This argument comes up all the time. Are there other biting, annoying, disease carrying insects that are as prevalent as mosquitoes? When I'm sitting outside, mosquitoes are the only things that come bite me. Are you saying some other insect will evolve specifically to draw blood from humans where no other existed?
Mosquitoes should all die. Mankind will take our chances.
I'd be more inclined to participate in this life insurance model or auto insurance model IF it actually made a difference to my premiums. And I mean an effective difference, not just 5% off.
I've consciously made a decision to work out frequently and eat healthy. All things being equal, I am less prone to getting diseases related to obesity. Cancer etc. doesn't run into my family so of the unhealthy things I can avoid, I do. As a result, I am less likely to need to make a claim and therefore my premium should be lower
Same for my auto insurance. I drive within the limits, have never been in an accident, don't brake or accelerate hard, put on winter tires when it's winter etc. Shouldn't that put me in a lower risk category vs. someone who is the same age, drives the same car, lives in the same postal code but drives like a lunatic?
If my auto insurance company wanted to put an OBDII monitor in my car, say for 50% less premium, I'd be all over it.
It's not for everyone, there will be some for whom the monetary benefit doesn't outweigh the privacy concern and that's OK. However, I lead a boring life:) Sometimes I'll check my Google map history and it's basically the same pattern for days and days..
Just watched the Youtube video. There are definite shades of the Model S to the car and that's not a bad thing. I love the styling and the interior. The glass windshield/roof is pretty amazing
Jeremy Clarkson and James May said it best. Jaguar drivers have a reputation of being cads or a bit 'caddish'. They can change the shape, marketing, pitch etc of their products but most people look at jaaaaag drivers and think, "I bet he/she is up to no good"
Maybe that's a US thing? Up here in Canada, my doctor seemingly loves to prescribe opiates/drugs. A couple of years ago, I had a really bad bout of sciatica, never had it before so when it hit me, I had no idea what was going on. All I knew is that I was in the mall and every step felt like someone was stabbing me in the hamstring, buttock and lower back.
I didn't even know it was sciatica, just figured I'd pulled a muscle or something so tried 'deep heat' and other muscle rubs. After a week or so, it hadn't subsided so off I went to the doctor. She talked to me for around 20 minutes and prescribed a strong muscle relaxant. Tried it for a few days, didn't work so I went back.
She then prescribed me 'stronger medicine'. I asked what it was and she said it was an opiate derivative and that it'll help with the pain. I went to the pharmacy on the way home and it was the pharmacist who 20 questioned me. Started asking me about my pain etc. Strongly advised that I shouldn't take this new medicine but should look at physio instead. It was the pharmacist who told me it's likely sciatica - until that point, I still thought it was a muscle pull or something.
Got the new pills, went home and immediately started Googling. Found some great YouTube videos that showed some stretches/exercises you can do. There's one where you lay on your back and prop your heel of the offending leg up on a couch arm. Hurt like hell trying to get it up there but after a few minutes, the pain went away slightly.
Did this an other Youtube exercises for a week, Sciatica/pain completely disappeared. Took the (unused) pills back to the pharmacy to be disposed of.
For some things (back surgery etc?) maybe opiates ARE the solution but my personal experience is that my doctor didn't hesitate to prescribe them when clearly a non-drug solution was available.
I listened to the interview and I gotta say, I've seen many people exhibit the same behavior/characteristics after having a severe lack of sleep. I work in an industry where sometimes people will only get an hour or two of sleep a day, for a few days straight. It is very bizarre listening to someone who is normally super intelligent and eloquent jump on a conference call and ramble incoherently. Most of us recognize it immediately (since it's happened to us) and jump in to continue the conversation but the person isn't even aware they're not making sense.
Speak to them afterwards and they feel they were completely lucid in their opinion but you still tell them, "No guy, you were mixing up your words and kept drifting topic to topic"
He's already admitted he's working long hours. It'd be nice if he got a break from the very people who probably identify with working crappy conditions and long hours.
