> Yes, but the U.S. does not have a government-operated "social credit system" that allows business > owners to prevent people from traveling, or even from using public transportation, if they switch jobs.
The US system is operated by far-left oligarchs who go after conservatives. Case in point, a conservative who had Uber, Chase Bank, etc, "unperson" her... https://www.youtube.com/watch?... Basically, if you don't support socialists like the Dems, you're blacklisted all over the place. Gotta keep your "Socialist Credit" score up.
Thanks to accomadations to GDPR, many webpages now have an extra click-through before you can access the content. I hope that Google/Youtube/etc don't kowtow to the EU, and castrate their services globally. Geoblock search and Youtube to the EU. I hope they're happy with that.
The decision was made by American voters on November 8th, 2016. "The Resistance" refuses to accept it, and tried to use the Deep State to stage a coup..
> The downhill moment is when more automatics were sold than stick shift.
Tooling around on an open urban road, a "4-on-the-floor" walked all over a "3-speed-slushbox" 20 years ago. And got much better fuel economy in the process. Nowadays, not so much. An 8-speed double-clutching automatic will beat anybody except a pro driver with a 6-speed manual. Automation advances. Computers can beat the best chess and go players, and they can match professional drivers.
And in real life, stop-and-go crawling in rush-hour traffic puts a lot of wear-and-tear on the clutch, not to mention your left leg.
Want an excuse to ban conservatives on various online platforms? Simple; feed the AI the DNC election platform and the SPLC;s pronouncements as "the truth sample".
> That's cool in cities, but it won't help people living in the sticks. They're too > spread out, and their vehicles aren't conveniently parked along an orderly street.
Note that the GP post mentioned gas stations were shutting down because of land costs in cities. This forcing of shutdowns does not apply to rural stations.
> The fewer the number of fossil fuel vehicles the greater the price has to be to service > them and service stations with low demand will shut down, spreading them further > and further apart, creating greater inconvenience to fuel vehicles. As service > stations shut down, so supply costs to them must increase. So the costs of running > a fossil fueller will increase even as demand for oil falls off reducing it's price.
So, instead of 3 gas stations on the street corner near me, there might only be 2. Big deal.
There has grown up in the minds of certain groups in this country the notion that because a man or corporation has made a profit out of the public for a number of years, the government and the courts are charged with the duty of guaranteeing such profit in the future, even in the face of changing circumstances and contrary to the public interest. This strange doctrine is not supported by statute nor common law. Neither individuals not corporations have any right to come into court and ask that the clock of history be stopped, or turned back
Case 1) Before "The Miracle on the Hudson" there was "The Miracle at Gottrora" https://www.youtube.com/watch?... Executive summary...
* Scandanavian Airlines flight 751 (MD-80) took off * The wings were not properly de-iced by the ground crew. * Clear ice broke off from the wings and was ingested by the 2 engines, located at the tail end of the plane. * The left engine caught fire, which was extinguished, but it was basically dead * The crew reduced throttle to limit further damage to the one functioning engine * With a competent pilot, the plane should have been able to limp in back to the airport, on one engine, for an emergency landing * But at this point the ATR (Atomatic Thust Restoration) algorithm kicked in. It basically said, "thou shallst not reduce throttle whilst climbing during take off". * It tried to to get 2 engines worth of thrust out of the one remaining engine. * Not a good idea. Just like redlining the shit out of your car engine, this quickly destroyed the remaining functional engine. * The crew managed to dead-stick crash-land in a snow-covered field without killing anybody. * Of the 129 people on board, 25 were injured, 2 seriously, but no fatalities. That's why it was called the "Miracle at Gottrora".
Case 2) As for the 737 MAX, at worst, MCAS should sound an alarm, it should *NOT* over-ride the pilot, and drive the plane nose-down into the ground. If the 737 MAX can't be easily flown by a competent pilot without the MCAS band-aid, the 737 MAX should have its airworthiness certificate revoked.
> It wouldn't surprise me if you couldn't activate the > TV unless it was allowed to phone home at least once.
