jumped on the bandwagon and released their own pesticides
Glyphosphate is an herbicide, not a pesticide. And as far as reaching a 'critical mass', it really can only be used on crops that are engineered to be resistant to it. Or it will kill the crops as well. As for home use; it tends to be applied where everything in an area needs to be killed prior to planting desirable plants.
You do the serious work that involves billions of dollars of transactions.
Meh. A slow day on Wall Street. What do the big exchanges use? Learn that. Probably not a batch oriented language and underlying system. Something that can support event-driven high frequency trading.
So what are other countries using? Because a few more years of 'do what we say or else' and banking, being the reserve currency and the seat of the world's energy markets will just go overseas. Find out what they use and learn that.
That's not what the industrial exemption means. It means (in states where it is in effect) that no professional engineering signature is needed for manufactured products.
I don't think people's best interests are at the heart of this monitoring idea
If it motivates people to get off their fat asses and exercise in return for a lower premium, it serves the interests of both the insurance company and the client to not drop dead too soon.
Sounds recipe for making it easier for insurance companies to deny claims and nothing more.
If you have a heart attack and die, the fitness tracker should report that incident correctly. And they'll have to pay. What they will do in the meantime is to jack up your monthly premiums should you not keep up with your fitness goals. Or spend too much time in bars or awake late at night.
in order to avoid the life threatening injury of having slightly less money
Rich people will always be able to afford the dues at Mar-a-Lago. That comes out of discretionary income. What they can't afford is some local taxing authority shaving just enough off their businesses bottom line to make relocation to a cheaper jurisdiction beneficial.
Whereas, if you are middle or working class
You are stuck here behind an economic Iron Curtain. You can't move your income and you must shop at the company store. That being the market segment created by regulations, supposedly to protect you. But actually put in place to keep you from buying Canadian drugs or a Porsche from a German dealership.
They park more often than not, gas prices being what the are. But in many places, people will lose their housing before they give up a vehicle. It might seem like false economics, but when you get booted out of a rental, you can still sleep in your car. Seattle recently lost a case* where they towed a man's pickup truck. The guy won the court case which stated that his truck, being his residence, was protected by the state's homestead law.
Go to a few auto/DIY discussion groups and you will find numerous people making plans for eventual homelessness by purchasing and outfitting a vehicle.
*I think they threw the case. Seattle has always looked the other way in cases of homeless parking. They only enforced laws upon receipt of complaints. Now they can just point at the court and say, "Sorry. They said no."
After all, with a ban on cars must come a significant reduction in taxation.
Not really. Without cars, more residents will shop in town for the convenience rather than driving out to the big box stores in the suburbs. Prices tend to be higher due to the reduction in competition, so tax revenues don't suffer.
I feel sorry for the poor people who get stuck shopping in pricier town shops. Seattle is trying this sort of thing (by eliminating parking) in some urban village areas. The unwritten message is, "Poor people GTFO. We want rich hipsters here. The rest of you move to Renton."
My only question is how those adorable coffee shops get their supplies daily.
From TFS: "With all but the most essential traffic banished,"
Take a look at the picture accompanying that article. There's a car parked on that street. Probably by special permit.
This isn't a bad idea, particularly in 'historic' towns, i.e. not designed with off-street car parking. Take a look at some videos of the absolute shit that is parking in old European cities. People will actually shove other people's parked cars to make room for their own.
As long as it's a DIN standard box, I can pull it out and replace it with something else. Over-the-air software updates? No thanks. I'll bring it into the shop rather than wait for the script kiddies to push crap onto my ECU.
then FaceBook should be at least partially responsible
As should Verizon, AT&T, Comcast, etc. Not being 'telecommunications carriers', but 'information services', they are in part responsible for providing access to that ill-gotten information.
Vestberg, Stephenson and Roberts get cells next to Franklin. Or perhaps they could get Pai to serve their sentences as a stand-in.
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jumped on the bandwagon and released their own pesticides
Glyphosphate is an herbicide, not a pesticide. And as far as reaching a 'critical mass', it really can only be used on crops that are engineered to be resistant to it. Or it will kill the crops as well. As for home use; it tends to be applied where everything in an area needs to be killed prior to planting desirable plants.
You do the serious work that involves billions of dollars of transactions.
Meh. A slow day on Wall Street. What do the big exchanges use? Learn that. Probably not a batch oriented language and underlying system. Something that can support event-driven high frequency trading.
'In the U.S.'
So what are other countries using? Because a few more years of 'do what we say or else' and banking, being the reserve currency and the seat of the world's energy markets will just go overseas. Find out what they use and learn that.
ultimately the Engineer needs to sign off
That's not what the industrial exemption means. It means (in states where it is in effect) that no professional engineering signature is needed for manufactured products.
