The full sentence is: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness."
If you are an educated English speaker, you will understand that this refers to "inalienable Rights", not fat and skinny people.
How do the politicians make any money? The current system is very lucrative for them. Corporations pay them big bucks for their vote and they can ignore "the little people".
Actually, he is referring to alchemists and demons. If you RTFA, you'll understand his point. Here's part of it: "Increasingly, cheating devices behave differently depending on who is looking at them. When they believe themselves to be under close scrutiny, their behavior reverts to a more respectable, less egregious standard.
This is a shocking and ghastly turn of affairs, one that takes us back to the dark ages. Before the Englightenment, before the scientific method and its peer review, science was done by alchemists, who worked in secret.
Alchemists – like all humans – are mediocre lab-technicians. Without peer reviewers around to point out the flaws in their experiments, alchemists compounded their human frailty with bad experimental design. As a result, an alchemist might find that the same experiment would produce a ‘‘different outcome’’ every time.
In reality, the experiments lacked sufficient controls. But again, in the absence of a peer reviewer, alchemists were doomed to think up their own explanations for this mysterious variability in the natural world, and doomed again to have the self-serving logic of hubris infect these explanations."
I loved "Walkaway". Fascinating book about a future with unlimited free energy and bots to make anything you need for free but most people were trapped into thinking that they needed useless jobs and had to pay "the man" for stuff.
Since you can't moderate and post in the same thread, your expectation of mods giving a rebuttal are unrealistic. The parent did express a controversial one sided opinion and there are probably many people who would disagree vehemently. (Start of an iOS vs. Android fanboi war). That's probably why it was modded down.
My four year old Nexus 5 runs all current protocols and software. It's paid for so it costs me nothing. You'll still paying to lease your phone. I'll buy a new phone when they give me a good reason... updated protocols, etc. Until then, it's as good as anything out there.
I keep my cars over 10 years. I pay cash. I never lease. Leasing is always more expensive (especially if you drive a lot of miles). Same with phones. New phones aren't much better than last year's model. Buy your phone. Pay cash. Keep it until it breaks. (If you're a fanboi, disregard this advice and shell out for the latest bling. It will cost you a lot but you'll be the envy of your friends.)
I agree. I have a 4 year old Nexus 5 which connects to everything with the latest protocols and runs every app I use. Plenty fast... no waits for anything. I'll replace it with something newer when they have a new protocol, etc. which I just have to have but until then, I have a phone which costs me nothing. My wife's Nexus 5 died after being dropped one too many times. I replaced it with a "refurbished" model (looked new to me) for $75. New phones are for suckers.
MicroBit is an inexpensive little computer board which has sensors and leds. It has several programming languages including a graphical blocks JavaScript and Python. It's designed for learning. microbit.org
The cost of installing charging sockets is a rounding error compared to the cost of an apartment or condominium. All that is required is demand in the market. You can just look at the northern cold areas of the US and Canada for an example. Many apartments, hotels and businesses have installed electric sockets at each parking spot so people can plug in their engine heaters. This has been done because of demand for this service. The cost is minimal compared to the cost of the rest of the building. It's usually not even metered. Once the demand is there, it's cheap and easy to add a socket.
Wireless charging is "the greatest thing ever". I've had it on my Nexus phones for the past 5 years. Never fiddle with a plug to start or stop charging. Just set the phone down on a pad to charge. Just grab the phone and go (especially useful for the car). I have pads all over the house and in my cars. Try it, you'll like it.
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I have one of those at my house in California.
Works great
The full sentence is:
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness."
If you are an educated English speaker, you will understand that this refers to "inalienable Rights", not fat and skinny people.
We should all go back to using Pine... the best email client ever!
Emojis are stupid
Only fanbois care about this
How do the politicians make any money?
The current system is very lucrative for them. Corporations pay them big bucks for their vote and they can ignore "the little people".
There's no money in that.
In California, the title companies do all the paperwork. No lawyer required.
Actually, he is referring to alchemists and demons.
If you RTFA, you'll understand his point.
