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The US tax code heavily punishes companies that hold cash in a variety of ways. The motive is to subsidize banks by requiring companies to rely on short term debt for operations. It's the biggest and most lucrative of subsidies for the banking industry and laundering such subsidies is how many bankers get rich. For instance, Mitt Romney made his money that way.

(The main tax code subsidies here are the business interest loophole and the accumulated earnings tax)

Usually a big company holds almost no liquid assets and hands profits out to bondholders and shareholders or invests actively to grow, even in unrelated businesses. That's to avoid tax penalties.

Apple, Google, Microsoft, and the like are holding masses of cash outside the USA. Gridlock in Washington and a stagnant and irrational corporate tax code make it very hard to bring cash home to invest for American companies. Therefore you find tech companies with few overseas expenses exporting services and accumulating cash they can't bring home.

(The main tax issue here is the non-territorial tax system in the USA. All other developed countries have a territorial system.)

Other countries can see this is a problem that kills jobs and wages at home so they don't do it. Obama has tried to fix it and Trump's main tax proposal is aimed at it, but both parties in Congress block change. Republicans don't want to hand Obama a victory and would rather hand out goodies to donors with loopholes than simplify taxes and Democrats just want to punish profitable multinationals even if it kills jobs.

And Wall Street is very mercurial with credit for tech companies, especially growing ones, so they can't rely on the banking subsidies.

The result is that tech giants are the only companies with a reason to accumulate cash so they overwhelmingly are the only ones that do so.

In summary, this is a government regulatory policy that creates cash rich tech companies. It's a result of bad decisions on Capitol Hill, not on Wall Street or Sand Hill Road. It is not a stock valuation or corporate strategy issue.
You watch.

By not having to devote attention to keeping your car within a foot of the lane's center, you have more attention to devote to the bigger picture of what's going on.

For example, have you ever tried to change lanes, done a quick shoulder check to see if the spot is clear, and then looked back ahead only to find that the car in front of started braking heavily and you're approaching it rapidly? With Autopilot this is not a concern, because you can let the car monitor the car in front, while you look to the side.

The first couple of hours with Autopilot, drivers typically are sitting there tensely ready to take over. But with experience, you learn how the system works, where it behaves well and where it fails, and you learn to relax, pay attention to the big picture, and let your strengths and the car's strengths complement each other.
Sent, I would love to see Randall Munroe's take on it.
Life is too short to go around crying about racism all the time. It exits in all people worldwide, deal with it.
So here's what the article glossed over, and I do understand: the "legal right" to record a cover song, in the United States, involves contacting the rights holder of the composition / publishing rights. For most popular songs, past and present, that has been the Harry Fox Agency (only recently has Loudr joined the picture).

HFA required, at the time of my asking, a blanket amount. For the granting of the "legal right" to record the cover, HFA had an introductory tier of X,XXX units. As in, to record one digital copy of the song, the up-front payment was the equivalent of it being sold in hard copy (or digitally) X,XXX times.

X,XXX multiplied by the royalty set by law is not an insignificant sum. For an independent artist, non-label backed or advanced, this amount is prohibitive. Thus, either go the legal and potentially costly up-front route, which is real and was glossed over in the article, or go the unlicensed route.

What your comment fails to address in the latter part, regarding remixes, is that according to press releases and public information by SoundCloud and Dubset, "rights holders" are granting a negotiated statutory right for the providers to host and provide compensation for the use of someone else's recording. Your statement is correct in the legal, traditional sense, but that statement is apparently being revised through market forces, as noted in the article.
But, there's a lot you could probably do for a local shop -- many have IT departments. Try to network in with an informational interview (cold email the head of IT of anything related to M. E. and offer to buy them coffee for some career advice)
When a court finds API implementation to be fair use, there is an impact on free software, and that impact is basically positive. The idea of API's being copyrightable threatens the status of free software projects which implement ("clone") previously proprietary API's.
It would somewhat matter if people were still using their old passwords for some of their online accounts.
Hi Liviu,How does the implant communicate with the user's mind?For example, does it vibrate like a smartphone?Thanks,Oren
> why is the postmodern view that all people, including violent criminals, are victims/products of their environment, but racists are uniquely and irredeemably evil to their core?

Well, I don't agree that that is the postmodern view, unless you define "postmodern" to specifically mean that view so that it is tautologically true; particularly, I don't believe that its all that common for any person (regardless of whether the label "postmodern" applies) to hold simultaneously to both of those beliefs. They may both be beliefs that are visible in some segment of the population, and there may be some overlap, but I don't think there is much correlation.

