There are lots of reasons why you won't have equalized cost of living/standard of living worldwide:
Some spots are more desirable to live, so high demand will drive up the price (and thus cost of living) in that area. Other places just naturally cost more to live there (for heating/cooling/water/etc.) and so the cost of living will be higher. Resource-extraction based work (oil, natural gas, minerals, etc.) cannot be shipped elsewhere, so that will have a local impact on the standard/cost of living.
And even if the standard of living *were* equalized worldwide, what I describe is still a valid way to ensure that you are not "average" and thus can do _better_ than the overall standard of living.
I think we're at the point now where if a job can be digitized and sent elsewhere then it will end up being done by the lowest-overall-cost person (for a given level of quality) regardless of where they are in the world.
So the only long-term way to make a living is to ensure that you're working on something specialized (so there's less competition), or that you're at the top of the skill heap (so you can charge more), or you're working on something that can't easily be sent elsewhere.
We're already seeing the Canadian east coast becoming a popular place to locate call centres for North American businesses because they speak good English, the cultural variations are minimal from the rest of North America, and there are fewer timezone issue to worry about (as opposed to India or China).
I have no problem with following voice directions from a GPS or requesting directions via voice recognition.
Glancing at a map (electronic or paper) on a dash-mounted holder is probably okay.
Looking at a map (electronic or paper) on the passenger seat is getting iffy.
I have a problem with typing in a destination on a GPS while driving, or flipping through a map book trying to find the right page. If you need to do that, pull over and get off the road first.
There is lots of evidence that talking on the phone (even handsfree) is very distracting. There is also evidence that operating a GPS unit is distracting...I remember a documentary where they showed people taking their eyes off the road for many seconds at a time while trying to set a destination on a GPS unit.
My reading of the law is that it implies that the phone must be used handsfree, even if he's not talking or texting.
1) Typing on a real keyboard/mouse with a 24" or bigger display. Yes you can do this with some tablets, but most of them don't. 2) Run virtual machines to have multiple OS's simultaneously. 3) Play high-spec video games. 4) 3D CAD work 5) Software development (not just compilation, but writing code, debugging, etc. 6) Support dozens of open windows simultaneously, with many of them visible at the same time. 7) Full flash/shockwave/silverlight/java implementation in a browser. 8) Non-linear video editing, transcoding, etc. 9) AV recording via digital inputs. 10) Edit large (greater than 2GB) files of whatever kind. 11) Any sort of physics simulation or other number-crunching task. 12) Run specialty software like matlab/maple or R for statistics. 13) Run random x86-centric stuff for work or school.
Yes, some of these are higher-end things to do, but they're all things you can't do on your iPad.
The idea is that you put in plant matter and X amount of energy, and you get X+Y worth of usable hydrogen energy out of it (due the the conversion of plant matter to hydrogen).
Previously, you put in plant matter and X amount of energy, and you got X-Z worth of usable hydrogen energy.
"There's a reason every professional video camera uses a shoulder mount instead these days."
Strange. Absolutely NONE of the JVC,Sony, or Canon pro cameras have shoulder mounts.
Broadcast news with a reporter generally uses tripods and can get away with less than top-of-the-line video quality. For uses where you're going handheld (cinematography, live events, etc) a shoulder mount is preferred because it's more stable than a palmcorder.
So you have stuff like the Panasonic AJ-HPX2700, Panasonic AK-HC3500, Sony HXC-100K, JVC GY-HM790, etc. These are cameras that cost about as much as a car, and they're all shoulder mount.
10K was typically an enterprise thing. Enterprise has generally moved to either SSDs or to 2.5" drives (currently available in 10K and 15K).
The increased areal density gives decent capacity for the 2.5" drives, and the smaller platter means it's more robust, causes less vibration, and uses less power. It also takes up less space in a server.
Not sure what remote you're using, but my Harmony works fine. If it's not in the database can you have your universal remote learn from the Roku remote?
otherwise it would not be possible to create something like skype. Basically take the audio portion of skype, add in public-key encryption, and you're done.
Now you may not be able to get access to the audio feed *while making a regular voice call*, but that's a different story.
Are you insane, or do just suck at math? Using a credit card to finance something means you end up paying crazy amounts of interest. You're far better using a line of credit or personal loan, or even (oh my goodness) actually saving up the money first.
As others have said, there are valid reasons to record/mix in high def. But you should be able to downsample the final result to CD-quality with no audible loss in quality.
An inappropriate joke about a "big dongle" is not sexual harassment, it is anatomical humour. It was not aimed at her, or her sex. It was certainly not appropriate for that setting, but not worth firing someone over.
She overreacted by publicly shaming them on twitter instead of just confronting them directly or complaining to the conference organizers (as per the code of conduct for the conference).
The employer of one of the developers overreacted by firing him.
There was a backlash against her for her actions, and so her employer felt that she could no longer do her job (developer relations) and fired her.
The conference organizers did the right thing...everyone else screwed up to varying degrees.
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There are lots of reasons why you won't have equalized cost of living/standard of living worldwide:
Some spots are more desirable to live, so high demand will drive up the price (and thus cost of living) in that area.
Other places just naturally cost more to live there (for heating/cooling/water/etc.) and so the cost of living will be higher.
Resource-extraction based work (oil, natural gas, minerals, etc.) cannot be shipped elsewhere, so that will have a local impact on the standard/cost of living.
And even if the standard of living *were* equalized worldwide, what I describe is still a valid way to ensure that you are not "average" and thus can do _better_ than the overall standard of living.
