If you want to know a lot about development of nuclear submarines and assorted espionage (mostly Russia/US though), look up Blind Man's Bluff on Amazon. Great book.
Except the stats don't back up the 'sky is falling' position...the world is much better now than ever before. And it is much better for the poor than it was before.
I, for one, don't miss polio, small pox, massive deaths in wars, and a lack of access to information.
Leftist, centrist, rightist...the one thing they all have in common is they are pessimists. Put on some Louis Armstrong, enjoy the sun, and then make the world even better for the future.
The data are interesting; however, to draw a conclusion on storm intensity (which isn't defined in the paper) from lightning strikes is a stretch. If you look world-wide, the trend is a lot of lightning strikes along the equator, where the local strike concentration is higher. Especially in the region of that paper.
Remember, science is the continued review of the hypothesis with testing and observation, not an interesting data set.
My understanding is that London and San Francisco are near equivalent in terms of real estate prices per square foot/meter (London is moreso, I think) to buy. To rent, San Francisco is much more expensive (according to Numbeo, and if non-tech workers can't afford to live near the city (the whole market is getting bad), then how can we have servers at our restaurants?
Mortgage terms vary, typical is about 3.5 to 4.0 percent over 30 years fixed, but others have variable 5 year fixed etc. The banks have gotten much tighter in lending requirements.
The biggest obstacle is contingency sales, i.e. you'll buy the house if your other house sells. Many people only have the equity in their home as a down payment, and it's not liquid. If someone has the full down payment and proof of financing from the bank, that is as good as cash.
Most prices are 20-30% greater than other regions in the country because of the cost of a store lease is very high, and you have to pay at least $10/hour, usually more, for minimum wage labor.
I live in Silicon Valley. The nominal tax rate for the top bracket was 52% in California, not sure what it is with the new tax bill. Last year, my effective tax rate was about 38% excluding sales and property taxes, which would bump me up to an effective tax rate of about 43-45%.
The hardest part is the down payment and the lack of inventory. Every time you put in an offer, you're competing against a lot of people with fresh RSUs and no contingencies, so unless you have 25% to go down (usually 200-400K), you're not likely to get a place you want. A lot of people are paying almost 50% of their after tax income to mortgages.
There are two towers, a center channel, and a sub. All of them I'd let go for a couple of hundred bucks, they are about seven years old, and cost about $6500 new.
I'm getting to the point where I need to find them another home. If you're in the SF Bay Area, we can make a deal. If not, I doubt you'd want the shipping costs.
I'm an Apple house, we have it all, but I've had Sonos Play 5 for a couple of years.
We got the HomePod and I did a side-by-side comparison by playing 'Such Great Heights' from the Sonos and from the HomePod. This song has been a good test for me because there are well-defined trebles and bass notes with a tenor/alto vocal that sounds clean. Both units were tuned to the room using their tuning algorithms.
To be completely honest, based on my hearing (and I'm older than 45, younger than 50), the Sonos has a little bit more depth in the mid-range and bass. But it's close. The HomePod does well with hearing 'Hey Siri' even when the music is on, and so far it seems like Siri works better than it has in the past (we don't push it though). Sonos is also a little louder.
Both have high quality sound, I haven't plugged my Vienna Acoustic Grand Beethoven's into my receiver for three years because they have been good enough for my needs.
That is funny, but as I've spent the last four years working with my daughters on their common core math homework, I have to state that the methods they are teaching are far better than the methods I learned as a kid, and unlearned as an engineering graduate student studying number theory on the side.
The common core curriculum focuses on spatial relationships, grouping, arrays, and other number theory topics that will greatly help the math talents of the next generation. I find that most people who are against common core don't understand what it really is.
So maybe you don't choose for us, and let people make their now better informed choices by themselves ?
I have two broken bones, one torn ACL, and a torn labrum from football (played from 4th grade to 9th grade). Luckily I wasn't a running back or receiver, so most of the headshots I took didn't lead to concussions. I stopped playing in high school because I got tired of visiting the doctor.
Here's the problem, we are better informed, but we are far from informed completely and there were deliberate efforts to suppress that knowledge. In addition, kids under 18 don't know the consequences, and many of the parents pushing them into football are living vicariously through their kids and the kids never know the risks until it's too late.
Let adults play if they wish, and even high school kids if they get appropriate unbiased information. However, having kids under 14 play tackle football, in retrospect, should not have been allowed..
I saw a Real Sports story about the concussion dangers of soccer, and the concussions don't come from heads hitting the balls, they come from heads hitting other heads and the poles of the goal. Same game event, different cause.
Watch "The King of Kong" if you want to get a flavor for what the competitive video game community is like. The people who make up the players and judges are, oh, how to say it politely, different.
For comparison, if you attend a performance of "Hamilton", you'll be told at the door that phones must not be used during the show, and if caught, you'll be escorted out of the venue by the usher.
As long as the rules of the show are stated when you buy the ticket, I don't think anyone has the right to complain.
My understanding is tax law is written such that electronics are expected to be replaced every three years. If a battery can last that long (my iPhone 6s did), I'm not sure how this could be enforced.
If you want a phone with a replaceable battery, then buy one. The non-replaceable battery of iPhone is a well-known design decision. My opinion is the government should stay out of this.
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Not sure if the sarcasm tag is missing, but the song is 'What a Wonderful World.'
If you want to know a lot about development of nuclear submarines and assorted espionage (mostly Russia/US though), look up Blind Man's Bluff on Amazon. Great book.
I was about to post this, but you were first.
