The snag comes in how the utilities earn money. Ie, they will go where the profit incentive is, as is natural. In the past this meant that selling electricity made them money, and conserving electricity cut into their profits, and building new plants was an an expense that had to be carefully considered. Then many states instituted rules that changed the profit motive. Utilities were given a maximum rate that they could charge customers, which meant that the equation changed and utilities could maximize profits by conserving electricity usage. Ie, convince customer to conserve, as well as going and and upgrading inefficient stations and distribution grid, and so forth.
An analogy would be like paying a contractor based upon how many bugs they fix, which could lead to the contractor adding lots of bugs merely to fix them again, or to claim that a bug is really 13 separate bugs that all need fixing, etc. You have to be careful about defining how you will pay contractors just like you have to be careful about defining how you pay utilities, because both will find loopholes.
They already have more than enough power plants, the goal should be to diversify. Most power usage is during the day, and solar plants could easily cover this peak usage.
But the crux of the problem is not that the utility wants to build this plant in order to generate electricity; they want the more expensive plant because this will result in more profits when they are reimbursed for the costs of the plant.
I'm a decline-to-state. Meaning that I haven't selected a party preference (in California). I'm not opting out of voting or quitting completely. I just refuse to side with any of the existing parties.
Nazis were right wingers, part of the definition of fascist. I know it's fashionable on the alt-right to claim Nazis were socialists but that's patently ridiculous. Anyone who claims Nazis were liberal socialists is not worth listening to, you may as well hold a more cogent argument in an insane asylum.
The conservative wing of the Republican party got its start as the segregationist Democrats - hardcore racists, home of the Klan, and so forth. Very anti-Jewish. This group migrated en-masse to the Republicans when the Democrats supported civil rights, though some had a brief sojourn with the Dixiecrats. The southern segregationists *hated* the Republicans for a century as the party that forced them to give up slaves, so when today it's ironic when some of the same people still alive claim to be in the Party of Lincoln.
The reason this particular shooter did not like Trump is because he felt that Trump does not go far enough in supporting the racists.
This is the biggest problem Republicans face; how to jettison their racist and white nationalist wing. Or it was shortly before 2016 when there was concern about getting black and hispanic votes in order to remain relevant. Trump proved them wrong though, that you can give a wink and a nod to the racist wing and win an election. I am still surprised that not more Republicans jumped ship after this.
Where'd you get your "left wing" notion? Or are you one of those who things anything bad is automatically left wing but who doesn't actually know what the term means?
That's why politics is like a dumb sports game. Everyone drinks a bit too much, they boo for the other time and call them rude names for no reason than for being on the wrong side, and they cheer on their own team as the greatest of heroes merely for being their guys. If one of their guys gets arrested they will wring their hands and wonder if the police are taking things too far, and if one of the other guys get arrested they cheer at their own good luck. After the game is over all the drunk fans go into the parking lot to fight each other.
Generally, you can get the tricky parts of the kernel done in C, then layer C++ on top of it. That's what a lot of embedded RTOS systems do. The biggest snag is the tendency of getting bloated code from developoers not aware of what C++ does behind the scenes.
Sadly I knew someone who prefered std::map over std::vector. Including when the key range was tiny and it was guaranteed to only have a single element at a time (I so wish I was making this up). If someone's only tool in their tool box is an nail-gun, don't be surprised if their project has a lot of nails in it.
I had outrage at that. I also had outrage at Gingrich divorcing his wife while she was dying of cancer so that he could marry his assistant, making him the bigger twat of the two.
The copyright is often maintained for the purposes of protecting the franchise. Ie, they may want to create a remake, reboot, or sequel someday. Remember, Wasteland got a sequel relatively recently. I also remember people once claiming that Fallout was abandonware but that franchise is alive and well today.
Until today, I've never heard of of any claim that Baldur's Gate was an mmo, or game as a service, or similar. You'd have to present some evidence of this.
It's a difficult variable to keep independent of other variables. Ie, who eats a mostly organic diet but changes nothing else whatsoever in their lifestyle? Also, organic food is more expensive meaning those who buy it tend to be wealthier, and wealth has a strong correlation to better health.
What's better, that a police officer is shot, or an innocent civilian is shot. If police don't want to protect the public then they should pick a different job.
I only watched one episode after a friend convinced me to watch it after we had lunch. It was just dumb and nothing was working. The first obvious thing was that it was too hi-def so that it had too much contrast; it seriously reminded me of daytime soaps shot on video instead of film. The CGI was obvious and had the feeling of a video game. I know I didn't understand the backstory, but none of the plot made sense, the motivations were silly, the dialogue was awful. And just like Enterprise and Voyager it decided to completely toss out all canon and set the story in a completely different dimension/universe/galaxy so that the writers could make up whatever shit they wanted.
You know, I had just finished my BBC news reading when I popped over here to Slashdot, and indeed my first thought was why do we care what Intel's mother thinks about IoT.
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Most smog comes from stuff other than automobiles, especially the newer autos that have emission controls.
The snag comes in how the utilities earn money. Ie, they will go where the profit incentive is, as is natural. In the past this meant that selling electricity made them money, and conserving electricity cut into their profits, and building new plants was an an expense that had to be carefully considered. Then many states instituted rules that changed the profit motive. Utilities were given a maximum rate that they could charge customers, which meant that the equation changed and utilities could maximize profits by conserving electricity usage. Ie, convince customer to conserve, as well as going and and upgrading inefficient stations and distribution grid, and so forth.
