There's a few big differences between then and now:
1. Both parents work now, so it's much harder to find a place that's close for both 2. People change jobs every 2-3 years, instead of staying at one company for decades 3. Houses have become much more expensive, together with the associated transaction costs
Still, if the traffic sets you back 1 hour, but public transit sets you back 2.5 hours, most people will drive. There's simply not enough hours in the day to devote 5 hours of it to the commute.
It's a balance between those who hate it being dark in the morning and those who hate it dark in the evening. It is impossible to please everyone here so it's better to err on the side of common sense.
Just tell them to move closer to the equator. It'll help with the immigration deficit too.
I've been to SF and I've seen them, but I highly doubt any of them would admit that they are insane. Who am I to tell them otherwise?
People spend most of the day slaving away at a job they hate and all it's doing is adding zeros to the end of their boss's bank account balance (and to a lesser extent, their own). Is it more sane just because everyone's doing it?
There were plenty of $0 down mortgages back in 2008. Do you know what happened afterwards?
If they got downpayment assistance and could move into homes then a job loss would mean they could still live in those homes while they go through a restructuring of their loans with the banks.
No, they would be foreclosed. This is much worse than if they rented an apartment and could move out of the area.
SF is surrounded by a bunch of cities, most of which are much less interested in having a huge homeless population. If SF wants them, then they will get them. And if they do find a solution to the homeless problem (and didn't bankrupt themselves in the process), then it would be great for everyone.
It's not just the expense, there's also the moral question of whether a person should be deprived of their freedom just because of how they think is too different from mainstream.
I mean, should flat-earthers be sent there? What conspiracy theorists? Or SJWs?
How about we only allow the elderly to vote. They have more experience, which is better than just being informed.
You think this is a straw man, but if we go all the way to the other end, we'd have infants voting.
There's a certain degree of uninformedness that would be counter productive. If someone's knew nothing about the candidates, or worse, decides based on a single attack ad they saw on TV, then it's better that they don't vote. If anything is worse than voter suppression, it's turning an election into a race of who has the most money.
The social convention we need to fix is not talking about politics at work or social events. It's much harder to vote on something that you have no opinions on, like who should be the county sheriff. But if you heard from a friend that the incumbent sheriff turned a blind eye to prisoner abuse, then it's a much easier decision (regardless of whether you're pro prisoner abuse or not).
Given how some of the richest companies on earth are vehemently anti-Trump, overall funding is heavily skewed towards the Democrats. Remember, in 2016 Clinton actually raised 84% more funds than Trump.
One major problem with doing research is how many candidates there are. I think I hand 30 people on my ballot, including 5 or 6 judges. It would take me at least several hours each to look at their case history and check whether they made rulings according to the law (which is my preference), assuming I can even understand the laws involved.
I wish there was an option to forego voting in some elections and in exchange for extra voting power in the ones I actually care about, or even just extra votes in randomly assigned elections. Spending a few hours deciding on a judge isn't that bad if I had 30 votes instead of 1.
My point is that it's entirely possible to deal with. Every phone call is made from some telecom's customer base. If someone makes too many spam calls, they can be blacklisted. It's up to the telecoms to decide how to pass spam information back and forth, but they can certainly do it. It could even be as simple as a line in their peering agreements (or whatever it's called in telecom land) that says "for every spam call my customers receive from your customers, you pay $0.05".
The number of spam Skype calls I receive is 0. Same goes for Facebook, Hangouts and WhatsApp. If they can all figure it out despite working through a medium with 0 trust (that is, the internet), so can telecoms.
No it's not. Time hasn't changed. The earth did not rotate any faster or slower. Time dilation did not occur. DST is everyone accepting a forced schedule change.
The government could just as easily demand all schools change their schedules on the same day, and demand all businesses accommodate parents in such cases. Or better yet, increase police presence so it's not dangerous to walk around in the dark.
Do you realize that helicopters are already designed to be as small as possible while carrying a pilot and passenger? If they could have it any smaller (and thus lighter and cheaper to build) they would have done so already.
The problem is not the fuel type, but rather how inefficient business jets are when they're only transporting 1 or 2 people. If you actually fill the plane, then it would be getting 10 mpg per passenger.
Switching to electric doesn't help. His Gulfstream II B uses 21.6 MJ of energy per hour, which requires 12 tons of batteries to store. Since the plane is only 30 tons when loaded, I imagine this would cause some problems during takeoff.
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There's a few big differences between then and now:
1. Both parents work now, so it's much harder to find a place that's close for both
2. People change jobs every 2-3 years, instead of staying at one company for decades
3. Houses have become much more expensive, together with the associated transaction costs
Still, if the traffic sets you back 1 hour, but public transit sets you back 2.5 hours, most people will drive. There's simply not enough hours in the day to devote 5 hours of it to the commute.
