Japan is trying to solve this with new public transport links.
For example, about a decade a go a new train line called the Tsukuba Express was built. It runs right into central Tokyo, partly underground and mostly elevated. When proposed it looked like a train to nowhere, but when you examined the plans you could see that they were going to build whole new towns along it too. Now it's hugely popular, people get to live outside the endless, unbroken cityscape of Tokyo and it's a huge success.
Problem is you will always get the rationalists bleating on about how having a womb makes women worth less than men to an employer, and how children are a lifestyle choice, and why should they pay to school other people's offspring... While also complaining about immigration.
It won't be until it's far too late that they realize there are not enough young people around and they personally are fucked by it. It takes 25+ years to make a doctor, minimum.
It's mostly the baby boomer generation at fault here. They were exceptionally irresponsible, financially, socially and with the environment. And they have a massive sense of entitlement, especially to property and the wealth it represents. They think they did well because they are worth half a million quid, even though most of that is tied up in the house that younger people could never afford now.
When you point out things like the environmental damage that we are now having to pay to fix, they say "it was worth it". Yeah, for them maybe...
Once the tipping point where gen X and younger outnumber the boomers and older, there is going to be a bit of a revolution. Nothing too dramatic, just democracy at work, but those entitled asshats have set themselves up for a pretty hard fall.
That's a terrible plan. Fortunately it's probably not true either.
First, TFA is just a shell that is repeating the original WaPo source with a right-wing spin on it. I suggest reading that link instead.
Second, all it appears to be is that they need a "plan". No requirements for what that plan will be, how realistic it is etc. So to get out of it, just write "I'm going to become an astronaut" on the form and you are good to graduate. Really, the bar seems to be so incredibly low that the only rational conclusion is that it isn't a bar at all, at least not for the students, it's just to make the schools dedicate some resources to helping the students decide what to do.
Buffalo make routers that run a version of DD-WRT, and you can easily (through the normal upgrade interface) load official DD-WRT builds.
OnePlus tried to farm out OS updates to Cyanogen on their first phone. It didn't work very well, updates were delayed and eventually support was dropped anyway. Unfortunately this is the commercial reality we have to deal with, and even DD-WRT isn't guaranteed to be updated for your old hardware forever.
I view routers are consumable. Eventually they get too old. Either too slow for my new, faster internet connection, or the software (usually DD-WRT or Tomato) isn't well supported any more.
This is unfortunately the case in the UK as well. Sex is legal at 16, but pictures of people under 18 are not. There are also exceptions for when one person is over 18 and in a position of power over the other (e.g. their teacher).
Bingo. The main problem in Japan is that having children is unattractive. It's extremely expensive, often living space is limited, and it can really damage the mother's career.
The important part is that Tesla has confirmed to the Guardian that other women have made complaints and harassment. If it was just one person trying to make a false claim there would not be others saying similar things.
Also, have you ever read a newspaper before? That's how they are written. It sucks but they aren't trying to make a watertight legal argument to convince the jury of skeptics.
According to TFA, Tesla has confirmed that another woman (not Vandermeyden) used the phrase "predator zone" at a meeting. Multiple people confirming the problems at the factory adds credibility to the claims.
Your theory that it's some kind of inherent property of male humans is undermined by the fact that it's far less prevalent in some cultures. Those cultures don't seem to be burdened by this additional cost.
Incidentally they also tend to have more women in industries like construction.
It's likely due to pressure from the Trump administration to quietly deny visas to people from countries like Afghanistan, while not being an official ban.
We have something similar in the UK. Technically it is possible for people to bring their spouses here on a spouse visa, but in practice the Home Office does everything in its power to stop them. Losing documentation, waiting until the last moment to send replies so that the applicant doesn't have time to appeal, telling people that they must leave the country immediately when in fact they can stay while they appeal, all kinds of tricks.
Plus the whole process is now incredibly expensive, just to further discourage people.
Makes the numbers look better, without the need for actual legislation and scrutiny.
That's some crazy shit you just posted there. Try to only address things I actually wrote, not what you assume you meaning might actually be. Also, PROTIP, if your interpretation makes me sound crazy or bigoted, it's probably wrong.
The robots we have now are like the 8 bit graphics of 1980s computers. I'd work on the assumption that within a decade or two the sex bots will be pretty realistic.
The other option is to forego the robot and use VR with some "peripherals". Again, very likely to extremely realistic extremely quickly. I'm waiting for the first cases of ultra-realistic war games giving players PTSD.
a matter of sexual preference which the individual in question has no control over
I'm not sure where this idea that sexual preference is inherent and unchangeable comes from. Well, some preferences seem to be, like being straight or gay. But some are not. People's tastes change over time or with familiarity.
