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titoCA321

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    Comment #36479630

    Lawyers are expensive which is why most folks settle when they encounter legal issues in life and business. When you get a traffic ticket or auto accident do you hire a lawyer? Mos…

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    Comment #36320622

    We have lots of people running around with "open source" projects worried about licenses when in reality they it provides them little if any protection against anything. This is ow…

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    Comment #35205772

    Not just phone support, even places that have a physical presence or storefront are almost completely useless. Many times all the customer support representative does is update a "…

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    Comment #35178889

    In some areas if you live in apartments, folks actually knock on your door to sell you religion and vacuum cleaners. 2023 and still we have door to door sales.

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    Comment #35178872

    If you had cash, they would rob you for it, but since, it's digital payments and most people don't carry cash, it not economically or practical for fraudsters to steal cash.

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    Comment #35178855

    Even when you pay by check or ACH, it's not always reversible. It depends on the bank and where it was sent and how long ago.

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    Comment #35079396

    This type of thinking isn't new or limited to only tech folks. Almost everyday in family court there are parents who think they can just "kidnap" their children away during a custo…

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    Comment #35079365

    Find a lawyer that's willing to do that for you. Then show up to court and complete all the legal paperwork. How many do you think are going to do that? How much do you think it's …

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    Comment #35079292

    Companies don't want to support internal products with in-house resources that cost too much when they can get it cheaper from contractor or vendor or opensource.

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    Comment #35079285

    Who are you kidding? Most engineers don't know what and who they are designing and building for. Engineers sticking together? These are the same folks that fork over every microagg…

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    Comment #35079241

    Kodak had prototypes of digital cameras in the 1960's but they were afraid it would cannibalize film sales so it died in meetings. The United States Post Office had online bill pay…

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    Comment #33117196

    Some people know about Linux but aren't going to touch it and there are some that touch it but wish nothing to do with it when they aren't configuring servers. It's not necessary l…

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    Comment #33117164

    I don't understand this phenomena in the Linux community of trying to convert anyone and everyone to Linux. But then again, I'm not want to convert others to my religion, sports te…

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    Comment #33117136

    And how would these 14 survive if they are the only ones left? Do you know that there's a whole support team to support them in space? It's not just 14 people. There are hundreds o…

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    Comment #33115546

    And what's the point of it in space? Knowledge doesn't disappear when it's not on wikipedia. If humans are still around they will continue contributing to knowledge. Just because i…

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    Comment #33115519

    Not just electronics, go read the print quality of some of your paper receipts from three years ago and see if you can make heads or tails or where you purchased the item. Ever see…

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    Comment #33115478

    So many shills in the "opensource" and "freedom" Linux community. Harp all day long about how "freedom" yet cry and troll when developers don't support a Linux distro and troll all…

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    Comment #33066454

    Even before online, newspaper would "distribute" their papers to hotels and college dorms to "invisible" subscribers to increase the count of their subscriptions. And let's not eve…

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    Comment #32923927

    You're right we don't really know the real reasons why Document Foundation charged the price they did, after all they could also put the app on the Apple Store without charging as …

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    Comment #32911469

    Enough with "studies." I have multiple studies correlating that smokers survive COVID-19 hospitalization better than non-smokers. Should we adopt smoking as a health policy against…

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    Comment #32911368

    If you sell through the Apple App Store, Apple charges 30%. This is the industry standard when you sell through storefronts PlayStation, Steam, Xbox, etc. If they sell through thei…

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    Comment #32911088

    Well Document Foundation is "free" to host their own payment services and download servers deal with customers and MasterCard and Visa and American Express to avoid paying the 30%.…

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    Comment #32689167

    These plants also have armed security and other physical and electronic deterrents along with engineering personnel to respond to different crisis.

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    Comment #32674190

    Many law firms and lawyers offer pro-bono services to those that qualify. There are even lawyers and law firms that contribute to open-source organizations on legal matters regardi…

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    Comment #32604472

    Yes, lots of testing at Pearson VUE. Many State Licensing certificates and IT certification testing is conducted at Pearson Vue. Military and government agencies also do applicant …