I think we're at the point now where if a job can be digitized and sent elsewhere then it will end up being done by the lowest-overall-cost person (for a given level of quality) regardless of where they are in the world.
So the only long-term way to make a living is to ensure that you're working on something specialized (so there's less competition), or that you're at the top of the skill heap (so you can charge more), or you're working on something that can't easily be sent elsewhere.
We're already seeing the Canadian east coast becoming a popular place to locate call centres for North American businesses because they speak good English, the cultural variations are minimal from the rest of North America, and there are fewer timezone issue to worry about (as opposed to India or China).
Alta Vista would actually let you search for exact strings or phrases and exclude everything else. Google still doesn't.
There's lots of evidence that they're not really any safer than handheld calls.
Incidentally, many modern smartphones allow hands-free texting using voice recognition.
I have no problem with following voice directions from a GPS or requesting directions via voice recognition.
Glancing at a map (electronic or paper) on a dash-mounted holder is probably okay.
Looking at a map (electronic or paper) on the passenger seat is getting iffy.
I have a problem with typing in a destination on a GPS while driving, or flipping through a map book trying to find the right page. If you need to do that, pull over and get off the road first.
There is lots of evidence that talking on the phone (even handsfree) is very distracting. There is also evidence that operating a GPS unit is distracting...I remember a documentary where they showed people taking their eyes off the road for many seconds at a time while trying to set a destination on a GPS unit.
My reading of the law is that it implies that the phone must be used handsfree, even if he's not talking or texting.
disable" or "damage" would be more accurate descriptions based on the article and photos.
Anyone with a comp sci degree that doesn't know about subnetting isn't interested in computers.
1) Typing on a real keyboard/mouse with a 24" or bigger display. Yes you can do this with some tablets, but most of them don't.
2) Run virtual machines to have multiple OS's simultaneously.
3) Play high-spec video games.
4) 3D CAD work
5) Software development (not just compilation, but writing code, debugging, etc.
6) Support dozens of open windows simultaneously, with many of them visible at the same time.
7) Full flash/shockwave/silverlight/java implementation in a browser.
8) Non-linear video editing, transcoding, etc.
9) AV recording via digital inputs.
10) Edit large (greater than 2GB) files of whatever kind.
11) Any sort of physics simulation or other number-crunching task.
12) Run specialty software like matlab/maple or R for statistics.
13) Run random x86-centric stuff for work or school.
Yes, some of these are higher-end things to do, but they're all things you can't do on your iPad.
There is energy in the plant mass. The full equation is
plant mass + input energy = output hydrogen energy + waste plant mass
Entropy is still preserved in the overall system.
The idea is that you put in plant matter and X amount of energy, and you get X+Y worth of usable hydrogen energy out of it (due the the conversion of plant matter to hydrogen).
Previously, you put in plant matter and X amount of energy, and you got X-Z worth of usable hydrogen energy.
"There's a reason every professional video camera uses a shoulder mount instead these days."
Strange. Absolutely NONE of the JVC,Sony, or Canon pro cameras have shoulder mounts.
Broadcast news with a reporter generally uses tripods and can get away with less than top-of-the-line video quality. For uses where you're going handheld (cinematography, live events, etc) a shoulder mount is preferred because it's more stable than a palmcorder.
So you have stuff like the Panasonic AJ-HPX2700, Panasonic AK-HC3500, Sony HXC-100K, JVC GY-HM790, etc. These are cameras that cost about as much as a car, and they're all shoulder mount.
If you're badmouthing your employer all over the Internet, even on your own time, your employer might validly have some concerns about that.
10K was typically an enterprise thing. Enterprise has generally moved to either SSDs or to 2.5" drives (currently available in 10K and 15K).
The increased areal density gives decent capacity for the 2.5" drives, and the smaller platter means it's more robust, causes less vibration, and uses less power. It also takes up less space in a server.
Not sure what remote you're using, but my Harmony works fine. If it's not in the database can you have your universal remote learn from the Roku remote?
otherwise it would not be possible to create something like skype. Basically take the audio portion of skype, add in public-key encryption, and you're done.
Now you may not be able to get access to the audio feed *while making a regular voice call*, but that's a different story.
It's supposedly being worked on, check out their forums.
Are you insane, or do just suck at math? Using a credit card to finance something means you end up paying crazy amounts of interest. You're far better using a line of credit or personal loan, or even (oh my goodness) actually saving up the money first.
Crossing between the US and Canada is no big deal...biggest trading partners in the world, people cross all the time.
The local liquor store has the sweetness codes for each wine as part of the label, right beside the name/price/etc.
As others have said, there are valid reasons to record/mix in high def. But you should be able to downsample the final result to CD-quality with no audible loss in quality.
Go ahead and record in high quality, but for listening CD-quality is fine.
An inappropriate joke about a "big dongle" is not sexual harassment, it is anatomical humour. It was not aimed at her, or her sex. It was certainly not appropriate for that setting, but not worth firing someone over.
She overreacted by publicly shaming them on twitter instead of just confronting them directly or complaining to the conference organizers (as per the code of conduct for the conference).
The employer of one of the developers overreacted by firing him.
There was a backlash against her for her actions, and so her employer felt that she could no longer do her job (developer relations) and fired her.
The conference organizers did the right thing...everyone else screwed up to varying degrees.
As soon as the AWACS starts sending data to strike fighters it could probably be considered part of the package and thus a valid target.
In my books a USA drone pilot involved in actively carrying out campaigns is every bit as much a legitimate target as a pilot of a manned fighter.
It's as valid to send assassins after the drone pilots as it is to shoot down the manned fighters.