Putin didn't try to 'steal' the election, it was instead Cambridge Analytica, with the help of *Facebook*, that offered to do it for a price, and of course Trump and his team accepted.
Yeah, during the primaries. You know, that period of time when what's-her-name was busy stealing her party's nomination from that crazy old coot the young kids were so in love with.
If you want to start reducing federal expenses, then start with the military budget, which accounts for 50%.
Military spending accounts for about 54% of the approximately 1/3 of Federal spending that is classified as "discretionary". So about 18% of total spending. The overwhelming majority of Federal spending is for Social Security and Medicare.
Even posting the news, it is still easy for the bias to be posted in the story.
In our vocabulary we have many words that mean the same thing, however imply different contexts.
Risk Taker vs. Careless
Analytical vs Heartless
Strategy vs Scheming
Ambitious vs Power Hungry
You can take the facts of the actions of an individual and express it in a way their are either a Hero or a Monster.
The real problem, is such statements sell the story, while a moderate approach of the facts is just too dull.
All of the terms you listed are interpretative, and are not needed for a straightforward reporting of facts. Who, what, where, when. Leave why for the editorialists.
If you're driving 50 MPH down a road that is signed for 50 MPH not near an intersection, and some woman runs out in front of you 20 feet away...... it's not reasonable to expect you to safely achieve the stop/avoidance that physics says your human+vehicle system is not capable of.
The reports say she was "near" an intersection, and walking a bicycle, so probably not running. Also probably not texting, but who knows?
From TFA: Accessory makers in Apple’s Made-for-iPhone/iPad/iPod (MFi) licensing program now have the ability to create new types of products as the company adds specs for a Lightning to 3.5mm output cable and USB-C ports. [emphasis added]
This is not a dongle that lets you plug headphones into your phone's lightning port. This is a dongle that lets you plug your phone's lightning port into another device's input port; e.g., your car's accessory audio input.
And if you live in a rural area - urbanites are subsidizing your roads a lot more than you are subsidizing their public transportation.
That really depends on how roads and public transit are funded. Roads are generally funded through taxes on fuel, so public transit-using urbanites aren't contributing much to that (but car-using urbanites are, of course). Public transit funding varies, but may be through general tax revenue, which means everybody contributes.
However the biggest risk is if the population moves to a small number of locations. Say to the Mid-West, Where there would be an influx of highly paid professionals genderfacating an area.
I can't figure out if you misspelled "gentrifying", or if you're on to something I haven't yet heard about. If it's the latter, it sounds terrifying.
From TFA: The trip, which took place on a luxury bus outfitted with a supply of vegan doughnuts and coal-infused kombucha, was known as the “Comeback Cities Tour.”
Vegan doughnuts. Coal-infused kombucha. Wherever it is these people think they're going to relocate to, it looks like they're taking Silicon Valley with them.
You must live in an area loaded with geniuses, if they haven't figured out in 20 years that if no one responds to a doorbell button press, then next thing to do is knock on the door.
if you've got a condition that is obviously not immediately dangerous what's the difference between a ride in a cab/Uber vs an ambulance besides the +$1,000 bill.
If you've got a condition that is obviously not immediately dangerous, maybe you should consider seeing your primary care physician rather than clogging up the queue at the ER. If you don't have a primary care physician, there are other alternatives to hospital emergency rooms, such as neighborhood clinics and urgent care facilities.
This was actually the worst ruling the private sector could get. Now it is explicit that a corporation cannot rely on its employees to in any way report errors or criminal activity by other employees to get in front of an SEC violation. Think that through for a moment. There is now a disincentive for internal reporting. If I was an owner or board member of any kind of financial institution, I would be pissed! Why it's bad for workers seems obvious.
Any company that is really interested in having employees report suspected violations internally should set up a way for that to happen anonymously. Every publicly-traded company I've ever worked for has provided that.
Anyone know? I saw no reference to a power source.
You didn't try very hard. From TFA: The clock is powered by a large weight hanging on a gear, built out of materials durable enough to keep time for 10 millennia.
But you pay to see it, not to read it. So if it's $0.02/page times the number of pages you visit in a day, are you still okay with it?
I didn't say I was OK with paying $0.02/page. I was merely pointing out that one would have to devote quite a bit of effort to run up a $50/day bill at that rate. I have to admit, though, that I didn't consider the case where one just flits from page to page without reading. I'm having a bit of trouble seeing the utility of such a use case.
That's fine but I don't think you've done the math on the cost per page if you think $0.02/page is reasonable. For me that could easily top $50/day at that sort of price point.
OK, let's do some math. $50 at $0.02/page is 2500 pages. That's about 2 minutes/page if you browse for 20 hours/day with no breaks. Yeah, that sounds reasonable.
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Putin didn't try to 'steal' the election, it was instead Cambridge Analytica, with the help of *Facebook*, that offered to do it for a price, and of course Trump and his team accepted.
Yeah, during the primaries. You know, that period of time when what's-her-name was busy stealing her party's nomination from that crazy old coot the young kids were so in love with.
If you want to start reducing federal expenses, then start with the military budget, which accounts for 50%.
Military spending accounts for about 54% of the approximately 1/3 of Federal spending that is classified as "discretionary". So about 18% of total spending. The overwhelming majority of Federal spending is for Social Security and Medicare.
Even posting the news, it is still easy for the bias to be posted in the story. In our vocabulary we have many words that mean the same thing, however imply different contexts. Risk Taker vs. Careless Analytical vs Heartless Strategy vs Scheming Ambitious vs Power Hungry
You can take the facts of the actions of an individual and express it in a way their are either a Hero or a Monster.
