In the past, I've always used taxis. They can be hard to get, often late, don't keep up with the technology, often require cash (despite some laws that require them to take credit cards). Obviously, some places are better than others due to any number of factors but I don't always get to choose where I go.
Using an app to get a ride (I use Lyft when I can) is so much easier. You know the cost up front, when the driver will be there, and can even see where they are on the map. The desire to get high marks from passengers results in nice clean cars, cellphone chargers, and politeness (OK, not all the time, but I have a really easy way to report back to the company if they are bad).
And then the price is better. Sure, the difference is not going to make or break a customer or company but these things add up in a budget.
While I see the point of taxis being regulated in the same way as other drivers, the reality will be that a bunch of slowly changing regulations that will cripple being able to have a quick, inexpensive, and pleasant ride just to support an old horse drawn buggy system.
Out of how many presidents? Seems to be in line with the population percentage mentioned in the article.
That is 5 of the last 8. There are more but it gets weird if you go too far back. Being left-handed was considered bad or evil so people were often forced to switch. My wife owned and taught in a preschool and even today has had an occasional parent ask her not let their child write with their left hand (she nicely tells them 'no').
As someone who believes in Tau (see the Tau Manifesto here: https://tauday.com/tau-manifes... ), I still want to thank Larry Shaw. I've eaten many good American pies because of him.
Tau day has never quite gotten the commercial backing that Pi day has. I blame Hallmark https://www.hallmarkecards.com... . Damn Pagans!
For those that didn't RTFA, it seems tomato juice tastes much better on a plane. I fly a lot and can say almost every airline also carries spicy tomato juice for bloody marys too.
My wife just asked me the other day why I always get tomato juice on a plane but not at home. Thank goodness for slashdot in helping me become more self-aware.
I believe if you're going to take down religions you have to do so in order. After you defeat Scientology you get to fight Mormonism. Then Protestant Christianity, then Islam, then Catholicism, then Confucianism, then Buddhism, then Judaism, then Hinduism. And then you get to the good part! You have to fight Bahamut, Gilgamesh, Ra, _and_ Tiamat. And only after you've beaten those four do you get to fight Cthulhu.
Mostly academic. While getting past the "Dude" might not be too hard (but that is just my opinion), no one makes it past the flying spaghetti monster and his noodly armaments.
Typing out 1.007276466583 is going to be a real pain. Lets just say an amu is the weight of a proton and not 1/12 the weight of carbon or 1/16 of oxygen.
Private companies took the risk to build up the web, internet lines etc. Government has no business telling them how to run it. If you don't like your service/provider, change it. End of discussion!
Another view is that the Internet is like the highway system. The government (as the people's representative) created it via and owns most of the land the network flows though.
Its great that businesses create all these wonderful places to go, and you can do what you want when I get there, but don't tell me you are throttling the exit to Target because Walmart built the driveway from my house to the road.
(I was going to use an analogy of letting big trucks drive faster than personal cars but the image of that made me laugh).
I was a bit surprised by some of my fellow slashdotter's negative comments on this.
I've really hated the lack of focus on science and ignoring of scientific facts in the current administration. While I'd love to sell science funding for science's own sake, it is just not working well with a lot of our population and government representatives.
As the same time, we know putting a man on the moon generated a huge amount of scientific research and learning. So if the current administration wants to characterize funding as helping "go to Mars", I'm glad to live with it given the scientific work that will be generated because of it.
... it is just a matter of time before someone ships himself instead of 100kg of Amazon purchases.
My fear would be 16 year old neighbor getting his flying car permit, I see Elon's point. Howeve,r a personal drone that appears to be as safe as some of these self driving cars are on the way to becoming would get people over the fear factor.
As for the noise, at least it will be short lived, unlike the neighbor's lawn mower that I'm listening to now.
Emacs is very popular. Popularity seems to correlate highly with the set of users who once started up Emacs, were unable to figure out how to exit from Emacs, then had no choice but to write Emacs Lisp extensions to accomplish all other necessary tasks.
I've always wondered how Emacs became my favorite operating system.
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As a frequent traveler, this is bad news.
In the past, I've always used taxis. They can be hard to get, often late, don't keep up with the technology, often require cash (despite some laws that require them to take credit cards). Obviously, some places are better than others due to any number of factors but I don't always get to choose where I go.
Using an app to get a ride (I use Lyft when I can) is so much easier. You know the cost up front, when the driver will be there, and can even see where they are on the map. The desire to get high marks from passengers results in nice clean cars, cellphone chargers, and politeness (OK, not all the time, but I have a really easy way to report back to the company if they are bad).
And then the price is better. Sure, the difference is not going to make or break a customer or company but these things add up in a budget.
While I see the point of taxis being regulated in the same way as other drivers, the reality will be that a bunch of slowly changing regulations that will cripple being able to have a quick, inexpensive, and pleasant ride just to support an old horse drawn buggy system.
Yes, but Tim Tebow counts double.
(would have been funnier a couple years ago. I'll mod myself down.)
Out of how many presidents? Seems to be in line with the population percentage mentioned in the article.
That is 5 of the last 8. There are more but it gets weird if you go too far back. Being left-handed was considered bad or evil so people were often forced to switch. My wife owned and taught in a preschool and even today has had an occasional parent ask her not let their child write with their left hand (she nicely tells them 'no').