> And then every so often they'd decide that you 'need' a software > upgrade (for 'security', of course) and that the TV won't work > until you allow it to upgrade or install new spyware or whatever.
If they're powered by 50-cc gasoline engines you need to * be at least 16 years old * take a training course * pass a motorcycle road test showing that you know how to operate the damn thing
But replace the 50-cc gasoline engines with batteries, and suddenly a 13-year-old with no training can drive one. Would you allow 13-year-old kids with no training to drive a Tesla, because it's battery-powered and doesn't have a gasoline engine?
They publically talk about 12 acres of development. Actually, they're going after 350-to-500 acres of prime waterfront property. in return for contributing to an LRT (Light Rapid Transit) line, Google/Alphabet wants a big chunk of waterfront real estate. *AND A PERMANENT CUT OF PROPERTY TAXES IN THE AREA*. This makes the Amazon New York deal look positively beneficial for New York. See https://www.thestar.com/news/g...
>> 1) Students will shift away from public media / platforms to new semi-private networks >> 2) OSINT surveillance services try to follow, but are blocked by privacy rules
> School equipment TOS/AUP will prohibit that.
Every kid has a smartphone. Heck, instead of a $1,000 Itoy, have your parents get you a couple of $200 el cheapos. Use one at the library/Starbucks on wifi, no SIM card required.
> Exists already. There are Schools that will demand kids login to their > various accounts, on the spot and WITHOUT parents being present.
Response... "My parents don't allow me to have a Facebook/Instagram account".
> Key presses will be supported at the Chrome level, not the tab level, > meaning that multimedia buttons will work regardless if the Chrome > browser is in the operating system's foreground or background (minimized).
Back in the 1980's, Apple ][ computers ran on 6502 chips. They were OK for small apps and games, but not for bigger apps. There was a company that had an office suite called Starburst. They saw a large number of Apple ][ PCs that couldn't run the software. So they bought a bunch of Zilog Z80 cards, that could be inserted into a slot, and run CP/M, thus being able to run the Starburst office suite. These cards were often sold together with the Starburst office suite for Apple ][. The suite included...
* a little-known spreadsheet called Calcstar * a little-known flat-flie database called Infostar (aka Datastar/Reportstar) * a well-know word-processor called Wordstar... yes *THAT* Wordstar
> But some guy on INFOWARS is selling snake oil! Certainly the founders of our > nation, in establishing it's ideals, could never have thought this day would come!
Google Play probably runs 24x7 in the background so that it's "instantly available" when you click on it, instead of having to wait a second or 2 while it loads. Of course this drains the battery and makes other apps slower because Google Play is "stealing cycles" in the background.
> It's the reputation of the perps that matters. In other words, if no one > paid any attention to people who propagate FAKE news, then the problem > would be solved. Right now the best approach I can imagine to doing > this would involve MEPR (Multidimensional Earned Public Reputation).
Have you heard of "brigading"? https://www.urbandictionary.co...https://www.reddit.com/r/OutOf... SJWs use it a lot on YouTube to knock out videos they don't like. When YouTube gets enough complaints against small users, the video is taken down. Sure, it can be appealed and re-instated a week or 2 later. But for fast-breaking news stories, that destroys the immediate effect, and people are not interested in last-week's news. Imagine if CNN programs were tape-delayed by a week. What do you think would happen to their ratings?
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> Yes, but the U.S. does not have a government-operated "social credit system" that allows business
> owners to prevent people from traveling, or even from using public transportation, if they switch jobs.
The US system is operated by far-left oligarchs who go after conservatives. Case in point, a conservative who had Uber, Chase Bank, etc, "unperson" her... https://www.youtube.com/watch?... Basically, if you don't support socialists like the Dems, you're blacklisted all over the place. Gotta keep your "Socialist Credit" score up.
Thanks to accomadations to GDPR, many webpages now have an extra click-through before you can access the content. I hope that Google/Youtube/etc don't kowtow to the EU, and castrate their services globally. Geoblock search and Youtube to the EU. I hope they're happy with that.
