Perhaps upper class restaurants in the far future will be the exception. But honestly, I can't think of many other jobs that require people to be working like that. 99% of stuff that we're doing today can be automated.
Start with a low but sure guaranteed minimum weekly income, even if it's just $20 (on top of any income you normally get), and increase gradually as more and more stuff is automated. It's the perfect solution to a growing problem.
I loved the Amiga and 3D (even program stuff in 3D), but self-checkout machines are the future, sorry. If not quite what we have today, then something similar. It would be nice to just roll the food past a special 'laser doorway', and it all just scans instantly. I can't see why they can't do that already. It can't be THAT hard surely.
I reminds me of when Elon Musk sold Paypal. It would have been great to see what that would've become. Imagine Paypal being the universal way of transferring money, via phone, with incredibly cheap transfers and overtaking any 'normal' currency.
Well let's just have a sugar pill placebo for that entire branch. By your own admission it would work just as well, and so we don't have to expand that branch any more than we have to.
Read the full story before calling him an idiot. Humans are creatures of habit, and if the brake pedal isn't being used much because in the summer, the regen is being used in PLACE of the brake, then it's easy to be unaccustomed to using the brake properly again.
I'm not saying it's not mostly his fault, but Tesla must at least be apportioned a bit of the blame for not going with the industry average gap between pedals. And I'm one of Tesla's biggest fans and own shares in them.
In that light, all we need to really do is send some frozen fertilized ova with some instructions in a tungsten sphere. Much simpler.
If that's possible, you're assuming that some alien species is out there and will come to follow those instructions eventually. I don't think that's 100% guaranteed considering we haven't ever heard any signal from aliens yet.
I mean that's what this is all about, right? Preserving the species? Right?
For sure, that's one of the main reasons. If it means I won't be one of the 'selected' so be it. I'd still much happier knowing that some the human race can continue.
Baby steps. It only takes I think a few hundred people (enough genetic variety) to successfully repopulate a new area. We don't need to take everyone in the whole world.
My original point is that it's a very good thing to prepare for cataclysmic events even if we've never directly observed them yet. Even though the probability may be low (e.g: asteroid strike, super volcano, solar blast etc.), the destruction is so enormous that it's worth taking seriously and taking steps to prevent them (or at least reduce their impact) if they do occur.
Off-topic but.... Regarding room temp super conductors you said: "You could store electricity in giant coils instead of chemical cells, making loading and unloading the electricity much faster"
Do you think high energy (on par with LIon batteries) ultra capacitors would be much easier to create as a result?
The discovery that long-term sleep loss can result in a loss of brain cells is a first, Veasey said. "No one really thought that the brain could be irreversibly injured from sleep loss," she said. That has now changed.
I thought cells were constantly being reproduced in the human body. If so, I'm not so sure what so "irreversible" about the damage.
Oh you mean the old version of the word? Rehabilitation eventually once became the primary process used for criminals when humanity entered a new age of enlightenment in the 22nd century. Unfortunately, over time, the word and process was twisted more and more to mean something akin to torture for the amusement of the public. Sort of like a modern version of the Roman gladiatorial arena battles.
Sheer power? I think you'll find the Model S is superior to an ICE in this respect. Batteries have come of age, and the acceleration, especially at low speeds, crushes all or nearly all ICE vehicles.
Excellent - interaction with the audience is the key here, otherwise you may as well see any number of course videos online.
I remember I think a previous Slashdot story, where the students were encouraged to read the presentation first (Word/Powerpoint whatever), and then in the lecture hall, the idea was to discuss and Q+A the professor. A far better use of time - more interesting and productive.
Is there an electronic currency like bitcoin, but which is much less private and traceable? This way we have the convenience of electronic transfer and the safety of normal cash.
Are you saying..... wow... we should (god forbid) measure, energy capacity in....... watt hours (or joules)? How dare you recommend such a statement!
Honestly it amazes me the number of people who think volts or amps alone constitute energy. It also saddens me that watts and watt-hours are not more commonly stated in products such as on battery labels.
