It doesn't play well with others. It works well enough with a use case that exactly matches the expectations of the developers, but put a toe outside that and you're in for some genuine hell. It takes a nice modular system and turns it into an all or nothing hairball of dependencies.
People keep claiming it's simple, but they never seem to notice the big pile of crap in/lib/systemd,/var/lib/systemd, etc etc.
It takes a joke like the "COME FROM" statement and actually implements it!
It won't quit metastasizing.
There is nothing it does that couldn't be implemented in a truly modular and far less invasive way.
That's not all that universal either. We have it where I am, but only at one location in the county. There is also absentee ballots, but if you're already accepting ballots by mail, why not internet?
The problem is that not all areas have equal difficulty. Not everyone can get (or afford) time off to vote. Those factors make it too easy to manipulate the results on a demographic basis.
I see no reason why a voter can't receive a receipt containing a signed hash for each vote and a website that allows a hash to be verified against the votes cast. They still have no idea who the hash belongs to, but if there is a hash that doesn't match a recorded vote in the database, uh-oh.
3. Backup cameras are really, really useful and significantly increase safety. No matter how careful you are, as a practical matter backing up out of a blind driveway is always, at least a little bit, a matter of faith. Being able to see the kid before you hit them, even once, can save a hell of a lot more than a backup camera costs.
Sure, but it costs a lot for what is, in the end, a glorified webcam.
Not really. There are inalienable rights that are enjoyed by human beings. A government may disrespect those rights but it has no legitimacy if it does. It is just the biggest bully on the playground at that point.
Corporations have right-like privileges or license. All such 'rights' may be removed at the will of the people and the government remains legitimate. That includes the right to exist at all. Corporations aren't born, they are chartered subject to the approval of the government f the people. It is not homicide to revoke a corporate charter.
A commercial jet has an even bigger size/mass advantage over a goose, yet geese have been known to bring one down even while they presumably try not to collide.
Pre-approval is possible, but alas, it doesn't form a binding contract. You could still get billed seperately for any sort of off the wall thing. It happens to people all the time.
Even asking will often get you looked at like you just grew a second head.
In the U.S. it is practically impossible to figure out what a procedure will cost you. It depends on which potentially applicable code they bill it under (where the permissible codes will vary based on what other procedures have been performed and what the complaint is), how much your particular insurance provider will theoretically pay out and how much they will expect you to cover (which will vary depending on what other things you have recently been treated for), any advance negotiations between the practice and your insurer, and potentially the phase of the moon.
I don't know anyone who has ever known what a non-elective procedure would cost up-front.
But thanks to systems like that designed to pick every nit, medical billing is the only form of billing that requires a 6 month training program to be able to do it and what should be a very simple transaction becomes a crazy battle of wills between the medical practice and their billing expert creatively stacking the codes for maximum payout while the insurer tries it's best to find an excuse to deny paying anything.
Meanwhile, the patient gets to be in billing limbo and honestly has no idea if a particular course of action will result in a $5 copay or a $5000 bill due immediately.
That is a very good point. I'm in a project now that needs low power. It is nice to be able to power sensors off of one of the DIO pins so I can power them down at will without adding to component count. And as you say, the 5V design will be more robust for little effort.
I tend to think of < 5V as something you do if you have to, never as a first choice.
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You're missing all of the subtlety. There is no legitimization by fiat. Doing what the bully says doesn't legitimize the bully.
Not that lack of legitimacy (unfortunately) doesn't make the bully disappear.
TL;DR version, there's no good reason to preemptively lick the bully's boots.
There are many reasons:
It doesn't play well with others. It works well enough with a use case that exactly matches the expectations of the developers, but put a toe outside that and you're in for some genuine hell. It takes a nice modular system and turns it into an all or nothing hairball of dependencies.
People keep claiming it's simple, but they never seem to notice the big pile of crap in /lib/systemd, /var/lib/systemd, etc etc.
It takes a joke like the "COME FROM" statement and actually implements it!
It won't quit metastasizing.
There is nothing it does that couldn't be implemented in a truly modular and far less invasive way.
