If you RTFA they give an example where a baby carriage is pushed in front of the train, and it stops. In another example two teens walk in front of the train, and it slows down just enough to let them pass, and then resumes normal speed.
>we only have to look at the clean diesel technology coming out of Germany for an example of how great their tech is
The technology of using Urea to neutralize NOx works perfectly (and will soon be added to Direct-injection gasoline cars too). For manufacturers like Chevrolet, Mercedes, BMW, Mack, Caterpillar, et cetera the neutralization works so well, NOx levels are essentially zero.
The only time it does Not work is when a company like Volkswagen decides "let's not install it, so we can save money." Obviously the tech can not work if it has never been installed!
There's never a huge dramatic change when Apple adds an "s" or "S" to the model name. They save the really big changes for when the Number is incremented.
The contrast between Slashdot and Ars Technica is interesting. Most slashdotters appear in favor of "capping" how much local governments can tax these 5G towers.
Ars posters have the opposite opinion, saying the local governments should be able to Tax whatever amount they wish.
I thought the two websites would be more identical in view, given they share similar backgrounds (engineers, technicians, programmers).
> management came back saying "it's still abuse, so we're not doing it"
which is, of course, objectively untrue. In fact, Attorney General Jeff Sessions is expected to meet with statesâ(TM) attorneys general next week to discuss possible criminal action against tech firms that bias their products against conservatives. Because who could ever forgot how Trumpâ(TM)s electoral victory caused such âoepanic and dismayâ among top Google executive
- Also one can't help but be skeptical considering that just before the 2016 presidential election, among the many leaks published by Wikileaks as part of its Podesta email campaign, was Google's "strategic plan" to help democrats win the election and track voters.
I have so much food, drinks, and spare shoes/suits in my desk, being out of the building in 30 minutes would be impossible. Why did this management team have to be such dicks? (When I was laid-off from Lockheed, they gave us from 8 am to 5pm... basically all day... to clear-out our stuff.)
>He gave you the source. It was a attributed paraphrased quote. What part of that was confusing to you?
The confusing part is when I google Neil deGrasse Tyson, "To think a problem is inherently difficult is hubris"...... nothing comes up. Even when I remove Tyson's name I cannot find ANYBODY that ever said anything remotely like that.
So in other words... it's a false quotation that doesn't exist.
Apple's model really annoys me. I have an iphone 4s which works just fine, but I cannot download Kindle or Amazon Video apps off the Apple store. Reason: "Your OS is out of date" and of course the latest OS won't work on the 4s.
I later learned how to "force" the apps to download on my ancient OS via some hacking, and guess what? They worked just fine!
Apple's claim the OS was too old was pure BS. Apple deliberately designs their software system to "not work" and thereby force users to upgrade to new hardware (even when it's not needed).
I'm sorry but I used to work at a retail store with lots of people barely getting by. YES a lot of these people would spend money frivilously, like buying new jeans or dresses when they already had a closet FULL of clothes. (How do I know? I just asked.)
Meanwhile I'd keep wearing the same stuff for 10+ years, and only bought new when I had no choice.
- Those people who were my minimum wage coworkers were indeed "living beyond their means" while I was living within my means (and watching my bank account grow). It is a CHOICE of how to live, not a trap.
> They make most of their money selling essentials (toothpaste, soap, toilet paper, etc) in reduced sizes at very high markups to poor people who only have a few dollars
Even when I spent a year with no job, I had enough intelligence to look at the UNIT PRICE of the item. As you stated the reduced sized items are more costly (per gram) than larger sizes, so I always went larger. More bang for each buck.
- If people cannot figure this out by themselves (look at the unit price & go with the lowest unit cost), then maybe there's a reason they are so broke: They handle their money poorly.
> Quick question... do you always buy the cheapest car possible? I'm pretty sure you don't.
I didn't used to. I typically went with a middle grade around $22,000 pricetag. Then two years ago I bought a Ford Fiesta for $11,000..... it has absolutely no bells or whistles (not even cruise control), but it has held-up just as well as my older cars that cost double the price.
It has the same engine as installed in the ~$22,000 Ford Mondea (aka Fusion), and same tires as my former Honda Civic which lasted 80,000 miles. So I figure I'm not getting shortchanged in terms of the actual Car and its main purpose to get me to work.
You don't have to spend a ton of money. Sure you could spend $100 for some Florsheims or other high-end brand, but I bought a pair of Rockports for $30 (sale price) and they lasted 15 years before finally falling apart (the sole separated from the leather).
