RDP8 also supports RDP over UDP which further enhances performance in high-latency scenarios. I'm assuming that is also not factored into that claim either
edit: I just looked at your profile and the deletion/banning of a user account will remove rep too, so I suppose in that manner a mod can "reverse" voting, but it's all or nothing. They have no way to flip individual votes.
edit2: Moderators are not employees of Stack Exchange, they are volunteers elected by the community. Of course employees can change whatever they feel like. This discussion is about the moderators.
What exactly is the tax benefit to giving away almost all of your wealth? Tax loopholes reduce your taxable income, which lowers your tax liability. I don't see how you can come out ahead giving away almost everything. Can you explain what you think he is exploiting and what the benefit could be?
This is misleading. 34 new cities in 9 metro areas are being evaluated for Google Fiber. This is far different than Google planning on delivering fiber to all 34 of these cities, like the article makes it seem.
The HN crowd baffles me sometimes. It seems to move between "This person is too old. They are disconnected from today's generation," and "This person is too young. They don't have the experience to share meaningful anecdotes."
At what age would this person's comments hold water? 25? 28? 30?
This is the question. Apparently a sizeable number of teenagers and pre-teens have zero interest in FB. It's where their parents post cat pictures and make dinner plans. From what I understand, Kik, WhatsApp, and Snapchat are all what's "cool" with the under 18 crowd. This move may ensure that FB still has sufficient data to mine on this demographic in the future.
There are definite "winning" strategies - like acquiring a monopoly on "jail row" and mortgaging all other properties to build it up as soon as possible. But does altering a game so that a child doesn't have to see the optimal moves from someone else do anything positive for anyone playing the game?
Monopoly only drags on for hours if you play by silly house rules like $400 for landing on Go, money for landing on Free Parking, or not requiring an auction when passing on purchasing a property. All of these common house rules artificially extend the game by either injecting cash into the game or slowing the acquisition of property.
A vanilla game of 4 player monopoly should take no more than an hour.
The prices that were quoted in the article are promotional prices for the first year of service to a new subscriber. It increases greatly (sometimes even doubles based on the package) after that first year.
The NFL is an entity which represents the interests of the teams' owners. The commissioner is appointed by the owners. It bargains collectively against the Player's Union and handles things like national television deals, officiating, and scheduling.
The teams themselves are where almost all of the money is. Each one operates like an independent entity that has to follow rules set forth by the NFL. This is why they're called "franchises." The NFL does gross millions of dollars each year, but it's a tiny fraction compared to each individual team and the teams themselves do not enjoy the same tax status that the league itself has.
I think the problem is that asking everyone that's ever messaged you from an iOS device to modify something on their handset every time someone in their contacts switches platforms isn't a reasonable request.