At the risk of being called a Tesla shill again, I don't think most people are 'fanboys' or 'apologists'. Elon is heading some pretty great tech stuff - you know, the kind that get's most of the Slashdot audience excited. Space travel, electric vehicles that look very nice, tunnel boring. Ok, that last one is less exciting but the thought of underground tunnels and high-speed travel is still cool by tech standards
Does he say stuff that is unbecoming? Sure. I think most of us do. Should we expect more from someone in his position of authority and influence? Sure, it'd be nice but in the grand scheme of things, he's not tearing babies from parents or filling the coffers of his corrupt buddies so the Trump comparisons are weird on your part
It's also clear that he DOES, in fact, possess a lot of knowledge on engineering. He can talk pretty well on space travel, battery density etc. Much more so than the average layperson. He's surrounded by smart people, he's smart, I'm sure being in the company of genius' has led him to gaining engineering knowledge through osmosis.
You clearly don't like the guy, and that's fine but you need to be a bit more transparent as to why or maybe open yourself to the idea that he's not quite the monster you'd like him to be?
Thanks AC. I'm not quite sure how you figure me as a shill since I have no shares, financial interest, or products of Tesla or any other company Musk is involved with. I like what Tesla is doing in terms of their products and I guess I am very much in favour of EVs. If that alone makes me a shill, I guess we need to update the definition!
Also, I do kinda like how Elon talks in interviews. It's refreshing. Sure, he says some unconventional stuff and, as a CEO, he really shouldn't be doing drugs and tweeting (is that true? I dunno) but on the whole, I'd rather listen to him talk rather than Jeff Bezos or some other CEO of Ford, GM etc.
Oh man...... Just thinking about the procurement process to get some none standard bulbs/light fixtures for my office is making me depressed. Id have to go through at LEAST 5 levels of approvals with 3 different business cases......
I have an office too but it's enclosed with no windows. And let me tell you, it's depressing. My team area is right outside my office and I've tried sitting in the cube area (fairly large cubes with privacy but also quite open) but the problem is that I often have to take phone calls and discuss sensitive issues so I find myself trekking back to the office, finish up the call, and then head back. Or someone will come by looking for me, realize I'm not "in the office" and I won't know until I run into them by chance later on.
It gets tiresome after a while so I stay in the office. I also have a multi-monitor set up in the office that's hard to replicate in a cube, mainly due to corporate costs (each hardware (e.g. monitor etc.) purchase has to go through a convoluted approval process)
The most depressing thing about an enclosed office is you have NO idea what's going on outside.
Is it pouring rain? No idea.
Did we just get hit with 12" of snow in the last 2 hours? No idea.
Is there a thunderstorm brewing? Dunno.
Is it really hot outside? Not sure, it's cool with the building A/C on
May as well be living in a cave with fluorescent lighting
Kinda weird that you keep posting the same thing every time Tesla is bought up. I count at least 3 different threads where you've said pretty much the same thing. Almost as if you had an agenda..
A lot of people get confused over this. Back in the 1990's (maybe 80's..), Mercedes Benz was the benchmark for reliability and technology. They made airbags and ABS popular and everyone kept an eye on the S-Class because it was their launchpad for ground breaking technology that would later work it's way down into their cheaper models.
Their diesel engines were especially renowned for longevity and practically every model was over-engineered. Fast forward a decade and they started cutting costs where it matters (engineering, manufacturing, materials). Where they previously used steel or aluminium, they now use plastic. Their doors previously shut like a bank vault, now they sound tinny and hollow. A Mercedes was supposed to last you 10 years+. Now you're lucky if you get 4 before something major breaks.
MB still relies on the myth of their 'hewn from granite' motto from the 80's/90's but that's not been true for a long, long time. I wouldn't trust an EV Mercedes, especially one using an existing platform and just made to be EV at all
Oh man, I'm not sure if you really feel that way, are just having a bad day, or trolling
Just because someone chooses to work somewhere that has poor working conditions, doesn't mean it shouldn't concern "us". People shouldn't be peeing in water bottles because if they go to the bathroom, they'll lose 'productivity' hours and get fired. That shouldn't be a thing.
I'm not into music enough to want to endure a couple of hours journey to a stadium, pay inflated prices, and then have to suffer people around me screaming and shouting such that I can barely hear the band. None of that appeals to me.
I have friends who LOVE going to concerts, especially 80's music but it's not my thing. Also, I don't want to sound mean-spirited, but when I say I want the artists to get paid, I don't mean I think they're under-paid and I need to give them more money on top of my subscription as some way of showing my appreciation. I feel like paying my monthly subscription is sufficient. Maybe they get $0.02 of my $15/month. Maybe they should get more. That's just not a battle I'm interested enough in to fight.
