"Further complicating the picture is climate change—the major factor behind the longer fire seasons and bigger fires. This creates a feedback loop, where megafires exacerbate climate change, which then encourages even bigger wildfires. One study found that from 1984 to 2015, climate change doubled the area burned by wildfires across the West, compared to what would have burned without climate change."
Whenever we traveled in Europe, Airbnb rates were quite comparable to hotel rates. In some cases even higher. Only advantage? Finding a quaint little cottage in the middle of nowhere.
I think its just like another hotel chain entering the area. If your area does not have 100% hotel utilization in peak season, its going to drive down prices a bit. Just like a new hotel opening will.
When you come home, you open your mechanical door by pushing. Why not have sensors and motors? Will it improve the experience significantly. I think that is the crux. Unless the technology significantly improves something, like electronic fuel injection, electronic fuel pumps etc., did, there is no point.
As somebody in the VLSI field, I am happy that somebody broke out of the monopoly/duopoly of the established players. WE are moving towards "single/double" vendor for everything from mobiles to laptop processors to desktop processors. Having little choice also harms progress.
The other thing which excites me is that you are going towards a completely new architecture. This is what innovation is about!
Hopefully, your success will inspire others also to take the plunge.
Most car owners can afford a train/bus ticket. Infact, for many, it may be cheaper. The problem is time. If it requires me to change 2 buses to get my workplace, I wouldn't do it.
Also, there is the question of time. If car commute takes 25 minutes, but public transport takes 1 hour, people would take the car. I guess it would work if connections are frequent, and convenient.
Any study is valid if its peer reviewed. So first of all you need to apply this filter. You are not qualified to believe in a study. So people like you and me look for peer reviewed studies.
Secondly, you have to understand that a study is one study. So if 20 sites quote Study X and 2 sites quote study Y It does not mean there are 2 studies Y and 20 studies X
Many times, these denier sites all quote one study, and in the cacophony confusion arises.
So whenever you find something, see if you can follow the breadcrumbs to the source paper. Find if its peer reviewed.
Then store it.
Collect a few such papers. You will realize that the papers supporting human cause will vastly outnumber those opposing it.
Humans are 100% responsible is a claim which makes headlines. But have you read actual research.
It says, there is enough evidence to prove that most of the warming can be linked to human activities.
Science looks at evidence, and then presents a hypothesis. This is how it has been in the scientific method. When an evidence is discounted science looks at new evidence.
Science is never always right. Scientists make mistakes. And that is why its science. For example, some hypothesis about climate change was proved wrong. Does it mean that entire climate change argument is wrong? Scientists will update their models, gather more evidence and then present the findings again. Being wrong does not discredit science. It merely improves it.
The problem is, people view science as they have viewed faith. There is no room for error or mistakes. So any process which makes mistakes is ridiculed. IPCC has made mistakes, so have other climate scientists. Some evidence may not be relevant or nonferrous. But it does not matter. We just move on.
There are some things about climate we do not understand. That is also acceptable. Sure, faith based systems have all the answers, but that is not science. You first have to understand what is science, and once you do, you will figure it all out.
Do not fear science. Embibe it. Question. But not because somebody told you to, or some rich publication says so. Question on your own merit. If you do not believe something to be true, instead of ridiculing and pointing to some site on the internet which says its wrong, ask the question.
What site X says, is it true? If not, why? You will find answers to all of it if you start looking for it.
But if you let your faith cloud your judgement, you will never understand. If you want to understand, question. Now ridicule.
The Cosmos season one Episode 13 explains it quite a bit. And earth is getting warmer since the industrial revolution in the absence of other factors. Most of the debate comes from industries who stand to loose from climate based taxes.
For example, a high end graphics card can be called overkill, until you bring in gaming.
So who shoots 70000 pics? Well for one, us timelapse folks. often to get a 30fps, a 10 minute time lapse means 600 seconds = 18000 frames.
This is just a 10 minute sequence. Then there are the sports guys. Often each shot is a 80 frame sequence, then pick out the best. Again, one day means 15-20000 pics. Many shoot RAW+JPEG, so that is going to increase the space.
Last but not the least, 4K video is approaching 100mbps.
It may be more efficient, but its not going to help at altitude. Water boils at lower temperature at high altitude. eg. 85 degree C. This means many foods to not get cooked. So you need a "Pressure cooker".
This will help at low altitudes, and that too for some things. For other stuff, this will cause caking and crusing due to too much heat.
