Something is not right with the math. 5k gallons of diesel doesn't cost $100k.
Just did the math and there does seem to something off. The of a litre of diesel in India is about 0.9 USD and there are about 3.8 litres in a gallon, so 3.8 * 5000 * 0.9 = 17100 USD
...and an Android phone is? (Hint: designed by Google in California)
Actually the OS is designed in California, then modded elsewhere. The hardware is designed and assembled in different places, based on the manufacturer. For the actual processors they may come from many places that aren't China. The level of quality control is also based on the manufacturer.
All the while our dear commander in chief keeps his own tax data private.
As it is his right to, just as it is your right to keep your tax records private.
The tradition of sharing tax forms is just that, a tradition - just like getting a White House dog or granting a reprieve to a turkey in late November.
Your desire to see his tax forms doesn't obligate him to share them.
It was more about how he is quite willing to make public the private data of US citizens, while being opaque with his own. Not an attitude that inspires trust.
Maybe they are going to be posted on twitter, along with the rest of the voting data? All the while our dear commander in chief keeps his own tax data private.
This feels like what some companies already do in China, except there it tends to be more in the form of dormitories. At the same it could be an interesting idea for other companies, as a way of reducing commute times. One company that I am thinking about is Apple with their new mega campus.
One of the things that put some people off working for these large companies is spending two hours in traffic, instead of 10 minutes using less stressful transportation, such as foot, bicycle or bus/train. Not everyone needs or wants a house, but may be happy living in an apartment with services near by.
Centigrade or Celsius work out nicely for water at sea level. 0C is freezing point and 100C is boiling point. As you indicated, start going up and thus throws that NHS off, as does adding salt to the mix.
I do agree that in this day in age it would be nice if devices could accept whatever unit of measure we want, with the very least supporting both Fahrenheit and Centigrade. The limitation hits devices both US side and in the rest of the world.
Heck, I knew someone in Canada who measured air temperature in Centigrade and pool temperature in Farenheit, because no one made a pool temperature gauge in Centigrade available to his local market. The craziness extends to glass, where thickness is one unit and dimensions the other!?
Both T-mobile and Google Fi offer worldwide free roaming, the EU is years behind
The EU is pushing this through regulation, because the companies weren't willing to do this themselves. T-Mobile and Google Fi aren't European based operators, as far as I am aware? In France there is one operator who offers a great plan, one that being resident in Canada seems excellent, if I only make outgoing calls: http://mobile.free.fr/ Ignoring the features for people using the phone in France, here are the out of country features (translated), all for 19€/month:
Unlimited calls, SMS, MMS
From Europe and DOM (to fixed and mobile Europe, DOM and metropolitan France)
From the United States, South Africa, Australia, Canada, Israel and New Zealand (to the fixed and mobile countries of the same country and metropolitan France)
Internet 25 GB / month from Europe, DOM, USA, South Africa, Australia, Canada, Israel and New Zealand (in 3G) (beyond: 0.009 € / Mo from Europe, For other countries)
I have to pay my ISP $57/month in Canada, and I don't get any of those international features. Heck when I do travel it is $10/day for 100MB of data, which work out to be around $300/month for 3GB of data!? It is cheaper for me to get a SIM card when I go to a new country, even if it is just for a week. T-Mobile is great in the USA for the pay-as-you-go plans.
Andorra is in Europa, but not in European Union. same for Switzerland.
these roaming agreements are not applicable.
The continent is Europe, while Europa is a moon of Jupiter, though you are right when you say Andorra is not part of the EU.
There is an article 'The Independent' indicates, though the article describes some more of the 'gotchas':
The three non-EU countries in the European Economic Area — Iceland, Norway and plucky Liechtenstein — will introduce Roam Like at Home “shortly after 15 June”, according to Brussels.
Other key exclusions include Switzerland, Andorra, Serbia and Albania, as well as the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man. Some operators are applying the same basic European rules to those destinations, others are not; when travelling anywhere outside the EEA, you should check exactly what your operator plans to charge you.
The best solution is really to check with your operator and get things in writing.
This sort of accountability is already expected for employees of corporations, so why should the president or other high level government actor be held to a lower standard?
I worked for a large financial institution and all social media communication from the companies was limited to specific employees, it was vetted and even recorded at every step. I can't see why government servants in the White House or congress can't be expected to follow the same process. If I were the CEO of a large company, I would appreciate my social media officer asking me whether that tweet really should be public record, if I were to say something stupid.
As for twitter, I am sure they could find solutions to store tweets considered redacted or deleted, and possibly even how long it was public for.
Well she doesn't seem to care much for human rights, since they seem inconvenient to her. She was considering revoking the charter of human rights, since it gets in the way of her fight with terrorism. Without the charter the terrorists have essentially won anyhow?
As for the encryption, maybe we should ask her if she is okay broadcasting her passwords and banking details for everyone to see. Connecting to a bank using unencrypted http, via unencrypted wifi amounts to that.