Would you like to watch 5 hours straight of car accidents?
[Yawn]
What gets to me is having to read about AGW, UBI or "she won" over and over. Where's my trauma support?
Do you normally carry a gun to work?
Yes.
If yes perhaps you could also tell us the line of work.
Engineer for a local electric company. Lots of bears and mountain lions.
And someone with a state Engineering license has to sign off on the design.
Nope. Industrial exemption.
What was WTS Paradigm's policy on carrying while at work? I'll venture a guess that this is one of these 'gun free' zones.
I don't think people's best interests are at the heart of this monitoring idea
If it motivates people to get off their fat asses and exercise in return for a lower premium, it serves the interests of both the insurance company and the client to not drop dead too soon.
they could make the system voluntary
Sounds like they are. Just buy your life insurance elsewhere.
I don't know how they will handle existing fixed premium contracts. If you have one, you are probably good until it's term (if any) is up.
Sounds recipe for making it easier for insurance companies to deny claims and nothing more.
If you have a heart attack and die, the fitness tracker should report that incident correctly. And they'll have to pay. What they will do in the meantime is to jack up your monthly premiums should you not keep up with your fitness goals. Or spend too much time in bars or awake late at night.
Just don't get in a wreck with the dongle at home. Or that patch cord attached.
Will we see a division named Alibaba and the Forty Thieves?
in order to avoid the life threatening injury of having slightly less money
Rich people will always be able to afford the dues at Mar-a-Lago. That comes out of discretionary income. What they can't afford is some local taxing authority shaving just enough off their businesses bottom line to make relocation to a cheaper jurisdiction beneficial.
Whereas, if you are middle or working class
You are stuck here behind an economic Iron Curtain. You can't move your income and you must shop at the company store. That being the market segment created by regulations, supposedly to protect you. But actually put in place to keep you from buying Canadian drugs or a Porsche from a German dealership.
there are 100 types
I only counted FF types. Which one did I miss?
Poor people don't drive
They park more often than not, gas prices being what the are. But in many places, people will lose their housing before they give up a vehicle. It might seem like false economics, but when you get booted out of a rental, you can still sleep in your car. Seattle recently lost a case* where they towed a man's pickup truck. The guy won the court case which stated that his truck, being his residence, was protected by the state's homestead law.
Go to a few auto/DIY discussion groups and you will find numerous people making plans for eventual homelessness by purchasing and outfitting a vehicle.
*I think they threw the case. Seattle has always looked the other way in cases of homeless parking. They only enforced laws upon receipt of complaints. Now they can just point at the court and say, "Sorry. They said no."
I'm afraid you are just whistling Dixie if you think Americans will rebel. Oh wait. There's a charge for that.
A stickiness of children*.
*Writing this while sitting at a coffee shop table previously occupied by some little kid.
After all, with a ban on cars must come a significant reduction in taxation.
Not really. Without cars, more residents will shop in town for the convenience rather than driving out to the big box stores in the suburbs. Prices tend to be higher due to the reduction in competition, so tax revenues don't suffer.
I feel sorry for the poor people who get stuck shopping in pricier town shops. Seattle is trying this sort of thing (by eliminating parking) in some urban village areas. The unwritten message is, "Poor people GTFO. We want rich hipsters here. The rest of you move to Renton."
My only question is how those adorable coffee shops get their supplies daily.
From TFS: "With all but the most essential traffic banished,"
Take a look at the picture accompanying that article. There's a car parked on that street. Probably by special permit.
This isn't a bad idea, particularly in 'historic' towns, i.e. not designed with off-street car parking. Take a look at some videos of the absolute shit that is parking in old European cities. People will actually shove other people's parked cars to make room for their own.
As long as it's a DIN standard box, I can pull it out and replace it with something else. Over-the-air software updates? No thanks. I'll bring it into the shop rather than wait for the script kiddies to push crap onto my ECU.
Those who divide people into two types and those who don't.
It's conceivable that employers would use different recruiting techniques depending on their target demographic.
We post ads for women above urinals. Is that OK?
It's been a long time, maybe forever, since Craigslist permitted ads for firearms
But my guns are all girls. What am I supposed to do if I want to find a new home for Bessie?
then FaceBook should be at least partially responsible
As should Verizon, AT&T, Comcast, etc. Not being 'telecommunications carriers', but 'information services', they are in part responsible for providing access to that ill-gotten information.
Vestberg, Stephenson and Roberts get cells next to Franklin. Or perhaps they could get Pai to serve their sentences as a stand-in.