4) They turn up for the trial and California has sold off all its courthouses to Powerhouse Gym to fill in holes in its disastrously out-of-control budget.
Granted that too many are engaged in "rearranging the deckchairs" but if pre-arranged deckschairs that means people who can better spend their time don't have to arrange their own deckchairs, that can still be a net positive to productivity.
They did not release the original client. They are, in fact a fairly recent formation and arguably have no authority over Bitcoin (though in truth, several people important in the community are part of the Foundation and would have influence).
This kind of bullshit is exactly what many expressed reservations about when plans for the foundation were made public. Centralization creates a target.
And I would outlaw ethanol (for fuel). It's production in the US is net energy loss and it damages vehicles and degrades nastily. That alone would improve the energy situation.
The Average American (of which I am not one), tends to have higher productivity on the planet than most other people. It's hard for a peasant in a rice field to produce much waste or pollution or CO2. Yet. What you have to watch is emerging economies where pollution and waste controls are absent.
With that said, there could be much done in America to improve on waste and some on pollution (though I am not a fan of harsh or even most regulations). America as a whole has been on a pretty reasonable post industrialization trajectory and it would be a tragedy to damage its economy in an attempt to force things which will likely occur in time anyway.
Decent points but parking meters is a bit of a different issue. There it makes sense to move away from the old style because you can reduce maintenance costs and it gives you the ability to take credit and debit cards. Then it also opens up the (quite vile) possibilities of implementing charging strategies that encourage people to overpay.
Until the government works out how to ensure they get taxes out of you to make up for what they're missing on the petrol. In the UK, it's somewhere around 80% of the price is tax. If you assume that that will transfer over to electric cars, the room for savings suddenly doesn't look as impressive.
I also looked at the leaf. I can deal with it not having enough range for the occasional long journey but it just doesn't quite have the range for my daily commute (it would if charging was provided at work or I wanted to spend my lunch hour at the Nissan building). It's also god-damn ugly.
Quite a few tech companies have started to move from Silicon Valley to Texas. In a mushrooming market, you'll get these tight network effects but as things have matured other factors come into play and people start to want to not pay seven figures to live in a tiny box.
Then again other networking effects come into play. Here in TN, the medical market is pretty big which supports its own subset of IT. Nissan American moved its HQ here a few years ago too.
I'm not sure what the "correct" level for cancer research would be but I think the claim that there's money to waste on things like the subject of this thread is specious.
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And if I was being paid with money extorted from the public via taxes, you might well have a point.
4) They turn up for the trial and California has sold off all its courthouses to Powerhouse Gym to fill in holes in its disastrously out-of-control budget.
Please ignore the surplus "that" after "deckschairs" (and the surplus s in that word) in the above.
Granted that too many are engaged in "rearranging the deckchairs" but if pre-arranged deckschairs that means people who can better spend their time don't have to arrange their own deckchairs, that can still be a net positive to productivity.
Yes. Outlaw is too strong a term. Though I do feel its required use borders on the criminal.
Red triangle.
More of a "Quick Start for Beginners" guide as it's turning out.
It appears to be bound by the rule of law because they have outlawed presentation of any evidence to the contrary.
They did not release the original client. They are, in fact a fairly recent formation and arguably have no authority over Bitcoin (though in truth, several people important in the community are part of the Foundation and would have influence).
This kind of bullshit is exactly what many expressed reservations about when plans for the foundation were made public. Centralization creates a target.
And I would outlaw ethanol (for fuel). It's production in the US is net energy loss and it damages vehicles and degrades nastily. That alone would improve the energy situation.
The Average American (of which I am not one), tends to have higher productivity on the planet than most other people. It's hard for a peasant in a rice field to produce much waste or pollution or CO2. Yet. What you have to watch is emerging economies where pollution and waste controls are absent.
With that said, there could be much done in America to improve on waste and some on pollution (though I am not a fan of harsh or even most regulations). America as a whole has been on a pretty reasonable post industrialization trajectory and it would be a tragedy to damage its economy in an attempt to force things which will likely occur in time anyway.
Just shut up and roll over.
Yes. But 30 seconds vs 10 minutes...
Decent points but parking meters is a bit of a different issue. There it makes sense to move away from the old style because you can reduce maintenance costs and it gives you the ability to take credit and debit cards. Then it also opens up the (quite vile) possibilities of implementing charging strategies that encourage people to overpay.
Don't worry, to support the increased tax burden, both of the parents can go out to work.
The machine lifts the passengers and luggage out of the car and places them in an entirely different vehicle.
But annoying if you have a co-driver.
Until the government works out how to ensure they get taxes out of you to make up for what they're missing on the petrol. In the UK, it's somewhere around 80% of the price is tax. If you assume that that will transfer over to electric cars, the room for savings suddenly doesn't look as impressive.
I also looked at the leaf. I can deal with it not having enough range for the occasional long journey but it just doesn't quite have the range for my daily commute (it would if charging was provided at work or I wanted to spend my lunch hour at the Nissan building). It's also god-damn ugly.
Large cities tend to lean liberal so will provide on-street charging at the drop of a hat.
It would also make it easier to swap out batteries with ones of a similar capacity. Or to charge/rebate for any discrepancy.
Yes, we definitely need to protect against New York City becoming an expensive place to live.
Quite a few tech companies have started to move from Silicon Valley to Texas. In a mushrooming market, you'll get these tight network effects but as things have matured other factors come into play and people start to want to not pay seven figures to live in a tiny box.
Then again other networking effects come into play. Here in TN, the medical market is pretty big which supports its own subset of IT. Nissan American moved its HQ here a few years ago too.
It should be noted that the US has open prisons too. Though the drug thing is incredibly stupid.
I'm not sure what the "correct" level for cancer research would be but I think the claim that there's money to waste on things like the subject of this thread is specious.