While that's super insightful (and also aguably untrue in many cases) it has nothing to do with my statement. You need reliable standby power sources for when it isn't windy or sunny outside. If you claim "100% renewable" and don't have like 3000 lead-acid batteries you are a liar, you are producing power when it's sunny or windy out and have brokered deals with people that may be running coal fired plants out of state
Um...they were totally NOT fine guy who apparently shills for the cable industry. How do you imagine this neutrality bill got passed to begin with? Multiple carriers were fined for throttling and Netflix paid an "undisclosed amount" to Comcast and their internet magically wasn't crippled anymore. Please go die in a lake of fire.
Um...that any of the municipalities crowing about their 100% renewable energy City grid are incompetent fools? Should I have had a different take-away from that (provided you aren't living near a large hydroelectric or nuclear power plant, both of which the "greens" hate)
When I'm at work (the DAYTIME, when solar usually works) I am not generally running my A/C or doing laundry or charging a car. That generally all happens when it gets dark outside. Wind may (or may not) work in the evening but you need a reliable standby power source and it is neither of these things.
Since you brought up California I guess you forgot that whole Enron fiasco? (we privatized energy, made environmental restictions and had to rely on out of state sources who then jacked up their prices to infinity dollars during peak usage) If you increase electric energy usage you have to increase electricity supply and wind/solar are in no way capable of producing the amount of energy you're going to need. Doubly so when you factor in desalination to deal with the periodic droughts and that is totally a thing here.
They sort of are...the sun degrades them into tiny tiny bits, fish eat them and then you eat the fish. It's the cycle of life from Disney's "Lion King" franchise, just with toxic petroleum products.
Tree killer!...and also good luck finding an "industrial strength" paper bag in the year 2018. The OP is right, unless you have a cheap source for canvas/burlap bags or a time machine to source "proper" paper ones good luck with that. (even then they were useless if they got wet but they were quite strong otherwise), we used to cover our school textbooks with them and they lasted all year.
For the record I still use (reusable) plastic bags. They are literally waste products of the petroleum refining process and the issue is not you using them, it's you using them the one time and letting the wind carry them away. I fail to see how this harms the environment provided you reuse the bags and don't leave them out in the sun (and dispose of them properly)
In what way? Our cars are better, inflation is lower but the cost of living vs income is worse, not better. College education is now a virtually essential prerequisite for a halfway decent job (even for jobs that should not need one) and it costs a great deal more (well above base inflation), as does medical care (it's better but costs have increased significantly above reported inflation) and housing mirrors this in many parts of the country. There still IS cheap housing but it's typically only found in places with bad job prospects so unless you're a retiree or welfare reciperants (or provide essential services which cannot be outsourced) it's virtually irrelevant. My parent's $40K home (purchased in 1975) is now worth somewhere north of $1M. It is the same house. There have been no major upgrades ever. Its no showpiece, it's just a normal 3 bedroom home.
When you are making six figures, have that degree and still can't afford a home you must eventually say WTF?
Thank you for admitting it. The "cafe racer" and higher power motorcycles (AFAIK) originated in the UK. While they were eventually eclipsed by "rice bikes" (Japanese performance motorcycles) they are the original authors of that segment. Early Harley-Davidson bikes (and even most modern ones) are simply cruisers, not speed machines. Indian had a few but were much less popular.
I'm unclear on the UK laws on "lane splitting" but it's perfectly legal here in the USA (In my state anyhow) and the only requirement is head gear. While sane people wear full leathers many dumb people pass on those, or even decent full face helmets. If you're going to pull that garbage I really hope you've filled out an organ donor card since your luck will eventually run out.
Increasing government spending and lowering taxes/interest rates does indeed temporary "fix" the economy...at the expense of pretty much everyone who will still be alive and dealing with the massive government debt you've created after the fact. If you are unclear on this maybe ask someone from Greece/Italy/any other country that has already done so.
It's a fine cruise control system if you're holding the wheel and paying attention but the more it improves the less likely that is to be the case. People will (once again) assume they can zone out and watch Harry Potter DVDs because "autopilot" and vehicular carnage will then ensue.
Sorry but "squids" negate your entire argument. If you are zipping around people's blind spots in-between lanes of traffic wearing shorts, a t-shirt and a DOT approved helmet I have zero pity for you when you eventually "merge" with a car.
