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Authors get around 10% of the cover price of a book as royalties, it depends on several factors. The rest goes to the publisher. So some do lose money, but the break even for the publisher is usually well before the advance is fully covered by royalties.

Well the publisher also pays for the book to be bound, edited, overhead for their staff, cover art. Many books don't sell for the full retail price and are discounted. So net of all of this a 10% profit margin is common, they aren't keeping 90% of the book sales.

Factory reset it then never connect to the internet. Use another device you can control for streaming

A license doesn’t have to be for an indefinite time period. It can be irrevocable

Sometimes I will check out https://www.sacramentopunkshows.com/?m=0

A surprising number of bands aren’t on Spotify or any streaming sites. Or they will be on YouTube with under 100 views

If you don’t “punish” slacking off your institution falls behind even if there is no sabotage

Usually you just hear about people suing the company, they are easier to collect from. Often they have insurance that will pay out a claim that is faster to pursue than a lawsuit. And if the damages are really large a single employee could go bankrupt. Also because the company is vicariously liable for the actions of their employees in the scope of their duties.

But anyone that personally causes damage through negligence or intentional acts can be sued personally as well. If the employer is bankrupt the employees involved would be the only ones pursued. And these damages are relatively small individually, bankruptcy is not an issue.

Also there are some exceptions to the limited liability for company owners or directors like for illegal activity and fraud.

Something like this exists with PPA solar leases, and with home batteries.

But it’s usually a bad deal for the homeowner compared to a more conventional lease or purchase with a fixed rate. The incentives don’t match up, there is also the issue of the lease buyout if the home is sold.

US law has criminal penalties for paying a ransom to a designated criminal terrorist organization or under treasury sanctions.

This is changing. Most states have “permanent” properly calibrated breathalyzer at every dui checkpoint now. And in an increasing number of regular vehicles

And then the next question, how does this affect consumer spending, what percent of purchases get the 3d secure message and change their mind instead of confirming the purchase?

How much is lost to fraud that would be prevented by 3d secure, 0.1%?

How does that work with using a camera to take photos?

Amazon isn’t doing this to benefit customers. A seller/store with an item priced at $100 and selling at a discount on their own site would be pushed off the buy box and customers could see the item for sale for $120 from another seller.

For an advanced course that is how the economics works out. They are expensive to produce and have limited demand, and typically only for a few years until they are replaced.

You can simulate bad wifi with the throttling option on the network tab of your browser's developer tools

Many monitor arms on gas struts have extended range and this is no problem. Ergotron was one of the first

The guides mention govdeals. But I don't see them, for instance the UC davis bike auctions are not included.

If you profit at sports betting they limit your bet size severely

This perspective makes the statistic even more impressive. Every day driving they interact with probably thousands of people who are impaired in some way and manage to drive safely far more often

Dr Horton is the largest builder in the US. In q3 2025 they had a 21.8% gross margin.

I thought it worked the other way, you can have multiple accounts with the same username as long as they have different passwords

Copyright doesn’t depend on the “sweat of the brow”. See Feist v Rural Telephone co 1991

Also copyright can protect something normally not eligible when the author chooses what information to include and exclude

Buy for me bots results in more returns, cancellations, item not as described and other problems ebay and sellers have to deal with

If you had the same goal ~25 years ago what would you have done? Are those top options still around or bankrupt, have their prices and services changed dramatically?

I see more vape litter on the beach than bottles and cans. The deposit is part of why that is

Most businesses would not double their use if the cost dropped by half. There are other bottlenecks, not price elastic

If they were twice as efficient, you would only need to run half as many and spend less.

What country does Anna’s archive operate in?

They basically did that though for basic usage. Not activating windows only stops you from changing the background and removes the watermark for activation.

The 6000 sq ft home in Omaha. The $10m+ home in Laguna Beach. Plus purchasing the home next door as overflow