Why don't they leave that dang farmland alone and put the panels over every dang parking lot they can find. Just Walmart has enough asphalt jungle to power half the world if covered in panels. On top of that, I would PAY THEM to be able to park my car in the shade!!
What!? You can't be serious. There was just another dust-up about something President Trump said, calling these gangs "animals". The precursor was a sheriff complaining that they were being forced to release the detainees before ICE could pick them up, because of sanctuary city laws.
So, Facebook knows I got married and she took a selfie of the two of us at the lake.
Meanwhile, the credit rating companies have a record of nearly every credit card purchase I've ever made. You could even have a "credit report" even if you've NEVER bought anything on credit. I bet most of you didn't know that the credit card companies sells your purchase information to their "partners". The contracts you signed gives them permission. The "partners" are the same companies that are stripping Facebook data.
Leave Facebook alone until you're ready to attack the REAL data thieves. The only reason they are attacking Facebook is because the company is cash rich, and is not yet paying enough in "lobbying" fees.
Cessna 172? WTF for? Maybe for one year. Have them BFR in a glider. A Cub the next time. Switch out to an RV with nothing but steam gauges, or maybe a Rutan design, and then any of the LSAs. An airline should be able to afford a fleet of small planes that take away all the electronic goodies and force the pilot to be more than a systems control engineer.
Then, put him BACK in the simulator and force him to prove that he can be a systems control engineer.
The benefit of a mechanical system is actually the non-zero wear rate. I know when my elevator cables are worn by running a cloth down them. I know by wheel bearing need replacing when there is shimmy in the wheels. I know the attitude indicator is on it's last leg when it starts taking longer to settle down after start-up or whine with the wrong tone after shutdown. In each case, the "wearing out" is progressive and provides clues that maintenance is necessary.
The electronics failure mode is that one day it just quits working. Maybe you smell some hot wiring a few minutes before, very likely not.
And if you're going to raise the age, then they can't join the military until 21.
How it makes sense to TRAIN people to shoot other people at 18, but make it illegal for them to own a gun or even buy a BEER is ridiculous.
And they can't get married until their 21. If you're not responsible enough to own a machine that uses a small amount of volatile material to accelerate a smaller amount of metal, you have no business locking yourself into a life altering contract. In fact, make it 21 to enter into ANY contract, including one for a student loan.
Really, my point is to pick a friggen' age for when we decide that someone is an adult and stick to it.
Because over half the population would not only vote you out if you voted for it, but a significant percentage would rise up with their semi-automatics in protest?
Ok then. How come there are so many youtube videos of POLITICIANS LOBBYING FOR CONTROL MEASURES who don't know anything beyond the standard talking points?
I think you completely miss the GP's point. It doesn't increase ride availability, and does not directly intend to. It increase ride availability to those willing to pay the surge price. If at a game, concert, et. al., I will either leave early or chill while the crowd dissipates. I'm not willing to pay a surge price, or sit in a line burning my gas in the case I drove. That frees up a ride (or a place in line) for those willing to pay the price.
It was a jaw-dropping movie, (unless you're old enough to remember what science fiction / fantasy movies were like before the release of SW, you really can't appreciate how amazing an experience it was to see it in the theater)
Reminder that 2001 was released in 1968.
And your point is? Saw it...forcing myself to stay awake. Had to read the book to figure out what it was about.
He is pretty competent at doing what is best for himself, and very competent at bullying and even destroying his opponents. Which is already extremely chilling, given the craven inaction of congress to hold him accountable or act as an effective check and balance to his numerous and ever-growing abuses of power. Which makes his administration's embrace of AI, particularly in the context of the surveillance state we already have, absolutely terrifying.
At least he isn't screaming "racist" every time someone disagrees with him. And he has not yet turned the DOJ, FBI, IRS and CIA into weapons to use against his political enemies. But, heh, you got some judges from the 9th circuit to block most of his moves, so you've got that. I mean, they all get overturned by the Supreme Court, but at least you can block him for a while. Right?
And there will be a drawn out period of intense competition. If I live in a sunny area and have my roof covered with solar panels, the EV will make so much sense because my fuel will be essentially free. If I live in a remote village in a cloudy, low sun exposure location where I need to be able to rely on travelling long distances, I might opt to keep the ICE engine and accept the fuel expense (that may or may not have lowered due to less demand).
