from a previous story, how would you handle the quick charging of electric vehicles en masse? In the power grid's current form, this would probably end less than well. It'll be a long while until gasoline is so expensive that updating the power grid to handle electric cars makes sense.
(IMHO) It's more likely that we'll see cars that become increasingly lighter, more fuel efficient, more hybridized (or similar to the volt in drivetrain).
but the pure electric car isn't going to be ready until a) massive updates to the power grid b) swappable batteries c) battery tech that lets cars go 500-1000 miles on a charge.
On a long enough time-line, this is bad news for everyone; and not just netflix or comcast users. It's a slap in the face to network neutrality. Dane-geld in a manner of speaking; Will all ISP's need to pay for preferential access to content for their customers? Sure netflix can afford to pay, for now.. but how does a new player ever enter the market if they can't afford to pay for access to customers? =/
From what I understand the dutch and germans approach this in a pretty novel and effective way. Basically companies will hire 'interns' out of HS, and give them hands on training that amounts to university level learning, in exchange for long term employment.
the company gets able, well trained individuals, and the employees get free training (and no soul crushing debt) with a modicum of job security.
Though clearly the better way is to outsource or bring in h1b's.. that whole having a well functioning society with a vibrant middle class is sooo 1950's. =/
i don't think there's an age that's too young for students to start learning to program (Even if it's using symbols, versus numbers and or text) -- the concepts that they'd pick up along the way (logic, reason, problem solving) are worth way more than ipads, or any other $tech). And these concepts are not limited to just IT/tech.
We seem to have this bias that kids are too stupid to pick up things like math or science until they're in middle school, that sounds more like an artifact of the teaching methods than their potential.
man. if we can do the mental and legal gymnastics necessary to justify DMCA takedowns on youtube videos with samples of popular songs, surely we can figure out how to frame the concept that an individual should own the rights to their digital representation.
Every time i see dead simple reliable things replaced by complicated but (semi) advanced tech, i smile a bit on the inside. Why? because that's progress! If it's not broken, fix it until it is. If it works, make it more complicated until it doesn't.
I started using sugarsync's free edition -- then they decided to better serve their customers by eliminating that option.. so i moved to Ubuntu one. And now It appears that Canonical is also wanting to better serve their customers by discontinuing the service.
My space requirements are very very slim (maybe 200MB) Would Dropbox be the go-to replacement (all machines are running windows)
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those are called 'condoms'?
from a previous story, how would you handle the quick charging of electric vehicles en masse? In the power grid's current form, this would probably end less than well. It'll be a long while until gasoline is so expensive that updating the power grid to handle electric cars makes sense.
(IMHO) It's more likely that we'll see cars that become increasingly lighter, more fuel efficient, more hybridized (or similar to the volt in drivetrain).
but the pure electric car isn't going to be ready until a) massive updates to the power grid b) swappable batteries c) battery tech that lets cars go 500-1000 miles on a charge.
don't give up on smoking, you'll miss out on the cancer.
That's about what that sentence sounded like to me =/
On a long enough time-line, this is bad news for everyone; and not just netflix or comcast users. It's a slap in the face to network neutrality. Dane-geld in a manner of speaking; Will all ISP's need to pay for preferential access to content for their customers? Sure netflix can afford to pay, for now.. but how does a new player ever enter the market if they can't afford to pay for access to customers? =/
why is this modded troll? it's spot on :(
From what I understand the dutch and germans approach this in a pretty novel and effective way. Basically companies will hire 'interns' out of HS, and give them hands on training that amounts to university level learning, in exchange for long term employment.
the company gets able, well trained individuals, and the employees get free training (and no soul crushing debt) with a modicum of job security.
Though clearly the better way is to outsource or bring in h1b's.. that whole having a well functioning society with a vibrant middle class is sooo 1950's. =/
world of modified definition?
Germany also declared war on the US, and tried to convince mexico to invade.
makes leaving arizona rather hard.. since you find yourself screaming at other motorists "WHY ARE YOU ONLY DRIVING 55!" (in a 55 zone)
Yeah, I lived in AZ for about 18 months and was a absolutely bewildered by the number of different plates.
I get revenue generation and money being tight and all that.. but you should be able to tell at a quick cursory glance what state a plate is from.
Heh, in AZ you can buy a specialized, state issued 'honoring fallen officers' license plate-- with similar effects.
i don't think there's an age that's too young for students to start learning to program (Even if it's using symbols, versus numbers and or text) -- the concepts that they'd pick up along the way (logic, reason, problem solving) are worth way more than ipads, or any other $tech). And these concepts are not limited to just IT/tech.
We seem to have this bias that kids are too stupid to pick up things like math or science until they're in middle school, that sounds more like an artifact of the teaching methods than their potential.
that line of thinking has something in common with the bagel.
i want to start 3d printing bitcoins.
subset of linux users with access to only one device vs the subset of linux users who would troubleshoot a machine via cell phone.... ?
man. if we can do the mental and legal gymnastics necessary to justify DMCA takedowns on youtube videos with samples of popular songs, surely we can figure out how to frame the concept that an individual should own the rights to their digital representation.
then they get your money under civil forfeiture laws.
Reminds me of that stupid urban legend about entering your pin at an ATM when under duress.. entering it backwards summons ze police.
kali was pretty fun way back when :) seemed to cater more to the RTS crowd (warcraft 2) though.
none of those have working analogs that are being replaced due to the 'new hotness'.
Technology should serve a purpose, it should be a means to an end.. not the end in itself.
Every time i see dead simple reliable things replaced by complicated but (semi) advanced tech, i smile a bit on the inside. Why? because that's progress! If it's not broken, fix it until it is. If it works, make it more complicated until it doesn't.
there goes his chances of ever being the CEO of mozilla :(
I started using sugarsync's free edition -- then they decided to better serve their customers by eliminating that option .. so i moved to Ubuntu one. And now It appears that Canonical is also wanting to better serve their customers by discontinuing the service.
My space requirements are very very slim (maybe 200MB) Would Dropbox be the go-to replacement (all machines are running windows)
more like "the fat cats will take your water and food by force, and you'll starve"