This could probably easily be done for FedEx, UPS, USPS, etc. Also, check your bags and they get put onto an auto-cargo jet while you get on a luxury cruiser with a pilot who parties with you. I'm into the future if this it.
The US only put astronauts into space to prove to the USSR and the world that we had superior air and technological capability. That box was checked long ago. There is no demand for astronauts in space. They are a relic of the 60s through the 80s and have been replaced with robots. What lost capability? We can build Saturn V rockets all day.
I don't see any big changes here. We get bigger rockets to push heavier garbage into our outer atmosphere. Electrolytes.
It's software "engineering". That means you use vague engineering principles to cobble tons of software together because blackbox abstractions are perfect and computers are perfect.
They didn't have wind turbines back when it was built. Why don't you use period-appropriate arguments. We are talking about regulatory hurdles preventing the creation of infrastructure which people complain about almost non-stop. My point is that we might be preventing the building of better infrastructure today because we are afraid of the environmental costs. What about the loss of benefit to society?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?... - At 4:06 you can see him pointing to some engineering plans of the dam. His commentary in the show doesn't reflect it, but he told me personally that when he was approached his first response was that it was impossible under current civil code. The producer said he better come up with something because otherwise there wouldn't be a show.
My uncle is a civil engineer that was asked to work on a show about the Hoover Dam. He said it couldn't be built today due to regulatory approval. It's weird how people aren't saying no oversight... they're saying reasonable oversight. We get stuff like Hoover Dam.
Yes I want an internet that is secure by default. No this does not involve the carriers. I personally think this starts with distributed, federated identity meaning that your presence on the internet can be known to others but only to others you trust. Think BitCoin but for identity.
For example, imagine you made your own authentication realm that was just a presence on the internet. You would create identities within it that represent you and people that you trust along with this trust relationship. It would also store data regarding your interactions with others in some way. This could then be exported by you under your supervision to other entities that would use it to determine if they trusted you or not. With cryptographic protocols and fingerprints you would be building a long-term history of trusted actions much like how we interact face-to-face.
The goal would be to remove identity from places like Facebook or Google. OAuth, X.509, PGP/GPG, and some other technologies either get us close or do parts of this right now. It's just not in an easy-to-use cohesive bundle that you can stand up on a mobile phone. My idea would also be unwelcome at commercial sites unless they are truly willing to negotiate attribute release. Ideally I'd like something like 2-way EULA that allows me to know and alter what data these companies collect on me and how they use it.
Until we start treating the internet like a real place where real people interact in real ways I'm not sure we'll be in the right frame of mind to solve these issues.
I think I got stuck around 295lbs. at some point. Then another plateau at 265lbs. They can be pretty challenging to get through. I really pushed myself to eliminate carbs completely for a few weeks and that changed something. Sugar and sweet foods have tasted differently for a long while now. I've had to eat strawberries with sour cream because they were too sweet and I can't remember a time in my life I'd ever thought that. I can't eat bananas or most fruit anymore either.
Congrats on the loss of 130lbs. I hope it gives you confidence to keep going even if it's waffles all the way down:)
In Miami... probably by the US and I don't see anything about being extradited. So it is we in the Americas that are the savages?
I can agree with holding executives accountable. Why only one, though? There should be a few more plus some board members and a whole chain of command.
So you want to solve an emissions scandle by digging up more metal, oil, and rare earths? Every study I've ever read says that whatever you save by switching to an EV is completely overshadowed by the industrial waste that was produced in making it. I mean, I guess if we throw everything away once it's probably ok. I hope we don't have to throw all of gen-2 away...
It's not about eating less. It's about eating the correct diet that induces a healthy and stable body which includes what we refer to as "normal" weight. It is not about self control. I know this from first hand experience because I have several times now starved myself on calorie restricted diets.
What finally worked for me was switching to a ketogenic diet (high-fat, low-carb). I can lose weight regardless of the quantity of food I eat or activity level. I never exercise, eat as much as I want until satisfied, and maintain 180-185lbs. through dietary composition alone. You can claim what you will but I used to weight over 300lbs and know for a fact this works. I'm never going back.
I'll admit it's not easy at first but when I went through it I found it got a lot easier once my body started healing and I could feel that high fat foods were every bit as satisfying as a sugary desert. It does take will power but I also started with 100g of carbs per day. I'd probably start with that for a target and work down from there. I also drank a lot of half and half or cream instead of milk.
That feeling you mention is what motivated me to keep pushing it. Currently I do eat some sugar but for the most part am strictly meat, eggs, butter, and cheese. I've been pretty hard core keto for over two years now so I'm definitely convinced. I had trouble with obesity for over 30 years and now I can just lose when I want to by not eating carbs.
I'm a big believer in value investing but some of his moves have mystified me lately. He was betting big on IBM which probably wasn't too bad at the time but I think last I heard they had 20 quarters of straight losses and are being swallowed by AWS. My own personal dealings with IBM on state-level contracts says they should have been bankrupt two decades ago. The z-series mainframes sure are pretty, though.
