Netflix is testing the curve to find an optimization of cost (licensing) and revenue (attracting/keeping subscribers), and it looks like they're finding that customers will tolerate losing a lot of the curve.
Which means that they're licensing deal sucks. They should negotiate licenses based on the number of times that titles are actually viewed, so that it doesn't cost them anything to host titles with low popularity.
Because Darwinism is opposite of christianity? While many major Christian religions fully accept the theory of evolution
According to a fairly recent poll, 42% of the Americans believe that God created humans, and another 31% believe in evolution, but with God guiding the process. Only 19% believe in Darwin's theory of evolution. So, while major Christian religions may fully accept the theory, most of its followers do not.
Sure, constellations are referenced in both astrology and astronomy, but only as a mnemonic for celestial coordinates. Not even a very accurate mnemonic, as astrologers use signs, which, as your references states, are only loosely coupled to constellations.
Uh, you're aware many newer solar panels are made of lead,
You're aware that these are brand new, and already people are working on lead-free alternatives ? And manufacturing is as clean as you want it to be. The problem is China doesn't really want to be that clean (but that is changing too).
I'm pretty certain my toaster is not made out of an extremely toxic heavy metal.
No, but it probably has some of these metals inside, just like your phone. And people are more likely to throw a toaster in the garbage than big solar installations.
Sunny Hawaii and California, maybe, but up north in Washington or Oregon they'd only work during the Summer
Germany is even further up North, and they're breaking solar records every year. Add wind power, and combine low-loss grids to cover most of the needs, and work on storage, such as new types of liquid calcium batteries. Add smart grids, so you can use home batteries for storage.
solar cells contain toxic heavy metals that aren't commonly recycled
Toxic materials in solar cells are used in very small quantities. The bulk of the solar cell is just silicon. Typical every day appliances have just as much toxic materials in them.
Nuclear is the only form of energy that can deal with our need for electricity.
Solar and wind can too, and are much more appealing to the average investor.
I disagree: ***selling price*** of PV panels is coming down. However, the energy cost of creating solar panels isn't.
That makes no sense. The energy cost of the solar panels is part of the selling cost. The bulk of the materials for PV panels is silicon, and the major cost of production is getting the silicon to be extremely pure. Most of the other materials are common, like glass, aluminum and silver, and the rarer elements are only used in small quantities.
PV may work for many residential applications, but lacks both the energy density and constant load delivered that many industrial applications require.
The energy density can be fixed by deploying more solar panels. There's still plenty of room in most countries. The constant load can be solved by batteries and smart grids.
if you are going to blame Islam then you have to tar all the abrahamic holy books with the same brush. they all have passages/god inspired events in them that can be used to justify demented actions by demented people
Sure, but it's not just the books. It's the books plus the interpretation and the culture. Most modern day Christians don't walk around killing people for not following the laws in the old testament, but such practices are still quite common in Muslim countries. Just look at where you can get death penalty for apostasy.
The primary intention is to create a bigger battle, turn that into a civil war, kill all the infidels, and turn the place into a caliphate. And then the struggle will continue amongst themselves.
Islam is the problem. Sure, it's the extremists that are causing all the problems today, but they get support from a majority of the so-called moderates in the same towns. https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
The women where I work with are definitely less productive. They spend much more timing chatting about fashion and celebrities than doing actual work. You could probably fire half of them, and get more done.
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Netflix is testing the curve to find an optimization of cost (licensing) and revenue (attracting/keeping subscribers), and it looks like they're finding that customers will tolerate losing a lot of the curve.
Which means that they're licensing deal sucks. They should negotiate licenses based on the number of times that titles are actually viewed, so that it doesn't cost them anything to host titles with low popularity.
Because Darwinism is opposite of christianity? While many major Christian religions fully accept the theory of evolution
According to a fairly recent poll, 42% of the Americans believe that God created humans, and another 31% believe in evolution, but with God guiding the process. Only 19% believe in Darwin's theory of evolution. So, while major Christian religions may fully accept the theory, most of its followers do not.
