I'm not so sure about that - I want to be able to keep my stuff in my car, and know that the mess is my mess. Sure, some people will go for cars on demand, and I think that a lot of people will shed the 2nd or 3rd cars in a family. But I think there will be demand for private cars for some time yet.
I'm also skeptical that you're going to see standard cars - I'm thinking more an explosion of customization. If you look at the skateboard type platform that electric cars can offer (like Tesla), you can see that bolting any type of body on top is really easy. With low volume manufacturing taking off, I can see you being able to do lots of crazy customization for a reasonable cost. That would be especially true when the self driving tech is advanced enough that safety features can be scaled back. If the chance of an accident is basically nil, you can sit in whatever seats you like without worrying about seatbelt placement etc.
Before too many people jump in blaming this on subsidies, they should read this: https://www.cleanenergywire.or... My understanding is that basically if you have energy sources which can't be quickly or cheaply shut down, and supply exceeds demand, the price can turn negative so that the grid can dump the excess power.
I think the US equivalent of your Borettslag is a Co-op - joint ownership of the whole property, with the right to use a particular unit. They aren't too common, but I know they have them in NYC and San Francisco.
I occasionally work remotely, as do most of my co-workers, but we only had one full-time remote worker. She had been working in the office but moved across the country, and we wanted to keep her. It worked perfectly well, though the general preference here is to come into the office. It helps that most of us have short commutes. Snow and things like that trigger remote working from the people with the longer commutes.
why not.. like.. umm.. late 90's? you know, when it it just worked.
I'm going to add my 2c here - sound on Linux in the late 90s didn't just work, it was a PITA. Maybe you were better than me at figuring it out (wouldn't be hard) or you got lucky, but I used lots of distros back then and sound was always a sticking point.
I am not a server admin guru or anything, but I do admin quite a few CentOS 6 & 7 machines, mostly VMs. With our stack, we haven't had any issues with systemd. Ok, a slight adjustment in a few commands, but CentOS 7 is just as solid as all our other versions have been.
For $35 a month you can get Cricket (AT&T towers) with 4GB data (128kbps unlimited after that, no overages) and use any unlocked GSM phone you want, or get one of theirs, no contract. I have wifi usually available, so I never use more than 2GB a month, YMMV. But the service is good, and the price/hassle/value balance seems pretty optimal to me.
Gasoline costs $1.32/L where I live, but let's give it a cheaper price of $1.11/L.
That's over $4 a US Gallon; prices around me are closer to $2.20. So in the US your estimates would be closer to 2x cost for gas vs electric.
You should also take into consideration that the price you're paying for gas is mostly tax, and that as electric cars take over your government is unlikely to just give up that revenue. There will be some replacement taxation going on which I expect will reduce your value proposition somewhat.
I do agree that the battery costs are dropping so fast that it seems inevitable that electric will be the sensible option real soon now, but you can't extrapolate from highly taxed gas to lightly taxed kwh and assume that those will remain constant.
I kept my landline for years because my kids were old enough to stay at home alone sometimes, but didn't yet have their own phones. I then ported my number to google voice and use an Obi to connect my old handset to it. I pay $0 each month now, but I have no 911 service. I did redirect 911 to my local non-emergency call center, who are the people who answer 911 anyway just at a higher priority. At this point I rarely pick that line up, unless it's a delivery or something, everyone I care about uses my cell number.
While the summary says "amount of carbon any sector gives off as it consumes different kinds of fuel", TFA elaborates - what they are measuring is kilograms of CO2 per million BTUs used. So you can see that the electrical sector is moving towards a lower CO2 mix. Interestingly, the industrial sector is also lowering CO2, and the article credits this to wider use of biofuels which don't get counted as net CO2 contributions.
It seems to me, though, that the biggest problems are with a couple of categories; primarily crappy cameras/dvrs which require a port to be forwarded for external access and which seem to often have hardcoded root passwords in addition to simple defaults. Almost everything else (Alexa, routers, cloud based cameras and thermostats) *are* firewalled/behind a NAT and really are only vulnerable to a local attack or a hack of the cloud provider. (The MicroTik example was especially puzzling, because you usually have to go out of your way to enable external admin access on a router.) The fuzzyness I was complaining about is that most of these articles don't make these kinds of distinction. There is a world of difference between a wifi camera set up (via port forwarding) to be directly accessible from any machine in the world, and a Nest thermostat which is only talking to Nest/Google servers from behind a NAT. One is likely to be part of a botnet within minutes, the other has had no reported breaches that I'm aware of, and yet they are both tarred with the same brush.
What is an IoT device, exactly? My conception is stuff like cameras and connected toasters, but in TFA the only device maker mentioned is MicroTik, who do routers and APs. Most articles like this are similarly fuzzy on what exactly they are talking about.
Yeah, Cricket here too - 3 lines with 5GB LTE data + unlimited 128kbps after that for $90. The kids burn through their data but I'm fine with it. Coverage has been good and the slower speeds are also fine for everything I do.