I don't know if attraction to children can change, but I think it's worth asking the question.
There isn't much we can do about that, we can't change them.
Actually, there are some successful treatments. Not for all of them, and not like those "gay conversion camps". It's basically a form of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, where they learn to recognize the patterns of thought that lead them to sexualizing children and alter them.
Similar treatments are available for people with a sex/porn addiction, and related addictions like exercise. Those things are addictive because, like drugs, they make you feel good for a while and you start to crave that feeling. The only real difference with paedophiles is that it's much harder for them to get treatment, because few people are willing to go to their doctor and admit that they are attracted to children.
Since they plan to do it by 2030, they are likely expecting to transition to electric vehicles. For the kind of journeys people use these small bikes for, they are ideal and already pretty cheap. By 2030 they will likely be much cheaper than combustion engine bikes anyway, due to having fewer parts, less maintenance and a supply of used but perfectly adequate batteries to be recycled.
It's actually not very ambitious. Of more interest are the efforts to make immediate reductions in pollution, which unfortunately TFA is a bit light on.
India has exceeded the goals it agreed to on reduction of emissions and is building a lot of new renewable energy. Because India isn't dumb, they recognize it as the massive opportunity that it is. Renewable energy is a fast growing, fast developing market where as the old dirty generation systems are in decline and there are few opportunities for new entrants.
The ban won't come in until 2030. Plenty of time to transition to electric bikes.
You make some wild assumptions about then banning EVs and seem to think that they are banning bikes imminently... Neither of which appears to be the case.
The EU intends to make it so that tax is paid based on global profits but proportional to how much business was done in each EU member state. It's a little more complex than that, but it basically stops all these bullshit "royalties" and other ways of pretending not to make any money.
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Japan is trying to solve this with new public transport links.
For example, about a decade a go a new train line called the Tsukuba Express was built. It runs right into central Tokyo, partly underground and mostly elevated. When proposed it looked like a train to nowhere, but when you examined the plans you could see that they were going to build whole new towns along it too. Now it's hugely popular, people get to live outside the endless, unbroken cityscape of Tokyo and it's a huge success.
That's what happens when you don't adopt the metric system.
Working 12 hours a day 7 days a week would actually be illegal in the EU.
Problem is you will always get the rationalists bleating on about how having a womb makes women worth less than men to an employer, and how children are a lifestyle choice, and why should they pay to school other people's offspring... While also complaining about immigration.
It won't be until it's far too late that they realize there are not enough young people around and they personally are fucked by it. It takes 25+ years to make a doctor, minimum.
It's mostly the baby boomer generation at fault here. They were exceptionally irresponsible, financially, socially and with the environment. And they have a massive sense of entitlement, especially to property and the wealth it represents. They think they did well because they are worth half a million quid, even though most of that is tied up in the house that younger people could never afford now.
When you point out things like the environmental damage that we are now having to pay to fix, they say "it was worth it". Yeah, for them maybe...
Once the tipping point where gen X and younger outnumber the boomers and older, there is going to be a bit of a revolution. Nothing too dramatic, just democracy at work, but those entitled asshats have set themselves up for a pretty hard fall.
That's a terrible plan. Fortunately it's probably not true either.
First, TFA is just a shell that is repeating the original WaPo source with a right-wing spin on it. I suggest reading that link instead.
Second, all it appears to be is that they need a "plan". No requirements for what that plan will be, how realistic it is etc. So to get out of it, just write "I'm going to become an astronaut" on the form and you are good to graduate. Really, the bar seems to be so incredibly low that the only rational conclusion is that it isn't a bar at all, at least not for the students, it's just to make the schools dedicate some resources to helping the students decide what to do.
Buffalo make routers that run a version of DD-WRT, and you can easily (through the normal upgrade interface) load official DD-WRT builds.
OnePlus tried to farm out OS updates to Cyanogen on their first phone. It didn't work very well, updates were delayed and eventually support was dropped anyway. Unfortunately this is the commercial reality we have to deal with, and even DD-WRT isn't guaranteed to be updated for your old hardware forever.
I view routers are consumable. Eventually they get too old. Either too slow for my new, faster internet connection, or the software (usually DD-WRT or Tomato) isn't well supported any more.
This is unfortunately the case in the UK as well. Sex is legal at 16, but pictures of people under 18 are not. There are also exceptions for when one person is over 18 and in a position of power over the other (e.g. their teacher).
