A 1% shift in cost is likely a double digit shift in profits, maybe mid double digits even?
And if you're the last company to automate that 1%, you won't have customers, as in the end, the savings will likely be passed on (commodity and all that).
1% cost I a competitive market is quite large (could easily be 20% of profits on an average year).
I'm also curious what percentage of the lbor cost of a ship is in the navigation and driving.
I'd suspect there is a ton of support crew relative to that part, and many of then won't be automated away (mechanics, cooks (somewhat reduced), janitors, etc.
You may use it to sign your name, but I don't to sign mine.
I heard this argument about teaching cursive (how will children learn to sign things), and thought it was so stupid I changed my signature to be all caps and printing.
On top of that. It makes more sense for the seller to pay the tax front their location.
If the tax is on the seller (which is the entity that pays), it's the seller's location that has the burden of supporting the seller.
If a resident of another stayed buys something, why should that other state collect the money? The shipping company that moves the object should cover the states affected by the movement of goods, the seller should cover the infrastructure that their state provided, I see no reason what the buyer's state should get a slice.
What I see is that sales tax at the local level is not a reasonable way to tax in the modern era, and should be slowly replaced with income and property taxes.
Though they're less efficient, it's the only reasonable way to tax within a local jurisdiction.
As an extreme conservative example, the "completely fair tax" (quotes because it's not my name for it) I negative for the poorest, arguably more progressive than what we have (with the current system greatly benefitting those wealthy enough to live off capital gains).
Not my ideal tax system, just an example of how consumption tax can work for everyone.
They also completely overhauled their trolley cars, and redid the tracks and electric (all ready to go) for the 23 line.
Do to bureaucracy (a stretch where the track was "temporarily" being used for parking), the entire capital project was wasted (that's slightly unfair, some of the revamped trolleys run on a different line).
I would assume that the market for home batteries was:
*toys (far more rechargeable than in the past) *flashlights (this probably leans towards replaceable, but there are plenty of rechargeable ones now too) *portable music players (my main use when I was younger was CD, and then early MP3 players, all recharable *Speakers for music players (A lot of the ones I had for CD or computer were plug in, AA, or unamped, at my discretion) *Some chintzy tools (I still have a soldering iron that uses AA, and needs disposable, as the higher voltage is useful, almost all rechargeable now).
of these categories, only flashlights are majority disposable batteries, and they use what, 1/4 as many batteries as they used to? Toys too maybe?
Where is the big battery demand I am missing? the big energy drains (moving toys, moving music players) have moved, or are moving away from replaceable batteries. Flashlights aren't the huge drain they used to be.
We're seeing the results of said disruption. Cheap, pretty decent batteries that charge the same way as my phone.
Portable speakers, portable phone chargers, emergency flashlights, all of these used to have single use batteries, now many have rechargeable built in.
I don't buy anything that's not rechargable. I have a few AA and AAA I keep charged, but basically, I want everything I have to be chargable.
Sure, my flashlight won't last as long, but so what, I can keep it charged and get plenty of time out of it.
I'm sure I'm not the only use case, but it doesn't matter, I'm clearly a large enough use case that it's driving single use batteries into a niche market.
I can get an 1860 cell that has similar energy to a AA, sure, it's bigger, but not much, and more power efficient items have made it so we don't need as many total mAh.
I'd rather have a slightly larger item that can be recharged personally, then I never need a battery.
As a user, I'd think it makes sense to bump the first digit for the long-term supported ones. I'd be able to know 5.0.x was going to have the x incrememnted with bugfixes longer than anything until 6.0.x
The number is no longer then about features, but still provides useful information.
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They're also putting some of the poorest people in the world out of work with automation with this robot. Very bad.
The motherboards in general should be better about that now.
Also, AMD was sending free CPUs for that purpose of you ended up unlucky.
Still hoops to jump through.
Anything with the new chioset will definitely work.
As would anything coming with a recent firmware.
I don't really perceive SV as any further out of touch than any other region.
All types are susceptible to it (likely I'm totally out of touch too).
I see what you did there.
Thanks for the chuckle.
I stopped reading when it was said there'd be no examples.
I don't actually know what the author is talking about.
Isn't shipping pretty much a commodity though?
A 1% shift in cost is likely a double digit shift in profits, maybe mid double digits even?
And if you're the last company to automate that 1%, you won't have customers, as in the end, the savings will likely be passed on (commodity and all that).
1% cost I a competitive market is quite large (could easily be 20% of profits on an average year).
I'm also curious what percentage of the lbor cost of a ship is in the navigation and driving.
I'd suspect there is a ton of support crew relative to that part, and many of then won't be automated away (mechanics, cooks (somewhat reduced), janitors, etc.
Russia's GDP is about 8% of the US's.
Not a nothing market, but not huge, and maybe not big enough to out weight the publicity of being "good".
If they're afraid if Russia, I suspect it's the internet Black ops part they're worried about, not the customer base.
The OLPC is the last 485 I ever used, right around then even.