But, in any case, even if they were commonly held together, there is nothing inconsistent in believing that all beliefs and behavior patterns are products of the interaction of the individual with the external environment, and believing that there are certain beliefs and behavior patterns that, once established, are not correctable through any change in the environment that other people can effect (even if the same behaviors/beliefs may be made less likely to manifest in those who have not already manifested them), such that those behaviors/beliefs only go away when the people holding them die.
Does the Jeep system function if you don't provide any inputs? The Subaru system will brake if it has too, but won't actually drive the car for you. Same for lane holding - it'll give some steering input and beep if you start to swerve, but it won't actively steer around a curve.
It doesn't matter what Tesla does or says. Stupid always finds a way.
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There is a real weight of gravity around that much cash. I would guess the returns of having 10x the cash of your nearest competitor, and publicizing that fact exceeds T-bill returns for instance.
and yet Microsoft has been unable to use their cash to secure a foothold in the smartphone market.
You mean like http://mashable.com/2016/05/16/apple-venture-capital/#6eTxK0...
That might be the case for some companies and corporate profits, but certainly not all or even most. To give one example, Facebook's profits in 2015 were almost $4 billion. They share their carbon footprint details, and other environmental impact details at https://www.facebook.com/green/. Their environmental impact is small, and their profits enormous.
Agree. My son went through this. A HS sailing team arranged a party on Facebook. My son isn't on Facebook and was left out. Bad? Yes. Should the team not have done that? Sure. Should the coaches have intervened (if they even knew)? Of course.

But it still happened. Damage done.
Wasn't there some alleged nine lines of actual code borrowed by Google? Some trivial "rangeCheck" function.

To laywers, that's a big deal. These are people who can be legally retained for just one dollar, after all.
I am sceptical about this. People like to sit down for their entertainment, that is unlikely to change. Turning, swerving, swiveling, sure, but I bet most would quickly get fed up with having to get on their feet and move around in order to play their games.
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There's cash available for The Next Big Thing, and then there's $215B (Apple's current cash). They could buy, say, GM outright (market cap: $48B) and barely make a dent.
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Why do they need to see the picture before booking? If they only want to know what the guests look like to recognise them in person when they arrive, Airbnb would only show the picture after booking.

If Airbnb required and stored pictures they could be used to identify them in case they trash the house.

I can't think of anything else the property owners would claim to use the profile pictures for.
If the situation were renting out a stand-alone apartment or house, I agree entirely. Gender discrimination is unwarranted.

In situations where you're renting a bed or a room in a shared common space — I don't think it's unreasonable to be more selective about gender. Is it discriminatory for colleges to not group men/women together in dorm room?

Again, look at the severity disparity here:

would it be socially acceptable for a woman to say "I don't want a male roommate?"

would it be socially acceptable for a white person to say "I don't want a black roommate?"
IAAL, and as you would expect, I'm going to recommend not doing this, for a few specific reasons.

1.
Working without authorization is unlawful, and could subject you to deportation, as well as severe difficulties entering the US in the future.

2.
Entering the US on a B visa, knowing that you plan to work, basically involves lying to the immigration officer when you arrive and are asked for the purpose of your visit. This constitutes immigration fraud, and its consequences are 100x worse than working under the table. You can be barred from entering the US forever - not just for a few years - or even jailed for a criminal offense.

3.
Even if none of the above happens, at some point you'll want to renew your B visa, or apply for some other immigration benefit. The application form will ask you whether you've ever committed a US immigration violation. You will have to answer "no" to have any hope of getting the benefit, which will be untrue, and thus will also constitute immigration fraud, with the same consequences as above.

4.
A US employer who knowingly seeks to hire unauthorized workers is also breaking the law, plus this is just a super-scummy way to do business.

5.
If you do this, you can't "undo" it, and it will interfere with your sleep for the rest of your life. Seriously, you don't want to be looking over your shoulder, worrying about the consequences, every time you have some dealings with the US in any way.

HTH
What is being negotiated is a revision of the concept of copyright infringement. A sanctioned, rights-holder compensating negotiated transaction is distinctly different from infringement as a commercial notion. Or even based on credit where due in the case of original authors.
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Yet according to the article the vast majority of their holdings are trapped overseas because of onerous taxing principles, the US being one of the nations to tax companies for profits regardless of where.

Of course with this much overseas and its increasing value how much must be stashed before you exceed the value of the company in question. On a completely different tangent, how much does it take to intimidate your competition to nothing in fear you are waiting to jump?
To be honest, that sounds like a really stupid idea.
Of course the cable companies don't want this, because they charge exhorbitant monthly fees for the use of their hideous set-top boxes. It's just a pure cash cow for them.
It's very different. But some of those things, like adaptive cruise control, get close. But even with adaptive cruise control, if you completely stop paying attention, you will be reminded very quickly that you are doing it wrong.

