People act like there's only one problem, that is, political correctness or whatever name it has this week which prevents people from expressing themselves, but the other very large issue is the crazy notion that everybody deserves equal air time, equal coverage, etc. no matter the ignorance or illogicality of their words and ideas.
...in the long run. No cable company should ever have paid anything for any channel or broadcast that carried advertising. Either ordinary (ad supported) channels or premium (no ads) channels. Period. Now look what a mess we have. Cable companies caused this, and when they first did, they weren't even competing with anyone.
There are some fairly inexpensive efficient V6s around now that could easily double the power. Unfortunately it's a rear-engine car. There wasn't a lot of bad news before because with limited power there weren't that many issues, but double the power and some people will be bitten, hard. DMC-12s are best for just cruising and looking cool. I'm sure some knee-jerk 911 owners will, well, jerk their knees, but they won't be buying DeLoreans anyhow. Rear engine designs with powerful engines are generally not compatible staying on the road pointed forward.
Why are there a few high-quality news sources still around while a number of others have come and gone? Because the fairly small audience remembers and depends on those long-lived sources. Staying power is all-important. The longer you stay the more solid and loyal the audience. (Though SlashDot is obviously not paying for investigative journalism) why am I here and not in a dozen other forums with similar content? Because this one has been around a long time and hasn't changed all that much over the years and hasn't had any (IMHO) serious lapses in integrity, at least none that weren't mostly fixed in response to user outcry. I can concentrate on the content and comments without having to think about the structure.
That said, how do we finance such organizations when click-bait-infested sites return greater short-term profits? For public goods like roads, we usually have the government provide financing, but that wouldn't work so well for an organization reporting on government affairs. A quasi-independent agency like the US Federal Reserve Bank? Regardless of the conspiracy theories out the wazoo, there's a very high level of professionalism within. But still... board members are appointed by government officials. And part of the secret to the Fed's success has been that they can't be defunded at the whim of Congress or a pissed-off Executive. How would a news organization be funded without the shadow of government or corporate interference?
Some years back a few researchers assembled a paper outlining how all sorts of technologies and measures could reduce CO2 output, referring to each as a wedge (slice of the reduction pie). That remains the ONLY study I've seen that realistically included all feasible options without venturing into blue-sky speculation and handwaving arguments.
Seems to me there's no such thing. Everything may be logged. Soviet Venona messages were eventually cracked due to one-time pads not being used only one time, but that wouldn't have happened without the traffic having been logged and kept for years. If quantum computers are created that can crack encryption we've used up until now, there's not much hope for anything used up to the present except true one-time pads. Perfect forward secrecy is when everybody who saw the message has died.
Nothing short of a redesign from scratch could save what has one of the worst user interfaces in wide use today. Hardly better than Notes, which is notably horrible.
The problem is a variant of the tyranny of the majority. If 95% of the population is OK with something, the mass manufacturers will make it that way and the other 5% be damned. Niche cars without the unwanted crap are hideously expensive, leaving the 5% to buy what they don't want, what they can't afford, or not at all.
Same here. fixed-wing, launched from the rooftop, with or without a hatch/sunroof opening.
OP, back of a pickup??? Only appropriate for firewood and used tyres. Even if the aircraft were elevated above the cab roof, the ridiculous turbulence back there would screw things up. Best launch vehicles would be those with large flat roofs, including vans. Moving flat platform underneath provides additional lift for smooth takeoffs and landings.
In the old days of limited bandwidth, we used to choose things to download before we read/watched them so that when we were ready to they were already downloaded. We may have to return to that sort of model for two reasons, 1) because using TOR or whatever is slow, and 2) because even if we generate fake traffic, our lumpy usage patterns will be easy to discern and yield a lot to traffic analysis. So start spreading those transmissions out over time and choose sizable things to download ahead of time. Uploads will be spread out as well (and slow). This is all going to feel like the Interplanetary Internet, where bandwidth is very limited and latency is enormous.
Users should demand standard interfaces between machines... your washer and dryer should transfer clothes when clean and wet without user intervention, regardless of make/model. General purpose robots for things that either aren't exactly repeated or don't occur very often, standardized machines for things that are repeated frequently.
"...If the data center jobs don't materialize, the breaks disappear."
If both of the data center jobs don't materialize, the breaks disappear. FIFY. Most such installations are worse than warehouses. Not only do they employ very few and eat a lot of land per job, but most of them suck a lot of power. Be a NIMBY and let it go somewhere else. You won't be sorry.
...that an energy source that doesn't emit CO2 is being endangered by those that do. So far we've found a lot more "tipping point" mechanisms than buffering mechanisms. Not a good sign.
I think the only way to do these things is to blame everyone who had access and keep doing that until those not wanting to be blamed speak up or block it. Unfortunately forcing that takes more time and effort than anyone has.
You throw the term "artwork" around pretty loosely there.
Who are they to be deciding what someone builds on their own land? An extreme Libertarian position with which I disagree, but land use regulations should be applied in an egalitarian fashion, and they most certainly are not.
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So to get decent funding, we just need to redesignate our physical borders as weapons!
People act like there's only one problem, that is, political correctness or whatever name it has this week which prevents people from expressing themselves, but the other very large issue is the crazy notion that everybody deserves equal air time, equal coverage, etc. no matter the ignorance or illogicality of their words and ideas.
It was supposed to be the VULTURE SQUADRON and they were supposed to stop the PIGEON. This is really all because those Lebanese hate men.
