14.5 hours of solar during 7.5 hours of school, hard to do without the batteries.
Easier (and cheaper) to do it without the batteries. Just feed excess power into the grid, and draw out to cover peak demand.
I can't see how batteries make any sense at all for this application. The only plausible explanation is that it is all a stupid PR stunt funded by the taxpayers.
Maybe instead of looking to politicians to lead us to the stars, we should look elsewhere. Unlike Obama and Trump, Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are getting stuff done.
On the other hand, there are so many signs that today's culture to be preserved is grounded in bigotry, distrust of people who aren't like us, and war.
That is all true, but is less so that at any other time in history. Humanity has never before been more tolerant, trusting and peaceful than we are today.
Most likely the vehicle owner will hose it off periodically, which is good enough. I have had my minivan for 19 years. This is the number of times I have take it to a carwash: 0.
According to TFA, HR said her claims were not substantiated. Some of her claims involved text messages that should be easy to validate. So either HR is lying, or she is. If HR ignored solid evidence, then she should get a nice settlement.
No. Firmware on your musket prevents you from loading anything but original brand mini-balls.
Quibble: They are Minié balls, named after their inventor, Claude-Étienne Minié. They are fired from muzzle loaded rifles. "Musket" usually refers to smooth bores.
I honestly couldn't care less what Bank of America thinks about anything at all.
SEC filings don't indicate what companies think. The rules for SEC filings are simple:
1. If you leave something out, you may get sued. 2. If you put something in, it can't hurt you because nobody reads them.
So companies tend to just toss any possible threat into the document, no matter how implausible. If they later get a shareholder lawsuit, they can point to the SEC filing and say "Hey, we warned you".
The mention of bitcoin in BOA's SEC filing just means their lawyers are doing their job and nothing else. It certainly does not mean they see it as a plausible threat.
Very little. The cost of food, as a percentage of income, had declined. The cost of housing as a percentage of median income per square foot has changed very little. What has changed is house sizes. Houses built today are twice as big as houses built in the 1970s.
If you are willing to live a 1970s lifestyle, you can do so more cheaply today than 40 years ago. This is not true in coastal cities, where housing prices have gone up much more dramatically due to restrictions on construction, but in most of America, the apples-to-apples cost of living has gone down.
Pro-tip: Use a soft bag, and put a smaller hard case inside it for the items that need to be protected.
Also, I was in the military, and here is the proper way to load and unload a plane (or bus): 1. Put a gunnery sergeant at the front of the vessel to control the process. 2. Load back-to-front BY COLUMN. So window seats load first, back-to-front, then middle seats, then aisle seats. 3. Unload the same way: Everyone in an aisle seat on the starboard side stands up, grabs their gear and files off. Then the port side aisle. Then the starboard middle seats, etc. An entire column of passengers is getting their gear simultaneously, adding massive parallelism to the process. 4. Anyone who bottlenecks the system get assigned to latrine cleaning duty.
Maybe this will make people report the crimes quicker.
It also gives people an incentive to report quicker so that they are reporting, and not being reported on. When federal prosecutors cut a deal, they usually offer it to the first person to rat out their co-conspirators. If you are at the back of the line you are much more likely to go to jail, even if you are willing to cooperate.
I once listed to a talk by a DOJ prosecutor. He said that when a price-fixing/insider-trading/fraud scheme falls apart, they will sometimes get calls from participants within minutes of each other.
The article uses "probably", scientists use "likely".
If I google "define:likely" it says it means "probably".
Likely has an actual meaning in scientific language, and it's not the same as general English.
I have used the words "likely" and "probably" in scientific papers many times over the last 35 years. If there is a special scientific meaning, I am unaware of it, but would be interested to hear what it is. I used both to mean greater than 50% chance of happening. That is exactly what I also mean when I use either in everyday conversation.
Taiwan about to pass us up in the US for common sense stuff.
Many US cities have banned single-use plastic grocery bags, including my city, San Jose, California. You quickly get used to taking reusable bags or boxes with you when you shop.
Single-use plastic bags are also banned in the entire state of Hawaii, since they are a hazard to sea turtles.
China banned free single-use plastic grocery bags 10 years ago. You either pay for them when you checkout, or bring your own. Plastic bag use has dropped 70%.
India has banned single-use plastic grocery bags in some cities.
In 2002, theft in America was about the same as in the EU. In America, 10% were victims, vs 9.57% for the G7 average. That is an insignificant difference. Do you have more recent statistics that say otherwise?
"At-will" means you can be fired for ALMOST any reason, or for no reason. But even with "at-will" there is are reasons that cannot be used to fire someone. For instance, you cannot fire someone for belonging to a protected class. California has state restrictions in addition to the federal restrictions. The city of Mountain View may add even more.
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14.5 hours of solar during 7.5 hours of school, hard to do without the batteries.
Easier (and cheaper) to do it without the batteries. Just feed excess power into the grid, and draw out to cover peak demand.
I can't see how batteries make any sense at all for this application. The only plausible explanation is that it is all a stupid PR stunt funded by the taxpayers.
Maybe instead of looking to politicians to lead us to the stars, we should look elsewhere. Unlike Obama and Trump, Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are getting stuff done.
On the other hand, there are so many signs that today's culture to be preserved is grounded in bigotry, distrust of people who aren't like us, and war.
That is all true, but is less so that at any other time in history. Humanity has never before been more tolerant, trusting and peaceful than we are today.
Things are getting better. Don't worry. Be happy.
Who's going to wipe the mud of everything?
Most likely the vehicle owner will hose it off periodically, which is good enough. I have had my minivan for 19 years. This is the number of times I have take it to a carwash: 0.
