"I mean, imagine everyone thinks they have to do 10,000 steps but you are not actually physically capable of doing that, you could actually cause harm or damage by doing so."
Well they can just swing their arm while holding the device like I've seen many people do. They can probably do that from the couch while eating Oreo's too. Problem solved.
GM Plans To Build, Test Thousands of Self-Driving Bolts In 2018
I forgot that they had a car named "Bolt" and thought they were taking about the fastener. A bolt that could turn itself and tighten to the proper amount of torque would be pretty cool. Granted, it would probably be prohibitively expensive, and not really make a lot of sense, but cool none the less.
For example, Heinlein in "Beyond This Horizon" describes a society, where this was done successfully
With all due respect to Heinlein, he's a fantastic writer in my opinion, it's just a story. There are a hell of a lot of variables in the real world. In a story, you only need to focus on what you want to. Life is much messier. You may be able to reproduce the result you are looking for the first time. But it's more likely to be a disaster the first dozen or couple hundred times. Heinlein was much smarter, and more pragmatic, than most of our decision makers are.
Fact remains though - when the call was made he was 1) Not in any way part of the executive branch 2) Not in any way authorized to speak on behalf of the executive branch
And therefore: flagrantly undermining the foreign policy objectives of the sitting president of the united states. Which is a crime and this application of the Logan act would almost certainly pass constitutional muster.
Didn't Nancy Pelosi undermine GWB's foreign policy objective of isolating Syria when she went there in 2007?
Or the 47 republican senators who wrote to Iran in 2015.
According to a memo in 1983 from Victor Chebrikov (head of the KGB) Ted Kennedy attempted to make a deal with Yuri Andropov to help him deal with Reagan if he would help him in the 1984 election.
Henry Ford, Jane Fonda, and many others have been accused of being in violation of the Logan act. I can go on naming possible violations, but it would be silly. The Logan Act is a pointless law from over 200 years ago that no one has ever been convicted of violating. I think there has only ever been one person charged with it, but was never convicted. Hell, the guy it was named after was elected to the senate two years after it was passed into law.
90C in a car? Are you sure you didn't mess up with the conversion?
I doubt he was mistaken. A car parked in the sun when it's 100F(38C) can quickly surpass 170F(77C). There are a lot of places in Texas that get hotter than that.
I didn't see what the outside temperature was in this link was, but at 1:30 in the afternoon the interior temperature was 85C. They managed to bake cookies.
Frankly, I'd rather have police accountability than privacy from having people see my face while I'm in public.
In general I agree with you. However, in the past, I've lived in some very not nice areas. I had the police come to my door several times a year asking if I had witnessed something, or investigating vandals that did similar things to my property as others, or stole the center caps out of the rims on one of my vehicles, etc. Usually I'd invite the officer in to discuss it. It's likely that I'm not the only person this has happened with. I think I'd have been less inclined to allow them in my home had they had body cameras, or even be willing to talk with them.
1. if the US Government (contracting agency) changes anything after awarding the bid, cost plus activates. 2. if any other Government (China) changes any procurement procedures, cost plus activates. 3. finally, if an Act of God, War, or other devastation delays fulfillment, cost plus activates.
I don't know anything about cost plus contracts, but of the three things you listed, incompetence/negligence doesn't appear to activate cost plus.
Given that our current President is trying to undo almost everything from the past 30 years of progress, these laws could easily be gone. You can't assume the future will always be at least as bright as it is now.
Most of the really important labor laws are much older than that. Though FMLA was in the last 30 years.
Agree somewhat. But the fact that there is a union is likely keeping conditions higher than if unions all suddenly disappeared and the employers had free reign to set working conditions again.
Agree somewhat. When the unions were formed labor laws were practically nonexistent. In some ways the unions were too successful for their own good. The majority of labor laws that are in place now are because of the past actions of unions. However, if the unions disappeared, the laws would still be in place. Unions are no longer the reason 9 year old children can't be forced to work 22 hours a day in a coal mine.
FTS:
Moran wrote that the workers are often faced with "excessive mandatory overtime"
I'd be curious to know what is excessive? is it 5 hours per week? or 30 hours? Is this on an ongoing basis? Or is it infrequent?
and earn between $17 and $21 hourly, compared with the national average of $25.58 hourly for most autoworkers in the U.S.
How much of that additional money do the unions take as dues? How much are unions members making on average in Detroit these days?
I never thought CBS would go that far to keep Star Trek: Axanar from being made.
On a serious note, it's a shame that Mr. Hatch was never able to get his Battlestar Galactica revival off the ground. While the 1970's version was corny, I enjoyed it when it aired.
