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jayesson Red Hat got $34B and you got $0. why

Red Hat doesn't "get" $34B, its shareholder do.

jayesson Facebook Reports Third Quarter 2018 Results

More detail here: https://s21.q4cdn.com/399680738/files/doc_financials/2018/Q3...

edit: Massive increase in headcount too: Headcount – Headcount was 33,606 as of September 30, 2018, an increase of 45% year-over-year.

jayesson CBS Shuts Down Stage 9, a Fan-Made Recreation of the USS Enterprise

You are utterly and completely wrong.

Edit - As an example: https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130304/18411522197/insan...

jayesson Linux developers threaten to pull “kill switch”

> The use of sexualized language or imagery and unwelcome sexual attention or advances Trolling, insulting/derogatory comments, and personal or political attacks Public or private harassment Publishing others’ private information, such as a physical or electronic address, without explicit permission Other conduct which could reasonably be considered inappropriate in a professional setting

These sorts of terms are impossible to define, so the decision to ban people comes down to personal, subjective interpretation. In the name of setting standards, there are no standards at all.

jayesson Linux developers threaten to pull “kill switch”

Maybe we could throw Russia into the mix too.

jayesson Steve Jobs licensed Amazon’s one-click patent for $1M in one phone call

Or the pull-down screen "rubbery stretch" effect is also a stupid patent.

jayesson Life in the Spanish city that banned cars

My medium-sized city made its main retail street pedestrian-only in the 80s. It quickly died and nearly all stores went out of business. The road was re-opened to traffic and now the area is booming.

One size doesn't fit all. What is your personal preference may not be others' prefereces.

Making a blanket statement like cars "are not effective in today's society" is profoundly off base.

jayesson John McCain has died

He never missed a chance to shill for war.

jayesson Venezuelans Skeptical of Maduro's Latest Measures to Salvage Economy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_policy_of_the_Hugo_Ch...

In short: price controls, nationalization, high taxation, corruption, Cuban economic influence (read socialism/marxism), economic malinvestment, overspending, debt, and then printing money...

jayesson Venezuelans Skeptical of Maduro's Latest Measures to Salvage Economy

Looking at Maduro and the clowns he surrounds himself with makes it clear that it's really just a bunch of idiots running things. Chavez was a died in the wool marxist, but the failure of that ideology (as it always does fail) has lead to a massive brain drain. Now the tenth-tier morons are in charge, nominally supporting socialism but really it's just a narco/klepto state.

jayesson Bullshit jobs and the yoke of managerial feudalism

It's pretty much a total disaster, so no.

jayesson What Stays on Facebook and What Goes? The Social Network Cannot Answer

Agreed. And how do you define racism? Sure, it's discrimination based on race. What if I oppose affirmative action? Then I'm called a racist!

jayesson What Stays on Facebook and What Goes? The Social Network Cannot Answer

What if I advocate for old-age pensions, sharing of profits of large enterprises, and the abolition of land rents -- all of which were platform tenants of the National Socialist German Worker's Party?

jayesson What's the Deepest Hole Ever Dug?

So a system of measurement determines whether people are in the "dark ages." I see.

jayesson What's the Deepest Hole Ever Dug?

You're easily infuriated.

jayesson Michael Jackson Estate Turns the 'Fair Use' Tables on Disney

Or just do what the original copyright law did -- you get 14 years with a renewal option for 14 more years. That's it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_copyright_law_of_th...

jayesson Uber CEO says Uber and Alphabet are discussing working together on self-driving

I guess it's sorta like how "architect" has become a verb.

jayesson I wrote a negative Yelp review and it made my life a nightmare

Call your home/renter's insurance agent and ask them to add a "personal injury" rider. Increase your liability limit to $1m. You'll be insured against suits for libel/slander (assuming you aren't doing so maliciously). It'll probably cost you another $50 a year. It's a life saver. I have a friend to was sued, wrongfully, for defaming someone online and his insurance covered the entire defense.

jayesson I wrote a negative Yelp review and it made my life a nightmare

That is definitely the case. BBB is a scam.

jayesson The Supreme Court Is Stubbornly Analog By Design

> As to the website, the slow adoption of electronic filing has been driven more by the fact that it creates a duplicate set of procedures. You still need a paper system, so that e.g. prisoners can file cert petitions on paper.

True, but the Supreme Court's byzantine rules around paper sizes, font sizes, binding, and colored covers makes filing a Supreme Court case daunting. Perhaps that's by design. They could, like any other court that allows e-filing, allow standard printed copies of the filing, instead of requiring 6⅛" by 9¼" paper and binding.

jayesson WhoisGuard Privacy Protection is now free

Nothing. I've been using namesilo for years and no problems at all.

jayesson WhoisGuard Privacy Protection is now free

Same here. I've moved everything to uniregistry from namecheap. It was such a headache moving domains, I wouldn't use namecheap again... even with free whoisguard. And inexplicably some of my domains that were using whoisguard had their email contact information changed, without my knowledge, to "legal@namecheap.com" meaning that I wouldn't receive any confirmation emails. What a mess.

jayesson Buses Need Our Love More Than Ever

Transit ridership is down across the country:

https://www.nationaltransitdatabase.org/national-statistics/

I just don't see how you convince people to ride the bus vs rides haring. The bus is virtually always incredibly inconvenient and slow. It really is a last resort mode of transportation. It's no surprise that virtually all transit agencies across the country are seeing dramatic declines in bus usage since 2014.

jayesson The 20-year-old entrepreneur is a myth, according to study

I would agree with this. I've been trying to start companies since I was 12 years old and now that I'm in my late 30s, I've finally hit on a success. It took a lot of tries and failures to figure it out.

jayesson Walking While Black

You should visit Latin America. Everyone is judged by their skin tone. The darker you are, the more you are regarded as "the help." Parents are excited when their children are born with light skin. My in-laws are all Mexican and I can say that they are far more racist than any US citizen I've met.

I'm not even sure it's really "racism." But I do know that it's considered completely normal to think of others this way.

jayesson Renting is Throwing Money Away, Right? (2015)

Having been burned badly in the real estate meltdown, there is a lot more freedom in renting than buying. I'm just now getting slightly inclined to consider buying again, but it would have to be a whopping deal. I've enjoyed renting since at least 2010. I especially like the ability to call the landlord and tell them that the sink is leaking and they need to get it fixed. Or the water heater stopped working, come out and fix it... Nothing out of pocket for me.

jayesson Google has started the global roll-out of its new Chat messaging service

This just seems comical at this point. Google Voice, Google Talk, Google Allo.... I thought they all were supposed to be SMS "replacements."

jayesson Silicon Valley Venture Capitalists Prepare for an I.P.O. Wave

Exactly. From personal experience, "wealth managers" are a scam. They're just below the scam scale from mortgage brokers and real estate agents.