Without government involvement and support, maintaining and upgrading the highways & byways to accommodate driver-less vehicles,the whole enterprise is an exercise in futility. Smart highways are the next logical step.
Like it or not, government giveaways of your tax dollars will likely christen even the projects you support.
This is precisely what's happened with the Nest. Instead of calling for a 24v hot and common to the t-stat to deliver reliable power, the manufacturers circumvented the need for a common to be present with their power-sapping scheme.
This made the installation easy for the average homeowner to complete, but erring on the side of installation ease compromised the long term effectiveness of the product.
Many other wifi-enabled t-stats have kits that allow for a missing common to be accounted for (Ecobee, for one), but the technical skill necessary to install is increased slightly.
Whether the energy source of your central heating is oil, natural gas, electric heat strips, or geothermal, a call for heat at the thermostat also engages the blower relay on low speed. With heat pumps, energizing the white wire would generally engage the backup heat strips... which still temporarily fixes your freezing issue.
Typically, two wires must be energized in a call for cooling mode at the t-stat, but only one in heating mode.
Even a non-Nest thermostat will fail to operate when its battery dies (though they usually give plenty of warning).
In most instances, the batteries are unnecessary if there is a 24v neutral wire run to the thermostat from the furnace.
Often, even if there's not one, there are extra wires inside the cable that can be commandeered to provide power to the t-stat in the form of 24v ac. The batteries are still recommended to keep your setting preferences in case of power outage.
Protip: Almost every home heating and cooling system operates on demand from a t-stat that runs on 24 volts ac low voltage.
If you remove the Nest from the wall, the wires connecting the t-stat to the equipment relays and contacters are typically red, white, green, yellow, and brown/blue. Red is hot 24v, and white is the wire energized in a call for system heat in about 99% of single stage heating applications... plus, it will get you heat in many other multiple stage heating configurations.
With the furnace de-energized, so you don't fry a transformer, jumper from red to white and restore the power to the furnace/air handler. Keep in mind that this will get you heat, but it will not turn itself off.
What your referring to is called the Pareto principle or the 80/20 rule, "roughly 80% of the effects come from 20% of the causes", described by Vilfredo Pareto arround 1900.
At the bottom of the Wealth curve, he wrote, Men and Women starve and children die young. In the broad middle of the curve all is turmoil and motion: people rising and falling, climbing by talent or luck and falling by alcoholism, tuberculosis and other kinds of unfitness. At the very top sit the elite of the elite, who control wealth and power for a time – until they are unseated through revolution or upheaval by a new aristocratic class. There is no progress in human history. Democracy is a fraud. Human nature is primitive, emotional, unyielding. The smarter, abler, stronger, and shrewder take the lion's share. The weak starve, lest society become degenerate: One can, Pareto wrote, 'compare the social body to the human body, which will promptly perish if prevented from eliminating toxins.' Inflammatory stuff – and it burned Pareto's reputation. Benoît Mandelbrot
It's pretty much the way the world works, if 20% had 80% of the wealth and power, then 5% has 64% and 1% has 49%; the numbers are fuzzy as well.
Most wealthy 1%er Families tend to crap-out after 3 generations, so who is in the first percentille tends to change; even the Kenedys have a lot of family members in the 20th now.
Guess what... if we distributed all that concentrated wealth, we'd still need to work.
Sure we would, and I'm not implying that it is a bad thing to have an obligation to fulfill that separates a person's free time from *his labors.
Look, redistributing wealth entirely and evenly is a dream that spawns in pipes. Economically, someone will always climb to the top of the food chain, but we've let it get way out of hand.
The present concentration of wealth is so dire that we run the risk of consolidating the World's power into a few hundred families.
the influx of low income workers who keep the whole ball of capitalism rolling.
Without population increase by birth and immigration, the system begins to stagnate, especially with the large percentage of wealth in the hands of the.1%.
The initial interest and exposure virtually ensure a better, less expensive launch for a new product.
Like similar good new ideas for funding situations, those onboard early will likely benefit the most, until the system is overrun with more new solicitations than the audience can keep up with.
The fund me sites still work, but it's crazy how the silly things effectively drown out the worthy causes in all the noise.
