ForgotAboutDre

Largely because they’ve spent two decades trying to police Afghanistan.

I would rather use a stone and chisel than pay for ms office.

That’s only practical if you can make fuel on the moon. Which requires establishing a factory on the moon. That may be cost effective in the long term, but there is a high chance we only go to Mars two or three times in the next 50 years.

It does track if you realise the category of phone does not have much demand. Foldables are a novelty that many people will be discouraged from buying due to issues (perceived and real).

It’s a waste of money to improve these phones if the market isn’t there. It’s much better to focus on the markets you have a reasonable chance of growing sales in.

I imagine all smart phone categories are fairly stagnant now. Phones have been more than good enough for many years now that replacing them is more about replacing worn out unsupported hardware rather than getting better performance and features.

This is a good thing. His motivation may be more sinister. It could create a situation where non medical treatments can be advertised without restriction and genuine medicines can’t. It needs to be applied to all treatments, even unregulated ones.

The player does have a large effect on both those things. A player that supports the codec will not need server hw accept and hdr conversion as it will direct stream. A big issues is these codecs can cost money. So if the player doesn’t come with it the player needs to pay for it, something plex may be doing for those that purchased their subscription.

Linoleum isn’t plastic, you may be thinking of vinyl flooring which looks similar. Vinyl is cheaper and newer while appearing very similar to linoleum.

Scottish water is owned by the Scottish Goverment. It provides additional funding to the Scottish Goverment, unlike the water companies in England that require subsidies. It does this while providing the highest quality water in the UK, at the cheapest price and with challenging geography. The Scottish Goverment aren’t doing anything special, they just understand monopoly services can be provided efficiently by the government. It’s complete feasible for the rest of the UK to do this.

Privatisation is not and has never been about efficiency. It’s about extracting the common wealth of the nation. Highly efficient business vertically integrate. Like Starbucks makes their own cups and this allows them to operate at a higher profit margin. Apple designs their own packaging, processor’s and software as this allows them to operate at a higher profit margin. The same would be true for governments.

The problem is we elect people that don’t believe Goverment can be run effectively and efficiently. We shouldn’t be suprised when these politicians don’t run the Goverment effectively and efficiently.

Yeah, the three percent rise likely would have happened either way. The prices are what the economy will tolerate not the cost of business. If the cost of business exceeds the price the economy will tolerate the business folds. This should make the businesses that are left over more efficient. The most efficient countries (highest GDP) tend to have higher wages.

I don’t think you know how it works. AirDrop isn’t the same as Bluetooth or local network sharing. Its significantly more complex and requires access to both parties location and contacts.

The same price must be charged for products purchased with credit card or cash. Otherwise the card provider will withdraw their service from the retailer. So the credit card margin is added to every price.

It’s normal for these types of agencies to make their own judgments, they shouldn’t assume the FDA knows better. Population and genetic differences shouldn’t matter and won’t be a factor.