Yep, the amount of time, money, and fuel saved by ordering online for me is attractive. Then add up to benefits for society by not needing room for one more vehicle for parking spaces, room on the road, building space, etc.
It was the middle of the lane inbound to the village. You had to slow down and then go around, or just plow into it at speed and die. They didn't really care which.
There was a small village in England near where I lived in Newmarket that had the right idea. They had a sign on each of the roads leading into the village. "Warning Traffic Calming Ahead" and in the inbound lane into the village there was a 10" concrete filled steel pipe set in the middle of the road.
Because fuck you if you didn't slow down before going through their town.
Yeah I'll have to admit mine already target anyone with a Guy Fawkes Mask, Anti-fa ninja outfit, feminist blue/pink/red hair, Jehova witness reading materials, or "Vote Hillary" items.
The article makes the false assumption that I would want regular channels, live news, or live sports.
Cut the cable get a fast internet connection, Amazon Prime which I already have, and Netflix. For the difference in price I can rent a few movies a month and buy the occasional movie on Amazon and still come out way ahead,
Personally I have little time for TV, so sitting around surfing channels (and nothing is on) is something I stopped doing 20 years ago.
Missing "exclusive" shows on cable channels....well they can kiss my ass. Sooner or later they'll end up on Netflix or Prime or will be in the bargain bin on Amazon. If not, then no great loss.
Good luck with that Elon. It already is trivial to cobble together "autoturrets" that can lock onto living targets using an Arduino, a modern firearm, a camera, and a few thermal sensors.
Want it only to shoot at people hack a bit of facial recognition software.
Personally I love the idea of mobile land mines (killer robots) that only kill specific targets rather than indiscriminately murdering anything that happens upon them.
The compassion maybe, but IQ lol no, I'm not a liberal.
The average person won't run someone down in the street with their car if they can avoid it 99.9% of the time, but that doesn't mean they give a rats ass about people other than maybe abstractly. The only difference is I don't pretend to I care. I also go out of my way to not to have to rely on other people, because frankly most people are not very reliable. If you live your life waiting for everyone else to bail you out/rescue you when it counts you are going to die.
There is definitely a big difference in price between private and public care all other things being equal. Private tends to be much less so. Not to mention the quantity of stupidity tends to go up with when there is a public safety net.
Apple Geniuses, known by their more common name "Fuck Whits " came up with the brilliant idea of taking a group of people who are legendary for their desire to be able to focus, not to mention being highly introverted, and stuck them in a bright open floor plan with no privacy, no ability to personalize their space, and no ability to avoid socializing and are surprised when that didn't work out so well.
By fix do you mean repealing all the laws and regulations that prevent competition among ISP/phone/cable companies. Then by all means the gov't should "fix" slow internet speeds.
If you mean should the gov't subsidize companies to provide you with faster internet service......then in that case no, not only no, but go fuck a running Weed Wacker no.
No it's expensive if there is socialized medicine. Otherwise it's just a little bit of body work and a good wash for the car and the street and things are good as new. The world in general is better off minus one moron.
Natural selection already has a plan for this people. Why are all the busy body, nanny state, progressives so keen on trying to keep them alive? Lol answered my own question.
Neither of those source are valid: CNN nor Newsweek. Both those news sites are legendary in reporting flat out fabrications when it comes to promoting an anti-gun agenda.
First off they define a child as anyone under the age of 18, which is a complete distortion. The government defines children as under the age of 15 not 18. 56% of those deaths were criminals killing criminals or police killing criminals. In other words teenagers 15-18.
Second they lump in suicides with those numbers which takes another 38% of the total off the number of deaths. A smart gun will not stop suicides since there are literally an unlimited number of other means to do so in the absence of a gun.
6% where "unintentional" so that mean 78, MIGHT be stopped by a smart gun, but then again a simple gun safe, along with a little training will do a better job.
Firearms do not even make it into the top 20 causes of child death by the way. https://www.cdc.gov/
because the thing that you should most be worried about in a home invasion is getting killed by your own gun.
Again warping statistics. Nearly all deaths "with your own gun" are suicides not home invasions gone wrong. That statistic was debunked 20 years ago.
After being in the US military for 20 years, I can say for certain that money up to a certain point will be used to improve the said service, but every dollar past that point will be pissed away every time. We were dying for money for new tools and gear, when it showed up (GWOT Global War on Terror money) we did finally get the items we needed (aircraft repair tools and test equipment), but then we dropped a ton on things like new office chairs for everyone, carpeting, backpacks, sunglasses, jackets, folding knives, camel backs, high end rechargeable flash lights, boots, etc.