> Poor software engineering means that very capable computers are no longer capable of running modern, unnecessarily bloated software.
Not just computers.
You can add Smart TVs, settop internet boxes, Kindles, tablets, et cetera that must be thrown-away when they become too old (say 5 years) to run the latest bloatware. Software non-engineering is causing a lot of working hardware to be landfilled, and for no good reason.
When I find a spiderweb in my home I leave it there. The spider is harmless, but the other insects it catches are deadly or disease-ridden. I figure the spider is like the beneficial bacteria in my intestine... contributing to my well-being.
As I posted above Moore's Law says "transistors will double every 2 years". That held true until 2015, when it slowed to 2.5 years (not a huge difference).
From wikipedia: Intel stated in 2015 that the pace of advancement has slowed, starting at the 22 nm feature width around 2012, and continuing at 14 nm. Brian Krzanich, the former CEO of Intel, announced, "Our cadence today is closer to two and a half years than two." Intel is expected to reach the 10 nm node in 2018, a three-year cadence.
The 500 Plus in 1995 was nothing to brag about.... it was still using a 68000 processor when other Motorola machines like Macs were on 68060s (at ten times the clock rate). Now if you had said "1985" then it would be impressive (the Amiga's initial release date).
I ran a modern web browser on a PowerMac G3 (1999).... slow as snails. Ditto on a Pentium 4 at 3000 megahertz. SD video is okay, but HD video runs like molasses.
It truly is sad when I trust Microsoft Outlook.com with my emails more than I do Gmail.com. (It used to be opposite.) "Do no evil" is now "For the greater good."
When Toyota discontinued the Scion line, they carried over many of the models, but with Toyota badging. I just rented a Toyota iA which two years ago was called the Scion iA.
Similarly some of the Saturn cars were simply rebadged as "Buick" and continued onward (same production lines).
Slashdot Mirror
If you RTFA they give an example where a baby carriage is pushed in front of the train, and it stops. In another example two teens walk in front of the train, and it slows down just enough to let them pass, and then resumes normal speed.
>we only have to look at the clean diesel technology coming out of Germany for an example of how great their tech is
The technology of using Urea to neutralize NOx works perfectly (and will soon be added to Direct-injection gasoline cars too). For manufacturers like Chevrolet, Mercedes, BMW, Mack, Caterpillar, et cetera the neutralization works so well, NOx levels are essentially zero.
The only time it does Not work is when a company like Volkswagen decides "let's not install it, so we can save money." Obviously the tech can not work if it has never been installed!
4 to 4s
5 to 5s
6 to 6s
X to XS
There's never a huge dramatic change when Apple adds an "s" or "S" to the model name. They save the really big changes for when the Number is incremented.
The contrast between Slashdot and Ars Technica is interesting. Most slashdotters appear in favor of "capping" how much local governments can tax these 5G towers.
Ars posters have the opposite opinion, saying the local governments should be able to Tax whatever amount they wish.
I thought the two websites would be more identical in view, given they share similar backgrounds (engineers, technicians, programmers).
In reality China explored & traded as far west as Egypt and Ethiopia. They met Buddhists and Muslims, and carried their belief systems back home.
STARTPAGE is good. Also duckduckgo
> management came back saying "it's still abuse, so we're not doing it"
which is, of course, objectively untrue. In fact, Attorney General Jeff Sessions is expected to meet with statesâ(TM) attorneys general next week to discuss possible criminal action against tech firms that bias their products against conservatives. Because who could ever forgot how Trumpâ(TM)s electoral victory caused such âoepanic and dismayâ among top Google executive
- Also one can't help but be skeptical considering that just before the 2016 presidential election, among the many leaks published by Wikileaks as part of its Podesta email campaign, was Google's "strategic plan" to help democrats win the election and track voters.
https://twitter.com/wikileaks/...
I have so much food, drinks, and spare shoes/suits in my desk, being out of the building in 30 minutes would be impossible. Why did this management team have to be such dicks? (When I was laid-off from Lockheed, they gave us from 8 am to 5pm... basically all day... to clear-out our stuff.)
>He gave you the source. It was a attributed paraphrased quote. What part of that was confusing to you?
The confusing part is when I google Neil deGrasse Tyson, "To think a problem is inherently difficult is hubris"...... nothing comes up. Even when I remove Tyson's name I cannot find ANYBODY that ever said anything remotely like that.
So in other words... it's a false quotation that doesn't exist.
Apple's model really annoys me. I have an iphone 4s which works just fine, but I cannot download Kindle or Amazon Video apps off the Apple store. Reason: "Your OS is out of date" and of course the latest OS won't work on the 4s.
