Their ambitious plan is to protect their desktop monopoly. Microsoft had planned on making gaming a major part of their revenue. However, they messed up so bad that it created the first true threat to the Windows monopoly on decades.

If the SteamOS tech stack can get consumers off Windows, then it makes it that much easier to threaten the Office monopoly as well.

There is a concept in economics called price elasticity, which is how the market adjusts to changes in supply and demand. If there are more alternatives for the product or the product is a luxury, the price is usually considered “elastic” as people will stop using the good over paying more for it.

Oil is price inelastic. For a lot of equipment, there isn’t an immediate substitute for oil and people need oil to do a lot of important economic activities. So, if there is a reduction in supply, a lot of people will pay more money to make sure they get their oil, which drives up prices far more than the lack of supply would normally suggest.

That being said, goods are usually more price elastic in the long run. For instance, people might choose an electric car right now over a gas powered car because electric cars now are a lot cheaper in comparison for total use costs.

It depends if the cameras have enough image definition and are tied to an AI database.

Extrapolating from American technology, it is likely years away from China being able to implement this on a national scale. Even if they did, it would likely roll out starting in government buildings and transit stations first.

I doubt that a system is set up like that in China, but I could see that kind of system being built in the near future.

Yeah. A lot of state universities have programs where inmates can get degrees from behind bars. If you’re there long enough, you can probably get a law degree starting from an associates degree.

What a lot of those movies leave out is that they are attending an accredited law program to get their J.D. degree. It doesn’t have to be a good law school, just one that meets the education requirements.

Go to law school, get a degree, pass the bar exam.

Law school is going to be a lot faster than reading law.

The Land Before Time

The Oneders?

As long as you leave them alone if they don’t want to talk, great!

But while OP may not have use of the data now, they might have a use for it in the future.

A few reasons.

First, the alcohol industry has been a lot more sensitive to being perceived as selling to kids than the tobacco industry was. Because of it, there was never the push to ban advertising and conduct a mass media effort to control teen drinking as there was teen smoking.

Second, people still remember prohibition in the USA and how it was a failure. So, you’ve got a lot of people worried about a slippery slope in comparison to tobacco.

Third, the alcohol industry is far better at lobbying around specific items that would actually prevent consumption. For instance, alcoholic beverages don’t need to show nutritional information. It will bend in a way that keeps access open.

The law is different in different parts of the world. In some parts of the world, alcohol can only be purchased in specialty stores. In other parts, it can be bought effectively anywhere.

In line with OP’s question, CVS made a big deal about banning the sale of tobacco in all its pharmacies a decade ago, saying it could not sell tobacco products and be a health care provider at the same time. However, in some states, a CVS will have rows of alcohol for sale because it is legal to sell there.

Twitter but with an email address.

The US isn’t going to get that trust back that it had before.

There are also going to be issues with how bleeding edge AI gets sold. If the AI that can detect security exploits is real, the AI owner isn’t going to sell open access to that model.

I suspect that, if the AI is really that good for certain tasks, it won’t get sold on a token model but something more akin to human work.

The Suez Crisis was the last major diplomatic action that the USA took against Israel, with the USA using its ownership of British and French debt to keep the Suez Canal Egyptian. After that, Israel invested a lot help shape the perception of Israel to Americans and invested in several pro-Israeli candidates in both parties through AIPAC and other means. It worked well.

What would you do if he wasn’t your dad? What if it was another employee that made a mistake like this?

Even though he is your dad, he is also your employee in this case. If your relationship with him is healthy, this should be something you two can work through in both family and in business.

Have you tried various sources of water? I can usually taste the difference between various bottled waters, let alone tap water from different places. Maybe you don’t like the local tap water.

Old money isn’t about money, but class.

He was an improvement on Yeltsin and he was popular. However, his grasp on power beyond term limits have been a net negative on the country.