I mean, really, you realize there would be a lot more owls if we had never set up there right? We should feel responsibility for weaker creatures, for most of them are our fault.
Which is why we should not take actions that allow non-native predators to devastate native species, which is what it appears the cats are doing to the owls.
Not really, they are a non-native species introduced not an ecosystem.
Well, yes, domestic cats and dogs are a non-native species, but on the flip side, the only reason those owls aren't getting eaten by coyotes and mountain lions is that humans chased them all away. So on the whole, they're probably not worse off (except in terms of finding grasslands to burrow in).
Possibly, but I'm not sure about the coyotes. They adapt pretty well to humans and can coexist often without humans realizing they are there.
So, no they're not a protected species but they are part of the ecosystem. Also, I am a cat fan but I think we should try all alternatives before killing any living thing and think about the repercussions.
Not really, they are a non-native species introduced not an ecosystem. Where I live, about once a month we have signs "Lost Cat," a post about how someone's cat got snatched from the backyard at night, got attacked by a big dog or feral cat, or to please be careful driving because a cat got hit. Natural selection has taken care of the feral cat problem in our neighborhood. If you value your pet don't let it roam freely where it is exposed to dangers it may not even realize exist.
I remember it well, if you beat the saucers you got extra time and the graphics reversed colors. A very 70's "futuristic" cabinet and simple graphics, but then all video games of that era relied more on game play than graphics; given the processor power available. I fed it far too many quarters, along with Pong and later Space Invaders. One interesting thing about some of the early games were programming glitches, such as a tabletop football game that, if your QB crossed the line of scrimmage and then ran back, would result in pass defenders moving away from receivers towards the QB as if it were running, allowing you to throw a completed pass. A racing game if you left the track and looped back counted it as a completed lap.
One Congressman opposing the bill argued that eliminating FDA oversight would "provide fly-by-night physicians and clinics the opportunity to peddle false hope and ineffective drugs to desperate patients"
If "right to try" is only available to patients who have *already* exhausted every other acknowledged treatment option that exists, I'm not sure how this concern would ever arise, in practice.
Remember Fen Phen and Redux? There always be people willing to peddle miracles to the gullible if enough money is to be made. As for "exhausted every other acknowledged treatment option" I would imagine that is vague enough to drive a truckload of pills through; for example is chemo an "acknowledged treatment option" if the doctor says you have 6 months and chemo wold normally take a year?
Exactly. This really doesn't change anything as far as access to such treatment is concerned, as major drug manufacturers do not have to provide medicines and insurance companies do not have to pay for non-FDA approved treatments; especially since, per TFA, the FDA approves almost all expanded access requests. A legitimate drug company has a number of reasons to not let early stage drugs out into the market willy nilly, the least of which is teh potential for lawsuits if it tuns out they are prove to be unsafe. It does however, allow shady operators to function with minimum oversight and limits the FDA's ability to oversee or use results when determining if a drug is safe and effective. Legitimate companies I can see the real beneficiaries as shady operators who take advantage of desperate people with the money to pay for expensive and unproven treatments.
Everyone looks at me like I’m a total idiot but I just carried on as normal because my brain is still thinking: surfing the web and not the much more obvious surfing with wet suits that smell like our office does. I’m guessing the bit I didn’t hear was the word wetshits.
If that was the oder I'd be a bit concerned about the space...
They meant to send the audio and contact info to advertisers of hardwood floors. The need to fix their algorithms so the audio gets sent to the correct advertiser.
The legend is more valuable than the truth; because you can sell the legend. It will be good to have a better understanding of the water's biodiversity, but I doubt it will have much impact on the legend. True believers will fin some conspiracy or mistake facts to argue their point, and the tourism council will continue to promote the monster.
People on the waiting list have been debating since day 1 how much of the US tax credit they'd get. Nobody is in for a "shock", they're following it in way more detail than you.
And the credit does not disappear at 200k. Rather, 200k (which Tesla looks to be trying to deliberately delay to Q3) starts a timer. The first two quarters (aka, Q3 and Q4) are full credit. Then Q1 and Q2 are a half credit, then Q3 and Q4 are a quarter credit. Then it disappears.