...so the world wouldn't know what he thinks of his trusting users.
The decision was made by American voters on November 8th, 2016. "The Resistance" refuses to accept it, and tried to use the Deep State to stage a coup..
> The downhill moment is when more automatics were sold than stick shift.
Tooling around on an open urban road, a "4-on-the-floor" walked all over a "3-speed-slushbox" 20 years ago. And got much better fuel economy in the process. Nowadays, not so much. An 8-speed double-clutching automatic will beat anybody except a pro driver with a 6-speed manual. Automation advances. Computers can beat the best chess and go players, and they can match professional drivers.
And in real life, stop-and-go crawling in rush-hour traffic puts a lot of wear-and-tear on the clutch, not to mention your left leg.
I've had a personal domain since back in the days of dialup. It's nice not to have to send out a slew of emails each time I changed ISP.
In the past month, I've gotten a bunch of fake domain renewal notices in my spam folder. Is this a new thing?
Want an excuse to ban conservatives on various online platforms? Simple; feed the AI the DNC election platform and the SPLC;s pronouncements as "the truth sample".
How's that for re-naming?
> That's cool in cities, but it won't help people living in the sticks. They're too
> spread out, and their vehicles aren't conveniently parked along an orderly street.
Note that the GP post mentioned gas stations were shutting down because of land costs in cities. This forcing of shutdowns does not apply to rural stations.
> The fewer the number of fossil fuel vehicles the greater the price has to be to service
> them and service stations with low demand will shut down, spreading them further
> and further apart, creating greater inconvenience to fuel vehicles. As service
> stations shut down, so supply costs to them must increase. So the costs of running
> a fossil fueller will increase even as demand for oil falls off reducing it's price.
So, instead of 3 gas stations on the street corner near me, there might only be 2. Big deal.
Never ever talk to the Cops first. Always talk with a lawyer first... https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
There has grown up in the minds of certain groups in this country the notion that because a man or corporation has made a profit out of the public for a number of years, the government and the courts are charged with the duty of guaranteeing such profit in the future, even in the face of changing circumstances and contrary to the public interest. This strange doctrine is not supported by statute nor common law. Neither individuals not corporations have any right to come into court and ask that the clock of history be stopped, or turned back
Case 1) Before "The Miracle on the Hudson" there was "The Miracle at Gottrora" https://www.youtube.com/watch?... Executive summary...
* Scandanavian Airlines flight 751 (MD-80) took off
* The wings were not properly de-iced by the ground crew.
* Clear ice broke off from the wings and was ingested by the 2 engines, located at the tail end of the plane.
* The left engine caught fire, which was extinguished, but it was basically dead
* The crew reduced throttle to limit further damage to the one functioning engine
* With a competent pilot, the plane should have been able to limp in back to the airport, on one engine, for an emergency landing
* But at this point the ATR (Atomatic Thust Restoration) algorithm kicked in. It basically said, "thou shallst not reduce throttle whilst climbing during take off".
* It tried to to get 2 engines worth of thrust out of the one remaining engine.
* Not a good idea. Just like redlining the shit out of your car engine, this quickly destroyed the remaining functional engine.
* The crew managed to dead-stick crash-land in a snow-covered field without killing anybody.
* Of the 129 people on board, 25 were injured, 2 seriously, but no fatalities. That's why it was called the "Miracle at Gottrora".
Case 2) As for the 737 MAX, at worst, MCAS should sound an alarm, it should *NOT* over-ride the pilot, and drive the plane nose-down into the ground. If the 737 MAX can't be easily flown by a competent pilot without the MCAS band-aid, the 737 MAX should have its airworthiness certificate revoked.
> If you can't figure it out, hand fly to altitude and declare an emergency to figure it out.
That's what the pilots in the two crashes *TRIED* to do, but the plane over-rode them.
> If the plane won't let you climb...FUCK BOEING!!
+100
> It wouldn't surprise me if you couldn't activate the
> TV unless it was allowed to phone home at least once.
