huge markups? I guess if the cost to the consumer is 2.49$ (two pack on amazon for 4.99$), and the cost to manufacture is probably 10 cents, (wild ass guess) then yeah, sure, huge markups.
on the other hand, most people spend more money than that daily on cable TV channels they never watch, so whatever.
exactly, and they cost about what a USB to PS/2 adapter cost (the keyboard adapter), and i've seen those included with TONS of aftermarket USB keyboards (to the point that I have half a dozen or so in my 'parts' bin). Honestly, most vendors will just start including an adapter in the box, pass the (mild) cost on to the customer, and build USB-C items.
The way I see it, password reuse is a matter of cognitive load. Most people are unable or unwilling to attempt to remember the umpteen dozen unique passwords they would need on a daily basis, if they where to attempt to use unique secure passwords on every service/device they use. This results in password reuse, more or less out of sheer laziness. It is probable that among this group, there is a cognitive bias against using password keychain services and tools, because it 'feels' like putting all your eggs in one basket. (somewhat flawed) Logic dictates that if someone breaches the master password to your keychain, and they have all of them, which is no different than using the same password everywhere. (of course, this is not entirely the case, but like I said, cognitive bias)
Now, as for using 'good' passwords, it follows a similar pattern, with most people unwilling to dedicate the time and effort to memorize what amounts to a 'good' password, when they can remember their spouses birthday and their first pet's name just fine.
Of course, we have seen time and time again articles arguing both sides of the court, that long random passwords are either effective or not, and correct horse battery staple passwords are effective or not, so this portion of the discussion is going to be long, stupid and frustrating for evangelists on both sides.
Honestly, I've reached a point where I use 'good' passwords where it matters, (main email, financial items, Amazon etc) and just sort of hope for the best when I re-use the same 'decent' password everywhere else (forums, etc)
I say 'good' because we're at a point there have been enough breaches that we're all probably fucked anyways.
This is not about 'Time fueling'. His point is, say you are at work, and get a call mid afternoon, finding out there is a family emergency 500km away. With his car, 10 minutes at the station means he can immediately travel the 500km to his destination, while many electrics do not have that range to begin with, and even those that do only have it when fully charged, meaning a unless all crisis occur in the morning when you are unplugging after a night of charging, the vehicle is insufficient to supply your needs in those circumstances.
Remember, many people base their purchases not on what it will do *day to day* but what it can do *in an emergency*.
Despite all that, beef cattle prices are in a damn near freefall, and not projected to recover for the next several years. Dont expect to see the prices drop much on the consumer end though, they never follow the source market right. Result is, more producers go under, because they cant make enough on current proces to continue, and it will drive the price even higher at recovery.
so perhaps they are using the RF charging to help keep the battery in that weird 'goldilocks' zone where the battery's life span is best, like the one that they ship smartphone batteries at, what is it, between 40-80%?
seeing as the controllers are entirely new, and only *look* like the original controllers, nothing is stopping them building a 'zapper' with modern tech that would work with HDTVs, other than cheapness and laziness.
I doubt that, Niantic Lab's previous game (Ingress) has been going strong with lots of players for several years. Its the same concept, wander around outside gathering imaginary items with your phone. Guess there's a market for walking around with your phone.
Yerba Mate, of course, in my limited experience, being served hot enough to strip the enamel off your teeth, (or so it seemed). I assume its served so hot to cover up the fact it tastes like lawn clippings.
The machine was rather difficult to operate. For years radios had been operated by means of pressing buttons and turning dials; then as the technology became more sophisticated the controls were made touch-sensitive--you merely had to brush the panels with your fingers; now all you had to do was wave your hand in the general direction of the components and hope. It saved a lot of muscular expenditure, of course, but meant that you had to sit infuriatingly still if you wanted to keep listening to the same program.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams.
String together a couple of the 'play online' codes from McDonalds monopoly game pieces. Random numbers and letters, just capitolize at your discression. You can even keep them in your wallet for refrence without much risk of giving away your password, because everyone has a few of the damn things floating around for months after the promotion ends.
