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Comment #17328468
Ah, it makes sense to do so but I'd imagine this practice would affect consumer confidence in Sold by Amazon options given time.
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Comment #17328310
I've wondered if Amazon co-locates its own stock with that of Fulfillment By Amazon stock which would mean you could end up with anything as long as it looks similar and has the sa…
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Comment #16823653
I agree, something more like Volvo's "Pilot Assist" makes sense to me.
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Comment #12731097
It may not be possible but you could ask if a small part of the office (in the corner or more secluded) could be earmarked as a concentration "zone". It's not for people to sit the…
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I've changed careers and am no longer programming (a bit of VBScript now and again doesn't count does it?!). My new career involves a few years of training and I need to learn, mem…
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Comment #12415475
Is there any reason why I should have any sympathy? From my basic understanding, these companies engineer their structures and finances in weird and wonderful ways to reduce their …
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Comment #12388904
Yes, the way I imagine most people will take this story is that Apple avoided taxes but really Ireland allowed them to contrive a tax structure that resulted in a lower tax bill. A…
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Comment #12388782
No fine for Apple. Apple can almost look entirely innocent on this, they asked Ireland to look at how they've structured their tax affairs knowing full well what impact this would …
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Comment #12388713
The money paid will go to Ireland. Ireland allowed Apple to structure its tax affairs in a way that reduced their tax bill which is a great incentive to maintain a presence there. …
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Comment #11144370
It's worrying how much mileage "think of the children" and counter-terrorism gets.
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Comment #10643465
I am not a battery or electronics expert but my understanding is that it is not ideal to simultaneously charge and discharge a LiPO battery, so most don't support passthrough. I us…
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Comment #9508943
I'm sorry if I'm misunderstanding but I don't think they charge to export your data any longer. I remember they did (I refused to pay) but I recently purchased a Charge HR and foun…
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Comment #8809730
I've no doubt this methodology can be effective but it's supremely irritating. Any company that uses methods like this immediately put me off.
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Comment #6684589
One of my sites was a victim of the negative SEO trick, I kept getting warnings from Google (Site violates Google's quality guidelines) that there were links to my site that violat…
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Comment #6454169
Not a bad idea actually but even at that, there are plenty of video reviewers getting paid to review things and one could be none the wiser.
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Comment #6453900
I run a small review site and have to deal with issues surrounding fake reviews all the time. Every now and then someone makes a rookie mistake and it gets picked up by my system a…
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Comment #6422476
I've turned off simple passcode and made my passcode much more complicated. Now I can use Touch ID the majority of the time and only have to input the more complicated passcode eve…
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Comment #6227204
It always amazes me when Google goes down. They must do everything they can to prevent it but yet, it's still possible.
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Comment #6210391
Thanks for this, I find that amazing
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Comment #6208925
Just out of interest, does anyone know how long it took between the time the tweet was published and how long it took for an identifiable/linked rise in share price? The article do…
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Comment #5911927
Can anyone with some knowledge of the GDS explain how they seem to be doing such a good job? It just seems impossible that someone somewhere in Government got something right for a…
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Comment #5807718
My knowledge goes as far as ~/.bash_history, how do you find out what they got up to?