Even if you are extremely vigilant about checking your corners and adjusting mirrors most modern cars have blind spots.
You are aware that Tesla only makes 3 cars right? They don't even make all that many of them. While I'm aware that AMG (the "faaancy" Mercedes) is a German word that loosely translates as "money pit", this is an unfair comparison.
I do not, and you're right in a way. Large ships dock in our ports every day. If I were hell bent on blowing up 'Murica with a nuke or two and lacked ICBMs, large cargo aircraft or submarines that launch missiles that's how I'd go about it.
That said, these guys are trolling us and have been getting away with it forever. We have in fact literally been feeding them. Has the internet taught you nothing?
You clearly don't know what you are talking about. Throttling was indeed a thing in areas with perfectly good pipes in the past. There were lawsuits by some, payoffs by others. Now that "rent seeking" behavior is all back on the table
So...pretty much the same shakedown that Comcast already gave Netflix prior to that law being passed? I guess it's time for TimeWarner and ATT to get their blood money too.
The key words are "learn to appreciate". Unfortunately the people making decisions are often not engineers and don't always "get it" that one experienced, current developer can be worth five juniors. That's not universally true but it certainly is a thing. We may do the technical interview but you have to get TO that point before we have any input whatsoever.
As for that deathmarch thing being exclusive to startups or silicon valley, I don't really think that's the case but it is indeed part of that culture. We make estimates based on projects that have unknowns. If the penalty for failure (delay) is low, no big deal, if it is high then you either maintain a healthy level of apathy or you do what must be done.
Even assuming that exchange were to happen (it won't), last time I checked crazy uncle Kim has no way of delivering nuclear bombs to the continental USA and that fact is unlikely to change in the next 6 years.
North Korea has been making crazy threats for decades, his Trumpiness is enough of a troll himself to throw that right back at him vs trying to placate him like previous administrations. I would argue that is the policy we should have had for decades now, much like all of the foreign aid we send to countries that clearly work against our own interests (aka pretty much any country in the Middle East not ending in "rabia" or "real"). While some current administration policies seem questionable these both seem pretty sane.
Provided you stay current (sadly, many do not) more power to you. You're still considered an inferior choice because management fails to get that while you won't work "deathmarch" hours you also won't be needing much handholding.
Carousel is a lie. Life clocks are a lie. There IS NO RENEWAL.
You do realize you can have most of those things and not spend much at all right? You don't need a $1000 smartphone to have a smartphone, my kids have $50 ones and a data limit...I think that's maybe $25/mo all in per line. You don't need a $3000 TV, I think my 55" LG was $400ish. This is (adjusted for inflation) far less than your parents and grandparents spent on theirs in the 1970s. You don't need a $80/mo cable package, OTA is free and Netflix is up to what, $14? now. You will need internet but you probably needed that anyway.
Unfortunately you will also need a college degree, housing and medical care and all of those costs have risen astronomically. This isn't anything recent, very arguably our mean standard of living (in the USA) hasn't improved since the 1970s. We have cooler toys but we don't have single earner households unless you count the many many divorcees and/or the trophy wives of executives but that was the middle class norm in the 1970s.
For the record I am well above "paycheck to paycheck" and still do those things.
Then we have the internet, it's giving the poor access to see what's going on in the world better, they can see just how rich the rich are becoming, they can see the death of the world better than ever before, they can communicate with each other (as I am right now) elaborating on why there's little hope.
Co2 is up, heat is up, methane bubbles are going off in siberia, animals are dying out, bees are dying off, America is slowly crumbling into debt. (no, I'm not American)
Um...while I'll agree it's depressing to learn how people are fucking up the country and in fact the earth itself I'd rather know than be blissfully ignorant. Maybe that's just me.
People are not killing themselves over rising CO2 levels, people are killing themselves over crippling depression. When I think of things that depress me CO2 only makes it to #10 (and only because I enjoy diving and it is destroying reefs that it took many thousands of years to build). Money and family issues are like...99% of this among people that didn't already have problems. Incidentally these suicides also account for something like 50% of the "gun violence" we have in the USA.
Skype will connect with people that aren't in the current Apple ecosystem. I'm hardly an ardent supporter of our overlords (Microsoft) but their (*) system even works over 4G across multiple platforms.