It will be interesting to see how they control production to maximize the time for getting credits. The good news is if they can ramp up production fast enough before and during the full credit phaseout there is no limit to how many buyers can get the credit. They could manufacturer a bunch of 3's and not deliver them until the threshold is exceeded to stretch he phaseout as long as possible and get as many buyers the maximum credit as tehy can. It will be interesting to see what happens to deposits and orders as the credits phase out. Personally, I think Tesla is much better off as a higher end niche manufacturer than as a mainstream one given the differences in expectations in each market.
Yes. Tesla can't run a business. Which is why their stock is by and large held by major institutional investors, who are lately even upping their stakes.
It makes sense since they view it as a growth stock right now, but that doesn't mean they are bullish on it long term. If Tesla starts to stumble they'll bail in a heartbeat. If Tesla can control their costs while ramping up production they have a bright future, either as an independent company or merging with a larger company. The other big challenge to all EV's is developing a robust charging network that can quick charge with one standard charging methodology so any EV can use the station. I would bet gas stations will adapt to EV charging as the amount of EV's on the road increase. Solar plus chargers would make it relatively easy to add plugs at existing gas stations or create stand alone ones that take credit cards and can be unattended; I can see stores / restaurants adding them so customers can shop / eat and charge, like some malls / restaurants have done already.
Unless Congress extends the tax credit, al lot of those people waiting for 35K Model 3's will not be eligible for it since Tesla will have hit 200K before tehy start on the base Model 3 deliveries. If those waiting for the base model and planned on it being around 27.5K after the credit (less any additional state rebates / credits) they are in for a shock. I wonder how many will stick around if the credit sunsets for Tesla?
I'd wager when a politician or two is ID'd with someone they would prefer not to be associated with and it cause political problems for them we'll see some laws enacted.
Good points. I have friends that dealt with him and said it's pretty simple. Stroke his ego, say no and push back and he'll back down. He starts with big demands and will come around if you push back; and then declare he won and go home. The Saudi's clearly understand the stroke the ego part if you saw his reception in Riyadh.
He has no real political convictions beyond "Is it good for DJ Trump?" and "Will it get cheers from the crowd?" He is happy to pander to his base, who mistakenly believe "he is on our side" and thus support him. Changing positions on a dime is all part of his "deal making" mentality and he probably doesn't understand why it brings him derision on the world stage.
Yeah, and he had non-stop criticisms of how much golf Obama played, yet he plays twice as often. Railed against Obama for tax-payer funded vacations; he and his family take more of them and they each cost more. Went after Obama for his use of executive orders; is doing the same himself now. Tip of the iceberg.
He's a shameless hypocrite, you're just now noticing?
He lives in his own reality, which has worked for him as a developer and reality TV star; expecting him to magically become "the most presidential president ever" is folly. The only place he will become that is in his own mind, with is all, beyond cheering crowds, that matters to him.
Sorry, just because something makes Trump look stupid doesn't mean it's biased against him. That he lacks basic knowledge on a wide range of issues is simply a fact, and a very big problem considering his job
To me, the biggest condemnation of Trump is not that he's ill-informed - Lots of people are ill-informed on lots of things - It's that he has little interest in actually becoming informed. Obama read for hours each night - Briefing papers, books - You name it. Trump reads nothing.
Even worse, he believes he is the smartest person in the room, and thus acts based on his opinion with little consideration of what others have to say.
Trump is making policy decisions based on personal grudges and personal vendettas, his ego is blinding him to facts.
In Trumpland, there are no such things as facts, all that matters is he perceives himself as the winner and all blame falls elsewhere and thus the narrative must support that.
Fedex and UPS are the best, packages show up on time. Amazon's own delivery service has been ok, but seem to have a high number of rescheduled deliveries when they've run out of time to deliver. Maybe I'm on the end of the route.
The USPS' biggest advantage is they go buy almost every US address everyday so they are perfect to use for the last mile. If Fedex or UPS could get all of Amazon's home deliveries they would be able to address the major issue with home delivery - widely varying routes so there is no way to optimize them. If they know in advance what packages are coming tehy can reduce a lot of that variance. Of course, there still is the "no one home must redeliver" but with Amazon locker they can address that as well. Further down the road, Alexa could tell Amazon if any is home so as to schedule the delivery or skip it. It would be a bit freaky to have Alexa all of a sudden say "Hello (name of person to receive package) are yo home so I can arrange delivery of you r package between x and y today?" They could give every Prime subscriber a free Amazon Dot based on their shipping history if they didn't area have one.