By comparison, most 3.5mm audio jacks - which are often mentioned here as the gold standard of robust connectors - usually start to have problems making a reliable connection within anything between 3 months
Strange. My G5 iPod Classic is still working fine(2005). I have an HTC HD2 phone from around 2010 (it doesn't see much use anymore) that has no issues either, nor my Samsung Galaxy S3 or S5. I have a pair of sound isolation ear buds that I bought from Radio Shack for $30 around the same time I got the iPod. They are still working too. Though I did have to replace the memory foam portion a couple of times. I did have to get the Galaxy S3 replaced on three occasions due to the USB connector going bad though. These have all seen a lot of travel over the years.
Can you remember what happened during the Prohibition?
Are you talking about alcohol? Or the current prohibition on recreational drugs? Just look at what it has done for US prisons and the cartels in Mexico and central and south america.
An AI that performs well at no-limit Texas Hold'em could also potentially tackle real-world problems with similar levels of uncertainty.
We should plug it into all military hardware and put it in charge of all ICBM and SLBM launch decisions. Oh, and its hardware should have lots and lots of blinking lights...
Any direct drive turntable was as good as it's phono cartridge
Most high end turntables are belt driven. Direct drive is generally more of a DJ thing than high end home table. Direct drive has advantages to be sure, but I don't recall the last time I saw a direct drive that addressed the drawback of isolating motor noise. That may have changed in recent times as I've not been in the market for a new one.
Yes, and they do sound fantastic. But you can get that level of sound quality for much less money.
I have. I still can't afford one...but I understand why people who CAN will spend that kind of money for them!
Small penis?
While I will never spend $20k+ for a turntable...I AM planning on buying the almost infinitely upgradable Linn Sondek LP-12. This turntable has been in production since 1971 and any of them can be fully upgraded to modern specs. They START around $3000. But it's money well spent if you are into your music!
I've had my current turntable for around 20 years now, but I probably spent about half of your price for the Linn. Not sure how much that is when adjusted for inflation. While there is certainly a huge difference in mass market equipment versus the boutique brands. There is also a a point of diminishing returns. Is a $20K pair of speakers four times better than a $5K pair? Or a $700K pair 35 times better than a $20K set?
Yeah, there's some really crazy stuff out there. Wilson Audio is always a good for a laugh. The prices you mentioned are change compared to The WAMM Master Chronosonic speaker. I think they go for $700K/ pair.
Remember those $1K Denon Ethernet cables? AudioQuest now has one that's $10K.
But my all time favorite is still Machina Dynamica. Because taping a bag of $160 dollar rocks to your RCA cables is going to improve the sound. Or their $30 dollar outlet plate. The best one from them is a bargain at just $60. It's called the Teleportation Tweak. For $60 they improve your TV and audio system by playing 20 seconds of noise, over your phone.
Yes, and the reasons they give for this preference are almost always provably false.
For any modern recording, I completely agree. But there have been a lot of really bad remasters to CD over the years. Granted, they've gotten better about that. But it was pretty bad when things were first put on CD.
There was a UK recording studio that had not calibrated the recording speed of their tape recorder for several years during the 1960's. It was slower than the standard. So there were, and still are, a lot of recordings that were remastered on CD and are actually pitch shifted slightly higher because of this, and the songs were slightly shorter.
That stylus going over the record each time you play it? Yeah, that's degrading the signal. Every. Single. Time
You're most likely correct, but you don't know what kind of equipment he's using. If it's one of these Then no, there is no wear or degradation. I've seen a few of the EPL turntables, but could never personally justify the cost. I think the cheapest model was around $9K at one point. I have no idea what they go for these days.
Microsoft Reports New Subscribers For Office 365 Plunged 62%
TFS states:
In the last three months of 2016, Microsoft added just 900,000 new subscriptions -- and throughout all of 2016, subscriptions increased by just 4.3 million.
So the number of new subscribers isn't as big a number, but it's still increased by 900K in the last quarter of 2016. Perhaps they're hitting saturation for companies who aren't simply purchases Office outright. But they're still getting $7/ month from all of those who have already signed up for it. If they were losing 900K subscribers in a quarter, that would be troublesome for Microsoft. The only problem is the one that is perceived by investors
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"I mean, imagine everyone thinks they have to do 10,000 steps but you are not actually physically capable of doing that, you could actually cause harm or damage by doing so."
Well they can just swing their arm while holding the device like I've seen many people do. They can probably do that from the couch while eating Oreo's too. Problem solved.
Just like planets, species etc.
Ceres and Pluto suggested we call it a dwarf continent.
