Indeed polyethylene is persistent, but at least this one is not an endocrine disruptor. I just wonder why we do not recycle it more. It looks stupid to spend money cracking crude oil when you can start with already clean polyethylene.
New short life makes things complicated: crowd wisdom is able to make wikipedia articles good, but it takes time. If we try to use the same method for news, it will be obsolete once verified.
Usually austerity measures are decided during economy slowdown because public budget in under stress. And economy slowdown means demand it scarce, and private sector will not invest, because there is no anticipation that investisment will lead more sales and profit.
Your claim makes sense when the economy is performing well. Not during a crisis
The problem with austerity measures is that government spending creates activity. Cutting public expenses cuts GDP, which means less tax revenue for the government. Situations where the tax loss is smaller than the cost saving are rares. Most of the time, austerity just kills the economy without any benefit.
I thought open source software was supposed to be better because everyone could see the code and spot problems.
It is the case: the person that merged the patch had access to this comment, and this person should have asked for details and maybe fixes before merging.
Having just gotten married, I find that for some inexplicable reason my wife doesn't like (...) Have any other slashdotters encountered this problem?
The root of the problem here seems to marry someone you never tried lived with before. Modern western societies let people test life with their could-be partners, which is IMO a mandatory stage if you want a successful marriage not turn into a lottery.
It looks similar to France "alternance formation", where student spend 50% of the time in an a company (being paid as a normal employee being there at 50%), and 50% at high school or university.
Because "non-binding resolutions" are so impressive.
Don't be harsh on EU parliament. It has no serious power and its members must be kept busy so that EU can pretend to be somehow democratic. This is why EU parliament produce a lot of non binding resolutions.
This painting reflects infrared instead of radiating it, but does it change anything to global warming? If there is too much CO2 in the atmosphere, the heat is trapped, does reflecting instead of radiating changes the game?
Or is it just about making sure visible light is not turned into infrared by radiation?
Biometric authentication is flawed, because your credentials are not secret, and they cannot be revoked. If an attacker manage to clone for instance your fingertip, you cannot change it, you need to change the authentication system.
Biometric may be reasonably used as a second factor, for instance for unlocking a smart card
Yes, but are those economic benefits worth the loss of sovereignty?
What economic benefits? You are aware that EU economical policy managed to bring recession to the whole continent, right? Germany included. And since EU economical rules are hardcoded in treaties, People of the EU cannot even use their vote to fix it.
On the log term, compare the historical period of eurozone versus 1945-1975. Some EU countries did much better without the EU than with it.
There is a reason why self made milionaires/billionaires are a dime a dozen in the US and not so much in France.
France has actually a large share of millionaires. Crédit suisse Research Institute's Global Wealth Report claims 9% of worldwide millionaires are in France. The number is interesting as it suggests France's taxes are not that bad for the wealthiers
Saturated fats have been demonized because they increase cholesterol, and cholesterol is statically linked to heart disease.
But we now know we confused a statistic link with a causality link: drugs that lower cholesterol do not lower heart diseases (see cardiologist Michel de Lorgeril work on this for instance). It means saturated fats are not such a problem.
The new (more legitimate) demons are trans fats, skewed omega 3/omega 6 fat ratios, and carbs excess
**of course 'representative government' isn't a lost cause**
Indeed. In my opinion just adding a federal recall procedure would fix a lot of mess in USA. Campaign funding should also be addressed, but is is a secondary problem once the elected knows he/she can be thrown out for misbehaving.
EU Council presidency has probably no opinion on the matter. Like every other members of the council they probably do not know precisely what this is about. They are just following the advice of a random lobbyist that told them it would create jobs and improve economy.
Time to break the EU into several different countries.
According the Pew institute study, this is what the People of EU member states want. We also have the 2005 referendums in France and Netherlands that told us People had enough of this mess. That votes have been ignored.
Does this mean they have a microphone spying of noise in the living room? That looks awkward, and it is a recipe for PR disaster if the device gets compromised.
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Indeed polyethylene is persistent, but at least this one is not an endocrine disruptor. I just wonder why we do not recycle it more. It looks stupid to spend money cracking crude oil when you can start with already clean polyethylene.
New short life makes things complicated: crowd wisdom is able to make wikipedia articles good, but it takes time. If we try to use the same method for news, it will be obsolete once verified.
"Legacy" means it is old, but does it works? One of IT golden rule apply here: "If it's not broken, don't fix it"
“You’d be a cheap date.”
