I'll bite on this one. Uber and Lyft are similar, but as shitty as Uber is as a company, they offer a better service. My reasoning? Lyft does not set the rate up front. It's still a range, and you still see surge charging. You still have the option of tipping (and are encouraged to), which is a shitty way to not pay your employees and to pass that responsibility onto your customers. Uber on the other hand ties all of that up into an upfront package. You have a set price before you accept (meaning the driver can't drive you out of your way to increase the bill), and there's no tip question at the end. If Uber raised their rates to treat their contractors better, there would be no contest, performance wise. I realize these are minor changes, but uber has taken a lot of the trouble out of the cab industry. I wish Lyft would copy their (trip) payment model. That said, Uber's CEOs an out of touch asshole, and neither Uber or Lyft treat their employees like proper employees.
Agreed. The article definitely leans towards this being more devious than the data itself shows, but they do admit, the data is very anecdotal. As much as I dislike Trump, this isn't a smoking gun but more of a report of someone hearing a bang. It could be a crime, it could be (car analogy) be a car backfiring. I'll be curious to see how this shakes out.
My first thought was that these would get bought up for amenity spaces in high end multifamily housing. For a single home, sure, it's a ton. But we're already spending $50k on a roof top patch of turf to allow dogs to use the restroom (I'm sadly not even kidding here), why not spend a bit more on something that is slightly more useful?
FYI, he did come out as the financier for that lawsuit, which did bankrupt Gawker. Whether or not that was his specific intention, I couldn't say, but he did have an ax to grind and subsequently bury in Gawker. Non-gawker related source below:
To your point, and to kilfarsnar's original comment - His argument is that laws like this target the poor because they are enforced only on the poor and not the rich. That, because they are poor, they have to jump through many more hoops. If you are rich, you are assumed to be doing well, and get a free pass.
Nobody is being prosecuted and thrown in jail for being poor.
I'm taking this a little wider than you intended, I apologize. Being jailed for being poor happens. For a well written, fact checked article on it, please see the following (warning: pdf)
https://www.splcenter.org/site...
For a more humorous, assuming you can laugh at the absurdity of it all, take on this, please see the recent John Oliver clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
But for personal anecdote, I remember riding a bus and hearing a homeless person rant and rave about how if you have no money, you are breaking the law here. It sounds silly, until you think about how in many places, if you don't have money, you have no place to sleep, and there are a wealth of laws prohibiting sleeping in public places. Or if you need a restroom and there are no public bathrooms available, where do you go? Or if you are in an area and not buying something, what are you doing? Loitering?
Thank god most fast food workers are well out of high school. Most are in their upper 20s. Good jobs are hard to come by these days. I'm thankful every day for mine, even as I slowly sink towards lower class in this city.
And to add further damage beyond the reduction of manufacturing jobs, focusing only on reducing costs results in a throw away culture. If you lower the costs enough, you remove incentive to actually fix anything that's broken. That's fewer repair jobs and far more waste.
I'm not sure if you're joking or are honest here. The idea of storing off-peak energy is to save up energy that is being created when there isn't demand. Which is exactly what you are saying, and exactly what is being done here. I'm curious how nuanced this is. Other systems push water into higher reservoirs, which they later flow through turbines to create electricity.
I'm not sure where you're seeing this outrage from, or where you're assuming that genetics is that important. TFS (you didn't even have to click through to TFA) repeatedly states that these genetic factors are minor, especially when compared to environmental factors, or
"about nine extra weeks of schooling"
. But don't let that stop you from your passive aggressive racism there.
You're looking for math advice in the logic of a man who willfully (and wonderfully) fucked with the English language to its breaking point. What he likely means is that the density of the universe is basically zero, because, using your modification, the number of prime numbers is infinite, but it grows by a factor slower than the number of numbers. therefore the percentage of prime numbers compared to numbers as x approaches infinity is such a low percentage that it practically becomes zero.
Anywho, it's meant to be comedy, but if you would ever like to bet on us meeting intelligent life within several generations, let me know. I'd like to set up a college fund for my great-great-grandchildren. Space is big and remarkably empty. The only thing larger than it might be their student loans.
We might not be that complex, but we're still outside of the norm. Which means that even though the total number of beings like us might be numerous, it's still rare. To quote Douglas Adams who does a much better job of describing this:
“It is known that there are an infinite number of worlds, simply because there is an infinite amount of space for them to be in. However, not every one of them is inhabited. Therefore, there must be a finite number of inhabited worlds. Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing as makes no odds, so the average population of all the planets in the Universe can be said to be zero. From this it follows that the population of the whole Universe is also zero, and that any people you may meet from time to time are merely the products of a deranged imagination.”
