One Reason the U.S. Military Can’t Fix Its Own Equipment
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Re: One Reason the U.S. Military Can’t Fix Its Own Equipment
#2In addition to right to repair, couldn’t the military contract based durability / SLA standards?
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#3What is the workaround for the New York Times paywall?
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#4What is the workaround for the New York Times paywall?
Paying for content you want to read. Good journalism isn't cheap, this is one of those things you shouldnt pirate.
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#5What is the workaround for the New York Times paywall?
reader mode in Firefox usually works for me, ymmv.
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#6What is the workaround for the New York Times paywall?
Paying for content you want to read. Good journalism isn't cheap, this is one of those things you shouldnt pirate.
If I could pay somehow on a per-article basis, for the articles I stumbled upon - I would. I don’t regularly read NYT and would have no use for a monthly subscription as HN is the only place I see (unfortunately) regularly posting from NYT.
What we need is some kind of universal pass for articles that you pay a monthly fee for, and then as you read the articles from the sites it supports, it pays that publisher.
Additionally, the poster asked for a workaround - not to be lambasted for their choice to do so. :)
Re: One Reason the U.S. Military Can’t Fix Its Own Equipment
#7In addition to right to repair, couldn’t the military contract based durability / SLA standards?
I wish I had your optimism. They usually do have those. But when they blow then off, there's usually very little recourse the government can do.
There is usually very little in a contract language for what happens when they get blown off, so the person with the broken Humvee (as an example) has to contact the appropriate government entity (contracting officer) to contact the company rep. So the company gets a slap on the hand. The government can threaten to end the contract, but that is a nuclear option.
The biggest (realistic) stick the government can have is to threaten to not renew a contract, but when you talk about a Humvee (to continue the example), that sadly is totally unrealistic. So the contractor knows they have a monopoly and have no incentive to work harder.
I'll tell you a story on a very large program I was on. We did developmental testing for a very large platform (Billions of dollars). We had a prime (Company A) who gave specifications for a form factor to Company B. For months, we told Company A that the Line Replaceable unit (LRU) that goes into the platform would not fit, and it took us eight months for Company A to admit there was even a problem. We only got them to admit there was a problem because we literally had a general officer come out to the test site and try to fit in the LRU himself.
What ended up being the issue? Company A gave the wrong size specifications to Company B. Guess what happened? The government had to pay to retrofit the design so the LRU would fit. We simply had no stick to make them pay for their mistake. The company said if they had to pay for it, they wouldn't have enough money for the rest of testing. And also guess what? no one in the government wants to be in charge of a failed program.
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#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
Paying for content you want to read. Good journalism isn't cheap, this is one of those things you shouldnt pirate.
If I could pay somehow on a per-article basis, for the articles I stumbled upon - I would. I don’t regularly read NYT and would have no use for a monthly subscription as HN is the only place I see (unfortunately) regularly posting from NYT. What we need is some kind of universal pass for articles that you pay a monthly fee for, and then as you read the articles from the sites it supports, it pays that publisher. Addi…
Sounds like Brave's BAT!
Re: One Reason the U.S. Military Can’t Fix Its Own Equipment
#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
Paying for content you want to read. Good journalism isn't cheap, this is one of those things you shouldnt pirate.
If I could pay somehow on a per-article basis, for the articles I stumbled upon - I would. I don’t regularly read NYT and would have no use for a monthly subscription as HN is the only place I see (unfortunately) regularly posting from NYT. What we need is some kind of universal pass for articles that you pay a monthly fee for, and then as you read the articles from the sites it supports, it pays that publisher. Addi…
Brave Browser is an attempt at something similar.
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#10What is the workaround for the New York Times paywall?
Paying for content you want to read. Good journalism isn't cheap, this is one of those things you shouldnt pirate.
I do but I have no idea if this is good journalism. I've been disappointed by the New York Times before, but that's irrelevant. According to the FAQ, you're not supposed to post articles behind a paywall which doesn't have a workaround; I'm just wondering what the workaround is. I see you can create an account but I don't know if that really counts.