This flying jet ski is supposedly an ultralight; a true single seat ultralight requires no license to fly (assuming it meets the requirements of Part 103 for an ultralight aircraft).
3 the FAA will require aircraft maintenance. This means 99.999768% of all typical car owners will never be able to own one as they will whine like hungry babies when told they need to spend $8900 to have the engine rebuilt that is working just fine. Yes the FAA requires scheduled engine rebuilding.
FAA does not require ultralights to have any proof of airworthiness. It is the responsibility of the owner to make sure the ultralight is safe to fly.
Sure, all the spyware jokes are funny, but this really sounds cool to me. A well funded open source project, with hardware available, could allow for some neat experiments. Plus it just adds to the competition and I want my self driving car ASAP.
This is the first I'd heard of this movie. But , from TFS it's:
a historical romance set against the backdrop of the Armenian genocide
In my book, setting a movie against a historical backdrop doesn't constitute "digging up historical grievances", it's been a common part of movie making for a long time.
That said, Turkey is generally hyper sensitive to this. As far as I'm aware though, the facts are against them.
It also seems to be leaving out the amount Americans spend on healthcare, which is included in the higher taxes in most other developed countries. That's ~17% of GDP you're ignoring.
That seems a little low. Also, it is nowhere near the cost of providing the service. According to this badly scanned pdf (https://www.fwcitilink.com/pdfs/Citilink-2015-Annual-Report.pdf) fare revenue for that system is $1.4M, total expenses $12.6M. With 2M passenger boardings, that comes out to an actual cost of ~$6 per ride. Now, the benefits of having a public transportation system are many; I'm just pointing out that most fares have no relationship to the cost of the service.
"Uber emerged as the only company with an app-based platform (i.e. UberPool) that would facilitate ridesharing and the matching of two or more passengers on trips across the entire town"
I take it as a reminder that, when you buy a device which uses someone else's servers, you may end up with a non-functioning device. I have an Arlo camera and a SmartThings hub despite the chance that they will eventually be cut off by Netgear or Samsung. Their present utility to me outweighs that possibility.
I trust both of them as much as I would some intranet of things device which I would need to forward a port to in order to get remote access. More, in fact, since I have cut off access to my older camera DVR due to the hardcoded root access.
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I'm not so sure about that - I want to be able to keep my stuff in my car, and know that the mess is my mess. Sure, some people will go for cars on demand, and I think that a lot of people will shed the 2nd or 3rd cars in a family. But I think there will be demand for private cars for some time yet.
I'm also skeptical that you're going to see standard cars - I'm thinking more an explosion of customization. If you look at the skateboard type platform that electric cars can offer (like Tesla), you can see that bolting any type of body on top is really easy. With low volume manufacturing taking off, I can see you being able to do lots of crazy customization for a reasonable cost. That would be especially true when the self driving tech is advanced enough that safety features can be scaled back. If the chance of an accident is basically nil, you can sit in whatever seats you like without worrying about seatbelt placement etc.
My assumption appears to be wrong, I can't find any XP patches on that page.
ZDnet links here:
https://portal.msrc.microsoft....
There are 4 pages of patches so I assume XP is on one of them.
Before too many people jump in blaming this on subsidies, they should read this:
https://www.cleanenergywire.or...
My understanding is that basically if you have energy sources which can't be quickly or cheaply shut down, and supply exceeds demand, the price can turn negative so that the grid can dump the excess power.
I think the US equivalent of your Borettslag is a Co-op - joint ownership of the whole property, with the right to use a particular unit. They aren't too common, but I know they have them in NYC and San Francisco.
I occasionally work remotely, as do most of my co-workers, but we only had one full-time remote worker. She had been working in the office but moved across the country, and we wanted to keep her. It worked perfectly well, though the general preference here is to come into the office. It helps that most of us have short commutes. Snow and things like that trigger remote working from the people with the longer commutes.
why not.. like.. umm.. late 90's? you know, when it it just worked.
I'm going to add my 2c here - sound on Linux in the late 90s didn't just work, it was a PITA. Maybe you were better than me at figuring it out (wouldn't be hard) or you got lucky, but I used lots of distros back then and sound was always a sticking point.
I am not a server admin guru or anything, but I do admin quite a few CentOS 6 & 7 machines, mostly VMs. With our stack, we haven't had any issues with systemd. Ok, a slight adjustment in a few commands, but CentOS 7 is just as solid as all our other versions have been.
For $35 a month you can get Cricket (AT&T towers) with 4GB data (128kbps unlimited after that, no overages) and use any unlocked GSM phone you want, or get one of theirs, no contract. I have wifi usually available, so I never use more than 2GB a month, YMMV. But the service is good, and the price/hassle/value balance seems pretty optimal to me.
Gasoline costs $1.32/L where I live, but let's give it a cheaper price of $1.11/L.
That's over $4 a US Gallon; prices around me are closer to $2.20. So in the US your estimates would be closer to 2x cost for gas vs electric.