An analogy would be like paying a contractor based upon how many bugs they fix, which could lead to the contractor adding lots of bugs merely to fix them again, or to claim that a bug is really 13 separate bugs that all need fixing, etc. You have to be careful about defining how you will pay contractors just like you have to be careful about defining how you pay utilities, because both will find loopholes.
They already have more than enough power plants, the goal should be to diversify. Most power usage is during the day, and solar plants could easily cover this peak usage.
But the crux of the problem is not that the utility wants to build this plant in order to generate electricity; they want the more expensive plant because this will result in more profits when they are reimbursed for the costs of the plant.
I'm a decline-to-state. Meaning that I haven't selected a party preference (in California). I'm not opting out of voting or quitting completely. I just refuse to side with any of the existing parties.
One method in the movie was to always claim that whatever the heroine saw didn't really happen. Sort of like how Trump calls everything fake news.
Nazis were right wingers, part of the definition of fascist. I know it's fashionable on the alt-right to claim Nazis were socialists but that's patently ridiculous. Anyone who claims Nazis were liberal socialists is not worth listening to, you may as well hold a more cogent argument in an insane asylum.
The conservative wing of the Republican party got its start as the segregationist Democrats - hardcore racists, home of the Klan, and so forth. Very anti-Jewish. This group migrated en-masse to the Republicans when the Democrats supported civil rights, though some had a brief sojourn with the Dixiecrats. The southern segregationists *hated* the Republicans for a century as the party that forced them to give up slaves, so when today it's ironic when some of the same people still alive claim to be in the Party of Lincoln.
The reason this particular shooter did not like Trump is because he felt that Trump does not go far enough in supporting the racists.
This is the biggest problem Republicans face; how to jettison their racist and white nationalist wing. Or it was shortly before 2016 when there was concern about getting black and hispanic votes in order to remain relevant. Trump proved them wrong though, that you can give a wink and a nod to the racist wing and win an election. I am still surprised that not more Republicans jumped ship after this.
Where'd you get your "left wing" notion? Or are you one of those who things anything bad is automatically left wing but who doesn't actually know what the term means?
That's why politics is like a dumb sports game. Everyone drinks a bit too much, they boo for the other time and call them rude names for no reason than for being on the wrong side, and they cheer on their own team as the greatest of heroes merely for being their guys. If one of their guys gets arrested they will wring their hands and wonder if the police are taking things too far, and if one of the other guys get arrested they cheer at their own good luck. After the game is over all the drunk fans go into the parking lot to fight each other.
Modern games have drunk the koolaid and they all have "exclusives" now designed to sell consoles rather than sell the game itself.
Macbook Pauper Edition?
Tadpoles of many species depend upon mosquito larvae.
I was referring to kernel and OS work in general, not Linux specifically.
Generally, you can get the tricky parts of the kernel done in C, then layer C++ on top of it. That's what a lot of embedded RTOS systems do. The biggest snag is the tendency of getting bloated code from developoers not aware of what C++ does behind the scenes.
Sadly I knew someone who prefered std::map over std::vector. Including when the key range was tiny and it was guaranteed to only have a single element at a time (I so wish I was making this up). If someone's only tool in their tool box is an nail-gun, don't be surprised if their project has a lot of nails in it.
I had outrage at that. I also had outrage at Gingrich divorcing his wife while she was dying of cancer so that he could marry his assistant, making him the bigger twat of the two.
Of course, half the dads reading that article are thinking "I don't get it, what's wrong with peeing on the floor?"
Well, there goes my idea of a Beowulf cluster of compressed air tanks.
Switzerland?
The copyright is often maintained for the purposes of protecting the franchise. Ie, they may want to create a remake, reboot, or sequel someday. Remember, Wasteland got a sequel relatively recently. I also remember people once claiming that Fallout was abandonware but that franchise is alive and well today.
Until today, I've never heard of of any claim that Baldur's Gate was an mmo, or game as a service, or similar. You'd have to present some evidence of this.
It's a difficult variable to keep independent of other variables. Ie, who eats a mostly organic diet but changes nothing else whatsoever in their lifestyle? Also, organic food is more expensive meaning those who buy it tend to be wealthier, and wealth has a strong correlation to better health.
What's better, that a police officer is shot, or an innocent civilian is shot. If police don't want to protect the public then they should pick a different job.
Why? Are there commies on social media advocating for violent action?
I only watched one episode after a friend convinced me to watch it after we had lunch. It was just dumb and nothing was working. The first obvious thing was that it was too hi-def so that it had too much contrast; it seriously reminded me of daytime soaps shot on video instead of film. The CGI was obvious and had the feeling of a video game. I know I didn't understand the backstory, but none of the plot made sense, the motivations were silly, the dialogue was awful. And just like Enterprise and Voyager it decided to completely toss out all canon and set the story in a completely different dimension/universe/galaxy so that the writers could make up whatever shit they wanted.
You know, I had just finished my BBC news reading when I popped over here to Slashdot, and indeed my first thought was why do we care what Intel's mother thinks about IoT.