My experience is a bit better. Most of the lawyers I've dealt with were aggressively defending my rights.
That being said, those were all fairly high-priced lawyers who have had decades of experience before I chose them. In addition, they were all highly recommended before I ever contacted them.
I guess it's just another example of 'you get what you pay for'.
These are live donors who have joined a group of other live donors who made a promise to give a kidney now (while they are alive) in return for a kidney to be donated to a loved one in the near future (as the case may be). With the advent of national databases they were able to find a sequence of matches (involving 9 donors) so that they were able to get a kidney donated to their loved ones.
This is more a networking or graph design problem than a organ donation issue. I expect more of these sort of things in the future with other live donations (ie: liver, pancreas, bone marrow).
(I had a friend give a kidney to his twin brother. Wasn't a big deal. They just had to run a load of tests to make sure the healthy twin wasn't otherwise at risk for renal failure.)
Uses for cat6 in the media room: 1 - Smart TV 2 - Receiver 3 - Bluray Player 4 - Video game system 5 - AppleTV 6 - Media Computer
Frankly, I'm putting 4 next to my media room in the basement right now. (There's no way in hell I'm attaching my TV to the internet. Ditto for the bluray player, if I were to even own one of those. The receiver will be on the local network but firewalled from the internet.)
We had a central vacuum when I was a kid, and we hated it. The best use for a central vacuum system is to rip out the vacuum and use all the tubes as conduit for wiring. I guess that's really very much a matter of opinion. In any case, be sure you test one out before insisting on putting one in.
Agree that you have to try one before you get it. (My previous house had it.) I love the relocated sound, it's a lot quieter (still a little noise due to all the air motion, though). The newer ones have power-attachments available for carpeting. My builder's central vac guy gave cheap-o attachments. I bought new ones from amazon.com afterwards.
You also missed it on the power in the garage. You want 50A, not 30A. You can download the recommended installation guide from Tesla for a NEMA 14-50; use that and you should be good for anything. It's always better to overspec and then not need it than to underspec and have to go fix it.
LOL. I HAVE a Tesla. Didn't realize it was 50A (or just forgot). You're absolutely correct.
Speaking of garage doors, you can get some really great openers. My in-laws got some professional Lift-Master openers that are absolutely silent. That's nothing like what you get when you buy your own at Lowes Depot. (They even have some that attach directly to the torsion rod if you have that kind of door, so there's nothing overhead.)
Agree about the garage doors. I have the Lift-Master as well and it's fantastically quiet.
A few tips:
- Cat6 everywhere. At least 4 near every TV/Receiver
- In wall/In ceiling speakers in all rooms These should be tied into setups for receivers in most rooms. For the dining room (if you have one), kitchen, patio, and other areas you wouldn't want a receiver, have them go to the basement. When you buy receivers, make sure they have a cat5 input so that you can control them remotely.
- Wire for central alarm system for fire alarms, burglar.
- Wire the front door for a video camera. You don't need to install it, but having the wiring done is a nice thing to have just in case.
- Run empty pipes to each room from the basement or attic so you can pull wire easier in the future.
- Have your basement ceiling be 1 foot higher than your first floor ceiling. It costs little to do in the planning stage, but makes the basement look humongous when you finish it.
- Just before they drywall everything, take pictures of every wall. This is your x-ray vision for the future.
- 240V/30A line to the garage. Who knows, you may get an electric car in the future.
- Have one closet on each floor which has a power outlet and cat6 cable.
- Central vacuum. Once you have it, you will never go back.
1. Start saving early. 2. Live below your means. 3. Keep debt to a minimum. Never put on a credit card more than you have in your savings account. 4. Debt isn't evil, but you should treat it as if it was. Keep it to a minimum. 5. If you're buying a house, don't take out a mortgage for more than three years gross salary. And when you do get a mortgage, get a fixed mortgage. 6. Invest as much as possible in low expense ratio index funds. 7. Open up a Roth IRA early and maximize my investment in it every year. 8. NEVER use an investment advisor. Read a book instead. (Common Sense on Mutual Funds by Bogle is an excellent start. If you want something simpler, The Boglehead Guide To Investing) 9. NEVER buy investments through your insurance company. 10. When you start having kids, start a 529 plan for each ASAP.