* And by their I mean the thing that they bought, this was an acquisition.
I admit being able to dynamically switch from call to video call is cool (FaceTime) but what else does it do that you can't get on something that works for everyone?
I am in no way implying that such people are in any way 'inferior', merely different (each with their own advantages and disadvantages). Doctors and society made up these terms not me.
I am one of those people and freely admit it. I see those tendencies in many others of my profession. So do many medical professions who have written peer reviewed articles about the subject. Given a choice people self-select for things they are good at. I would be terrible in a sales/marketing role for example. I'm don't think I would even make a decent manager...but I can fix most problems that don't involve human psychology better than most people who aren't er..."special"
Also ADHD (much like Autism) is a new term. We used to say Johnny was "slow"/"crazy"/"weird" or but now they've invented medical terms for these things. It doesn't mean they can actually fix them, just that the diagnostic techniques have gotten a lot better so things like this "drastic rise in autism" aren't necessarily a real thing. We've had autism since at least at least 1822 and probably since forever. ADHD is similar. If you're old it's hard to remember but many kids are hyperactive by nature and the fact that you want to medicate that away seems...curious. Again, it's a "spectrum" condition. It's only when it's expressed fully that you run into serious problems functioning in normal society without said medication.
Do you still wash your windows in benzine? Do you still use leaded paint and petrol? Do you still use large tubes of mercury to make tilt switches? You can thank legislation for your current life expectancy and the world you live in. Screw your shitty compressor and its duty cycle
If I could still get those things I might.
Lead paint is in no way toxic unless you eat/burn it. It lasts far longer than its modern equivalent. It's gotten better but a paint that will last 60+ years is called lead paint. I wouldn't use it on wood (since the thing it's attached to won't last that long) but on metal, sure. Steel coated in this stuff on both sides will last longer than any of us.
Lead, as a fuel additive, no. While it is an excellent octane booster there are plenty of other things that can do that too (Benzene,Toluene,etc). The only benefit other than its relative cheapness was that it didn't require hardened valve seats in engines. If your engine is so equipped (even 50 year old trucks have this) then there's no real benefit to running tetraethyl lead fuel other than as bragging rights that you own your own time machine. It's also pretty shitty for the environment since that comes out in the exhaust.
Asbestos (embedded in other materials since it's an excellent fire retardant) is in no way toxic unless you crush those materials releasing the embedded fibers. In high heat applications it's now been replaced by ceramic wool fibers that are arguably just as dangerous and for the exact same reasons. My father worked literally ACROSS THE STREET from an asbestos baling facility (for shipment from where it naturally occurred to other parts of the world) for 20+ years and he's fine at age 70.
Creosote comes from a bush+coal tar, its pretty toxic if you burn it but ordinary wood coated in it lasts FOREVER. Go to the coast, look at a pier (or look at pretty much any old railroad tie). See that brown stuff on the pilings? That's Creosote. Since it's been illegal for the last 30+ years and those pilings are still doing just fine yes I'd like some of that please. Your ecologically friendly-ish (but still toxic) pressure treated lumber is a far cry from that.
Benzine as a window washing fluid? I guess you could but...why? I've never needed anything other than ammonia based products. Glass is pretty easy to clean, you can even use a razor blade on it if whatever substance won't come off with an approved solvent. You can still (IIRC) legally obtain this but if you order a 50 gallon drum of it then expect to go on some sort of homeland security watch list.
Mercury based switches, I guess you mean thermostats? Modern equivalents are better. If you want to always turn on something at X degrees then fine, it works and will continue working until whatever plastic bits that are attached to it break( If it does break please dispose of it properly ). If you only want to turn stuff on when you're home, not so much. You need electronics for that.
Incidental contact to any of these materials is not going to cause problems, it's only with repeated contact/as an inhalant that you start to get those.
The Romans literally had water pipes made out of lead, lead was in their wine, etc. Yes some of them eventually went nuts but thinking a tiny amount is OMG dangerous is a fallacy. Any exterior paint made prior to 1977-ish? was a lead based paint. It's exposure based, just like radioactive substances. Some is fine (seawater everywhere, also soil in my area are naturally radioactive), it's only when you get a lot of it that you start to have problems since your body can only absorb so much before 'bad things' (cancer) start happening, or in the case of Lead poisoning it's IIRC dementia.