It's a solution looking for a problem.
That's not all that universal either. We have it where I am, but only at one location in the county. There is also absentee ballots, but if you're already accepting ballots by mail, why not internet?
No, they may rule by might but it can never legitimize them.
The problem is that not all areas have equal difficulty. Not everyone can get (or afford) time off to vote. Those factors make it too easy to manipulate the results on a demographic basis.
I see no reason why a voter can't receive a receipt containing a signed hash for each vote and a website that allows a hash to be verified against the votes cast. They still have no idea who the hash belongs to, but if there is a hash that doesn't match a recorded vote in the database, uh-oh.
And then I'll show you a place where the U.S. government is failing to honor a natural right and de-legitimizes itself by doing so.
3. Backup cameras are really, really useful and significantly increase safety. No matter how careful you are, as a practical matter backing up out of a blind driveway is always, at least a little bit, a matter of faith. Being able to see the kid before you hit them, even once, can save a hell of a lot more than a backup camera costs.
Sure, but it costs a lot for what is, in the end, a glorified webcam.
Note, there are some very confused 'Libertarians' out there.
Just as soon as the free market lunatics stop claiming they are following Adam Smith's advice.
Not really. There are inalienable rights that are enjoyed by human beings. A government may disrespect those rights but it has no legitimacy if it does. It is just the biggest bully on the playground at that point.
Corporations have right-like privileges or license. All such 'rights' may be removed at the will of the people and the government remains legitimate. That includes the right to exist at all. Corporations aren't born, they are chartered subject to the approval of the government f the people. It is not homicide to revoke a corporate charter.
Geese have a much tighter turning radius than a commercial jet (which is also presumably not trying to catch the geese).
That is an improvement, but it's not a fundamentally new treatment so much as it is an improvement on the administration of an old treatment.
A commercial jet has an even bigger size/mass advantage over a goose, yet geese have been known to bring one down even while they presumably try not to collide.
Perhaps the fact that the victim can't be certain how the standard procedure differs from an unlawful sexual assault should tell us something...
Pre-approval is possible, but alas, it doesn't form a binding contract. You could still get billed seperately for any sort of off the wall thing. It happens to people all the time.
Even asking will often get you looked at like you just grew a second head.
In the U.S. it is practically impossible to figure out what a procedure will cost you. It depends on which potentially applicable code they bill it under (where the permissible codes will vary based on what other procedures have been performed and what the complaint is), how much your particular insurance provider will theoretically pay out and how much they will expect you to cover (which will vary depending on what other things you have recently been treated for), any advance negotiations between the practice and your insurer, and potentially the phase of the moon.
I don't know anyone who has ever known what a non-elective procedure would cost up-front.
But thanks to systems like that designed to pick every nit, medical billing is the only form of billing that requires a 6 month training program to be able to do it and what should be a very simple transaction becomes a crazy battle of wills between the medical practice and their billing expert creatively stacking the codes for maximum payout while the insurer tries it's best to find an excuse to deny paying anything.
Meanwhile, the patient gets to be in billing limbo and honestly has no idea if a particular course of action will result in a $5 copay or a $5000 bill due immediately.
Only the things that might be considered pro-Nazi.
Along with the finance industry and the idle rich.
Yes, by that very same FCC the GOP wants to put a stop to.
It's almost like the FCC wants to see if a market solution will work in the long run or something.
Sounds great, too bad Congress has consistently failed to come up with something to fix the last mile problem.
Perhaps they should work on that while we see how the FCC rules actually work out in practice.
Don't forget the same bad ol' government broke up AT&T. Or that the net initially grew explosively under title II.
So what makes you think throwing ourselves on the 'mercy' of AT&T and Comcast will get us anything but screwed?
In some ways, the autonomous weapon is far worse. At least the landmine stays put. Imagine landmines roving randomly around the countryside.
That is a very good point. I'm in a project now that needs low power. It is nice to be able to power sensors off of one of the DIO pins so I can power them down at will without adding to component count. And as you say, the 5V design will be more robust for little effort.
I tend to think of < 5V as something you do if you have to, never as a first choice.