People are getting smarter. I don't know why, but the average intelligence of people has been increasing over the years. An IQ of 98 20 years in the future might be an IQ of 110 now (wild guess).
The subprime lenders thing is perhaps a proximal cause for the financial crisis, but really, the conditions were just waiting for a trigger. The fact that there were so many subprime borrowers in the first place already indicates that there was a large class of people with pretty much no wealth. The subprime lenders apparently tried to extract wealth from a class that didn't have anything to take. With nothing at the bottom, the middle fell out and the top managed to get bailed out.
I'm trying to understand the logic of your last statement. Are you implying that one child policy contributes to China's overpopulation? Sure, it causes other problems, but what could you have meant by "it is due to their government's ham-fisted policies...."?
I remember how fluorescent lights were supposed to last longer than incandescent bulbs. But I've noticed that the voltage regulators in the fluorescent bulbs quickly fail in about as long as it takes for an incandescent bulb to burn out. It's planned obsolescence, people. They are engineered to fail so you have to buy more light bulbs. LED bulbs _should_ be cheaper in the long run. LED technology is very durable, but the light bulb manufacturers will figure out some way to make them fail.
Actually, our near-term fusion reactors probably will use some helium-3--not as a main reactant, but as a plasma impurity which will allow a certain form of current generation using microwaves. But it's probably not worth mining from the moon.
Aren't numbers mainly developed as a tool for trade?
They probably used binary in the same way that the anglos used base 12, with words like dozen, gross, great gross. But the merchants weren't satisfied with sticking with a single number base and you see some base 2, base 4, base 10, base 12, base 20, and the imperial system of units is a big mess.
Metric is a big improvement as a consistent standard, but in some ways, it's too bad we settled on the decimal system rather than another radix with better properties.
which for 98% of the population is solved with willpower and determination alone.
Stop pulling numbers from your colon. I'm pretty sure there's more than 2% of obese people who have failed to solve it via a number of techniques including willpower alone.
I eat at least 3000 Calories/day. You are talking about a $30/day tax, which is kinda outrageous. (Of course, I don't eat fast food for every meal, but that's beside the point.)
This seems to me to be a case of Duke power getting unlucky. There's probably a larger list of companies that got away with it. Every business screens its applicants. A high school degree isn't really necessary for most jobs out there, but it is a pretty good filter for fuckups.
c+= . It's not funny and it isn't witty enough to be insulting. It is just bleh. At least Git hub has some quality control. Garbage collection isn't the same thing as censorship.
It's been just 40 something years and already the religion has been corrupted beyond recognition. Given what we know about evolution of religion, Jesus could have easily said, "Lie, cheat, and steal in my name, and I will give you power," which eventually became "honor thy mother and father."
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Incandescent bulbs break easily because they are engineered to break easily. That's the only reason.
Because all regulation is bad, right? Who cares about saving lives if it increases costs?
Obviously the bad guys would prefer not to have to launder money. It's an extra cost to their business brought on by regulation.
Both statements can be true if everybody "consents" to be tracked.
How is it that Apple managed to get people to hunger for something the same?
People are getting smarter. I don't know why, but the average intelligence of people has been increasing over the years. An IQ of 98 20 years in the future might be an IQ of 110 now (wild guess).
The subprime lenders thing is perhaps a proximal cause for the financial crisis, but really, the conditions were just waiting for a trigger. The fact that there were so many subprime borrowers in the first place already indicates that there was a large class of people with pretty much no wealth. The subprime lenders apparently tried to extract wealth from a class that didn't have anything to take. With nothing at the bottom, the middle fell out and the top managed to get bailed out.
I'm trying to understand the logic of your last statement. Are you implying that one child policy contributes to China's overpopulation? Sure, it causes other problems, but what could you have meant by "it is due to their government's ham-fisted policies...."?
What about a flat tax on wealth?
Well, then it's working, ain't it?
I remember how fluorescent lights were supposed to last longer than incandescent bulbs. But I've noticed that the voltage regulators in the fluorescent bulbs quickly fail in about as long as it takes for an incandescent bulb to burn out. It's planned obsolescence, people. They are engineered to fail so you have to buy more light bulbs. LED bulbs _should_ be cheaper in the long run. LED technology is very durable, but the light bulb manufacturers will figure out some way to make them fail.
Actually, our near-term fusion reactors probably will use some helium-3--not as a main reactant, but as a plasma impurity which will allow a certain form of current generation using microwaves. But it's probably not worth mining from the moon.
Queue the "stop resisting" while they beat you to a pulp.
Right. Either the test is voluntary, and suffers from selection bias, or it is involuntary, and is draconian.
Aren't numbers mainly developed as a tool for trade?
They probably used binary in the same way that the anglos used base 12, with words like dozen, gross, great gross. But the merchants weren't satisfied with sticking with a single number base and you see some base 2, base 4, base 10, base 12, base 20, and the imperial system of units is a big mess.
Metric is a big improvement as a consistent standard, but in some ways, it's too bad we settled on the decimal system rather than another radix with better properties.
The word "may" indicates uncertainty in this case.
Ok, leave the claims to me then. You do not need bacon to be emotionally and physically healthy.
I don't eat animal products, and I'm healthier than most people.
But then, maybe I'm not a True Human...
which for 98% of the population is solved with willpower and determination alone.
Stop pulling numbers from your colon. I'm pretty sure there's more than 2% of obese people who have failed to solve it via a number of techniques including willpower alone.
I'm pretty sure you will die from other diseases before you get fat off of Top Ramen.
I eat at least 3000 Calories/day. You are talking about a $30/day tax, which is kinda outrageous. (Of course, I don't eat fast food for every meal, but that's beside the point.)
This seems to me to be a case of Duke power getting unlucky. There's probably a larger list of companies that got away with it. Every business screens its applicants. A high school degree isn't really necessary for most jobs out there, but it is a pretty good filter for fuckups.
c+= . It's not funny and it isn't witty enough to be insulting. It is just bleh. At least Git hub has some quality control. Garbage collection isn't the same thing as censorship.
Isn't there pretty much always a plea deal? Plead guilty or face a maximum sentence of 114 years...
It's been just 40 something years and already the religion has been corrupted beyond recognition. Given what we know about evolution of religion, Jesus could have easily said, "Lie, cheat, and steal in my name, and I will give you power," which eventually became "honor thy mother and father."
I'm ok with not working on the sabbath. While we're on it, can we not work Sunday through Friday either?