The point is, we have to try. The sooner we are independent of Earth, the better.
So what if it takes a few trillion dollars of effort and resources? There will always be people who could be better off. That's the human condition.
We are either meant for the stars or we are not. I choose to believe the former. Would I go myself? No. I'm too old. Would I invest my money and encourage my children to go? Absolutely.
The writer is saying Apple came out with a MacBook that cannot smoothly run the OS that was preinstalled on it?
Frankly, I can understand if it was a 4 year old laptop with the latest OS, but Apple's usually pretty good about integration. Can anyone else verify that the latest MacBook that OS animations aren't smooth?
Plus, we haven't talked about the energy required to built batteries, nor the energy required to recycle them after they die in about 5 years.
Tesla's been selling electric cars for 5 years. You would think they would notice.
Not only that, but Tesla warranties their batteries for 8 years unlimited miles. I guess they're going to lose a lot of money when all those batteries go bad in 5 years of use.
I used to love X-Files until a friend spoiled it for me. He basically said that Mulder and Scully were basically witnesses to whatever mystery they were uncovering. Nothing would have changed if they weren't there. Sure, the random person would have lived or died, but it's not like they solved any big mysteries.
And after I while I just got tired of the whole X-Files mythology.
Besides, weren't the aliens supposed to have invaded by now?
They mentioned that it's for the entire Model S fleet, most of which does not have dual motors so "torque sleep" may not be the answer. My hope is they eek out an extra 50 miles to a full charge and recommend 100% charging all the time (they currently recommend 90% charge most of the time and only to use 100% for long trips).
Are autonomous vehicles limited by visual spectrum? I was under the impression they used a combination of visual spectrum, active radar, infrared, sonar, and lasers (amongst other, I would guess).
I did see a Windows Phone at work a couple weeks ago. The poor owner was made fun of mercilessly. Especially since she said she just bought it and had gotten rid of her Blackberry.
That's like kicking your tobacco habit by switching to crack cocaine.
But certainly reasonable given their track record.
In three years? Possibly.
In five years? Probably.
In ten years? Of course.
The first gen iPhone came out nine years ago and is not compatible with any iPhone apps. About the only thing you can do with it is sync with iTunes (which I do on occasion). Not a big deal, as I use it as a jukebox for my daughter's bedroom.
The first gen iPad came out five years ago and is not compatible with the last few iOS updates or with most apps available in the app store (since they require newer versions of iOS). I use mine as a remote control for my media center and to read some PDFs.
I guess when the Apple Watch is obsolete it will still tell time. Hopefully the battery doesn't degrade much over that time period (or is it replaceable by any watchmaker?).
If you know a breast cancer survivor personally, they are generally pretty open about those sort of questions.
I had one friend complain about how her plastic surgeon kept on getting the placement of the nipple on the wrong spot. She eventually went to the OR with a smiley face where she wanted the nipple placed.
A second friend said her plastic surgeon kept on pushing for nipple preservation but she was quite content (wouldn't say happy) without one. She did feel less of a woman for a while afterwards, but started feeling better once she started gaining weight back and getting her sex drive back.
There are certain things I wish I knew decades earlier. Some of them are things you can only learn by the school of hard knocks. Other things can be picked up in books.
Give her a list of books that she should read at certain ages. Not just fiction/science fiction, but books that made you think about the real world and how to live in it.
I know that I want my kids to read "The Boglehead Guide to Investing" by the time they take home their first paycheck. Being able to invest in the future is something that can start at a young age.
If you want a proper "smart home" solution, you have to get an integrated package. Those aren't cheap and aren't things you can generally get via amazon.com.