In the case of the office furniture and carpet, this was for a maintenance unit full of flightline apes, they had it all trashed within 6 months. We dropped a cool $2000+ for each of the troops for personal gear. Why buy a $30 solid LED flashlight when you could buy a tactical rechargeable one for $300? Why buy a very nice folding knife for $50 when you could get a $190 Benchmade. Don't go to the tool section and check out a David Clark headset, get your own, hell they are only $600 each. $300 backpacks, multiple $60 camel backs, $260 jackets, $30 pairs of socks, you name it we pissed away the money on it. By the end of the first year most of the gear had been trashed, lost, or sold to a pawn shop. The best part was the troops got so used this sort of gov't largess, they all went completely entitled spoiled children when the money dried up, and they were back to buying their own personal gear. (We do get an annual allowance to pay for that sort of stuff.)
This wasn't one time, this happened every couple of years as the cycle of funding went up and down, over the course of 20 years.
People spending other people's money ALWAYS do a shit job in general.
and the money will end up going to everything but new bike paths. A good 1/3 of it will be eaten up in paychecks and benefits for what ever little office that will suddenly triple in size because of the new money. That and the money will end up only in pet projects near the homes of the most powerful rather than in "best bang for your buck" projects that will actually be useful to the public at large.
Well I will never support MGI then. You either live within your share or you die within your share. None of this horse shit of we all get the same thing, but I need more for what ever reason. That is pretty much socialism/communism as soon as that line is crossed which just leads to a death spiral of increasing costs and dropping productivity.
The only reason the ER is so expensive is because only the people that can afford to pay for it are billed NOT because there is anything particularly expensive about the ER. Here is a typical ER/Urgent Care situation, a kid falls down and needs stitches.
Stitches in the ER $1500-2500.
Stitches in Urgent Care $200-300.
Why is it that much different? Because urgent care can legally tell the 1 bum, 3 welfare moms, 2 illegals who came in before you who wanted free service to take a hike. The ER legally cannot reject anyone, which is why now there are very few private/commercial ERs anywhere not attached to a Local, State, or Federally run hospital.
When I was a kid in the 70's ERs were all the rage, they were rapidly becoming the McDonald's of the medical world. It was affordable, it was fast, and the service and quality was pretty decent and in some cases was beating doctor office visits on all three categories. Then the progressives got the wild idea that it should take care of everyone, not just those that can pay. Now the ER is slow, very expensive, over regulated, and the last place you want to go for treatment if you can help it.
Get a course list from a university on the subject of interest. Look up the book requirements for each class and see if you can find the chapters/material covered in a posted syllabus. Buy an edition of that book that is 1 or 2 editions out of date for less than $40 on Amazon. Hire a tutor to work with 2-3 times a week as you work through the material. Use the hell out of videos on YouTube/Khan Academy. After 2-4 years of study you will have a similar level of education to that of a college graduate. Minus the $50,000-100,000 tuition debt. Pretty much describes my pursuit of an Engineering degree, but sadly it did involve more expensive books and tuition.
There are a few times here and there I've found teachers to be handy to the learning process, but for the grand bulk of the time I've spent working on college degrees they were not necessary. Most of it was on me to read and digest the material, practice working problems, and preparing for the tests.
The only place where I found teachers to be useful was helping you to develop a stronger work ethic and to help you push your boundaries. That kind of training and coaching does not require a university setting (and cost)
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Silly GM didn't you realize you became absolutely irrelevant like a decade ago.
Yep, the amount of time, money, and fuel saved by ordering online for me is attractive. Then add up to benefits for society by not needing room for one more vehicle for parking spaces, room on the road, building space, etc.
It was the middle of the lane inbound to the village. You had to slow down and then go around, or just plow into it at speed and die. They didn't really care which.
Soylent Green I hear is hiring ALOT of entry level people. They can't seem to get enough warm bodies through the door.
Because fuck you if you didn't slow down before going through their town.
Yeah I'll have to admit mine already target anyone with a Guy Fawkes Mask, Anti-fa ninja outfit, feminist blue/pink/red hair, Jehova witness reading materials, or "Vote Hillary" items.
Cut the cable get a fast internet connection, Amazon Prime which I already have, and Netflix. For the difference in price I can rent a few movies a month and buy the occasional movie on Amazon and still come out way ahead,
Personally I have little time for TV, so sitting around surfing channels (and nothing is on) is something I stopped doing 20 years ago.
Missing "exclusive" shows on cable channels....well they can kiss my ass. Sooner or later they'll end up on Netflix or Prime or will be in the bargain bin on Amazon. If not, then no great loss.
Good luck with that Elon. It already is trivial to cobble together "autoturrets" that can lock onto living targets using an Arduino, a modern firearm, a camera, and a few thermal sensors. Want it only to shoot at people hack a bit of facial recognition software. Personally I love the idea of mobile land mines (killer robots) that only kill specific targets rather than indiscriminately murdering anything that happens upon them.
Most teachers are unable to get a degree in the subjects they teach. That should tell you something about the quality of our education system.
