Hey @Uber how would you recommend registering my teen for an account when her phone number is in your system on a driver account? Your ai customer service can’t seem to figure it out.
Hong Kong engineer built a mosquito defense system that uses LiDAR and lasers to vaporize 30 mosquitoes per second.
Better tech than half the air defense systems in the Middle East right now.
@TomMarsLaw Isn’t Deloitte’s role to evaluate FMV of 3rd party nil deals to make sure they are legit nil and not pay for play? I think the school can pay whatever they want subject to the $20.5M cap.
If we want to end knockoffs , we should require any products from china (to start), to:
1. Register as an importer of products and post a minimum of 25k bond against potential future infringements that scales as potential sales increase
2. Have to register and display any product they want to sell online, on a .gov website (similar to patents ) for 90 days. Allowing IP holders to review for infringement
3. Pay 5k per product to cover cost of the above
4. If challenged, like the DMCA, prove they are not infringing. The onus is on them. Not the American company, which today bears all the risk and cost burden to prove a knock off should be deleted from Amazon or wherever
5. Automate the system, so once approved a number is assigned to the product (like patents )
6. Fine any retailer who sells an imported product a lot of money.
7. Consider making the 5k per product fee, and annual fee
8. If the product wasn’t going to sell enough to cover these fees and overhead, it was only there to rip off sales from American Companies
This is how you get China to pay. And how you at least start to protect American companies, from being knocked off.
The most impactful quote on God I’ve ever read:
(Also apparently Einstein and Spinoza were Sikh!?)
When Einstein gave lectures at U.S. universities, the question students asked him most was: Do you believe in God? And he always answered:
I believe in the God of Spinoza.
Baruch de Spinoza was a Dutch philosopher considered one of the great rationalists of 17th century philosophy, along with Descartes.
According to Spinoza, God would say:
“Stop praying. I want you to go out into the world and enjoy your life. I want you to sing, have fun and enjoy everything I've made for you."
“Stop going into those dark, cold temples that you built yourself and saying they are my house. My house is in the mountains, in the woods, rivers, lakes, beaches. That's where I live and there I express my love for you. "
“Stop blaming me for your miserable life; I never told you there was anything wrong with you or that you were a sinner, or that your sexuality was a bad thing. Sex is a gift I have given you and with which you can express your love, your ecstasy, your joy. So don't blame me for everything that others made you believe."
“Stop reading alleged sacred scriptures that have nothing to do with me. If you can't read me in a sunrise, in a landscape, in the look of your friends, in your son's eyes—you will find me in no book!
“Stop asking me, ‘Will you tell me how to do my job?’ Stop being so scared of me. I do not judge you or criticize you, nor get angry or bothered. I am pure love."
“Stop asking for forgiveness, there's nothing to forgive. If I made you, I filled you with passions, limitations, pleasures, feelings, needs, inconsistencies, and best of all, free will. Why would I blame you if you respond to something I put in you? How could I punish you for being the way you are, if I'm the one who made you? Do you think I could create a place to burn all my children who behave badly for the rest of eternity? What kind of god would do that?"
“Respect your peers, and don't give what you don't want for yourself. All I ask is that you pay attention in your life—alertness is your guide."
“My beloved, this life is not a test, not a step on the way, not a rehearsal, not a prelude to paradise. This life is the only thing here and now—and it is all you need."
“I have set you absolutely free, no prizes or punishments, no sins or virtues, no one carries a marker, no one keeps a record. You are absolutely free to create in your life. It’s you who creates heaven or hell."
“Live as if there is nothing beyond this life, as if this is your only chance to enjoy, to love, to exist. Then you will have enjoyed the opportunity I gave you. And if there is an afterlife, rest assured that I won't ask if you behaved right or wrong, I'll ask, ‘Did you like it? Did you have fun? What did you enjoy the most? What did you learn?’
“Stop believing in me; believing is assuming, guessing, imagining. I don't want you to believe in me, I want you to believe in you. I want you to feel me in you when you kiss your beloved, when you tuck in your little girl, when you caress your dog, when you bathe in the sea."
“Stop praising me. What kind of egomaniac God do you think I am? I'm bored with being praised. I'm tired of being thanked. Feeling grateful? Prove it by taking care of yourself, your health, your relationships, the world. Express your joy! That's the way to praise me."
“Stop complicating things and repeating as a parrot what you've been taught about me. Why do you need more miracles? So many explanations?"
“The only thing for sure is that you are here, that you are alive, that this world is full of wonders.”
@Delta need help. Your gate agent did not return the passport of our under 18 exchange student upon arrival. Can’t get a straight answer on where it went. Need to talk to an actual person that can help.
With talk of revenue sharing by conferences, colleges, athletes and players associations, there's a critical missing piece: a union. Without it, any "sharing" would be subject to antitrust litigation.
In a new article, I dive into the key legal issues: https://t.co/zQqZcLLvwt.