These same arguments have been trotted out every so often over the past 20 or so years about Linux. I remember a Cnet article in the late 90s saying the same things. If Adobe wanted to put their software onto Linux, they can and would have, but I don't think there's enough demand still to justify the cost of porting and maintaining it. Linux has commercial server software ported to it because it is a rock-solid solution for such tasks. Companies and consumers rely less on Linux for desktops because Windows or Mac OS is good enough to accomplish most tasks and are 'easy'. I could be wrong but I don't see this changing in the next 20 years either. The majority of businesses and consumers will use Windows/Macs for desktops which are where retail software developers will focus, and Linux will maintain its supremacy on the server side.
I would posit that forms of government are much more likely to change more quickly than economic systems. As resources (water and food especially) become more scarce and people become increasingly desperate, I envision that harsher forms of government rule will take hold in places like Central America to try and quash any uprising. Venezuela is a bit of a canary in that regard, showing just what can occur when resources are limited (artificially in their case, since the scarcity is driven by an oppressive government and not the other way around). I would expect increasing mass migration and refugees, putting strains on first-world nations which will, in turn, have to tighten their rule. Capitalism will continue to be around until fiat currency falls due to weak or no government backing, at which time we'll move back into a barter economy until (if) new government is established.
I would imagine that having a low metabolic rate helps when food is scarce and you require less to survive. Those with high metabolic rates would require high-calorie diets and would be the first to starve when it's unavailable. So I guess the spare tire around the midsection is nature's way of keeping us alive in case of sudden shortage.
I once missed an interview because I was riding the city bus to get to it and suddenly became nauseous. I got off at the next stop but called them to let them know what had happened and they happily rescheduled. The idea of just not showing up to something, and burning that bridge, is completely foreign to me.
I think that might be the answer that twice your assessed amount is the tendered sale price. If your house has a claimed assessed value of $200,000, the minimum someone could offer would be $400K. I love my house, but if someone came around offering twice its value, I'd be taking my house key off its ring before they could finish the sentence.
I think we haven't done enough to separate these two concepts. We're confusing manipulative lies with opinions incompatible with the worldview of a segment of the population, and it will destroy us.
To a certain point, I agree, however, I think there's been a significant rise of opinion pieces that are passed off as 'news'. I also find opinions laced into articles either through manipulative language or statements not backed by facts (and refuted by other news media articles) on a greater frequency than before. I think media outlets need to clearly label what is opinion versus news (and the best outlets do) and keep high editorial standards around slipping in influential language. The other best way to combat it is to have a heterogenous news diet, being sure to read articles from multiple sources that might be labeled left and right of center (you can avoid the far left or right ones altogether).
They are working on both. And their space budget is a tiny fraction of the budget for rural development.
And this minor investment in space could pay big dividends in the future for the country as ancillary companies pop up to support space missions (engineering firms, manufacturing and testing companies, etc.). NASA's adventures spawned a whole industry around the Gulf Coast to support the rockets and space missions, employing hundreds of thousands with good salaries. Further, India could receive new revenue from companies and countries who want to piggy-back on their missions.
Over the weekend I was just thinking about the subject of UBI and how it might be best paired with a universal job guarantee. Everyone would qualify for a monthly allowance (say $1,000) based upon meeting the job requirements. This could be anything from 8 hours of doing community service (volunteering at the hospital, reading to kids, cleaning parks, painting murals, etc) to working your normal fulltime job. Anyone who wants the UBI just needs to provide some sort of work and would be guaranteed such a position if they don't currently work. Elderly and disabled would be excluded from this requirement, or may only require 4 hours a month or something. Students can still go to college and qualify for some income (8 hours over a month shouldn't be too taxing) and it would discourage receiving UBI without providing a return to society. It could encourage a drop in homelessness (you work your 8 hours and would have enough to cover low-end rent and food, and could even continue panhandling if you choose). It isn't a magic bullet but could reduce our costs in ineffective entitlement programs while still providing humane assistance to those struggling, while not disincentivizing work. This paired with the flat tax example posted further up might be a real option.
A few years back I dated a woman who lived well within the city limits of a major U.S. city but could only get sub-par DSL or cable internet. I lived about 10 blocks south and had AT&T's UVERSE available at speeds of 15mbps and up to 30 if I remember correctly. I contacted AT&T asking if and when her house might be able to get UVERSE, seeing how it was in the urban core, but always hit the run around answer of "someday".
When the telcos have little to no competition, as is the case here, they're more than happy to have you sucking down minimal bandwidth for maximum prices.
I'd settle for tougher penalties for data breaches and failing to follow standard industry IT security practices. There seems to be a collective shrug whenever our data is stolen when the holder of the data took no precautions to prevent such intrusion. The minimum should be at least encrypting the databases and changing the admin password from "admin".
My girlfriend gets violently sick when she has an Impossible burger. She's tried them at different locations to the same result. I'm curious if there is an allergy or some other sensitivity that causes it. I'd be curious how extensive testing was, and if others have this reaction.
