exact total of the amount he's spending will cause him to overspend ?
Re:Google Is Blocking YouTube on Amazon's Echo Show and Fire TV on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @07:54PM (#15857645)
Customers could really benefit if YouTube has some competition
Re:New Evidence Points to Icy Plate Tectonics on Europa on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @07:12PM (#15857426)
If we do find life there, it’s only a few assumptions away to find the great filter is ahead of us
Re:Don't Buy Anyone an Echo on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @01:04PM (#15853924)
Maybe survivorship bias
Repressive collusion to fix salaries and restrict industry movement, doesn't really inspire your employees to try their best
Re:Paypal Horror Story 40k Frozen No Answers on Sunday March 12, 2017 @01:38PM (#13851856)
You stopped advertising and still had passive income of 10k monthly ?
Re:The quest to crystallize time on Thursday March 09, 2017 @10:39AM (#13829973)
how would that account for time dilation?

your argument would actually be improved by switching it;

That matter is an abstraction to measure comparative rates of time.

Re:No CEO: A Swedish company where nobody is in charge on Friday February 17, 2017 @11:43AM (#13669571)
"Borg? Sounds Swedish"
I usually re-frame the question to the chocolate cake context.

Like, I have a real weakness when I run into something puzzling, I can't help myself from solving all of it.

Re:2016 Retina MacBook Pro Caveats on Tuesday November 22, 2016 @01:03PM (#13015984)
"If you need to use Esc to force an app to close, you can switch to another app and try Option-Command-Escape. You can also choose Apple menu > Force Quit." https://support.apple.com/en-ca/HT207358
Yes but I'm thinking of the type of scheme people use to lose weight. "If I dont lose 3 pounds this month I'll owe you $10" but for email or media usage
A premium for checking email is an interesting concept, I could see people wanting to sign up for this now as a way to reduce the compulsive need to check for new emails
Customer lock-in is Apple's entire value proposition. Buy in to the ecosystem and we'll provide the best experience that gets better the deeper you go. But yes leaving it is starting to look good to customers as software quality has declined and now hardware options are misaligned and industry is reaching parity in UI and features
Re:Music from Earth on Wednesday October 26, 2016 @10:28AM (#12796670)
target is intelligent extra-terestrials, not necessarily space cows

Music is patterns that intelligent beings could identify, even if they couldn't appreciate the aesthetics

Re:How Apple Scaled Back Its Titanic Plan to Take on Detroit on Monday October 17, 2016 @12:47PM (#12726710)
I think Detroit and other manufactures are fearful of automation. If you ask them what the future looks like its driving assist technology. Fully automated driving kills the emotional experience that is used to sell cars.
Re:Apple is not a technology company on Friday September 16, 2016 @02:31PM (#12516189)
Sort of reminds me of the UI from the movie Her. Fully integrated handheld and ear piece
Re:Baggage claim: Trading your excess airline luggage-allowance on Tuesday September 06, 2016 @05:00PM (#12439258)
not with Airmule, with them the packages are pre-packed
I've run into quite a few applications that won't let you continue past the salary history without entering something. Its definitely a dark pattern for job applications
Re:The life of American workers in 1915 on Monday June 27, 2016 @03:13PM (#11988652)
Related, car companies campaigned to invent "jay walking" and give cars the legal right of way
Re:Bots Are Hot (1996) on Wednesday May 18, 2016 @04:54PM (#11725875)
Improved voice recognition maybe, also bots could be a benefit for handicapped HCI/accessibility. But mostly I think the popularity is just self fueled hype

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