My experience with software written for the government by contractors is that they charge big bucks for writing the software and fight to keep the copyright so they can sell it again and again even though taxpayers have already paid for it.
I use Uber in different countries because the drivers may only speak their local language. I don't have to worry about communicating my destination. The app tells them where I want to go and how to get there.
"The Knowledge" is a quaint artifact of a bygone era. Today we have GPS and navigation apps with real time traffic information. No need for any knowledge (or language for that matter). My Uber driver knows where I want to go and how to get there... always. Don't talk to the driver.
Instant noodles are to grain as fat is to meat... missing the "meat" of the nutrition. If you ate only fat, you would get fat. If you eat only white flour and fat, you would get fat.
Why waste all that money to go to the moon when for the same amount you could build a really nice wall here on earth (the best wall ever)... the moon is a loser.
I've been thinking about this since the recent article where a NASA JPL US citizen employee was detained and forced to give up his password. I have a Chromebook. It's easy to wipe it completely to fresh out of the box factory settings. At the border, you can give them a completely blank computer. (or set up a dummy Chromebook account with nothing on it). Then when you are back safely in the US, just enter your credentials and it will download everything from the cloud and you're back in business. Phones are a little more difficult. You can factory reset these but your SIM card still has data. You'd need to install a decoy SIM card in it (preferably a burner SIM from some odd place where it won't work in the US). You'll have to deal with your own SIM card by hiding it or mailing it to yourself. Once you reinstall your original SIM and login, the phone apps, etc. will restore themselves. Either that or just buy a burner phone and ditch it before you return.
I assume that you think OS X is somehow superior to other OSs. As an primary OS X user (as well as Linux and Windows occasionally) for the past 7 years, I beg to differ. I've always found OS X to be kludgy, toylike and lacking features. I never could get used to its special keys (especially command and option) as well as the odd keyboard layout (no backspace???). I'm much more comfortable with Linux and its applications. I gave up on Apple hardware and have now adopted Chromebooks (with Crouton Linux) for all my work. Much nicer user experience and better software options.
Nuclear output can only be reduced by a small amount and only slowly. It can't be increased again due to poisoning of the core. Coal gasification could be dispatchable but the plants, for the most part, don't exist (only 272 worldwide). They also produce a lot of toxic compounds.
This article is bullshit. There is no such thing as dispatchable nuclear or coal. These plants are 100% on or off and it takes days or weeks to turn them on.
Here's another data point. The West's largest coal power plant will be shut down decades before the end of it's useful life because it's "too expensive" to operate. https://www.washingtonpost.com...
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I've never seen a "per page" fee for electronic documents or software.
My experience with software written for the government by contractors is that they charge big bucks for writing the software and fight to keep the copyright so they can sell it again and again even though taxpayers have already paid for it.
This is the third release of a catalog of available software... more new bits.
I use Uber in different countries because the drivers may only speak their local language. I don't have to worry about communicating my destination. The app tells them where I want to go and how to get there.
Countless others have made the same argument as to why they could never be replaced by a computer. In the end they are replaced.
Hubris is dangerous.
Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition.
"The Knowledge" is a quaint artifact of a bygone era. Today we have GPS and navigation apps with real time traffic information. No need for any knowledge (or language for that matter). My Uber driver knows where I want to go and how to get there... always. Don't talk to the driver.
I've never seen an Uber car with anything stenciled on the side. They are usually much nicer and cleaner than taxis.
I don't talk to my Uber driver. He/she knows where I want to go and how to get there. I don't care what language he/she speaks.
Since you don't seem to be able (or willing) to google this, here are a few results from the first page:
http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/...
http://cardiobrief.org/2016/11...
https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/n...
Note that these are from science based publications... not fake news sites.
Also, animal saturated fat causes cancer:
http://www.pcrm.org/nbBlog/ind...
https://www.sciencedaily.com/r...
https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/n...
Taste is related to salt.
Salt is a cheap way to make any food taste good. That's why all restaurant food and processed food contains too much salt.
Animal fat gives you heart disease.
Don't eat animal fat.
Vegetable fat is fine.
Instant noodles are to grain as fat is to meat... missing the "meat" of the nutrition.
If you ate only fat, you would get fat. If you eat only white flour and fat, you would get fat.
So, you don't carry a phone in your car?
Why waste all that money to go to the moon when for the same amount you could build a really nice wall here on earth (the best wall ever)... the moon is a loser.
I've been thinking about this since the recent article where a NASA JPL US citizen employee was detained and forced to give up his password.
I have a Chromebook. It's easy to wipe it completely to fresh out of the box factory settings. At the border, you can give them a completely blank computer. (or set up a dummy Chromebook account with nothing on it). Then when you are back safely in the US, just enter your credentials and it will download everything from the cloud and you're back in business.
Phones are a little more difficult. You can factory reset these but your SIM card still has data. You'd need to install a decoy SIM card in it (preferably a burner SIM from some odd place where it won't work in the US). You'll have to deal with your own SIM card by hiding it or mailing it to yourself. Once you reinstall your original SIM and login, the phone apps, etc. will restore themselves.
Either that or just buy a burner phone and ditch it before you return.
The main problem is switching back and forth between OSX command key and Linux control key for the same functions.
It's there... and it's not... but don't look.
I assume that you think OS X is somehow superior to other OSs. As an primary OS X user (as well as Linux and Windows occasionally) for the past 7 years, I beg to differ. I've always found OS X to be kludgy, toylike and lacking features. I never could get used to its special keys (especially command and option) as well as the odd keyboard layout (no backspace???).
I'm much more comfortable with Linux and its applications. I gave up on Apple hardware and have now adopted Chromebooks (with Crouton Linux) for all my work. Much nicer user experience and better software options.
He's an idiot.
You can't scale a coal power plant up or down to follow demand, either. It takes days.
Nuclear output can only be reduced by a small amount and only slowly. It can't be increased again due to poisoning of the core.
Coal gasification could be dispatchable but the plants, for the most part, don't exist (only 272 worldwide). They also produce a lot of toxic compounds.
No. They'll just wait until the Darwin principle gets rid of all of the idiots who don't look around when crossing the street.
This article is bullshit.
There is no such thing as dispatchable nuclear or coal. These plants are 100% on or off and it takes days or weeks to turn them on.
Here's another data point.
The West's largest coal power plant will be shut down decades before the end of it's useful life because it's "too expensive" to operate.
https://www.washingtonpost.com...