Here's part of it:
"Increasingly, cheating devices behave differently depending on who is looking at them. When they believe themselves to be under close scrutiny, their behavior reverts to a more respectable, less egregious standard.
This is a shocking and ghastly turn of affairs, one that takes us back to the dark ages. Before the Englightenment, before the scientific method and its peer review, science was done by alchemists, who worked in secret.
Alchemists – like all humans – are mediocre lab-technicians. Without peer reviewers around to point out the flaws in their experiments, alchemists compounded their human frailty with bad experimental design. As a result, an alchemist might find that the same experiment would produce a ‘‘different outcome’’ every time.
In reality, the experiments lacked sufficient controls. But again, in the absence of a peer reviewer, alchemists were doomed to think up their own explanations for this mysterious variability in the natural world, and doomed again to have the self-serving logic of hubris infect these explanations."
I loved "Walkaway".
Fascinating book about a future with unlimited free energy and bots to make anything you need for free but most people were trapped into thinking that they needed useless jobs and had to pay "the man" for stuff.
Well... a lot of the comments seem to be generated by AI... at least the more coherent ones.
I am old, you insensitive clod.
Now get off my lawn.
Since you can't moderate and post in the same thread, your expectation of mods giving a rebuttal are unrealistic.
The parent did express a controversial one sided opinion and there are probably many people who would disagree vehemently. (Start of an iOS vs. Android fanboi war). That's probably why it was modded down.
My four year old Nexus 5 runs all current protocols and software. It's paid for so it costs me nothing. You'll still paying to lease your phone.
I'll buy a new phone when they give me a good reason... updated protocols, etc. Until then, it's as good as anything out there.
You don't own the item at the end of the lease. You have to buy it at the residual value or turn it back in.
You can write off up to $500,000 of capital expenses each year. (Sec. 179)
Loved the RAZR!
I keep my cars over 10 years. I pay cash. I never lease. Leasing is always more expensive (especially if you drive a lot of miles).
Same with phones. New phones aren't much better than last year's model. Buy your phone. Pay cash. Keep it until it breaks.
(If you're a fanboi, disregard this advice and shell out for the latest bling. It will cost you a lot but you'll be the envy of your friends.)
I agree.
I have a 4 year old Nexus 5 which connects to everything with the latest protocols and runs every app I use. Plenty fast... no waits for anything.
I'll replace it with something newer when they have a new protocol, etc. which I just have to have but until then, I have a phone which costs me nothing.
My wife's Nexus 5 died after being dropped one too many times. I replaced it with a "refurbished" model (looked new to me) for $75.
New phones are for suckers.
This scandal is reaching into upper management and threatens the entire German economy.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/0...
MicroBit is an inexpensive little computer board which has sensors and leds.
It has several programming languages including a graphical blocks JavaScript and Python.
It's designed for learning.
microbit.org
The cost of installing charging sockets is a rounding error compared to the cost of an apartment or condominium. All that is required is demand in the market.
You can just look at the northern cold areas of the US and Canada for an example. Many apartments, hotels and businesses have installed electric sockets at each parking spot so people can plug in their engine heaters. This has been done because of demand for this service. The cost is minimal compared to the cost of the rest of the building. It's usually not even metered.
Once the demand is there, it's cheap and easy to add a socket.
Wireless charging is "the greatest thing ever".
I've had it on my Nexus phones for the past 5 years.
Never fiddle with a plug to start or stop charging. Just set the phone down on a pad to charge. Just grab the phone and go (especially useful for the car).
I have pads all over the house and in my cars.
Try it, you'll like it.
Electric service is ubiquitous.
It's trivial to install an outlet at a car park, parking garage or lamppost for street parking.
(only 30% of people live in apartments.)
There are several companies attaching plugs to street lamp posts. Potentially every lamp post could be a charge station.
https://www.zap-map.com/lamp-p...
https://techcrunch.com/2017/04...
http://www.independent.co.uk/e...
https://www.fastcompany.com/30...
https://johnbrianshannon.com/2...
It's an easy problem to solve.