Sure, constellations are referenced in both astrology and astronomy, but only as a mnemonic for celestial coordinates. Not even a very accurate mnemonic, as astrologers use signs, which, as your references states, are only loosely coupled to constellations.
Constellations have nothing to do with astrology.
Just fix your crappy hardware to support unaligned access.
Just like MyTracks. A basic but very useful activity tracker. Will be discontinued end of April.
It's easy to make a windmill blend in the landscape. You pain the bottom blade green, and the top blade blue and white.
But the electronics that control the panels do use rare earth minerals.
What are you talking about ?
Uh, you're aware many newer solar panels are made of lead,
You're aware that these are brand new, and already people are working on lead-free alternatives ? And manufacturing is as clean as you want it to be. The problem is China doesn't really want to be that clean (but that is changing too).
I'm pretty certain my toaster is not made out of an extremely toxic heavy metal.
No, but it probably has some of these metals inside, just like your phone. And people are more likely to throw a toaster in the garbage than big solar installations.
Sunny Hawaii and California, maybe, but up north in Washington or Oregon they'd only work during the Summer
Germany is even further up North, and they're breaking solar records every year. Add wind power, and combine low-loss grids to cover most of the needs, and work on storage, such as new types of liquid calcium batteries. Add smart grids, so you can use home batteries for storage.
solar cells contain toxic heavy metals that aren't commonly recycled
Toxic materials in solar cells are used in very small quantities. The bulk of the solar cell is just silicon. Typical every day appliances have just as much toxic materials in them.
Nuclear is the only form of energy that can deal with our need for electricity.
Solar and wind can too, and are much more appealing to the average investor.
I disagree: ***selling price*** of PV panels is coming down. However, the energy cost of creating solar panels isn't.
That makes no sense. The energy cost of the solar panels is part of the selling cost. The bulk of the materials for PV panels is silicon, and the major cost of production is getting the silicon to be extremely pure. Most of the other materials are common, like glass, aluminum and silver, and the rarer elements are only used in small quantities.
PV may work for many residential applications, but lacks both the energy density and constant load delivered that many industrial applications require.
The energy density can be fixed by deploying more solar panels. There's still plenty of room in most countries. The constant load can be solved by batteries and smart grids.
if you are going to blame Islam then you have to tar all the abrahamic holy books with the same brush. they all have passages/god inspired events in them that can be used to justify demented actions by demented people
Sure, but it's not just the books. It's the books plus the interpretation and the culture. Most modern day Christians don't walk around killing people for not following the laws in the old testament, but such practices are still quite common in Muslim countries. Just look at where you can get death penalty for apostasy.
How do you spread significant radioactive material over a large area?
Grind it into a powder. Put powder in a box with a small hole. Attach box to drone. Fly over a crowd.
Even Apple themselves have said that 4" is about the ideal size for a portable smart device screen
Maybe if you're young and have good eyes, otherwise 4" is on the small side.
The primary intention is to create a bigger battle, turn that into a civil war, kill all the infidels, and turn the place into a caliphate. And then the struggle will continue amongst themselves.
Islam is the problem. Sure, it's the extremists that are causing all the problems today, but they get support from a majority of the so-called moderates in the same towns. https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
Even with life span of 10k hours, a TV should last me over 10 years.
Because someone else has already hired them.
If somebody else has hired them for 72 cents, surely a nice raise to 99 cents could convince them to change jobs.
The women where I work with are definitely less productive. They spend much more timing chatting about fashion and celebrities than doing actual work. You could probably fire half of them, and get more done.
When negotiating for a higher pay, you're taking a risk that you won't be hired at all.
But please, go on about how it's "voluntary".
Suicide is only a tall bridge away.
Because, 150 years ago, people didn't care what kids preferred.
Indeed, the issue is that society tends to push this view in the same way that it pushes pink as a girl's colour.
Society pushes it, but girls are also hard wired to prefer it. .
It's not deliberate or any particular individual's fault,
It's not even a fault. It's just a difference.
Good idea. Now if you can please point them out.
A liberal arts degree is probably the best they could manage.