identity theft worth the wholesale trade in SSNS, credit card numbers and such.
The solution to identity theft is not a police state and massive spending on law enforcement.
The solution is to fix the idiotic system where mere knowledge of someone's SSN, CC# and other semi-public information is enough to establish and access credit in their name.
In government procurement, the best strategy is to go over the heads of the bureaucrats, and appeal directly to congress. That is how Boeing won the KC-X contract despite an inferior plane at an inflated price.
The Speaker of the House represents Oracle's home state, so that is a good place to start. She controls DoD's pursestrings.
As much as Trump hates Jeff Bezos, I am surprised that Amazon was even a contender.
Many people inside DoD detest Trump. He has denigrated veterans, and many were appalled at the way he treated James Mattis, who was very popular inside DoD. This is the Deep State pushing back.
How about we vote for candidates that are the best policy match for our individual views, without any predisposition to any party at all?
That sounds great in theory, but doesn't work in practice. By far the most important vote your congressional rep will cast is the vote for the Speaker, which determines which party controls the legislative agenda. That is a party line vote.
Companies are required to obey the law. Apple didn't make the law requiring certain terms and topics to be censored in China, but they are required to obey it, just like they are required to obey censorship laws in other countries, including America.
It is not the job of western corporations to "fix" China. That is up to the Chinese.
I just can't fathom how a vehicle that has to fight gravity for the entire duration of the trip could ever be more efficient than something that rolls along the ground.
Current aircraft are twice as efficient as a single passenger car in fuel per passenger-mile.
A human colony on the moon is pointless as long as it is dependent on supplies from earth, and we are a long long way from building a self-sustaining colony.
In the meantime, robot missions are the way to go.
if we built a moonbase or a mars colony without realizing these sorts of things could happen
Bacteria and fungus are a normal part of our environment. Your skin, your hair are teaming with them. They are in your gut, your saliva, your sweat. There is nothing in TFA to indicate what they found is abnormal.
The only way to eliminate bacteria and fungus is to eliminate humans, and do robotic missions instead.
I wonder if we could fit a single one in our IT janitor's studio on Fruitdale in San Jose.
Why? SJ has a mild Mediterranean climate that is perfect for growing dope. Fertile soil, low humidity, and plenty of sunshine. Just plant it in your backyard, water it, and it will grow fine.
The device in TFA is for growing dope in New Jersey, not the California Coast.
What we really need is national legalization, so dope can be grown where it makes sense and exported to other states.
People that are happier are less sick and more willing to buy stuff, both which are of significant benefit economically.
If you give away a trillion dollars, of course the people receiving it will be happy and spend it.
But the people paying the taxes to fund it will be less happy and have less to spend.
We had a trade deficit of $621B last year. That is the gap between what America consumes and what we produce. "More spending" is the last thing we need especially when much of it is going to Asia. We will just have less investment and even bigger deficits. Incentives to be productive would do a lot more good than incentives to consume more.
That's because phones and cellular data don't support streaming.
I have a teenage daughter, and she streams over cellular all the time... in her room... 10 feet from the router... with WiFi disabled because she forgot to turn it on... blowing through the family-plan data cap in the first week of the month.
Is there a home insurance which covers Airbnb guests?
Yes. It is about three times the cost of normal homeowner's insurance. But it is mostly targeted toward dumb people, since Airbnb provides $1M in liability insurance during bookings.
It wouldn't surprise me if home insurance companies routinely search for properties they insure on Airbnb
They don't bother since they can just refuse to pay the claim, since the homeowner violated the terms.
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identity theft worth the wholesale trade in SSNS, credit card numbers and such.
The solution to identity theft is not a police state and massive spending on law enforcement.
The solution is to fix the idiotic system where mere knowledge of someone's SSN, CC# and other semi-public information is enough to establish and access credit in their name.
How about simply switching them to biodiesel (by law)???
1. Biodiesel is CO2 neutral, but does nothing to reduce particulate pollution.
2. We would need orders of magnitude more biodiesel that is currently produced.
In government procurement, the best strategy is to go over the heads of the bureaucrats, and appeal directly to congress. That is how Boeing won the KC-X contract despite an inferior plane at an inflated price.
The Speaker of the House represents Oracle's home state, so that is a good place to start. She controls DoD's pursestrings.
As much as Trump hates Jeff Bezos, I am surprised that Amazon was even a contender.
Many people inside DoD detest Trump. He has denigrated veterans, and many were appalled at the way he treated James Mattis, who was very popular inside DoD. This is the Deep State pushing back.
Buying in bulk requires space, and a car.
It also requires planning ahead, and delayed gratification.
Ironically buying food in bulk is one of the more affordable ways to shop for food, particularly for low income families.
