You can blame both Republicans and Dems for the shit state of affairs with the ACA and American healthcare. The ACA plan was created by the Heritage Foundation and Republicans as a way to have a sort-of/kind-of universal healthcare while also preserving all that capitalism/free-market horsehit, and the Dems were fucking stupid enough to embrace this plan as a way to get universal healthcare with bi-partisan support (in the end, it got neither).
It was pretty typical of the corporatist bi-partisan fuck-up-fest that passes for "governance" in the U.S. The only thing that the two parties can agree on here is that the common citizen doesn't mean shit and the corporations/elite run the show.
Models like Netflix, Steam, and iTunes show that light or zero DRM can work
Netflix doesn't really apply here, as they're quite up-front about the fact that their streaming service is only all-you-can eat rental and that their content can disappear at any time (and frequently does). There is a big difference between that and companies that claim to sell you content that you presumably "own" into perpetuity--only for you to find out later that you were actually just renting it long-term.
Unless this effects the Kindle or Nook, how many books could this even be? I wasn't even aware that Adobe HAD an ebook format. Realistically, how many books does this expiring DRM even effect, a few thousand, maybe?
The standards you're talking about are only for home chargers, not for these supercharger stations. And a home charger wouldn't be appropriate for such use anyway (unless you want to leave your car charging overnight at a station). They need a supercharging station standard, so someone could charge up their Leaf, Volt, or Tesla at the same charger..
a) Agree to a standard for the chargers for all brands (so that Nissan, Chevy, Tesla, etc. are all on the same page and working together) b) Bring in some major gas station chains and offer them a subsidy for installing at least a single electric "pump" at all their stations.
The thing that concerns me is that the various car companies have never even agreed on a standard for charging stations. So not only would I have to look for a charging station somewhere in the (currently pretty limited) areas they're available, but I also have to deal with looking for one specific to my car manufacturer. I can't just take my Nissan Leaf down to a local Tesla charger, or vice-versa.
He's been hired as a fall-guy. The respected developer realized his project was failing and bought himself a sap, a contractor that he can now blame for his screw-up.
In any case, the idea of using human waste as fertiliser is very a very old one.
Yeah, so are the cholera and other diseases that used to come with open sewers and untreated waste. You have to be very careful with how you use that stuff.
To me a hero is someone that helps others (a group can contain themselves, if the group is large enough) at great risk or cost to themselves.
Every day? Once? Regularly? And if they help others for most of their lives, are they still heroes when they cheat on their wives, defraud a business partner, commit murder just once?
There are no heroes. There are people who are generally good and do mostly good things, but occasionally (or maybe even rarely) do bad things. Sometimes they can be good for one or more periods of their lives, but bad during other periods. Sometimes they can be good in one aspect of their lives, but bad in some other aspects of their lives.
Was MLK not a hero because he cheated on his wife? Was Mandela not a hero because he planted bombs for the UmKhonto we Sizwe in public places? Was Mother Teresa not a hero because she told poor people not to use contraception? If you found out tomorrow that Malala Yousaf and her family were taking money from the CIA as part of its PR efforts against the Taliban, would she not be a hero?
And how do you ever know someone is a hero? You can never be *really* sure, no? Maybe they're just faking it, maybe it's a scam, maybe they're just very clever villains.
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You can blame both Republicans and Dems for the shit state of affairs with the ACA and American healthcare. The ACA plan was created by the Heritage Foundation and Republicans as a way to have a sort-of/kind-of universal healthcare while also preserving all that capitalism/free-market horsehit, and the Dems were fucking stupid enough to embrace this plan as a way to get universal healthcare with bi-partisan support (in the end, it got neither).
It was pretty typical of the corporatist bi-partisan fuck-up-fest that passes for "governance" in the U.S. The only thing that the two parties can agree on here is that the common citizen doesn't mean shit and the corporations/elite run the show.
I bet he'll still go to Congress this year and tell them that he needs more visa to import more indentured servants.
