A. Energy storage that is installed is either pumped hydro or lithium. I may be wrong, but I don't think there are any grid-scale lead-acid storage installations. B. Storage isn't required anywhere as much as people commonly suppose. What is needed is a good grid. There is always wind somewhere. Tides are predictable. Sunlight in the right location is predictable.
I just find it amazing that people think a company like Intel, which sells mostly to OEMs and other businesses rather than the public, engages in virtue signalling that would harm their own business.
You mean the same company that has probably spent over $1B on the "Intel Inside" campaign? You really think that Intel doesn't care about its image amongst consumers?
That was a disgusting decision which I predict will have bad consequences for future prosecution of criminals. It was short-sighted for the government to push that argument.
I bought a pack of 4 eclipse glasses. The listing on Amazon claimed they were ISO certified. However, before they arrived, I had some doubt about the glasses because the manufacturer was not listed as a supplier of safe glasses. When I went to look at the listing again, it had been taken down (not just zero available, but the product was not found).
When they arrived, there was no ISO marking on the glasses. In fact, there was a marking "Do not use for Sun glasses".
So, they went back, then about a day later, I received the email from Amazon warning me about these glasses.
And then go on to think: Is it better for me that a government bureaucrat with some minimal accountability controls something, or that a multi-billionaire, who is only interested in himself (and perhaps his family) controls something?
Do you think that the policies that the Koch Brothers and the Mercers push are intended to benefit anyone except the ultra-wealthy?
50 years ago, IBM came to Austin and set up shop. Texas Instruments followed.
And how many employees do those companies have in Austin now? For TI, how many ever?
10 - 3 = 7. It sounds like Foxconn is dumping $7B into the state. How long will it take the state to break even from the $7B opportunity cost?
The naivete of people here never fails to amaze me. Or is it ignorance, or even shilling?
Foxconn is going to spend $10B, but how much of that will be in the state? They will buy equipment, materials, expertise and more from out of state; perhaps even out of the country. For all we know, they might be spending $9B on a license to build products from their parent company.
It's a race to the bottom and the end result is that there is no money left for the state to operate. Why should not every company in Wisconsin demand a tax break of a similar magnitude, under threat of moving to another state?
This is not "breaking even" because they did not pay any money out to begin with. If Foxconn pays even one dollar in taxes, then Wisconsin has more revenue than it would otherwise.
That is ridiculous. Of course the state will incur extra costs because of this plant. To suggest otherwise is disingenuous.
Then, there is the fact that such an approach has knock-on effects: it becomes a race to the bottom. Other companies will demand similar deals just to stay in the state.
Go ask Kansas how well things work when you run your budget at the bottom. Ask people how things work when you can't pay your teachers.
I suspect that the list was pseudo-random, with using a seed that was based on the current password. Someone probably thought that if they used the current password to generate new passwords, that would ensure that the new password was different. The passwords were only 4 characters. This was decades ago.
I am not sure that my description of the hack is entirely accurate.
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*country.
I meant country, not company.
That would be Bush II who almost bankrupted the company, idiot.
Are you such a partisan that you have to post obvious falsehoods?
Try reading the article dipshit. Or even the summary.
It's up to $2.85 in cash payments from the state to Foxconn.
*cough, cough *. Fukushima.
Just like many nuke plants, they went cheap on the safety.
A. Energy storage that is installed is either pumped hydro or lithium. I may be wrong, but I don't think there are any grid-scale lead-acid storage installations.
B. Storage isn't required anywhere as much as people commonly suppose. What is needed is a good grid. There is always wind somewhere. Tides are predictable. Sunlight in the right location is predictable.
But if all those people don't die early, the rest of us will have to share the cost of their social security payments.
Just become like this guy, who, based on his comments, travelled about 40,000 miles in his 55 year old car last year.
What are you going to do when the antenna is embedded in a window?
Indeed.
This person travels 80-90 miles. Here is an example of someone who travels 120 miles per day (scroll down to the comment by Sprinterguy) and it him takes 2 hours door to door.
The issue isn't the distance, it's the poor state of public transport in the USA.
You mean, apart from the likelihood of inappropriate and expensive treatment which will reduce your quality of life or life expectancy.
I've seen both US and European socialized medicine first hand and the idea that the US "system" is better is laughable.
There is another path:
MBA -> VC firm -> CEO of VC dependent company.
https://www.engadget.com/2017/...
You mean the same company that has probably spent over $1B on the "Intel Inside" campaign? You really think that Intel doesn't care about its image amongst consumers?
That was a disgusting decision which I predict will have bad consequences for future prosecution of criminals. It was short-sighted for the government to push that argument.
Perhaps GP is British?
British version of the finger is traditionally given using two fingers.
I bought a pack of 4 eclipse glasses. The listing on Amazon claimed they were ISO certified. However, before they arrived, I had some doubt about the glasses because the manufacturer was not listed as a supplier of safe glasses. When I went to look at the listing again, it had been taken down (not just zero available, but the product was not found).
When they arrived, there was no ISO marking on the glasses. In fact, there was a marking "Do not use for Sun glasses".
So, they went back, then about a day later, I received the email from Amazon warning me about these glasses.
Because it hasn't. Japan has been in a deflationary spiral for decades.
Does this explain climate change denial and the election of Donald Trump?
That's why the USA needs more, not less immigrants. And if they have to be illegal initially, so be it.
Perhaps you could start by having an original thought and not parrot Republican talking points.
And then go on to think:
Is it better for me that a government bureaucrat with some minimal accountability controls something, or that a multi-billionaire, who is only interested in himself (and perhaps his family) controls something?
Do you think that the policies that the Koch Brothers and the Mercers push are intended to benefit anyone except the ultra-wealthy?
And how many employees do those companies have in Austin now? For TI, how many ever?
The naivete of people here never fails to amaze me. Or is it ignorance, or even shilling?
Foxconn is going to spend $10B, but how much of that will be in the state? They will buy equipment, materials, expertise and more from out of state; perhaps even out of the country. For all we know, they might be spending $9B on a license to build products from their parent company.
It's a race to the bottom and the end result is that there is no money left for the state to operate. Why should not every company in Wisconsin demand a tax break of a similar magnitude, under threat of moving to another state?
Wisconsin Won't Break Even On Foxconn Plant Deal
FTFY.
Or to be really clear:
Wisconsin Won't Ever Break Even On Foxconn Plant Deal
That is ridiculous. Of course the state will incur extra costs because of this plant. To suggest otherwise is disingenuous.
Then, there is the fact that such an approach has knock-on effects: it becomes a race to the bottom. Other companies will demand similar deals just to stay in the state.
Go ask Kansas how well things work when you run your budget at the bottom. Ask people how things work when you can't pay your teachers.
I suspect that the list was pseudo-random, with using a seed that was based on the current password. Someone probably thought that if they used the current password to generate new passwords, that would ensure that the new password was different. The passwords were only 4 characters. This was decades ago.
I am not sure that my description of the hack is entirely accurate.