You should also take into consideration that the price you're paying for gas is mostly tax, and that as electric cars take over your government is unlikely to just give up that revenue. There will be some replacement taxation going on which I expect will reduce your value proposition somewhat.
I do agree that the battery costs are dropping so fast that it seems inevitable that electric will be the sensible option real soon now, but you can't extrapolate from highly taxed gas to lightly taxed kwh and assume that those will remain constant.
I kept my landline for years because my kids were old enough to stay at home alone sometimes, but didn't yet have their own phones. I then ported my number to google voice and use an Obi to connect my old handset to it. I pay $0 each month now, but I have no 911 service. I did redirect 911 to my local non-emergency call center, who are the people who answer 911 anyway just at a higher priority.
At this point I rarely pick that line up, unless it's a delivery or something, everyone I care about uses my cell number.
While the summary says "amount of carbon any sector gives off as it consumes different kinds of fuel", TFA elaborates - what they are measuring is kilograms of CO2 per million BTUs used. So you can see that the electrical sector is moving towards a lower CO2 mix. Interestingly, the industrial sector is also lowering CO2, and the article credits this to wider use of biofuels which don't get counted as net CO2 contributions.
It seems to me, though, that the biggest problems are with a couple of categories; primarily crappy cameras/dvrs which require a port to be forwarded for external access and which seem to often have hardcoded root passwords in addition to simple defaults. Almost everything else (Alexa, routers, cloud based cameras and thermostats) *are* firewalled/behind a NAT and really are only vulnerable to a local attack or a hack of the cloud provider. (The MicroTik example was especially puzzling, because you usually have to go out of your way to enable external admin access on a router.) The fuzzyness I was complaining about is that most of these articles don't make these kinds of distinction. There is a world of difference between a wifi camera set up (via port forwarding) to be directly accessible from any machine in the world, and a Nest thermostat which is only talking to Nest/Google servers from behind a NAT. One is likely to be part of a botnet within minutes, the other has had no reported breaches that I'm aware of, and yet they are both tarred with the same brush.
What is an IoT device, exactly? My conception is stuff like cameras and connected toasters, but in TFA the only device maker mentioned is MicroTik, who do routers and APs. Most articles like this are similarly fuzzy on what exactly they are talking about.
I'm in an urban area and the front step is my hidden spot too. Never had an issue, though I do send high priced stuff to my office.
Yeah, Cricket here too - 3 lines with 5GB LTE data + unlimited 128kbps after that for $90. The kids burn through their data but I'm fine with it. Coverage has been good and the slower speeds are also fine for everything I do.
2 the FAA will require a pilots license
This flying jet ski is supposedly an ultralight; a true single seat ultralight requires no license to fly (assuming it meets the requirements of Part 103 for an ultralight aircraft).
3 the FAA will require aircraft maintenance. This means 99.999768% of all typical car owners will never be able to own one as they will whine like hungry babies when told they need to spend $8900 to have the engine rebuilt that is working just fine. Yes the FAA requires scheduled engine rebuilding.
FAA does not require ultralights to have any proof of airworthiness. It is the responsibility of the owner to make sure the ultralight is safe to fly.
Sure, all the spyware jokes are funny, but this really sounds cool to me. A well funded open source project, with hardware available, could allow for some neat experiments. Plus it just adds to the competition and I want my self driving car ASAP.
Thanks for this, I had no idea these were available. I think my next dryer will be one of these.
This is the first I'd heard of this movie. But , from TFS it's:
a historical romance set against the backdrop of the Armenian genocide
In my book, setting a movie against a historical backdrop doesn't constitute "digging up historical grievances", it's been a common part of movie making for a long time.
That said, Turkey is generally hyper sensitive to this. As far as I'm aware though, the facts are against them.
It also seems to be leaving out the amount Americans spend on healthcare, which is included in the higher taxes in most other developed countries. That's ~17% of GDP you're ignoring.
Really? Louis CK has a great bit on this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
That seems a little low. Also, it is nowhere near the cost of providing the service. According to this badly scanned pdf (https://www.fwcitilink.com/pdfs/Citilink-2015-Annual-Report.pdf) fare revenue for that system is $1.4M, total expenses $12.6M. With 2M passenger boardings, that comes out to an actual cost of ~$6 per ride. Now, the benefits of having a public transportation system are many; I'm just pointing out that most fares have no relationship to the cost of the service.
From TFS:
"Uber emerged as the only company with an app-based platform (i.e. UberPool) that would facilitate ridesharing and the matching of two or more passengers on trips across the entire town"
I take it as a reminder that, when you buy a device which uses someone else's servers, you may end up with a non-functioning device. I have an Arlo camera and a SmartThings hub despite the chance that they will eventually be cut off by Netgear or Samsung. Their present utility to me outweighs that possibility.
I trust both of them as much as I would some intranet of things device which I would need to forward a port to in order to get remote access. More, in fact, since I have cut off access to my older camera DVR due to the hardcoded root access.