His recent interest in Sprint makes no sense. Yes they have good valuation but I can't see a future for them. They are in a completely locked market that's run by AT&T and Verizon. Where's the growth? Is Sprint going to make an app platform? No idea here.
That being said I feel like Buffett is always good to pay attention to. Just pay closer attention to what he does rather than what he says. Action is evidence.
I've been watching this since the original reports of fake accounts came out. What blows me away is that right around the '08-'09 meltdown I specifically remember watching Warren Buffett talk about how solid the management is at WF. I don't know if its rotten straight up to the head but this is damn poor management no matter how you slice it.
1) As a US citizen I have 0% control over how much my country spends under my name. I was told I could vote for these things but when I said I didn't want to pay I was threatened with jail and violence. I was told I could vote for that, too.
2) Most US citizens are so financially illiterate they can barely open a bank account by filling out their name on a form. Some of this is not their fault as they have never learned about the financial system. If they did, they would burn every piece of it to the ground. Especially the US Treasury and the Federal Reserve.
Theoretically friction doesn't exist. Why do people use perfect, simple models to describe the real world? Even Tesla admits directly that the rear regenerative braking has a safety mechanism to regulate the amount of braking because it causes the rear end to become unstable. Yes, I'm sure in a sealed factory box with no wind or load you can get 100% return. On a road, in weather, with humans at the wheel... yeah the 40% number actually seems pretty high.
Based on what I've been reading Tesla currently only puts regenerative brakes in the rear. Since most of your brake loading is on the front wheels, I doubt this reduces pad wear by very much. I've also read they come equipped with Brembo brakes which require higher end pads that usually last longer with better performance. The science says optimally a 4-wheel braking system can only recover 40% of the energy anyway so you'll always need a mechanical system that will wear.
The first amendment protects groups of people and it trumps The Constitution. This was at the heart of Citizens United. Being a member of any group puts you under absolute legal protection according to that.
Or maybe we could try to build a workable system that doesn't rely on pure situational chance to allow people a way to plan their future? Most of the people that get hired for these positions never wanted a risk position in the first place and only took it because of other job factors. I have a hard time believing the majority of factory workers are in it for the options. After talking with most people who are even professionals, few people actually even know how stocks work.
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Did the government build it or did private contractors? I don't remember the government doing anything but assigning tax money to 3rd parties.
Men with guns threaten our freedom if we don't send a check in.
This could probably easily be done for FedEx, UPS, USPS, etc. Also, check your bags and they get put onto an auto-cargo jet while you get on a luxury cruiser with a pilot who parties with you. I'm into the future if this it.
The US only put astronauts into space to prove to the USSR and the world that we had superior air and technological capability. That box was checked long ago. There is no demand for astronauts in space. They are a relic of the 60s through the 80s and have been replaced with robots. What lost capability? We can build Saturn V rockets all day.
I don't see any big changes here. We get bigger rockets to push heavier garbage into our outer atmosphere. Electrolytes.
What changes? What is the demand for this?
It's software "engineering". That means you use vague engineering principles to cobble tons of software together because blackbox abstractions are perfect and computers are perfect.
They didn't have wind turbines back when it was built. Why don't you use period-appropriate arguments. We are talking about regulatory hurdles preventing the creation of infrastructure which people complain about almost non-stop. My point is that we might be preventing the building of better infrastructure today because we are afraid of the environmental costs. What about the loss of benefit to society?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?... - At 4:06 you can see him pointing to some engineering plans of the dam. His commentary in the show doesn't reflect it, but he told me personally that when he was approached his first response was that it was impossible under current civil code. The producer said he better come up with something because otherwise there wouldn't be a show.
My uncle is a civil engineer that was asked to work on a show about the Hoover Dam. He said it couldn't be built today due to regulatory approval. It's weird how people aren't saying no oversight... they're saying reasonable oversight. We get stuff like Hoover Dam.
Yes I want an internet that is secure by default. No this does not involve the carriers. I personally think this starts with distributed, federated identity meaning that your presence on the internet can be known to others but only to others you trust. Think BitCoin but for identity.
For example, imagine you made your own authentication realm that was just a presence on the internet. You would create identities within it that represent you and people that you trust along with this trust relationship. It would also store data regarding your interactions with others in some way. This could then be exported by you under your supervision to other entities that would use it to determine if they trusted you or not. With cryptographic protocols and fingerprints you would be building a long-term history of trusted actions much like how we interact face-to-face.
The goal would be to remove identity from places like Facebook or Google. OAuth, X.509, PGP/GPG, and some other technologies either get us close or do parts of this right now. It's just not in an easy-to-use cohesive bundle that you can stand up on a mobile phone. My idea would also be unwelcome at commercial sites unless they are truly willing to negotiate attribute release. Ideally I'd like something like 2-way EULA that allows me to know and alter what data these companies collect on me and how they use it.
