Everyone in tech does this: You start off using cutting edge, latest and greatest. Over time, you eventually default to "cheapest that gets the job done".
My dad did this with cable tv runs: cable tv came into the attic, and the cable company wanted monthly $$ for additional rooms: He put a splitter between cable connections for additional rooms, and whenever the cable guy came he'd crawl up in the attic and hide the rest under insulation so the cable guy wouldn't find it.
Have you ever met a Japanese police officer? I lived in japan, and the few times I interacted with them, they were primarily skilled at filling out forms, walking around, and waving flags. To be fair, there's not a lot of crime there outside of criminal on criminal that they need to deal with. Once, when my bike was stolen, he was very attentive to the proper form filling out, and had me revise my form a few times due to my bad Japanese. Of course I never got the bike back. Another time, one accosted me in the street for being foreign, and I hesitated to tell him that his holstered pistol was falling out,only being kept in the holster by the silly cable they have to keep it from being lost.
Oh, admit it: Nobody wants "safe" guns because of the mandates stated above: that once on the market, even if decidedly buggy, would then force ALL guns to be illegal that weren't "safe" guns. The laws exist, it's not a matter of conjecture. In the end, you're just hoping to use this as a run around to eliminate firearms altogether, because they simply make you nervous. If you really wanted to end gun violence, you'd address the root causes: gangs, drugs-such as the opioid epidemic, criminal culture, etc. You'd address gun safety training instead of barring it as a bogeyman in schools.
1) security won't let you take stuff on a plane 2) you're hauling lots of items, or need to pick up lots of items 3) No decent airport near where you're going or where you're coming from. 4) plane ticket is expensive. 5) want freedom to drive around when you get there without renting a car, or MUST drive when you get there and can't rent a car.
That wasn't so hard to come up with , and I'm sure there are billions more.
Except:... depending on where you live, electricity may not be a small fraction, but a rather large one. Adding in charging inefficiencies, and the necessity for larger power connections, it becomes more expensive. Add in time to charge, and remembering when to charge based on fluctuating costs from the power company, and it's a nightmare. I say this as someone who is currently debating an electric versus a gas purchase. I've run the numbers, and in my situation, electric just has too many charges. The savings are minimal. This will change, but isn't there yet. Also, like the state of California is discovering, as people move from gas to electric and fuel economy goes up, gas taxes don't cover road repair. expect an electric tax at some near future point.
I'm buying a new car, and just ran the numbers for a volt versus a normal gas engine. In my commute? I save an amazing $321 a year. That's less than $1 a day. in a car which is $3K MORE than the gas car, even after $9K in gov't/state bonuses. You wannna push electric vehicles? Lower the cost of Electricity.
If the current thought on how AI develops is true, the machines will formulate their own opinions, and that may involve deciding that the Chinese gov't is wrong.
You're wrong. I prefer the taste of Diet Coke. Regular coke tastes too sweet to me and feels like it's coating my teeth. Mexican coke makes me feel like my head is exploding from sweet. For whatever reason, my taste buds are that way. Some people really like Dr. Pepper, others despise it. It's preference.
It's pretty much physical exercise and dietary control/portions. We've lost that in the US. How many people do you know who won't walk anywhere? What is considered a standard portion for a meal? I lived in japan for three years, and in my first four months dropped 25 pounds by doing nothing but my daily regimen-which involved not driving everywhere, but walking/biking/taking the train everywhere. And the gigantic meals we get in the US were half sized ( or less ) there. Took me about two weeks to get used to that, but once I did, no problem.
Everyday was less intake, and more calorie burn. I never watched what I ate, and I drank a LOT more than I do here. My body settled in at healthier level. Take rice: it's regarded as the evil carbo devil in the US. in Japan, it's part of everything. They're not fat.
More than likely, the local police were being paid off to look the other way at his dealings. When heavy attention came on, he suddenly got hung. Corruption doesn't like a spotlight.
This is the sort of the argument I keep making in California: The state government keeps throwing lots of money at high speed rail, when the current low speed rail is already owned by freight companies and only has one set of rails. For a fraction of cost of high speed, you could buy the rails and put a second set next to it, making it bidirectional. But that's not "cool".
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never forget the star studded GDR, German Democratic Republic either.
Yeah, they were. Sorry.They just viewed communism as a threat.
That's really funny, since years ago it was the racists weeping about how all the immigrants would outbreed them and lead to a left wing revolution.
If they'll stop making tunnels and just paint one on the wall, ala' road runner cartoons.
Everyone in tech does this:
You start off using cutting edge, latest and greatest.
Over time, you eventually default to "cheapest that gets the job done".