Scheduling recurring meetings between US, Europe and India is a nightmare.
So how do you work with people in New York? Or Europe?
It's a balance between those who hate it being dark in the morning and those who hate it dark in the evening. It is impossible to please everyone here so it's better to err on the side of common sense.
Just tell them to move closer to the equator. It'll help with the immigration deficit too.
I've been to SF and I've seen them, but I highly doubt any of them would admit that they are insane. Who am I to tell them otherwise?
People spend most of the day slaving away at a job they hate and all it's doing is adding zeros to the end of their boss's bank account balance (and to a lesser extent, their own). Is it more sane just because everyone's doing it?
There were plenty of $0 down mortgages back in 2008. Do you know what happened afterwards?
If they got downpayment assistance and could move into homes then a job loss would mean they could still live in those homes while they go through a restructuring of their loans with the banks.
No, they would be foreclosed. This is much worse than if they rented an apartment and could move out of the area.
SF is surrounded by a bunch of cities, most of which are much less interested in having a huge homeless population. If SF wants them, then they will get them. And if they do find a solution to the homeless problem (and didn't bankrupt themselves in the process), then it would be great for everyone.
I think these are a bigger eye sore than the homeless.
Depends on the business, it's probably a plus for a haunted house.
Also, the problem is not the design. I'm sure there are nicer designs that do the same thing, like a statue or a cattle guard.
It's not just the expense, there's also the moral question of whether a person should be deprived of their freedom just because of how they think is too different from mainstream.
I mean, should flat-earthers be sent there? What conspiracy theorists? Or SJWs?
How about we only allow the elderly to vote. They have more experience, which is better than just being informed.
You think this is a straw man, but if we go all the way to the other end, we'd have infants voting.
There's a certain degree of uninformedness that would be counter productive. If someone's knew nothing about the candidates, or worse, decides based on a single attack ad they saw on TV, then it's better that they don't vote. If anything is worse than voter suppression, it's turning an election into a race of who has the most money.
The social convention we need to fix is not talking about politics at work or social events. It's much harder to vote on something that you have no opinions on, like who should be the county sheriff. But if you heard from a friend that the incumbent sheriff turned a blind eye to prisoner abuse, then it's a much easier decision (regardless of whether you're pro prisoner abuse or not).
There's also that promotion that you won't get this year since you were gone for 3 months.
Given how some of the richest companies on earth are vehemently anti-Trump, overall funding is heavily skewed towards the Democrats. Remember, in 2016 Clinton actually raised 84% more funds than Trump.
One major problem with doing research is how many candidates there are. I think I hand 30 people on my ballot, including 5 or 6 judges. It would take me at least several hours each to look at their case history and check whether they made rulings according to the law (which is my preference), assuming I can even understand the laws involved.
I wish there was an option to forego voting in some elections and in exchange for extra voting power in the ones I actually care about, or even just extra votes in randomly assigned elections. Spending a few hours deciding on a judge isn't that bad if I had 30 votes instead of 1.
Does it really matter if it's 64 cores? Just turn off a few dead cores and cut the price a little.
My point is that it's entirely possible to deal with. Every phone call is made from some telecom's customer base. If someone makes too many spam calls, they can be blacklisted. It's up to the telecoms to decide how to pass spam information back and forth, but they can certainly do it. It could even be as simple as a line in their peering agreements (or whatever it's called in telecom land) that says "for every spam call my customers receive from your customers, you pay $0.05".
The number of spam Skype calls I receive is 0. Same goes for Facebook, Hangouts and WhatsApp. If they can all figure it out despite working through a medium with 0 trust (that is, the internet), so can telecoms.
Or you know, they can just have their event at 8 PM instead.
School hours should just be later, period. Studies have shown students learn better when they've had a full night's sleep.
Some of us buy cars that last longer than 6 years.
I imagine the ideal time for milking cows would be a fixed number of hours after sunrise.
Of course, that would make a bad time standard for everyone else as it varies across latitudes and changes on a daily basis.
No it's not. Time hasn't changed. The earth did not rotate any faster or slower. Time dilation did not occur. DST is everyone accepting a forced schedule change.
The government could just as easily demand all schools change their schedules on the same day, and demand all businesses accommodate parents in such cases. Or better yet, increase police presence so it's not dangerous to walk around in the dark.
Do you realize that helicopters are already designed to be as small as possible while carrying a pilot and passenger? If they could have it any smaller (and thus lighter and cheaper to build) they would have done so already.
The problem is not the fuel type, but rather how inefficient business jets are when they're only transporting 1 or 2 people. If you actually fill the plane, then it would be getting 10 mpg per passenger.
Switching to electric doesn't help. His Gulfstream II B uses 21.6 MJ of energy per hour, which requires 12 tons of batteries to store. Since the plane is only 30 tons when loaded, I imagine this would cause some problems during takeoff.