Low-income area means people who can only afford a used Corolla, not a new $35k car. Those subsidies are going bye-bye long before the lower classes are going to be able to afford electric cars (and of course, a tax credit means nothing if your net income tax each year is $0.)
All we need is a report that the Moon contains oil and the tech will be devised to send the full force of the US military's might to the Moon, to liberate it from its oppressors. Once millions of soldiers and their supporting infrastructure and supply lines are established, they will realize there's no oil, establish a colony, and use said weapons to secure independence. Mission accomplished!
However there are some (admittedly contradictory) experiments with rats showing that consuming artificial sweeteners can cause obesity. Some people prefer Diet Coke because they think regular Coke is too sweet. I agree that most Diet soda consumption is by overweight people trying to cut calories, however.
Think I remembered. An insulin rush causes one to be hungry, this is why diabetics who inject insulin have to resist the urge to eat that it creates. Thus, artificial sweeteners make one eat more since they create hunger but no satiety.
My understanding is that eating something sweet causes an insulin rush (actually, merely the taste of sweetness on the tongue triggers this, you don't even have to swallow it.) If the insulin arrives, and finds no real sugars in the bloodstream, this is like crying wolf. Eventually the insulin stops responding to the sweetness trigger, which is 'insulin resistance.' This causes real sugar to linger in the bloodstream longer before it's processed, although I forgot how that leads to obesity; probably a secondary metabolic pathway converts the 'leftovers' to fat.
Only $1200?! Shut up and take my money!/s Seriously though, the era of $700 smartphones was mostly over once carriers stopped subsidizing them. Now that you pay an installment plan rather than getting it 'free' it's harder to want to spend that much. For my personal iPhone 8 speculation, I think it'll have a 10-bit Rec.2020 (HDR) camera and OLED screen for HDR color support; I suspect there isn't enough volume of small quantum-dot displays to supply the new iPhones. DPI may have hit the wall of diminishing returns, but color accuracy has a LONG way to go on mobile devices; Apple could easily destroy everything else on the market in terms of color reproduction. This'll also allow for displaying HDR video, like from streaming services or UHD Blurays. I know of one phone that has a quantum-dot display, but AFAIK it's still only able to use sRGB gamut. Android has no gamma/colorspace calibration settings, I seem to recall. Imagine if you hold your phone up to a mirror in a dark room, and the selfie camera automatically calibrates the color on your screen; calibration can cause a massive reduction in screen color error. Samsung phones' OLED displays have a wide gamut, but stretch the corners of the sRGB gamut so colors are oversaturated (i.e. pretty), rather than accurate. Hopefully they'll nuke the Lightning connector (it still connects at USB 2.0 speeds) and replace it with USB-C (USB 3.1 or Thunderbolt 3, I don't care much.) USB-C now supports digital audio with the latest standard, so it could replace the standard 3.5mm headphone jack with the new standard USB-C rather than the proprietary Lightning, correcting their misstep (although alienating those who bought Lightning headphones).
Here ya go Ok that was 6 months ago, but Oculus Touch was already out and the holiday sales bump had passed, so it's unlikely they've caught up since then.
Washington's constitution states "a county, city, or city-county shall not levy a tax on net income."
Hope the rich enjoy their tax being based on gross income. Those 'tax writeoffs'? Not so writeoff-able anymore. No response to the 'income is actually property' precedent except "bullshit!".
Try $500 for that required PC. Games have to be built from the ground up for VR or else you get a poor experience; it's better that games don't slap on 'support' for VR. Given the install base of consoles and gaming PCs is far higher than that of VR headsets, it should be no surprise that only a small proportion of games are for VR.
The Rift has had substantially lower sales than the competing Vive, which is a major reason they've been having more sales and price cuts. It was expected that over time the manufacturing costs would go down, so they're just passing the savings along to the consumer, as opposed to Vive which is keeping their headset's cost constant for now with plans to add new tech as it arrives (although they haven't really done this yet, aside from weight reductions). The Samsung Galaxy Gear VR and Playstation VR have each sold over a million units, their lower price suggesting that a high price is the main barrier to adoption at this point. Personally I'm probably going to wait for the 2nd-gen headsets, since they will be substantially better in every way; my game backlog is long enough I will hardly be bored before that point; I've waited 5 years since the Rift was first announced, I think I can wait a bit longer (not that this helps VR sales at all...)