Is being a US president an "elite sport"?
Gerald Ford.
Ronald Reagan.
George H.W. Bush.
Bill Clinton.
Barack Obama
All lefties.
Donald Trump is right handed. If you see him using his left hand, it is just Alec Baldwin again.
he said they were "primarily" bugs. By "problem", I would guess he is talking about issues in properly set up software.
You are right about there being other issues in practice but you might argue better without using a strawman.
... The link also says "The cabinet is banning criminal motorcycle gangs."
I'm glad the legal gangs with their electric scooters aren't being targeted.
(Just gave up my right to mod this article for this post)
Isn't that what Palpatine said?
yeah. Watching much Star Wars, I have.
Good idea? Sure. I hope they are successful. However, this only addresses one of many problems in automated printing.
Slashdot worthy? No. Props to whomever got this kickstarter posted here. I'll watch your marketing career with great interest.
s/sidekicks/kickbacks
I haven't used sed in 25 years. It is like riding a bike.
Obligatory slashdot xkcd post. I'm sure Larry had it on his wall.
https://xkcd.com/10/
As someone who believes in Tau (see the Tau Manifesto here: https://tauday.com/tau-manifes... ), I still want to thank Larry Shaw. I've eaten many good American pies because of him.
Tau day has never quite gotten the commercial backing that Pi day has. I blame Hallmark https://www.hallmarkecards.com... . Damn Pagans!
For those that didn't RTFA, it seems tomato juice tastes much better on a plane. I fly a lot and can say almost every airline also carries spicy tomato juice for bloody marys too.
My wife just asked me the other day why I always get tomato juice on a plane but not at home. Thank goodness for slashdot in helping me become more self-aware.
None of what you said means anything. Go away.
Banksy!? I thought the picture was of Deadmaus.
...if the bad guys use this stolen data and mess up your credit score.
Referencing, my primary "go to" grammar resource, it seems to case #2
http://theoatmeal.com/comics/i...
I believe if you're going to take down religions you have to do so in order.
After you defeat Scientology you get to fight Mormonism. Then Protestant Christianity, then Islam, then Catholicism, then Confucianism, then Buddhism, then Judaism, then Hinduism. And then you get to the good part! You have to fight Bahamut, Gilgamesh, Ra, _and_ Tiamat. And only after you've beaten those four do you get to fight Cthulhu.
Mostly academic. While getting past the "Dude" might not be too hard (but that is just my opinion), no one makes it past the flying spaghetti monster and his noodly armaments.
Seriously, you're citing basketball as the origin of this term?
A word 400 years old, coming from French, that means to rotate or change direction, now has become owned by a sport?
It was a slam dunk for the author. He had the home court advantage given it was written in NYC.
tie a cat or two to the blades to scare the birds away, cats kill way more birds than a turbine and no-one calls for a cull of cats.
I think you are on to something! These wind mills should look like that waving cat that seems to be everywhere.
Typing out 1.007276466583 is going to be a real pain. Lets just say an amu is the weight of a proton and not 1/12 the weight of carbon or 1/16 of oxygen.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Private companies took the risk to build up the web, internet lines etc.
Government has no business telling them how to run it.
If you don't like your service/provider, change it.
End of discussion!
Another view is that the Internet is like the highway system. The government (as the people's representative) created it via and owns most of the land the network flows though.
Its great that businesses create all these wonderful places to go, and you can do what you want when I get there, but don't tell me you are throttling the exit to Target because Walmart built the driveway from my house to the road.
(I was going to use an analogy of letting big trucks drive faster than personal cars but the image of that made me laugh).
I was a bit surprised by some of my fellow slashdotter's negative comments on this.
I've really hated the lack of focus on science and ignoring of scientific facts in the current administration. While I'd love to sell science funding for science's own sake, it is just not working well with a lot of our population and government representatives.
As the same time, we know putting a man on the moon generated a huge amount of scientific research and learning. So if the current administration wants to characterize funding as helping "go to Mars", I'm glad to live with it given the scientific work that will be generated because of it.
... it is just a matter of time before someone ships himself instead of 100kg of Amazon purchases.
My fear would be 16 year old neighbor getting his flying car permit, I see Elon's point. Howeve,r a personal drone that appears to be as safe as some of these self driving cars are on the way to becoming would get people over the fear factor.
As for the noise, at least it will be short lived, unlike the neighbor's lawn mower that I'm listening to now.
This is awfully close to the rule of thumb we used. Take the estimate and multiply by 3.
Seemed to work anyway.
I think if you all keep testing this, you will find you converge on PI.
I'm all for restricting the use of credentials - like 'Doctor', for instance
My chiropractor thanks you.
Please do not knock Emacs.
Emacs is very popular. Popularity seems to correlate highly with the set of users who once started up Emacs, were unable to figure out how to exit from Emacs, then had no choice but to write Emacs Lisp extensions to accomplish all other necessary tasks.
I've always wondered how Emacs became my favorite operating system.
... I'd so chip in a few $$ for this.
Worst case, Dr. Hawkings dies doing what he loves.
Best case, aliens pick him up, think humans are way smarter than we are, and appoint us leaders of the Galaxy.