But truthfully, it's only getting more and more digital, even without the computers controlling the actual steering (yet). You mentioned a threshold of ~10 years back. That's a lot of time for change. I promise you, you won't find any butterfly valves on a Tesla or Nissan Leaf (and this is half true for Hybrid cars.) I'm also fairly certain that they don't have Manual Transmission options.
It's going to be a slow process, to be sure... but frankly, I already trust a computer algorithm much more than about 50% of the gits trawling the roads. And even though *I* am quite confident that I can outperform HAL9000 at the wheel, I'm also lazy, and would rather just take a nap most of the time.
You do realize that unless you're driving a 1950 era automobile, you're already putting your life into the hands of programmers
What do you think happens when you step on the gas pedal? Do you think it's still physically pulling some cable that opens flapper valves, allowing more fuel to flow into a carburetor? Nope. It's all electronic now. You stepping on the gas sends a single to a computer "He's pushing for 25% throttle" which was designed by programmers to actuate your fuel injection at the proper flow rate.
What about that transmission? Unless you drive manual, you're not actually moving gears around with that lever. You're sending a signal to a computer "Put it in drive" which was also designed by a programmer.
Brakes still have a physical connection, for now, but that's only as a backup. The vast majority of your breaking is done digitally, just like the throttle
Hadn't thought of that, though it would be difficult as the Cox bill changes slightly each month.
The main charges are the same, but they always seem to find a few new service charges or taxes or some other way to adjust the final price (usually up) each month.
Paying the nominal interest fees on a few bucks a month will help secure a lower interest rate on a house or car purchase. Knocking off just 1% (or even half a percent) from a home loan is worth a TON of money in the long run.
Hopefully truth. I've heard the same lines, so I've done basically the same thing.
Most of my monthly recurring bills (utilities, mobile phone, insurance, etc) go onto a CC, and I pay off the majority of it each month, but never quite pay it all off.
I've not been at it long enough to see any real effect, but here's to hoping.
How it's supposed to work (conceptually) is that making steady payments on debt indicates that you are responsible. You make your monthly payments for your car, house, credit cards, medical procedures, etc. all on time and in full, so the bank trusts you with another payment. If you just pay for everything in straight-up cash money, the banks have no idea if you can keep a schedule reliably. You seemingly work on whims instead of tight schedules and repeated patterns. And of course, the more debt you can balance, the less flighty you seem, so the more trustworthy you seem.
In reality, however, banks know that the more debt you have, the more likely you are to only make minimum payments, which means more interest for them. If you buy things straight-up cash, banks don't get their cut. In fact, they probably paid YOU a little bit while you had that money in their vaults (not nearly as much as you'd pay them to borrow the same amount, of course, but still...) and that's just bad business.
It's really just a modern day protection racket. You give the banks a little cut of your money every month (interest) and they'll let you borrow some big cash when you want to buy a house or car. Of course you'll have to increase that monthly protection money, in addition to paying back all the money they let you borrow.
Same thing happened to me with my ISP, Cox. The bank has no record of any canceled, refused, returned, failed, or otherwise erroneous attempted payments. As best I can tell, Cox just decided to stop my automatic monthly payments for no adequate reason.
Luckily (luckily?) they just cut off my service before it went to collections. I called them up and payed the bill, but now face a different problem. They've blocked auto-payments by credit card, to include the automated phone system. I have to either mail out a physical check, or call them up every month, wait on hold for an hour or so, and fight with the phone rep to not charge the $10 service fee for speaking with a phone rep. Once they've canceled the bonus charge, I can just say, "Pay with the card on file" and that's fine. Till next month, when we do the dance all over again
Similar. Just a week ago I received notice from a collection agency that claims I owe $100 to a Car Insurance company.
I'm not a customer that company, and haven't been a customer of theirs in nearly a decade, and this is the first I've heard of it. So you can likely count me amongst the 35%. My attempts to clear up the confusion have been equally fruitless. Just a lot of "I don't know why you're just now finding out. I can't remove the debt. You'd better just pay it."
I see your point, but I can't equate a change of font or layout with lying about compatibility on a dating site.
Especially without any kind of warning to the users in question. Double especially when it's a potentially-paid service (a quuick google search says they OKCupid has both free and paid options... though I've never used the site myself)
On the flip side, if people knew that such shenanigans were afoot, we probably wouldn't get any decent results. Still, it seems like there should at least be a "we are altering our algorithms regularly to try and optimize the compatibility... blah blah blah" stated fairly clearly when you sign up.
There also need to be rules for overturned requests.
If Company A issues a takedown request against something on my website, and I successfully appeal the claim, that needs to be a strike against Company A.
Three strikes and Company A is barred from making DMCA requests (either permanently or for some set timeframe). This would instantly stop these companies from issuing mass auto-generated takedown requests.
IMO, you're conflating the roles of Police and Judges. A judge should be impartial and neutral. They determine if laws are broken or if certain acts even violate laws (for any of the myriad events that aren't spelled out to the exact letter in writing, such as TFA) and mete out proper punishment when laws are broken
Police are boots on the street, and need to be more personal and empathetic. Their role is to keep everyone safe, even if that does occasionally mean keeping people safe from themselves and their own actions.