Sometimes I wonder whether some of Trump's actions are doing things that are what he believes are good for the country or whether he has just has a hard-on for destroying anything Obama enacted?
I can almost imagine Trump in a mental asylum scrawling 'I hate you Obama' on the walls, like a crazy man.
At the same time, I wonder what is bothering these guys more? Is it because he said he was an engineer, but not licensed in the state, or that he found a fault in the system and they are trying to hide this, but ended up with the Streissand effect?
At the same time there probably should be a distinction between licensed engineer vs engineer? Just because he isn't licensed, does this negate his engineering degree, even if he can't perform in said jurisdiction. Some place the distinction appears to come down to whether the said degreed expert can have an opinion vs sign off on that opinion.
I think it may not be that clear cut. Maybe infrastructure vs service? Also, a certain amount of market iniative is needed, otherwise the innovation doesn't happen, unless it is the sort of grand nation project that is far too risky for any private entity.
So this appears to the result of climate change, but big oil would like to tell you otherwise through a number of its 'anti-climate change' shell companies. At the same time the government is being asked to reduce regulation, for industries who are not socially responsible. In the case of the US government this is pretty blatant, along with ignoring the commitments it has signed up to.
Can the government be legally held accountable for actually reducing its ability to live up to its environmental obligations and treaties?
You are right that the Apple Watch should not be held to the same standard, but if having it increases the survival rate by at least 10%, then it may be a nice bonus feature. The alternative is either a more expense device few people buy or having no indicator at all.
It would be good to have this study done on other watches.
At no point should such a device be mistaken for a specialised medical device.
Sometimes you get the government to create a means for competition to exist at another level. Like the roads allow for commercial traffic, shared internet cabling would actually allow for more competition, by reducing the barrier of entry. Governments can help reduce the risk that provide corporations aren't willing to deal with. The government simply needs to commit to upgrading and maintint the shared infrastructure, though with fibre some of these upgrades are happening at the end-points.
In certain countries cable strands are leased out to various ISPs and they just provide their own hardware at both ends. With fibre you don't even share that bandwidth with a competiting provider.
In fact this 'commie' solution provides room for real competition. Now we just have kingdoms and the surfs just have to deal with it.
They are looking at something like this, but it is just ensuring the right checks and balances are in place. One thing we may see is VideoLAN (organisation responsible for VLC) offering to sign on behalf of the project. There is discussion here, but nothing is official at this point.
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Something is not right with the math. 5k gallons of diesel doesn't cost $100k.
Just did the math and there does seem to something off. The of a litre of diesel in India is about 0.9 USD and there are about 3.8 litres in a gallon, so 3.8 * 5000 * 0.9 = 17100 USD
Source for diesel price: http://www.mypetrolprice.com/d... , noting this is just an estimate.
...and an Android phone is? (Hint: designed by Google in California)
Actually the OS is designed in California, then modded elsewhere. The hardware is designed and assembled in different places, based on the manufacturer. For the actual processors they may come from many places that aren't China. The level of quality control is also based on the manufacturer.
All the while our dear commander in chief keeps his own tax data private.
As it is his right to, just as it is your right to keep your tax records private.
The tradition of sharing tax forms is just that, a tradition - just like getting a White House dog or granting a reprieve to a turkey in late November.
Your desire to see his tax forms doesn't obligate him to share them.
It was more about how he is quite willing to make public the private data of US citizens, while being opaque with his own. Not an attitude that inspires trust.
Maybe they are going to be posted on twitter, along with the rest of the voting data? All the while our dear commander in chief keeps his own tax data private.
How will business users be impacted, since they will typically need to use a VPN if working remotely?
At the same time I wonder how long it will be before the mouse works out how camouflage the VPN access? It really is a cat and mouse arms race.
At the same it could be an interesting idea for other companies, as a way of reducing commute times.
And great for turning your enployees into bigger wage slaves.
Well that is one way to play it. The other is to encourage the employees to take that time for R&R, hoping they'll be even more effective?
This feels like what some companies already do in China, except there it tends to be more in the form of dormitories. At the same it could be an interesting idea for other companies, as a way of reducing commute times. One company that I am thinking about is Apple with their new mega campus.
One of the things that put some people off working for these large companies is spending two hours in traffic, instead of 10 minutes using less stressful transportation, such as foot, bicycle or bus/train. Not everyone needs or wants a house, but may be happy living in an apartment with services near by.
For those who can buy a RED camera and not flinch are bound to be a primary market? For the rest of us, we might as well be savages.
Centigrade or Celsius work out nicely for water at sea level. 0C is freezing point and 100C is boiling point. As you indicated, start going up and thus throws that NHS off, as does adding salt to the mix.
I do agree that in this day in age it would be nice if devices could accept whatever unit of measure we want, with the very least supporting both Fahrenheit and Centigrade. The limitation hits devices both US side and in the rest of the world.