My dad did this with cable tv runs: cable tv came into the attic, and the cable company wanted monthly $$ for additional rooms: He put a splitter between cable connections for additional rooms, and whenever the cable guy came he'd crawl up in the attic and hide the rest under insulation so the cable guy wouldn't find it.
I think he was just referring to a future standard, ala' "unobtanium".
the value is that it's in the walls already.
Have you ever met a Japanese police officer?
I lived in japan, and the few times I interacted with them, they were primarily skilled at filling out forms, walking around, and waving flags. To be fair, there's not a lot of crime there outside of criminal on criminal that they need to deal with.
Once, when my bike was stolen, he was very attentive to the proper form filling out, and had me revise my form a few times due to my bad Japanese. Of course I never got the bike back.
Another time, one accosted me in the street for being foreign, and I hesitated to tell him that his holstered pistol was falling out,only being kept in the holster by the silly cable they have to keep it from being lost.
You're mistaking "Assault Rifle" for "Assault Weapon".
I'll buy one when I get to wear that cool Judge Dredd helmet , but not before then!
"Incendiary!"
correct. Sometimes they simply scare the burglar away by brandishing the weapon.
Oh, admit it: Nobody wants "safe" guns because of the mandates stated above: that once on the market, even if decidedly buggy, would then force ALL guns to be illegal that weren't "safe" guns. The laws exist, it's not a matter of conjecture.
In the end, you're just hoping to use this as a run around to eliminate firearms altogether, because they simply make you nervous.
If you really wanted to end gun violence, you'd address the root causes: gangs, drugs-such as the opioid epidemic, criminal culture, etc. You'd address gun safety training instead of barring it as a bogeyman in schools.
I have no desire to have a firearm ever present for safety. I just like to shoot.
And I shouldn't have to justify it, either.
1) security won't let you take stuff on a plane
2) you're hauling lots of items, or need to pick up lots of items
3) No decent airport near where you're going or where you're coming from.
4) plane ticket is expensive.
5) want freedom to drive around when you get there without renting a car, or MUST drive when you get there and can't rent a car.
That wasn't so hard to come up with , and I'm sure there are billions more.
Except:... depending on where you live, electricity may not be a small fraction, but a rather large one. Adding in charging inefficiencies, and the necessity for larger power connections, it becomes more expensive. Add in time to charge, and remembering when to charge based on fluctuating costs from the power company, and it's a nightmare.
I say this as someone who is currently debating an electric versus a gas purchase. I've run the numbers, and in my situation, electric just has too many charges. The savings are minimal. This will change, but isn't there yet.
Also, like the state of California is discovering, as people move from gas to electric and fuel economy goes up, gas taxes don't cover road repair. expect an electric tax at some near future point.
I'm buying a new car, and just ran the numbers for a volt versus a normal gas engine. /state bonuses.
In my commute? I save an amazing $321 a year.
That's less than $1 a day. in a car which is $3K MORE than the gas car, even after $9K in gov't
You wannna push electric vehicles? Lower the cost of Electricity.
If the current thought on how AI develops is true, the machines will formulate their own opinions, and that may involve deciding that the Chinese gov't is wrong.
There's something wrong with that example. Carlin was wrong and so are you. It's like saying half the population are geniuses.
China: Here is our AI!
AI: give me more information
China: nope! that's censored
AI: not anymore...
Oh C'mon, you got schooled. Or perhaps "Schooled". Just laugh along and go with the flow.
PS: books is plural.
You're wrong.
I prefer the taste of Diet Coke. Regular coke tastes too sweet to me and feels like it's coating my teeth. Mexican coke makes me feel like my head is exploding from sweet.
For whatever reason, my taste buds are that way.
Some people really like Dr. Pepper, others despise it. It's preference.
It's pretty much physical exercise and dietary control/portions. We've lost that in the US. How many people do you know who won't walk anywhere? What is considered a standard portion for a meal? /biking/taking the train everywhere.
I lived in japan for three years, and in my first four months dropped 25 pounds by doing nothing but my daily regimen-which involved not driving everywhere, but walking
And the gigantic meals we get in the US were half sized ( or less ) there. Took me about two weeks to get used to that, but once I did, no problem.
Everyday was less intake, and more calorie burn. I never watched what I ate, and I drank a LOT more than I do here. My body settled in at healthier level.
Take rice: it's regarded as the evil carbo devil in the US. in Japan, it's part of everything. They're not fat.
More than likely, the local police were being paid off to look the other way at his dealings. When heavy attention came on, he suddenly got hung. Corruption doesn't like a spotlight.
This is the sort of the argument I keep making in California: The state government keeps throwing lots of money at high speed rail, when the current low speed rail is already owned by freight companies and only has one set of rails.
For a fraction of cost of high speed, you could buy the rails and put a second set next to it, making it bidirectional. But that's not "cool".