A programmer is instructed to develop a software which generates a random sales tax registration number. This software will be used for random raids. The officer in charge gives him a small slip with few numbers, and verbally instructs that these numbers should never be generated. So how do you deal with corruption like this 1. Option 1 - Blow the whistle - No proof. They may come after your family 2. Option 2 - Comply 3. Option 3 - Make software so that first 3 months the numbers never come, but after 3 months the probability of the said number increases by 10X:) Evil ethical developer eh?
I come from a farming family, we do produce lots of crops including wheat. If temperatures go warmer by a degree. It won't matter. Really it won't. however, as temperatures change, rainfall patterns change. For example, we get rain from westerlies in Northwest India from Dec-End feb. So wheat gets water at times of growth, and while harvesting end march - late april there is hardly any rain.
Over the past 10 years it has changed. It can rain heavily in march-april also, which will destroy almost ripe wheat crop. Heck, westerlies are active into may now.
Such change in rainfall patterns can destroy crops.
Another example, the himalayas got a lot of snow this year. Much more than normal. Good thing. But all of it started in feb in some regions, which will result in poor apple crop this time in some regions.
Any climate change which alters patterns(not necessarily warming or cooling, but change) has the potential to destroy agricultural yields. So climate change is a bad thing in general for agriculture unless it happens over millenia. I would not mind climate change if it happened gradually like in olden times. We would adapt. But rapid change in rainfall patters over 3 decades. Everything goes for a toss.
Lots of options. Basically, it attaches to your TV android port. You can run any media server like xbmc etc., or whatever. You can go online, use an app to view videos, or simply use network file system.... Possibilities are endless
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Also says this
"Further complicating the picture is climate change—the major factor behind the longer fire seasons and bigger fires. This creates a feedback loop, where megafires exacerbate climate change, which then encourages even bigger wildfires. One study found that from 1984 to 2015, climate change doubled the area burned by wildfires across the West, compared to what would have burned without climate change."
This is incorrect. The Himalayas act as a barrier and nothing comes "from tibet".
The Monsoon is SW and SE (From Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal)
Or, the cheap usb boombox....
Not everyone plays music only on their PC
The article is slim about details of the tracker, the battery life, the battery capacity required to manage such life etc., Any ideas?
Whenever we traveled in Europe, Airbnb rates were quite comparable to hotel rates. In some cases even higher. Only advantage? Finding a quaint little cottage in the middle of nowhere.
I think its just like another hotel chain entering the area. If your area does not have 100% hotel utilization in peak season, its going to drive down prices a bit. Just like a new hotel opening will.
Its not an "airbnb" thingy
They can evolve into alligators. Only those who do not believe in intelligent design
When you come home, you open your mechanical door by pushing. Why not have sensors and motors? Will it improve the experience significantly. I think that is the crux. Unless the technology significantly improves something, like electronic fuel injection, electronic fuel pumps etc., did, there is no point.
I think the best part is no worries about money drying up after retirement. Work hard, party hard, die of heart attack at 45!
Not so long ago, this thread would have been full of technical solutions, but now mostly its like, call cops, look before you rent... blah blah
For your windows, you have to get double glass windows for soundproofing. For the walls get Acoustic foam. Something like this
http://www.foambymail.com/ACS-...
or this
http://www.foambymail.com/NE/n...
Not too expensive, and will take care of the noise.
That said, if you are in a concrete building, the sound comes in through doors and windows.
If you fix your doors and windows, the sound should lessen. If you have thin walls, in that case foam will work well.
What next, funniest moments of astronauts brought to you by scoopwhoop?
There was a kickstarter campaign some time back for Kraft fuel cells
https://www.kickstarter.com/pr...
All you need is camping gas. You can work on this idea to get something which can work with your laptop or something.
As somebody in the VLSI field, I am happy that somebody broke out of the monopoly/duopoly of the established players. WE are moving towards "single/double" vendor for everything from mobiles to laptop processors to desktop processors. Having little choice also harms progress.
The other thing which excites me is that you are going towards a completely new architecture. This is what innovation is about!
Hopefully, your success will inspire others also to take the plunge.
Most car owners can afford a train/bus ticket. Infact, for many, it may be cheaper.
The problem is time. If it requires me to change 2 buses to get my workplace, I wouldn't do it.
Also, there is the question of time. If car commute takes 25 minutes, but public transport takes 1 hour, people would take the car. I guess it would work if connections are frequent, and convenient.
Any study is valid if its peer reviewed. So first of all you need to apply this filter. You are not qualified to believe in a study. So people like you and me look for peer reviewed studies.
Secondly, you have to understand that a study is one study.
