It's an old idea: in the 80s, the infamous "Plan Lievense" called for damming off the Markermeer in the Netherlands to create a reservoir for generating hydro power. The Plan is still a favourite example problem to pester students of civil engineering with so quite a few variations have been calculated. The original plan called for a 23m height differential with water being pumped into the reservoir, but was deemed to expensive and risky (a dam breach would cause massive flooding). There's talk of a similar facility to be placed in the North Sea near wind farms, perhaps with the water being pumped out rather than in. A feasibility study has been conducted and there's a group trying to get funding for a small scale pilot.
Nice map, that. Sad to see my country doing the worst of pretty much all western European countries, though it's been known for a while that we're nowhere near our goals for renewable energy. The good news is that in a few years we'll complete 2 new wind parks in the North Sea, each with about 1400MW capacity. But by the time they come online they won't be the largest anymore either. Offshore wind is taking off in a big way everywhere.
They don't have to offer 30% Dutch content in the Netherlands; they can offer us depressing French movies as well to fill that quota, or insane 70s Italian horror (I wouldn't mind that actually...) In fact Brussels have stated that they want to harmonize content in Europe: what you offer in one country, you'll have to offer in all others. Perhaps going so far as to allow only EC-wide licenses for content as well.
I agree that this is probably not the way to go about it. As someone else pointed out: Netflix can meet this quota either by buying more local content or by dropping less popular US content from Euro subscriptions.
Most European countries have a long tradition of subsidising art that is deemed worthwhile, yet isn't attractive enough for the masses to be able to compete in the free market. You could say it's the European way. And with the rise of streaming services and cord-cutting, it makes sense to ensure that this stuff remains available on such services to those who want it.
Now one could argue that forcing Netflix to host 30% local content isn't the best way to go about it. But another goal of this rule is to ensure that local small productions can find their way into these powerhouse all-you-can-eat subscriptions. It's serving the long tail, something that Netflix has been particularly bad at in my country even when it comes to older content from the US. So yeah, let's legislate. But at the same time that local content should be licensed out at long tail prices as well...
Respect is not at all the same thing as saying that society - or companies like Tivo - should shoulder the burden of every consequence that comes with living in isolation (for whatever reason).
Superfast acceleration is perhaps #231 on the list of must-haves for prospective buyers of this type of car. The importance things to compete on are range, charging, looks, room, quality, comfort. Especially looks... many automakers get this wrong and think that when desiging an EV, you must toss all common styling wisdom out the window (hello BMW i3, you nasty eyesore). One thing that made Teslas so popular is that they are fairly normal looking vehicles.
I agree. But it’s not the same as making an actual death threat to someone’s face either; an online death threat is the internet’s equivalent of a strongly worded letter to the editor
Can the officers in the silo even reprogram the missiles or launch independently? That sounds like a monumentally bad idea. What would stop them from declaring the Free State of Silo 16 and threaten to nuke Washington if their demands for beer, beef and pre ban AR15 weren’t met?
Besides being the father of the much reviled scourge upon humanity that is SAP, what are Plattner's qualifications in this matter? Why should we listen to him instead of any random punter on the social media that he fears so much?
Also, the UK sockets and plugs also stay firmly together - when I am in the US my apple charger often ends up at 45deg and the live prongs are half exposed
Yeah the US is the other end of the spectrum, everything there looks flimsy as hell... though I do like their slim pattress boxes for switches: ganging multiple switches into one box makes a compact package that looks attractive.
Here in NL we're somewhere in between: safe plugs (most of it German designs) but only the fixed house circuits are fused. And no, a lamp cord does not need to be 16A rated according to our code. Neither does a 3 gang extension cord... which is where some of these fires are coming from. Although these days almost all extension cords sold have 16A cords, and the ones that roll up often have a thermal breaker in case people dont unroll it and fully load it (not sure if these are mandatory, though)
The manifesto also explains that Agile doesn't mean doing away with process. Scrum is useful, and it's only as rigid as you make it. The problem is that most managers, project leads (and yes, certified Scrum masters and product owners too) tend to gravitate towards more process, and turn it from a useful template into a guideline into a rigid set of rules, to be followed strictly. A lot of such people are led to believe that following the process - whether it's Scrum or waterfall or ITIL or something else - is a recipe for making your project or your team successful. Box-tickers, in other words.