GM Plans To Build, Test Thousands of Self-Driving Bolts In 2018
I forgot that they had a car named "Bolt" and thought they were taking about the fastener. A bolt that could turn itself and tighten to the proper amount of torque would be pretty cool. Granted, it would probably be prohibitively expensive, and not really make a lot of sense, but cool none the less.
However any thinking that was beyond a "do 'xxx'" task, I got the blank stare and the "well, can you do that?"
A co-worker got shown the door when some women in another building started alleging sexual harassment.
So you tasked them with making porn and your co-worker got fired for sexual harassment?
Ted Nugent just go a "full predator spiritual erection"
For example, Heinlein in "Beyond This Horizon" describes a society, where this was done successfully
With all due respect to Heinlein, he's a fantastic writer in my opinion, it's just a story. There are a hell of a lot of variables in the real world. In a story, you only need to focus on what you want to. Life is much messier. You may be able to reproduce the result you are looking for the first time. But it's more likely to be a disaster the first dozen or couple hundred times. Heinlein was much smarter, and more pragmatic, than most of our decision makers are.
Fact remains though - when the call was made he was
1) Not in any way part of the executive branch
2) Not in any way authorized to speak on behalf of the executive branch
And therefore: flagrantly undermining the foreign policy objectives of the sitting president of the united states. Which is a crime and this application of the Logan act would almost certainly pass constitutional muster.
Didn't Nancy Pelosi undermine GWB's foreign policy objective of isolating Syria when she went there in 2007?
Or the 47 republican senators who wrote to Iran in 2015.
According to a memo in 1983 from Victor Chebrikov (head of the KGB) Ted Kennedy attempted to make a deal with Yuri Andropov to help him deal with Reagan if he would help him in the 1984 election.
Henry Ford, Jane Fonda, and many others have been accused of being in violation of the Logan act. I can go on naming possible violations, but it would be silly. The Logan Act is a pointless law from over 200 years ago that no one has ever been convicted of violating. I think there has only ever been one person charged with it, but was never convicted. Hell, the guy it was named after was elected to the senate two years after it was passed into law.
90C in a car? Are you sure you didn't mess up with the conversion?
I doubt he was mistaken. A car parked in the sun when it's 100F(38C) can quickly surpass 170F(77C). There are a lot of places in Texas that get hotter than that.
I didn't see what the outside temperature was in this link was, but at 1:30 in the afternoon the interior temperature was 85C. They managed to bake cookies.
Frankly, I'd rather have police accountability than privacy from having people see my face while I'm in public.
In general I agree with you. However, in the past, I've lived in some very not nice areas. I had the police come to my door several times a year asking if I had witnessed something, or investigating vandals that did similar things to my property as others, or stole the center caps out of the rims on one of my vehicles, etc. Usually I'd invite the officer in to discuss it. It's likely that I'm not the only person this has happened with. I think I'd have been less inclined to allow them in my home had they had body cameras, or even be willing to talk with them.
I'll do it for $10 million (and I'll even provide my own soldering iron from Radio Shack).
I hope it doesn't fail. Building a time machine to get a replacement soldering iron from Radio Shack is going to cost you more than $10 million.
1. if the US Government (contracting agency) changes anything after awarding the bid, cost plus activates. 2. if any other Government (China) changes any procurement procedures, cost plus activates. 3. finally, if an Act of God, War, or other devastation delays fulfillment, cost plus activates.
I don't know anything about cost plus contracts, but of the three things you listed, incompetence/negligence doesn't appear to activate cost plus.
Given that our current President is trying to undo almost everything from the past 30 years of progress, these laws could easily be gone. You can't assume the future will always be at least as bright as it is now.
Most of the really important labor laws are much older than that. Though FMLA was in the last 30 years.
Agree somewhat. But the fact that there is a union is likely keeping conditions higher than if unions all suddenly disappeared and the employers had free reign to set working conditions again.
Agree somewhat. When the unions were formed labor laws were practically nonexistent. In some ways the unions were too successful for their own good. The majority of labor laws that are in place now are because of the past actions of unions. However, if the unions disappeared, the laws would still be in place. Unions are no longer the reason 9 year old children can't be forced to work 22 hours a day in a coal mine.
FTS:
Moran wrote that the workers are often faced with "excessive mandatory overtime"
I'd be curious to know what is excessive? is it 5 hours per week? or 30 hours? Is this on an ongoing basis? Or is it infrequent?
and earn between $17 and $21 hourly, compared with the national average of $25.58 hourly for most autoworkers in the U.S.
How much of that additional money do the unions take as dues? How much are unions members making on average in Detroit these days?
I never thought CBS would go that far to keep Star Trek: Axanar from being made.
On a serious note, it's a shame that Mr. Hatch was never able to get his Battlestar Galactica revival off the ground. While the 1970's version was corny, I enjoyed it when it aired.
