Toronto outsourced half the garbage collection, crew size stayed the same, except the private company doing it now demands the wheelie bins be positioned in one exact certain way as they sit on the curb. The unionized workers never demanded any such thing. Oh, and it didn't save nearly the money that our former outsourcing-crazed mayor claimed it would. I'm sure he got a nice kickback from the company though.
One of the big things I see with respect to U.S. elections is that there are far too many thing crammed onto the ballot every two years. Simplify it! Every 4 years you get your presidential vote, along with senate and house, and the off 2 years you get senate and house. Put anything else on other days. Federal elections could have a standardized ballot across the entire country, no dimpled cards or hanging chads.
The Bitcoin True Believers are of the opinion that the blockchain is some magical fool-proof system, when it's clearly not. Like all True Believers, they never let the facts get in the way of their proselytizing.
Check out TimeCrimes http://www.imdb.com/title/tt04... it's pretty fun. It's not great sci-fi epic, the action stays in a small area, which makes it a lot more satisfying IMO
I've heard it most along the lines of "Beer for writing, coffee for editing," but then I hang out with a lot of writers so they're biased to a certain task:D
The biggest productivity enhancer is more resolution, because even today fucking NOBODY gets multi-monitor working right. Not nVidia, not AMD, not Microsoft, not Apple, and not Linux.
Last PROPERLY working multi-monitor setup was on SGI hardware.
LOL, nope. Apple had multi-monitor systems in the 80s and they worked just fine.
The problem is this isn't ridesharing, neither carpooling.
Correct. These are unlicensed jitney cabs, which are illegal in most jurisdictions for a pretty damn good number of reasons. You cite most of them in the rest of your post.
Uber has its bad points but what it does is empower citizens to do things that will make them some extra money, If you are willing to drive people after work then go ahead, if you want to make a career out of it that is good too.
LMAO. No one will ever make a career out of driving for Uber, even full time. Most cabbies don't make a lot per shift either, and Uber wants to try to be cheaper than a hailed cab? Won't ever happen.
There is also similar sites where you can rent your home. The cities are cracking down on this because it could be considered hotelling.
That's because it is hotelling. A lot of AirBNB seems to be people renting out apartments they don't own in contravention of local health and safety codes. Those codes are there for a reason. The rest are renting out their own condos illegally and in contravention to the terms of the condo corporation they agreed to & signed when they bought the place.
and drink a huge amount of water: i get through about a litre an hour. this is *important* because otherwise i find i really really suffer the next day (which shows in my inability to do the yoga, which is precisely why i do it, to check that my body's not full of toxins. as far as yoga's concerned: spirituality be buggered, i want to know if my body's ok!!)
A liter of water an hour is at the far end of overkill. Tour de France riders go through an average of 7 per day, and they're doing high range cardio.
No - it's not even a question. Bury the lines and you will remove a large number of causes for power outages.
Nope. Lived in a subdivision in the 80s with all buried lines. Power always went out during big summer rain storms. You're not going to find magical waterproof cunduit anywhere that doesn't cost an outrageous sum.
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You'll be heading from the LEGO Friends line brigade soon enough!
Toronto outsourced half the garbage collection, crew size stayed the same, except the private company doing it now demands the wheelie bins be positioned in one exact certain way as they sit on the curb. The unionized workers never demanded any such thing. Oh, and it didn't save nearly the money that our former outsourcing-crazed mayor claimed it would. I'm sure he got a nice kickback from the company though.
I guess it's time to get my old job back.
What possible reason is there for such a list, other than spam?
One of the big things I see with respect to U.S. elections is that there are far too many thing crammed onto the ballot every two years. Simplify it! Every 4 years you get your presidential vote, along with senate and house, and the off 2 years you get senate and house. Put anything else on other days. Federal elections could have a standardized ballot across the entire country, no dimpled cards or hanging chads.
The Bitcoin True Believers are of the opinion that the blockchain is some magical fool-proof system, when it's clearly not. Like all True Believers, they never let the facts get in the way of their proselytizing.
Check out TimeCrimes http://www.imdb.com/title/tt04... it's pretty fun. It's not great sci-fi epic, the action stays in a small area, which makes it a lot more satisfying IMO
No, not really. Leap seconds are a known quantity, make sure your code handles it.
Next question.
Beats by Dell, yo!
I promise you, if there are ever again 4 idiots with carpet knifes trying to hold up a plane, they have exactly ZERO chance of survival.
That's because the next time it won't be with carpet knives.
I've heard it most along the lines of "Beer for writing, coffee for editing," but then I hang out with a lot of writers so they're biased to a certain task :D
"If we don't spend $X on security, including training, it will cost the company $Z if we get breached. Up to you."
I have friends who still use their work email for everything, despite having had smartphones for years. It boggles the mind.
They have a PR problem because they're run by terrible people.
Don't poke the Shruggalos, they never learn.
The biggest productivity enhancer is more resolution, because even today fucking NOBODY gets multi-monitor working right. Not nVidia, not AMD, not Microsoft, not Apple, and not Linux.
Last PROPERLY working multi-monitor setup was on SGI hardware.
LOL, nope. Apple had multi-monitor systems in the 80s and they worked just fine.
The problem is this isn't ridesharing, neither carpooling.
Correct. These are unlicensed jitney cabs, which are illegal in most jurisdictions for a pretty damn good number of reasons. You cite most of them in the rest of your post.
Uber has its bad points but what it does is empower citizens to do things that will make them some extra money, If you are willing to drive people after work then go ahead, if you want to make a career out of it that is good too.
LMAO. No one will ever make a career out of driving for Uber, even full time. Most cabbies don't make a lot per shift either, and Uber wants to try to be cheaper than a hailed cab? Won't ever happen.
There is also similar sites where you can rent your home. The cities are cracking down on this because it could be considered hotelling.
That's because it is hotelling. A lot of AirBNB seems to be people renting out apartments they don't own in contravention of local health and safety codes. Those codes are there for a reason. The rest are renting out their own condos illegally and in contravention to the terms of the condo corporation they agreed to & signed when they bought the place.
That is ride sharing. Uber, Lyft, and the others are arranging drivers for hire. Just pointing out the obvious here.
Correct. Uber is, in most jurisdictions, an unlicensed jitney cab. And there's a reason they were outlawed in most places decades ago.
LeMay and McNamera were convinced they'd be tried & found guilty for war crimes if the US hadn't forced Japan to surrender.
and drink a huge amount of water: i get through about a litre an hour. this is *important* because otherwise i find i really really suffer the next day (which shows in my inability to do the yoga, which is precisely why i do it, to check that my body's not full of toxins. as far as yoga's concerned: spirituality be buggered, i want to know if my body's ok!!)
A liter of water an hour is at the far end of overkill. Tour de France riders go through an average of 7 per day, and they're doing high range cardio.
As for the "toxins" comment, just LMAO.
I think the problem here is the dad's attitude, not the daughter's.
100% right. Maybe she wants to be an artist and have nothing to do with computers or science?
Around 2000? Try 1980.
Make the ballots out of hemp, problem solved.
No - it's not even a question. Bury the lines and you will remove a large number of causes for power outages.
Nope. Lived in a subdivision in the 80s with all buried lines. Power always went out during big summer rain storms. You're not going to find magical waterproof cunduit anywhere that doesn't cost an outrageous sum.