Windows Holographic VR headsets are coming in a few months, that will be $300-$400 and have better resolution and (arguably) tracking than existing headsets; they only work on Windows 10 and it's unknown if they'll ever work with existing (SteamVR) games, but if so, they could be a hit this holiday. Wireless headsets are coming in the near future, and that could be the difference that makes VR take off.
Given that he had a wirecutter, he could've cut off the ankle monitor once he thought it likely he was safely away or after he thought that he would've been noticed missing. Assuming some alarm goes off in the monitoring facility when you cut it.
And there's only a world market for maybe five computers, right? Because they cost millions of dollars, take up a large room, require numerous highly-skilled experts in order to operate, and can't do anything joe-sixpack would find useful in his daily life? I wouldn't underestimate what 50 years of technological progress can achieve. Arthur C. Clarke's 1st law: (paraphrased) If someone says something is technologically impossible, they are most likely wrong.
Most likely, FMRI could be miniaturized and dispose of superconductivity requirements by reducing the energy output by orders of magnitude, by doing more complex calculations that haven't been devised yet. That's assuming room-temperature superconductors are never found.
I imagine 99% of smokers start smoking before age 65, so the age should be raised to 65. Who thinks up this shit? If the addiction is less severe before age 25, then wouldn't banning purchasing cigarettes by people over 25 make more sense? The proportion who start between 18 and 21 is probably insubstantial. Perhaps the intent is to stop 18 year old high school seniors buying cigs for their younger friends/siblings. Second-hand smoke bothers the hell out of me but I think people should be free to do stupid things that hurt only themselves, therefore I'd advocate banning cigarettes and only allowing vaping.
I wonder if there's a similar particle with two negative charges, that could be used instead of electrons for a more powerful replacement for electricity, or something. Any EEs that could speculate on the potential (no pun intended) effects of that?
Just wait until the account holders realize the buttons their grandchildren press on the phone can lead to a $3,000 Chromebook appearing on their doorstep. Seriously though, QVC/HSN are to broadcast as Amazon is to Netflix (or, uh, Amazon Prime Video). Only people who don't know how to search, or don't know what they want, will go that route.
It's a perfectly cromulent word. Seriously though, I like how it looks more than the technically-correct usages, which irk me as much as seeing 'him/her'.
One of the few upsides of a manned mission to Mars is that we can send all the infrastructure there before the trigger is pulled to lift any humans off of Earth. We can make sure it arrives safely, and works, rather than having to send it on the same trip as the astronauts. Even if the solar cells, ice purifiers, and hydroponics work at a rate too slow to keep up with human consumption, they could be designed to operate when noone is there, to stockpile enough resources to last the duration of a human visit. Food silos, batteries, water tanks, and a habitat can be sent and filled up beforehand. Assuming everything but the seeds were sterilized, I wonder if the resultant food could be preserved indefinitely on Mars; ya know, until the humans show up and spread their microbiome everywhere.
If a colony is dependent on regular shipments of fissile material, that could cause problems, particularly if a shipment blows up/gets its launch delayed, or if the colony desires independence. Hawking et al suggest that we should get a Mars colony in part so that we wouldn't be doomed by a third world war; however, if said colony belonged to one of the major world powers, it's much more likely to be targeted. China already has tested weapons that can destroy satellites, I wouldn't put it past them to use a weapon that would destroy their enemy's Mars colony.
I think I understand the reasoning for this. Last I read on the subject, the only indicator significantly correlated with academic success was "parents talking to their children about their future". So, they make 'thinking about your future' mandatory, in an attempt to improve grades/standardized test scores/higher education rates.
I doubt that. Considering how many people drop out of college after 1 semester, it's unlikely they'd revoke diplomas for all of those people; in practice, the diploma wouldn't be revoked, they'd just refuse to issue a transcript. Or what if you have a job lined up and it falls through/you get laid off/startup collapses etc.? That said, I've never been to a job interview or seen a job application where 'high school diploma transcript' was mentioned; graduation rates are high enough that you'll be taken at your word at any job willing to hire you.
Call up a friend/relative, tell them to pick me up. It's free, and I know exactly who the driver will be and the condition of their vehicle. They tend to speak my language, give good smalltalk, and not be an asshole, as well.
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So you're saying you want it in USB Type-C format? That kilowatt charger will turn your Apple Macbook into a Samsung real quick!
Low-income area means people who can only afford a used Corolla, not a new $35k car. Those subsidies are going bye-bye long before the lower classes are going to be able to afford electric cars (and of course, a tax credit means nothing if your net income tax each year is $0.)