Back to my main point, virtually every A/C (house, car) system that I own runs on R-12. They all still work fine and have not impacted the environment in any way other than by electricity usage, which they use less of. I have owned 'modern' refrigerat
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While that's super insightful (and also aguably untrue in many cases) it has nothing to do with my statement. You need reliable standby power sources for when it isn't windy or sunny outside. If you claim "100% renewable" and don't have like 3000 lead-acid batteries you are a liar, you are producing power when it's sunny or windy out and have brokered deals with people that may be running coal fired plants out of state
Um...they were totally NOT fine guy who apparently shills for the cable industry. How do you imagine this neutrality bill got passed to begin with? Multiple carriers were fined for throttling and Netflix paid an "undisclosed amount" to Comcast and their internet magically wasn't crippled anymore. Please go die in a lake of fire.
Um...that any of the municipalities crowing about their 100% renewable energy City grid are incompetent fools? Should I have had a different take-away from that (provided you aren't living near a large hydroelectric or nuclear power plant, both of which the "greens" hate)
Only if you didn't dispose of yourself in the most ecologicslly friendly manner. Are there compost bin recommendations for people?
When I'm at work (the DAYTIME, when solar usually works) I am not generally running my A/C or doing laundry or charging a car. That generally all happens when it gets dark outside. Wind may (or may not) work in the evening but you need a reliable standby power source and it is neither of these things.
Since you brought up California I guess you forgot that whole Enron fiasco? (we privatized energy, made environmental restictions and had to rely on out of state sources who then jacked up their prices to infinity dollars during peak usage) If you increase electric energy usage you have to increase electricity supply and wind/solar are in no way capable of producing the amount of energy you're going to need. Doubly so when you factor in desalination to deal with the periodic droughts and that is totally a thing here.
They sort of are...the sun degrades them into tiny tiny bits, fish eat them and then you eat the fish. It's the cycle of life from Disney's "Lion King" franchise, just with toxic petroleum products.
Tree killer! ...and also good luck finding an "industrial strength" paper bag in the year 2018. The OP is right, unless you have a cheap source for canvas/burlap bags or a time machine to source "proper" paper ones good luck with that. (even then they were useless if they got wet but they were quite strong otherwise), we used to cover our school textbooks with them and they lasted all year.
For the record I still use (reusable) plastic bags. They are literally waste products of the petroleum refining process and the issue is not you using them, it's you using them the one time and letting the wind carry them away. I fail to see how this harms the environment provided you reuse the bags and don't leave them out in the sun (and dispose of them properly)
In what way? Our cars are better, inflation is lower but the cost of living vs income is worse, not better. College education is now a virtually essential prerequisite for a halfway decent job (even for jobs that should not need one) and it costs a great deal more (well above base inflation), as does medical care (it's better but costs have increased significantly above reported inflation) and housing mirrors this in many parts of the country. There still IS cheap housing but it's typically only found in places with bad job prospects so unless you're a retiree or welfare reciperants (or provide essential services which cannot be outsourced) it's virtually irrelevant. My parent's $40K home (purchased in 1975) is now worth somewhere north of $1M. It is the same house. There have been no major upgrades ever. Its no showpiece, it's just a normal 3 bedroom home. When you are making six figures, have that degree and still can't afford a home you must eventually say WTF?
Thank you for admitting it. The "cafe racer" and higher power motorcycles (AFAIK) originated in the UK. While they were eventually eclipsed by "rice bikes" (Japanese performance motorcycles) they are the original authors of that segment. Early Harley-Davidson bikes (and even most modern ones) are simply cruisers, not speed machines. Indian had a few but were much less popular.
I'm unclear on the UK laws on "lane splitting" but it's perfectly legal here in the USA (In my state anyhow) and the only requirement is head gear. While sane people wear full leathers many dumb people pass on those, or even decent full face helmets. If you're going to pull that garbage I really hope you've filled out an organ donor card since your luck will eventually run out.
You are 100% correct.
Increasing government spending and lowering taxes/interest rates does indeed temporary "fix" the economy...at the expense of pretty much everyone who will still be alive and dealing with the massive government debt you've created after the fact. If you are unclear on this maybe ask someone from Greece/Italy/any other country that has already done so.
