… How did I not know this is part of the -arr suite …

Thank you.

Halal is more than just how an animal is treated/slaughtered. That’s a big part of it, but there’s ethics beyond food. And of course there’s interpretation so we’ll see variations in meaning from different cultures and people.

My sister in law has a rough time asking for things for herself. She loves her dog. I got her a few dog things; toys, treats, and each one accompanied by a super cheesy dog pun.

Also a Storygraph user. And I’ll add in praise for their migration tool that carried over my Goodreads data so I didn’t lose my history nor my to-read list.

If we’re going to call those R&D (which I have a difficult time calling marketing that but fine for sake of moving discussion further), we loop back to cause of bankruptcy. If a restaurant goes bankrupt from sinking too much $ into developing new recipes, or an insurance company on too much marketing, that’s not a cost of R&D problem, that’s a mismanagement problem.

So to OPs question of how to make R&D affordable, the answer is to not make stupid investments in excessive R&D that is poorly understood for how likely it is to return the investment. Study the market, identify and mitigate the risks, manage a budget, don’t get caught up in the VC tech bubble mindset of “innovate or die” because that is a catchphrase and not an actual business management technique.

Are we getting off track? I think so. My initial point to OP was 1) I don’t believe most bankruptcies are caused by R&D investments. And if I’m wrong on that point and it really is as OP says 2) some really stupid business people need to learn not to take so many big risks that they can’t survive when the risks materialize.

What do you mean by “companies”? Tech companies? There’s way more than that. Restaurants, insurance, real estate, farming, radio stations, schools, book publishing, auto parts dealer, grocery stores, nursing and medical home care, and on and on. What are they R&Ding that would drive them to bankruptcy?

I get the sense OP meant tech companies but didn’t say that. That drastically changes their argument/question. It’s still quite the claim. Massive amounts of R&D $ is fine so long as there’s a way to get it back.

A big mismatch in R&D$ in and profit out is a problem that could lead to bankruptcy. But the $ spent on R&D isn’t the root cause, the next “why” is the poor financial management and poor market research that led the company to make bad R&D investments.

I would still say citation is needed. Of course if a company’s R&D costs balloon large enough they will topple a company. Is that really what’s happening in bankruptcies “most of the time”?

On its face that looks like an impossible claim because of the number of bankrupted companies that don’t even have R&D.

Many reasons. Searching for opinions and perspectives like you seem to be here. Searching for information and recommendations to resources. Sharing interesting things with friends and family.

most of the time companies go bankrupt because development is expensive

Any research or sources to back such a claim before continuing on to the question? Cursory websearching about top causes of bankruptcy and R&D costs doesn’t come up.

Is the science fair looking for DIY projects or experiments? If experiments, as I suspect most science fairs are, what is the experiment? What is the hypothesis?

Next, let me tell you a little story about my buddy taking his Significant Other on a camping trip. He was experienced and all about it, SO grew up in a city with no yard and thinks the outdoors is unnecessary. Cue a backcountry trip with rain, raccoons getting into the food, colder temps than expected, and SO will now never give Buddy’s favorite hobby another shot. It is ruined for SO forever. If you are trying to get a young person interested in STEM stuff, don’t be like Buddy. Introduce them via a light-duty, fun, heavily vetted project you know you can be successful at. Doubly so when there is a deadline for success imposed by the science fair.

There are companies online that sell Line Follower Robot kits. If building a LF robot meets the intent of the science fair, consider one of those kits instead of attempting to design it from scratch.

1. kiddo is introduced to age-appropriate skills and concepts

2. everybody knows an adult helped her, she’s getting no boost from a complex self-invented thing that she obviously didn’t do herself

Forgive him? I don’t watch his content now and I never would. My forgiveness would be irrelevant to him, and a waste of my emotional energy for no gain.

The opposite of love isn’t hate, it’s apathy, blah de blah catchphrase. I am apathetic about Walsh.

I’ve already passed my certification tests. No more practice for me!

When assessing whether consent is freely given, utmost account shall be taken of whether, inter alia, the performance of a contract, including the provision of a service, is conditional on consent to the processing of personal data that is not necessary for the performance of that contract.

Are we assuming personal data includes anything uploaded to the cloud? Like the .svg files? Because that is likely not personal data, at least it’s not all personal data by default.

Personal data is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable living individual (data subject). Different pieces of information, which together can lead to the identification of a particular person, may also be considered personal data.

Source: https://commission.europa.eu/law/law-topic/data-protection/data-protection-explained_en

So I would think what details are associated with one’s account, and what sort of encryption and control of the .SVG files plays a part.

As for what you can do if you think your rights under GDPR haven’t been respected, you can boycott them or file a complaint or file a legal action.

IMO, unless you could show your data specifically was mismanaged and exposed to someone who should not have had it, I would be skeptical of the success of any lawsuit. Obligatory, not a lawyer.

Can you be more specific about what in their TOS violates GDPR? They say they’ve had a policy written to align with GDPR since 2018. And simply being cloud-based is not a non-compliance.

Kinda shitty to force use of their software, but not a GDPR non-compliance.

Fake being sick. Like vomiting, diarrhea, extreme fatigue sick. That can explain away lots of unusual behavior, plus an excuse to bow out of any commitments for a day or two.

Then research the hell out of this person online, and study their calendar/diary/whatever.

Hopefully they are wealthy along with high profile, so I can easily retire from the public eye if needed. Recent elections made me reconsider my values and how I want to spend more time with family, yada yada, who cares what the reason is so long as it sounds aspirational enough.

The US has never attacked Chinese critical infrastructure before, right?

Uh, I would not bet my money on that.

Near 0% regifted or discarded.

Family does a Secret Santa and everyone posts a wishlist. I get items from my wishlist, no issues.

My friends and I only gift things to each other like homemade food/drinks, handmade stuff, or experiences. If it’s a thing I can’t eat/drink, I thank them, let them know, and take it to work to be devoured by someone. No issues.

SO is a competent gift giver, and we mutually agreed to a <$100 spend, so it’s low stakes.

I would ask about impactful technology advancements. Telephone? Automatic transmission cars? Electrical and Internet infrastructure bringing them to every house? Ask for stories from the time she first got access to them.

I haven’t said anything out loud today. I’m the only one home and I felt like relishing it instead of leaving the house.

Has FB been cool since they got rid of signups limited by .edu email addresses?