UK wiring code seems somewhat overengineered (fuses all the way down), but has a few nice features (like ring circuits). The main issue is that you're not allowed to touch any of it unless you are certified AND have paid the guild its yearly dues. We can do whatever we want to our wiring pretty much... and it's not an issue. Almost all electrical fires start due to really old wiring, cheap faulty chargers, or overloaded extension cords... hmm, maybe fusing everything for its rated power like in the UK isn't such a bad idea after all.
But that huge cylinder can house one hell of a battery, with maybe a month of standby time. Which of course will make it very heavy in addition to being unwieldy.
If the government pays wages during parental leave, do they also pay a stipend to women (or men) who happen to be out of work when they have a baby? Or to the non-working partner of single earner families? If not, that just seems grossly unfair.
They can also keep a count of how often the driver turns without signaling, and "help" those with poor habits.
It probably is a lot easier to detect if a driver should have signalled (and didn't), so that's not a bad idea. Especially if by "help" you mean electroshock to the groin.
That's the point. They are giving you those 2 choices: upgrade your OS, or keep paying for software without receiving any updates for it. Many people (myself included) argue that the subscription model has taken away a 3rd choice that we should have: keep your old OS and keep using the out of date software, without paying a dime because you've already paid the purchase price once.
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Also, Google Fiber spurred development of AR and stimulates the IoT? Come on...
It's an old idea: in the 80s, the infamous "Plan Lievense" called for damming off the Markermeer in the Netherlands to create a reservoir for generating hydro power. The Plan is still a favourite example problem to pester students of civil engineering with so quite a few variations have been calculated. The original plan called for a 23m height differential with water being pumped into the reservoir, but was deemed to expensive and risky (a dam breach would cause massive flooding). There's talk of a similar facility to be placed in the North Sea near wind farms, perhaps with the water being pumped out rather than in. A feasibility study has been conducted and there's a group trying to get funding for a small scale pilot.
Nice map, that. Sad to see my country doing the worst of pretty much all western European countries, though it's been known for a while that we're nowhere near our goals for renewable energy. The good news is that in a few years we'll complete 2 new wind parks in the North Sea, each with about 1400MW capacity. But by the time they come online they won't be the largest anymore either. Offshore wind is taking off in a big way everywhere.
Actually, "Mr. Cue" sounds like a new lame name for a voice assistant like Siri...
They don't have to offer 30% Dutch content in the Netherlands; they can offer us depressing French movies as well to fill that quota, or insane 70s Italian horror (I wouldn't mind that actually...) In fact Brussels have stated that they want to harmonize content in Europe: what you offer in one country, you'll have to offer in all others. Perhaps going so far as to allow only EC-wide licenses for content as well.
I agree that this is probably not the way to go about it. As someone else pointed out: Netflix can meet this quota either by buying more local content or by dropping less popular US content from Euro subscriptions.
Most European countries have a long tradition of subsidising art that is deemed worthwhile, yet isn't attractive enough for the masses to be able to compete in the free market. You could say it's the European way. And with the rise of streaming services and cord-cutting, it makes sense to ensure that this stuff remains available on such services to those who want it.
Now one could argue that forcing Netflix to host 30% local content isn't the best way to go about it. But another goal of this rule is to ensure that local small productions can find their way into these powerhouse all-you-can-eat subscriptions. It's serving the long tail, something that Netflix has been particularly bad at in my country even when it comes to older content from the US. So yeah, let's legislate. But at the same time that local content should be licensed out at long tail prices as well...
The cloud is just someone else's hard disk.