You'd think so. But Costco's average customer has a household income over $100,000.
Their customer base is the upper middle class, not the poor.
How about we vote for candidates that are the best policy match for our individual views, without any predisposition to any party at all?
That sounds great in theory, but doesn't work in practice. By far the most important vote your congressional rep will cast is the vote for the Speaker, which determines which party controls the legislative agenda. That is a party line vote.
There is no "moral" choice, because Apple's actions are not going to change anything either way.
These are the choices Apple faces:
1. Stay in China, and do nothing to fix China's problems.
2. Leave China, and do nothing to fix China's problems.
This is the famous Serenity Prayer:
God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
Courage to change the things I can,
And wisdom to know the difference.
The problem is not that Apple lacks courage, but that you lack wisdom.
Companies are required to obey the law. Apple didn't make the law requiring certain terms and topics to be censored in China, but they are required to obey it, just like they are required to obey censorship laws in other countries, including America.
It is not the job of western corporations to "fix" China. That is up to the Chinese.
You made X? You pay Y.
The problem is determining X.
What counts as "income"?
Once you determine your income, multiplying by the rate to determine Y is just 0.00001% of the work.
A flat tax fixes nothing.
I just can't fathom how a vehicle that has to fight gravity for the entire duration of the trip could ever be more efficient than something that rolls along the ground.
Current aircraft are twice as efficient as a single passenger car in fuel per passenger-mile.
You need to learn to fathom better.
its wasteful with little to no merit of any kind
There are many things in life that various people consider to be wasteful and with little or no merit.
Authoritarian governments have a poor track record of picking winners and losers.
You can't have a Moon colony without HUMANS.
A human colony on the moon is pointless as long as it is dependent on supplies from earth, and we are a long long way from building a self-sustaining colony.
In the meantime, robot missions are the way to go.
if we built a moonbase or a mars colony without realizing these sorts of things could happen
Bacteria and fungus are a normal part of our environment. Your skin, your hair are teaming with them. They are in your gut, your saliva, your sweat. There is nothing in TFA to indicate what they found is abnormal.
The only way to eliminate bacteria and fungus is to eliminate humans, and do robotic missions instead.
That only works if you're well off or have a huge support network to front both bail AND legal fees at the same time.
That is the point of these trackers. They allow more people to be released with little or no bail.
I wonder if we could fit a single one in our IT janitor's studio on Fruitdale in San Jose.
Why? SJ has a mild Mediterranean climate that is perfect for growing dope. Fertile soil, low humidity, and plenty of sunshine. Just plant it in your backyard, water it, and it will grow fine.
The device in TFA is for growing dope in New Jersey, not the California Coast.
What we really need is national legalization, so dope can be grown where it makes sense and exported to other states.
Disclaimer: I live in San Jose.
This essentially just shows that MS does not care about your data at all.
To the contrary, they are lowering performance to improve data safety.
A larger write will take time, and data will be corrupted if you just "yank it out".
Users yank it out anyway. This change will make it safer for them.
Since nobody uses thumb drives for high performance computing, this change is a sensible improvement.
People that are happier are less sick and more willing to buy stuff, both which are of significant benefit economically.
If you give away a trillion dollars, of course the people receiving it will be happy and spend it.
But the people paying the taxes to fund it will be less happy and have less to spend.
We had a trade deficit of $621B last year. That is the gap between what America consumes and what we produce. "More spending" is the last thing we need especially when much of it is going to Asia. We will just have less investment and even bigger deficits. Incentives to be productive would do a lot more good than incentives to consume more.
1.) You can't live on a cruise ship.
Yes you can.
So what services will the islanders be delivering to the mainland ?
The same services any city provides to the rest of the country.
There are no steel mills or factories in NYC or SF. It is all services: law, finance, design, engineering, etc.
You think rich people are going to live on 4 acres with 300 other people?
Manhattan has a population density higher than that, and plenty of rich people live there.
There are no territorial disputes over cruise ships.
Why would this be different?
That's because phones and cellular data don't support streaming.
I have a teenage daughter, and she streams over cellular all the time ... in her room ... 10 feet from the router ... with WiFi disabled because she forgot to turn it on ... blowing through the family-plan data cap in the first week of the month.
If the looniness gets too bad, it is a lot easier to move to a different state than a different country.
Looniness is better when it is local.
Is there a home insurance which covers Airbnb guests?
Yes. It is about three times the cost of normal homeowner's insurance. But it is mostly targeted toward dumb people, since Airbnb provides $1M in liability insurance during bookings.
It wouldn't surprise me if home insurance companies routinely search for properties they insure on Airbnb
They don't bother since they can just refuse to pay the claim, since the homeowner violated the terms.