With this, you could go for hours without having to do a single thing, and then suddenly you are expected to jump in and take control with barely a second's notice. That is just bad human factors.
How exactly do these people process the raw prices data? Where can I read about it?
Tragedy of the commons. It's not worth it for individuals to withdraw.
I don't think that's related at all. From what I can tell, Christian isn't involved in the GP's thread about systemd and usb serial communications.
> Oculus doesn't make any money on hardware right now, what can a person expect them to do? Just operate without any intention of ever making a profit?

This is confusing. If it's true that they make no money on hardware, then you'd expect them to be ecstatic that people want to buy their games (giving them money) without taking their hmd (which supposedly doesn't).
I transitioned from civil engineering to software engineering.

Your MSc will be a +.

It could be due to your age that you didn't get the internships since they are looking for young college kids.

I would focus on what type of programming you want to do.

What experience do you have.

I do full stack development/web applications.

So I'd recommend you learn HTML, CSS, js, jQuery, PHP or ruby, then Laravel or Rails. It's a long process but you have to start with the basics and work your way up.

Think about what type of development/programming you want to do and follow that path.

Once you are a skilled Rails or Laravel developer finding jobs should be relatively easy and pay well.

It's the in between transition time that is the trick. It's lots of learning/hard work. But I enjoy programming and web app development so it never feels like work (at least not yet).

Personal projects are a big plus. Think of an app that would make your life easier and build it.

Sign up for a github account, find some open source projects to contribute to.

Are you still working as a ME?

As a ME you have some good project management/engineering experience that you can apply to doing/running/managing software projects.

To find work you're going to need to network so meet developers in your area network with businesses that could potentially hire you. My best clients/leveling up has came through knowing someone who needed a developer.

Good luck with the transition.
If we go by the name (Robin), it's a he. :)
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Totally disagree. I love the iOS material design apps like Inbox and Google Photos
They do, if though nothing else then through multi-billion acquisitions. Another thing is that we all know crises come every now and then. Being tight on cash when it hits the market means you'll have to let talent go to your competitors, slow down infrastructure growth, reduce research freedom.
But is that not what the review system is for? What prevents a host from reviewing potential guests' history on a case-by-case basis to determine their level of risk?
The only time being 30s would matter is when interviewing at a startup run by 20-somes, which is normally not the kind of startup that hires interns. So don't worry about your age. (But on the other side, don't interview in suspenders or old man clothes, you can do things to appear not a frump).

Are personal projects enough to get you an entry level coding job? Yes especially if you can talk about some coding you did as a Mech-E.
its easy to discover whats on the list by people doing mitm...
I read the article and never got that impression. If anything, he was grateful to facebook for not only purchasing the company, but also believing in his vision.
Yes, good points. Notice I meant people use Facebook for search. Not that people use Facebook for Web search. You can't directly search for people on google (to a degree), but you can do so in facebook (and other social networks). Point being that search is bigger than the standard web. Google is at and business disadvantage because it does not have a widely adopted social network. :)
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Does "not marked as classified at the time" mean what I think it does?

Obviously she did not change her automatic email footer to "Top Secret - Do not distribute - Thanks, H ;-)"

So of course none of her emails were marked - that's like saying "I am commiting a crime right here" since of course the server was insecure.

Is the content classified at the time, or even derived from a classified source? My understanding is there are perhaps thousands of emails to which this might apply, and the law needs only one. So it seems to me hopeless for Hillary to think the FBI would not recommend charges.

The bigger question is will the (current) AG decline to prosecute, and what about the next one?
For anyone wondering, this is the argentinian site that gathers the prices: https://www.preciosclaros.gob.ar/ (while I wasnt involved in the development, I work in the same goverment dependency that developed the site)
Apple was an outlier in this sense, because for the longest time they were sitting on a mountain of cash. They ended up paying part of that out as dividends when Cook became CEO.
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Gordon shows LE at a given age and improvements as well.

Points are that:

1. LE hasn't increased much post 1950.

2. LE at a given age hasn't increased much post 1950.

3. Where LE has increased, it's largely been in minority / underserved populations, presumably as a result of improved basic care or access.

4. QALYs show little improvement post 1950 / 1970.

Healthcare expenditures have increased greatly. They've offered little actual benefit, other than to healthcare companies and providers.
This site is full of circle jerking over diversity virtue signalling. Why would you "be hated" for participating in the dominant fad?
I understand their motivation - just like I understand Hitler's motivations.

