There's a lot of demand for nurse practitioners, but for the amount of education it requires to be an NP, might as well go to med school. 2 years post-collect vs 4 years for med school. Yeah, yeah, residency, but residency is already a paid "job."
Thing about the military is that you may be required to kill or do harm for causes you might not believe in. Is it really worth having this on your conscience?
Funny, I know quite a few 35-40 year old men just starting med school. I know some 45 year old new Ph D.'s as well. Problem is that American white men are their own worst enemy -- they're expected to follow a career for life by society, like some 1950s nightmare. Society doesn't jugge a 40 year old woman going back to school OTOH.
Nothing wrong with teaching, often more enjoyable than doing, when the people who hire you to "do" typically treat you like disposable trash. OTOH, teachers in blue states and at university level are actually valued.
Go back to school, get a master's or Ph D. If you can teach at a university level, the working conditions (hours, ability to have fun, ability to do one's own research, prestige) can't really be beat.
Medical school (even abroad), residency, and working as a physician or researcher is also a nice gig. Consider going abroad and staying -- steady pay from a public system + benefits + ability to help people are good things.
You're assuming that the US governs with the consent of most of its people. In reality, small states (often run by religious nuts) have disproportionate power, which is why we end up with "blue laws."
As usual for a techie, Ozzie fails to apprehend the human aspect. The government only needs to force the company to agree -- risk of an audit or even criminal charges against company officials will do so. So it's still 100% the government's call.
And I don't happen to trust many governments. Even if you did trust the US government (don't forget: it's one of the world's largest incarcerators), do you trust the Chinese? Or the Russians? Both of which will be ruthless with a company's ability to do business if they're not obeyed.
Nah, better to have unbreakable devices. If a few criminals get away with it, that's life -- you can't have a perfectly safe, perfectly controlled society.
That's just a half-assed design, typical of Generic Morons. A high-power starter/alternator would work fine, if chain-driven or geared to the crank. A cogged belt like a timing belt might even work. But GM cheaped out and decided to attach it to an existing serp belt system. This is just shit design execution, not a bad concept per se.
Why not match with friends? Make it "opt in", so if both people poke each other, they get matched:) If you already know someone, it might be a good tool as well.
Cell connection, IPv6, encrypted direct connection to your phone. No "clown" intermediate required if done right.
Not that you should be idling for 10-15 minutes before driving off. Waste of fuel, probably a fire and CO hazard. Seat heaters warm up very quickly -- no need to "pre-warm" the car, and if you can't handle 5 minutes of 0 degree air temps, you're a weakling, sorry to say.
Most of which is useless crap that doesn't belong in a car. iPhone app to start/unlock the car? Fuck that idea with a jackhammer. That means that the car and iPhone likely talk through the auto company's servers, and the car company can track, unlock, and disable the car 24/7. Yuck.
GPS is pointless in 2018 since talking phones do a better job than most car GPS units.
Other than a feed of +12V, a signal line from the steering wheel controls, ground, and maybe a data signal from a rear-view camera, why does the "infotainment" system need to talk to the rest of the car at all?
Of course, but automakers want to jump in on the whole "cloud" trend. If they know where their cars are, they can target marketing at consumers or even sell consumers' location data. Or "help them in case of an accident", though that doesn't actually need info about location until after the accident happens.
Doesn't need an address book if the interface is properly designed. It should just pass a command: "call John Smith" or "call 202-555-1212" to the phone itself. No need to save any data in the car itself.
Exactly. They used to use pneumatic axle counters -- every time a hose was compressed by a vehicle axle passing over, a mechanical counter would increment by 1.
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Upgrade to Win 7, block downgrades to Win 10 :)
Can't you set up a local account and choose not to log in?
Truck drivers are at risk from automation.
There's a lot of demand for nurse practitioners, but for the amount of education it requires to be an NP, might as well go to med school. 2 years post-collect vs 4 years for med school. Yeah, yeah, residency, but residency is already a paid "job."
You mean UP-grade to Windows 7. FTFY.
Thing about the military is that you may be required to kill or do harm for causes you might not believe in. Is it really worth having this on your conscience?