All we need is a report that the Moon contains oil and the tech will be devised to send the full force of the US military's might to the Moon, to liberate it from its oppressors. Once millions of soldiers and their supporting infrastructure and supply lines are established, they will realize there's no oil, establish a colony, and use said weapons to secure independence. Mission accomplished!
So, Blipverts are the future? This explains why Youtube is killing the 30-second ad in favor of shorter ads, though.
Couldn't mirages/refraction confound that?
However there are some (admittedly contradictory) experiments with rats showing that consuming artificial sweeteners can cause obesity.
Some people prefer Diet Coke because they think regular Coke is too sweet. I agree that most Diet soda consumption is by overweight people trying to cut calories, however.
Think I remembered. An insulin rush causes one to be hungry, this is why diabetics who inject insulin have to resist the urge to eat that it creates. Thus, artificial sweeteners make one eat more since they create hunger but no satiety.
My understanding is that eating something sweet causes an insulin rush (actually, merely the taste of sweetness on the tongue triggers this, you don't even have to swallow it.) If the insulin arrives, and finds no real sugars in the bloodstream, this is like crying wolf. Eventually the insulin stops responding to the sweetness trigger, which is 'insulin resistance.' This causes real sugar to linger in the bloodstream longer before it's processed, although I forgot how that leads to obesity; probably a secondary metabolic pathway converts the 'leftovers' to fat.
Only $1200?! Shut up and take my money! /s
Seriously though, the era of $700 smartphones was mostly over once carriers stopped subsidizing them. Now that you pay an installment plan rather than getting it 'free' it's harder to want to spend that much. For my personal iPhone 8 speculation, I think it'll have a 10-bit Rec.2020 (HDR) camera and OLED screen for HDR color support; I suspect there isn't enough volume of small quantum-dot displays to supply the new iPhones. DPI may have hit the wall of diminishing returns, but color accuracy has a LONG way to go on mobile devices; Apple could easily destroy everything else on the market in terms of color reproduction. This'll also allow for displaying HDR video, like from streaming services or UHD Blurays. I know of one phone that has a quantum-dot display, but AFAIK it's still only able to use sRGB gamut. Android has no gamma/colorspace calibration settings, I seem to recall. Imagine if you hold your phone up to a mirror in a dark room, and the selfie camera automatically calibrates the color on your screen; calibration can cause a massive reduction in screen color error. Samsung phones' OLED displays have a wide gamut, but stretch the corners of the sRGB gamut so colors are oversaturated (i.e. pretty), rather than accurate. Hopefully they'll nuke the Lightning connector (it still connects at USB 2.0 speeds) and replace it with USB-C (USB 3.1 or Thunderbolt 3, I don't care much.) USB-C now supports digital audio with the latest standard, so it could replace the standard 3.5mm headphone jack with the new standard USB-C rather than the proprietary Lightning, correcting their misstep (although alienating those who bought Lightning headphones).
Here ya go
Ok that was 6 months ago, but Oculus Touch was already out and the holiday sales bump had passed, so it's unlikely they've caught up since then.
Washington's constitution states "a county, city, or city-county shall not levy a tax on net income."
Hope the rich enjoy their tax being based on gross income. Those 'tax writeoffs'? Not so writeoff-able anymore. No response to the 'income is actually property' precedent except "bullshit!".
Try $500 for that required PC.
Games have to be built from the ground up for VR or else you get a poor experience; it's better that games don't slap on 'support' for VR. Given the install base of consoles and gaming PCs is far higher than that of VR headsets, it should be no surprise that only a small proportion of games are for VR.
The Rift has had substantially lower sales than the competing Vive, which is a major reason they've been having more sales and price cuts. It was expected that over time the manufacturing costs would go down, so they're just passing the savings along to the consumer, as opposed to Vive which is keeping their headset's cost constant for now with plans to add new tech as it arrives (although they haven't really done this yet, aside from weight reductions).
The Samsung Galaxy Gear VR and Playstation VR have each sold over a million units, their lower price suggesting that a high price is the main barrier to adoption at this point. Personally I'm probably going to wait for the 2nd-gen headsets, since they will be substantially better in every way; my game backlog is long enough I will hardly be bored before that point; I've waited 5 years since the Rift was first announced, I think I can wait a bit longer (not that this helps VR sales at all...)