I spent way too much on mine. But my outdoor lights turn on at 15 minutes before sunset and turn off at a random time between 10 and 11pm. I've got a couple thermostats which will warm up the first floor on weekdays to 66 degrees on weekdays half an hour before I go downstairs in the colder months. Also have a music system that can play any playlist off my server in any room of the house, or play a radio or internet radio station or even the audio of a TV station. Everything via physical switches or via a phone app.
Systems in the future will do more and cost less. Hopefully they'll be as secure and integrate as well or better than what I have now.
Is it worth it? Of course not. (Well, it may be worth it so that I don't have to turn off the outdoor lights when I'm already in bed. Because there's no way my wife's getting out of bed for that.)
I was in an economics class with a good friend. The class was given an assignment in which they had to calculate some nonsense. The teacher said that any language code or pseudocode would be fine.
The friend and I were the only engineers in the class and apparently the only ones to use recursion to get to the answer. He used head recursion and I used tail recursion. Everyone else apparently solved it with itterative loops.
The TA knew my friend and I knew each other and threatened to report us for cheating. I told her to go ahead and show our code to the prof or even a CS prof. The logic that my friend and I were so different in the code that the fact that we both used recursion was the only similarity.
We hadn't cheated and kinda thought it was funny that it looked like we did.
Now, I wouldn't be surprised if we got our code scanned into some database and a computer said we cheated and we would have no recourse.
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My experience is a bit better. Most of the lawyers I've dealt with were aggressively defending my rights.
That being said, those were all fairly high-priced lawyers who have had decades of experience before I chose them. In addition, they were all highly recommended before I ever contacted them.
I guess it's just another example of 'you get what you pay for'.
A lot of the posters are missing the point here.
These are live donors who have joined a group of other live donors who made a promise to give a kidney now (while they are alive) in return for a kidney to be donated to a loved one in the near future (as the case may be). With the advent of national databases they were able to find a sequence of matches (involving 9 donors) so that they were able to get a kidney donated to their loved ones.
This is more a networking or graph design problem than a organ donation issue. I expect more of these sort of things in the future with other live donations (ie: liver, pancreas, bone marrow).
(I had a friend give a kidney to his twin brother. Wasn't a big deal. They just had to run a load of tests to make sure the healthy twin wasn't otherwise at risk for renal failure.)
I have a tankless water heater. It's fantastic, except for two problems.
1 - You lose hot water about 10 seconds after you lose electricity.
2 - Your water pressure is a bit lower than using a hot water tank.
Uses for cat6 in the media room:
1 - Smart TV
2 - Receiver
3 - Bluray Player
4 - Video game system
5 - AppleTV
6 - Media Computer
Frankly, I'm putting 4 next to my media room in the basement right now. (There's no way in hell I'm attaching my TV to the internet. Ditto for the bluray player, if I were to even own one of those. The receiver will be on the local network but firewalled from the internet.)
We had a central vacuum when I was a kid, and we hated it. The best use for a central vacuum system is to rip out the vacuum and use all the tubes as conduit for wiring. I guess that's really very much a matter of opinion. In any case, be sure you test one out before insisting on putting one in.
Agree that you have to try one before you get it. (My previous house had it.) I love the relocated sound, it's a lot quieter (still a little noise due to all the air motion, though). The newer ones have power-attachments available for carpeting. My builder's central vac guy gave cheap-o attachments. I bought new ones from amazon.com afterwards.
You also missed it on the power in the garage. You want 50A, not 30A. You can download the recommended installation guide from Tesla for a NEMA 14-50; use that and you should be good for anything. It's always better to overspec and then not need it than to underspec and have to go fix it.
LOL. I HAVE a Tesla. Didn't realize it was 50A (or just forgot). You're absolutely correct.
Speaking of garage doors, you can get some really great openers. My in-laws got some professional Lift-Master openers that are absolutely silent. That's nothing like what you get when you buy your own at Lowes Depot. (They even have some that attach directly to the torsion rod if you have that kind of door, so there's nothing overhead.)