> And then every so often they'd decide that you 'need' a software > upgrade (for 'security', of course) and that the TV won't work
> until you allow it to upgrade or install new spyware or whatever.
Get an HDHomeRun https://www.silicondust.com/pr... Tuner, which feeds OTA TV to your LAN, and display output on your computer monitor. No need to connect to the internet. TV tuner cards https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... also work fine.
If they're powered by 50-cc gasoline engines you need to
* be at least 16 years old
* take a training course
* pass a motorcycle road test showing that you know how to operate the damn thing
But replace the 50-cc gasoline engines with batteries, and suddenly a 13-year-old with no training can drive one. Would you allow 13-year-old kids with no training to drive a Tesla, because it's battery-powered and doesn't have a gasoline engine?
They publically talk about 12 acres of development. Actually, they're going after 350-to-500 acres of prime waterfront property. in return for contributing to an LRT (Light Rapid Transit) line, Google/Alphabet wants a big chunk of waterfront real estate. *AND A PERMANENT CUT OF PROPERTY TAXES IN THE AREA*. This makes the Amazon New York deal look positively beneficial for New York. See https://www.thestar.com/news/g...
Obligatory Monty Python https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
>> 1) Students will shift away from public media / platforms to new semi-private networks
>> 2) OSINT surveillance services try to follow, but are blocked by privacy rules
> School equipment TOS/AUP will prohibit that.
Every kid has a smartphone. Heck, instead of a $1,000 Itoy, have your parents get you a couple of $200 el cheapos. Use one at the library/Starbucks on wifi, no SIM card required.
> Exists already. There are Schools that will demand kids login to their
> various accounts, on the spot and WITHOUT parents being present.
Response... "My parents don't allow me to have a Facebook/Instagram account".
I know this is Slashdot, but please RTFS.
> Key presses will be supported at the Chrome level, not the tab level,
> meaning that multimedia buttons will work regardless if the Chrome
> browser is in the operating system's foreground or background (minimized).
Back in the 1980's, Apple ][ computers ran on 6502 chips. They were OK for small apps and games, but not for bigger apps. There was a company that had an office suite called Starburst. They saw a large number of Apple ][ PCs that couldn't run the software. So they bought a bunch of Zilog Z80 cards, that could be inserted into a slot, and run CP/M, thus being able to run the Starburst office suite. These cards were often sold together with the Starburst office suite for Apple ][. The suite included...
* a little-known spreadsheet called Calcstar
* a little-known flat-flie database called Infostar (aka Datastar/Reportstar)
* a well-know word-processor called Wordstar... yes *THAT* Wordstar
The company's name was Micropro.
> But some guy on INFOWARS is selling snake oil! Certainly the founders of our
> nation, in establishing it's ideals, could never have thought this day would come!
Not to mention that Buzzfeed is pushing a line of kitchenware at Walmart, I kid you not https://www.recode.net/2018/3/...
> Ford should stop trying cause toyota is superior..
Actually Ford will stop making most sedans/coupes for North America https://techcrunch.com/2018/04... and give up that marketshare to Toyota.
Google Play probably runs 24x7 in the background so that it's "instantly available" when you click on it, instead of having to wait a second or 2 while it loads. Of course this drains the battery and makes other apps slower because Google Play is "stealing cycles" in the background.
> It's the reputation of the perps that matters. In other words, if no one
> paid any attention to people who propagate FAKE news, then the problem
> would be solved. Right now the best approach I can imagine to doing
> this would involve MEPR (Multidimensional Earned Public Reputation).
Have you heard of "brigading"? https://www.urbandictionary.co... https://www.reddit.com/r/OutOf... SJWs use it a lot on YouTube to knock out videos they don't like. When YouTube gets enough complaints against small users, the video is taken down. Sure, it can be appealed and re-instated a week or 2 later. But for fast-breaking news stories, that destroys the immediate effect, and people are not interested in last-week's news. Imagine if CNN programs were tape-delayed by a week. What do you think would happen to their ratings?