Windows Holographic VR headsets are coming in a few months, that will be $300-$400 and have better resolution and (arguably) tracking than existing headsets; they only work on Windows 10 and it's unknown if they'll ever work with existing (SteamVR) games, but if so, they could be a hit this holiday. Wireless headsets are coming in the near future, and that could be the difference that makes VR take off.
Given that he had a wirecutter, he could've cut off the ankle monitor once he thought it likely he was safely away or after he thought that he would've been noticed missing. Assuming some alarm goes off in the monitoring facility when you cut it.
And there's only a world market for maybe five computers, right? Because they cost millions of dollars, take up a large room, require numerous highly-skilled experts in order to operate, and can't do anything joe-sixpack would find useful in his daily life? I wouldn't underestimate what 50 years of technological progress can achieve. Arthur C. Clarke's 1st law: (paraphrased) If someone says something is technologically impossible, they are most likely wrong.
Most likely, FMRI could be miniaturized and dispose of superconductivity requirements by reducing the energy output by orders of magnitude, by doing more complex calculations that haven't been devised yet. That's assuming room-temperature superconductors are never found.
Innovations in wind-turbine design are allowing for ever-longer wind blades
Eventually we'll have wind blades long enough to reach to the top of the atmosphere. They'll also double as space elevators! /hope
I imagine 99% of smokers start smoking before age 65, so the age should be raised to 65. Who thinks up this shit? If the addiction is less severe before age 25, then wouldn't banning purchasing cigarettes by people over 25 make more sense?
The proportion who start between 18 and 21 is probably insubstantial. Perhaps the intent is to stop 18 year old high school seniors buying cigs for their younger friends/siblings. Second-hand smoke bothers the hell out of me but I think people should be free to do stupid things that hurt only themselves, therefore I'd advocate banning cigarettes and only allowing vaping.
I wonder if there's a similar particle with two negative charges, that could be used instead of electrons for a more powerful replacement for electricity, or something. Any EEs that could speculate on the potential (no pun intended) effects of that?
Just wait until the account holders realize the buttons their grandchildren press on the phone can lead to a $3,000 Chromebook appearing on their doorstep.
Seriously though, QVC/HSN are to broadcast as Amazon is to Netflix (or, uh, Amazon Prime Video). Only people who don't know how to search, or don't know what they want, will go that route.
It's a perfectly cromulent word. Seriously though, I like how it looks more than the technically-correct usages, which irk me as much as seeing 'him/her'.
One of the few upsides of a manned mission to Mars is that we can send all the infrastructure there before the trigger is pulled to lift any humans off of Earth. We can make sure it arrives safely, and works, rather than having to send it on the same trip as the astronauts. Even if the solar cells, ice purifiers, and hydroponics work at a rate too slow to keep up with human consumption, they could be designed to operate when noone is there, to stockpile enough resources to last the duration of a human visit. Food silos, batteries, water tanks, and a habitat can be sent and filled up beforehand. Assuming everything but the seeds were sterilized, I wonder if the resultant food could be preserved indefinitely on Mars; ya know, until the humans show up and spread their microbiome everywhere.
If a colony is dependent on regular shipments of fissile material, that could cause problems, particularly if a shipment blows up/gets its launch delayed, or if the colony desires independence. Hawking et al suggest that we should get a Mars colony in part so that we wouldn't be doomed by a third world war; however, if said colony belonged to one of the major world powers, it's much more likely to be targeted. China already has tested weapons that can destroy satellites, I wouldn't put it past them to use a weapon that would destroy their enemy's Mars colony.
Generally it's somewhere they want to go also, and picking me up is on the way. I don't actually do this much since I got my own car.
I think I understand the reasoning for this. Last I read on the subject, the only indicator significantly correlated with academic success was "parents talking to their children about their future". So, they make 'thinking about your future' mandatory, in an attempt to improve grades/standardized test scores/higher education rates.
I doubt that. Considering how many people drop out of college after 1 semester, it's unlikely they'd revoke diplomas for all of those people; in practice, the diploma wouldn't be revoked, they'd just refuse to issue a transcript. Or what if you have a job lined up and it falls through/you get laid off/startup collapses etc.?
That said, I've never been to a job interview or seen a job application where 'high school diploma transcript' was mentioned; graduation rates are high enough that you'll be taken at your word at any job willing to hire you.
Call up a friend/relative, tell them to pick me up. It's free, and I know exactly who the driver will be and the condition of their vehicle. They tend to speak my language, give good smalltalk, and not be an asshole, as well.