Agree about the garage doors. I have the Lift-Master as well and it's fantastically quiet.
Is "no systemd" a feature for LMDE?
I'm asking as it's a desktop distribution and systemd is apparently focused on desktops as well.
I built a custom home a few years ago.
A few tips:
- Cat6 everywhere. At least 4 near every TV/Receiver
- In wall/In ceiling speakers in all rooms These should be tied into setups for receivers in most rooms. For the dining room (if you have one), kitchen, patio, and other areas you wouldn't want a receiver, have them go to the basement. When you buy receivers, make sure they have a cat5 input so that you can control them remotely.
- Wire for central alarm system for fire alarms, burglar.
- Wire the front door for a video camera. You don't need to install it, but having the wiring done is a nice thing to have just in case.
- Run empty pipes to each room from the basement or attic so you can pull wire easier in the future.
- Have your basement ceiling be 1 foot higher than your first floor ceiling. It costs little to do in the planning stage, but makes the basement look humongous when you finish it.
- Just before they drywall everything, take pictures of every wall. This is your x-ray vision for the future.
- 240V/30A line to the garage. Who knows, you may get an electric car in the future.
- Have one closet on each floor which has a power outlet and cat6 cable.
- Central vacuum. Once you have it, you will never go back.
1. Start saving early.
2. Live below your means.
3. Keep debt to a minimum. Never put on a credit card more than you have in your savings account.
4. Debt isn't evil, but you should treat it as if it was. Keep it to a minimum.
5. If you're buying a house, don't take out a mortgage for more than three years gross salary. And when you do get a mortgage, get a fixed mortgage.
6. Invest as much as possible in low expense ratio index funds.
7. Open up a Roth IRA early and maximize my investment in it every year.
8. NEVER use an investment advisor. Read a book instead. (Common Sense on Mutual Funds by Bogle is an excellent start. If you want something simpler, The Boglehead Guide To Investing)
9. NEVER buy investments through your insurance company.
10. When you start having kids, start a 529 plan for each ASAP.
The best hope may now be that the system spontaneously reboots on its own.
If your best hope is a combination of divine intervention and spontaneous Artificial Intelligence, I think you are royally fucked.
Space travel is hard.
The point is, we have to try. The sooner we are independent of Earth, the better.
So what if it takes a few trillion dollars of effort and resources? There will always be people who could be better off. That's the human condition.
We are either meant for the stars or we are not. I choose to believe the former. Would I go myself? No. I'm too old. Would I invest my money and encourage my children to go? Absolutely.
The writer is saying Apple came out with a MacBook that cannot smoothly run the OS that was preinstalled on it?
Frankly, I can understand if it was a 4 year old laptop with the latest OS, but Apple's usually pretty good about integration. Can anyone else verify that the latest MacBook that OS animations aren't smooth?
Windows X with point releases? Wow, that sounds original.
Maybe they'll give the point releases the names of animals or something to distinguish them from each other.
Plus, we haven't talked about the energy required to built batteries, nor the energy required to recycle them after they die in about 5 years.
Tesla's been selling electric cars for 5 years. You would think they would notice.
Not only that, but Tesla warranties their batteries for 8 years unlimited miles. I guess they're going to lose a lot of money when all those batteries go bad in 5 years of use.
I used to love X-Files until a friend spoiled it for me. He basically said that Mulder and Scully were basically witnesses to whatever mystery they were uncovering. Nothing would have changed if they weren't there. Sure, the random person would have lived or died, but it's not like they solved any big mysteries.
And after I while I just got tired of the whole X-Files mythology.
Besides, weren't the aliens supposed to have invaded by now?
Sounds like all hype to me.
They mentioned that it's for the entire Model S fleet, most of which does not have dual motors so "torque sleep" may not be the answer. My hope is they eek out an extra 50 miles to a full charge and recommend 100% charging all the time (they currently recommend 90% charge most of the time and only to use 100% for long trips).
