taking food out of his mouth is *terrible* compared to taking food out of the mouth of the person who can't even afford the basics of staying in some shelter somewhere.
It doesn't work that way. Rentals are a business, and they will be priced to make an acceptable return on investment. So if tenants have a "right" to stay in the property without paying rent, that cost will be built into the rent, and paid by the other tenants. It also means that people with poor credit will not be allowed to rent even if they have the money. If you look at jurisdictions with strong tenant rights, such as SF or NYC, they also have high rents and onerous tenant application processes. In SF it is easier to qualify as a buyer than as a renter.
Why does the county in question not have its own fire department, paid for out of county taxes?
Most likely because the people voted against it. Why shouldn't they? Many of them live in remote areas where their house will be ashes before outside help arrives. It makes more sense to invest in some smoke alarms and fire extinguishers, and maybe team up with a few nearby neighbors to help each other out.
Totally agree with you. We can either develop this tech by:
A) Releasing it to the public now and hope people won't die, or
B) release it once tested and know people won't die.
To me the choice seems obvious.
Agreed. The obvious choice is A, since the number of deaths from this tech has been miniscule, and the net number may even be negative. If you choose B, then a thousand people die for every additional day of delay that SDCs are not available.
We have more news and far less fact-checkers these days.
There is no evidence that this is true. News reporting in the past was often highly inaccurate: ask anyone old enough to remember the Vietnam War, or, heck, even the run-up to the invasion of Iraq. There are way more fact-checking organizations today. News reporting today is far from perfect, but there was never a "golden age" when journalists were infallible angels.
So, if someone wants the benefits of the police, but doesn't want to pay for them, will they be covered? Or will they be excluded? That's always been the problem with "voluntary" basic services.
Some fire services work that way. The tax is voluntary, but if you didn't pay, the firefighters watch your house burn down.
that disagree on minor issues but on the big issues, they agree
They disagree on THIS ISSUE. Democrats generally support municipal broadband, and Republicans generally support the right of states to ban it. Even the FCC voted along party lines.
Self-driving cars would be a great improvement, but, as Tesla keeps saying, these are not self-driving cars.
They are a step in that direction, and full SDCs will be only a software upgrade. All the necessary hardware is already in current Teslas. The risk of rushing the technology is far, far smaller than the risk of impeding it. America needs to stop being the "can't do" country.
Meanwhile, over a thousand people per day are dying in traffic accidents worldwide. SDCs likely could prevent most of those. You want that progress held up because, what, 3 people have died in a year? Get some sense of perspective.
From my understanding of driving conditions in China, it would take a pretty miraculous AI to prevent accidents there.
Not really. The rules in China are different, but probably simpler. Just slow down as you approach an intersection, ease into it, and slow down some more if you are going to collide with someone, turning a little to the left or right as you do so. If you watch the video you linked to, all the vehicles are using this simple algorithm. I lived in China for several years, and found it quite easy to adapt to their driving style. I had more difficulty adapting back to American style driving when I returned home. Americans go so fast.
It seems as though these driving assists and self-driving cars are going to have to be region-specific.
Cut Federal Funding until the states comply with the directive.
The Constitution places restrictions on what the federal government can do. It is an abuse of its taxing authority to use it to impose otherwise unconstitutional demands on the states. Municipal broadband has mostly worked well, and IMO should be allowed, but if you allow the federal bureaucrats to bend the states to their will on this, then the door is open to federal impositions on many other issues that you may not like so much.
The bottom line, is that if we want better government, then we should vote for it.
Rise in per-person economics leads to greater use of resources.
That is the general trend, but it is not an iron law. Last year, GDP in America grew, but energy consumption declined. Singapore has a per capita GDP higher than America, yet consumes less than half the per capita resources. They don't have urban sprawl, they don't own SUVs, etc.
Just start the war already. It's been planned for a long time now. Look up AirSea War.
America is not going to war with a nuclear power over some semi-submerged rocks in the South China Sea. The other countries cannot stand up to China without American support. So if China really wants the islands, they will get them, but they will pay a heavy price. Their belligerence has pushed Vietnam, Indonesia, etc. into closer military cooperation with America. In the entire world, China only has one reliable ally: Cambodia, one of the world's poorest countries.
"Proof" is an absolute. It's either waterproof or its not.
Nothing is absolutely waterproof. If you take any watch to the bottom of Europa's ocean (where the pressure is several times the pressure of the Marianas trench), it will leak. Watches are usually considered "waterproof" if they can be submerged at least 10 meters. If they can go even deeper, then they are "more waterproof".