Occasionally, you'll find products on Amazon where 90% people give them one or two star, and the other 10% give it 5 star. Who's to say you're not that case here?
* Much faster chargers than anything else (superchargers)
* Free power at said chargers
* Battery Giga-factory being built soon - equal to the production of all the LIon battery production in the world.
* Safest car ever
* Tons of space in car
* An aesthetically pleasing design compared to other EVs
* Best acceleration for a car in its class (luxury big sedan)
* No dealers to take 15% of cash or each car sold
* Battery at floor of car makes handling amazing
* Range for a single charge (200-300 miles) off the scale compared to other EVs
* Fair pricing (in China, Teslas are not double or triple of the cost of elsewhere in the world)
* Amazing giant screen (e.g: for maps or rear camera)
* Updates over the air
* No noise, exhaust/smell/CO2 and little maintenance compared to even hybrid cars
* Visionary CEO who wants to change the world and get us all off ICE cars ASAP.
Batteries are energy agnostic. They can get their energy from solar, nuclear or some tech of the future (fusion etc.). In 10,000 years, we'll still be building cars with batteries as the energy provider since they're just so flexible and efficient.
I thought the whole of suspension was so that you didn't feel the road - all the bumps and pits in it included. When you say the power steering is squishy, do you mean the wheel is too easy to turn, or maybe that it doesn't recenter quickly enough (or slowly enough?) after making a turn?
Interesting, I might wait for the 8xx cards instead. Is x50 always 'reserved' for 'beta' versions of new architectures, and if so is it just x50 or are others like say x30 or x70 also reserved?
Unfortunately, Wikipedia doesn't even bother to list the architecture in its giant table - a very important aspect of a graphics card.
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Perhaps upper class restaurants in the far future will be the exception. But honestly, I can't think of many other jobs that require people to be working like that. 99% of stuff that we're doing today can be automated.
Start with a low but sure guaranteed minimum weekly income, even if it's just $20 (on top of any income you normally get), and increase gradually as more and more stuff is automated. It's the perfect solution to a growing problem.
I loved the Amiga and 3D (even program stuff in 3D), but self-checkout machines are the future, sorry. If not quite what we have today, then something similar. It would be nice to just roll the food past a special 'laser doorway', and it all just scans instantly. I can't see why they can't do that already. It can't be THAT hard surely.
I reminds me of when Elon Musk sold Paypal. It would have been great to see what that would've become. Imagine Paypal being the universal way of transferring money, via phone, with incredibly cheap transfers and overtaking any 'normal' currency.
Well let's just have a sugar pill placebo for that entire branch. By your own admission it would work just as well, and so we don't have to expand that branch any more than we have to.
Read the full story before calling him an idiot. Humans are creatures of habit, and if the brake pedal isn't being used much because in the summer, the regen is being used in PLACE of the brake, then it's easy to be unaccustomed to using the brake properly again.
I'm not saying it's not mostly his fault, but Tesla must at least be apportioned a bit of the blame for not going with the industry average gap between pedals. And I'm one of Tesla's biggest fans and own shares in them.
In that light, all we need to really do is send some frozen fertilized ova with some instructions in a tungsten sphere. Much simpler.
If that's possible, you're assuming that some alien species is out there and will come to follow those instructions eventually. I don't think that's 100% guaranteed considering we haven't ever heard any signal from aliens yet.
I mean that's what this is all about, right? Preserving the species? Right?
For sure, that's one of the main reasons. If it means I won't be one of the 'selected' so be it. I'd still much happier knowing that some the human race can continue.
Baby steps. It only takes I think a few hundred people (enough genetic variety) to successfully repopulate a new area. We don't need to take everyone in the whole world.
My original point is that it's a very good thing to prepare for cataclysmic events even if we've never directly observed them yet. Even though the probability may be low (e.g: asteroid strike, super volcano, solar blast etc.), the destruction is so enormous that it's worth taking seriously and taking steps to prevent them (or at least reduce their impact) if they do occur.