Probably not... and they probably wouldn't have removed the games if public attention hadn't be made. They don't care about sellers selling counterfeits- they do care about the public knowing it though.
Pretty much this. From board games to clothing to unlicensed materials, Amazon only seems to take fakes seriously if someone raises enough of a stink about it in the media.
Amazon has a poor track record in counterfeits for board games. Often Amazon will pool the games it sells along with any third parties into one inventory. When a customer buys one, even from Amazon itself, they get a game pulled from this inventory which has been a counterfeit from time to time. Amazon has a hard time tracking back where they got the fake from and customers can receive a poor quality reproduction thinking it is real. There are lengthy discussion topics over at www.boardgamegeek.com.
You're absolutely correct. It will require substantial financial help but could be a good long-term goal of getting the island covered in 15 years or so. And it would create long-term infrastructure jobs while trying to minimize a lot of the catastrophic outcomes in rural areas. Flooding and seawater would make coastal areas unlikely candidates, but perhaps inland could develop this idea.
It seems logical in a place prone to get hit at least once if not more a summer by a hurricane that there should be an emphasis on burying the lines, particularly the high voltage transmission backbone lines. This, along with 'micro-grids' powered by solar or other means with battery backups would help ensure the island doesn't go completely dark at once. It will be a major undertaking, but the alternative is Puerto Ricans reverting back to the 19th century every year for 9 months.
I'm sure Russia will be falling over themselves to round these guys up and turn them over to the U.S. We can hold a trial in absentia to help make us feel better, but these individuals will never see the inside of a courtroom unless they are paying a parking fine in Mother Russia.
I have always said that they need to award yellow cards after the match for obvious dives and theatrics. If players know that they can't just carry on and try to convince the ref right then, but that their actions will be reviewed to see if they are false, it would stop a lot of the rolling around and hamming it up. There are too many no touch fouls where a player might get hit on the chin but grabs his forehead like his head is broken, or a player leaps into the air and rolls around like he has severed his leg when he wasn't even touched.
My first thought when reading TFS was an image colored in various shades of red. Joking aside, I'm excited about breakthroughs in medical imaging that allow more nuanced learning about what's going on inside a living person.
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These same arguments have been trotted out every so often over the past 20 or so years about Linux. I remember a Cnet article in the late 90s saying the same things. If Adobe wanted to put their software onto Linux, they can and would have, but I don't think there's enough demand still to justify the cost of porting and maintaining it. Linux has commercial server software ported to it because it is a rock-solid solution for such tasks. Companies and consumers rely less on Linux for desktops because Windows or Mac OS is good enough to accomplish most tasks and are 'easy'. I could be wrong but I don't see this changing in the next 20 years either. The majority of businesses and consumers will use Windows/Macs for desktops which are where retail software developers will focus, and Linux will maintain its supremacy on the server side.
I would posit that forms of government are much more likely to change more quickly than economic systems. As resources (water and food especially) become more scarce and people become increasingly desperate, I envision that harsher forms of government rule will take hold in places like Central America to try and quash any uprising. Venezuela is a bit of a canary in that regard, showing just what can occur when resources are limited (artificially in their case, since the scarcity is driven by an oppressive government and not the other way around). I would expect increasing mass migration and refugees, putting strains on first-world nations which will, in turn, have to tighten their rule. Capitalism will continue to be around until fiat currency falls due to weak or no government backing, at which time we'll move back into a barter economy until (if) new government is established.
I'm hoping Canon wakes up from its long snooze and introduces some mirrorless bodies that can natively accept EF lenses.
Without IRC, how would have I gotten all those warez...er...I mean chat with friends?
I would imagine that having a low metabolic rate helps when food is scarce and you require less to survive. Those with high metabolic rates would require high-calorie diets and would be the first to starve when it's unavailable. So I guess the spare tire around the midsection is nature's way of keeping us alive in case of sudden shortage.
No I don't.....Bing! Ooooh! A new email!
Chrome 69 sounds like a freaky adult site for seniors.
I once missed an interview because I was riding the city bus to get to it and suddenly became nauseous. I got off at the next stop but called them to let them know what had happened and they happily rescheduled. The idea of just not showing up to something, and burning that bridge, is completely foreign to me.
I think that might be the answer that twice your assessed amount is the tendered sale price. If your house has a claimed assessed value of $200,000, the minimum someone could offer would be $400K. I love my house, but if someone came around offering twice its value, I'd be taking my house key off its ring before they could finish the sentence.
I think we haven't done enough to separate these two concepts. We're confusing manipulative lies with opinions incompatible with the worldview of a segment of the population, and it will destroy us.
To a certain point, I agree, however, I think there's been a significant rise of opinion pieces that are passed off as 'news'. I also find opinions laced into articles either through manipulative language or statements not backed by facts (and refuted by other news media articles) on a greater frequency than before. I think media outlets need to clearly label what is opinion versus news (and the best outlets do) and keep high editorial standards around slipping in influential language. The other best way to combat it is to have a heterogenous news diet, being sure to read articles from multiple sources that might be labeled left and right of center (you can avoid the far left or right ones altogether).