Exactly. I used to think I grew up middle class, and was middle class until they passed Obamacare, and one of its proponents was explaining what it was meant to do. I paraphrase, but the salient details remain:
"This bill is designed to help that middle class single mother with two kids, making 100k a year, to help her get health insurance for her family."
I then looked at my 28k a year job, and realized I was very very far from middle class.
of course, because of Obamacare, everyone and their dog is running 29 hour part time workers, to avoid paying through the nose for insurance for every 'full time' employee. This means there was no overtime being worked ANYWAYS.
Because some businesses are not smart enough to hire two people to get the job done in 8 hours at regular pay, they'd rather pay one guy to do the same job, only it takes him 20 hours (two 8 hour days, plus another 4 hours, because no one works at peak efficiency for 10 hours straight.), and because they have to pay him time and a half for 4 of those hours, they actually lose money by using fewer workers.
I never said that, I said based on their outward appearance, only the most pedantic interpretation of that phrase concludes it results in nudity. The common use interpretation would be the appearance they present to the public normally. Now, if their normal, going to the grocery store appearance involves an exposed penis, then they already have a problem.
Here's what the real fear is, and why so many people are *for* this law. (i'm not saying its a good argument, but here it is)
"If we allow people who *identify* as the opposing gender from what their anatomy implies, to use the restroom of the gender to which they identify as, it opens the door for any number of creepy dudes to follow a little girl into a womans restroom and eye her through the crack in the stall door, and when the police ask him about it, all he has to do is say "Oh, well I sexually identify myself as a woman, so i'm allowed to be in there."
90% of the cases, that is the argument in their minds.
is it a good argument? maybe, maybe not. To some degree, its a straw-man built to support this legislation, but to some other degree, it is a fairly logical fear.
Now, is mandating that, as you stated, that a man who dresses like a woman, acts like a woman, and looks like a woman must use the mens room the right response? Probably not, but clearly there is some sort of middle ground that must be reached. The problem we are having right now is, one side is saying
"having a man in the woman's rest room makes me uncomfortable"
while the other side is saying:
"Not being able to use the restroom I identify with makes me uncomfortable"
Figuring out how to make both groups feel ok is probably impossible, but as it turns out, the universe was not set up for everyone to be comfortable, and our country was set up to make the majority (or whoever has more money) feel comfortable.
My own hairbrained scheme for this is to create a panel, composed of 9 child judges under the age of 10, and show them pictures of people who feel they belong in a different restroom than their birth anatomy dictates. These innocent children young enough to be relatively free of bias, based only on the appearance of the individual, will state their perceived gender of the individual in question, The majority opinion of the panel is used and that will be the restroom that individual may use for the next 6 months, at which time they may re-submit their profile for gender assignment. Child-judges are only allowed to serve for 3 months at a time, as to prevent the development of bias. This program could operate as an in-school program, with parents being able to opt their child out of Judge duty if so desired.
Sure, its a retarded idea, but based on my vast experience watching the Fine Brothers: Kids React(not my tm, don't sue me) episodes on Youtube, I believe you would get an honest, innocent, and fair answer each time.
$8.15/hr after taxes? So roughly 10-12/hr before? Thats pretty much considered a living wage in Brewster County TX, ass end of the nation, and borderlands of the civilized world. Here, you can rent a shitcan 5 bedroom house for 1,200$ a month, and eat more than rice and beans for most meals at those wages. I do not recommend moving here, unless your hobbies consist of drinking and fornication, with a side of staring at a bleak and unforgiving desert.
But yeah, most places now days, $8.15/hr after taxes is a joke.
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huge markups? I guess if the cost to the consumer is 2.49$ (two pack on amazon for 4.99$), and the cost to manufacture is probably 10 cents, (wild ass guess) then yeah, sure, huge markups.
on the other hand, most people spend more money than that daily on cable TV channels they never watch, so whatever.
exactly, and they cost about what a USB to PS/2 adapter cost (the keyboard adapter), and i've seen those included with TONS of aftermarket USB keyboards (to the point that I have half a dozen or so in my 'parts' bin). Honestly, most vendors will just start including an adapter in the box, pass the (mild) cost on to the customer, and build USB-C items.