No, but using them is. Thanks, DMCA.
Models like Netflix, Steam, and iTunes show that light or zero DRM can work
Netflix doesn't really apply here, as they're quite up-front about the fact that their streaming service is only all-you-can eat rental and that their content can disappear at any time (and frequently does). There is a big difference between that and companies that claim to sell you content that you presumably "own" into perpetuity--only for you to find out later that you were actually just renting it long-term.
Great advice for anyone not interested in ever reading anything written after 1923.
Unless this effects the Kindle or Nook, how many books could this even be? I wasn't even aware that Adobe HAD an ebook format. Realistically, how many books does this expiring DRM even effect, a few thousand, maybe?
It's only works one-way, though. You can't charge anything but a Tesla at a Tesla supercharger.
Yeah, but this article specifically references Tesla's charging stations--that refuse to use these "standards."
Tesla uses its own standard. You can't charge anything but a Tesla at one of their chargers.
They're not too standard. Tesla doesn't use them.
Fine, I'll amend that to "a standard that everyone actually USES."
The standards you're talking about are only for home chargers, not for these supercharger stations. And a home charger wouldn't be appropriate for such use anyway (unless you want to leave your car charging overnight at a station). They need a supercharging station standard, so someone could charge up their Leaf, Volt, or Tesla at the same charger..
They really should:
a) Agree to a standard for the chargers for all brands (so that Nissan, Chevy, Tesla, etc. are all on the same page and working together)
b) Bring in some major gas station chains and offer them a subsidy for installing at least a single electric "pump" at all their stations.
The thing that concerns me is that the various car companies have never even agreed on a standard for charging stations. So not only would I have to look for a charging station somewhere in the (currently pretty limited) areas they're available, but I also have to deal with looking for one specific to my car manufacturer. I can't just take my Nissan Leaf down to a local Tesla charger, or vice-versa.
Now THAT will impress me!
Guaranteed to get rid of off your employees who have other options!
If he makes it work, the original "respected" designer will jump in and claim all the credit.
If he doesn't, he, as the scapegoat contractor, will get all the blame.
No-win situation. Leave now.
He's been hired as a fall-guy. The respected developer realized his project was failing and bought himself a sap, a contractor that he can now blame for his screw-up.
It's going to feel a lot less right when the project collapses and everyone points the finger at the fall-guy contractor.
Agreed. Run, Forrest, Run!!
In any case, the idea of using human waste as fertiliser is very a very old one.
Yeah, so are the cholera and other diseases that used to come with open sewers and untreated waste. You have to be very careful with how you use that stuff.
it would provide a hook for traumatized loved ones to avoid dealing with the grief and get increasingly bottled up in a fantasy world.
Joseph Adama in Caprica was creepily portrayed as having done just that with his dead daughter, with rather disturbing results.
Entire series.
I seem to recall a similar situation when someone tried creating such an avatar back on Caprica.
To me a hero is someone that helps others (a group can contain themselves, if the group is large enough) at great risk or cost to themselves.
Every day? Once? Regularly? And if they help others for most of their lives, are they still heroes when they cheat on their wives, defraud a business partner, commit murder just once?
There are no heroes. There are people who are generally good and do mostly good things, but occasionally (or maybe even rarely) do bad things. Sometimes they can be good for one or more periods of their lives, but bad during other periods. Sometimes they can be good in one aspect of their lives, but bad in some other aspects of their lives.
Was MLK not a hero because he cheated on his wife? Was Mandela not a hero because he planted bombs for the UmKhonto we Sizwe in public places? Was Mother Teresa not a hero because she told poor people not to use contraception? If you found out tomorrow that Malala Yousaf and her family were taking money from the CIA as part of its PR efforts against the Taliban, would she not be a hero?
And how do you ever know someone is a hero? You can never be *really* sure, no? Maybe they're just faking it, maybe it's a scam, maybe they're just very clever villains.