To add some potential context -- I am involved in an Indie film now where the trailer has been out for weeks, but the editing still isn't complete, which is not uncommon for Hollywood blockbusters, too. To get into theaters, those theaters want (without ever seeing it) the run time to be about 90 minutes to keep their scheduling simple. As the editing was being done, it became clear the movie would be closer to 2 hours, so we had to start cutting scenes. When you cut 20 minutes, you not only lose some footage from the trailer, but you wind up having to do a few reshoots so transitions make sense again. It's a fluid process. In order to get the movie into theatres as quickly as possible and recoup the investment, the trailer is put together early to create buzz for the actual movie, so changes sometimes cannot be avoided.
Why lump all farmers together? My grandfather was a farmer and briefly owned a tractor dealership. He was a real-life George Bailey type from A Wonderful Life. He made a pretty good living, but was never wealthy. His farm was a family operation in rural Pennsylvania with some seasonal help. He kept what he needed, gave a lot away, and from what he sold, he kept what needed to get by and donated the rest to the church and directly to people in need. Some farmers in our community focused on their own families, and there's nothing wrong with that, Some got rich doing it, and there's nothing wrong with that either. I can only think of one farm owner who took everything he could at the expense of others, although there could very well have been more. And in the winter when snow made farming impossible, my grandfather worked in the coal mines, and eventually died of black lung from that experience. I have no doubt that there are scum-of-the-earth folks out there in every industry, but for you to agree that farmers across the country should not be allowed to fix their own tractors because you once knew some bad guy farmers is a bit short-sighted, don't you think?
The first fatality investigation referenced a previous near-miss where a truck blindly changed lanes and the Tesla avoided it, though I can't provide the citation off the top of my head.
I remember studying a law case in college where a woman activated the cruise control in her RV, wrecked, sued, and won. (Law school, not sit-com.) Many people just don't read instructions. Auto-pilot assists the driver; it doesn't replace him. Maybe they need a way to keep the driver involved: steering wheel pressure sensors, or eye sensors. My phone and my TV can tell if I've stopped paying attention and turn themselves off. Why can't a car use similar technology to remind me to pay attention to the the two-ton vehicle I'm driving? Granted, it shouldn't have to do so, but hey -- welcome to the 21st century.
I have 18+ years of Natural/Adabas experience (a language which causes many IT pros to stare blankly at me), mostly as a consultant. Many of the client sites on which I worked wanted things done through specific channels by their own FTEs. Since there can be many ways of doing things, I found myself blocked from learning certain ways of doing things and sticking with what I know. But according to my references and reviews, I dare say I'm pretty darn good at my job. I also know enough to read a job posting for requirements and know whether or not I qualify for that position. On the flip side, when times were tough I have applied for jobs for which my specific qualifications were rather iffy. But I was up front with the interviewer about what I do and do not know, as well as my willingness and ability to learn new skills. Sometimes that is enough. I was once successfully used as a Lotus Domino web developer almost for two years despite no matching experience, other than an eagerness to learn, and an interviewer who could see that potential in me.
In Fort Lauderdale, I rode my bike over a mile to school in 5th grade (it was that or walk), and I was on safety patrol so I had to be there early (sometimes in the dark depending on DST) and leave late. When I moved up to middle and high school, it was just under a two mile walk. We had school buses, but I lived too close to use them. I was guaranteed plenty of exercise, and was no worse for the wear.
As an adult I lived on Oahu (Hawaii) where there are no school buses so I would see 5 and 6 year-olds walking to the public bus stop by themselves to get to school.
The hybrid battery in my $29,000 2007 Prius (Touring) died at 180K last year, and cost about $3500 to replace. But that is the only major repair I have had to make before or after so far.
I just did some research for my family of 4 phones (only 2 use data). At one point my daughter used 18GB in a month when she had no cable and streamed all her TV shows and movies, although averaging the past 6 months we should be safe with the 6 GB plan. That said, my current bill with unlimited data is $169.74 after a 23.10 discount. Moving DOWN to the 6 GB plan my bill goes UP to $204.80 after a $15.20 discount. So in my case reducing my data increases my bill by $35.06, and that is if I never go over my 6 GM for an additional $15/GB. For me, it is well worth keeping the unlimited plan.
Cab drivers are apparently liars, unless they are referring solely to the plug-in Prius model. I have a 2007 Prius and when the hybrid battery died at 178,000 miles the car would still drive, but it was jerky and too slow to legally drive on the interstate. I ran out of gas once and the car stopped running, too. You need gas AND the hybrid battery in working order for the car to drive. I bought a new hybrid battery that cost over $3000, and hopefully it will get me 200,000 more miles before I need another replacement hybrid battery.
A loaner vehicle has not been "common practice" in my experience. The last time I had extended service done the rep did offer me a loaner, but when I returned it I found that I had been billed for it under some vague line item. I had to ask what that fee was. Since I did not request a loaner, and was offered one (presumably at no cost) by the dealership, I was able to get that fee removed -- once I asked to speak to a manager. The "common practice" appears to be to provide a loaner, yes, but bury the cost and hope no one asks. I could have Enterprise pick me up and give me a rental for $9.99/day instead of paying $50/day for a "loaner."
