You should be maxing out your retirement investment (not in more than 10 percent company stock, 90 percent in a low cost index fund or ETF like Total Stock Market or S&P 500 or mid cap. And downsizing your expenses. Never have more than half of your assets in your house.
But, sure, pick up network certifications on the side, that's a good move.
A friend of mine is starting a Software Engineering internship, she's your eventual replacement (and is an American).
The cool thing about the Seattle program is that it doesn't cost $7000 to install, it costs $150 on your electric bill (once) and it moves with you inside the city, even if you rent.
I've been buying solar panel units here in Seattle that are placed on public buildings through our Seattle City Light program, since my townhouse faces north, and it works even if I sell the house and buy another one somewhere in Seattle (costs about $150 per unit, due to large scale installations that drop the costs).
As to poor people using solar panels, some cities way up here give homeless veterans Tiny Houses (250 sq ft) with solar panels on their roofs so they don't have to camp outside.
Adapt. Cause emissions don't care about your excuses, and change is now.
Look, we actually have documents (go look at wikileaks, no I won't do your work for you) that prove that Germany has been instrumental in making sure that Greek milliionaires avoiding taxes aren't followed to their Swiss deposits and other tax frauds.
The only problem is that the German Banks might have to suffer a loss for Liar's Loans they made under the Goldman Sachs "promises" that Greece could be in the EEC (EU monetary combine), which even internal German audits show was known to be a lie.
The banks losing their money is what is supposed to happen when they make bad loans.
That and the lack of repayment by Germany for the war looting of Greece during WW II, which has never been repaid.
Does Greece have a strong economy? No, but it never has.
Is there massive tax fraud in Greece? Yes, but there always has been.
Is this a major risk for the EU? No, because.... wait for it... Greece is less than 0.1 percent of total EU GDP. Total.
All the rest is sturm und drang by Reichsmarshalls in Den Stadt.
Not true. Climate change alters basic acidity of oceans, revives ancient diseases trapped in polar ice, and the interconnected nature of society and trade may result in conflicts where one person decides to start a nuclear war as billions are forced to migrate or die.
Look, I love that you civilians think it's not a problem, but you've never had to deal with what people pushed to the edge actually DO when they either leave their nation state or die. They will do whatever they have to, and that is very very dangerous. When people think they're trapped, they do amazing things.
1. Can you get published? Especially in top rated journals.
2. Can you become tenure faculty with research grants. Saying you'll increase it by 10 percent when it's only 1 percent means it's now 1.1 percent.
3. Can you get awards?
I've seen more change occur due to the above three focii than the other stuff, but then I work in a mostly female branch of science (which didn't used to be so, that happened quite recently).
I'm hoping that the same will occur with my intended new field (engineering) as well. There is no reason why it can't.
So long as an American citizen is travelling within the US, even if by air, there is no justification for any search or seizure of his or her personal documents, thoughts, or even religion.
My laptop may contain personal information, and only with a specific court order by a judge (not a blanket warrant for "all Americans") can they force us to reveal our personal data or thoughts.
It doesn't matter what their excuse is.
Can they scan it for potential hazards, or ask us to turn it on to "prove" it is not a hazard?
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You should be maxing out your retirement investment (not in more than 10 percent company stock, 90 percent in a low cost index fund or ETF like Total Stock Market or S&P 500 or mid cap. And downsizing your expenses. Never have more than half of your assets in your house.
But, sure, pick up network certifications on the side, that's a good move.
A friend of mine is starting a Software Engineering internship, she's your eventual replacement (and is an American).
Fossil fuels and fossil fuel using cars to a greater extent than most.
Just look at the lease rates for use of government lands for fossil fuel extraction.
Only an idiot disarms when his competition is armed to the teeth with government cheese.
The cool thing about the Seattle program is that it doesn't cost $7000 to install, it costs $150 on your electric bill (once) and it moves with you inside the city, even if you rent.
I've been buying solar panel units here in Seattle that are placed on public buildings through our Seattle City Light program, since my townhouse faces north, and it works even if I sell the house and buy another one somewhere in Seattle (costs about $150 per unit, due to large scale installations that drop the costs).
As to poor people using solar panels, some cities way up here give homeless veterans Tiny Houses (250 sq ft) with solar panels on their roofs so they don't have to camp outside.
Adapt. Cause emissions don't care about your excuses, and change is now.
