It doesn't seem to work. Prison populations are on the rise.
2. Rehabilitation
If only!
3. Removal
Yes, prisons protect society against criminals. The other main purpose of prisons is revenge, euphemistically called "retribution" by people in the legal profession to rationalize the harsh treatment prisoners receive. If prisons focused more on rehabilitation than on revenge, maybe there would be less recividism as people in prison get the support they need to leave their lives of crime. To this end, phone calls in and out of prisons might become free as prisons realize the value of prisoners connecting with loved ones.
"Upgrade or replace every building in US for state-of-the-art energy efficiency."...The quote mentions "replace" so I presume they are willing to demolish buildings that don't meet the standard.
Or upgrade. Don't forget upgrade!
"Build out high speed rail"...At last count the cost has ballooned from the original $6B to $10.6B - almost double...
Correct, the estimates were made during the recession when construction and land acquisition costs were low. And the more time we take to build it, the more it will cost. Thanks, inflation!
And remember, the alternative to spending an estimated $70 billion on the bullet train is spending $119.0 billion on for 4,295 new lane-miles of highway, plus $38.6 billion for 115 new airport gates and 4 new runways, for a total estimated cost of $158 billion, just to move the same number of people. I would rather pay almost double $70 billion than almost double $158 billion, wouldn't you?
Don't trains also pollute? Or maybe Elon Musk going to build solar trains and solve all of that for us.
These will be EMUs so yes, they can be solar powered.
The real question, of course, is how much will this boondoggle actually cost... In other words, astronomical not to mention completely impractical.
Just like the Interstate Highway System! So far it has cost us $425 billion for something that was supposed to cost $25 billion. What a boondoggle!
That's why it needs to be a carbon-tax-and-dividend. If the average person is taxed $500 per year, everyone would receive a quarterly check for $125. Now $125 may not seem like a lot of money to you and I, but for a poor person it's a lot of money!
The old Radio Shack, before they started selling mobile phones and disposable R/C toys and overpriced batteries and pestering their customers with extended warranties, would have jumped all over the Raspberry Pi and Arduino and all the other kinds of stuff you find at Adafruit, Sparkfun, and so on. They would also have an extensive mail order catalog like Mouser/Digikey, a fab for custom circuit boards, and local Makerspaces.
In my area, those landowners refuse to accept managed retreat and are betting that others will cover their losses. They're probably right, unfortunately.
Climate deniers have never been willing to bet against global warming. I wish they would, then I could retire early. It would also be fun to watch them start cutting their own emissions just so they don't lose the bet!
The global temperature appears to have had a positive slope for at least 200 years. If anything, that falsifies CO2 based global warming because there was warming before there was abnormally high CO2.
Using that same logic, people die of cancer even if they have never smoked; therefore, smoking doesn't cause cancer.
it gets overlooked as people see it as another "I can't figure out how to use it and I don't want to read" type of complaint.
In other words, another usability flaw, something that's not a bug because it was designed that way on purpose due to lack of testing on technically inexperienced people and/or lack of qualified usability experts helping you design your product.
Nice try but the difficulty in submitting bug reports is usually intentional. Many developers are not emotionally prepared to deal with bug reports which they see as criticism of their work. But maybe Apple developers are different.
Ok that's good because until 2017, they used only 13 loci and it was far more likely to find a false match than the FBI claimed. Even with 20 loci, the statistics can be abused when dealing with DNA fragments.
False positives is 100% correct. Two completely unrelated people can have the same DNA signature (not complete genome, just a set of markers they test for) and so searching for matching DNA is like searching for someone with matching hair color, eye color, skin tone, height, weight and so on. The best these DNA databases can do is generate leads. If you're ever on a jury for a trial with DNA evidence, don't let the prosecutor tell you otherwise.
The governments like it because it gives them control over the telecoms (who happily make campaign donations to retain their monopoly).
I'm with you so far.
If you want to fix this, just rescind the government-granted monopolies...Just elect people to your city or county government in favor of allowing multiple cable companies to compete in your area.
That's not so easy because of campaign donations keeping monopoly-friendly legislators in power.
You have also lost traffic congestion, pollution, noise, crime, infrastructure expenses, and the cost of schooling, emergency response, and many other services that services provide.
I doubt it. Potatoes yield 15 million calories per acre per year, while spinach yields only 2 million. Reducing farmland would mean eating more obesity-creating starchy foods and less of the healthy leafy greens.
What each number of stars means is different for everyone, and can even change over time for the same person. Further, the distribution is not linear.
Instead of assigning a star rating, a person should be required to choose another company to compare this one against, then rate this one higher or lower than the other company. Then the software would use the Condorcet Method to rank all companies from best to worst and assign each one a percentile ranking. The middle-of-the-pack company would receive a 50%, the very best a 99%, and the very worst a 1%.
Yes, it means someone who has worked at the same company their entire life would not be able to rate their company due to having none other to compare it against, but I see that as a feature and not a flaw.
