Exactly. If you call a hotel (especially if you can directly) they will usually give you a lower rate, depending on how full they are. Cash doesn't matter. The "swipe fees" are minimal compared to the discount (usually 3%).
Exactly. 3D printing, 3DTV, VR. All failed tech the venture capitalists tries to hype to make work. Now it is "AI". Wake me up when we can create normal software reliably.
I am always amused by "environmentally aware" architects who show off the houses they built. They are usually 6000 sqft monstrosities, placed in the middle of a forest that has been cleared for the land. But they put a few rain barrels and solar panels on it, and think they are environmentalists.
Bullshit. It isn't semantics. This isn't AI. "deep learning neural networks" are nothing like real neural networks (brains) and don't learn either. This is just another hype cycle, like 3DTV and VR.
Words matter, caveman. What we are calling "AI" is definitely artificial, not not intelligent. If we are going to start calling computer programs "AI" just to start another VC hype cycle, then what is the point? Microsoft Word is "AI".
Of course this is more "AI" baloney as you can clearly tell it is speech synthesis. Even if it were indistinguishable, this is NOT AI. A "neural network" is nothing like a human brain. It is a weasel term to fool laypeople into thinking it is some sort of magic. Nice try Google. Keeping pushing your Google Home gadgets.
You can help this situation by stopping by your local Apple store and purchasing multiple Iphone Xs. Only you can help Apple make its forecast. They are only $1000+ each. Have a heart this Christmas and help them out. Think of the Apple employees and their families.
You are really dumb if you think your landlord is renting you something for "much much less". You are comparing renting an APARTMENT with buying a house. That isn't even comparable. One thing I have noticed from people here who talking about renting is that they really have no clue on the basics. Of course renting a $500 a month apartment is cheaper than buying a $500,000 house with a $2000 month/mortgage. That isn't the point.
You must be young. Otherwise, did you take your own advice and invest a bunch of cash in 1970 in S&P500 index funds instead of buying a house? My guess is you didn't. No one does, you can guess why. There is a reason that the vast majority of people who have wealth in this country invest in real estate.
Amazingly there are people (we call them "estate agents") who sell houses regularly. Over 5 million existing homes were sold in the US this year. Just because you made a poor choice doesn't mean no one else can sell a home. And if you can't sell it, rent it. Isn't that what you argued for?
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I don't "need" to do anything you say. The US is second in renewable power generation at 650Gwh.
The US is second in renewable power generation. We are great already.
Bingo. I always wonder who are these people that give companies free money in exchange for nothing but risk?
Exactly. If you call a hotel (especially if you can directly) they will usually give you a lower rate, depending on how full they are. Cash doesn't matter. The "swipe fees" are minimal compared to the discount (usually 3%).
Exactly. 3D printing, 3DTV, VR. All failed tech the venture capitalists tries to hype to make work. Now it is "AI". Wake me up when we can create normal software reliably.
So software that used to interpret sensor data is AI? What did we use with sensors with digital systems before? Fairy dust?
Sensors are AI now. Will the hype cycle ever end for AI?
We aren't all rich here in Silicon Valley. Some of us ride the bus to work with the people who pick up your trash.
I am always amused by "environmentally aware" architects who show off the houses they built. They are usually 6000 sqft monstrosities, placed in the middle of a forest that has been cleared for the land. But they put a few rain barrels and solar panels on it, and think they are environmentalists.
That must be why Slashdot is the most peaceful website on the planet.
No, they don't.
Bullshit. It isn't semantics. This isn't AI. "deep learning neural networks" are nothing like real neural networks (brains) and don't learn either. This is just another hype cycle, like 3DTV and VR.
Words matter, caveman. What we are calling "AI" is definitely artificial, not not intelligent. If we are going to start calling computer programs "AI" just to start another VC hype cycle, then what is the point? Microsoft Word is "AI".
Of course this is more "AI" baloney as you can clearly tell it is speech synthesis. Even if it were indistinguishable, this is NOT AI. A "neural network" is nothing like a human brain. It is a weasel term to fool laypeople into thinking it is some sort of magic. Nice try Google. Keeping pushing your Google Home gadgets.
You can help this situation by stopping by your local Apple store and purchasing multiple Iphone Xs. Only you can help Apple make its forecast. They are only $1000+ each. Have a heart this Christmas and help them out. Think of the Apple employees and their families.
OK again, that is an extreme example. Lets talk about reality.
"Individual landlords almost always go through a few years of negative cash flow after buying a new property."
No landlord is going to charge your LESS THAN THEIR COSTS, unless they are truly dumb. It doesn't make sense.
You are really dumb if you think your landlord is renting you something for "much much less". You are comparing renting an APARTMENT with buying a house. That isn't even comparable. One thing I have noticed from people here who talking about renting is that they really have no clue on the basics. Of course renting a $500 a month apartment is cheaper than buying a $500,000 house with a $2000 month/mortgage. That isn't the point.
You must be young. Otherwise, did you take your own advice and invest a bunch of cash in 1970 in S&P500 index funds instead of buying a house? My guess is you didn't. No one does, you can guess why. There is a reason that the vast majority of people who have wealth in this country invest in real estate.
Amazingly there are people (we call them "estate agents") who sell houses regularly. Over 5 million existing homes were sold in the US this year. Just because you made a poor choice doesn't mean no one else can sell a home. And if you can't sell it, rent it. Isn't that what you argued for?
Do you think your landlord isn't factoring in home repairs in your rent???
OK, those are extreme examples. Those people also have vacation homes in the Hamptons.
Plus you can only get dial up Internet in Seattle, right? That is why everyone is moving there.
I would rather borrow money at 3.5% than sink that much money into one thing, but you have a point. There is a balance.
No you didn't. Unless your landlord was really dumb.