Netflix
Amazon Prime
Youtube Premium (comes with Google Play Music Premium)
and then on top of those, I have a Bell satellite subscription
I don't find it un-manageable. They all serve very different purposes and each one of them is pretty great. Bell is great for watching movies and TV shows. Netflix is awesome for on-the-road or instant demand entertainment. I use Amazon Prime for orders and only really watch Top Gear on their streaming TV. Amazon music is terrible. And then Youtube Premium is pretty great too. I download a bunch of podcasts (startalk radio, Joe Rogan) and listen to them on the way home from work
I live in a fairly rural area that doesn't have high speed internet so i download all my stuff to my device while at the gym but I don't feel like I'm actually missing out on too much either.
I fully understand this is going against the mindset of a few but maybe it'll help explain why streaming services are so popular.
I'm a bit older and grew up in the days of Newsgroups, Limewire etc. Pirating music was the norm and man, everyone was doing it. Fast forward a couple of years and while pirating music is still real easy, I'm a good paying job and don't mind paying for music. In the grand scheme of things, paying $15/month or whatever (Youtube Premium subscriber here) for me and my family seems like a fair trade. I get to download music (I know I don't own it), so do my kids and we can play it anytime want.
The artists get paid (whatever percentage that might be) and I'm happy. I know the economics don't quite make sense. I could buy a whole bunch of albums for less than the $180/year I'm paying right now but the convenience is worth it for me. I don't have a favorite band or genre. I let Google Play Music suggest songs for me mostly and if I like it, I'll download for offline play.
If my economic situation was different, I might feel different. But I'm doing OK and so I don't mind paying for convenience and letting the artists get a few dollars (cents?) along the way.
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Agree 100%. They've yet to find any animal or species that eats mosquitoes exclusively. Let's wipe out all blood sucking/biting mosquitoes.
I'm with this guy/girl. Look, we've endured a lot over millenia. Let's just wipe out all blood sucking/biting mosquitoes. We'll survive.
To think that the elimination of mosquitoes would somehow spell calamity for the human race is pearl clutching at it's finest.
This argument comes up all the time. Are there other biting, annoying, disease carrying insects that are as prevalent as mosquitoes? When I'm sitting outside, mosquitoes are the only things that come bite me. Are you saying some other insect will evolve specifically to draw blood from humans where no other existed?
Mosquitoes should all die. Mankind will take our chances.
I'd be more inclined to participate in this life insurance model or auto insurance model IF it actually made a difference to my premiums. And I mean an effective difference, not just 5% off.
:) Sometimes I'll check my Google map history and it's basically the same pattern for days and days..
I've consciously made a decision to work out frequently and eat healthy. All things being equal, I am less prone to getting diseases related to obesity. Cancer etc. doesn't run into my family so of the unhealthy things I can avoid, I do. As a result, I am less likely to need to make a claim and therefore my premium should be lower
Same for my auto insurance. I drive within the limits, have never been in an accident, don't brake or accelerate hard, put on winter tires when it's winter etc. Shouldn't that put me in a lower risk category vs. someone who is the same age, drives the same car, lives in the same postal code but drives like a lunatic?
If my auto insurance company wanted to put an OBDII monitor in my car, say for 50% less premium, I'd be all over it.
It's not for everyone, there will be some for whom the monetary benefit doesn't outweigh the privacy concern and that's OK. However, I lead a boring life
Just watched the Youtube video. There are definite shades of the Model S to the car and that's not a bad thing. I love the styling and the interior. The glass windshield/roof is pretty amazing
Jeremy Clarkson and James May said it best. Jaguar drivers have a reputation of being cads or a bit 'caddish'. They can change the shape, marketing, pitch etc of their products but most people look at jaaaaag drivers and think, "I bet he/she is up to no good"
Wait. You're saying the SUN is coming our way??? We're all doomed!
Only if you are assuming the British Govt won't do an equivalent thing too.
Maybe that's a US thing? Up here in Canada, my doctor seemingly loves to prescribe opiates/drugs. A couple of years ago, I had a really bad bout of sciatica, never had it before so when it hit me, I had no idea what was going on. All I knew is that I was in the mall and every step felt like someone was stabbing me in the hamstring, buttock and lower back.