And at the end of the day, even if cops and judges were 100% True Neutral, that would be viewed as an overall positive by Joe Public. They're enforcing laws, catching bad guys, not harassing law abiding citizens, keeping us all safe, etc. The filter on my water pitcher isn't inherently good or evil. It simply does what it's designed to do: impartially filter out the crud I don't want to drink. And I appreciate this action. I like my water filter.
But as with all things, money infects the proceedings. Police chiefs need money for brib^H^H^H^H campaign contributions, to ensure whoever gets elected lets them keep their cushy job. Elected official like to run with campaign puffery like "we caught 10x more criminals during my term, as compared to the previous mayor." So the order of the day becomes less about protecting people, and more about gotta catch em all. Get as many tickets as possible. Invent some new illegal-thing so that we can arrest people. Install red-light cameras, despite the fact that they increase accidents and endanger the people. Who cares about that, they practically print money.
Add in the War on (Drugs, Terrorism, etc) and we've built a very hostile relationship between police and civilians. Police and judges are no longer performing the actions for which they were designed.
Highly doubtful. Too easy to circumvent (not that current cuffs are impossible to beat)
If they wanted to get high-speed with handcuff locks, it would most likely be a physical dongle with a complete enshrouded NFC device. It would have some kind of spring-loaded trap door type mechanism. Sticking the key into the cuffs pulls back the door, NFC does it's magic and the cuffs open. Something like that...
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Question for you, as someone who has developed a mobile app:
How much harder is it to optimize a mobile version of the webpage vs writing an app from scratch and getting it approved for App Store release?
You win this round, you rogue...
But truthfully, it's only getting more and more digital, even without the computers controlling the actual steering (yet). You mentioned a threshold of ~10 years back. That's a lot of time for change. I promise you, you won't find any butterfly valves on a Tesla or Nissan Leaf (and this is half true for Hybrid cars.) I'm also fairly certain that they don't have Manual Transmission options.
It's going to be a slow process, to be sure... but frankly, I already trust a computer algorithm much more than about 50% of the gits trawling the roads. And even though *I* am quite confident that I can outperform HAL9000 at the wheel, I'm also lazy, and would rather just take a nap most of the time.
While true, reverse- just indicates that it's opposite of the norm.
When Mega-Maid went from suck to blow, it could be characterized as reverse-flow. But really, there's no such thing. Flow is flow.
Source?
Sounds like an interesting study. I'd be interested in reading it.
Google HQ is in California, so they started there. They've expanded to include Nevada, Michigan and Florida, so far.
You do realize that unless you're driving a 1950 era automobile, you're already putting your life into the hands of programmers
What do you think happens when you step on the gas pedal? Do you think it's still physically pulling some cable that opens flapper valves, allowing more fuel to flow into a carburetor? Nope. It's all electronic now. You stepping on the gas sends a single to a computer "He's pushing for 25% throttle" which was designed by programmers to actuate your fuel injection at the proper flow rate.
What about that transmission? Unless you drive manual, you're not actually moving gears around with that lever. You're sending a signal to a computer "Put it in drive" which was also designed by a programmer.
Brakes still have a physical connection, for now, but that's only as a backup. The vast majority of your breaking is done digitally, just like the throttle
But how does the car know you bought the Music CD?
Maybe I bought it, and let you rip/save it on your car. And then passed it around to a dozen other friends who did the same with their GMs and Fords.
(not that I think AARC have a leg to stand on, really. Just playing Devil's Advocate)
Hadn't thought of that, though it would be difficult as the Cox bill changes slightly each month.
The main charges are the same, but they always seem to find a few new service charges or taxes or some other way to adjust the final price (usually up) each month.
Your score is what determines loan rates.
Paying the nominal interest fees on a few bucks a month will help secure a lower interest rate on a house or car purchase. Knocking off just 1% (or even half a percent) from a home loan is worth a TON of money in the long run.
Hopefully truth. I've heard the same lines, so I've done basically the same thing.
Most of my monthly recurring bills (utilities, mobile phone, insurance, etc) go onto a CC, and I pay off the majority of it each month, but never quite pay it all off.
I've not been at it long enough to see any real effect, but here's to hoping.
How it's supposed to work (conceptually) is that making steady payments on debt indicates that you are responsible. You make your monthly payments for your car, house, credit cards, medical procedures, etc. all on time and in full, so the bank trusts you with another payment. If you just pay for everything in straight-up cash money, the banks have no idea if you can keep a schedule reliably. You seemingly work on whims instead of tight schedules and repeated patterns. And of course, the more debt you can balance, the less flighty you seem, so the more trustworthy you seem.
In reality, however, banks know that the more debt you have, the more likely you are to only make minimum payments, which means more interest for them. If you buy things straight-up cash, banks don't get their cut. In fact, they probably paid YOU a little bit while you had that money in their vaults (not nearly as much as you'd pay them to borrow the same amount, of course, but still...) and that's just bad business.