They are working on both. And their space budget is a tiny fraction of the budget for rural development.
And this minor investment in space could pay big dividends in the future for the country as ancillary companies pop up to support space missions (engineering firms, manufacturing and testing companies, etc.). NASA's adventures spawned a whole industry around the Gulf Coast to support the rockets and space missions, employing hundreds of thousands with good salaries. Further, India could receive new revenue from companies and countries who want to piggy-back on their missions.
Over the weekend I was just thinking about the subject of UBI and how it might be best paired with a universal job guarantee. Everyone would qualify for a monthly allowance (say $1,000) based upon meeting the job requirements. This could be anything from 8 hours of doing community service (volunteering at the hospital, reading to kids, cleaning parks, painting murals, etc) to working your normal fulltime job. Anyone who wants the UBI just needs to provide some sort of work and would be guaranteed such a position if they don't currently work. Elderly and disabled would be excluded from this requirement, or may only require 4 hours a month or something. Students can still go to college and qualify for some income (8 hours over a month shouldn't be too taxing) and it would discourage receiving UBI without providing a return to society. It could encourage a drop in homelessness (you work your 8 hours and would have enough to cover low-end rent and food, and could even continue panhandling if you choose). It isn't a magic bullet but could reduce our costs in ineffective entitlement programs while still providing humane assistance to those struggling, while not disincentivizing work. This paired with the flat tax example posted further up might be a real option.
A few years back I dated a woman who lived well within the city limits of a major U.S. city but could only get sub-par DSL or cable internet. I lived about 10 blocks south and had AT&T's UVERSE available at speeds of 15mbps and up to 30 if I remember correctly. I contacted AT&T asking if and when her house might be able to get UVERSE, seeing how it was in the urban core, but always hit the run around answer of "someday". When the telcos have little to no competition, as is the case here, they're more than happy to have you sucking down minimal bandwidth for maximum prices.
I'd settle for tougher penalties for data breaches and failing to follow standard industry IT security practices. There seems to be a collective shrug whenever our data is stolen when the holder of the data took no precautions to prevent such intrusion. The minimum should be at least encrypting the databases and changing the admin password from "admin".
My girlfriend gets violently sick when she has an Impossible burger. She's tried them at different locations to the same result. I'm curious if there is an allergy or some other sensitivity that causes it. I'd be curious how extensive testing was, and if others have this reaction.
I haven't followed this too closely, but is it known if Fuchsia is Linux based?
Probably not... and they probably wouldn't have removed the games if public attention hadn't be made. They don't care about sellers selling counterfeits- they do care about the public knowing it though.
Pretty much this. From board games to clothing to unlicensed materials, Amazon only seems to take fakes seriously if someone raises enough of a stink about it in the media.
Amazon has a poor track record in counterfeits for board games. Often Amazon will pool the games it sells along with any third parties into one inventory. When a customer buys one, even from Amazon itself, they get a game pulled from this inventory which has been a counterfeit from time to time. Amazon has a hard time tracking back where they got the fake from and customers can receive a poor quality reproduction thinking it is real. There are lengthy discussion topics over at www.boardgamegeek.com.
You're absolutely correct. It will require substantial financial help but could be a good long-term goal of getting the island covered in 15 years or so. And it would create long-term infrastructure jobs while trying to minimize a lot of the catastrophic outcomes in rural areas. Flooding and seawater would make coastal areas unlikely candidates, but perhaps inland could develop this idea.
It seems logical in a place prone to get hit at least once if not more a summer by a hurricane that there should be an emphasis on burying the lines, particularly the high voltage transmission backbone lines. This, along with 'micro-grids' powered by solar or other means with battery backups would help ensure the island doesn't go completely dark at once. It will be a major undertaking, but the alternative is Puerto Ricans reverting back to the 19th century every year for 9 months.
I'd love to see this effort drive down the costs of 10gb+ network speeds and drive them into the consumer market.
I highly agree. After players know games will be reviewed after completion and obvious dives are punished, it will be stopped.
I'm sure Russia will be falling over themselves to round these guys up and turn them over to the U.S. We can hold a trial in absentia to help make us feel better, but these individuals will never see the inside of a courtroom unless they are paying a parking fine in Mother Russia.
I have always said that they need to award yellow cards after the match for obvious dives and theatrics. If players know that they can't just carry on and try to convince the ref right then, but that their actions will be reviewed to see if they are false, it would stop a lot of the rolling around and hamming it up. There are too many no touch fouls where a player might get hit on the chin but grabs his forehead like his head is broken, or a player leaps into the air and rolls around like he has severed his leg when he wasn't even touched.
My first thought when reading TFS was an image colored in various shades of red. Joking aside, I'm excited about breakthroughs in medical imaging that allow more nuanced learning about what's going on inside a living person.