The run away inflation scenario you describe would only happen if the money supply grew as exponentially, which no competent central bank will allow to happen.
To be sure, minimum wage will contribute to inflation, but not in any catastrophic sort of way. Earning minimum wage does not mean a person will suddenly be able to afford to pay double for basics such as food, healthcare, transport etc. Earning at that level pretty much just means a person makes just enough to scrap by and not starve or die in the cold.
The goal of minimum wage is not to make anyone rich, rather it is to ensure a minimum standard of living among those who work at the lowest rung and the money for this increased payroll to come from corporate profits.
Erm. Google already HAS changed the world. What they are doing now is using their success to help push the frontiers of Science, to make Science cool again. How is this not a good thing?
Yep. Each time the so called libertarians come out with their spiel, I am reminded of the quote "In a democracy your vote counts, in feudalism your count votes."
Essentially they want the world to go back to an era when the rich and endowed had all the power and the poor could go get fucked.
Main reason is that a more contemporary DSLR sensor is actually more sensitive even tho it's surface area is smaller due to advances in semiconductor fabrication etc. On top of that, a new camera would have a much better image processor.
At the end of the day, what we want to achieve is not just high sensitivity in low light, but vibrancy of colour and fine detail in low light.
I would actually like to see them implement this in a still camera. Cut the megapixels down to 2 or 3 (this is more then enough to put online and ), and make it 7x more sensitive than today's still cameras.
In the end, Groupon is just a marketing tool. It's up to you to be smart about using it. If repeat business does not happen, it's more likely a weakness of your business model than Groupon's fault.
I once bought a coupon for a restaurant. The food was bad and when I complained, I was insulted by the owner.
Needless to say, I did not go back, and it's really not Groupons fault.
You're looking at it the wrong way. The device works, but like most things man made, it has shortcomings. Imagine the learning experience the kids will have in overcoming these limitations.
What if the next version of the R-Pi contains a fix to these problems developed by a bunch of kids in one of those schools? Wouldn't that be cool?
For photoshop i guess. But CS4 was when it really got good for working stiffs. Multiple artboards in Illustrator and InDesign gets dragged kicking and screaming into the digital distribution age. I never looked back.
I was just thinking today, if I were on the Jury after one grieving parent lost it at their protest and massacred the lot of them, I would find it pretty impossible to convict him.
I have a cousin who is a commercial pilot. He was first officer on a flight years back when wifi was first gaining popularity. After take off and the plane was levelled out, all of a sudden some of the nav equipment started giving false readings.
Long story short, it turned out that the wifi transceiver on a Toshiba laptop owned by one of the passengers was defective and was transmitting on frequencies it was not supposed to.
So yeah, while on paper it should not happen, you only need 1 fuckup by a minimum wage slave in a Chinese factory.
"As for Israel and Palestine, I sometimes think we should lock them in their room until they sort it out. They are both behaving like children."
I used to think that too, but then if the international community really did that, it would simply end in Isreal reducing Gaza into a desolate wasteland. The only question is would they do it with conventional weapons or nukes.
Many professional agencies often expand great amounts of effort, time and money to create ads that their audience would find interesting while touting their message. Many in fact are aware that being a dick on the internet will only get you backlash, and are careful to make and place ads in the least obnoxious ways possible.
Problem is, 'ad makers' is not just one entity. Any business owners 12 year old nephew with rudimentary Photoshop skills thinks he is an ad agency these days, and ad sellers often have no minimum standards for what passes as an ad, as long as you fork over the money.
I am a maker of ads, and yet I too run adblock, because there are just too many eyesores out there created by people with no design sense whatsoever.
Maybe what needs to happen around Thankgiving is community kitchens. Have a temporary commercial kitchen setup somewhere in town staffed by people with a clue where, for a small donation, people can go get their turkey cooked.
Heck, I can even see sponsors being brought in to defray some costs, and a sense of community being built up around it.
Sarcasm aside, it is true tho. Compare the diplomatic and press headache that resulted from a pilot being captured, i.e the U2 over Soviet Russia, versus the recent Drone that went down over Iran.
In the former there was a cover up, public embarrassment from the subsequent expose and an enormous diplomatic spat that ended in a prisoner exchange. In the latter, the Iranians were made to look ridiculous for celebrating the downing of what amounts to a remote control air plane.
It is a significant development. I think the death of Steve Jobs could not have come at a better time, because if he were still around, what would be the odds of Apple settling with anybody?
Could this be the start of some major policy shifts at Apple?
Turning safely, and cutting the fastest line around a corner are two very different things. The faster you go around a corner on a 2 wheeler, the more you need to lean. While leaning, your centre of gravity shifts, the contact area between the bike tyres and the tarmac changes etc.
Cutting fast corners is relatively safe to do on a track, but on public roads, a puddle of water, a patch of sand or some leaves fallen on the road would be enough to throw you off and kill you.
Hooke also selected several objects of human origin; among these objects were the jagged edge of a honed razor and the point of a needle, seeming blunt under the microscope. His goal may well have been as a way to contrast the flawed products of mankind with the perfection of nature (and hence, in the spirit of the times, of biblical creation).
I wonder what he might have thought if he could see a modern microprocessor under the microscope.
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The run away inflation scenario you describe would only happen if the money supply grew as exponentially, which no competent central bank will allow to happen.
To be sure, minimum wage will contribute to inflation, but not in any catastrophic sort of way. Earning minimum wage does not mean a person will suddenly be able to afford to pay double for basics such as food, healthcare, transport etc. Earning at that level pretty much just means a person makes just enough to scrap by and not starve or die in the cold.