I was noticing that also, struck me as interesting, but I'm to u-educated about the exact nature of molybdenum disulfide to know why.
The way I see it, password reuse is a matter of cognitive load. Most people are unable or unwilling to attempt to remember the umpteen dozen unique passwords they would need on a daily basis, if they where to attempt to use unique secure passwords on every service/device they use. This results in password reuse, more or less out of sheer laziness. It is probable that among this group, there is a cognitive bias against using password keychain services and tools, because it 'feels' like putting all your eggs in one basket. (somewhat flawed) Logic dictates that if someone breaches the master password to your keychain, and they have all of them, which is no different than using the same password everywhere. (of course, this is not entirely the case, but like I said, cognitive bias)
Now, as for using 'good' passwords, it follows a similar pattern, with most people unwilling to dedicate the time and effort to memorize what amounts to a 'good' password, when they can remember their spouses birthday and their first pet's name just fine.
Of course, we have seen time and time again articles arguing both sides of the court, that long random passwords are either effective or not, and correct horse battery staple passwords are effective or not, so this portion of the discussion is going to be long, stupid and frustrating for evangelists on both sides.
Honestly, I've reached a point where I use 'good' passwords where it matters, (main email, financial items, Amazon etc) and just sort of hope for the best when I re-use the same 'decent' password everywhere else (forums, etc)
I say 'good' because we're at a point there have been enough breaches that we're all probably fucked anyways.
This is not about 'Time fueling'. His point is, say you are at work, and get a call mid afternoon, finding out there is a family emergency 500km away. With his car, 10 minutes at the station means he can immediately travel the 500km to his destination, while many electrics do not have that range to begin with, and even those that do only have it when fully charged, meaning a unless all crisis occur in the morning when you are unplugging after a night of charging, the vehicle is insufficient to supply your needs in those circumstances.
Remember, many people base their purchases not on what it will do *day to day* but what it can do *in an emergency*.
Despite all that, beef cattle prices are in a damn near freefall, and not projected to recover for the next several years. Dont expect to see the prices drop much on the consumer end though, they never follow the source market right. Result is, more producers go under, because they cant make enough on current proces to continue, and it will drive the price even higher at recovery.
so perhaps they are using the RF charging to help keep the battery in that weird 'goldilocks' zone where the battery's life span is best, like the one that they ship smartphone batteries at, what is it, between 40-80%?
seeing as the controllers are entirely new, and only *look* like the original controllers, nothing is stopping them building a 'zapper' with modern tech that would work with HDTVs, other than cheapness and laziness.
I doubt that, Niantic Lab's previous game (Ingress) has been going strong with lots of players for several years. Its the same concept, wander around outside gathering imaginary items with your phone. Guess there's a market for walking around with your phone.
"I was at my friends house, and asked to use a USB port to charge my cigarette(e-cig), but she was charging her book (kindle). The future is stupid."
No, its Apple, which means its about eventually making a phone that is just a sleek glass ovoid, with no surface buttons or ports.
Yerba Mate, of course, in my limited experience, being served hot enough to strip the enamel off your teeth, (or so it seemed). I assume its served so hot to cover up the fact it tastes like lawn clippings.
The machine was rather difficult to operate. For years radios had been operated by means of pressing buttons and turning dials; then as the technology became more sophisticated the controls were made touch-sensitive--you merely had to brush the panels with your fingers; now all you had to do was wave your hand in the general direction of the components and hope. It saved a lot of muscular expenditure, of course, but meant that you had to sit infuriatingly still if you wanted to keep listening to the same program.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams.
The Raman's always did things in threes, and look how that turned out.
