Taxes. Plenty of money that can be cut from: (1) the military (2) state law enforcement budgets if states enact rational drug and mental health policies
Online education lacks the ability to raise a hand and ask a question. Yeah, you can ask later, but I for one am sufficiently ADHD and disorganized that I probably would have forgotten my questions.
Think of it from the workers' standpoint: total surveillance increases stress levels, since employers can use anything minor against them now. The only workers I might support this with are police, because they have the power to kill other people with basic impunity. Schools, nah.
that, and NRA lobbyists, and single issue voters who think that the 2nd Amendment is the extent of the Constitution and all other freedoms are optional.
... or we could just make guns harder to buy. And stop encouraging copycats by not making mass shooters and their deeds part of the 24 hour news cycle. Also offer psych treatment for free and have employment policies that don't destroy families.
You know, the way most civilised countries handle it. But, nooooo, we need our guns and our crappy private insurance system... because freedom.
If someone is inside the school with a gun, it's too damn late.
Want to fix school shootings? Put a waiting period on all gun purchases to allow the mentally ill to "cool off." Stop publicizing the names and activities of school shooters. Publicity encourages copycats -- this is a well-known phenomenon with suicides as well.
And God forbid people have access to free mental health care, and we enact policies like limits on working hours and vacation time that actually keep family support networks together vs driving them apart.
But nooooo... we have our FREEDOM in America.
Why the blue fuck would someone pay that much money to trade away their privacy and have a plate that's more easily damaged. If they want the GPS tracking that badly (i.e. are cowards), just hide a cheap smartphone with a pre-pay data plan somewhere in the car.
Yep -- have to tax by the mile, more during rush hours, more on congested roads, etc.
Funny, there's already a way to tax mileage on electric cars without being intrusive assholes. Tire tax, combined with annual inspections of tread depth. But California seems to want to track everything that moves.
Hi Satya, nice to see you posting on Slashdot. Guess what? Businesses decide what's fit for purpose. MS doesn't get to tell them what works for their use case.
Did he already own a paid-off house with Prop 13 tax protection, though? If yes, then that's cheating since it required a higher-than-min-wage income at some point to buy it and pay it off.
Electricity: restart San Onofre nuclear power station, use Russian and Chinese tech to build more nuke plants. Mandate solar on all new buildings (actually, already done).
Water: doesn't only about 20% of CA's water come from out of state?
They can also refuse Federal airport funds or take a cut in funding.
Note that local airports do have restrictions. LaGuardia in NYC has forbidden flights over ~2000 miles -- I think the longest flight out of LGA is to Denver. All West Coast flights have a stopover.
A part of the US where there's good public transport AND cheap housing AND cheap food doesn't exist (IMHO). Usually only one or two out of three conditions hold true.
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Taxes. Plenty of money that can be cut from:
(1) the military
(2) state law enforcement budgets if states enact rational drug and mental health policies
Online education lacks the ability to raise a hand and ask a question. Yeah, you can ask later, but I for one am sufficiently ADHD and disorganized that I probably would have forgotten my questions.
Think of it from the workers' standpoint: total surveillance increases stress levels, since employers can use anything minor against them now. The only workers I might support this with are police, because they have the power to kill other people with basic impunity. Schools, nah.
Except that we throw more people in jail than those supposedly tyrannous countries that you mention. The US: leading jailer in the civilized world.
that, and NRA lobbyists, and single issue voters who think that the 2nd Amendment is the extent of the Constitution and all other freedoms are optional.
... or we could just make guns harder to buy. And stop encouraging copycats by not making mass shooters and their deeds part of the 24 hour news cycle. Also offer psych treatment for free and have employment policies that don't destroy families.
You know, the way most civilised countries handle it. But, nooooo, we need our guns and our crappy private insurance system... because freedom.
Especially since the reg # stays with the car in CA instead of changing when ownership changes.
Yep, instead of a "kick me sign", people will get a silhouette of a g-n... Call it a SWAT me sign :( Never underestimate the stupidity of HS kids.
If someone is inside the school with a gun, it's too damn late. Want to fix school shootings? Put a waiting period on all gun purchases to allow the mentally ill to "cool off." Stop publicizing the names and activities of school shooters. Publicity encourages copycats -- this is a well-known phenomenon with suicides as well. And God forbid people have access to free mental health care, and we enact policies like limits on working hours and vacation time that actually keep family support networks together vs driving them apart. But nooooo ... we have our FREEDOM in America.
I'd rather accept some safety risks than have kids learn that total surveillance is acceptable.
Nimrod? A mighty builder and warrior? Why thank you, good sire.
Trump isn't even slightly fiscally conservative. He's even less responsible than the two presidents that came before him.
Why the blue fuck would someone pay that much money to trade away their privacy and have a plate that's more easily damaged. If they want the GPS tracking that badly (i.e. are cowards), just hide a cheap smartphone with a pre-pay data plan somewhere in the car.
Yep -- have to tax by the mile, more during rush hours, more on congested roads, etc.
Funny, there's already a way to tax mileage on electric cars without being intrusive assholes. Tire tax, combined with annual inspections of tread depth. But California seems to want to track everything that moves.
More fucking spyware. Makes one wish for a massive solar flare...
Or plant more appropriate crops on farms/landscaping around houses.
The devs are OK. The marketeers and business school types are the problem. Clouuuuud. AWK! Move to the cloud! AWK AWK! Cloud better! BRAAAAAWK!
Hi Satya, nice to see you posting on Slashdot. Guess what? Businesses decide what's fit for purpose. MS doesn't get to tell them what works for their use case.
Did he already own a paid-off house with Prop 13 tax protection, though? If yes, then that's cheating since it required a higher-than-min-wage income at some point to buy it and pay it off.
So I'm ordering a latte from you, the barista? Good to know.
Electricity: restart San Onofre nuclear power station, use Russian and Chinese tech to build more nuke plants. Mandate solar on all new buildings (actually, already done). Water: doesn't only about 20% of CA's water come from out of state?
They can also refuse Federal airport funds or take a cut in funding.
Note that local airports do have restrictions. LaGuardia in NYC has forbidden flights over ~2000 miles -- I think the longest flight out of LGA is to Denver. All West Coast flights have a stopover.
Maybe Louisiana couldn't ban jet aircraft. They could however charge them a $1,000,000 landing fee at all airports, other than in an emergency :D
I'm talking about cheap parts of the country.
A part of the US where there's good public transport AND cheap housing AND cheap food doesn't exist (IMHO). Usually only one or two out of three conditions hold true.
I'm not actually sure if he expected to win, BTW, or if it was a reality TV stunt gone too far...
You mean, California has to pay even more to support deadbeat states that take more from DC than they pay? #calexit2020.