So if 20 sites quote Study X
and 2 sites quote study Y
It does not mean there are 2 studies Y and 20 studies X
Many times, these denier sites all quote one study, and in the cacophony confusion arises.
So whenever you find something, see if you can follow the breadcrumbs to the source paper.
Find if its peer reviewed.
Then store it.
Collect a few such papers. You will realize that the papers supporting human cause will vastly outnumber those opposing it.
Humans are 100% responsible is a claim which makes headlines.
But have you read actual research.
It says, there is enough evidence to prove that most of the warming can be linked to human activities.
Science looks at evidence, and then presents a hypothesis. This is how it has been in the scientific method. When an evidence is discounted science looks at new evidence.
Science is never always right. Scientists make mistakes. And that is why its science. For example, some hypothesis about climate change was proved wrong. Does it mean that entire climate change argument is wrong?
Scientists will update their models, gather more evidence and then present the findings again. Being wrong does not discredit science. It merely improves it.
The problem is, people view science as they have viewed faith. There is no room for error or mistakes. So any process which makes mistakes is ridiculed. IPCC has made mistakes, so have other climate scientists. Some evidence may not be relevant or nonferrous. But it does not matter. We just move on.
There are some things about climate we do not understand. That is also acceptable. Sure, faith based systems have all the answers, but that is not science. You first have to understand what is science, and once you do, you will figure it all out.
Do not fear science. Embibe it. Question. But not because somebody told you to, or some rich publication says so. Question on your own merit. If you do not believe something to be true, instead of ridiculing and pointing to some site on the internet which says its wrong, ask the question.
What site X says, is it true? If not, why? You will find answers to all of it if you start looking for it.
But if you let your faith cloud your judgement, you will never understand. If you want to understand, question. Now ridicule.
The Cosmos season one Episode 13 explains it quite a bit. And earth is getting warmer since the industrial revolution in the absence of other factors. Most of the debate comes from industries who stand to loose from climate based taxes.
Think of it as the lead debacle.
There is a target market for everything.
For example, a high end graphics card can be called overkill, until you bring in gaming.
So who shoots 70000 pics? Well for one, us timelapse folks. often to get a 30fps, a 10 minute time lapse means 600 seconds = 18000 frames.
This is just a 10 minute sequence.
Then there are the sports guys. Often each shot is a 80 frame sequence, then pick out the best. Again, one day means 15-20000 pics. Many shoot RAW+JPEG, so that is going to increase the space.
Last but not the least, 4K video is approaching 100mbps.
It may be more efficient, but its not going to help at altitude.
Water boils at lower temperature at high altitude. eg. 85 degree C. This means many foods to not get cooked. So you need a "Pressure cooker".
This will help at low altitudes, and that too for some things. For other stuff, this will cause caking and crusing due to too much heat.
Corruption is Rampant in India.
Often people with deep pockets bribe officials. That is why it was not part of the official request but told verbally
I know many who can even code
A programmer is instructed to develop a software which generates a random sales tax registration number. This software will be used for random raids. :) Evil ethical developer eh?
The officer in charge gives him a small slip with few numbers, and verbally instructs that these numbers should never be generated.
So how do you deal with corruption like this
1. Option 1 - Blow the whistle - No proof. They may come after your family
2. Option 2 - Comply
3. Option 3 - Make software so that first 3 months the numbers never come, but after 3 months the probability of the said number increases by 10X
I come from a farming family, we do produce lots of crops including wheat.
If temperatures go warmer by a degree. It won't matter. Really it won't.
however, as temperatures change, rainfall patterns change.
For example, we get rain from westerlies in Northwest India from Dec-End feb.
So wheat gets water at times of growth, and while harvesting end march - late april there is hardly any rain.
Over the past 10 years it has changed. It can rain heavily in march-april also, which will destroy almost ripe wheat crop.
Heck, westerlies are active into may now.
Such change in rainfall patterns can destroy crops.
Another example, the himalayas got a lot of snow this year. Much more than normal. Good thing. But all of it started in feb in some regions, which will result in poor apple crop this time in some regions.
Any climate change which alters patterns(not necessarily warming or cooling, but change) has the potential to destroy agricultural yields. So climate change is a bad thing in general for agriculture unless it happens over millenia.
I would not mind climate change if it happened gradually like in olden times. We would adapt. But rapid change in rainfall patters over 3 decades. Everything goes for a toss.
The people I am talking about are not Americans.. they are Indians :)
http://www.rikomagic.com/en/index.html
Lots of options.
Basically, it attaches to your TV android port. You can run any media server like xbmc etc., or whatever.
You can go online, use an app to view videos, or simply use network file system.... Possibilities are endless