Russian interference = handful of retweets.
Respect is not at all the same thing as saying that society - or companies like Tivo - should shoulder the burden of every consequence that comes with living in isolation (for whatever reason).
They want these publications to become OA right away, not after a long delay. It’s right there in TFS
Superfast acceleration is perhaps #231 on the list of must-haves for prospective buyers of this type of car. The importance things to compete on are range, charging, looks, room, quality, comfort. Especially looks... many automakers get this wrong and think that when desiging an EV, you must toss all common styling wisdom out the window (hello BMW i3, you nasty eyesore). One thing that made Teslas so popular is that they are fairly normal looking vehicles.
I agree. But it’s not the same as making an actual death threat to someone’s face either; an online death threat is the internet’s equivalent of a strongly worded letter to the editor
Can the officers in the silo even reprogram the missiles or launch independently? That sounds like a monumentally bad idea. What would stop them from declaring the Free State of Silo 16 and threaten to nuke Washington if their demands for beer, beef and pre ban AR15 weren’t met?
Besides being the father of the much reviled scourge upon humanity that is SAP, what are Plattner's qualifications in this matter? Why should we listen to him instead of any random punter on the social media that he fears so much?
Also, the UK sockets and plugs also stay firmly together - when I am in the US my apple charger often ends up at 45deg and the live prongs are half exposed
Yeah the US is the other end of the spectrum, everything there looks flimsy as hell... though I do like their slim pattress boxes for switches: ganging multiple switches into one box makes a compact package that looks attractive.
Here in NL we're somewhere in between: safe plugs (most of it German designs) but only the fixed house circuits are fused. And no, a lamp cord does not need to be 16A rated according to our code. Neither does a 3 gang extension cord... which is where some of these fires are coming from. Although these days almost all extension cords sold have 16A cords, and the ones that roll up often have a thermal breaker in case people dont unroll it and fully load it (not sure if these are mandatory, though)
The manifesto also explains that Agile doesn't mean doing away with process. Scrum is useful, and it's only as rigid as you make it. The problem is that most managers, project leads (and yes, certified Scrum masters and product owners too) tend to gravitate towards more process, and turn it from a useful template into a guideline into a rigid set of rules, to be followed strictly. A lot of such people are led to believe that following the process - whether it's Scrum or waterfall or ITIL or something else - is a recipe for making your project or your team successful. Box-tickers, in other words.
UK wiring code seems somewhat overengineered (fuses all the way down), but has a few nice features (like ring circuits). The main issue is that you're not allowed to touch any of it unless you are certified AND have paid the guild its yearly dues. We can do whatever we want to our wiring pretty much... and it's not an issue. Almost all electrical fires start due to really old wiring, cheap faulty chargers, or overloaded extension cords... hmm, maybe fusing everything for its rated power like in the UK isn't such a bad idea after all.
But that huge cylinder can house one hell of a battery, with maybe a month of standby time. Which of course will make it very heavy in addition to being unwieldy.
If the government pays wages during parental leave, do they also pay a stipend to women (or men) who happen to be out of work when they have a baby? Or to the non-working partner of single earner families? If not, that just seems grossly unfair.
They can also keep a count of how often the driver turns without signaling, and "help" those with poor habits.
It probably is a lot easier to detect if a driver should have signalled (and didn't), so that's not a bad idea. Especially if by "help" you mean electroshock to the groin.
Maybe Tesla moved the turn signal control to the touch screen just like all the other controls in the Model 3...
Now that's progress: no more holding ir wrong. Personally I was blown away by the new 5.8" and 6.5" iWatches. Bling!
So get to work and add those to the FOSS project, how hard can it be?
That's the point. They are giving you those 2 choices: upgrade your OS, or keep paying for software without receiving any updates for it. Many people (myself included) argue that the subscription model has taken away a 3rd choice that we should have: keep your old OS and keep using the out of date software, without paying a dime because you've already paid the purchase price once.