String together a couple of the 'play online' codes from McDonalds monopoly game pieces. Random numbers and letters, just capitolize at your discression. You can even keep them in your wallet for refrence without much risk of giving away your password, because everyone has a few of the damn things floating around for months after the promotion ends.
That was a few years ago, and my shift ended at 2pm, and posting can be done in the window between jobs. Assume much?
Exactly. I used to think I grew up middle class, and was middle class until they passed Obamacare, and one of its proponents was explaining what it was meant to do. I paraphrase, but the salient details remain:
"This bill is designed to help that middle class single mother with two kids, making 100k a year, to help her get health insurance for her family."
I then looked at my 28k a year job, and realized I was very very far from middle class.
of course, because of Obamacare, everyone and their dog is running 29 hour part time workers, to avoid paying through the nose for insurance for every 'full time' employee. This means there was no overtime being worked ANYWAYS.
Because some businesses are not smart enough to hire two people to get the job done in 8 hours at regular pay, they'd rather pay one guy to do the same job, only it takes him 20 hours (two 8 hour days, plus another 4 hours, because no one works at peak efficiency for 10 hours straight.), and because they have to pay him time and a half for 4 of those hours, they actually lose money by using fewer workers.
They may be entitled to an opinion, but that does not stop it from being a stupid, uninformed opinion.
I never said that, I said based on their outward appearance, only the most pedantic interpretation of that phrase concludes it results in nudity. The common use interpretation would be the appearance they present to the public normally. Now, if their normal, going to the grocery store appearance involves an exposed penis, then they already have a problem.
Here's what the real fear is, and why so many people are *for* this law. (i'm not saying its a good argument, but here it is)
"If we allow people who *identify* as the opposing gender from what their anatomy implies, to use the restroom of the gender to which they identify as, it opens the door for any number of creepy dudes to follow a little girl into a womans restroom and eye her through the crack in the stall door, and when the police ask him about it, all he has to do is say "Oh, well I sexually identify myself as a woman, so i'm allowed to be in there."
90% of the cases, that is the argument in their minds.
is it a good argument? maybe, maybe not. To some degree, its a straw-man built to support this legislation, but to some other degree, it is a fairly logical fear.
Now, is mandating that, as you stated, that a man who dresses like a woman, acts like a woman, and looks like a woman must use the mens room the right response? Probably not, but clearly there is some sort of middle ground that must be reached. The problem we are having right now is, one side is saying
"having a man in the woman's rest room makes me uncomfortable"
while the other side is saying:
"Not being able to use the restroom I identify with makes me uncomfortable"
Figuring out how to make both groups feel ok is probably impossible, but as it turns out, the universe was not set up for everyone to be comfortable, and our country was set up to make the majority (or whoever has more money) feel comfortable.
My own hairbrained scheme for this is to create a panel, composed of 9 child judges under the age of 10, and show them pictures of people who feel they belong in a different restroom than their birth anatomy dictates. These innocent children young enough to be relatively free of bias, based only on the appearance of the individual, will state their perceived gender of the individual in question, The majority opinion of the panel is used and that will be the restroom that individual may use for the next 6 months, at which time they may re-submit their profile for gender assignment. Child-judges are only allowed to serve for 3 months at a time, as to prevent the development of bias. This program could operate as an in-school program, with parents being able to opt their child out of Judge duty if so desired.
Sure, its a retarded idea, but based on my vast experience watching the Fine Brothers: Kids React(not my tm, don't sue me) episodes on Youtube, I believe you would get an honest, innocent, and fair answer each time.
I usually just spend all my mod points in one or two articles, provided they are interesting articles with lively debate therein.
$8.15/hr after taxes? So roughly 10-12/hr before? Thats pretty much considered a living wage in Brewster County TX, ass end of the nation, and borderlands of the civilized world. Here, you can rent a shitcan 5 bedroom house for 1,200$ a month, and eat more than rice and beans for most meals at those wages. I do not recommend moving here, unless your hobbies consist of drinking and fornication, with a side of staring at a bleak and unforgiving desert.
But yeah, most places now days, $8.15/hr after taxes is a joke.