Except the stats don't back up the 'sky is falling' position...the world is much better now than ever before. And it is much better for the poor than it was before.
I, for one, don't miss polio, small pox, massive deaths in wars, and a lack of access to information.
Leftist, centrist, rightist...the one thing they all have in common is they are pessimists. Put on some Louis Armstrong, enjoy the sun, and then make the world even better for the future.
Or perhaps it's the massive energy released by local volcanic activity warming the region.
Except Evernote launched beta in June, 2008, and One Note first was released in November, 2003.
The data are interesting; however, to draw a conclusion on storm intensity (which isn't defined in the paper) from lightning strikes is a stretch. If you look world-wide, the trend is a lot of lightning strikes along the equator, where the local strike concentration is higher. Especially in the region of that paper.
Remember, science is the continued review of the hypothesis with testing and observation, not an interesting data set.
As long as the ads aren't obtrusive, I don't see this as a bad thing. The site needs to pay its staff and for server time.
She doesn't have a Stanford degree, she finished one year.
My understanding is that London and San Francisco are near equivalent in terms of real estate prices per square foot/meter (London is moreso, I think) to buy. To rent, San Francisco is much more expensive (according to Numbeo, and if non-tech workers can't afford to live near the city (the whole market is getting bad), then how can we have servers at our restaurants?
Mortgage terms vary, typical is about 3.5 to 4.0 percent over 30 years fixed, but others have variable 5 year fixed etc. The banks have gotten much tighter in lending requirements.
The biggest obstacle is contingency sales, i.e. you'll buy the house if your other house sells. Many people only have the equity in their home as a down payment, and it's not liquid. If someone has the full down payment and proof of financing from the bank, that is as good as cash.
Most prices are 20-30% greater than other regions in the country because of the cost of a store lease is very high, and you have to pay at least $10/hour, usually more, for minimum wage labor.
I live in Silicon Valley. The nominal tax rate for the top bracket was 52% in California, not sure what it is with the new tax bill. Last year, my effective tax rate was about 38% excluding sales and property taxes, which would bump me up to an effective tax rate of about 43-45%.
The hardest part is the down payment and the lack of inventory. Every time you put in an offer, you're competing against a lot of people with fresh RSUs and no contingencies, so unless you have 25% to go down (usually 200-400K), you're not likely to get a place you want. A lot of people are paying almost 50% of their after tax income to mortgages.
There are two towers, a center channel, and a sub. All of them I'd let go for a couple of hundred bucks, they are about seven years old, and cost about $6500 new.
I'm getting to the point where I need to find them another home. If you're in the SF Bay Area, we can make a deal. If not, I doubt you'd want the shipping costs.
When I buy electronics, I expect them to last three years. Any more than that is bonus time. Churn is part of the market.
I'm an Apple house, we have it all, but I've had Sonos Play 5 for a couple of years.
We got the HomePod and I did a side-by-side comparison by playing 'Such Great Heights' from the Sonos and from the HomePod. This song has been a good test for me because there are well-defined trebles and bass notes with a tenor/alto vocal that sounds clean. Both units were tuned to the room using their tuning algorithms.
To be completely honest, based on my hearing (and I'm older than 45, younger than 50), the Sonos has a little bit more depth in the mid-range and bass. But it's close. The HomePod does well with hearing 'Hey Siri' even when the music is on, and so far it seems like Siri works better than it has in the past (we don't push it though). Sonos is also a little louder.
Both have high quality sound, I haven't plugged my Vienna Acoustic Grand Beethoven's into my receiver for three years because they have been good enough for my needs.
Nice for someone to post a reference instead of an opinion.
In a cemetery where they died after they lived their life.
That is funny, but as I've spent the last four years working with my daughters on their common core math homework, I have to state that the methods they are teaching are far better than the methods I learned as a kid, and unlearned as an engineering graduate student studying number theory on the side.
The common core curriculum focuses on spatial relationships, grouping, arrays, and other number theory topics that will greatly help the math talents of the next generation. I find that most people who are against common core don't understand what it really is.
So maybe you don't choose for us, and let people make their now better informed choices by themselves ?
I have two broken bones, one torn ACL, and a torn labrum from football (played from 4th grade to 9th grade). Luckily I wasn't a running back or receiver, so most of the headshots I took didn't lead to concussions. I stopped playing in high school because I got tired of visiting the doctor.
Here's the problem, we are better informed, but we are far from informed completely and there were deliberate efforts to suppress that knowledge. In addition, kids under 18 don't know the consequences, and many of the parents pushing them into football are living vicariously through their kids and the kids never know the risks until it's too late.
Let adults play if they wish, and even high school kids if they get appropriate unbiased information. However, having kids under 14 play tackle football, in retrospect, should not have been allowed..
I saw a Real Sports story about the concussion dangers of soccer, and the concussions don't come from heads hitting the balls, they come from heads hitting other heads and the poles of the goal. Same game event, different cause.
Watch "The King of Kong" if you want to get a flavor for what the competitive video game community is like. The people who make up the players and judges are, oh, how to say it politely, different.
For comparison, if you attend a performance of "Hamilton", you'll be told at the door that phones must not be used during the show, and if caught, you'll be escorted out of the venue by the usher.
As long as the rules of the show are stated when you buy the ticket, I don't think anyone has the right to complain.
My understanding is tax law is written such that electronics are expected to be replaced every three years. If a battery can last that long (my iPhone 6s did), I'm not sure how this could be enforced.
If you want a phone with a replaceable battery, then buy one. The non-replaceable battery of iPhone is a well-known design decision. My opinion is the government should stay out of this.