Or, alternatively, how about "Keys for Chinese Accounts Moving to China - Easing Fears NSA Can Tap Communications"
Chinese citizens don't fear NSA any more than Americans fear the MSS. Citizens of both countries have far more reason to fear their own governments.
HR isn't there to help the employee. They are there to protect the employer. So of course they said her claims were unsubstantiated.
If her claims were backed by evidence, and HR said they were not, that is not "protecting the employer". It is setting them up to lose a lawsuit.
Fraud with Card-not-present (e.g., buying things online) is going up.
They don't care about that because in any disputed CNP transaction they can just screw the merchant with a chargeback.
It costs Visa/MC nothing, and the merchant has no recourse.
They did communicate this. Repeatedly. To HR.
According to TFA, HR said her claims were not substantiated. Some of her claims involved text messages that should be easy to validate. So either HR is lying, or she is. If HR ignored solid evidence, then she should get a nice settlement.
No. Firmware on your musket prevents you from loading anything but original brand mini-balls.
Quibble: They are Minié balls, named after their inventor, Claude-Étienne Minié. They are fired from muzzle loaded rifles. "Musket" usually refers to smooth bores.
Minié balls were used in America's worst mass shooting.
I honestly couldn't care less what Bank of America thinks about anything at all.
SEC filings don't indicate what companies think. The rules for SEC filings are simple:
1. If you leave something out, you may get sued.
2. If you put something in, it can't hurt you because nobody reads them.
So companies tend to just toss any possible threat into the document, no matter how implausible. If they later get a shareholder lawsuit, they can point to the SEC filing and say "Hey, we warned you".
The mention of bitcoin in BOA's SEC filing just means their lawyers are doing their job and nothing else. It certainly does not mean they see it as a plausible threat.
people traveling with children aren't going to be thrilled with boarding separately from those children.
Passengers with kids could pre-board or post-board. If 10% have kids, you would still get 90% of the speedup by column loading.
And how much has the cost of living gone up?
Very little. The cost of food, as a percentage of income, had declined. The cost of housing as a percentage of median income per square foot has changed very little. What has changed is house sizes. Houses built today are twice as big as houses built in the 1970s.
If you are willing to live a 1970s lifestyle, you can do so more cheaply today than 40 years ago. This is not true in coastal cities, where housing prices have gone up much more dramatically due to restrictions on construction, but in most of America, the apples-to-apples cost of living has gone down.
Pro-tip: Use a soft bag, and put a smaller hard case inside it for the items that need to be protected.
Also, I was in the military, and here is the proper way to load and unload a plane (or bus):
1. Put a gunnery sergeant at the front of the vessel to control the process.
2. Load back-to-front BY COLUMN. So window seats load first, back-to-front, then middle seats, then aisle seats.
3. Unload the same way: Everyone in an aisle seat on the starboard side stands up, grabs their gear and files off. Then the port side aisle. Then the starboard middle seats, etc. An entire column of passengers is getting their gear simultaneously, adding massive parallelism to the process.
4. Anyone who bottlenecks the system get assigned to latrine cleaning duty.
Sounds like an improvement to me.
Be careful what you wish for. The first class passengers are subsidizing your ticket prices. If fewer people fly FC, you will pay more.
9-0 vote shows how Trump has stacked the court. He should've never appointed that batty ginsburg.
I assume that this is intended as some sort of deadpan sarcasm.
I have a poor sarcasm detector, but even I knew it was a joke. RBG was appointed by Bill Clinton.
Maybe this will make people report the crimes quicker.
It also gives people an incentive to report quicker so that they are reporting, and not being reported on. When federal prosecutors cut a deal, they usually offer it to the first person to rat out their co-conspirators. If you are at the back of the line you are much more likely to go to jail, even if you are willing to cooperate.
I once listed to a talk by a DOJ prosecutor. He said that when a price-fixing/insider-trading/fraud scheme falls apart, they will sometimes get calls from participants within minutes of each other.
This is beyond stupid.
There should be a vaccine for stupidity.
But this increase in productivity has NEVER been shared with the worker.
Nonsense. Since the start of the industrial revolution, the purchasing power of the median family has gone up twentyfold.
if you're going to appeal to authority ...
You have your fallacies confused. I didn't appeal to authority. I appealed to ignorance.
Sure Bill, link one.
Nope. I use a pseudonym on Slashdot for a reason. I have no interest in outing myself by linking to my real name.
The article uses "probably", scientists use "likely".
If I google "define:likely" it says it means "probably".
Likely has an actual meaning in scientific language, and it's not the same as general English.
I have used the words "likely" and "probably" in scientific papers many times over the last 35 years. If there is a special scientific meaning, I am unaware of it, but would be interested to hear what it is. I used both to mean greater than 50% chance of happening. That is exactly what I also mean when I use either in everyday conversation.
Taiwan about to pass us up in the US for common sense stuff.
Many US cities have banned single-use plastic grocery bags, including my city, San Jose, California. You quickly get used to taking reusable bags or boxes with you when you shop.
Single-use plastic bags are also banned in the entire state of Hawaii, since they are a hazard to sea turtles.
China banned free single-use plastic grocery bags 10 years ago. You either pay for them when you checkout, or bring your own. Plastic bag use has dropped 70%.
India has banned single-use plastic grocery bags in some cities.
theft etc is more of a problem.
Citation?
In 2002, theft in America was about the same as in the EU. In America, 10% were victims, vs 9.57% for the G7 average. That is an insignificant difference. Do you have more recent statistics that say otherwise?
It's at-will employment.
"At-will" means you can be fired for ALMOST any reason, or for no reason. But even with "at-will" there is are reasons that cannot be used to fire someone. For instance, you cannot fire someone for belonging to a protected class. California has state restrictions in addition to the federal restrictions. The city of Mountain View may add even more.
I never discuss politics at work. If I want a political argument, I go to Slashdot.