The average public school teacher is an overpaid daycare worker at best. Time for something different.
You don't know what autocorrect is? Hmmmmm curious? Kids these days are not very smart.
The average person won't run someone down in the street with their car if they can avoid it 99.9% of the time, but that doesn't mean they give a rats ass about people other than maybe abstractly. The only difference is I don't pretend to I care. I also go out of my way to not to have to rely on other people, because frankly most people are not very reliable. If you live your life waiting for everyone else to bail you out/rescue you when it counts you are going to die.
There is definitely a big difference in price between private and public care all other things being equal. Private tends to be much less so. Not to mention the quantity of stupidity tends to go up with when there is a public safety net.
This is more about not socializing the costs of stupidity.
Anything less than 3 monitors is considered abuse these days.
Bahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.
Corporate jackassery at it's finest.
Silicon Valley here you go, (opens giant bag of dicks) help yourself. Please go fuck yourself.
If you mean should the gov't subsidize companies to provide you with faster internet service......then in that case no, not only no, but go fuck a running Weed Wacker no.
No it's expensive if there is socialized medicine. Otherwise it's just a little bit of body work and a good wash for the car and the street and things are good as new. The world in general is better off minus one moron.
Natural selection already has a plan for this people. Why are all the busy body, nanny state, progressives so keen on trying to keep them alive? Lol answered my own question.
First off they define a child as anyone under the age of 18, which is a complete distortion. The government defines children as under the age of 15 not 18. 56% of those deaths were criminals killing criminals or police killing criminals. In other words teenagers 15-18.
Second they lump in suicides with those numbers which takes another 38% of the total off the number of deaths. A smart gun will not stop suicides since there are literally an unlimited number of other means to do so in the absence of a gun.
6% where "unintentional" so that mean 78, MIGHT be stopped by a smart gun, but then again a simple gun safe, along with a little training will do a better job.
Firearms do not even make it into the top 20 causes of child death by the way.
https://www.cdc.gov/
because the thing that you should most be worried about in a home invasion is getting killed by your own gun.
Again warping statistics. Nearly all deaths "with your own gun" are suicides not home invasions gone wrong. That statistic was debunked 20 years ago.
In the case of the office furniture and carpet, this was for a maintenance unit full of flightline apes, they had it all trashed within 6 months. We dropped a cool $2000+ for each of the troops for personal gear. Why buy a $30 solid LED flashlight when you could buy a tactical rechargeable one for $300? Why buy a very nice folding knife for $50 when you could get a $190 Benchmade. Don't go to the tool section and check out a David Clark headset, get your own, hell they are only $600 each. $300 backpacks, multiple $60 camel backs, $260 jackets, $30 pairs of socks, you name it we pissed away the money on it. By the end of the first year most of the gear had been trashed, lost, or sold to a pawn shop. The best part was the troops got so used this sort of gov't largess, they all went completely entitled spoiled children when the money dried up, and they were back to buying their own personal gear. (We do get an annual allowance to pay for that sort of stuff.)
This wasn't one time, this happened every couple of years as the cycle of funding went up and down, over the course of 20 years.
People spending other people's money ALWAYS do a shit job in general.
The full saying goes: If it moves tax it, if it keeps moving regulate it, if it stops moving, subsidize it.
and the money will end up going to everything but new bike paths. A good 1/3 of it will be eaten up in paychecks and benefits for what ever little office that will suddenly triple in size because of the new money. That and the money will end up only in pet projects near the homes of the most powerful rather than in "best bang for your buck" projects that will actually be useful to the public at large.
The only reason the ER is so expensive is because only the people that can afford to pay for it are billed NOT because there is anything particularly expensive about the ER. Here is a typical ER/Urgent Care situation, a kid falls down and needs stitches.
Stitches in the ER $1500-2500.
Stitches in Urgent Care $200-300.
Why is it that much different? Because urgent care can legally tell the 1 bum, 3 welfare moms, 2 illegals who came in before you who wanted free service to take a hike. The ER legally cannot reject anyone, which is why now there are very few private/commercial ERs anywhere not attached to a Local, State, or Federally run hospital.
When I was a kid in the 70's ERs were all the rage, they were rapidly becoming the McDonald's of the medical world. It was affordable, it was fast, and the service and quality was pretty decent and in some cases was beating doctor office visits on all three categories. Then the progressives got the wild idea that it should take care of everyone, not just those that can pay. Now the ER is slow, very expensive, over regulated, and the last place you want to go for treatment if you can help it.
There are a few times here and there I've found teachers to be handy to the learning process, but for the grand bulk of the time I've spent working on college degrees they were not necessary. Most of it was on me to read and digest the material, practice working problems, and preparing for the tests.
The only place where I found teachers to be useful was helping you to develop a stronger work ethic and to help you push your boundaries. That kind of training and coaching does not require a university setting (and cost)