If you're looking to cut CO2 emissions, please look elsewhere. Concrete is pretty much essential to life as we currently know it in the civilized world. Let's go back to building with wood and replicate the 1906 fire in San Francisco...
The amount of concrete used in both nuclear plants and hydroelectric dams is massive.
It's also a one time fixed "cost" that can be amortized throughout the life of the plant. Where as the CO2 production from fossil fuels is directly proportional to the amount of energy produced.
Keep those nuclear plants and hydroelectric dams in service longer, and they become greener and greener.
'Reporters' have no special privileges in the USA.
You're a reporter, I'm a reporter, we're all reporters.
Only since 2014. Now everyone who posts on the internet is considered a journalist.
a First Amendment distinction between the institutional press and other speakers is unworkable: “With the advent of the Internet and the decline of print and broadcast media . . . the line between the media and others who wish to comment on political and social issues becomes far more blurred.”
Perhaps Tripp would have been better off blogging about his experience at Tesla, instead of working with traditional media. However, he would have still exposed himself to a libel claim. Either way, I don't see any charges sticking to the reporter. She followed the rules and asked for additional information to avoid the libel claim. I think she is likely immune to any solicitation claim under the First Amendment.
The fun part will be discovery. Because anyone who might have been involved in telling him what data to get or otherwise communicating with him during the theft (Linette Lopez, I'm looking at you) would be soliciting a crime.
Making false statements about another person's character is a different matter. That is libel, and you can be sued for it if it damages another individual or company financially.
When I was in high school, and looking for colleges, I saw some like that. The low graduation rate usually tells the story. I had a friend who's brother went to one. He told me how unhappy he was, and I avoided those schools.
I settled on a private Catholic school that encourages students to find God's calling for them. I found people from diverse religious backgrounds were drawn to that school due to that mindset. The school focused on building a community rather than outperforming your peers.
Colleges have crazy competitive cultures because that's what people want. There is another way.
It's not confidence, it's risk aversion. Confidence means you expect the outcome will be success. Risk acknowledges the fact the outcome may end poorly, and proceeding anyway.
Our society and education system teaches adolescents to avoid risks, mainly in an effort to keep them from using drugs. This teaches kids to avoid taking courses they may perform poorly in, or else they won't get straight A's. It also keeps them from asking out Peggy Blair.
Avoiding risks can payoff in a comfortable lifestyle. However, every wildly successful startup you hear of began with a massive risk.
Unfortunately, I don't know how to fix it. There have been a lot of discussions about "rejection therapy" in media. Maybe it's a good idea. However, it seems that taking good risks is a trait that comes with age and experience. By the time most of us figure it out, we have too many commitments to take those risks.
Indeed. In my entire life, this is the number of times an interviewer has asked about my GPA: 0.
While looking for my first two jobs out of college I was asked many times about my GPA. Several large companies would reject applications from candidates that did not have at least a 3.5 GPA. Once you establish a job history, it's no longer an issue.
When I was shopping for a house, I poured over data on home values, property taxes, and school performance. There was a very strong correlation between home values and school performance. While I can't point to a cause, I suspect there is a feedback loop between well funded schools and home values. Well funded schools tend to perform well, and high performing schools drive up property values, property taxes on high property values provide a lot of funding for schools.
As I mentioned, this is a correlation, and not every data point fit the curve perfectly. The parent's post is anecdotal and an outlier.
was actually able to arrest the roll just prior to splash down.
That should not be surprising. When the fin stuck, the rocket was travelling at considerable airspeed. But "just prior to splashdown", with the hoverslam, the velocity was approaching zero, and so also was the spin force from the fin.
Yup, as the rocket slows down, the aerodynamic forces on the fins diminish, and the reaction control system (small rockets) can take over.
That is a piece of information I have never heard of before. I clicked the link and found a very short Wikipedia article. None of the sources were websites. All of the information came from these things called "books". I guess I will have to go visit the keeper of the books at that place we used to go to before the internet. I forget what it's called.