I was able to find two that were operational:
Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Plan - US
Gemasolar Thermosolar Plant - Spain
which isn't as much as I would have expected. However, the these types of plants are relatively new, and molten salt is the latest and greatest in the industry, so it's not a total surprise.
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I think i finally understand this woman is have the longest period ever
When you can't do real work... start an advocacy group to harass people who can
hire more gay linux nerds who like hard cocks in their rectums
Can you not fathom how there just might be some discrimination happening in the tech world?
I hate to burst your bubble but the median household income in 2014 was $53,657. That's regardless of single or dual income. I would be willing to bet that most people on here are lucky enough to have never made below median income, and that most of our friends are above this threshold as well, so we never see it.
source: http://money.cnn.com/2015/09/1...
[quote]“It is known that there are an infinite number of worlds, simply because there is an infinite amount of space for them to be in. However, not every one of them is inhabited. Therefore, there must be a finite number of inhabited worlds. Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing as makes no odds, so the average population of all the planets in the Universe can be said to be zero. From this it follows that the population of the whole Universe is also zero, and that any people you may meet from time to time are merely the products of a deranged imagination.”[/quote]
-Douglas Adams
The argument is that the earth "should not" exist, not "does not." This model shows that the conditions conducive to an earth like planet are exceedingly rare, even on a universe scale. At some resolution, it's safer to say that the universe is dead, rather than having any life.
My friend used to do this job for Turner networks. His job was to watch content set to air in foreign countries and document every moment that needed to be flagged due to censorship concerns. "At 0:52:13, use of the word 'fuck.' At 0:55:43, exposed nipple..." If he ever missed anything, he would have been fired, so he had to watch every second of the film. If he became distracted, he would have to rewind. Apparently he loved this job. It sounded miserable to me.
So, honestly - you have about a one in ten chance of learning some actual science by watching YouTube videos - and about an 80% chance of being mislead by idiots.
While I appreciate your study, I feel your math, like the math of these videos, may be flawed...
Or this is an attempt to stop the scourge of baby assassins. You have to worry about those kids, they are the terrorists from within: http://forward.com/opinion/176...
France is one of the top 5 arms exporters in the world (http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-31901493), they have a history of racial tension against immigrants (https://news.vice.com/article/france-is-getting-more-intolerant-and-racist-according-to-human-rights-report). You treat those beneath you like shit, and occasionally, people fight back. Those would be two motives, I'm sure there are more.
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I'll bite on this one. Uber and Lyft are similar, but as shitty as Uber is as a company, they offer a better service. My reasoning? Lyft does not set the rate up front. It's still a range, and you still see surge charging. You still have the option of tipping (and are encouraged to), which is a shitty way to not pay your employees and to pass that responsibility onto your customers. Uber on the other hand ties all of that up into an upfront package. You have a set price before you accept (meaning the driver can't drive you out of your way to increase the bill), and there's no tip question at the end. If Uber raised their rates to treat their contractors better, there would be no contest, performance wise. I realize these are minor changes, but uber has taken a lot of the trouble out of the cab industry. I wish Lyft would copy their (trip) payment model. That said, Uber's CEOs an out of touch asshole, and neither Uber or Lyft treat their employees like proper employees.
Agreed. The article definitely leans towards this being more devious than the data itself shows, but they do admit, the data is very anecdotal. As much as I dislike Trump, this isn't a smoking gun but more of a report of someone hearing a bang. It could be a crime, it could be (car analogy) be a car backfiring. I'll be curious to see how this shakes out.
My first thought was that these would get bought up for amenity spaces in high end multifamily housing. For a single home, sure, it's a ton. But we're already spending $50k on a roof top patch of turf to allow dogs to use the restroom (I'm sadly not even kidding here), why not spend a bit more on something that is slightly more useful?
FYI, he did come out as the financier for that lawsuit, which did bankrupt Gawker. Whether or not that was his specific intention, I couldn't say, but he did have an ax to grind and subsequently bury in Gawker. Non-gawker related source below:
http://www.npr.org/2016/05/26/...
Nobody is being prosecuted and thrown in jail for being poor.
I'm taking this a little wider than you intended, I apologize. Being jailed for being poor happens. For a well written, fact checked article on it, please see the following (warning: pdf) https://www.splcenter.org/site...
For a more humorous, assuming you can laugh at the absurdity of it all, take on this, please see the recent John Oliver clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
But for personal anecdote, I remember riding a bus and hearing a homeless person rant and rave about how if you have no money, you are breaking the law here. It sounds silly, until you think about how in many places, if you don't have money, you have no place to sleep, and there are a wealth of laws prohibiting sleeping in public places. Or if you need a restroom and there are no public bathrooms available, where do you go? Or if you are in an area and not buying something, what are you doing? Loitering?
This headline brought to you by the department of redundancy department.
Because I forgot to add a source: http://www.politifact.com/pund...
