Better to subsidize carbon-free power than endless oil wars. Besides, France has lower electricity costs than even the US ($0.20 per kWh vs $0.21 for the US). Some dirty-coal burning Eastern EU countries are even lower, but that's not a good option carbon-wise.
Actually, we shouldn't have gone after Bin Laden at all -- a leader is replaceable. Cutting off the funding to him and every other fucker like him would have been far more effective.
Medicare is one thing, but people with health issues might also be entitled to compensation from private insurers. If the private insurance companies can be bled some more, so much the better....
The French solved these problems a long time ago via proper reactor design and reprocessing. Solving them in the US is a legal and engineering issue, not one requiring major scientific advances.
Yep, follow the money. We should have embargoed the Saudi scum and blockaded their ports in the weeks after 9/11, not spend trillions on endless wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Send a message that financing terrorism and mass murder is not an acceptable thing to do.
But no, the Bush family was too corrupt and enmeshed in oil interests to do the right thing.
Who has to gain? The public -- people affected by 9/11 should have access to as much air-quality and hazmat data as possible to facilitate lawsuits against relevant parties. Who has to lose? The state and US governments who both understated health risks in the weeks after 9/11.
Leak away, people, you're doing the good people of New York a solid.
Let them leak it. I don't believe in any of the 9/11 conspiracy theories. I *do* believe that the Feds and NY government massively understated health risks to people in downtown Manhattan (and possibly Brooklyn and Staten Island) after the incident. Maybe this will shed some light on what toxic chemicals were in the towers and actual air sampling data. Sunlight disinfects, and it's not like I'd weep for insurance companies.
Or instead of (2), you can put a clothing line on your back porch, hang the clothes, and never have them wrinkle. Bonus points if it annoys uptight neighbor or HOA goose-stepper types.
So just turn on the heat when you come in -- wear a sweater for 10 minutes, Jimmy Carter style. Not that 60F actually feels cold when coming in from 30 or 40F outside.
A "smart watch" and a fitness tracker are essentially the same fuckin' thing, with slightly different software. I was lumping the two into the same bin.
When we lived in an apartment that had its own thermostat, it was at 50F 100% of the time. Neighbors liked to heat to 75F, enough heat leaked through the walls to keep our place at 65-70F without the heat ever turning on. Free heat!
Technically, querying the utility only needs a one-way link. No cloud-clown account needed -- you should just be able to input a URL where your utility has an XML file of daily power rates.
As far as the dryer, will the clothes be sitting wet in there all day growing mold before you turn it on?
There's no silver bullet for weight loss, but there is one for getting a healthy amount of exercise. Live within 2 miles of work, walk to/from work. That gets you up to about 4 miles a day (8000 steps). Another mile of day-to-day activity and you're up to 10,000.
You can still text on a flip phone. If you're writing a research paper and texting it to someone, then you're better off calling them anyway. Texts = SMS. SHORT Message Service! People often forget the first word of this acronym.
What if those cameras are on your internal network and talking to a Raspberry Pi based DVR inside a box that looks like an ordinary circuit box? What if those cameras could also talk to a LOCAL thermostat, know when people are home, and raise/lower the temperature accordingly? There are proper/ethical ways of doing things and unethical shortcuts.
There are a bunch of cheapie Chinese fitness tracker bands that only talk to a phone app which doesn't require account creation via Bluetooth. I don't think they even have the infrastructure to collect data. A "MyEpads" band is an example of this type of device, available for under $10.
That too -- Americans are way too accepting of authoritarian bullshit when it comes from private businesses. The French have the right idea: pitchforks, torches, barricades, and yellow vests.
As far as SD-LA, there's a direct train -- the Surfliner aka the San Diegan. It actually runs a fair bit north of LA as well, to San Luis Obispo or Santa Barbara. No need to change in Oceanside unless you're taking local commuter trains the whole way.
Surfliner is an acceptable service, though it really should be electrified between LA and SD. Problem is that train service is nil between SLO and SF, and the "high speed rail" project is turning into a joke -- overpriced and ridden with corruption. Had the state allowed French or Chinese bids, the fucking thing could have been built already.
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I actually support both -- but nuclear is great for base load whereas renewables are not.
Better to subsidize carbon-free power than endless oil wars. Besides, France has lower electricity costs than even the US ($0.20 per kWh vs $0.21 for the US). Some dirty-coal burning Eastern EU countries are even lower, but that's not a good option carbon-wise.