Until we start treating the internet like a real place where real people interact in real ways I'm not sure we'll be in the right frame of mind to solve these issues.
I think I got stuck around 295lbs. at some point. Then another plateau at 265lbs. They can be pretty challenging to get through. I really pushed myself to eliminate carbs completely for a few weeks and that changed something. Sugar and sweet foods have tasted differently for a long while now. I've had to eat strawberries with sour cream because they were too sweet and I can't remember a time in my life I'd ever thought that. I can't eat bananas or most fruit anymore either.
Congrats on the loss of 130lbs. I hope it gives you confidence to keep going even if it's waffles all the way down :)
In Miami... probably by the US and I don't see anything about being extradited. So it is we in the Americas that are the savages?
I can agree with holding executives accountable. Why only one, though? There should be a few more plus some board members and a whole chain of command.
So you want to solve an emissions scandle by digging up more metal, oil, and rare earths? Every study I've ever read says that whatever you save by switching to an EV is completely overshadowed by the industrial waste that was produced in making it. I mean, I guess if we throw everything away once it's probably ok. I hope we don't have to throw all of gen-2 away...
It's not about eating less. It's about eating the correct diet that induces a healthy and stable body which includes what we refer to as "normal" weight. It is not about self control. I know this from first hand experience because I have several times now starved myself on calorie restricted diets.
What finally worked for me was switching to a ketogenic diet (high-fat, low-carb). I can lose weight regardless of the quantity of food I eat or activity level. I never exercise, eat as much as I want until satisfied, and maintain 180-185lbs. through dietary composition alone. You can claim what you will but I used to weight over 300lbs and know for a fact this works. I'm never going back.
I'll admit it's not easy at first but when I went through it I found it got a lot easier once my body started healing and I could feel that high fat foods were every bit as satisfying as a sugary desert. It does take will power but I also started with 100g of carbs per day. I'd probably start with that for a target and work down from there. I also drank a lot of half and half or cream instead of milk.
That feeling you mention is what motivated me to keep pushing it. Currently I do eat some sugar but for the most part am strictly meat, eggs, butter, and cheese. I've been pretty hard core keto for over two years now so I'm definitely convinced. I had trouble with obesity for over 30 years and now I can just lose when I want to by not eating carbs.
I'm a big believer in value investing but some of his moves have mystified me lately. He was betting big on IBM which probably wasn't too bad at the time but I think last I heard they had 20 quarters of straight losses and are being swallowed by AWS. My own personal dealings with IBM on state-level contracts says they should have been bankrupt two decades ago. The z-series mainframes sure are pretty, though.
His recent interest in Sprint makes no sense. Yes they have good valuation but I can't see a future for them. They are in a completely locked market that's run by AT&T and Verizon. Where's the growth? Is Sprint going to make an app platform? No idea here.
That being said I feel like Buffett is always good to pay attention to. Just pay closer attention to what he does rather than what he says. Action is evidence.
I've been watching this since the original reports of fake accounts came out. What blows me away is that right around the '08-'09 meltdown I specifically remember watching Warren Buffett talk about how solid the management is at WF. I don't know if its rotten straight up to the head but this is damn poor management no matter how you slice it.
A couple of things...
1) As a US citizen I have 0% control over how much my country spends under my name. I was told I could vote for these things but when I said I didn't want to pay I was threatened with jail and violence. I was told I could vote for that, too.
2) Most US citizens are so financially illiterate they can barely open a bank account by filling out their name on a form. Some of this is not their fault as they have never learned about the financial system. If they did, they would burn every piece of it to the ground. Especially the US Treasury and the Federal Reserve.
And the taxes we pay are paying for the interest payments on those bonds. It's a weird circle.
Theoretically friction doesn't exist. Why do people use perfect, simple models to describe the real world? Even Tesla admits directly that the rear regenerative braking has a safety mechanism to regulate the amount of braking because it causes the rear end to become unstable. Yes, I'm sure in a sealed factory box with no wind or load you can get 100% return. On a road, in weather, with humans at the wheel... yeah the 40% number actually seems pretty high.
Based on what I've been reading Tesla currently only puts regenerative brakes in the rear. Since most of your brake loading is on the front wheels, I doubt this reduces pad wear by very much. I've also read they come equipped with Brembo brakes which require higher end pads that usually last longer with better performance. The science says optimally a 4-wheel braking system can only recover 40% of the energy anyway so you'll always need a mechanical system that will wear.
The first amendment protects groups of people and it trumps The Constitution. This was at the heart of Citizens United. Being a member of any group puts you under absolute legal protection according to that.
A group of people is a group of people.
It shows you don't work in the financial sector if you don't use their jargon.
Or maybe we could try to build a workable system that doesn't rely on pure situational chance to allow people a way to plan their future? Most of the people that get hired for these positions never wanted a risk position in the first place and only took it because of other job factors. I have a hard time believing the majority of factory workers are in it for the options. After talking with most people who are even professionals, few people actually even know how stocks work.