Are autonomous vehicles limited by visual spectrum? I was under the impression they used a combination of visual spectrum, active radar, infrared, sonar, and lasers (amongst other, I would guess).
I did see a Windows Phone at work a couple weeks ago. The poor owner was made fun of mercilessly. Especially since she said she just bought it and had gotten rid of her Blackberry.
That's like kicking your tobacco habit by switching to crack cocaine.
But certainly reasonable given their track record.
In three years? Possibly.
In five years? Probably.
In ten years? Of course.
The first gen iPhone came out nine years ago and is not compatible with any iPhone apps. About the only thing you can do with it is sync with iTunes (which I do on occasion). Not a big deal, as I use it as a jukebox for my daughter's bedroom.
The first gen iPad came out five years ago and is not compatible with the last few iOS updates or with most apps available in the app store (since they require newer versions of iOS). I use mine as a remote control for my media center and to read some PDFs.
I guess when the Apple Watch is obsolete it will still tell time. Hopefully the battery doesn't degrade much over that time period (or is it replaceable by any watchmaker?).
Try getting a gay marriage from California recognized in Texas.
If you know a breast cancer survivor personally, they are generally pretty open about those sort of questions.
I had one friend complain about how her plastic surgeon kept on getting the placement of the nipple on the wrong spot. She eventually went to the OR with a smiley face where she wanted the nipple placed.
A second friend said her plastic surgeon kept on pushing for nipple preservation but she was quite content (wouldn't say happy) without one. She did feel less of a woman for a while afterwards, but started feeling better once she started gaining weight back and getting her sex drive back.
A self-driving car does not have a human driver. The question that should be raised (to show how flawed the article is):
Today's passengers have not been taught how to cope with runaway acceleration, unexpected braking, or a car that wants to steer into a wall.
There are certain things I wish I knew decades earlier. Some of them are things you can only learn by the school of hard knocks. Other things can be picked up in books.
Give her a list of books that she should read at certain ages. Not just fiction/science fiction, but books that made you think about the real world and how to live in it.
I know that I want my kids to read "The Boglehead Guide to Investing" by the time they take home their first paycheck. Being able to invest in the future is something that can start at a young age.
...and what do you expect?
If you want a proper "smart home" solution, you have to get an integrated package. Those aren't cheap and aren't things you can generally get via amazon.com.
I spent way too much on mine. But my outdoor lights turn on at 15 minutes before sunset and turn off at a random time between 10 and 11pm. I've got a couple thermostats which will warm up the first floor on weekdays to 66 degrees on weekdays half an hour before I go downstairs in the colder months. Also have a music system that can play any playlist off my server in any room of the house, or play a radio or internet radio station or even the audio of a TV station. Everything via physical switches or via a phone app.
Systems in the future will do more and cost less. Hopefully they'll be as secure and integrate as well or better than what I have now.
Is it worth it? Of course not. (Well, it may be worth it so that I don't have to turn off the outdoor lights when I'm already in bed. Because there's no way my wife's getting out of bed for that.)
Read that as SystemD bug.
On the one hand I was confused how systemD was involved in the launch.
On the other hand, I was happy someone was fixing bugs in it.
I was in an economics class with a good friend. The class was given an assignment in which they had to calculate some nonsense. The teacher said that any language code or pseudocode would be fine.
The friend and I were the only engineers in the class and apparently the only ones to use recursion to get to the answer. He used head recursion and I used tail recursion. Everyone else apparently solved it with itterative loops.
The TA knew my friend and I knew each other and threatened to report us for cheating. I told her to go ahead and show our code to the prof or even a CS prof. The logic that my friend and I were so different in the code that the fact that we both used recursion was the only similarity.
We hadn't cheated and kinda thought it was funny that it looked like we did.
Now, I wouldn't be surprised if we got our code scanned into some database and a computer said we cheated and we would have no recourse.