UPS may be better positioned to pull it off since they, unlike FedEx are one company and thus one truck can handle all the packages.
I noticed that "hysteresis" effect, too. When you start at one end or the other, your brain locks onto one or the other sound and you keep recognizing that word past the "critical point" on the slider you lost it at in the other direction. Once you become accustomed to hearing one or the other you get biased to keep hearing it despite it trending in the other direction.
I was wondering about that was well. I first hear Yanny but when I went to slide it to Laurel I never clearly heard Yanny again, the close I came was "Garry" at the far right. Repeated tries yield the same result except I do not hear Yanny when I first open the NYT slider.
What "conservatives" won't tell you is that there are a lot of government programs like this, where the economic and social benefit grossly outpaces the cost. There's some monstrous sinkholes as well, but slash and burn to programs that are cost effective is just idiocy.
What will be interesting is to see who gets exempted from, or a tax break for, the fees. Farmers use Landsat data to manage crops, and no doubt will be crying "fees will put my family farm out of business" just like they are wringing their hands over the stalled farm bill. It is interesting, but not surprising, that some of the staunchly conservative, small government types really want teh government to do something when their wallets are impacted. Everyone likes free government money unless it is someone else who is getting it.
Others have said this, but it apparently needs repeating: it is very expensive to do medical research, and patent enforcement is one way to ensure it is remunerated, but since the enforcement is strongest in USA, the prices are highest in USA. Where those patents aren't enforced, cheap copies can be made, but none of that money pays the (mostly American) companies who introduced the drugs.
That is part of the reason; the other part is the marginal costs of producing one more pill are small. As a result, it is still worthwhile to produce and sell them cheaper to countries that negotiate prices since the revenue is almost all profit; what is important is preventing reimportation of those drugs since that would drive down US prices. Another factor is the rise of benefit management companies such as ExpressScripts that manage formularies for heath insurance companies and take a cut as well; there role is to make money and keep costs down for the insurance companies, not the patients which is why it is sometimes cheaper to buy medication directly rater than through your insurance.
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I mean, really, you realize there would be a lot more owls if we had never set up there right? We should feel responsibility for weaker creatures, for most of them are our fault.
Which is why we should not take actions that allow non-native predators to devastate native species, which is what it appears the cats are doing to the owls.
Well, yes, domestic cats and dogs are a non-native species, but on the flip side, the only reason those owls aren't getting eaten by coyotes and mountain lions is that humans chased them all away. So on the whole, they're probably not worse off (except in terms of finding grasslands to burrow in).
Possibly, but I'm not sure about the coyotes. They adapt pretty well to humans and can coexist often without humans realizing they are there.
Soylent Green?
So, no they're not a protected species but they are part of the ecosystem. Also, I am a cat fan but I think we should try all alternatives before killing any living thing and think about the repercussions.
Not really, they are a non-native species introduced not an ecosystem. Where I live, about once a month we have signs "Lost Cat," a post about how someone's cat got snatched from the backyard at night, got attacked by a big dog or feral cat, or to please be careful driving because a cat got hit. Natural selection has taken care of the feral cat problem in our neighborhood. If you value your pet don't let it roam freely where it is exposed to dangers it may not even realize exist.
I remember it well, if you beat the saucers you got extra time and the graphics reversed colors. A very 70's "futuristic" cabinet and simple graphics, but then all video games of that era relied more on game play than graphics; given the processor power available. I fed it far too many quarters, along with Pong and later Space Invaders. One interesting thing about some of the early games were programming glitches, such as a tabletop football game that, if your QB crossed the line of scrimmage and then ran back, would result in pass defenders moving away from receivers towards the QB as if it were running, allowing you to throw a completed pass. A racing game if you left the track and looped back counted it as a completed lap.
If "right to try" is only available to patients who have *already* exhausted every other acknowledged treatment option that exists, I'm not sure how this concern would ever arise, in practice.
Remember Fen Phen and Redux? There always be people willing to peddle miracles to the gullible if enough money is to be made. As for "exhausted every other acknowledged treatment option" I would imagine that is vague enough to drive a truckload of pills through; for example is chemo an "acknowledged treatment option" if the doctor says you have 6 months and chemo wold normally take a year?
You have to be careful with laws.