I didn't even know it was sciatica, just figured I'd pulled a muscle or something so tried 'deep heat' and other muscle rubs. After a week or so, it hadn't subsided so off I went to the doctor. She talked to me for around 20 minutes and prescribed a strong muscle relaxant. Tried it for a few days, didn't work so I went back.
She then prescribed me 'stronger medicine'. I asked what it was and she said it was an opiate derivative and that it'll help with the pain. I went to the pharmacy on the way home and it was the pharmacist who 20 questioned me. Started asking me about my pain etc. Strongly advised that I shouldn't take this new medicine but should look at physio instead. It was the pharmacist who told me it's likely sciatica - until that point, I still thought it was a muscle pull or something.
Got the new pills, went home and immediately started Googling. Found some great YouTube videos that showed some stretches/exercises you can do. There's one where you lay on your back and prop your heel of the offending leg up on a couch arm. Hurt like hell trying to get it up there but after a few minutes, the pain went away slightly.
Did this an other Youtube exercises for a week, Sciatica/pain completely disappeared. Took the (unused) pills back to the pharmacy to be disposed of.
For some things (back surgery etc?) maybe opiates ARE the solution but my personal experience is that my doctor didn't hesitate to prescribe them when clearly a non-drug solution was available.
Man, you are super angry.
I listened to the interview and I gotta say, I've seen many people exhibit the same behavior/characteristics after having a severe lack of sleep. I work in an industry where sometimes people will only get an hour or two of sleep a day, for a few days straight. It is very bizarre listening to someone who is normally super intelligent and eloquent jump on a conference call and ramble incoherently. Most of us recognize it immediately (since it's happened to us) and jump in to continue the conversation but the person isn't even aware they're not making sense.
Speak to them afterwards and they feel they were completely lucid in their opinion but you still tell them, "No guy, you were mixing up your words and kept drifting topic to topic"
He's already admitted he's working long hours. It'd be nice if he got a break from the very people who probably identify with working crappy conditions and long hours.
At the risk of being called a Tesla shill again, I don't think most people are 'fanboys' or 'apologists'. Elon is heading some pretty great tech stuff - you know, the kind that get's most of the Slashdot audience excited. Space travel, electric vehicles that look very nice, tunnel boring. Ok, that last one is less exciting but the thought of underground tunnels and high-speed travel is still cool by tech standards
Does he say stuff that is unbecoming? Sure. I think most of us do. Should we expect more from someone in his position of authority and influence? Sure, it'd be nice but in the grand scheme of things, he's not tearing babies from parents or filling the coffers of his corrupt buddies so the Trump comparisons are weird on your part
It's also clear that he DOES, in fact, possess a lot of knowledge on engineering. He can talk pretty well on space travel, battery density etc. Much more so than the average layperson. He's surrounded by smart people, he's smart, I'm sure being in the company of genius' has led him to gaining engineering knowledge through osmosis.
You clearly don't like the guy, and that's fine but you need to be a bit more transparent as to why or maybe open yourself to the idea that he's not quite the monster you'd like him to be?
Thanks AC. I'm not quite sure how you figure me as a shill since I have no shares, financial interest, or products of Tesla or any other company Musk is involved with. I like what Tesla is doing in terms of their products and I guess I am very much in favour of EVs. If that alone makes me a shill, I guess we need to update the definition!
Also, I do kinda like how Elon talks in interviews. It's refreshing. Sure, he says some unconventional stuff and, as a CEO, he really shouldn't be doing drugs and tweeting (is that true? I dunno) but on the whole, I'd rather listen to him talk rather than Jeff Bezos or some other CEO of Ford, GM etc.
Oh man...... Just thinking about the procurement process to get some none standard bulbs/light fixtures for my office is making me depressed. Id have to go through at LEAST 5 levels of approvals with 3 different business cases......
I..is that a parody site? It must be?
I have an office too but it's enclosed with no windows. And let me tell you, it's depressing. My team area is right outside my office and I've tried sitting in the cube area (fairly large cubes with privacy but also quite open) but the problem is that I often have to take phone calls and discuss sensitive issues so I find myself trekking back to the office, finish up the call, and then head back. Or someone will come by looking for me, realize I'm not "in the office" and I won't know until I run into them by chance later on.