I thought the lure of research in China was lack of oversight. If you can't conduct an ethically questionable scientific study there, what's the point?
Will migrating off AutoCAD to this fancy system, offer us something so much better that it would be worth retraining everyone, having to get our partners to use a compatible system, and setting the company in a position where it may be harder to find qualified CAD using engineers.
Often legacy software will stay popular, not because there isn't better stuff, but changing is so hard, and it isn't so bad that it is worth it.
From my perspective in the automotive industry:
1. Yes, a million times better
2. All of our partners have switched so something else decades ago.
3. Most schools train on other software these days. AutoCAD puts a company at a disadvantage in finding talent.
Sounds like the civil engineering world still uses it. But I always assumed big expensive projects used something like NX or Catia. Mid-level projects use Solidworks.
Last time I used AutoCAD, it was way behind everything else. It was only used for very basic designs.
Perhaps that's why it's a popular vector for malware. Companies that use it are small, and have fewer resources to spend on security.
When did being a millennial get equated to materialism per se?
If I recall, it began with car manufacturers complaining that millennials don't buy cars. Then realtors complained about the same thing. Millennials don't buy homes.
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If you're looking to cut CO2 emissions, please look elsewhere. Concrete is pretty much essential to life as we currently know it in the civilized world. Let's go back to building with wood and replicate the 1906 fire in San Francisco...
Oregon is already going in that direction.
The amount of concrete used in both nuclear plants and hydroelectric dams is massive.
It's also a one time fixed "cost" that can be amortized throughout the life of the plant. Where as the CO2 production from fossil fuels is directly proportional to the amount of energy produced.
Keep those nuclear plants and hydroelectric dams in service longer, and they become greener and greener.
Concrete is made with cement and aggregate. Cement is not the same as concrete. The two are not interchangeable.
Not only will it cost more in the long run, it's an inferior product because the back end is contacting Microsoft all of the time, slowing it down.
'Reporters' have no special privileges in the USA.
You're a reporter, I'm a reporter, we're all reporters.
Only since 2014. Now everyone who posts on the internet is considered a journalist.
Perhaps Tripp would have been better off blogging about his experience at Tesla, instead of working with traditional media. However, he would have still exposed himself to a libel claim. Either way, I don't see any charges sticking to the reporter. She followed the rules and asked for additional information to avoid the libel claim. I think she is likely immune to any solicitation claim under the First Amendment.
Once again, IANAL.
The fun part will be discovery. Because anyone who might have been involved in telling him what data to get or otherwise communicating with him during the theft (Linette Lopez, I'm looking at you) would be soliciting a crime.
IANAL but I don't think that's how it works. Reporters are exempt from laws barring the solicitation of secret information under the First Amendment. This was actually a big issue during the Obama Administration.
Making false statements about another person's character is a different matter. That is libel, and you can be sued for it if it damages another individual or company financially.
Just as long as it doesn't send us back to the dark ages of text messaging (2008).
Most of the time heat kills electronics. Either they get too hot and something fries, or they suffer thermal fatigue.
When I was in high school, and looking for colleges, I saw some like that. The low graduation rate usually tells the story. I had a friend who's brother went to one. He told me how unhappy he was, and I avoided those schools.
I settled on a private Catholic school that encourages students to find God's calling for them. I found people from diverse religious backgrounds were drawn to that school due to that mindset. The school focused on building a community rather than outperforming your peers.
Colleges have crazy competitive cultures because that's what people want. There is another way.
It's not confidence, it's risk aversion. Confidence means you expect the outcome will be success. Risk acknowledges the fact the outcome may end poorly, and proceeding anyway.
Our society and education system teaches adolescents to avoid risks, mainly in an effort to keep them from using drugs. This teaches kids to avoid taking courses they may perform poorly in, or else they won't get straight A's. It also keeps them from asking out Peggy Blair.
