In this country too many things that are not serious are midemeanors or felonies. We need new classifications for these crimes. 'Fellony' just doesn't convey enough information. Most crimes fall in a very narrow spectrum of offenses. Violence, Theft, Fraud, negligence. I think for violent crimes, you are up the creek, very few businesses would take a chance on that. Depending on the business, Theft, Fraud and negligence could be ignored. Of course, this is my utopian view of how it should be. In the US unfortunately, a conviction is like a permanent stamp.
In NY Metro that is a minimum of $575K if you choose to not live in a questionable neighborhood. And, property taxes would vary from $8K (CT) to $20K (Westchester or NJ).
HAHAHAHAHA, you are so sheltered....$100K barely gets you by if you wife, 2 kids, a mortgage, insane property taxes, insane state income tax, insane heating expenses. Try living in the NYC tri-state area with $100 and a family. You must be joking.
For some reason, in the US heightism is an issue. So are looks. All you need to do is watch american media (tv/movies/magazines) vs other countries' media. American personalities need to be above average in looks to be successful. Other countries' personalities, not so much,
Using your logic we just leave the uncontrolled growth of this kind of spending go on indefinitely for the good of the country. I am sorry but a gradual approach would work. The fact that our politicians are lawyers and only see black or white is the problem. They could create a graduated scale of real reductions (not reductions in the growth as they usually do ) over let's say 20 years.
I don't understand why most techie people are blatantly against software patents. Sure, we can all be against ridiculously obvious patents that should not have been granted but why is software considered different than plastic for example? I can make a better mouse trap using bits of plastic and patent my newly designed mouse trap. Computer instructions are not different than bits of plastic that when strung together produce a working product. I think truly novel computer software should be patentable otherwise we diminish the value of a whole industry of people who use a lot of brain power to come up with this software.
Some people like team sports some people like individual sports and some people do a bit of both. I prefer individual sports and surprisingly I also like single player games.
Because I know more than you do about cars. Currently to test drive a Tesla you need an appointment made way in advance. And, they have one model, really. When they turn into a full fledged automobile maker with many models they will have to switch to a dealer network.
Let a car guy clue you in. You should never buy a car in an apple-like store. Cars are not computers. You need to take the car out. More than once. Especially if it costs $70K or more. You have to be sure of your purchase as you will most likely be using this car for at least 3 years. So, yes, although the idea of an apple store for cars sounds good, how do you do that when your product line has 10+ models and you need to have samples for test drives for people who just walk in? Although we can berate car dealers for their litany of offenses against consumers, their sales paradigm is what it is because it has evolved to service the american consumer. ( I am going to ignore the finance aspect of it as that is plain ridiculous ).
As long as the cash is not coming out of their pockets, why should they? The taxpayers don't have visibility to these expenses. The Mayor is the one that should be all over this. It's his budget this money will come from. He would have to raise property taxes to cover lawsuits. The Mayor is the publicly elected official that can be booted if taxes go too high. The Mayor can turn the screws on the Chief of Police to minimize these incidents. Basically, all municipalities would need to publicize what % of their law enforcement budget goes to cover lawsuits and how that relates to the national averages.
Perhaps your premise is accurate but that does not explain why the same drugs cost overseas a fraction of what they cost in the US? When I say same drugs, I mean same drugs. Same manufacturer, same brand same dosage.
The workers wouldn't even need to be on the dock. Cheap labour overseas could command the exoskeleton remotely. And all this, while waiting for the rudimentary AI needed in order to allow the exoskeleton to perform those same tasks in an autonomous fashion.
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Until a Jam Proof Drone cane be made, manned fighters will be around.
In this country too many things that are not serious are midemeanors or felonies. We need new classifications for these crimes. 'Fellony' just doesn't convey enough information. Most crimes fall in a very narrow spectrum of offenses. Violence, Theft, Fraud, negligence. I think for violent crimes, you are up the creek, very few businesses would take a chance on that. Depending on the business, Theft, Fraud and negligence could be ignored. Of course, this is my utopian view of how it should be. In the US unfortunately, a conviction is like a permanent stamp.