By comparison, most 3.5mm audio jacks - which are often mentioned here as the gold standard of robust connectors - usually start to have problems making a reliable connection within anything between 3 months
Strange. My G5 iPod Classic is still working fine(2005). I have an HTC HD2 phone from around 2010 (it doesn't see much use anymore) that has no issues either, nor my Samsung Galaxy S3 or S5. I have a pair of sound isolation ear buds that I bought from Radio Shack for $30 around the same time I got the iPod. They are still working too. Though I did have to replace the memory foam portion a couple of times. I did have to get the Galaxy S3 replaced on three occasions due to the USB connector going bad though. These have all seen a lot of travel over the years.
If you bought a diesel DVD player
Where can I purchase one of these diesel DVD players?
Can you remember what happened during the Prohibition?
Are you talking about alcohol? Or the current prohibition on recreational drugs? Just look at what it has done for US prisons and the cartels in Mexico and central and south america.
An AI that performs well at no-limit Texas Hold'em could also potentially tackle real-world problems with similar levels of uncertainty.
We should plug it into all military hardware and put it in charge of all ICBM and SLBM launch decisions. Oh, and its hardware should have lots and lots of blinking lights...
and reel-to-reel tape drives.
Any direct drive turntable was as good as it's phono cartridge
Most high end turntables are belt driven. Direct drive is generally more of a DJ thing than high end home table. Direct drive has advantages to be sure, but I don't recall the last time I saw a direct drive that addressed the drawback of isolating motor noise. That may have changed in recent times as I've not been in the market for a new one.
Have you ever LISTENED to a Wilson Audio setup?
Yes, and they do sound fantastic. But you can get that level of sound quality for much less money.
I have. I still can't afford one...but I understand why people who CAN will spend that kind of money for them!
Small penis?
While I will never spend $20k+ for a turntable...I AM planning on buying the almost infinitely upgradable Linn Sondek LP-12. This turntable has been in production since 1971 and any of them can be fully upgraded to modern specs. They START around $3000. But it's money well spent if you are into your music!
I've had my current turntable for around 20 years now, but I probably spent about half of your price for the Linn. Not sure how much that is when adjusted for inflation. While there is certainly a huge difference in mass market equipment versus the boutique brands. There is also a a point of diminishing returns. Is a $20K pair of speakers four times better than a $5K pair? Or a $700K pair 35 times better than a $20K set?
The article is 6 times less better english speaking than above average. One day I go to park went, There see I a man grinding a monkey's organ.
Are you Pennsylvania Dutch? Or channeling Yoda?
Yeah, there's some really crazy stuff out there. Wilson Audio is always a good for a laugh. The prices you mentioned are change compared to The WAMM Master Chronosonic speaker. I think they go for $700K/ pair.
Remember those $1K Denon Ethernet cables? AudioQuest now has one that's $10K.
But my all time favorite is still Machina Dynamica. Because taping a bag of $160 dollar rocks to your RCA cables is going to improve the sound. Or their $30 dollar outlet plate. The best one from them is a bargain at just $60. It's called the Teleportation Tweak. For $60 they improve your TV and audio system by playing 20 seconds of noise, over your phone.
Yes, and the reasons they give for this preference are almost always provably false.
For any modern recording, I completely agree. But there have been a lot of really bad remasters to CD over the years. Granted, they've gotten better about that. But it was pretty bad when things were first put on CD.
There was a UK recording studio that had not calibrated the recording speed of their tape recorder for several years during the 1960's. It was slower than the standard. So there were, and still are, a lot of recordings that were remastered on CD and are actually pitch shifted slightly higher because of this, and the songs were slightly shorter.
No, they don't. By their very nature, they don't.
That stylus going over the record each time you play it? Yeah, that's degrading the signal. Every. Single. Time
You're most likely correct, but you don't know what kind of equipment he's using. If it's one of these Then no, there is no wear or degradation. I've seen a few of the EPL turntables, but could never personally justify the cost. I think the cheapest model was around $9K at one point. I have no idea what they go for these days.
Microsoft Reports New Subscribers For Office 365 Plunged 62%
TFS states:
In the last three months of 2016, Microsoft added just 900,000 new subscriptions -- and throughout all of 2016, subscriptions increased by just 4.3 million.
So the number of new subscribers isn't as big a number, but it's still increased by 900K in the last quarter of 2016. Perhaps they're hitting saturation for companies who aren't simply purchases Office outright. But they're still getting $7/ month from all of those who have already signed up for it. If they were losing 900K subscribers in a quarter, that would be troublesome for Microsoft. The only problem is the one that is perceived by investors