Heck, I knew someone in Canada who measured air temperature in Centigrade and pool temperature in Farenheit, because no one made a pool temperature gauge in Centigrade available to his local market. The craziness extends to glass, where thickness is one unit and dimensions the other!?
Both T-mobile and Google Fi offer worldwide free roaming, the EU is years behind
The EU is pushing this through regulation, because the companies weren't willing to do this themselves. T-Mobile and Google Fi aren't European based operators, as far as I am aware? In France there is one operator who offers a great plan, one that being resident in Canada seems excellent, if I only make outgoing calls: http://mobile.free.fr/ Ignoring the features for people using the phone in France, here are the out of country features (translated), all for 19€/month:
I have to pay my ISP $57/month in Canada, and I don't get any of those international features. Heck when I do travel it is $10/day for 100MB of data, which work out to be around $300/month for 3GB of data!? It is cheaper for me to get a SIM card when I go to a new country, even if it is just for a week. T-Mobile is great in the USA for the pay-as-you-go plans.
Andorra is in Europa, but not in European Union.
same for Switzerland.
these roaming agreements are not applicable.
The continent is Europe, while Europa is a moon of Jupiter, though you are right when you say Andorra is not part of the EU.
There is an article 'The Independent' indicates, though the article describes some more of the 'gotchas':
The best solution is really to check with your operator and get things in writing.
Error: recursive car analogy exception
This sort of accountability is already expected for employees of corporations, so why should the president or other high level government actor be held to a lower standard?
I worked for a large financial institution and all social media communication from the companies was limited to specific employees, it was vetted and even recorded at every step. I can't see why government servants in the White House or congress can't be expected to follow the same process. If I were the CEO of a large company, I would appreciate my social media officer asking me whether that tweet really should be public record, if I were to say something stupid.
As for twitter, I am sure they could find solutions to store tweets considered redacted or deleted, and possibly even how long it was public for.
Some just use twitter. Certain specific ones it's clear for everyone and others use images or key words in random tweets.
Well she doesn't seem to care much for human rights, since they seem inconvenient to her. She was considering revoking the charter of human rights, since it gets in the way of her fight with terrorism. Without the charter the terrorists have essentially won anyhow?
As for the encryption, maybe we should ask her if she is okay broadcasting her passwords and banking details for everyone to see. Connecting to a bank using unencrypted http, via unencrypted wifi amounts to that.
The America First policy seems to be doing more to be making America last?
Sometimes I wonder whether some of Trump's actions are doing things that are what he believes are good for the country or whether he has just has a hard-on for destroying anything Obama enacted?
I can almost imagine Trump in a mental asylum scrawling 'I hate you Obama' on the walls, like a crazy man.
At the same time, I wonder what is bothering these guys more? Is it because he said he was an engineer, but not licensed in the state, or that he found a fault in the system and they are trying to hide this, but ended up with the Streissand effect?
At the same time there probably should be a distinction between licensed engineer vs engineer? Just because he isn't licensed, does this negate his engineering degree, even if he can't perform in said jurisdiction. Some place the distinction appears to come down to whether the said degreed expert can have an opinion vs sign off on that opinion.
I think it may not be that clear cut. Maybe infrastructure vs service? Also, a certain amount of market iniative is needed, otherwise the innovation doesn't happen, unless it is the sort of grand nation project that is far too risky for any private entity.
Isn't the POTUS also responsible for some of these leaks, based on recent news?
So this appears to the result of climate change, but big oil would like to tell you otherwise through a number of its 'anti-climate change' shell companies. At the same time the government is being asked to reduce regulation, for industries who are not socially responsible. In the case of the US government this is pretty blatant, along with ignoring the commitments it has signed up to.
Can the government be legally held accountable for actually reducing its ability to live up to its environmental obligations and treaties?
Going to bite:
You are right that the Apple Watch should not be held to the same standard, but if having it increases the survival rate by at least 10%, then it may be a nice bonus feature. The alternative is either a more expense device few people buy or having no indicator at all.
It would be good to have this study done on other watches.
At no point should such a device be mistaken for a specialised medical device.
Sometimes you get the government to create a means for competition to exist at another level. Like the roads allow for commercial traffic, shared internet cabling would actually allow for more competition, by reducing the barrier of entry. Governments can help reduce the risk that provide corporations aren't willing to deal with. The government simply needs to commit to upgrading and maintint the shared infrastructure, though with fibre some of these upgrades are happening at the end-points.
In certain countries cable strands are leased out to various ISPs and they just provide their own hardware at both ends. With fibre you don't even share that bandwidth with a competiting provider.
In fact this 'commie' solution provides room for real competition. Now we just have kingdoms and the surfs just have to deal with it.
I suppose all content can be blocked as NSFA (not safe for Austria), by default, unless the user certifies it Austria friendly?
They are looking at something like this, but it is just ensuring the right checks and balances are in place. One thing we may see is VideoLAN (organisation responsible for VLC) offering to sign on behalf of the project. There is discussion here, but nothing is official at this point.