It's a fine cruise control system if you're holding the wheel and paying attention but the more it improves the less likely that is to be the case. People will (once again) assume they can zone out and watch Harry Potter DVDs because "autopilot" and vehicular carnage will then ensue.
Sorry but "squids" negate your entire argument. If you are zipping around people's blind spots in-between lanes of traffic wearing shorts, a t-shirt and a DOT approved helmet I have zero pity for you when you eventually "merge" with a car.
Even if you are extremely vigilant about checking your corners and adjusting mirrors most modern cars have blind spots.
You are aware that Tesla only makes 3 cars right? They don't even make all that many of them. While I'm aware that AMG (the "faaancy" Mercedes) is a German word that loosely translates as "money pit", this is an unfair comparison.
I do not, and you're right in a way. Large ships dock in our ports every day. If I were hell bent on blowing up 'Murica with a nuke or two and lacked ICBMs, large cargo aircraft or submarines that launch missiles that's how I'd go about it.
That said, these guys are trolling us and have been getting away with it forever. We have in fact literally been feeding them. Has the internet taught you nothing?
You clearly don't know what you are talking about. Throttling was indeed a thing in areas with perfectly good pipes in the past. There were lawsuits by some, payoffs by others. Now that "rent seeking" behavior is all back on the table
So...pretty much the same shakedown that Comcast already gave Netflix prior to that law being passed? I guess it's time for TimeWarner and ATT to get their blood money too.
The key words are "learn to appreciate". Unfortunately the people making decisions are often not engineers and don't always "get it" that one experienced, current developer can be worth five juniors. That's not universally true but it certainly is a thing. We may do the technical interview but you have to get TO that point before we have any input whatsoever.
As for that deathmarch thing being exclusive to startups or silicon valley, I don't really think that's the case but it is indeed part of that culture. We make estimates based on projects that have unknowns. If the penalty for failure (delay) is low, no big deal, if it is high then you either maintain a healthy level of apathy or you do what must be done.
Even assuming that exchange were to happen (it won't), last time I checked crazy uncle Kim has no way of delivering nuclear bombs to the continental USA and that fact is unlikely to change in the next 6 years.
North Korea has been making crazy threats for decades, his Trumpiness is enough of a troll himself to throw that right back at him vs trying to placate him like previous administrations. I would argue that is the policy we should have had for decades now, much like all of the foreign aid we send to countries that clearly work against our own interests (aka pretty much any country in the Middle East not ending in "rabia" or "real"). While some current administration policies seem questionable these both seem pretty sane.
Provided you stay current (sadly, many do not) more power to you. You're still considered an inferior choice because management fails to get that while you won't work "deathmarch" hours you also won't be needing much handholding.
Carousel is a lie. Life clocks are a lie. There IS NO RENEWAL.
You do realize you can have most of those things and not spend much at all right? You don't need a $1000 smartphone to have a smartphone, my kids have $50 ones and a data limit...I think that's maybe $25/mo all in per line. You don't need a $3000 TV, I think my 55" LG was $400ish. This is (adjusted for inflation) far less than your parents and grandparents spent on theirs in the 1970s. You don't need a $80/mo cable package, OTA is free and Netflix is up to what, $14? now. You will need internet but you probably needed that anyway.
Unfortunately you will also need a college degree, housing and medical care and all of those costs have risen astronomically. This isn't anything recent, very arguably our mean standard of living (in the USA) hasn't improved since the 1970s. We have cooler toys but we don't have single earner households unless you count the many many divorcees and/or the trophy wives of executives but that was the middle class norm in the 1970s.
For the record I am well above "paycheck to paycheck" and still do those things.
Um...while I'll agree it's depressing to learn how people are fucking up the country and in fact the earth itself I'd rather know than be blissfully ignorant. Maybe that's just me.
People are not killing themselves over rising CO2 levels, people are killing themselves over crippling depression. When I think of things that depress me CO2 only makes it to #10 (and only because I enjoy diving and it is destroying reefs that it took many thousands of years to build). Money and family issues are like...99% of this among people that didn't already have problems. Incidentally these suicides also account for something like 50% of the "gun violence" we have in the USA.
Skype will connect with people that aren't in the current Apple ecosystem. I'm hardly an ardent supporter of our overlords (Microsoft) but their (*) system even works over 4G across multiple platforms.