I understood it as a "cheap date for a predator", like a lion, a crocodile, or anything else ready to eat you
Situations where the tax loss is smaller than the cost saving are rares. Most of the time, austerity just kills the economy without any benefit.
I challenge your assersion of that claim.
We have many example of failed austerity policy. What are the success stories?
Your profound lack of understanding of economics is stunning!
Tell us how?
Usually austerity measures are decided during economy slowdown because public budget in under stress. And economy slowdown means demand it scarce, and private sector will not invest, because there is no anticipation that investisment will lead more sales and profit.
Your claim makes sense when the economy is performing well. Not during a crisis
The problem with austerity measures is that government spending creates activity. Cutting public expenses cuts GDP, which means less tax revenue for the government. Situations where the tax loss is smaller than the cost saving are rares. Most of the time, austerity just kills the economy without any benefit.
I thought open source software was supposed to be better because everyone could see the code and spot problems.
It is the case: the person that merged the patch had access to this comment, and this person should have asked for details and maybe fixes before merging.
Having just gotten married, I find that for some inexplicable reason my wife doesn't like (...) Have any other slashdotters encountered this problem?
The root of the problem here seems to marry someone you never tried lived with before. Modern western societies let people test life with their could-be partners, which is IMO a mandatory stage if you want a successful marriage not turn into a lottery.
It looks similar to France "alternance formation", where student spend 50% of the time in an a company (being paid as a normal employee being there at 50%), and 50% at high school or university.
Because "non-binding resolutions" are so impressive.
Don't be harsh on EU parliament. It has no serious power and its members must be kept busy so that EU can pretend to be somehow democratic. This is why EU parliament produce a lot of non binding resolutions.
This painting reflects infrared instead of radiating it, but does it change anything to global warming? If there is too much CO2 in the atmosphere, the heat is trapped, does reflecting instead of radiating changes the game?
Or is it just about making sure visible light is not turned into infrared by radiation?
China gives all western nation a lesson here: if a government wants to end tax evasion, it can do it.
Biometric authentication is flawed, because your credentials are not secret, and they cannot be revoked. If an attacker manage to clone for instance your fingertip, you cannot change it, you need to change the authentication system.
Biometric may be reasonably used as a second factor, for instance for unlocking a smart card
Flash does not use that API anymore?
Soon other nations will do the same and have their army of robots too. Will robot vs robot wars prevent human deaths?
Yes, but are those economic benefits worth the loss of sovereignty?
What economic benefits? You are aware that EU economical policy managed to bring recession to the whole continent, right? Germany included. And since EU economical rules are hardcoded in treaties, People of the EU cannot even use their vote to fix it.
On the log term, compare the historical period of eurozone versus 1945-1975. Some EU countries did much better without the EU than with it.
There is a reason why self made milionaires/billionaires are a dime a dozen in the US and not so much in France.
France has actually a large share of millionaires. Crédit suisse Research Institute's Global Wealth Report claims 9% of worldwide millionaires are in France. The number is interesting as it suggests France's taxes are not that bad for the wealthiers
Saturated fats have been demonized because they increase cholesterol, and cholesterol is statically linked to heart disease.
But we now know we confused a statistic link with a causality link: drugs that lower cholesterol do not lower heart diseases (see cardiologist Michel de Lorgeril work on this for instance). It means saturated fats are not such a problem.
The new (more legitimate) demons are trans fats, skewed omega 3/omega 6 fat ratios, and carbs excess
**of course 'representative government' isn't a lost cause**
Indeed. In my opinion just adding a federal recall procedure would fix a lot of mess in USA. Campaign funding should also be addressed, but is is a secondary problem once the elected knows he/she can be thrown out for misbehaving.
EU Council presidency has probably no opinion on the matter. Like every other members of the council they probably do not know precisely what this is about. They are just following the advice of a random lobbyist that told them it would create jobs and improve economy.
Yet another non binding resolution from EU parliament. This is a fake parliament: if cannot start a EU directive and does not decide on the budget.
Time to break the EU into several different countries.
According the Pew institute study, this is what the People of EU member states want. We also have the 2005 referendums in France and Netherlands that told us People had enough of this mess. That votes have been ignored.
Give us democracy, break up the EU!
Does this mean they have a microphone spying of noise in the living room? That looks awkward, and it is a recipe for PR disaster if the device gets compromised.