But a smart AI will 'know' that humans are prone to go to war over such matters thus the AI will go to war first.
And should be confronted by society. Contrary to popular belief, the Police is still a civilian force. No special rules or exemptions should apply,
Please tell so that we all know to avoid it.
Everytime I travel to a civilized country I think exactly that, US is 3rd world primitive that owns a massive army and WMD. Scary really.
In NY Metro that is a minimum of $575K if you choose to not live in a questionable neighborhood. And, property taxes would vary from $8K (CT) to $20K (Westchester or NJ).
HAHAHAHAHA, you are so sheltered....$100K barely gets you by if you wife, 2 kids, a mortgage, insane property taxes, insane state income tax, insane heating expenses. Try living in the NYC tri-state area with $100 and a family. You must be joking.
High Income Earners (above middle class) pay less than 17% because most (if not all) of their earnings is Capital Gains.
It's disgusting really.
For some reason, in the US heightism is an issue. So are looks. All you need to do is watch american media (tv/movies/magazines) vs other countries' media. American personalities need to be above average in looks to be successful. Other countries' personalities, not so much,
Using your logic we just leave the uncontrolled growth of this kind of spending go on indefinitely for the good of the country. I am sorry but a gradual approach would work. The fact that our politicians are lawyers and only see black or white is the problem. They could create a graduated scale of real reductions (not reductions in the growth as they usually do ) over let's say 20 years.
But the evasion is on the income tax.
I don't understand why most techie people are blatantly against software patents. Sure, we can all be against ridiculously obvious patents that should not have been granted but why is software considered different than plastic for example? I can make a better mouse trap using bits of plastic and patent my newly designed mouse trap. Computer instructions are not different than bits of plastic that when strung together produce a working product. I think truly novel computer software should be patentable otherwise we diminish the value of a whole industry of people who use a lot of brain power to come up with this software.
Some people like team sports some people like individual sports and some people do a bit of both. I prefer individual sports and surprisingly I also like single player games.
Because I know more than you do about cars. Currently to test drive a Tesla you need an appointment made way in advance. And, they have one model, really. When they turn into a full fledged automobile maker with many models they will have to switch to a dealer network.
Let a car guy clue you in. You should never buy a car in an apple-like store. Cars are not computers. You need to take the car out. More than once. Especially if it costs $70K or more. You have to be sure of your purchase as you will most likely be using this car for at least 3 years. So, yes, although the idea of an apple store for cars sounds good, how do you do that when your product line has 10+ models and you need to have samples for test drives for people who just walk in? Although we can berate car dealers for their litany of offenses against consumers, their sales paradigm is what it is because it has evolved to service the american consumer. ( I am going to ignore the finance aspect of it as that is plain ridiculous ).
Once you have warp drives, etc
Gene Expression drives a lot of things and that is not captured when just the DNA is investigated.
Steaks and Ice Cream and Chocolate and what not made with D Amino acids and no weight gain. Fantastic
The cast, director, writer, editor, everyone! They must all be plotting terrorists
You can take away most freedoms but don't touch my internet!
As long as the cash is not coming out of their pockets, why should they? The taxpayers don't have visibility to these expenses. The Mayor is the one that should be all over this. It's his budget this money will come from. He would have to raise property taxes to cover lawsuits. The Mayor is the publicly elected official that can be booted if taxes go too high. The Mayor can turn the screws on the Chief of Police to minimize these incidents. Basically, all municipalities would need to publicize what % of their law enforcement budget goes to cover lawsuits and how that relates to the national averages.
Perhaps your premise is accurate but that does not explain why the same drugs cost overseas a fraction of what they cost in the US? When I say same drugs, I mean same drugs. Same manufacturer, same brand same dosage.
The workers wouldn't even need to be on the dock. Cheap labour overseas could command the exoskeleton remotely. And all this, while waiting for the rudimentary AI needed in order to allow the exoskeleton to perform those same tasks in an autonomous fashion.