* And by their I mean the thing that they bought, this was an acquisition.
I admit being able to dynamically switch from call to video call is cool (FaceTime) but what else does it do that you can't get on something that works for everyone?
I am in no way implying that such people are in any way 'inferior', merely different (each with their own advantages and disadvantages). Doctors and society made up these terms not me.
I am one of those people and freely admit it. I see those tendencies in many others of my profession. So do many medical professions who have written peer reviewed articles about the subject. Given a choice people self-select for things they are good at. I would be terrible in a sales/marketing role for example. I'm don't think I would even make a decent manager...but I can fix most problems that don't involve human psychology better than most people who aren't er..."special"
Also ADHD (much like Autism) is a new term. We used to say Johnny was "slow"/"crazy"/"weird" or but now they've invented medical terms for these things. It doesn't mean they can actually fix them, just that the diagnostic techniques have gotten a lot better so things like this "drastic rise in autism" aren't necessarily a real thing. We've had autism since at least at least 1822 and probably since forever. ADHD is similar. If you're old it's hard to remember but many kids are hyperactive by nature and the fact that you want to medicate that away seems...curious. Again, it's a "spectrum" condition. It's only when it's expressed fully that you run into serious problems functioning in normal society without said medication.
If I could still get those things I might.
Lead paint is in no way toxic unless you eat/burn it. It lasts far longer than its modern equivalent. It's gotten better but a paint that will last 60+ years is called lead paint. I wouldn't use it on wood (since the thing it's attached to won't last that long) but on metal, sure. Steel coated in this stuff on both sides will last longer than any of us.
Lead, as a fuel additive, no. While it is an excellent octane booster there are plenty of other things that can do that too (Benzene,Toluene,etc). The only benefit other than its relative cheapness was that it didn't require hardened valve seats in engines. If your engine is so equipped (even 50 year old trucks have this) then there's no real benefit to running tetraethyl lead fuel other than as bragging rights that you own your own time machine. It's also pretty shitty for the environment since that comes out in the exhaust.
Asbestos (embedded in other materials since it's an excellent fire retardant) is in no way toxic unless you crush those materials releasing the embedded fibers. In high heat applications it's now been replaced by ceramic wool fibers that are arguably just as dangerous and for the exact same reasons. My father worked literally ACROSS THE STREET from an asbestos baling facility (for shipment from where it naturally occurred to other parts of the world) for 20+ years and he's fine at age 70.
Creosote comes from a bush+coal tar, its pretty toxic if you burn it but ordinary wood coated in it lasts FOREVER. Go to the coast, look at a pier (or look at pretty much any old railroad tie). See that brown stuff on the pilings? That's Creosote. Since it's been illegal for the last 30+ years and those pilings are still doing just fine yes I'd like some of that please. Your ecologically friendly-ish (but still toxic) pressure treated lumber is a far cry from that.
Benzine as a window washing fluid? I guess you could but...why? I've never needed anything other than ammonia based products. Glass is pretty easy to clean, you can even use a razor blade on it if whatever substance won't come off with an approved solvent. You can still (IIRC) legally obtain this but if you order a 50 gallon drum of it then expect to go on some sort of homeland security watch list.
Mercury based switches, I guess you mean thermostats? Modern equivalents are better. If you want to always turn on something at X degrees then fine, it works and will continue working until whatever plastic bits that are attached to it break( If it does break please dispose of it properly ). If you only want to turn stuff on when you're home, not so much. You need electronics for that.
Incidental contact to any of these materials is not going to cause problems, it's only with repeated contact/as an inhalant that you start to get those.
The Romans literally had water pipes made out of lead, lead was in their wine, etc. Yes some of them eventually went nuts but thinking a tiny amount is OMG dangerous is a fallacy. Any exterior paint made prior to 1977-ish? was a lead based paint. It's exposure based, just like radioactive substances. Some is fine (seawater everywhere, also soil in my area are naturally radioactive), it's only when you get a lot of it that you start to have problems since your body can only absorb so much before 'bad things' (cancer) start happening, or in the case of Lead poisoning it's IIRC dementia.
Back to my main point, virtually every A/C (house, car) system that I own runs on R-12. They all still work fine and have not impacted the environment in any way other than by electricity usage, which they use less of. I have owned 'modern' refrigerat