I later learned how to "force" the apps to download on my ancient OS via some hacking, and guess what? They worked just fine!
Apple's claim the OS was too old was pure BS. Apple deliberately designs their software system to "not work" and thereby force users to upgrade to new hardware (even when it's not needed).
.
I'm sorry but I used to work at a retail store with lots of people barely getting by. YES a lot of these people would spend money frivilously, like buying new jeans or dresses when they already had a closet FULL of clothes. (How do I know? I just asked.)
Meanwhile I'd keep wearing the same stuff for 10+ years, and only bought new when I had no choice.
- Those people who were my minimum wage coworkers were indeed "living beyond their means" while I was living within my means (and watching my bank account grow). It is a CHOICE of how to live, not a trap.
> They make most of their money selling essentials (toothpaste, soap, toilet paper, etc) in reduced sizes at very high markups to poor people who only have a few dollars
Even when I spent a year with no job, I had enough intelligence to look at the UNIT PRICE of the item. As you stated the reduced sized items are more costly (per gram) than larger sizes, so I always went larger. More bang for each buck.
- If people cannot figure this out by themselves (look at the unit price & go with the lowest unit cost), then maybe there's a reason they are so broke: They handle their money poorly.
> Quick question ... do you always buy the cheapest car possible? I'm pretty sure you don't.
I didn't used to. I typically went with a middle grade around $22,000 pricetag. Then two years ago I bought a Ford Fiesta for $11,000..... it has absolutely no bells or whistles (not even cruise control), but it has held-up just as well as my older cars that cost double the price.
It has the same engine as installed in the ~$22,000 Ford Mondea (aka Fusion), and same tires as my former Honda Civic which lasted 80,000 miles. So I figure I'm not getting shortchanged in terms of the actual Car and its main purpose to get me to work.
You don't have to spend a ton of money. Sure you could spend $100 for some Florsheims or other high-end brand, but I bought a pair of Rockports for $30 (sale price) and they lasted 15 years before finally falling apart (the sole separated from the leather).
> Next belt was a $100 solid-one-layer full-grain...... indestructible.
I don't wear a belt.
So that's $100 saved.
> Poor software engineering means that very capable computers are no longer capable of running modern, unnecessarily bloated software.
Not just computers.
You can add Smart TVs, settop internet boxes, Kindles, tablets, et cetera that must be thrown-away when they become too old (say 5 years) to run the latest bloatware. Software non-engineering is causing a lot of working hardware to be landfilled, and for no good reason.
> 1 New Hardcover from $1,060.11
WOW. For that price this "book" better be a 100-volume encyclopedia. I'm trying to imagine anyone who would pay that much for a scifi novel.
When I find a spiderweb in my home I leave it there. The spider is harmless, but the other insects it catches are deadly or disease-ridden. I figure the spider is like the beneficial bacteria in my intestine... contributing to my well-being.
As I posted above Moore's Law says "transistors will double every 2 years". That held true until 2015, when it slowed to 2.5 years (not a huge difference).
In Star Trek TNG they used warp fields to enable data transfers faster than light speed. (Yes I know warping & FTL is just fiction.)
From wikipedia: Intel stated in 2015 that the pace of advancement has slowed, starting at the 22 nm feature width around 2012, and continuing at 14 nm. Brian Krzanich, the former CEO of Intel, announced, "Our cadence today is closer to two and a half years than two." Intel is expected to reach the 10 nm node in 2018, a three-year cadence.
So Moore's Law is slowing from 2 to 3 years.
The 500 Plus in 1995 was nothing to brag about.... it was still using a 68000 processor when other Motorola machines like Macs were on 68060s (at ten times the clock rate). Now if you had said "1985" then it would be impressive (the Amiga's initial release date).
I ran a modern web browser on a PowerMac G3 (1999).... slow as snails. Ditto on a Pentium 4 at 3000 megahertz. SD video is okay, but HD video runs like molasses.
It truly is sad when I trust Microsoft Outlook.com with my emails more than I do Gmail.com. (It used to be opposite.) "Do no evil" is now "For the greater good."
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Yes it was clear that Apple Pai intended to revoke NN rules, even if 100% of the comments were pro-NN. Any Russian influence is irrelevant.
When Toyota discontinued the Scion line, they carried over many of the models, but with Toyota badging. I just rented a Toyota iA which two years ago was called the Scion iA.
Similarly some of the Saturn cars were simply rebadged as "Buick" and continued onward (same production lines).