I've seen centralized IT work far better than decentralized. It comes down to execution.
After working in Canada IT for several years, I can place the blame squarely on culture. IT is considered below the janitor socially, underfunded, run Command-Control by politically driven management... and those are the good things. It goes downhill from there.
How much and what are the options? Measure it. One example of little cost but a lot of benefit is the Fed raising flood insurance rates 5% + inflation every year until they are out of the business. Another is to quit bailing out states for storms. I was in NJ when Sandy hit and 99% of the damage was self induced - they refused to cut trees away from power lines. Guess what happened? Thousands of down lines and power out for weeks. Something they've finally been intelligent enough to restart is putting barriers between ocean and houses.
You just proved where this software could be useful.
Unfortunately, I see it much more likely to be a tool of the "mad roman mob" out for blood. More people value comfortable lies than inconvenient truth.
My 2700 sqft house on a quarter acre with unlimited free water costs $500/month in Idaho - only a 2 hour flight away from SoCal and 1 time zone. I also have 5 acres of forest overlooking a large lake a couple hours away - $150/month.
In looking at FB's operations and returns, Zuckerberg most definitely completed a power grab and returns are below what they should be. I'm all for that being corrected.
Double thumbs up! I've implemented a half dozen retirement and investment systems and Vanguard is the only one I like. Effective and Efficient - far different than the senseless bling so many other sites have.
It's not economical when you take out the subsidies for solar/wind and the targeted overbearing rules that drive up the price of coal. Put a number on pollution - all pollution including manufacturing those solar cells, not just local burning gas - then we'll talk. Expensive Green = Brown
The peasants don't understand that most "green" energy causes more pollution than natural gas, and far more than nuclear and hydropower. Transmission lines, energy storage or backup systems, actual environmental cost of making solar panels or wind turbines, etc. If you want to actually live green then you'd better get used to blackouts.
We already have talent in the USA that has no equal. Problem is that 3/4 of software engineers leave the field due to poor work conditions and relatively low pay given the intelligence, drive, time, and skill involved. Why go into engineering when management or sales pays double for less work? We have a retention issue, not a hiring issue.
I've repeatedly reworked my calculations over the years. Coward's are full of logic fallacies, in particular mixing micro and macro. Rather than nerd-rage, maybe you should get out of your tinfoil lined basement once in a while.
Don't believe those fake news websites. I looked at multiple energy sources for my house and calculated out these: Solar: 60 cents/kw + storage. Wind: 12 cents/kw + storage. Hydro: 3 c/kw. Coal: 9 c/kw. Gas: 12 c/kw. Nuclear: 12 c/kw.
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I think you hit it on the head. I've rated Netflix produced stuff 1 star 90% of the time. So are the majority or ratings when you look through them.
Which obviously would NOT include racial markers given the extreme reactions of our society to anything "racist".
But given the high percentage of Aspies in the field... you're screwed.
The pumps to remove water at that depth burn out quickly. Another made thingy that's always in the shop being repaired.
I've seen centralized IT work far better than decentralized. It comes down to execution.
After working in Canada IT for several years, I can place the blame squarely on culture. IT is considered below the janitor socially, underfunded, run Command-Control by politically driven management... and those are the good things. It goes downhill from there.
we will pay for it
How much and what are the options? Measure it.
One example of little cost but a lot of benefit is the Fed raising flood insurance rates 5% + inflation every year until they are out of the business.
Another is to quit bailing out states for storms. I was in NJ when Sandy hit and 99% of the damage was self induced - they refused to cut trees away from power lines. Guess what happened? Thousands of down lines and power out for weeks. Something they've finally been intelligent enough to restart is putting barriers between ocean and houses.
Where is my right to privacy? It seems that you're saying I have none. Yet privacy is an established constitutional guarantee.
There is no more news - there is only misinfotainment. With spelling and grammatical errors.
You just proved where this software could be useful.
Unfortunately, I see it much more likely to be a tool of the "mad roman mob" out for blood. More people value comfortable lies than inconvenient truth.
More likely less bureaucracy.
My 2700 sqft house on a quarter acre with unlimited free water costs $500/month in Idaho - only a 2 hour flight away from SoCal and 1 time zone.
I also have 5 acres of forest overlooking a large lake a couple hours away - $150/month.
SV and others need to expand to nearby cities.
The only thing outrageous about it is taking 4 years to do anything about it. 4 seconds would be acceptable.
In looking at FB's operations and returns, Zuckerberg most definitely completed a power grab and returns are below what they should be. I'm all for that being corrected.
The political goals of the group are BS though.
Not really. Those that know it can make it jump up, sing, dance, and pretty much do anything a a thousand times faster than the pretend databases.
Double thumbs up! I've implemented a half dozen retirement and investment systems and Vanguard is the only one I like. Effective and Efficient - far different than the senseless bling so many other sites have.
The point is that there is NO fallback available due to patent abuse.
It's not economical when you take out the subsidies for solar/wind and the targeted overbearing rules that drive up the price of coal.
Put a number on pollution - all pollution including manufacturing those solar cells, not just local burning gas - then we'll talk.
Expensive Green = Brown
The peasants don't understand that most "green" energy causes more pollution than natural gas, and far more than nuclear and hydropower.
Transmission lines, energy storage or backup systems, actual environmental cost of making solar panels or wind turbines, etc.
If you want to actually live green then you'd better get used to blackouts.
Rich get richer while the poor get poorer.
We already have talent in the USA that has no equal. Problem is that 3/4 of software engineers leave the field due to poor work conditions and relatively low pay given the intelligence, drive, time, and skill involved. Why go into engineering when management or sales pays double for less work? We have a retention issue, not a hiring issue.
A completely free market leads to monopolies and continually lower standards of living for the majority of citizens.
Completely free markets are just as bad as communism and socialism.
Speaking of "free enough" - where do I get the ones for $9.99? I'd like to add one to my emergency kit for whoever needs it.
The 3d quality was great but the 3d Avatar movie wouldn't play on my Sony 3d blue ray player.
Content sucked. Interoperability sucked.
Interesting given that most mining is done in China with subsidized electricity.
I've repeatedly reworked my calculations over the years. Coward's are full of logic fallacies, in particular mixing micro and macro. Rather than nerd-rage, maybe you should get out of your tinfoil lined basement once in a while.
Don't believe those fake news websites. I looked at multiple energy sources for my house and calculated out these:
Solar: 60 cents/kw + storage. Wind: 12 cents/kw + storage.
Hydro: 3 c/kw. Coal: 9 c/kw. Gas: 12 c/kw. Nuclear: 12 c/kw.