True! But one could further argue that the professionals would to a better job, as we trust for college degrees versus letting Mom hand out the doctorates.
I've always figured I'd send my kids to trade school if they weren't interested in college. While moving some plumbing in my basement when finishing it, I replaced some copper sections with PEX and was shocked at how easy it was to put together versus sweating pipe. It may be that similar changes will lower demand for skilled trades by making it as easy as lego bricks. And while smart lights are kind of dumb now, needing to only run power to items without needing to directly wire them could lead to process improvements to electrical, as well. The cabinet makers have already gone CNC. Repairing appliances versus buying new has already become kind of pointless unless you repair them yourself to save the labor.
Yeah if they want to encourage the middle class to have more kids then they're going to need to do daycare like public education, otherwise you can scarcely afford more than two in daycare at a time. I'm too lazy to google it, but I believe this was tried experimentally in some places in the US during WWII when the women were needed in the factories.
Wait, so what you're saying is that I can setup a harem of highly educated women in high paying jobs that are hard up for worthy mates? "Sorry, honey, it is my duty to the public to pick up the slacks from all the incel guys"
I am still not sure where the common "selfishness" idea for couples without children comes in. I love my children dearly and certainly can't afford all the luxuries from before they were in my life but I don't see how it can be seen as selfish if someone else would rather have a different lifestyle. I'm the selfish one increasing my genetic footprint!
Attribute that it passed the senate and would likely be able to pass if the dems grab the house as scaring the ISPs out of changing any policies and contracts they're likely to have to revert?
Bachmann has certainly been pilloried for being a loon, but I've never seen Haley treated any worse than being disagreed with. I think she's been one of this administrations appointments that was reacted to most positively.
Isn't that deal going to be pretty much between them, SK, and China? If part of it is a garrison of Chinese troops in NK, then NK is safe from being bombed by the US.
What gives you the idea that it'd permanently lock out the USB port? Its a security feature like when you reboot and it requires a passcode before everything works.
I have found some success in discussing with people who may not follow climate change as an issue in and of itself, by pointing out that taking all of those hydrocarbons and simply burning them is a waste akin to taking some fine walnut boards and using them to heat your home. While plastic pollution is an issue, still far better that we use these chemicals to make things instead.
My children are hilariously unprepared for TV when we're traveling or visiting their grandparents. The concept of stations and limited choice, and not being able to choose among different episodes of the same show really grate them. They loathe the commercials and tune them out so effectively that they don't even register the candy ones, and they love candy! Even if they're watching PBS broadcast they complain about the interstitials for the other PBS shows.
Tip for negotiating the internet rate: the social media guys have more leeway than the phone guys for some reason. Way faster to talk to them to get the new customer rate than going over the phone.
They hilariously tried to get me back when I switched to WOW by not even trying to beat the price I was getting from WOW... "oh, well that price doesn't include lots of fees, so the offer I'm giving you is..."/endcall
Previous seasons are, yes (so 1 and 2). I've been buying the current season (3, just started) each year in an effort to support the show monetarily. Kinda the same deal for why I buy Venture Bros, except I buy the Blu Rays there since it is one of the only shows I rewatch these days and who knows when things are likely to disappear off of streaming.
I mostly agree... but why would you pay for cable if most of what you want is local network affiliates? You could redbox the movies for less than the cable bill and the local stuff is free with an antenna. .
I understand that the bundles nominally subsidize programming for everyone, but yeah... between Amazon Video and Netflix I have access to more content than I can watch, and it is all on demand and commercial free. I do buy The Expanse on Amazon Video since I enjoy it enough that I hope they keep making it, and I buy the Blu Rays for Venture Bros. The value for cable just isn't there anymore. There's no reason to pay to be able to catch the last third of an old movie edited for broadcast on a lazy afternoon.
Yeah I'm not sure what more i'd want out of a phone than what my iPhone5s does. If I was spending $1k on something I'd rather get a 2in1 or something. Once the phones can support a real i5/i7 or Ryzen maybe that'd be worth something, but then you'd still be stuck with a tiny screen. It'd be like spending 1k on an e-reader... you could but why?
Culture could play a role in that, while humans in many cultures bury their dead, cremation would seem to make it less likely you'd leave remains suitable to fossilization. I wonder if a body in a modern casket is more likely to rot away before the casket degrades sufficiently for mineralization to occur... although even if we missed the species that made a civilization, you'd think you'd see some bones of prey species with tool marks on them, unless they were exclusively vegetarian.
Oh sure, even the guys in the article didn't think it was likely, they just thought it would be really hard to tell if it happened, which is a fun thought experiment.
Yet that's like being excited about finding fossil beetles and thinking it means you'd notice human civilization. There are a lot more beetles than humans.
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True! But one could further argue that the professionals would to a better job, as we trust for college degrees versus letting Mom hand out the doctorates.