Funny, I know quite a few 35-40 year old men just starting med school. I know some 45 year old new Ph D.'s as well. Problem is that American white men are their own worst enemy -- they're expected to follow a career for life by society, like some 1950s nightmare. Society doesn't jugge a 40 year old woman going back to school OTOH.
Nothing wrong with teaching, often more enjoyable than doing, when the people who hire you to "do" typically treat you like disposable trash. OTOH, teachers in blue states and at university level are actually valued.
What about teaching/academia? Neither is going anywhere quickly either.
Go back to school, get a master's or Ph D. If you can teach at a university level, the working conditions (hours, ability to have fun, ability to do one's own research, prestige) can't really be beat.
Medical school (even abroad), residency, and working as a physician or researcher is also a nice gig. Consider going abroad and staying -- steady pay from a public system + benefits + ability to help people are good things.
You're assuming that the US governs with the consent of most of its people. In reality, small states (often run by religious nuts) have disproportionate power, which is why we end up with "blue laws."
As usual for a techie, Ozzie fails to apprehend the human aspect. The government only needs to force the company to agree -- risk of an audit or even criminal charges against company officials will do so. So it's still 100% the government's call.
And I don't happen to trust many governments. Even if you did trust the US government (don't forget: it's one of the world's largest incarcerators), do you trust the Chinese? Or the Russians? Both of which will be ruthless with a company's ability to do business if they're not obeyed.
Nah, better to have unbreakable devices. If a few criminals get away with it, that's life -- you can't have a perfectly safe, perfectly controlled society.
That's just a half-assed design, typical of Generic Morons. A high-power starter/alternator would work fine, if chain-driven or geared to the crank. A cogged belt like a timing belt might even work. But GM cheaped out and decided to attach it to an existing serp belt system. This is just shit design execution, not a bad concept per se.
I'm happily engaged, but I also don't see the reason for excluding friends from dating if both parties are willing.
Why not match with friends? Make it "opt in", so if both people poke each other, they get matched :) If you already know someone, it might be a good tool as well.
You mean a "sinking" nuke plant...
Cell connection, IPv6, encrypted direct connection to your phone. No "clown" intermediate required if done right.
Not that you should be idling for 10-15 minutes before driving off. Waste of fuel, probably a fire and CO hazard. Seat heaters warm up very quickly -- no need to "pre-warm" the car, and if you can't handle 5 minutes of 0 degree air temps, you're a weakling, sorry to say.
Most of which is useless crap that doesn't belong in a car. iPhone app to start/unlock the car? Fuck that idea with a jackhammer. That means that the car and iPhone likely talk through the auto company's servers, and the car company can track, unlock, and disable the car 24/7. Yuck.
GPS is pointless in 2018 since talking phones do a better job than most car GPS units.
Orion was a rocket that used nuclear explosions to launch itself. Not all nuclear Navy ships are capable of supplying an entire city with electricity.
Article said "first of its kind." The Sturgis only provided electricity, this one produces electricity and steam heat.
The US had a nuclear power plant on a barge in the Panama Canal Zone in the 60s and 70s.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
US also had a few "portable" land-based reactors powering military bases and a station in Antarctica.
VW products generally have separate (knob) HVAC controls, not the integrated junk that many other manufactures have stuck their customers with.
I've been in new cars -- driving them has mostly made me want to beat the hell out of some of the people that engineered them.
Other than a feed of +12V, a signal line from the steering wheel controls, ground, and maybe a data signal from a rear-view camera, why does the "infotainment" system need to talk to the rest of the car at all?
Of course, but automakers want to jump in on the whole "cloud" trend. If they know where their cars are, they can target marketing at consumers or even sell consumers' location data. Or "help them in case of an accident", though that doesn't actually need info about location until after the accident happens.
Doesn't need an address book if the interface is properly designed. It should just pass a command: "call John Smith" or "call 202-555-1212" to the phone itself. No need to save any data in the car itself.
Exactly. They used to use pneumatic axle counters -- every time a hose was compressed by a vehicle axle passing over, a mechanical counter would increment by 1.