Hoarding cash is extremely bad from a macro-economical standpoint. The govt should be alarmed of this type of development.

There is a reason why we need 2% inflation - it is to push people with money to spend it or risk loosing its value. Its what keeps the economy churning and keep people employed.

This massive cash hoard is essentially one entity holding on to all the gold in the kingdom - resulting in deflation in the rest of the economy.

These companies are waiting for a disruption, and will just use their cash hoard to buy the company that threatens their monopoly ? How is this not a massive issue of anti-trust ?
People don't. This person does ... and I think it's ok.
Won't someone think of the sponsors!?
It's actually a good idea if they get a foundational patent on something with no other alternative and fees higher than the troll is worth. In this case, they've... probably for buddies at DOD/NSA that fund them... created patents on encrypted messaging that they're using to sue everyone in a way that weakens security if dodged and still legal in U.S.. Plus the judgments cost a fortune.

I recommend big companies buy out the firms with foundational patents like this from back in the day. They already do in big-company acquisitions with patent portfolio being a big reason. Just an extension of that. Any other patent trolls they should squash. Plus these wherever they can. Buying is last resort.
Carmack is the CTO of Oculus. I'm sure he's involved in a lot more than just a side project like the GearVR.
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>need public exposure for the full consequences of their beliefs to be realized

Yeah, Trump is certainly realizing the full consequence of his beliefs.
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You are being downvoted, but it's the sad truth. A Donald Trump type won't get much done because throwing money at things and name calling only gets you so far. She is witty, she is a seasoned lawyer, she knows how to entrap people, she knows how to pull strings, work behind the scenes, all while saying the right things to the people asking the questions to keep just enough of liability off of her. It's disgusting, but it's what gets things done in Washington.
The non-physical Ulysses who has a bow that no-one except him is strong enough to string? Yeah, what a weed.
This is such a wonderful blending of genres. We techies often can seem (or be?) detached from emotion. The rigor with which analytics were applied here ("real-time crying dashboard"!) is genius. So funny and so true.
The number 1 password was: homelesspa ?

Anyone know why that's the #1 password?
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Awesome. Ty!
> When a court finds API implementation to be fair use, there is an impact on free software, and that impact is basically positive.

It certainly is positive for the ability to create new free software. It is negative for the ability to control other people's actions through copyleft licenses, since the same ability to create new free software also allows creating new permissive licensed or commercial software rather than adhering to the copyleft terms.

So, for some interpretations of the "Free Software Movement", there may be a net negative effect (though, again I should emphasize, nowhere near of the size or nature of that that Hurst is trying to paint.)
"The pressure to be cool and attractive is intense. With FB, there is no escape."

Can't they just change how the stuff they posted on FB is shared?
Alphabet seems to be starting to find a way. Say they have a working, regulatory approved self driving car, it'll take tons of money for scaling. Same for internet balloons, and probably other stuff.
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Their product white paper has some stuff that's a bit odd. http://www.gabrielsecure.com/white-paper/

(It at least avoids "military grade encryption!")
Which unstable libraries are you thinking of?

I think you can silence the dead code warnings by either marking the field `pub` or prefixing it with an underscore.
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You know when I hear a people speaking like this, I can't help but think about that scene from "The Life of Brian" where the rhetorical question of "What have the Romans ever done for us?!" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExWfh6sGyso)

It's terribly simplistic to look only at industrialization problems and completely neglect to acknowledge the upsides. Is there pollution and would I like there to be less, sure. Having said that would I want to give up the safety, food security, medical advances, conveniences, etc. that make life worthwhile so that I could live in pristine, untouched nature? Not a chance. I've life is substantially better because I live in an industrialized society and I'll take the pollution so long as it comes with all the good in my life.
I could not smile for days after watching that one. One of the greatest movies ever made, but when I recommend it to anyone, I always warn them that if they are depression prone, they should not watch it at all.

So _intense_. Even years later, just reference to it gives me goosebumps.
Who said anything about raising voices at coworkers. From my perspective (which is one with zero psychology or medical training), these are two expressions of emotions. You just proved my point here. If the same situation makes one person cry and another person stone / red faced with "anger" why is one treated so tremendously different from the other? From my POV, you have two people unable to control their emotions in a work environment.
I really enjoyed "Jane Austen, Game Theorist" which argues that Jane Austen systematically examined Game Theory years before it emerged.

The author also argues that Jane Austen has analysed in more depth game theoretic 'cluelessness' than has been done since, and interestingly, many of her 'clueless' characters show signs of being unusually interested in numbers, maths, card games, etc.