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We've been writing corporate America a hall pass for quite some time. With many of these, I'm sure it's time to say "We'll loan you the money, on the condition the government owns you if you don't pay up." And if there is any company trying to lend more than their value...just end them - they've effectively become a cancer.

Would you downvote me for saying yes?

Isn't this level of quid pro quo corruption punishable? Or does nobody even care anymore?

It's weird to read this article when there are legitimately good programming environments available on the iPad, like ‎Pythonista 3, which is an app that lets you run python on your device.

I think the thing that he's "standing by" is that he wants to continue making waves by sounding controversial when he has in fact become irrelevant. I like and appreciate the viewpoints of those shared by BoingBoing, but perhaps something less cringeworthy? I understand folks like to build electronics, and there are systems people can build on for 30 dollars. The iPad was always meant to be a computer for someone that didn't care to screw with all of the guts of hardware or software. But yes, if you really want to use your iPad to learn about hardware and software, you can certainly do so.

And every company has the right to enforce their rules in replacement of defective parts, based upon what prior abuse or misuse you put on it. The average person who "opens" their iPad to fix it deserves to have warranties and guarantees invalidated, even if Apple is a touch predatory in the rates they change for repairs.

You could just stop reading the NY Times. They've gotten enough wrong that they shouldn't be the newspaper of record any longer. I'm a little partial to the LA Times - during the elections as I recall, they had less lean one way or the other.

Every single tax has this problem. The better alternative is that the cruise ships be held responsible for the increased rate of asthma development there. It would be interesting to see how a business that is supposed to make people feel better is going to react when there is both a public outcry and a lawsuit against them for the very thing.

Would you as a person go on a cruise when you knew it contributed directly to the asthma of others? At that point, I think going on a cruise from a different port would be the preference of others, regardless of taxes.

I don't know. If I had to listen to a spiel to get a meal, I think that would be okay. Beats prostitution any day of the week. And it's still way above selling plasma.

That's the spirit! Downvote! Downvote! Downvote! Downvote!

It's the verbal likeness of having a bust of them carved out though. From some literary angle there is certainly a similarity, but the AI in this case doesn't know that it functions or why. It's as if you've trained a baby to say all the things that someone used to say, and nothing more.

This sounds like a massive class action lawsuit waiting to happen. I wonder who would be hit first, the shippers or the city? Surely they are both at fault.

It might also be time for charities to actually be held accountable for the millions they make, instead of paying their CEOs "competitive" pay, and giving them golden parachutes. Also, as more and more billionaires decide to preserve their wealth using charities, it's a no brainer that less people would want to give. In a very real sense, I'd be willing to bet the people that are supposed to be served by charities are getting less than ever before. Remember the Haiti fiasco with Red Cross.