I don't know if that's what you're referencing, but I read it as a funny coincidense.
This is why cursive is useless.
All but the best cursive is almost opaque to other (the one that didn't write it) people, the worst pritning is very legible.
Cursive is a very minimal speed inprovement (about 30%).
Schools should drop cursive, and maybe teach shorthand.
Shorthand is also illegible to the non writer, but it is very fast, and is not a useless skill.
You may use it to sign your name, but I don't to sign mine.
I heard this argument about teaching cursive (how will children learn to sign things), and thought it was so stupid I changed my signature to be all caps and printing.
I have not had a single issue with it.
On top of that. It makes more sense for the seller to pay the tax front their location.
If the tax is on the seller (which is the entity that pays), it's the seller's location that has the burden of supporting the seller.
If a resident of another stayed buys something, why should that other state collect the money? The shipping company that moves the object should cover the states affected by the movement of goods, the seller should cover the infrastructure that their state provided, I see no reason what the buyer's state should get a slice.
What I see is that sales tax at the local level is not a reasonable way to tax in the modern era, and should be slowly replaced with income and property taxes.
Though they're less efficient, it's the only reasonable way to tax within a local jurisdiction.
Consumption taxes don't need to be regressive.
As an extreme conservative example, the "completely fair tax" (quotes because it's not my name for it) I negative for the poorest, arguably more progressive than what we have (with the current system greatly benefitting those wealthy enough to live off capital gains).
Not my ideal tax system, just an example of how consumption tax can work for everyone.
Is sales tax actually regressive?
The only place I lived with one (Pennsylvania) it didn't apply to housing, clothing, or food.
I'd suspect the upper middle class would be hit hardest, the poor and the rich least. Not exactly progressive, but not really regressive either.
I looked at a map, I'm not sure the relevance of how they named them, did I miss something?
Sure, but then one needs a look up table to know what's what.
20180101 is the Long Term Release.
20180515 is the new update
20180613 is the bug/security update to 20180101 with none of the features of 20180515
etc. etc.
That sounds like a mess.
there are 3 numbers, the meaningless first, the feature explaining second (the 2 combined really), and the fix number for that.
if they just went to a single number, it would be hard to keep it sorted out as a user. am I downloading 4.17.0 equivalent, or 4.16.2 equivalent?
the date alone doesn't help.
I'm a delawarian, and I don't want him either.
He's not where I want the party to go.
They also completely overhauled their trolley cars, and redid the tracks and electric (all ready to go) for the 23 line.
Do to bureaucracy (a stretch where the track was "temporarily" being used for parking), the entire capital project was wasted (that's slightly unfair, some of the revamped trolleys run on a different line).
I would assume that the market for home batteries was:
*toys (far more rechargeable than in the past)
*flashlights (this probably leans towards replaceable, but there are plenty of rechargeable ones now too)
*portable music players (my main use when I was younger was CD, and then early MP3 players, all recharable
*Speakers for music players (A lot of the ones I had for CD or computer were plug in, AA, or unamped, at my discretion)
*Some chintzy tools (I still have a soldering iron that uses AA, and needs disposable, as the higher voltage is useful, almost all rechargeable now).
of these categories, only flashlights are majority disposable batteries, and they use what, 1/4 as many batteries as they used to?
Toys too maybe?
Where is the big battery demand I am missing? the big energy drains (moving toys, moving music players) have moved, or are moving away from replaceable batteries. Flashlights aren't the huge drain they used to be.
We're seeing the results of said disruption. Cheap, pretty decent batteries that charge the same way as my phone.
Portable speakers, portable phone chargers, emergency flashlights, all of these used to have single use batteries, now many have rechargeable built in.
I don't buy anything that's not rechargable. I have a few AA and AAA I keep charged, but basically, I want everything I have to be chargable.
Sure, my flashlight won't last as long, but so what, I can keep it charged and get plenty of time out of it.
I'm sure I'm not the only use case, but it doesn't matter, I'm clearly a large enough use case that it's driving single use batteries into a niche market.
I can get an 1860 cell that has similar energy to a AA, sure, it's bigger, but not much, and more power efficient items have made it so we don't need as many total mAh.
I'd rather have a slightly larger item that can be recharged personally, then I never need a battery.
I assume:
Biden, Cain, Booker, Mccaskell, Harris are likely candidates.
Do you add another .x for bugfixes and keep the old release date?
It seems using strictly dates could get real messy.
Just drop the first digit then.
Didn't Solaris or something do that?
As a user, I'd think it makes sense to bump the first digit for the long-term supported ones. I'd be able to know 5.0.x was going to have the x incrememnted with bugfixes longer than anything until 6.0.x
The number is no longer then about features, but still provides useful information.
I really doubt Amazon is losing money on the the echo or echo dot.
Bluetooth speakers of that size with a microphone are regularly availably for that price from multiple brands.
Adding the Alexa ability can't possibly cost that much.
I have literally never seen a text or a facebook post admitted any other way.
What do you think they do for that type of information?