The goal of minimum wage is not to make anyone rich, rather it is to ensure a minimum standard of living among those who work at the lowest rung and the money for this increased payroll to come from corporate profits.
Erm. Google already HAS changed the world. What they are doing now is using their success to help push the frontiers of Science, to make Science cool again. How is this not a good thing?
Yep. Each time the so called libertarians come out with their spiel, I am reminded of the quote "In a democracy your vote counts, in feudalism your count votes."
Essentially they want the world to go back to an era when the rich and endowed had all the power and the poor could go get fucked.
Main reason is that a more contemporary DSLR sensor is actually more sensitive even tho it's surface area is smaller due to advances in semiconductor fabrication etc. On top of that, a new camera would have a much better image processor.
At the end of the day, what we want to achieve is not just high sensitivity in low light, but vibrancy of colour and fine detail in low light.
I would actually like to see them implement this in a still camera. Cut the megapixels down to 2 or 3 (this is more then enough to put online and ), and make it 7x more sensitive than today's still cameras.
That need not even be the case. You could still do it in 35mm, 1080p HD video is roughy 2.1 megapixels, where as the EOS1DX is 18.1mp.
So there is definitely enough room to make pixels 7 times larger than a EOS1DX
We need to make more of this Cluebat you speak of and gangrape a few companies...
In the end, Groupon is just a marketing tool. It's up to you to be smart about using it. If repeat business does not happen, it's more likely a weakness of your business model than Groupon's fault.
I once bought a coupon for a restaurant. The food was bad and when I complained, I was insulted by the owner.
Needless to say, I did not go back, and it's really not Groupons fault.
Yeah, I consult on it. xD
You're looking at it the wrong way. The device works, but like most things man made, it has shortcomings. Imagine the learning experience the kids will have in overcoming these limitations.
What if the next version of the R-Pi contains a fix to these problems developed by a bunch of kids in one of those schools? Wouldn't that be cool?
How is this bad? I sometimes exploit this by typing a location into the general search bar, fully expecting a google maps result to click on.
If i wanted BingMaps i would have used bing instead.
For photoshop i guess. But CS4 was when it really got good for working stiffs. Multiple artboards in Illustrator and InDesign gets dragged kicking and screaming into the digital distribution age. I never looked back.
"1 millilitre is 1 cubic centimetre (CC) of water (1 cm x 1 cm x 1 cm), 1 litre is 1000 CC's"
And the most practical part is that 1000cc = 1 litre = 1kg of water.
How heavy is a jug of water? Just look at the volume.
Also, In temperatures, 0'C is Freezing point of water, 100'C is boiling point.
In Volume/ Mass/ Weight, 1000sq/cm = 1 Litre = 1 kg of water.
All these have practical applications in real life.
I'm not American, so forgive me for asking, but don't Americans pay road tax?
I was just thinking today, if I were on the Jury after one grieving parent lost it at their protest and massacred the lot of them, I would find it pretty impossible to convict him.
I have a cousin who is a commercial pilot. He was first officer on a flight years back when wifi was first gaining popularity. After take off and the plane was levelled out, all of a sudden some of the nav equipment started giving false readings.
Long story short, it turned out that the wifi transceiver on a Toshiba laptop owned by one of the passengers was defective and was transmitting on frequencies it was not supposed to.
So yeah, while on paper it should not happen, you only need 1 fuckup by a minimum wage slave in a Chinese factory.
So Sony is an American company now?
"As for Israel and Palestine, I sometimes think we should lock them in their room until they sort it out. They are both behaving like children."
I used to think that too, but then if the international community really did that, it would simply end in Isreal reducing Gaza into a desolate wasteland. The only question is would they do it with conventional weapons or nukes.
Many professional agencies often expand great amounts of effort, time and money to create ads that their audience would find interesting while touting their message. Many in fact are aware that being a dick on the internet will only get you backlash, and are careful to make and place ads in the least obnoxious ways possible.
Problem is, 'ad makers' is not just one entity. Any business owners 12 year old nephew with rudimentary Photoshop skills thinks he is an ad agency these days, and ad sellers often have no minimum standards for what passes as an ad, as long as you fork over the money.
I am a maker of ads, and yet I too run adblock, because there are just too many eyesores out there created by people with no design sense whatsoever.
Maybe what needs to happen around Thankgiving is community kitchens. Have a temporary commercial kitchen setup somewhere in town staffed by people with a clue where, for a small donation, people can go get their turkey cooked.
Heck, I can even see sponsors being brought in to defray some costs, and a sense of community being built up around it.
Sarcasm aside, it is true tho. Compare the diplomatic and press headache that resulted from a pilot being captured, i.e the U2 over Soviet Russia, versus the recent Drone that went down over Iran.
In the former there was a cover up, public embarrassment from the subsequent expose and an enormous diplomatic spat that ended in a prisoner exchange. In the latter, the Iranians were made to look ridiculous for celebrating the downing of what amounts to a remote control air plane.
It is a significant development. I think the death of Steve Jobs could not have come at a better time, because if he were still around, what would be the odds of Apple settling with anybody?
Could this be the start of some major policy shifts at Apple?
Turning safely, and cutting the fastest line around a corner are two very different things. The faster you go around a corner on a 2 wheeler, the more you need to lean. While leaning, your centre of gravity shifts, the contact area between the bike tyres and the tarmac changes etc.
Cutting fast corners is relatively safe to do on a track, but on public roads, a puddle of water, a patch of sand or some leaves fallen on the road would be enough to throw you off and kill you.
I wonder what he might have thought if he could see a modern microprocessor under the microscope.