This looks more like the people who *think* they are intelligent are lazy.
It is not just about being lazy, but about what you do with your laziness. The most intelligent goof off by posting on Slashdot.
Physical activity is good for both the body and mind.
TFA is using "lazy" to mean lack of physical activity. So if I pull an all-nighter and write 1000 lines of code, I am lazy. If I go for a walk instead, then I am not lazy.
I will argue that doctors, firemen, first responders, etc do more important important work than "creators"
... and I would argue that they don't. A fireman is basically a commodity. One fireman can usually do anything another fireman can do. That is not true with artists.
yet none of them is paid one additional cent for past work.
Silly analogy. They are paid a fixed salary. Artists generally are not, and when they are, they usually sign away their creative rights.
....and what OP is saying is that the wealth in those countries is very concentrated so GDP is a poor benchmark.
Except their wealth is not particulary concentrated. For instance, Qatar, the wealthiest Arab country, has a Gini coefficient about the same as America.
Its nice when you don't have to live in 3rd world conditions.
Millions of muslims live in countries with per capita GDPs that would place them in the 1st world. Instead of using their wealth to educate, they use it to pay for imports and to keep women uneducated and economically isolated. Even Ahmed Zewail, a rare example of an exemplary muslim scientist, did almost all of his important work will living in America.
There is some effort to change things, such as King Saud University, a first rate research university where women are treated like human beings, but that is a rare exception, and is generating a lot of conservative push-back.
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taking food out of his mouth is *terrible* compared to taking food out of the mouth of the person who can't even afford the basics of staying in some shelter somewhere.
It doesn't work that way. Rentals are a business, and they will be priced to make an acceptable return on investment. So if tenants have a "right" to stay in the property without paying rent, that cost will be built into the rent, and paid by the other tenants. It also means that people with poor credit will not be allowed to rent even if they have the money. If you look at jurisdictions with strong tenant rights, such as SF or NYC, they also have high rents and onerous tenant application processes. In SF it is easier to qualify as a buyer than as a renter.
Why does the county in question not have its own fire department, paid for out of county taxes?
Most likely because the people voted against it. Why shouldn't they? Many of them live in remote areas where their house will be ashes before outside help arrives. It makes more sense to invest in some smoke alarms and fire extinguishers, and maybe team up with a few nearby neighbors to help each other out.
There was a time when the audience cared more about the honesty and accuracy of the journalists
No there wasn't.
or at least there was a belief that the audience felt this way.
Who believed that?
You are experiencing false nostalgia for a golden age of journalism that never existed.
Totally agree with you. We can either develop this tech by:
A) Releasing it to the public now and hope people won't die, or
B) release it once tested and know people won't die.
To me the choice seems obvious.
Agreed. The obvious choice is A, since the number of deaths from this tech has been miniscule, and the net number may even be negative. If you choose B, then a thousand people die for every additional day of delay that SDCs are not available.
We have more news and far less fact-checkers these days.
There is no evidence that this is true. News reporting in the past was often highly inaccurate: ask anyone old enough to remember the Vietnam War, or, heck, even the run-up to the invasion of Iraq. There are way more fact-checking organizations today. News reporting today is far from perfect, but there was never a "golden age" when journalists were infallible angels.
So, if someone wants the benefits of the police, but doesn't want to pay for them, will they be covered? Or will they be excluded? That's always been the problem with "voluntary" basic services.
Some fire services work that way. The tax is voluntary, but if you didn't pay, the firefighters watch your house burn down.
that disagree on minor issues but on the big issues, they agree
They disagree on THIS ISSUE. Democrats generally support municipal broadband, and Republicans generally support the right of states to ban it. Even the FCC voted along party lines.
Yes, if you ever want to stop importing foreign oil and funding bad regimes around the world, we will need to drive 55mph.
I have an electric car and solar panels on my roof to recharge it. So why should I drive 55mph?
Self-driving cars would be a great improvement, but, as Tesla keeps saying, these are not self-driving cars.
They are a step in that direction, and full SDCs will be only a software upgrade. All the necessary hardware is already in current Teslas. The risk of rushing the technology is far, far smaller than the risk of impeding it. America needs to stop being the "can't do" country.
Meanwhile, over a thousand people per day are dying in traffic accidents worldwide. SDCs likely could prevent most of those. You want that progress held up because, what, 3 people have died in a year? Get some sense of perspective.
From my understanding of driving conditions in China, it would take a pretty miraculous AI to prevent accidents there.