Exactly. This really doesn't change anything as far as access to such treatment is concerned, as major drug manufacturers do not have to provide medicines and insurance companies do not have to pay for non-FDA approved treatments; especially since, per TFA, the FDA approves almost all expanded access requests. A legitimate drug company has a number of reasons to not let early stage drugs out into the market willy nilly, the least of which is teh potential for lawsuits if it tuns out they are prove to be unsafe. It does however, allow shady operators to function with minimum oversight and limits the FDA's ability to oversee or use results when determining if a drug is safe and effective. Legitimate companies I can see the real beneficiaries as shady operators who take advantage of desperate people with the money to pay for expensive and unproven treatments.
Everyone looks at me like I’m a total idiot but I just carried on as normal because my brain is still thinking: surfing the web and not the much more obvious surfing with wet suits that smell like our office does. I’m guessing the bit I didn’t hear was the word wetshits.
If that was the oder I'd be a bit concerned about the space...
They meant to send the audio and contact info to advertisers of hardwood floors. The need to fix their algorithms so the audio gets sent to the correct advertiser.
The legend is more valuable than the truth; because you can sell the legend. It will be good to have a better understanding of the water's biodiversity, but I doubt it will have much impact on the legend. True believers will fin some conspiracy or mistake facts to argue their point, and the tourism council will continue to promote the monster.
People on the waiting list have been debating since day 1 how much of the US tax credit they'd get. Nobody is in for a "shock", they're following it in way more detail than you.
And the credit does not disappear at 200k. Rather, 200k (which Tesla looks to be trying to deliberately delay to Q3) starts a timer. The first two quarters (aka, Q3 and Q4) are full credit. Then Q1 and Q2 are a half credit, then Q3 and Q4 are a quarter credit. Then it disappears.
It will be interesting to see how they control production to maximize the time for getting credits. The good news is if they can ramp up production fast enough before and during the full credit phaseout there is no limit to how many buyers can get the credit. They could manufacturer a bunch of 3's and not deliver them until the threshold is exceeded to stretch he phaseout as long as possible and get as many buyers the maximum credit as tehy can. It will be interesting to see what happens to deposits and orders as the credits phase out. Personally, I think Tesla is much better off as a higher end niche manufacturer than as a mainstream one given the differences in expectations in each market.
Yes. Tesla can't run a business. Which is why their stock is by and large held by major institutional investors, who are lately even upping their stakes.
It makes sense since they view it as a growth stock right now, but that doesn't mean they are bullish on it long term. If Tesla starts to stumble they'll bail in a heartbeat. If Tesla can control their costs while ramping up production they have a bright future, either as an independent company or merging with a larger company. The other big challenge to all EV's is developing a robust charging network that can quick charge with one standard charging methodology so any EV can use the station. I would bet gas stations will adapt to EV charging as the amount of EV's on the road increase. Solar plus chargers would make it relatively easy to add plugs at existing gas stations or create stand alone ones that take credit cards and can be unattended; I can see stores / restaurants adding them so customers can shop / eat and charge, like some malls / restaurants have done already.
Unless Congress extends the tax credit, al lot of those people waiting for 35K Model 3's will not be eligible for it since Tesla will have hit 200K before tehy start on the base Model 3 deliveries. If those waiting for the base model and planned on it being around 27.5K after the credit (less any additional state rebates / credits) they are in for a shock. I wonder how many will stick around if the credit sunsets for Tesla?
I'd wager when a politician or two is ID'd with someone they would prefer not to be associated with and it cause political problems for them we'll see some laws enacted.
We elected Zaphod Beeblebrox as our president . . . no . . . Zaphod at least had a plan.
They both had hot women as well...
Good points. I have friends that dealt with him and said it's pretty simple. Stroke his ego, say no and push back and he'll back down. He starts with big demands and will come around if you push back; and then declare he won and go home. The Saudi's clearly understand the stroke the ego part if you saw his reception in Riyadh.
He has no real political convictions beyond "Is it good for DJ Trump?" and "Will it get cheers from the crowd?" He is happy to pander to his base, who mistakenly believe "he is on our side" and thus support him. Changing positions on a dime is all part of his "deal making" mentality and he probably doesn't understand why it brings him derision on the world stage.
Yeah, and he had non-stop criticisms of how much golf Obama played, yet he plays twice as often. Railed against Obama for tax-payer funded vacations; he and his family take more of them and they each cost more. Went after Obama for his use of executive orders; is doing the same himself now. Tip of the iceberg. He's a shameless hypocrite, you're just now noticing?