I have to disagree with your closing statement. Cars whip through stop signs all the time without even looking both ways. I'm not sure where you live, but when I come to a complete stop at a stop sign I almost get read-ended on a regular basis. Some people even blow the horn because they think I shouldn't have bothered stopping. Stop signs with white borders are optional, don'tcha know.
I recently tried to change internet providers to move away from TWC. I stream all of my television and movies (about 168 GB on average), so I need a decent amount of bandwidth. I did have options, but they were AT&T DSL (U-Verse surrounds my neighborhood, but will not enter it fr some reason) or satellite service through DirecTV or DishNetwork. The satellite providers offered a 10 GB plan, which falls woefully short of 168 GB. And I've done the DSL thing before, but it couldn't handle video on multiple TVs and devices without constant buffering. Multiple options? Yes. Multiple viable options? No. That may not be a monopoly by the strictest of definitions, but sure feels like a monopoly to me.
Actually, video and music-streaming accounts for 45.7% of data. Netflix, specifically, is the biggest consumer using one-third of all internet bandwidth in the U.S. during peak time.
I agree with you. I believe that everything we learn and experience rounds us out and teaches us to look at problems in a wider variety of ways.
But as far as resumes go, mine has never included college courses. It includes previous employers, brief job descriptions and accomplishments, and references. I spent 11 years as a high level consultant before giving up the travel and was asked only once for a transcript, and that was a technicality after I had already been hired.
I didn't even have my own TRS 80, but in fifth grade my best friend did, so I would go to his house and we would key the BASIC code from a magazine I don't remember for games like Lunar Lander. That was my pay to be able to play the games. I didn't have full access to be able to toy with the code a lot, but after his family got a Commodore Vic 20, my parents (perhaps in an attempt to see more of me) gave me a C64 for Christmas. I never did have a disk drive back then so we recorded (saved) and loaded (played) everything on tape. In 11th grade I took a BASIC class and a class in PASCAL the next year. It was too fun to even think it could be a career until I went off to college where we focused on COBOL and Fortran. There were no jobs to be found coding COBOL in '91 so I exaggerated my RPG experience to get my first job, left for a job where I confessed I knew nothing about Natural (4GL), and have since been a professional Natural code monkey for about 17 years. I did tinker with html along the way, kind of on a dare, which led me to do some Lotus Domino for a client before starting my own web side business biz.
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Perhaps the headline should be tweaked... 'Amazon Is No-So-Secretly Building an 'Uber For Trucking" App...'
That's what Watson WANTS you to think. See how smart he is?
To add some potential context -- I am involved in an Indie film now where the trailer has been out for weeks, but the editing still isn't complete, which is not uncommon for Hollywood blockbusters, too. To get into theaters, those theaters want (without ever seeing it) the run time to be about 90 minutes to keep their scheduling simple. As the editing was being done, it became clear the movie would be closer to 2 hours, so we had to start cutting scenes. When you cut 20 minutes, you not only lose some footage from the trailer, but you wind up having to do a few reshoots so transitions make sense again. It's a fluid process. In order to get the movie into theatres as quickly as possible and recoup the investment, the trailer is put together early to create buzz for the actual movie, so changes sometimes cannot be avoided.
Why lump all farmers together? My grandfather was a farmer and briefly owned a tractor dealership. He was a real-life George Bailey type from A Wonderful Life. He made a pretty good living, but was never wealthy. His farm was a family operation in rural Pennsylvania with some seasonal help. He kept what he needed, gave a lot away, and from what he sold, he kept what needed to get by and donated the rest to the church and directly to people in need. Some farmers in our community focused on their own families, and there's nothing wrong with that, Some got rich doing it, and there's nothing wrong with that either. I can only think of one farm owner who took everything he could at the expense of others, although there could very well have been more. And in the winter when snow made farming impossible, my grandfather worked in the coal mines, and eventually died of black lung from that experience. I have no doubt that there are scum-of-the-earth folks out there in every industry, but for you to agree that farmers across the country should not be allowed to fix their own tractors because you once knew some bad guy farmers is a bit short-sighted, don't you think?
The first fatality investigation referenced a previous near-miss where a truck blindly changed lanes and the Tesla avoided it, though I can't provide the citation off the top of my head. I remember studying a law case in college where a woman activated the cruise control in her RV, wrecked, sued, and won. (Law school, not sit-com.) Many people just don't read instructions. Auto-pilot assists the driver; it doesn't replace him. Maybe they need a way to keep the driver involved: steering wheel pressure sensors, or eye sensors. My phone and my TV can tell if I've stopped paying attention and turn themselves off. Why can't a car use similar technology to remind me to pay attention to the the two-ton vehicle I'm driving? Granted, it shouldn't have to do so, but hey -- welcome to the 21st century.
And now it becomes clear why Microsoft tried to get ride of the Start button -- they don't hold the patent.