I've always figured I'd send my kids to trade school if they weren't interested in college. While moving some plumbing in my basement when finishing it, I replaced some copper sections with PEX and was shocked at how easy it was to put together versus sweating pipe. It may be that similar changes will lower demand for skilled trades by making it as easy as lego bricks. And while smart lights are kind of dumb now, needing to only run power to items without needing to directly wire them could lead to process improvements to electrical, as well. The cabinet makers have already gone CNC. Repairing appliances versus buying new has already become kind of pointless unless you repair them yourself to save the labor.
There are opportunity costs for not maintaining your career, too, unfortunately.
Yeah if they want to encourage the middle class to have more kids then they're going to need to do daycare like public education, otherwise you can scarcely afford more than two in daycare at a time. I'm too lazy to google it, but I believe this was tried experimentally in some places in the US during WWII when the women were needed in the factories.
Wait, so what you're saying is that I can setup a harem of highly educated women in high paying jobs that are hard up for worthy mates? "Sorry, honey, it is my duty to the public to pick up the slacks from all the incel guys"
The PivotTables impress more than just a regular Excel chart, especially if you include lots of unnecessary data slicers for them to poke at.
I am still not sure where the common "selfishness" idea for couples without children comes in. I love my children dearly and certainly can't afford all the luxuries from before they were in my life but I don't see how it can be seen as selfish if someone else would rather have a different lifestyle. I'm the selfish one increasing my genetic footprint!
Why would the superwealthy want to implement communism or soviets? The current plutocracy is the safer bet.
Attribute that it passed the senate and would likely be able to pass if the dems grab the house as scaring the ISPs out of changing any policies and contracts they're likely to have to revert?
Bachmann has certainly been pilloried for being a loon, but I've never seen Haley treated any worse than being disagreed with. I think she's been one of this administrations appointments that was reacted to most positively.
Isn't that deal going to be pretty much between them, SK, and China? If part of it is a garrison of Chinese troops in NK, then NK is safe from being bombed by the US.
What gives you the idea that it'd permanently lock out the USB port? Its a security feature like when you reboot and it requires a passcode before everything works.
I would imagine they came home to an unexpected stump. How would they know who to sue anymore than who ran off with their bike?
I have found some success in discussing with people who may not follow climate change as an issue in and of itself, by pointing out that taking all of those hydrocarbons and simply burning them is a waste akin to taking some fine walnut boards and using them to heat your home. While plastic pollution is an issue, still far better that we use these chemicals to make things instead.
My children are hilariously unprepared for TV when we're traveling or visiting their grandparents. The concept of stations and limited choice, and not being able to choose among different episodes of the same show really grate them. They loathe the commercials and tune them out so effectively that they don't even register the candy ones, and they love candy! Even if they're watching PBS broadcast they complain about the interstitials for the other PBS shows.
Tip for negotiating the internet rate: the social media guys have more leeway than the phone guys for some reason. Way faster to talk to them to get the new customer rate than going over the phone.
They hilariously tried to get me back when I switched to WOW by not even trying to beat the price I was getting from WOW... "oh, well that price doesn't include lots of fees, so the offer I'm giving you is..." /endcall
Previous seasons are, yes (so 1 and 2). I've been buying the current season (3, just started) each year in an effort to support the show monetarily. Kinda the same deal for why I buy Venture Bros, except I buy the Blu Rays there since it is one of the only shows I rewatch these days and who knows when things are likely to disappear off of streaming.
I mostly agree... but why would you pay for cable if most of what you want is local network affiliates? You could redbox the movies for less than the cable bill and the local stuff is free with an antenna. .
I understand that the bundles nominally subsidize programming for everyone, but yeah... between Amazon Video and Netflix I have access to more content than I can watch, and it is all on demand and commercial free. I do buy The Expanse on Amazon Video since I enjoy it enough that I hope they keep making it, and I buy the Blu Rays for Venture Bros. The value for cable just isn't there anymore. There's no reason to pay to be able to catch the last third of an old movie edited for broadcast on a lazy afternoon.
The markup on internal phone memory is pretty absurd.
Yeah I'm not sure what more i'd want out of a phone than what my iPhone5s does. If I was spending $1k on something I'd rather get a 2in1 or something. Once the phones can support a real i5/i7 or Ryzen maybe that'd be worth something, but then you'd still be stuck with a tiny screen. It'd be like spending 1k on an e-reader... you could but why?
Culture could play a role in that, while humans in many cultures bury their dead, cremation would seem to make it less likely you'd leave remains suitable to fossilization. I wonder if a body in a modern casket is more likely to rot away before the casket degrades sufficiently for mineralization to occur... although even if we missed the species that made a civilization, you'd think you'd see some bones of prey species with tool marks on them, unless they were exclusively vegetarian.
Oh sure, even the guys in the article didn't think it was likely, they just thought it would be really hard to tell if it happened, which is a fun thought experiment.
Yet that's like being excited about finding fossil beetles and thinking it means you'd notice human civilization. There are a lot more beetles than humans.