Avoiding risks can payoff in a comfortable lifestyle. However, every wildly successful startup you hear of began with a massive risk.
Unfortunately, I don't know how to fix it. There have been a lot of discussions about "rejection therapy" in media. Maybe it's a good idea. However, it seems that taking good risks is a trait that comes with age and experience. By the time most of us figure it out, we have too many commitments to take those risks.
Indeed. In my entire life, this is the number of times an interviewer has asked about my GPA: 0.
While looking for my first two jobs out of college I was asked many times about my GPA. Several large companies would reject applications from candidates that did not have at least a 3.5 GPA. Once you establish a job history, it's no longer an issue.
When I was shopping for a house, I poured over data on home values, property taxes, and school performance. There was a very strong correlation between home values and school performance. While I can't point to a cause, I suspect there is a feedback loop between well funded schools and home values. Well funded schools tend to perform well, and high performing schools drive up property values, property taxes on high property values provide a lot of funding for schools.
As I mentioned, this is a correlation, and not every data point fit the curve perfectly. The parent's post is anecdotal and an outlier.
Huawei will dominate the market!
Unfortunately my doctor told me to reduce the amount of salt I use.
I'd really like to see who they take to court to try and undo the encryption on the Monero et al. blockchains.
I'm waiting for all of the smart phones in Australia to be made by Huawei.
This is Australia, where the laws of the nation Trump the laws of mathematics.
Indiana used to be the same way. Where's C.A. Waldo when you need him?
was actually able to arrest the roll just prior to splash down.
That should not be surprising. When the fin stuck, the rocket was travelling at considerable airspeed. But "just prior to splashdown", with the hoverslam, the velocity was approaching zero, and so also was the spin force from the fin.
Yup, as the rocket slows down, the aerodynamic forces on the fins diminish, and the reaction control system (small rockets) can take over.
I keep my keys in my tin foil hat, Now who's laughing?
Seriously, get one of those wire baskets sold as desk organizers, hang it next to your key rack. Drop your key fob in that basket, and you are safe.
They also sell wallets for this purpose. I don't know how this became an article. I thought everyone on Slashdot stored their keys in their tinfoil hats!
Not really. China is a low trust society.
That is a piece of information I have never heard of before. I clicked the link and found a very short Wikipedia article. None of the sources were websites. All of the information came from these things called "books". I guess I will have to go visit the keeper of the books at that place we used to go to before the internet. I forget what it's called.
Is that a bun in the oven, or a salad in the crispr?
I thought the lure of research in China was lack of oversight. If you can't conduct an ethically questionable scientific study there, what's the point?
Here will be the question from your Boss.
Will migrating off AutoCAD to this fancy system, offer us something so much better that it would be worth retraining everyone, having to get our partners to use a compatible system, and setting the company in a position where it may be harder to find qualified CAD using engineers.
Often legacy software will stay popular, not because there isn't better stuff, but changing is so hard, and it isn't so bad that it is worth it.
From my perspective in the automotive industry:
1. Yes, a million times better
2. All of our partners have switched so something else decades ago.
3. Most schools train on other software these days. AutoCAD puts a company at a disadvantage in finding talent.
Sounds like the civil engineering world still uses it. But I always assumed big expensive projects used something like NX or Catia. Mid-level projects use Solidworks.
Last time I used AutoCAD, it was way behind everything else. It was only used for very basic designs.
Perhaps that's why it's a popular vector for malware. Companies that use it are small, and have fewer resources to spend on security.
All of these studies trying to figure out millennials. No one thought to ask one why they do the things they do?
When did being a millennial get equated to materialism per se?
If I recall, it began with car manufacturers complaining that millennials don't buy cars. Then realtors complained about the same thing. Millennials don't buy homes.
Turns out they were just poor. Now that the economy has picked up, the trends have returned to normal.