Bingo. The main problem in Japan is that having children is unattractive. It's extremely expensive, often living space is limited, and it can really damage the mother's career.
They should talk to the Russians, they have much more experience with nuclear reactors in space. Been doing it for decades.
The important part is that Tesla has confirmed to the Guardian that other women have made complaints and harassment. If it was just one person trying to make a false claim there would not be others saying similar things.
Also, have you ever read a newspaper before? That's how they are written. It sucks but they aren't trying to make a watertight legal argument to convince the jury of skeptics.
According to TFA, Tesla has confirmed that another woman (not Vandermeyden) used the phrase "predator zone" at a meeting. Multiple people confirming the problems at the factory adds credibility to the claims.
We will see what comes out of the lawsuit.
Your theory that it's some kind of inherent property of male humans is undermined by the fact that it's far less prevalent in some cultures. Those cultures don't seem to be burdened by this additional cost.
Incidentally they also tend to have more women in industries like construction.
Actual product engineer here. It doesn't cost 2x as much to make a repairable, durable product.
In fact products that don't last are more expensive, it's just that the cost of externalised to disposal and having to buy a new one.
Nissan Leaf batteries have been proven over 200k miles, and that's the old chemistry. Some Tesla cars have double that, again with no issues.
I hope they just do range extenders, basically generators to top up the battery. Hybrids are a waste of time, so many drawbacks compared to EVs.
It's likely due to pressure from the Trump administration to quietly deny visas to people from countries like Afghanistan, while not being an official ban.
We have something similar in the UK. Technically it is possible for people to bring their spouses here on a spouse visa, but in practice the Home Office does everything in its power to stop them. Losing documentation, waiting until the last moment to send replies so that the applicant doesn't have time to appeal, telling people that they must leave the country immediately when in fact they can stay while they appeal, all kinds of tricks.
Plus the whole process is now incredibly expensive, just to further discourage people.
Makes the numbers look better, without the need for actual legislation and scrutiny.
That's some crazy shit you just posted there. Try to only address things I actually wrote, not what you assume you meaning might actually be. Also, PROTIP, if your interpretation makes me sound crazy or bigoted, it's probably wrong.
The robots we have now are like the 8 bit graphics of 1980s computers. I'd work on the assumption that within a decade or two the sex bots will be pretty realistic.
The other option is to forego the robot and use VR with some "peripherals". Again, very likely to extremely realistic extremely quickly. I'm waiting for the first cases of ultra-realistic war games giving players PTSD.
a matter of sexual preference which the individual in question has no control over
I'm not sure where this idea that sexual preference is inherent and unchangeable comes from. Well, some preferences seem to be, like being straight or gay. But some are not. People's tastes change over time or with familiarity.
I don't know if attraction to children can change, but I think it's worth asking the question.
There isn't much we can do about that, we can't change them.
Actually, there are some successful treatments. Not for all of them, and not like those "gay conversion camps". It's basically a form of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, where they learn to recognize the patterns of thought that lead them to sexualizing children and alter them.
Similar treatments are available for people with a sex/porn addiction, and related addictions like exercise. Those things are addictive because, like drugs, they make you feel good for a while and you start to crave that feeling. The only real difference with paedophiles is that it's much harder for them to get treatment, because few people are willing to go to their doctor and admit that they are attracted to children.
Since they plan to do it by 2030, they are likely expecting to transition to electric vehicles. For the kind of journeys people use these small bikes for, they are ideal and already pretty cheap. By 2030 they will likely be much cheaper than combustion engine bikes anyway, due to having fewer parts, less maintenance and a supply of used but perfectly adequate batteries to be recycled.
It's actually not very ambitious. Of more interest are the efforts to make immediate reductions in pollution, which unfortunately TFA is a bit light on.
India has exceeded the goals it agreed to on reduction of emissions and is building a lot of new renewable energy. Because India isn't dumb, they recognize it as the massive opportunity that it is. Renewable energy is a fast growing, fast developing market where as the old dirty generation systems are in decline and there are few opportunities for new entrants.
The ban won't come in until 2030. Plenty of time to transition to electric bikes.
You make some wild assumptions about then banning EVs and seem to think that they are banning bikes imminently... Neither of which appears to be the case.
The EU intends to make it so that tax is paid based on global profits but proportional to how much business was done in each EU member state. It's a little more complex than that, but it basically stops all these bullshit "royalties" and other ways of pretending not to make any money.