After we had an incident with ransomeware and had to quarantine a particular office I asked our IT chief why he didn't use policies to uncheck that stupid Microsoft setting 'hide known extensions'.
After a couple of days he answered that showing extensions would only confuse people.
Scary.
I thought the US government was since Ronnie wholly owned by the corporations...
Let us (normal internet users) hope the FCC can get away with this pro net-neutrality policy, level playing field and all that!
The question you ask implies you don't live in a nice or fair world.
I am pretty happy where I live, most of the time our legal system works for the innocent.
If there are too many failures of the legal system we vote in a different legislature.
No we don't believe a first past the post and/or two party system is democratic, our present parliament represents some 11 parties plus 5 independents and they range from the left and right wingnuts to very serious people.
That's exactly the reason you only give your stuff to a licensed or registered company or person.
Would he make a mistake or get into an accident you know you will get your money back.
But it is a trade off, if the unregistered transporter is way cheaper you might consider absorbing the risk yourself.
The big part is someone needs to absorb the risk involved in this commercial transaction.
I don't know all the details but am pretty sure the driver or the truck's insurance does not cover commercial use based on a private use insurance premium.
There is a difference between working for others and working together.
I believe I know where your arguments are coming from but very few humans can survive on their own.
By design we are achieving best when working and living in concert with others and many cultures have shown that involves more than a simple 10-commandments style government.
What you now mention about this mini-government that builds infrastructure and enforces contracts is pretty much what we have and it is still ballooning because some are always looking for loopholes that then need to be closed again.
We probably agree there are quite a few instances where less government would have it's benefits but then there are as many that using the same 10 commandments see our advantage as their disadvantage. If you want to increase control of your life you, as a minimum, have to become active in politics because that's where the limits of government are set.
Aha, so you would rather live in a place where the strong get it all...
I mean, incandescent light bulbs and wasteful flushing is not only affecting your wallet but eventually the well-being of all on this planet.
And that not to consider the loss to the economy when your neighbour falls on hard times.
There are good reasons quality of life is highest in the countries and places with the highest taxes and thus greatest 'common interest'.
The problem with linux is fragmentation, and it's now too late to address that.
Uhhh, There's only one Linux kernel and that's what you were comparing, kernels.
But I do agree with you that the Linux community could do a lot better in vetting source code for vulnerabilities.
But by lack of an itch and/or pay it's going to be hard to find competent analysts.
The climatic differences with Colorado are significant, a home AC is a rare thing in The Netherlands.
Most Dutch homes will use a similar amount of energy in the form of gas for heating and cooking so we can double the OP's number to 7000 kWh/annum.
Because of interest in PV for my own place (I use less than 1500 kWh/year) I had a look around and found this site bidgely.com, they can log your power consumption, analyse it and compare it to others.
The software they use is trained on US consumption and doesn't work for European homes, as an example a typical US freezer consumes 300 Watts, a European one consumes 100 Watts.
Having frequently travelled the US and other hot & cold places I can say the US can save a hell of a lot by insulating.
Take Denmark as an example, per building code you have to have a minimum of 30cms (12") of insulation in the roof and floor, a little less in the walls and it really makes a difference!
Yes there is an increasing problem with matching local (north) excess wind power and a potential market for it in the south.
But that doesn't mean the same isn't going to happen with solar, luckily PV is spread out all over but weather can over a few hundred kms be quite different.
The connection of PV to the grid is also regulated via the Voltage, regulations allow a fluctuation of 10%, as soon as that 255V barrier is reached the PV plant has to throttle or even switch of.
That's one reason I've put in bigger wires for my own, to keep the Voltage as low as practically possible and continue output for the maximum.
For me it's only a 50mtrs stretch (x2!) but I already gain some 5 Volts, for the power company with kilometers to the next transformer it is standard proper engineering practice.
Now make sure your internal walls are stone or concrete and can store the coolness, have a significant insulation (12 inches) on the outside and the house will stay cool all night.
Yep get off the grid:)
Then, to increase reliability you lay (string in the US) some lines to your neighbours and don't have a problem if one of your generators or batteries is out for maintenance.
Oh wait, that starts sounding like a grid...
True, HVDC is not automatically bi-directional.
But the systems I know are by design, at times of excess wind or solar output power goes from The Netherlands, Germany and Denmark to pump up storage in Norway and at times of demand it is returned.
Any utility that builds such a system one way deserves to fail.
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Indeed, as usual the press thinks everyone in *.* runs Windows.
And next they update the virus definitions on their iShiny.
After we had an incident with ransomeware and had to quarantine a particular office I asked our IT chief why he didn't use policies to uncheck that stupid Microsoft setting 'hide known extensions'.
