Is there a judiciary that determines whether the mob was within their rights to light your restaurant on fire, and can stop the mob from lighting the restaurant on fire?
Even if you think the FCC is just an extension of trump(fair) at this moment, their rulings aren't the final word. They still need to follow the law. If the FCC improperly attempts to withhold a license from the affiliate, the affiliate can sue and let federal judges, who are not an extension of trump, decide on the matter.
Why is it a given that "managerial incompetence" is what caused the demise of The Messenger? Maybe the vision was just wrong. Maybe the journos never produced any compelling content.
And when the author writes things like
> The idea that the affluent out of touch gentleman behind The Hill — itself a longstanding purveyor of clickbait and timid “both sides” journalism — was going to single-handedly change modern reporting was always laughable.
Then why should I feel sorry for the staffers that took the job, who now need to find another job?
And, finally, while I'm sure Finkelstein will be okay financially, I have a hard time seeing how him burning $50M of his stash as "failing upwards". What opportunities are now available to Finkelstein since The Messenger died, that weren't there before?
I saved/earned Amazon $25M/yr also back in 2012. Because the project that was supposed to compute price matching/most-favored-nation status for vendors was never actually implemented. Despite it being in the standard contract for vendors for years, no one ever noticed that we never adjusted prices based on it. My own initiative noticing the problem, my own design and implementation, as a L3(or whatever the fresh grad role level is), and I got zip for it. Big part of my reason for leaving the company. I didn't expect people to fall to their knees and worship me, but it seemed like a project that should be a big part of a promotion, but I was passed over multiple times.
Alex Cazes had bad op-sec. His #2, DeSnake, didn't, and is still alive and well and has restarted his marketplace and gives anonymous interviews to media outlets:
You can do a buyout after 3 years for $99. So the maximum cost someone might need to pay is $(400+36*12+99) = $931, or $131 over the outright purchase option.
Is there any safety equipment that leaves the manufacturer legally liable if the end user doesn't set up and activate the equipment properly? Is Honda responsible if my seatbelt doesn't work, because I didn't put it on?
It's not like this airbag is a passive, always-ready device. You can't even just put it on and expect it to work. You need to actually turn it on too, and have the batteries charged. And if you turn it on and it says "NOT ACTIVE" or something like that, would anyone believe that the airbag was going to work?
The service is that they get an $800 vest for $400 + $12/mo. Providing a subsidized device when the full retail prices may otherwise dissuade non-frequent motorists doesn't seem evil to me. Some people only ride a 2-3 months a year with ideal weather. So providing this service lets them use the device for 10+ years before they finally catch up with the cost of buying it outright at year 0.
Agreed. Also, don't cite BBC because it is fake news straight from Buckingham. Also, don't quote WSJ or NYT because it is fake news straight from the 1%. And don't quote CNN, MSNBC, or Fox News because they are all just fake news buzzfeed wannabes.
Modern devices are actually pretty close(within a factor of 10) to the theoretical energy requirements for producing light.
Computation, on the other hand, is still no where near the theoretical limit[1]. We literally use more than 10,000,000x the theoretical limit to erase a bit of data.