He lives in his own reality, which has worked for him as a developer and reality TV star; expecting him to magically become "the most presidential president ever" is folly. The only place he will become that is in his own mind, with is all, beyond cheering crowds, that matters to him.
Sorry, just because something makes Trump look stupid doesn't mean it's biased against him. That he lacks basic knowledge on a wide range of issues is simply a fact, and a very big problem considering his job
To me, the biggest condemnation of Trump is not that he's ill-informed - Lots of people are ill-informed on lots of things - It's that he has little interest in actually becoming informed. Obama read for hours each night - Briefing papers, books - You name it. Trump reads nothing.
Even worse, he believes he is the smartest person in the room, and thus acts based on his opinion with little consideration of what others have to say.
Thus, in my opinion, he thinks of himself first and nothing or no one else.
There, fixed that for you.
Trump is making policy decisions based on personal grudges and personal vendettas, his ego is blinding him to facts.
In Trumpland, there are no such things as facts, all that matters is he perceives himself as the winner and all blame falls elsewhere and thus the narrative must support that.
Fedex and UPS are the best, packages show up on time. Amazon's own delivery service has been ok, but seem to have a high number of rescheduled deliveries when they've run out of time to deliver. Maybe I'm on the end of the route.
The USPS' biggest advantage is they go buy almost every US address everyday so they are perfect to use for the last mile. If Fedex or UPS could get all of Amazon's home deliveries they would be able to address the major issue with home delivery - widely varying routes so there is no way to optimize them. If they know in advance what packages are coming tehy can reduce a lot of that variance. Of course, there still is the "no one home must redeliver" but with Amazon locker they can address that as well. Further down the road, Alexa could tell Amazon if any is home so as to schedule the delivery or skip it. It would be a bit freaky to have Alexa all of a sudden say "Hello (name of person to receive package) are yo home so I can arrange delivery of you r package between x and y today?" They could give every Prime subscriber a free Amazon Dot based on their shipping history if they didn't area have one.
UPS may be better positioned to pull it off since they, unlike FedEx are one company and thus one truck can handle all the packages.
I noticed that "hysteresis" effect, too. When you start at one end or the other, your brain locks onto one or the other sound and you keep recognizing that word past the "critical point" on the slider you lost it at in the other direction. Once you become accustomed to hearing one or the other you get biased to keep hearing it despite it trending in the other direction.
I was wondering about that was well. I first hear Yanny but when I went to slide it to Laurel I never clearly heard Yanny again, the close I came was "Garry" at the far right. Repeated tries yield the same result except I do not hear Yanny when I first open the NYT slider.
What "conservatives" won't tell you is that there are a lot of government programs like this, where the economic and social benefit grossly outpaces the cost. There's some monstrous sinkholes as well, but slash and burn to programs that are cost effective is just idiocy.
What will be interesting is to see who gets exempted from, or a tax break for, the fees. Farmers use Landsat data to manage crops, and no doubt will be crying "fees will put my family farm out of business" just like they are wringing their hands over the stalled farm bill. It is interesting, but not surprising, that some of the staunchly conservative, small government types really want teh government to do something when their wallets are impacted. Everyone likes free government money unless it is someone else who is getting it.
Others have said this, but it apparently needs repeating: it is very expensive to do medical research, and patent enforcement is one way to ensure it is remunerated, but since the enforcement is strongest in USA, the prices are highest in USA. Where those patents aren't enforced, cheap copies can be made, but none of that money pays the (mostly American) companies who introduced the drugs.
That is part of the reason; the other part is the marginal costs of producing one more pill are small. As a result, it is still worthwhile to produce and sell them cheaper to countries that negotiate prices since the revenue is almost all profit; what is important is preventing reimportation of those drugs since that would drive down US prices. Another factor is the rise of benefit management companies such as ExpressScripts that manage formularies for heath insurance companies and take a cut as well; there role is to make money and keep costs down for the insurance companies, not the patients which is why it is sometimes cheaper to buy medication directly rater than through your insurance.
wouldn't be too hard to detect affected browsers and deny the test .. or disable it with some clever js or images or whatnot.
Better yet - give wrong answers. If a kid is cheating on most of the questions, it will be apparent by the pattern of wrong answers selected.