The idea that there will be a sudden collapse and switch-over in technology is simple scaremongering. It will be years out and the old farts will be saying, "When did so many EVs take over. Why, when I was a kid......"
In the long run he's going to end up strengthening them because his so very public objections are so obviously self-serving that anyone with legitimate criticisms in the future will just be tarred with his corruption and ignored.
And, isn't that surprisingly convenient? We finally get someone in a position of power that hasn't been filtered through the political sieve for years, and he is immediately tarred badly enough to be suspect. The tarring process includes circumstances that would have raised howls in the media if it had been conservatives spying on a democrat, but somehow a little semantic juggling of replacing "spy" with "informant" makes it all fine in this case. Either way, an actual 'citizen', without years of political skeletons that the 'intelli-rati' can use, is politically crippled with very questionable evidence.
Like I said. Surprisingly convenient for Clapper, et. al.
No. The thing that priced out the epi pen was the FDA denying other companies their right to bring safe, competitive products to market. Thank you for the ever so helpful regulation.
Contrast that with smaller garages, where you're going to pay for them to figure out the problem, track down the part, and figure out how to install it.
What kind of fly-by-night garage are you going to that hasn't settled on a supply change, knows how to troubleshoot, or has problems reading a shop manual? Furthermore, a quick perusal of any model specific car forum will quickly show you that the dealer's idea of troubleshooting is to shotgun parts until something fixes the problem. The customer getting stuck with a bill for each attempt.
If you're not savvy enough to stay away from those guys, well...a fool and their money are soon parted.
I'd be happy if they'd just stop pushing updates that completely broke things, or caused the phone to slow down to the point of uselessness.
And I don't want to take the time to search for information on what the new icons mean, why new forms of advertisement are popping up and how to disable them ("notifications" anyone?) Just, leave my damn phone alone, already.
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Why don't they leave that dang farmland alone and put the panels over every dang parking lot they can find. Just Walmart has enough asphalt jungle to power half the world if covered in panels. On top of that, I would PAY THEM to be able to park my car in the shade!!
You are correct.
So, don't complain when they decide to move out or automate jobs when you make stupid laws.
What!? You can't be serious. There was just another dust-up about something President Trump said, calling these gangs "animals". The precursor was a sheriff complaining that they were being forced to release the detainees before ICE could pick them up, because of sanctuary city laws.
Please, pay attention.
WHO CARES!?!
So, Facebook knows I got married and she took a selfie of the two of us at the lake.
Meanwhile, the credit rating companies have a record of nearly every credit card purchase I've ever made. You could even have a "credit report" even if you've NEVER bought anything on credit. I bet most of you didn't know that the credit card companies sells your purchase information to their "partners". The contracts you signed gives them permission. The "partners" are the same companies that are stripping Facebook data.
Leave Facebook alone until you're ready to attack the REAL data thieves. The only reason they are attacking Facebook is because the company is cash rich, and is not yet paying enough in "lobbying" fees.
Cessna 172? WTF for? Maybe for one year. Have them BFR in a glider. A Cub the next time. Switch out to an RV with nothing but steam gauges, or maybe a Rutan design, and then any of the LSAs. An airline should be able to afford a fleet of small planes that take away all the electronic goodies and force the pilot to be more than a systems control engineer.
Then, put him BACK in the simulator and force him to prove that he can be a systems control engineer.
The benefit of a mechanical system is actually the non-zero wear rate. I know when my elevator cables are worn by running a cloth down them. I know by wheel bearing need replacing when there is shimmy in the wheels. I know the attitude indicator is on it's last leg when it starts taking longer to settle down after start-up or whine with the wrong tone after shutdown. In each case, the "wearing out" is progressive and provides clues that maintenance is necessary.
The electronics failure mode is that one day it just quits working. Maybe you smell some hot wiring a few minutes before, very likely not.
And if you're going to raise the age, then they can't join the military until 21.
How it makes sense to TRAIN people to shoot other people at 18, but make it illegal for them to own a gun or even buy a BEER is ridiculous.