It gets tiresome after a while so I stay in the office. I also have a multi-monitor set up in the office that's hard to replicate in a cube, mainly due to corporate costs (each hardware (e.g. monitor etc.) purchase has to go through a convoluted approval process)
The most depressing thing about an enclosed office is you have NO idea what's going on outside.
Is it pouring rain? No idea.
Did we just get hit with 12" of snow in the last 2 hours? No idea.
Is there a thunderstorm brewing? Dunno.
Is it really hot outside? Not sure, it's cool with the building A/C on
May as well be living in a cave with fluorescent lighting
Kinda weird that you keep posting the same thing every time Tesla is bought up. I count at least 3 different threads where you've said pretty much the same thing. Almost as if you had an agenda..
A lot of people get confused over this. Back in the 1990's (maybe 80's..), Mercedes Benz was the benchmark for reliability and technology. They made airbags and ABS popular and everyone kept an eye on the S-Class because it was their launchpad for ground breaking technology that would later work it's way down into their cheaper models.
Their diesel engines were especially renowned for longevity and practically every model was over-engineered. Fast forward a decade and they started cutting costs where it matters (engineering, manufacturing, materials). Where they previously used steel or aluminium, they now use plastic. Their doors previously shut like a bank vault, now they sound tinny and hollow. A Mercedes was supposed to last you 10 years+. Now you're lucky if you get 4 before something major breaks.
MB still relies on the myth of their 'hewn from granite' motto from the 80's/90's but that's not been true for a long, long time. I wouldn't trust an EV Mercedes, especially one using an existing platform and just made to be EV at all
Wait a minute!!
Are you part of the Amazon envoy designed to tell an upbeat narrative about working conditions?
Well played.
Oh man, I'm not sure if you really feel that way, are just having a bad day, or trolling
Just because someone chooses to work somewhere that has poor working conditions, doesn't mean it shouldn't concern "us". People shouldn't be peeing in water bottles because if they go to the bathroom, they'll lose 'productivity' hours and get fired. That shouldn't be a thing.
I think you're trolling though, for real.
Doh, you're right :)
Whose got time to go to concerts? lol
I'm not into music enough to want to endure a couple of hours journey to a stadium, pay inflated prices, and then have to suffer people around me screaming and shouting such that I can barely hear the band. None of that appeals to me.
I have friends who LOVE going to concerts, especially 80's music but it's not my thing. Also, I don't want to sound mean-spirited, but when I say I want the artists to get paid, I don't mean I think they're under-paid and I need to give them more money on top of my subscription as some way of showing my appreciation. I feel like paying my monthly subscription is sufficient. Maybe they get $0.02 of my $15/month. Maybe they should get more. That's just not a battle I'm interested enough in to fight.
I subscribe to:
Netflix
Amazon Prime
Youtube Premium (comes with Google Play Music Premium)
and then on top of those, I have a Bell satellite subscription
I don't find it un-manageable. They all serve very different purposes and each one of them is pretty great. Bell is great for watching movies and TV shows. Netflix is awesome for on-the-road or instant demand entertainment. I use Amazon Prime for orders and only really watch Top Gear on their streaming TV. Amazon music is terrible. And then Youtube Premium is pretty great too. I download a bunch of podcasts (startalk radio, Joe Rogan) and listen to them on the way home from work
I live in a fairly rural area that doesn't have high speed internet so i download all my stuff to my device while at the gym but I don't feel like I'm actually missing out on too much either.
You mean Apache Indian featuring Shy Fx :)
I fully understand this is going against the mindset of a few but maybe it'll help explain why streaming services are so popular.
I'm a bit older and grew up in the days of Newsgroups, Limewire etc. Pirating music was the norm and man, everyone was doing it. Fast forward a couple of years and while pirating music is still real easy, I'm a good paying job and don't mind paying for music. In the grand scheme of things, paying $15/month or whatever (Youtube Premium subscriber here) for me and my family seems like a fair trade. I get to download music (I know I don't own it), so do my kids and we can play it anytime want.
The artists get paid (whatever percentage that might be) and I'm happy. I know the economics don't quite make sense. I could buy a whole bunch of albums for less than the $180/year I'm paying right now but the convenience is worth it for me. I don't have a favorite band or genre. I let Google Play Music suggest songs for me mostly and if I like it, I'll download for offline play.
If my economic situation was different, I might feel different. But I'm doing OK and so I don't mind paying for convenience and letting the artists get a few dollars (cents?) along the way.