After a couple of days he answered that showing extensions would only confuse people.
Scary.
Is this FCC a USA government institution?
I thought the US government was since Ronnie wholly owned by the corporations...
Let us (normal internet users) hope the FCC can get away with this pro net-neutrality policy, level playing field and all that!
I am pretty happy where I live, most of the time our legal system works for the innocent.
If there are too many failures of the legal system we vote in a different legislature.
No we don't believe a first past the post and/or two party system is democratic, our present parliament represents some 11 parties plus 5 independents and they range from the left and right wingnuts to very serious people.
That's exactly the reason you only give your stuff to a licensed or registered company or person.
Would he make a mistake or get into an accident you know you will get your money back.
But it is a trade off, if the unregistered transporter is way cheaper you might consider absorbing the risk yourself.
The big part is someone needs to absorb the risk involved in this commercial transaction.
I don't know all the details but am pretty sure the driver or the truck's insurance does not cover commercial use based on a private use insurance premium.
I believe I know where your arguments are coming from but very few humans can survive on their own.
By design we are achieving best when working and living in concert with others and many cultures have shown that involves more than a simple 10-commandments style government.
What you now mention about this mini-government that builds infrastructure and enforces contracts is pretty much what we have and it is still ballooning because some are always looking for loopholes that then need to be closed again.
We probably agree there are quite a few instances where less government would have it's benefits but then there are as many that using the same 10 commandments see our advantage as their disadvantage.
If you want to increase control of your life you, as a minimum, have to become active in politics because that's where the limits of government are set.
One day you might stop dreaming and wake up in the harsh light of reality.
I mean, incandescent light bulbs and wasteful flushing is not only affecting your wallet but eventually the well-being of all on this planet.
And that not to consider the loss to the economy when your neighbour falls on hard times.
There are good reasons quality of life is highest in the countries and places with the highest taxes and thus greatest 'common interest'.
And you also mess up MY air.
Fossil fuel has in the form of carbon emission a long term cost and coal has the highest of them all.
The problem with linux is fragmentation, and it's now too late to address that.
Uhhh, There's only one Linux kernel and that's what you were comparing, kernels.
But I do agree with you that the Linux community could do a lot better in vetting source code for vulnerabilities.
But by lack of an itch and/or pay it's going to be hard to find competent analysts.
Ah yes :)
How many are today available to run iOS?
Mass is more important than hardness.
Personally I'm a Kubuntu man and indeed running this shiny KDE5.3 :)
God am I glad I don't have your sight deficiency :)
It's just not ready for prime-time.
It's about the same in The Netherlands, 50-50 between electricity and gas.
The climatic differences with Colorado are significant, a home AC is a rare thing in The Netherlands.
Most Dutch homes will use a similar amount of energy in the form of gas for heating and cooking so we can double the OP's number to 7000 kWh/annum.
Because of interest in PV for my own place (I use less than 1500 kWh/year) I had a look around and found this site bidgely.com, they can log your power consumption, analyse it and compare it to others.
The software they use is trained on US consumption and doesn't work for European homes, as an example a typical US freezer consumes 300 Watts, a European one consumes 100 Watts.
Having frequently travelled the US and other hot & cold places I can say the US can save a hell of a lot by insulating.
Take Denmark as an example, per building code you have to have a minimum of 30cms (12") of insulation in the roof and floor, a little less in the walls and it really makes a difference!
But that doesn't mean the same isn't going to happen with solar, luckily PV is spread out all over but weather can over a few hundred kms be quite different.
The connection of PV to the grid is also regulated via the Voltage, regulations allow a fluctuation of 10%, as soon as that 255V barrier is reached the PV plant has to throttle or even switch of.
That's one reason I've put in bigger wires for my own, to keep the Voltage as low as practically possible and continue output for the maximum.
For me it's only a 50mtrs stretch (x2!) but I already gain some 5 Volts, for the power company with kilometers to the next transformer it is standard proper engineering practice.
Looks like you don't understand the concept of a meter that runs -backward-.
Join a co-op, buy or rent some space and install a large PV plant, share the returns.
Now make sure your internal walls are stone or concrete and can store the coolness, have a significant insulation (12 inches) on the outside and the house will stay cool all night.
Yep get off the grid :)
Then, to increase reliability you lay (string in the US) some lines to your neighbours and don't have a problem if one of your generators or batteries is out for maintenance.
Oh wait, that starts sounding like a grid...
But the systems I know are by design, at times of excess wind or solar output power goes from The Netherlands, Germany and Denmark to pump up storage in Norway and at times of demand it is returned.
Any utility that builds such a system one way deserves to fail.