Not really. The rules in China are different, but probably simpler. Just slow down as you approach an intersection, ease into it, and slow down some more if you are going to collide with someone, turning a little to the left or right as you do so. If you watch the video you linked to, all the vehicles are using this simple algorithm. I lived in China for several years, and found it quite easy to adapt to their driving style. I had more difficulty adapting back to American style driving when I returned home. Americans go so fast.
It seems as though these driving assists and self-driving cars are going to have to be region-specific.
Definitely.
So why is it bad when the Federal Government tells a State what to do, but it's a-okay when the State tells a City what to do?
It is not "a-okay", but is an issue to be resolved by the voters of that state, not by federal bureaucrats.
Cut Federal Funding until the states comply with the directive.
The Constitution places restrictions on what the federal government can do. It is an abuse of its taxing authority to use it to impose otherwise unconstitutional demands on the states. Municipal broadband has mostly worked well, and IMO should be allowed, but if you allow the federal bureaucrats to bend the states to their will on this, then the door is open to federal impositions on many other issues that you may not like so much.
The bottom line, is that if we want better government, then we should vote for it.
Rise in per-person economics leads to greater use of resources.
That is the general trend, but it is not an iron law. Last year, GDP in America grew, but energy consumption declined. Singapore has a per capita GDP higher than America, yet consumes less than half the per capita resources. They don't have urban sprawl, they don't own SUVs, etc.
Just start the war already. It's been planned for a long time now. Look up AirSea War.
America is not going to war with a nuclear power over some semi-submerged rocks in the South China Sea. The other countries cannot stand up to China without American support. So if China really wants the islands, they will get them, but they will pay a heavy price. Their belligerence has pushed Vietnam, Indonesia, etc. into closer military cooperation with America. In the entire world, China only has one reliable ally: Cambodia, one of the world's poorest countries.
Has anyone figured what the point of a smartwatch is?
Yes. The purpose of a smartphone is to impress people that you don't like. It is a fashion accessory, not a tech device.
"Proof" is an absolute. It's either waterproof or its not.
Nothing is absolutely waterproof. If you take any watch to the bottom of Europa's ocean (where the pressure is several times the pressure of the Marianas trench), it will leak. Watches are usually considered "waterproof" if they can be submerged at least 10 meters. If they can go even deeper, then they are "more waterproof".
This looks more like the people who *think* they are intelligent are lazy.
It is not just about being lazy, but about what you do with your laziness. The most intelligent goof off by posting on Slashdot.
Physical activity is good for both the body and mind.
TFA is using "lazy" to mean lack of physical activity. So if I pull an all-nighter and write 1000 lines of code, I am lazy. If I go for a walk instead, then I am not lazy.
With six figure metal sintering machines.
I can submit STL design files to their website, and get the part delivered to my door two days later. That does not cost six figures.
There are no current plastic 3d printers that can make parts as strong as injection molded parts.
So? In most cases they will be strong enough. If not, just design in some support ribs (which you often can't do with injection molding).
You really should wait for 3d printers to get to 'as good as the original for cheap' before declaring that they have.
We can already print titanium turbine blades. You really should read up on what 3D printers have done before declaring that they haven't.
I will argue that doctors, firemen, first responders, etc do more important important work than "creators"
... and I would argue that they don't. A fireman is basically a commodity. One fireman can usually do anything another fireman can do. That is not true with artists.
yet none of them is paid one additional cent for past work.
Silly analogy. They are paid a fixed salary. Artists generally are not, and when they are, they usually sign away their creative rights.
Or it could be that kids whose parents can afford to buy them a high end gaming rig have other advantages in life as well.
If the critical things to know, and "what is on the test" are not the same, maybe the prof should re-write the test.
If a student asks "Will this be on the test?", a good answer is "Anything covered in class or in homework assignments may be on the test."
....and what OP is saying is that the wealth in those countries is very concentrated so GDP is a poor benchmark.
Except their wealth is not particulary concentrated. For instance, Qatar, the wealthiest Arab country, has a Gini coefficient about the same as America.
Its nice when you don't have to live in 3rd world conditions.
Millions of muslims live in countries with per capita GDPs that would place them in the 1st world. Instead of using their wealth to educate, they use it to pay for imports and to keep women uneducated and economically isolated. Even Ahmed Zewail, a rare example of an exemplary muslim scientist, did almost all of his important work will living in America.
There is some effort to change things, such as King Saud University, a first rate research university where women are treated like human beings, but that is a rare exception, and is generating a lot of conservative push-back.