It does make sense. The antecedents of World War I can be traced back to the demise of Charlemagne and how he chose to split his empire among his three sons. Obviously there are many proximate causes that contributed to the outbreak of the war, the fundamental instability of the French German relationship is a huge contributor. The Franco Prussian War crowned what was essentially the anti-Christ to the French in their own capital and united France and Russia in containing a unified Germany's expansion
It's easy to blame the people who can't afford to pay their bills but it misses the point.
First, someone who misses their car payment shouldn't find themselves in physical danger. Having your car shut down while it is running is incredibly dangerous and unjustified.
Second, most of these people are being preyed on by lenders who know they cannot pay the loan on their car. The business model is no longer helping someone find a vehicle, but rather renting them a vehicle in the short term and expecting them to default so you can sell the same car over and over again.
It's much easier and more comforting to blame the victims of this fraudulent business model than it is to examine and fix the underlying issue with predatory loans in this country.
I'd encourage people to read the article rather than focusing on the headline. The author makes a lot of way more interesting points than the title would indicate.
I tend to agree with the article -- Slack is going to get squeezed by Microsoft or Google because companies are already paying them for business services
I too used to be in ad tech and I agree. It's a race to the bottom with no real upside. The business model is often broken with ad tech companies. Rather than sacrificing profits for long-term growth, they're essentially selling a dollar for 99 cents. It can never be profitable.
They are definitely not doing that. The sheer amount of profitable arbitrage proves that point. Ad networks remain one of the best business models around, this is what Facebook is. The main problem is that there are no real barriers to entry or oversight which leads to thousands of poorly run, unscrupulous, spam/malware infested networks which make an outsized impact on both the market and consumers.
First of all, the US didn't win the Second World War -- a coalition of the US, Britain, France, China, and, especially, Russia did.
Secondly, the US's biggest contribution to the war was manufacturing capacity. Period. Sure, some of the things built in America were designed elsewhere, but the US could outproduce everyone by an order of magnitude thanks to abundant natural resources, a large population, and a heavily industrialized manufacturing base. Not being bombed isn't really a factor in that equation.
Also, America produced its share of extraordinary weapons during (and before) the war -- the Thompson submachine gun, the Jeep, the 50 cal machine gun. American submarines were first rate along with aircraft like the P-51. American trucks were the backbone of both the Western and Eastern Allied supply lines.
It's pretty disengenuous to summarize Americas contribution to the war as you have above
Yeah I've tried a lot of these and every time I find that I'm not actually doing anything productive, but just linking pieces of text together. They seem like the ultimate busywork tools.
Why do you genuinely believe the Rift is DOA? They is, objectively, a huge amount of hype around it today.
When we're talking ethics, why is Facebook more objectionable than HTC or Samsung or Microsoft? They all have awfully checkered pasts.
Finally how is Facebook's ambition with the oculus on PCs any surgery than valves or Microsofts or anyone elses? It seems to me that everyone is out to own the digital experience and rightfully so