It's not just to curtail abuses of power either, but to protect good cops who take the appropriate actions but afterwards are second-guessed and told they acted inappropriately. Instead of just having "they say this/the officer says that", we can have a video released showing the entire encounter. That video can either exonerate the officer (stopping huge protests or calls for his arrest) or provide evidence if he did do something wrong. Either way, more transparency is a good thing for everyone involved.
Absolutely. It's a thankless job, and my hat is off to the folks who deal with it daily.
But if we're honest, widespread proliferation of body cameras is not occurring to protect good cops.
Abuses of the power of police are daily time fillers for the 24 news cycle on the order of D.J. Trump.
North Korea, and in particular Kim Jong Un, just wants to matter.
The US elections are going on with no mention, the 24 hour news cycle ignores him until he tops his last incredible act, and then he has to deal with domestic issues...
Are you sure that you have not reversed the causal direction?
People who are not mentally agile in old age tend to have a lack of interest or lack of ability to have fun reading, puzzle solving, luminosity, and posting intelligently, therefore, they tend to not engage in those activities --- leaving mostly only people who are mentally agile to do those things.
Old folks who remain actively important to the preservation of their family lines are worth (sometimes) scant resources not for their physical contributions.
Whether or not this is a factual reporting of North Korean H-bomb development, we are certainly rapidly approaching a time when some of the World's least desirable nations will possess doomsday weapons.
As evidenced by early interviews with politicians, we are hamstrung in the US by partisan bickering, and cannot be counted on to fix this. The World will need to come together on this, or we're likely to affirm Fermi's Paradox.
Though it is prudent to remember early reporting is often erroneous, It was reported this morning on CNN that Iranian scientists may have helped this along.
I believe the brain is in need of exercise as much as a muscle, in that the people who remain mentally agile into old age are the ones who continue to challenge their minds with problem solving.
If you believe there is a pressing reason for our spy agencies to engage in backdooring the work of private companies, then you (perhaps) have an argument.
However, if you are inept enough to keep getting caught in the act, eventually all you do is cripple foreign sales of the companies who cooperate with your efforts.
Eventually, you have less ability to target the threats you are so afraid of.
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Like it or not, government giveaways of your tax dollars will likely christen even the projects you support.
It's a T87. They still make them, but are no longer allowed to use the mercury switch.
This made the installation easy for the average homeowner to complete, but erring on the side of installation ease compromised the long term effectiveness of the product.
Many other wifi-enabled t-stats have kits that allow for a missing common to be accounted for (Ecobee, for one), but the technical skill necessary to install is increased slightly.
Typically, two wires must be energized in a call for cooling mode at the t-stat, but only one in heating mode.
Even a non-Nest thermostat will fail to operate when its battery dies (though they usually give plenty of warning).
In most instances, the batteries are unnecessary if there is a 24v neutral wire run to the thermostat from the furnace.
Often, even if there's not one, there are extra wires inside the cable that can be commandeered to provide power to the t-stat in the form of 24v ac. The batteries are still recommended to keep your setting preferences in case of power outage.
If you remove the Nest from the wall, the wires connecting the t-stat to the equipment relays and contacters are typically red, white, green, yellow, and brown/blue. Red is hot 24v, and white is the wire energized in a call for system heat in about 99% of single stage heating applications... plus, it will get you heat in many other multiple stage heating configurations.
With the furnace de-energized, so you don't fry a transformer, jumper from red to white and restore the power to the furnace/air handler. Keep in mind that this will get you heat, but it will not turn itself off.
Ecuador is relishing its role as thorn in the side of the Americans.
Assange could still be guilty of the sexual assaults.
"I'd like to prosthelytize further, but..."
You're trying to convert people to believe in artificial limbs?
Of course. I has to park the steering wheel money in another investment, didn't I?
Adapted from an older weapon, the Model 12 was designed with problems like North Korea in mind...
It seems unlikely the Supreme Leader will quit these saber-rattling stunts as long as he is getting this type of response.
It's kind of like rewarding a five year old's tantrum with the toy he wanted to begin with, isn't it?