Duh.
Look, we actually have documents (go look at wikileaks, no I won't do your work for you) that prove that Germany has been instrumental in making sure that Greek milliionaires avoiding taxes aren't followed to their Swiss deposits and other tax frauds.
The only problem is that the German Banks might have to suffer a loss for Liar's Loans they made under the Goldman Sachs "promises" that Greece could be in the EEC (EU monetary combine), which even internal German audits show was known to be a lie.
The banks losing their money is what is supposed to happen when they make bad loans.
That and the lack of repayment by Germany for the war looting of Greece during WW II, which has never been repaid.
Does Greece have a strong economy? No, but it never has.
Is there massive tax fraud in Greece? Yes, but there always has been.
Is this a major risk for the EU? No, because .... wait for it ... Greece is less than 0.1 percent of total EU GDP. Total.
All the rest is sturm und drang by Reichsmarshalls in Den Stadt.
Abandon London, nothing of consequence remains there.
Scotland, a free independent and green country, is where your future lies.
I'm sure that's what the Saurian dinosaur astronomers told their people.
Look, just operate under the general assumption that we live in a Police State that makes Eastern German Stasi look like kindergarten cops.
Then you'll be a good serf.
Is it unconstitutional and illegal?
Of course.
Will they do anything about it that actually changes anything?
No.
(obligatory Star Trek reference)
Obelix is fun at parties, unless he gets stoned, but Oberon can bring a party down.
Not true. Climate change alters basic acidity of oceans, revives ancient diseases trapped in polar ice, and the interconnected nature of society and trade may result in conflicts where one person decides to start a nuclear war as billions are forced to migrate or die.
Look, I love that you civilians think it's not a problem, but you've never had to deal with what people pushed to the edge actually DO when they either leave their nation state or die. They will do whatever they have to, and that is very very dangerous. When people think they're trapped, they do amazing things.
I for one have *never* been afraid of asterisks.
I'm far more worried about Oberon than about Asterisk.
Man-made climate change, which is 120 percent of all GHG emissions worldwide (yes, I said more than 100 percent), is an actual risk.
If humans die from a giant asteroid, nobody will notice we're gone.
The impact of actions like this is many many many times greater than any impact from the stupid waste on spying on Americans for the War on Terror.
The only spying that has worked has been that actually done in Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and other real threats.
So, about time.
But the press didn't show that.
Just like they did after WW II, pretending that all the superheroes who were women went "home".
Adapt. Because change is coming regardless.
oh, wait, no, those were just account stealing gold pirates and people using bots.
God those are so annoying.
Way to go, Blizz!
I see you didn't read 2.
There are measures for each of these, but each is controlled by a different set of actors.
But hey, let's have a long discussion and not invite the people that actually need to change to it, that will work.
Imagine this.
You're in an automated car, driving home from a party.
Patch Tuesday rolls up and it's a bad one. 30 patches, which if all applied at the same time will brick your car for 30 minutes and reboot 5 times.
You're on a cliff road and the car is at the speed limit.
Do you wish you had windows now?
What it tends to come down to are three things:
1. Can you get published? Especially in top rated journals.
2. Can you become tenure faculty with research grants. Saying you'll increase it by 10 percent when it's only 1 percent means it's now 1.1 percent.
3. Can you get awards?
I've seen more change occur due to the above three focii than the other stuff, but then I work in a mostly female branch of science (which didn't used to be so, that happened quite recently).
I'm hoping that the same will occur with my intended new field (engineering) as well. There is no reason why it can't.
So, in short, similar to nail salon workers or shrimping boat workers.
Disabled it already
The moral is get your mitts off of my personal thoughts on my encrypted laptop and cell phone!
Can you scan it for hazards? Sure.
Can you ask me to turn it on? Sure.
Can you ask me to unlock the encrypted device? NO!
So long as an American citizen is travelling within the US, even if by air, there is no justification for any search or seizure of his or her personal documents, thoughts, or even religion.
My laptop may contain personal information, and only with a specific court order by a judge (not a blanket warrant for "all Americans") can they force us to reveal our personal data or thoughts.
It doesn't matter what their excuse is.
Can they scan it for potential hazards, or ask us to turn it on to "prove" it is not a hazard?
Sure.
But that is all the Gestapo can do.
Force me into an OS and you're dead to me.
Even an OS stolen from CP/M.