If you've been to Australia there are farms hundreds of kilometres from the nearest city. We just don't assume that their needs should dictate the transport infrastructure of the entire nation.
I live in a country with a civilised amount of vacation time, and I get more than most. I took over three months leave last year, and will probably take just as much next year (I'm in my mid thirties, but my skills are in demand).
Americans seem to struggle with the concept of leave, because they don't get much and seem to have a learned aversion to letting their subordinates take it. The key with longer holidays (and retirement) is to learn to appreciate life, and to have goals. The argument that "humans get bored" is a reflection on a particular culture that that doesn't value activities outside of work, and is not an accurate representation of the other 95% of humanity.
I was recently in at -20 degrees Celsius in the Swiss Alps, and my old iPhone would die unexpectedly during use (or, the battery would drop 50% for five minutes of use). However, having since come back to Australia, I don't want my phone to throttle based on the one week a year I spend skiing - the system should permit more customisation than either just "on or off".
How did the old implementation work in practice for foreigners? Due to extortionate data roaming charges (>$5/MB), I always disable data roaming before travelling. Does anyone have horror stories caused by the TSA enabling data roaming and racking up thousands of dollars in bills?
Only if you live in a country with no public transport. In countries with good public transport systems everyone uses them, and proximity to a station plays a significant factor in property value.
Oh, and it used to be possible (back in the old days of predictable low demand at night) to purchase an off-peak hot water system, that only heats water when electricity is cheap. I imagine adaptive systems are now available.
Hydro is ideal for variable loads; probably better than natural gas or nuclear. It is very easy to regulate the supply of water to control the amount of power generated, without needing to dump waste heat in the form of costly purified water (steam) to the environment. It just requires the operator to run the hydro plant during peak only, and not to attempt to run it as baseload.
You seem to believe that everyone wants to move to America. That's not actually the truth, you know - many, many people prefer countries / areas like the UK, Scandinavia, Australia, NZ, and Germany where owning a gun is heavily regulated, and they don't have the "freedom" to opt out of healthcare.
Americans often take it as a fact that theirs is the best country in the world. That is debatable, and easy access to guns does not make it so.
The only countries outside of the US that accept USD are undeveloped nations with weak governments. You will also find that acceptance of your USD (even in these third world nations) is conditional on it being clean, unmarked, and crisp.
It's not orders of magnitude, but new power plants are more efficient than new cars.
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It's a line ball case when an old, inefficient power plant is used, especially if that power plant is powered with dirty (brown) coal or peat. That has so much water attached that most of the chemical energy in the coal is used to evaporate the water off.
Ethereum won't move to FPGA/ASIC because "mining" will move to a Proof of Stake system within the next few years. This is technically more complex but computationally very easy, and will shift payouts to an interest based system.
According to the ethereum roadmap, this change should happen within the next year or two, although if they run behind schedule 2020 isn't out of the question. Once PoS is rolled out, the crypto mining market for graphics cards is likely to drop dramatically.
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If you've been to Australia there are farms hundreds of kilometres from the nearest city. We just don't assume that their needs should dictate the transport infrastructure of the entire nation.
Are you sure? I would expect only the artwork or one-off items to be insured.
At $10, anyone who needs the article will pay, whereas people who are just curious will either pirate or go elsewhere. Compare that to Elsevier.
I live in a country with a civilised amount of vacation time, and I get more than most. I took over three months leave last year, and will probably take just as much next year (I'm in my mid thirties, but my skills are in demand).
Americans seem to struggle with the concept of leave, because they don't get much and seem to have a learned aversion to letting their subordinates take it. The key with longer holidays (and retirement) is to learn to appreciate life, and to have goals. The argument that "humans get bored" is a reflection on a particular culture that that doesn't value activities outside of work, and is not an accurate representation of the other 95% of humanity.
Using that logic, America should straight away cede sovereignty to the Japanese.
No you don't; you just have to bring the region locked DVD player with the DVD.
The "greater fool" theory isn't quite applicable because companies buy back their shares on market to return cash instead of paying dividends.
I've lived in Germany. Public transport is significantly more convenient than driving most of the time.
I was recently in at -20 degrees Celsius in the Swiss Alps, and my old iPhone would die unexpectedly during use (or, the battery would drop 50% for five minutes of use). However, having since come back to Australia, I don't want my phone to throttle based on the one week a year I spend skiing - the system should permit more customisation than either just "on or off".
How did the old implementation work in practice for foreigners? Due to extortionate data roaming charges (>$5/MB), I always disable data roaming before travelling. Does anyone have horror stories caused by the TSA enabling data roaming and racking up thousands of dollars in bills?
Only if you live in a country with no public transport. In countries with good public transport systems everyone uses them, and proximity to a station plays a significant factor in property value.
Oh, and it used to be possible (back in the old days of predictable low demand at night) to purchase an off-peak hot water system, that only heats water when electricity is cheap. I imagine adaptive systems are now available.
Pumped hydro installations. They "buy" excess energy and then sell back into the grid when prices are high.
That's actually really interesting. Do you have a source that goes into more detail?
Hydro is ideal for variable loads; probably better than natural gas or nuclear. It is very easy to regulate the supply of water to control the amount of power generated, without needing to dump waste heat in the form of costly purified water (steam) to the environment. It just requires the operator to run the hydro plant during peak only, and not to attempt to run it as baseload.
Fair call about labels, however I don't see the utility of guns to protect myself or my family against a government with attack helicopters.
To my mind, the only protection we have against government is money and influence.
Genuinely interested - do you have a source for your claim that white America has a similar crime rate to Switzerland?
You seem to believe that everyone wants to move to America. That's not actually the truth, you know - many, many people prefer countries / areas like the UK, Scandinavia, Australia, NZ, and Germany where owning a gun is heavily regulated, and they don't have the "freedom" to opt out of healthcare.
Americans often take it as a fact that theirs is the best country in the world. That is debatable, and easy access to guns does not make it so.
I believe the situation in Russia is worse to be honest. Glad I don't live in either of those two countries.
Exactly. It's cheaper to feed my cat human grade kangaroo mince purchased by the kilo than it is to buy tins of decent quality cat food.
The only countries outside of the US that accept USD are undeveloped nations with weak governments. You will also find that acceptance of your USD (even in these third world nations) is conditional on it being clean, unmarked, and crisp.
Iceland does cash in. I use a cloud mining service with facilities in Iceland.
. It's a line ball case when an old, inefficient power plant is used, especially if that power plant is powered with dirty (brown) coal or peat. That has so much water attached that most of the chemical energy in the coal is used to evaporate the water off.
Ethereum won't move to FPGA/ASIC because "mining" will move to a Proof of Stake system within the next few years. This is technically more complex but computationally very easy, and will shift payouts to an interest based system.
According to the ethereum roadmap, this change should happen within the next year or two, although if they run behind schedule 2020 isn't out of the question. Once PoS is rolled out, the crypto mining market for graphics cards is likely to drop dramatically.
Childhood cancer, acne or psoriasis? I get tinea sometimes; does that qualify for your list of horrible diseases?