And they can't get married until their 21. If you're not responsible enough to own a machine that uses a small amount of volatile material to accelerate a smaller amount of metal, you have no business locking yourself into a life altering contract. In fact, make it 21 to enter into ANY contract, including one for a student loan.
Really, my point is to pick a friggen' age for when we decide that someone is an adult and stick to it.
Because over half the population would not only vote you out if you voted for it, but a significant percentage would rise up with their semi-automatics in protest?
I've got a metal lathe at home. I don't need a 3d printer now.
Ok then. How come there are so many youtube videos of POLITICIANS LOBBYING FOR CONTROL MEASURES who don't know anything beyond the standard talking points?
I think you completely miss the GP's point. It doesn't increase ride availability, and does not directly intend to. It increase ride availability to those willing to pay the surge price. If at a game, concert, et. al., I will either leave early or chill while the crowd dissipates. I'm not willing to pay a surge price, or sit in a line burning my gas in the case I drove. That frees up a ride (or a place in line) for those willing to pay the price.
Reminder that 2001 was released in 1968.
And your point is? Saw it...forcing myself to stay awake. Had to read the book to figure out what it was about.
He is pretty competent at doing what is best for himself, and very competent at bullying and even destroying his opponents. Which is already extremely chilling, given the craven inaction of congress to hold him accountable or act as an effective check and balance to his numerous and ever-growing abuses of power. Which makes his administration's embrace of AI, particularly in the context of the surveillance state we already have, absolutely terrifying.
At least he isn't screaming "racist" every time someone disagrees with him. And he has not yet turned the DOJ, FBI, IRS and CIA into weapons to use against his political enemies. But, heh, you got some judges from the 9th circuit to block most of his moves, so you've got that. I mean, they all get overturned by the Supreme Court, but at least you can block him for a while. Right?
I agree. The should instead focus more on using more blockchain.
This.
And there will be a drawn out period of intense competition. If I live in a sunny area and have my roof covered with solar panels, the EV will make so much sense because my fuel will be essentially free. If I live in a remote village in a cloudy, low sun exposure location where I need to be able to rely on travelling long distances, I might opt to keep the ICE engine and accept the fuel expense (that may or may not have lowered due to less demand).
The idea that there will be a sudden collapse and switch-over in technology is simple scaremongering. It will be years out and the old farts will be saying, "When did so many EVs take over. Why, when I was a kid......"
In the long run he's going to end up strengthening them because his so very public objections are so obviously self-serving that anyone with legitimate criticisms in the future will just be tarred with his corruption and ignored.
And, isn't that surprisingly convenient? We finally get someone in a position of power that hasn't been filtered through the political sieve for years, and he is immediately tarred badly enough to be suspect. The tarring process includes circumstances that would have raised howls in the media if it had been conservatives spying on a democrat, but somehow a little semantic juggling of replacing "spy" with "informant" makes it all fine in this case. Either way, an actual 'citizen', without years of political skeletons that the 'intelli-rati' can use, is politically crippled with very questionable evidence.
Like I said. Surprisingly convenient for Clapper, et. al.
Wouldn't that mean you only get to see system fonts then?
If only we could be so lucky.
I'm wondering this also. And the part about swapping a 100 for a 20. How does that work?
But where will the AI fit in?
No. The thing that priced out the epi pen was the FDA denying other companies their right to bring safe, competitive products to market. Thank you for the ever so helpful regulation.
So the answer is "more regulation"? With you-know-who being a part of the regulation writing process?
Contrast that with smaller garages, where you're going to pay for them to figure out the problem, track down the part, and figure out how to install it.
What kind of fly-by-night garage are you going to that hasn't settled on a supply change, knows how to troubleshoot, or has problems reading a shop manual? Furthermore, a quick perusal of any model specific car forum will quickly show you that the dealer's idea of troubleshooting is to shotgun parts until something fixes the problem. The customer getting stuck with a bill for each attempt.
If you're not savvy enough to stay away from those guys, well...a fool and their money are soon parted.
And people will take advantage of companies all the time. It's how the world works.
Citation needed.
I'd be happy if they'd just stop pushing updates that completely broke things, or caused the phone to slow down to the point of uselessness.
And I don't want to take the time to search for information on what the new icons mean, why new forms of advertisement are popping up and how to disable them ("notifications" anyone?) Just, leave my damn phone alone, already.