Not so many people actually think about the information they are giving away by using Facebook or a smartphone or any other online service though.
True. Most folks don't give it a second thought, and too many of the ones who do are in the camp of, "Well, if you have nothing to hide..."
Does it save me a bunch of money on my car insurance?
That sounds very rational, but the insurance lobbyists would likely prevent it.
I'd like to prosthelytize further, but I'm off to divest my retirement account of the stock of steering wheel manufacturers.
More than a third of consumers said they'd be likely to allow collection of their driving data to support these services.
I find myself surprised the percentage is not even greater, given that is the precise trade-off for joining the facebook or carrying a cellular phone.
What your referring to is called the Pareto principle or the 80/20 rule, "roughly 80% of the effects come from 20% of the causes", described by Vilfredo Pareto arround 1900.
It's pretty much the way the world works, if 20% had 80% of the wealth and power, then 5% has 64% and 1% has 49%; the numbers are fuzzy as well.
Most wealthy 1%er Families tend to crap-out after 3 generations, so who is in the first percentille tends to change; even the Kenedys have a lot of family members in the 20th now.
+1 That's why I read Slashdot
Guess what... if we distributed all that concentrated wealth, we'd still need to work.
Sure we would, and I'm not implying that it is a bad thing to have an obligation to fulfill that separates a person's free time from *his labors.
Look, redistributing wealth entirely and evenly is a dream that spawns in pipes. Economically, someone will always climb to the top of the food chain, but we've let it get way out of hand.
The present concentration of wealth is so dire that we run the risk of consolidating the World's power into a few hundred families.
Without population increase by birth and immigration, the system begins to stagnate, especially with the large percentage of wealth in the hands of the .1%.
Like similar good new ideas for funding situations, those onboard early will likely benefit the most, until the system is overrun with more new solicitations than the audience can keep up with.
The fund me sites still work, but it's crazy how the silly things effectively drown out the worthy causes in all the noise.
It's not just to curtail abuses of power either, but to protect good cops who take the appropriate actions but afterwards are second-guessed and told they acted inappropriately. Instead of just having "they say this/the officer says that", we can have a video released showing the entire encounter. That video can either exonerate the officer (stopping huge protests or calls for his arrest) or provide evidence if he did do something wrong. Either way, more transparency is a good thing for everyone involved.
Absolutely. It's a thankless job, and my hat is off to the folks who deal with it daily.
But if we're honest, widespread proliferation of body cameras is not occurring to protect good cops.
Abuses of the power of police are daily time fillers for the 24 news cycle on the order of D.J. Trump.
The US elections are going on with no mention, the 24 hour news cycle ignores him until he tops his last incredible act, and then he has to deal with domestic issues...
This is an appropriate application of technology to remedy a system that has shown to have abuses of power.
And. It should be sold to those who police us as, "Well, if you have nothing to hide..."
Are you sure that you have not reversed the causal direction? People who are not mentally agile in old age tend to have a lack of interest or lack of ability to have fun reading, puzzle solving, luminosity, and posting intelligently, therefore, they tend to not engage in those activities --- leaving mostly only people who are mentally agile to do those things.
Consider it at a selfish gene level.
Old folks who remain actively important to the preservation of their family lines are worth (sometimes) scant resources not for their physical contributions.
As evidenced by early interviews with politicians, we are hamstrung in the US by partisan bickering, and cannot be counted on to fix this. The World will need to come together on this, or we're likely to affirm Fermi's Paradox.
Though it is prudent to remember early reporting is often erroneous, It was reported this morning on CNN that Iranian scientists may have helped this along.
Luminosity, reading, puzzle solving, posting intelligently... everything helps.
Stagnation is the great killer.
However, if you are inept enough to keep getting caught in the act, eventually all you do is cripple foreign sales of the companies who cooperate with your efforts.
Eventually, you have less ability to target the threats you are so afraid of.
I just assume the other providers are either already doing the same thing or asking R & D to get on it.
"Whaa-aat? We can throttle the data?!
He was that rare guy who was paid for the time he missed at work, but the rest of the jury was pretty much unemployed or retired.
It would be nice to see more firms count a yearly turn as juror as a paid, excused absence from work.