Thank god most fast food workers are well out of high school. Most are in their upper 20s. Good jobs are hard to come by these days. I'm thankful every day for mine, even as I slowly sink towards lower class in this city.
And to add further damage beyond the reduction of manufacturing jobs, focusing only on reducing costs results in a throw away culture. If you lower the costs enough, you remove incentive to actually fix anything that's broken. That's fewer repair jobs and far more waste.
I'm not sure if you're joking or are honest here. The idea of storing off-peak energy is to save up energy that is being created when there isn't demand. Which is exactly what you are saying, and exactly what is being done here. I'm curious how nuanced this is. Other systems push water into higher reservoirs, which they later flow through turbines to create electricity.
"about nine extra weeks of schooling"
. But don't let that stop you from your passive aggressive racism there.
You're looking for math advice in the logic of a man who willfully (and wonderfully) fucked with the English language to its breaking point. What he likely means is that the density of the universe is basically zero, because, using your modification, the number of prime numbers is infinite, but it grows by a factor slower than the number of numbers. therefore the percentage of prime numbers compared to numbers as x approaches infinity is such a low percentage that it practically becomes zero.
Anywho, it's meant to be comedy, but if you would ever like to bet on us meeting intelligent life within several generations, let me know. I'd like to set up a college fund for my great-great-grandchildren. Space is big and remarkably empty. The only thing larger than it might be their student loans.
“It is known that there are an infinite number of worlds, simply because there is an infinite amount of space for them to be in. However, not every one of them is inhabited. Therefore, there must be a finite number of inhabited worlds. Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing as makes no odds, so the average population of all the planets in the Universe can be said to be zero. From this it follows that the population of the whole Universe is also zero, and that any people you may meet from time to time are merely the products of a deranged imagination.”
How many molten sodium plants are operational
I was able to find two that were operational: Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Plan - US Gemasolar Thermosolar Plant - Spain
which isn't as much as I would have expected. However, the these types of plants are relatively new, and molten salt is the latest and greatest in the industry, so it's not a total surprise.
If you are worried about heat loss, molten solar only loses 1 degree F per day. source: http://www.solarreserve.com/en...
Fuck anyone with a penis! if you disagree then you're part of the patriarchy
Use apps! only apps can apps apps, NOT LUDDITE feminists! Apps!
I think i finally understand this woman is have the longest period ever
When you can't do real work... start an advocacy group to harass people who can
hire more gay linux nerds who like hard cocks in their rectums
Can you not fathom how there just might be some discrimination happening in the tech world?
I hate to burst your bubble but the median household income in 2014 was $53,657. That's regardless of single or dual income. I would be willing to bet that most people on here are lucky enough to have never made below median income, and that most of our friends are above this threshold as well, so we never see it. source: http://money.cnn.com/2015/09/1...
I appreciate the calm and considered response. Wealth is power, and while none of these companies own a nation, they are bigger than nations.
The key flaw in socialism remains excessive concentration of power. The end.
you mean like capitalism?
[quote]“It is known that there are an infinite number of worlds, simply because there is an infinite amount of space for them to be in. However, not every one of them is inhabited. Therefore, there must be a finite number of inhabited worlds. Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing as makes no odds, so the average population of all the planets in the Universe can be said to be zero. From this it follows that the population of the whole Universe is also zero, and that any people you may meet from time to time are merely the products of a deranged imagination.”[/quote]
-Douglas Adams
The argument is that the earth "should not" exist, not "does not." This model shows that the conditions conducive to an earth like planet are exceedingly rare, even on a universe scale. At some resolution, it's safer to say that the universe is dead, rather than having any life.
My friend used to do this job for Turner networks. His job was to watch content set to air in foreign countries and document every moment that needed to be flagged due to censorship concerns. "At 0:52:13, use of the word 'fuck.' At 0:55:43, exposed nipple..." If he ever missed anything, he would have been fired, so he had to watch every second of the film. If he became distracted, he would have to rewind. Apparently he loved this job. It sounded miserable to me.
So, honestly - you have about a one in ten chance of learning some actual science by watching YouTube videos - and about an 80% chance of being mislead by idiots.
While I appreciate your study, I feel your math, like the math of these videos, may be flawed...
Or this is an attempt to stop the scourge of baby assassins. You have to worry about those kids, they are the terrorists from within: http://forward.com/opinion/176...
That's 1% of the problem. The other 99% of the problem is that they see someone who looks different from carrying an unknown device and think "bomb."
I'm not passing judgement on the act, just stating possible why's that come to mind.
France is one of the top 5 arms exporters in the world (http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-31901493), they have a history of racial tension against immigrants (https://news.vice.com/article/france-is-getting-more-intolerant-and-racist-according-to-human-rights-report). You treat those beneath you like shit, and occasionally, people fight back. Those would be two motives, I'm sure there are more.