If it doesn't turn out to be vaporware.

Just like people fully vaccinated against the measles don't need to wear a mask.

Nice that they are stating the obvious now that they aren't being asked to undermine the executive branch.

There is apparently an enormous growth rate in Uhaul rentals as citizens flee the state. Explosive growth. Heh, sure.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/0...

All you need to know about the leadership of Twitter.

They may not contribute code themselves, but a lot of companies WILL pay for a commercial distribution so that they'll get technical support for their operating system of choice. If they pay a firm like Redhat or Canonical for support, they are indirectly contributing code to the ecosystem that helps improve the code.

Best,

And restricting travel from countries with explosive growth of the disease was xenophobic and racist. Amazing how that script has flipped now.

shrug

With epic losses. Leave it to Verizon to purchase at the peak and sell after the fire.

So that paid speaking engagement from a new linkedin profile with the glam shot of a woman from a stock photo site isn't genuine? She said we'd be soulmates and that I would really enjoy living in Shenyang.

Sigh.

Why all the hand wringing? Launching large payloads and people into orbit has ceased to be limited to the "superpowers". If Russia drops out, are there not others who are willing to fill the void?

Best,

The label siphon is always there. And now you've got another tier of companies doing the streaming on top and they are trying to wet their beaks. The labels certainly aren't going to reduce their cut. So it's not surprising at all that the end result is smaller slice of the pie for the folks that actually create the content.

Startups that have come along to democratize this situation haven't done very well as the industry has dug in their heels and is disinclined to see their business model change any faster than it already is.

Clearly much more dangerous than driving around with 50-60 liters of highly flammable and explosive liquid and a cherry hot source of ignition nearby.

There are millions of Tesla vehicles on the road and a vanishingly small number of deaths attributable to the car.

When some knucklehead wins a Darwin award by doing something stupid in a GM/Volkswagen/Toyota/etc, you don't see anyone blaming the car, but somehow Tesla is held to a completely different standard.

Also, you cannot use autopilot if you don't have a hand on the steering wheel. If it doesn't detect some resistance you'll get nagged after about 30 seconds. After a few nags, it will pull over by itself. The myth of Teslas driving down the road while the driver is asleep are fiction.

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Exactly. It's about control, not about protecting average Chinese citizens.

1. I have no idea what you're talking about with unregulated phone apps. Red herring.
2. You have no raving idea what you're talking about. I have lived and worked in China and know the regulations well (to the extent that even matters because due to corruption, they are enforced when convenient along with unpublished regulations to stymie foreign companies when convenient).

Keep steppin.

Hahahahahaha!

You clearly don't know anything about the Chinese financial system. There is nothing even remotely approximating the guard rails in first world countries when it comes to derailing "financial shenanigans." Their accounting and audit certifications are a complete joke, corruption is rampant, and the stock market bears more resemblance to a casino than an actual market place because the underlying financial data is THAT bad and the level of insider trading and corruption is off the charts compared to the developed world.