This is true. But critical thinking skills in the general population threaten all sides of the political ecosystem. Right now the alt right is under attack for inventing and propagating 'fake' news. But that's just a pushback against many of the liberal media outlets, who have been incorporating a bias for years. And frequently, the alt right stuff is just made up to satirize the other side. It's so over the top that most people just laugh. But after the laughing is done, many people step back and look at the techniques the other side has been using in a new light as well.
Maybe. But the increased capital cost to improve the line efficiency isn't worth the effort. And it's pretty cheap to increase power line efficiency. Double the voltage and the power loss goes down by a factor of four.
and worse energy density than a natural gas pipeline.
That doesn't make sense. We built a combined cycle natural gas plant. The pipeline in cost about a million a mile. The transmission line out was about a quarter of that. Figuring a 50% efficiency, the gas line was twice as expensive as the power line.
In fact its more expensive than to build a natural gas pipeline
[citation needed]
I've done some engineering on HV transmission lines. They are not that expensive. About $250K per mile back in my day. Natural gas pipelines cost about a million a mile IIRC.
Umm. You put a natural gas power plant near the pipeline and then put the power on the transmission grid. Same with coal, hydropower or nuclear. The power grid makes location a non-issue.
There's a lot more to life than a short commute to work from a cubby hole. Google and Microsoft are steering clear of the city proper in order to attract talent, because people at those skill levels want a life after working hours. And the night life in Seattle isn't that nice either. The two major issues that were raised about life in the city were housing costs and too many homeless people. So enjoy getting grabbed riding your bicycle by one of the hobo camps in the evening.
If you have to rely on a particular developer's "environment" to be correct, you're setting yourself up for failure. The scenario you're describing sounds like amateur hour.
Google around for some of the pissing matches about tabs vs spaces. Ideally, I'd like to let the devs make their own choices. Use vi or emacs, I don't care. But if my company is going to degenerate into this sort of in-fighting then I'm going to put my foot down and make a choice. And if you don't like the tab stops I chose, there's the door.
Outside facilitators are often brought in for a number of reasons. One is that management has already selected a course of action and the 'brainstorming' session is just a way to generate consensus among the workers. Everyone gets an equal chance to speak, including the plant who parrots the boss' idea. Another is that management wants to pick the brains of the people with domain knowledge and then run off and implement the ideas somewhere else. It could be the boss' idiot son-in-law who gets to lead the dev team with 'his' idea. Or maybe they'll just bundle it all off to a consulting firm in India (been there). Or the boss will spin off his own company and sell back to your firm (been there also).
Facilitators can be good in the case of poor group dynamics. I've seen more than a few occasions where one with some psychology/group dynamics knowledge ran a meeting with what appeared to be a very light, hands off approach. But afterwards, she handed the boss a list of people that really needed to be given walking papers for the team to proceed constructively.
Then let them quit. OP has over a thousand devels and giving everyone admin access and the ability to select their own tools will turn into a nightmare. There will be a thousand different environments. One person quits, gets sick or goes on vacation and his cow-orkers will have to reverse engineer all of his shit to keep production running. Nobody in a shop that size is that good.
If you want free reign to select your own tools, work for yourself in your basement.
Where are the various state licensing boards when people or companies offer their services without the requisite PE license? It's time to plug the "industrial exemption" loophole and see to it that those who offer themselves as 'engineers' actually meet some minimal educational and professional standards.
We spent all that time and money monopolizing the production and distribution channels. We paid good money to lawmakers (or occasionally left a horse's head in their bed) to get legislation written to protect these shady business practices. And now some upstart finds a way to bypass us. And without even giving us a piece of da action. I mean its all ones and zeros floating around in the ether. There isn't even a warehouse or movie theater to burn down.
On a Somali flight (Daallo Airlines Flight 159). A laptop full of explosives was smuggled aboard a flight and detonated against the airplane's hull, blowing a hole in it. The only fatality was the bomber, who was sucked out the hole.
The issue was that, in order to get this laptop around checked bag security in Mogadishu (which isn't too good, but enough so that the terrorists didn't risk carrying it through), they had to have an airport employee carry it in and hand it to the passenger. Now if this is what the USA and GB are worried about, we have a really big problem. If an airport employee can sneak in a laptop, they can sneak in anything up to the allowed carry-on size. It doesn't have to be electronics. It could be a hollowed out bible or koran. The only way to protect against this kind of threat would be to shut down all flights originating at or passing through an airport suspected of being compromised.
If you don't have cash you don't buy it, well what if you needed it?
Well then you budget your available money. And develop some financial discipline. And if your debit card/account doesn't allow overdrafts, you could easily spend your money on crap and then be broke when you need to buy those groceries or whatever. And that can sneak up on you quickly when you can't look in your wallet to see how much is left.
The German situation can't change soon enough IMO.
Why? Unless you are in Germany, why should you care? They have some of the best financial discipline in the EU (Greece BTFO). And their system works well for them. You can learn by example or not.
if operating it profitably requires charging $10K and up per passenger for the London - New York trip
Do it.
It is intended to be all premium class. $10K per ticket is no big deal for people whose time is worth something. You want to pay $1k per passenger for a trans-Atlantic flight? You get to spend 8 hours crammed into economy behind some screaming, snot-nosed kid. Not everything has to be marketed to you.
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One good thing about her effort: When the misogynists start up with this shit, her secret service detail will just step up and taze them.
This is true. But critical thinking skills in the general population threaten all sides of the political ecosystem. Right now the alt right is under attack for inventing and propagating 'fake' news. But that's just a pushback against many of the liberal media outlets, who have been incorporating a bias for years. And frequently, the alt right stuff is just made up to satirize the other side. It's so over the top that most people just laugh. But after the laughing is done, many people step back and look at the techniques the other side has been using in a new light as well.