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I have 18+ years of Natural/Adabas experience (a language which causes many IT pros to stare blankly at me), mostly as a consultant. Many of the client sites on which I worked wanted things done through specific channels by their own FTEs. Since there can be many ways of doing things, I found myself blocked from learning certain ways of doing things and sticking with what I know. But according to my references and reviews, I dare say I'm pretty darn good at my job. I also know enough to read a job posting for requirements and know whether or not I qualify for that position. On the flip side, when times were tough I have applied for jobs for which my specific qualifications were rather iffy. But I was up front with the interviewer about what I do and do not know, as well as my willingness and ability to learn new skills. Sometimes that is enough. I was once successfully used as a Lotus Domino web developer almost for two years despite no matching experience, other than an eagerness to learn, and an interviewer who could see that potential in me.
In Fort Lauderdale, I rode my bike over a mile to school in 5th grade (it was that or walk), and I was on safety patrol so I had to be there early (sometimes in the dark depending on DST) and leave late. When I moved up to middle and high school, it was just under a two mile walk. We had school buses, but I lived too close to use them. I was guaranteed plenty of exercise, and was no worse for the wear. As an adult I lived on Oahu (Hawaii) where there are no school buses so I would see 5 and 6 year-olds walking to the public bus stop by themselves to get to school.
The hybrid battery in my $29,000 2007 Prius (Touring) died at 180K last year, and cost about $3500 to replace. But that is the only major repair I have had to make before or after so far.
I just did some research for my family of 4 phones (only 2 use data). At one point my daughter used 18GB in a month when she had no cable and streamed all her TV shows and movies, although averaging the past 6 months we should be safe with the 6 GB plan. That said, my current bill with unlimited data is $169.74 after a 23.10 discount. Moving DOWN to the 6 GB plan my bill goes UP to $204.80 after a $15.20 discount. So in my case reducing my data increases my bill by $35.06, and that is if I never go over my 6 GM for an additional $15/GB. For me, it is well worth keeping the unlimited plan.
Cab drivers are apparently liars, unless they are referring solely to the plug-in Prius model. I have a 2007 Prius and when the hybrid battery died at 178,000 miles the car would still drive, but it was jerky and too slow to legally drive on the interstate. I ran out of gas once and the car stopped running, too. You need gas AND the hybrid battery in working order for the car to drive. I bought a new hybrid battery that cost over $3000, and hopefully it will get me 200,000 more miles before I need another replacement hybrid battery.
A loaner vehicle has not been "common practice" in my experience. The last time I had extended service done the rep did offer me a loaner, but when I returned it I found that I had been billed for it under some vague line item. I had to ask what that fee was. Since I did not request a loaner, and was offered one (presumably at no cost) by the dealership, I was able to get that fee removed -- once I asked to speak to a manager. The "common practice" appears to be to provide a loaner, yes, but bury the cost and hope no one asks. I could have Enterprise pick me up and give me a rental for $9.99/day instead of paying $50/day for a "loaner."
I have to disagree with your closing statement. Cars whip through stop signs all the time without even looking both ways. I'm not sure where you live, but when I come to a complete stop at a stop sign I almost get read-ended on a regular basis. Some people even blow the horn because they think I shouldn't have bothered stopping. Stop signs with white borders are optional, don'tcha know.
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I recently tried to change internet providers to move away from TWC. I stream all of my television and movies (about 168 GB on average), so I need a decent amount of bandwidth. I did have options, but they were AT&T DSL (U-Verse surrounds my neighborhood, but will not enter it fr some reason) or satellite service through DirecTV or DishNetwork. The satellite providers offered a 10 GB plan, which falls woefully short of 168 GB. And I've done the DSL thing before, but it couldn't handle video on multiple TVs and devices without constant buffering. Multiple options? Yes. Multiple viable options? No. That may not be a monopoly by the strictest of definitions, but sure feels like a monopoly to me.
Actually, video and music-streaming accounts for 45.7% of data. Netflix, specifically, is the biggest consumer using one-third of all internet bandwidth in the U.S. during peak time.
I agree with you. I believe that everything we learn and experience rounds us out and teaches us to look at problems in a wider variety of ways. But as far as resumes go, mine has never included college courses. It includes previous employers, brief job descriptions and accomplishments, and references. I spent 11 years as a high level consultant before giving up the travel and was asked only once for a transcript, and that was a technicality after I had already been hired.
I didn't even have my own TRS 80, but in fifth grade my best friend did, so I would go to his house and we would key the BASIC code from a magazine I don't remember for games like Lunar Lander. That was my pay to be able to play the games. I didn't have full access to be able to toy with the code a lot, but after his family got a Commodore Vic 20, my parents (perhaps in an attempt to see more of me) gave me a C64 for Christmas. I never did have a disk drive back then so we recorded (saved) and loaded (played) everything on tape. In 11th grade I took a BASIC class and a class in PASCAL the next year. It was too fun to even think it could be a career until I went off to college where we focused on COBOL and Fortran. There were no jobs to be found coding COBOL in '91 so I exaggerated my RPG experience to get my first job, left for a job where I confessed I knew nothing about Natural (4GL), and have since been a professional Natural code monkey for about 17 years. I did tinker with html along the way, kind of on a dare, which led me to do some Lotus Domino for a client before starting my own web side business biz.