It's really just a modern day protection racket. You give the banks a little cut of your money every month (interest) and they'll let you borrow some big cash when you want to buy a house or car. Of course you'll have to increase that monthly protection money, in addition to paying back all the money they let you borrow.
Same thing happened to me with my ISP, Cox. The bank has no record of any canceled, refused, returned, failed, or otherwise erroneous attempted payments. As best I can tell, Cox just decided to stop my automatic monthly payments for no adequate reason.
Luckily (luckily?) they just cut off my service before it went to collections. I called them up and payed the bill, but now face a different problem. They've blocked auto-payments by credit card, to include the automated phone system. I have to either mail out a physical check, or call them up every month, wait on hold for an hour or so, and fight with the phone rep to not charge the $10 service fee for speaking with a phone rep. Once they've canceled the bonus charge, I can just say, "Pay with the card on file" and that's fine. Till next month, when we do the dance all over again
Gotta love a monopoly.
Similar. Just a week ago I received notice from a collection agency that claims I owe $100 to a Car Insurance company.
I'm not a customer that company, and haven't been a customer of theirs in nearly a decade, and this is the first I've heard of it. So you can likely count me amongst the 35%. My attempts to clear up the confusion have been equally fruitless. Just a lot of "I don't know why you're just now finding out. I can't remove the debt. You'd better just pay it."
I see your point, but I can't equate a change of font or layout with lying about compatibility on a dating site.
Especially without any kind of warning to the users in question. Double especially when it's a potentially-paid service (a quuick google search says they OKCupid has both free and paid options... though I've never used the site myself)
On the flip side, if people knew that such shenanigans were afoot, we probably wouldn't get any decent results. Still, it seems like there should at least be a "we are altering our algorithms regularly to try and optimize the compatibility... blah blah blah" stated fairly clearly when you sign up.
It's not even a real country, anyway.
Those last two are actually contradictory.
The more "everywhere" this tech gets, the less unobtrusive it becomes (or rather, the more obtrusive)
There also need to be rules for overturned requests.
If Company A issues a takedown request against something on my website, and I successfully appeal the claim, that needs to be a strike against Company A.
Three strikes and Company A is barred from making DMCA requests (either permanently or for some set timeframe). This would instantly stop these companies from issuing mass auto-generated takedown requests.
There's no good reason for curling in the first place, let alone gender divides within curling.
Interesting, but it was the 2nd question that bears more relevance to the actual issue.
If someone sells masks (i.e. outdoor/hiking stores, Halloween stores, etc) is the seller liable if someone wears the mask to commit a crime?
TOR is just a mask. A means to obscure yourself
Should we arrest anyone we see wearing a mask? Should we arrest people who sell masks?
Agreed. That is my "in a perfect world" version of what cops are. I probably just didn't phrase it well enough.
No. I want the right to decide to do something for pay.
Looking into the oldest profession, are you?
Just because you WANT to do something for money doesn't mean that it's legal to do so.
IMO, you're conflating the roles of Police and Judges. A judge should be impartial and neutral. They determine if laws are broken or if certain acts even violate laws (for any of the myriad events that aren't spelled out to the exact letter in writing, such as TFA) and mete out proper punishment when laws are broken
Police are boots on the street, and need to be more personal and empathetic. Their role is to keep everyone safe, even if that does occasionally mean keeping people safe from themselves and their own actions.
And at the end of the day, even if cops and judges were 100% True Neutral, that would be viewed as an overall positive by Joe Public. They're enforcing laws, catching bad guys, not harassing law abiding citizens, keeping us all safe, etc. The filter on my water pitcher isn't inherently good or evil. It simply does what it's designed to do: impartially filter out the crud I don't want to drink. And I appreciate this action. I like my water filter.
But as with all things, money infects the proceedings. Police chiefs need money for brib^H^H^H^H campaign contributions, to ensure whoever gets elected lets them keep their cushy job. Elected official like to run with campaign puffery like "we caught 10x more criminals during my term, as compared to the previous mayor." So the order of the day becomes less about protecting people, and more about gotta catch em all. Get as many tickets as possible. Invent some new illegal-thing so that we can arrest people. Install red-light cameras, despite the fact that they increase accidents and endanger the people. Who cares about that, they practically print money.
Add in the War on (Drugs, Terrorism, etc) and we've built a very hostile relationship between police and civilians. Police and judges are no longer performing the actions for which they were designed.
Highly doubtful. Too easy to circumvent (not that current cuffs are impossible to beat)
If they wanted to get high-speed with handcuff locks, it would most likely be a physical dongle with a complete enshrouded NFC device. It would have some kind of spring-loaded trap door type mechanism. Sticking the key into the cuffs pulls back the door, NFC does it's magic and the cuffs open. Something like that ...
Welcome to the new paradigm. The Earth plus plastic
Honestly, while I always agreed with the premise, it seems to have taken much less time than I would have thought.