Power lines have more transmission losses
Maybe. But the increased capital cost to improve the line efficiency isn't worth the effort. And it's pretty cheap to increase power line efficiency. Double the voltage and the power loss goes down by a factor of four.
and worse energy density than a natural gas pipeline.
That doesn't make sense. We built a combined cycle natural gas plant. The pipeline in cost about a million a mile. The transmission line out was about a quarter of that. Figuring a 50% efficiency, the gas line was twice as expensive as the power line.
In fact its more expensive than to build a natural gas pipeline
[citation needed]
I've done some engineering on HV transmission lines. They are not that expensive. About $250K per mile back in my day. Natural gas pipelines cost about a million a mile IIRC.
The Russians own our Uranium
Canada and Australia are major producers. And what do you mean by "our" uranium? It's not ours until we buy it.
Umm. You put a natural gas power plant near the pipeline and then put the power on the transmission grid. Same with coal, hydropower or nuclear. The power grid makes location a non-issue.
They choose poorly.
This.
You would think that someone setting up a sting like this would seek even a little bit of legal advice. Or even just f**king Google it.
Only members of the Inner Party can turn their telescreens off.
I was in the company warehouse when an earthquake struck. The shelves collapsed and all the boxes tumbled down on me.
No. They would have been killed off by something meaner and more poisonous.
Only suckers live in Seattle.
FTFY.
There's a lot more to life than a short commute to work from a cubby hole. Google and Microsoft are steering clear of the city proper in order to attract talent, because people at those skill levels want a life after working hours. And the night life in Seattle isn't that nice either. The two major issues that were raised about life in the city were housing costs and too many homeless people. So enjoy getting grabbed riding your bicycle by one of the hobo camps in the evening.
If you have to rely on a particular developer's "environment" to be correct, you're setting yourself up for failure. The scenario you're describing sounds like amateur hour.
Google around for some of the pissing matches about tabs vs spaces. Ideally, I'd like to let the devs make their own choices. Use vi or emacs, I don't care. But if my company is going to degenerate into this sort of in-fighting then I'm going to put my foot down and make a choice. And if you don't like the tab stops I chose, there's the door.
Outside facilitators are often brought in for a number of reasons. One is that management has already selected a course of action and the 'brainstorming' session is just a way to generate consensus among the workers. Everyone gets an equal chance to speak, including the plant who parrots the boss' idea. Another is that management wants to pick the brains of the people with domain knowledge and then run off and implement the ideas somewhere else. It could be the boss' idiot son-in-law who gets to lead the dev team with 'his' idea. Or maybe they'll just bundle it all off to a consulting firm in India (been there). Or the boss will spin off his own company and sell back to your firm (been there also).
Facilitators can be good in the case of poor group dynamics. I've seen more than a few occasions where one with some psychology/group dynamics knowledge ran a meeting with what appeared to be a very light, hands off approach. But afterwards, she handed the boss a list of people that really needed to be given walking papers for the team to proceed constructively.
There is _no_ idiot proof way
The idiots always manage to get invited to the brainstorming sessions.
Generate and test.
Then let them quit. OP has over a thousand devels and giving everyone admin access and the ability to select their own tools will turn into a nightmare. There will be a thousand different environments. One person quits, gets sick or goes on vacation and his cow-orkers will have to reverse engineer all of his shit to keep production running. Nobody in a shop that size is that good.
If you want free reign to select your own tools, work for yourself in your basement.
or surreptitiously, as necessary.
You're fired.
Where are the various state licensing boards when people or companies offer their services without the requisite PE license? It's time to plug the "industrial exemption" loophole and see to it that those who offer themselves as 'engineers' actually meet some minimal educational and professional standards.
We spent all that time and money monopolizing the production and distribution channels. We paid good money to lawmakers (or occasionally left a horse's head in their bed) to get legislation written to protect these shady business practices. And now some upstart finds a way to bypass us. And without even giving us a piece of da action. I mean its all ones and zeros floating around in the ether. There isn't even a warehouse or movie theater to burn down.
On a Somali flight (Daallo Airlines Flight 159). A laptop full of explosives was smuggled aboard a flight and detonated against the airplane's hull, blowing a hole in it. The only fatality was the bomber, who was sucked out the hole.
The issue was that, in order to get this laptop around checked bag security in Mogadishu (which isn't too good, but enough so that the terrorists didn't risk carrying it through), they had to have an airport employee carry it in and hand it to the passenger. Now if this is what the USA and GB are worried about, we have a really big problem. If an airport employee can sneak in a laptop, they can sneak in anything up to the allowed carry-on size. It doesn't have to be electronics. It could be a hollowed out bible or koran. The only way to protect against this kind of threat would be to shut down all flights originating at or passing through an airport suspected of being compromised.
If you don't have cash you don't buy it, well what if you needed it?
Well then you budget your available money. And develop some financial discipline. And if your debit card/account doesn't allow overdrafts, you could easily spend your money on crap and then be broke when you need to buy those groceries or whatever. And that can sneak up on you quickly when you can't look in your wallet to see how much is left.
The German situation can't change soon enough IMO.
Why? Unless you are in Germany, why should you care? They have some of the best financial discipline in the EU (Greece BTFO). And their system works well for them. You can learn by example or not.
if operating it profitably requires charging $10K and up per passenger for the London - New York trip
Do it.
It is intended to be all premium class. $10K per ticket is no big deal for people whose time is worth something. You want to pay $1k per passenger for a trans-Atlantic flight? You get to spend 8 hours crammed into economy behind some screaming, snot-nosed kid. Not everything has to be marketed to you.