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Of course not.

https://www.businessinsider.com/esop-essilor-employee-shareh...

I never said there shouldn't be competition. The parent asked where money goes...

How can you say that? Luxottica employs 85,000 people. Do those people obtain no benefit from employment?

Employing people at each step in the eyewear industry. Plus, employing people at companies who support the eyewear industry. Plus, employing people at companies that support the companies that support the eyewear industry...etc. etc.

Maybe factor in guaranteed lifetime incomes in many states before complaining about "low salaries":

"The average annual pension for a retired Illinois teacher in fiscal year 2017 was $54,180"

https://www.trsil.org/news-and-events/pension-issues/teacher...

Seems like population has grown significantly more than carbon since 1960? https://ourworldindata.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/update...

My understanding is the brain slams against the inside of the skull due to stopping fast. Wouldn't a crumple zone (again for lack of better term) allow for a slower transition and thus less rattling around in the skull?

Honest question - football helmets have not changed that much in what, 25 years? Are there any efforts underway to use technology to improve the protection provided by helmets? What about a softer layer outside the hard plastic. What about crumple zones for lack of a better term - that means helmets are designed to absorb one large hit, then be replaced. I am sure there are studies underway, but seems like an area ripe for "disruption"...

This guy knew how to do solitude:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Proenneke

Tangentially in the business. Two recent stories told to me:

1) Saw at Manheim Auto Auction (one of the largest) 300 Nissan Leafs run through the auction line in one afternoon ahead of some of our cars. Drop in "value" of leafs went down 10%+ in one day. All were recently off lease. 2) For similar reason, Santander is holding 4000+ cars on auction lots "waiting for pricing to stabilize". Reality is, when they run those cars through the auction, they will have to book the full losses. Say they anticipated 20% repossession rate and that they would get 80% on the dollar when auctioned on those losses. When they run them through now and get 50% on the dollar, their securitization pools will be creamed.

Alternative viewpoint:

https://www.consumerfinancemonitor.com/2017/08/22/director-c...

Some Wolf=good. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xk8n-I53Ib8

Awesome video of stevewepay using his iPhone the last few days: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08xQLGWTSag

I get why people here are jazzed about government offering the service (yeah! government cures all ills!). Let me offer another look.

Small town in GA does the same. Cable is offered through CNS. Here is the About CNS:

In 1995, the City of Thomasville began building a fiber optic network to serve local schools, libraries, businesses and hospitals with telecommunications and Internet services. After seeing success in this limited offering, it was identified that the community at large would be able to benefit from access to high-speed Internet. So, in 1998, in order to better serve the community, the City of Thomasville began construction of a new high-speed, fiber-optic network and in 1999, CNS, or Community Network Services, was created. In 1997, the Cities of Cairo, Camilla, Moultrie and Thomasville joined forces in order to better serve the citizens of each community. This multi-city partnership, titled the South Georgia Governmental Services Authority (SGGSA), enabled CNS to further expand its services to communities that were in need of high-speed Internet, television and telecommunications services, and, in 2001, these services were provided to all SGGSA cities. The best part about CNS is that it is funded locally, by the cities which it serves. This means if you are a CNS customer, you are investing in your own communities, not a corporation headquartered across the country.

The problem is, we are stuck with dated hardware and software and NO competition from Comcast/AT&T, etc. I wish I could show screenshots of the cable TV on demand interface - it looks like DOS. The cable box itself is the size of those old school VCRs that took up the entire cabinet. The internet has reported speeds up to 35 MBS, but the service is totally unreliable. Tons of dropped packets, etc. I have never seen past about 20 MBS even though we pay for 35 ($59/month).

The big cable companies won't enter the market because CNS has the monopoly and CNS isn't motivated to keep up to date because there is no competition and because it probably doesn't have the money to truly invest. Mediacom does offer service in the area, but reported 3-4 weeks before they could install and reviews of the service are terrible too.

I guess the point is, any monopoly sucks, whether a government run one or a corporate run one.

I already knew legos were strong without this research.

For instance, I know for a fact from legos left on the floor by kids that one lego can hold my entire weight (240 pounds) when I step on it in the middle of the night walking to the bathroom with no signs of damage to said lego.

Further, I know that one lego can by itself topple a fully grown man.

Had the exact same experience with Clear.com (which I think has since been acquired) a few years back:

http://www.bird-dog.co/blog/2012/11/05/clear-com-makes-it-im...

Not what the research actually shows: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/06/09/h...

Google Voice also (at least the web interface)

Once again, if people are worried about NSA capturing cell phone meta-data, please, go check out what the CFPB is doing with credit card data. We are talking every transaction from millions of Americans.

http://www.usnews.com/opinion/economic-intelligence/2014/02/...

And, not that "well, everyone is doing it" makes it right, etc. etc., but to think that only the US is spying on these communications is a bit naive.

Here are quite a few examples...

http://twitchy.com/2012/11/06/death-threats-against-mitt-rom...

I was not concerned with fraking until I read:

"the heavy trucking required for fracking inflicts major damage on roads"

Not exactly the case - documented the struggles for canceling Clear at: http://wp.me/p1CQDI-3i

It is for this reason (amongst others) that companies like Warren Buffet's Berkshire Hathaway and Google do not give guidance.

Been wondering the same. I am stuck on godaddy for several of our company's sites and they are driving me nuts for both operational and political reasons!

Maybe we should tax the top 1% of game devs to support all other game devs.