Actually, we shouldn't have gone after Bin Laden at all -- a leader is replaceable. Cutting off the funding to him and every other fucker like him would have been far more effective.
They wouldn't be "sitting in cement cooling pools" if we allowed reprocessing. French and Japanese can do it, why not us?
Fuck 'em both, and fuck Trump too. We haven't had a good president since Carter (IMHO).
Medicare is one thing, but people with health issues might also be entitled to compensation from private insurers. If the private insurance companies can be bled some more, so much the better ....
The French solved these problems a long time ago via proper reactor design and reprocessing. Solving them in the US is a legal and engineering issue, not one requiring major scientific advances.
Records related to the World Trade Center attack on 9/11/2001, not 911 calls.
Yep, follow the money. We should have embargoed the Saudi scum and blockaded their ports in the weeks after 9/11, not spend trillions on endless wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Send a message that financing terrorism and mass murder is not an acceptable thing to do.
But no, the Bush family was too corrupt and enmeshed in oil interests to do the right thing.
Who has to gain? The public -- people affected by 9/11 should have access to as much air-quality and hazmat data as possible to facilitate lawsuits against relevant parties. Who has to lose? The state and US governments who both understated health risks in the weeks after 9/11.
Leak away, people, you're doing the good people of New York a solid.
Let them leak it. I don't believe in any of the 9/11 conspiracy theories. I *do* believe that the Feds and NY government massively understated health risks to people in downtown Manhattan (and possibly Brooklyn and Staten Island) after the incident. Maybe this will shed some light on what toxic chemicals were in the towers and actual air sampling data. Sunlight disinfects, and it's not like I'd weep for insurance companies.
Or instead of (2), you can put a clothing line on your back porch, hang the clothes, and never have them wrinkle. Bonus points if it annoys uptight neighbor or HOA goose-stepper types.
So just turn on the heat when you come in -- wear a sweater for 10 minutes, Jimmy Carter style. Not that 60F actually feels cold when coming in from 30 or 40F outside.
A "smart watch" and a fitness tracker are essentially the same fuckin' thing, with slightly different software. I was lumping the two into the same bin.
When we lived in an apartment that had its own thermostat, it was at 50F 100% of the time. Neighbors liked to heat to 75F, enough heat leaked through the walls to keep our place at 65-70F without the heat ever turning on. Free heat!
Technically, querying the utility only needs a one-way link. No cloud-clown account needed -- you should just be able to input a URL where your utility has an XML file of daily power rates. As far as the dryer, will the clothes be sitting wet in there all day growing mold before you turn it on?
The beach cities (Pacific Beach, Ocean Beach) are bikeable. Also, the northern burbs like Oceanside and Encinitas.
There's no silver bullet for weight loss, but there is one for getting a healthy amount of exercise. Live within 2 miles of work, walk to/from work. That gets you up to about 4 miles a day (8000 steps). Another mile of day-to-day activity and you're up to 10,000.
You can still text on a flip phone. If you're writing a research paper and texting it to someone, then you're better off calling them anyway. Texts = SMS. SHORT Message Service! People often forget the first word of this acronym.
The Tea Party was co-opted by corporate interests who wanted deregulation. I'm thinking more like Occupy Wall Street plus the Tea Party, on steroids.
What if those cameras are on your internal network and talking to a Raspberry Pi based DVR inside a box that looks like an ordinary circuit box? What if those cameras could also talk to a LOCAL thermostat, know when people are home, and raise/lower the temperature accordingly? There are proper/ethical ways of doing things and unethical shortcuts.
There are a bunch of cheapie Chinese fitness tracker bands that only talk to a phone app which doesn't require account creation via Bluetooth. I don't think they even have the infrastructure to collect data. A "MyEpads" band is an example of this type of device, available for under $10.
Yep, the only good VC is one who has cancer. Just like Lloyd Blankfein is a good banker -- hope his leukemia eats him alive.
That too -- Americans are way too accepting of authoritarian bullshit when it comes from private businesses. The French have the right idea: pitchforks, torches, barricades, and yellow vests.
As far as SD-LA, there's a direct train -- the Surfliner aka the San Diegan. It actually runs a fair bit north of LA as well, to San Luis Obispo or Santa Barbara. No need to change in Oceanside unless you're taking local commuter trains the whole way.
Surfliner is an acceptable service, though it really should be electrified between LA and SD. Problem is that train service is nil between SLO and SF, and the "high speed rail" project is turning into a joke -- overpriced and ridden with corruption. Had the state allowed French or Chinese bids, the fucking thing could have been built already.