Let's ditch the star rating system and demand something better!
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It doesn't seem to work. Prison populations are on the rise.
If only!
Yes, prisons protect society against criminals. The other main purpose of prisons is revenge, euphemistically called "retribution" by people in the legal profession to rationalize the harsh treatment prisoners receive. If prisons focused more on rehabilitation than on revenge, maybe there would be less recividism as people in prison get the support they need to leave their lives of crime. To this end, phone calls in and out of prisons might become free as prisons realize the value of prisoners connecting with loved ones.
Or upgrade. Don't forget upgrade!
Correct, the estimates were made during the recession when construction and land acquisition costs were low. And the more time we take to build it, the more it will cost. Thanks, inflation!
And remember, the alternative to spending an estimated $70 billion on the bullet train is spending $119.0 billion on for 4,295 new lane-miles of highway, plus $38.6 billion for 115 new airport gates and 4 new runways, for a total estimated cost of $158 billion, just to move the same number of people. I would rather pay almost double $70 billion than almost double $158 billion, wouldn't you?
These will be EMUs so yes, they can be solar powered.
Just like the Interstate Highway System! So far it has cost us $425 billion for something that was supposed to cost $25 billion. What a boondoggle!
That's why it needs to be a carbon-tax-and-dividend. If the average person is taxed $500 per year, everyone would receive a quarterly check for $125. Now $125 may not seem like a lot of money to you and I, but for a poor person it's a lot of money!
A skeptic opens his mouth only to ask questions. I see no questions in your post.
No, you're not a skeptic. You've already made your choice.
The old Radio Shack, before they started selling mobile phones and disposable R/C toys and overpriced batteries and pestering their customers with extended warranties, would have jumped all over the Raspberry Pi and Arduino and all the other kinds of stuff you find at Adafruit, Sparkfun, and so on. They would also have an extensive mail order catalog like Mouser/Digikey, a fab for custom circuit boards, and local Makerspaces.
It could've been so beautiful.
I'm waiting for a climate change hedge fund like this one to become available in my area.
In my area, those landowners refuse to accept managed retreat and are betting that others will cover their losses. They're probably right, unfortunately.
Climate deniers have never been willing to bet against global warming. I wish they would, then I could retire early. It would also be fun to watch them start cutting their own emissions just so they don't lose the bet!
Using that same logic, people die of cancer even if they have never smoked; therefore, smoking doesn't cause cancer.
In other words, another usability flaw, something that's not a bug because it was designed that way on purpose due to lack of testing on technically inexperienced people and/or lack of qualified usability experts helping you design your product.
Nice try but the difficulty in submitting bug reports is usually intentional. Many developers are not emotionally prepared to deal with bug reports which they see as criticism of their work. But maybe Apple developers are different.
Ok that's good because until 2017, they used only 13 loci and it was far more likely to find a false match than the FBI claimed. Even with 20 loci, the statistics can be abused when dealing with DNA fragments.
False positives is 100% correct. Two completely unrelated people can have the same DNA signature (not complete genome, just a set of markers they test for) and so searching for matching DNA is like searching for someone with matching hair color, eye color, skin tone, height, weight and so on. The best these DNA databases can do is generate leads. If you're ever on a jury for a trial with DNA evidence, don't let the prosecutor tell you otherwise.
I'm with you so far.
That's not so easy because of campaign donations keeping monopoly-friendly legislators in power.
"...and many other services that cities provide."
You have also lost traffic congestion, pollution, noise, crime, infrastructure expenses, and the cost of schooling, emergency response, and many other services that services provide.
Nice try, Foxconn!
The average house weighs 70 tons. How many years worth of styrofoam peanuts and blister packs is that?
Southern California Edison disagrees with you.
I doubt it. Potatoes yield 15 million calories per acre per year, while spinach yields only 2 million. Reducing farmland would mean eating more obesity-creating starchy foods and less of the healthy leafy greens.
A man once fell off a tall building. As he was falling, at each floor he thought to himself, "so far so good!"
A frog found himself in a large pot of water over a hot fire. As the minutes ticked on, he thought to himself, "this warming isn't so bad."
Indeed, an app like this that notifies you when you're near an unvaccinated person would be useful.
Also: https://www.xkcd.com/1098/
What each number of stars means is different for everyone, and can even change over time for the same person. Further, the distribution is not linear.
Instead of assigning a star rating, a person should be required to choose another company to compare this one against, then rate this one higher or lower than the other company. Then the software would use the Condorcet Method to rank all companies from best to worst and assign each one a percentile ranking. The middle-of-the-pack company would receive a 50%, the very best a 99%, and the very worst a 1%.
Yes, it means someone who has worked at the same company their entire life would not be able to rate their company due to having none other to compare it against, but I see that as a feature and not a flaw.
Let's ditch the star rating system and demand something better!
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