...in the long run. No cable company should ever have paid anything for any channel or broadcast that carried advertising. Either ordinary (ad supported) channels or premium (no ads) channels. Period. Now look what a mess we have. Cable companies caused this, and when they first did, they weren't even competing with anyone.
Then this is way too boring for me to comment on...
There are some fairly inexpensive efficient V6s around now that could easily double the power. Unfortunately it's a rear-engine car. There wasn't a lot of bad news before because with limited power there weren't that many issues, but double the power and some people will be bitten, hard. DMC-12s are best for just cruising and looking cool. I'm sure some knee-jerk 911 owners will, well, jerk their knees, but they won't be buying DeLoreans anyhow. Rear engine designs with powerful engines are generally not compatible staying on the road pointed forward.
Sounds like North Koreans... "you are spy!"
Why are there a few high-quality news sources still around while a number of others have come and gone? Because the fairly small audience remembers and depends on those long-lived sources. Staying power is all-important. The longer you stay the more solid and loyal the audience. (Though SlashDot is obviously not paying for investigative journalism) why am I here and not in a dozen other forums with similar content? Because this one has been around a long time and hasn't changed all that much over the years and hasn't had any (IMHO) serious lapses in integrity, at least none that weren't mostly fixed in response to user outcry. I can concentrate on the content and comments without having to think about the structure.
That said, how do we finance such organizations when click-bait-infested sites return greater short-term profits? For public goods like roads, we usually have the government provide financing, but that wouldn't work so well for an organization reporting on government affairs. A quasi-independent agency like the US Federal Reserve Bank? Regardless of the conspiracy theories out the wazoo, there's a very high level of professionalism within. But still... board members are appointed by government officials. And part of the secret to the Fed's success has been that they can't be defunded at the whim of Congress or a pissed-off Executive. How would a news organization be funded without the shadow of government or corporate interference?
It may be true, but another reason to claim such success would be to scare people away from using something they can't crack.
They're too busy denying bandwidth of those who've paid for it to be bothered by those who have not.
how about focusing on making life for residents more interesting?
Some years back a few researchers assembled a paper outlining how all sorts of technologies and measures could reduce CO2 output, referring to each as a wedge (slice of the reduction pie). That remains the ONLY study I've seen that realistically included all feasible options without venturing into blue-sky speculation and handwaving arguments.
Seems to me there's no such thing. Everything may be logged. Soviet Venona messages were eventually cracked due to one-time pads not being used only one time, but that wouldn't have happened without the traffic having been logged and kept for years. If quantum computers are created that can crack encryption we've used up until now, there's not much hope for anything used up to the present except true one-time pads. Perfect forward secrecy is when everybody who saw the message has died.
Nothing short of a redesign from scratch could save what has one of the worst user interfaces in wide use today. Hardly better than Notes, which is notably horrible.
The problem is a variant of the tyranny of the majority. If 95% of the population is OK with something, the mass manufacturers will make it that way and the other 5% be damned. Niche cars without the unwanted crap are hideously expensive, leaving the 5% to buy what they don't want, what they can't afford, or not at all.
Same here. fixed-wing, launched from the rooftop, with or without a hatch/sunroof opening.
OP, back of a pickup??? Only appropriate for firewood and used tyres. Even if the aircraft were elevated above the cab roof, the ridiculous turbulence back there would screw things up. Best launch vehicles would be those with large flat roofs, including vans. Moving flat platform underneath provides additional lift for smooth takeoffs and landings.
In the old days of limited bandwidth, we used to choose things to download before we read/watched them so that when we were ready to they were already downloaded. We may have to return to that sort of model for two reasons, 1) because using TOR or whatever is slow, and 2) because even if we generate fake traffic, our lumpy usage patterns will be easy to discern and yield a lot to traffic analysis. So start spreading those transmissions out over time and choose sizable things to download ahead of time. Uploads will be spread out as well (and slow). This is all going to feel like the Interplanetary Internet, where bandwidth is very limited and latency is enormous.
Users should demand standard interfaces between machines... your washer and dryer should transfer clothes when clean and wet without user intervention, regardless of make/model. General purpose robots for things that either aren't exactly repeated or don't occur very often, standardized machines for things that are repeated frequently.
Already... when I try to run unauthorized modes it breaks dishes...
Exactly. Zuckerberg knows that in general libraries that offer any connectivity DO offer the entire Internet.
"...If the data center jobs don't materialize, the breaks disappear."
If both of the data center jobs don't materialize, the breaks disappear. FIFY. Most such installations are worse than warehouses. Not only do they employ very few and eat a lot of land per job, but most of them suck a lot of power. Be a NIMBY and let it go somewhere else. You won't be sorry.
As in, I really expect that jerk to cut my front bumper off, so I'm going to speed up or slow down to prevent it. Wait, what? He didn't? WTF?
...that an energy source that doesn't emit CO2 is being endangered by those that do. So far we've found a lot more "tipping point" mechanisms than buffering mechanisms. Not a good sign.
I think the only way to do these things is to blame everyone who had access and keep doing that until those not wanting to be blamed speak up or block it. Unfortunately forcing that takes more time and effort than anyone has.
You throw the term "artwork" around pretty loosely there.
Who are they to be deciding what someone builds on their own land? An extreme Libertarian position with which I disagree, but land use regulations should be applied in an egalitarian fashion, and they most certainly are not.