The real problem, is such statements sell the story, while a moderate approach of the facts is just too dull.
All of the terms you listed are interpretative, and are not needed for a straightforward reporting of facts. Who, what, where, when. Leave why for the editorialists.
If you're driving 50 MPH down a road that is signed for 50 MPH not near an intersection, and some woman runs out in front of you 20 feet away...... it's not reasonable to expect you to safely achieve the stop/avoidance that physics says your human+vehicle system is not capable of.
The reports say she was "near" an intersection, and walking a bicycle, so probably not running. Also probably not texting, but who knows?
Your children will grow up speaking canadian.
I'll kill myself then my family before I let that happen! ;)
Well, at least you're planning on doing it in the right order. So many people don't.
So commercial cryptominers don't pay their fair share? Why should rates rise for anyone else?
Oh right, everything is privatized so fuck the citizenry
Privatized does not mean what you appear to think it means. The utility is run by the city government.
Nah, you just speak for yourself. A sizeable group is singing along with Abba.
From TFA: Accessory makers in Apple’s Made-for-iPhone/iPad/iPod (MFi) licensing program now have the ability to create new types of products as the company adds specs for a Lightning to 3.5mm output cable and USB-C ports. [emphasis added]
This is not a dongle that lets you plug headphones into your phone's lightning port. This is a dongle that lets you plug your phone's lightning port into another device's input port; e.g., your car's accessory audio input.
And if you live in a rural area - urbanites are subsidizing your roads a lot more than you are subsidizing their public transportation.
That really depends on how roads and public transit are funded. Roads are generally funded through taxes on fuel, so public transit-using urbanites aren't contributing much to that (but car-using urbanites are, of course). Public transit funding varies, but may be through general tax revenue, which means everybody contributes.
you shouldn't have to tax people who choose not to use mass transit to pay costs for people that do.
Sure. Now, substitute members from the following list for "mass transit" in that statement, and see how it works out.
However the biggest risk is if the population moves to a small number of locations. Say to the Mid-West, Where there would be an influx of highly paid professionals genderfacating an area.
I can't figure out if you misspelled "gentrifying", or if you're on to something I haven't yet heard about. If it's the latter, it sounds terrifying.
From TFA: The trip, which took place on a luxury bus outfitted with a supply of vegan doughnuts and coal-infused kombucha, was known as the “Comeback Cities Tour.”
Vegan doughnuts. Coal-infused kombucha. Wherever it is these people think they're going to relocate to, it looks like they're taking Silicon Valley with them.
According to Judy Garland, the trolley. The trolley went clang, clang, clang.
Would it be too much to ask from a summary, that it would explain what is this application supposed to do besides collecting data?
You really would benefit from crawling out from under your rock every once in a while.
If you're passing out where I live, they make you go to the big hospital first.
The clinics won't see you, and even the local emergency room won't.
If you're passing out, you probably won't be summoning a ride-share, no matter where you live.
You must live in an area loaded with geniuses, if they haven't figured out in 20 years that if no one responds to a doorbell button press, then next thing to do is knock on the door.
if you've got a condition that is obviously not immediately dangerous what's the difference between a ride in a cab/Uber vs an ambulance besides the +$1,000 bill.
If you've got a condition that is obviously not immediately dangerous, maybe you should consider seeing your primary care physician rather than clogging up the queue at the ER. If you don't have a primary care physician, there are other alternatives to hospital emergency rooms, such as neighborhood clinics and urgent care facilities.
This phone is too fucking big to put in a pocket.
Odd. My S8+ has a 6.2" screen, and I have no problem putting in my pocket. But then, I don't try to make it fit sideways.
Sure, if you limit your lifestyle and do not buy into consumerism.
Too bad a lot more people don't recognize that as a choice. It really is a great one.
This was actually the worst ruling the private sector could get. Now it is explicit that a corporation cannot rely on its employees to in any way report errors or criminal activity by other employees to get in front of an SEC violation. Think that through for a moment. There is now a disincentive for internal reporting. If I was an owner or board member of any kind of financial institution, I would be pissed! Why it's bad for workers seems obvious.
Any company that is really interested in having employees report suspected violations internally should set up a way for that to happen anonymously. Every publicly-traded company I've ever worked for has provided that.
Finally someone willing to take a bold stance against the free ride that the poor have enjoyed for far too long.
I suppose you were being sardonic with that. Why don't you get back to us after you've been injured in a car crash with a poor, uninsured driver.
Anyone know? I saw no reference to a power source.
You didn't try very hard. From TFA: The clock is powered by a large weight hanging on a gear, built out of materials durable enough to keep time for 10 millennia.
But you pay to see it, not to read it. So if it's $0.02/page times the number of pages you visit in a day, are you still okay with it?
I didn't say I was OK with paying $0.02/page. I was merely pointing out that one would have to devote quite a bit of effort to run up a $50/day bill at that rate. I have to admit, though, that I didn't consider the case where one just flits from page to page without reading. I'm having a bit of trouble seeing the utility of such a use case.
That's fine but I don't think you've done the math on the cost per page if you think $0.02/page is reasonable. For me that could easily top $50/day at that sort of price point.
OK, let's do some math. $50 at $0.02/page is 2500 pages. That's about 2 minutes/page if you browse for 20 hours/day with no breaks. Yeah, that sounds reasonable.
Fuck off. I donâ(TM)t want the government to keep me safe. I want the government to keep me free.
...he said, from the safety of his walled garden prison.