Try telling that to Elon Musk. His ambitions I suspect are greater than yours.
Off-topic but.... Regarding room temp super conductors you said: "You could store electricity in giant coils instead of chemical cells, making loading and unloading the electricity much faster"
Do you think high energy (on par with LIon batteries) ultra capacitors would be much easier to create as a result?
The discovery that long-term sleep loss can result in a loss of brain cells is a first, Veasey said. "No one really thought that the brain could be irreversibly injured from sleep loss," she said. That has now changed.
I thought cells were constantly being reproduced in the human body. If so, I'm not so sure what so "irreversible" about the damage.
Let's not try to get Mars either as all the previous giant asteroids never wiped us out.
What about rehabilitation?
Oh you mean the old version of the word? Rehabilitation eventually once became the primary process used for criminals when humanity entered a new age of enlightenment in the 22nd century. Unfortunately, over time, the word and process was twisted more and more to mean something akin to torture for the amusement of the public. Sort of like a modern version of the Roman gladiatorial arena battles.
Sheer power? I think you'll find the Model S is superior to an ICE in this respect. Batteries have come of age, and the acceleration, especially at low speeds, crushes all or nearly all ICE vehicles.
Excellent - interaction with the audience is the key here, otherwise you may as well see any number of course videos online.
I remember I think a previous Slashdot story, where the students were encouraged to read the presentation first (Word/Powerpoint whatever), and then in the lecture hall, the idea was to discuss and Q+A the professor. A far better use of time - more interesting and productive.
Is there an electronic currency like bitcoin, but which is much less private and traceable? This way we have the convenience of electronic transfer and the safety of normal cash.
Are you saying..... wow... we should (god forbid) measure, energy capacity in....... watt hours (or joules)? How dare you recommend such a statement!
Honestly it amazes me the number of people who think volts or amps alone constitute energy. It also saddens me that watts and watt-hours are not more commonly stated in products such as on battery labels.
Is most of the smog coming from vehicle exhaust?
If so, I hear a company called Tesla has a car or two they may be interested in.
Occasionally, you'll find products on Amazon where 90% people give them one or two star, and the other 10% give it 5 star. Who's to say you're not that case here?
Off the top of my head:
* Much faster chargers than anything else (superchargers)
* Free power at said chargers
* Battery Giga-factory being built soon - equal to the production of all the LIon battery production in the world.
* Safest car ever
* Tons of space in car
* An aesthetically pleasing design compared to other EVs
* Best acceleration for a car in its class (luxury big sedan)
* No dealers to take 15% of cash or each car sold
* Battery at floor of car makes handling amazing
* Range for a single charge (200-300 miles) off the scale compared to other EVs
* Fair pricing (in China, Teslas are not double or triple of the cost of elsewhere in the world)
* Amazing giant screen (e.g: for maps or rear camera)
* Updates over the air
* No noise, exhaust/smell/CO2 and little maintenance compared to even hybrid cars
* Visionary CEO who wants to change the world and get us all off ICE cars ASAP.
Did you know all of those?
Batteries are energy agnostic. They can get their energy from solar, nuclear or some tech of the future (fusion etc.). In 10,000 years, we'll still be building cars with batteries as the energy provider since they're just so flexible and efficient.
I thought the whole of suspension was so that you didn't feel the road - all the bumps and pits in it included. When you say the power steering is squishy, do you mean the wheel is too easy to turn, or maybe that it doesn't recenter quickly enough (or slowly enough?) after making a turn?
Are you for or against net neutrality?
Interesting, I might wait for the 8xx cards instead. Is x50 always 'reserved' for 'beta' versions of new architectures, and if so is it just x50 or are others like say x30 or x70 also reserved?
Unfortunately, Wikipedia doesn't even bother to list the architecture in its giant table - a very important aspect of a graphics card.
Like that excuses them. It shows they were already inconsistent.