Too bad the oceans and streams are the only source of fish to consume, I just wish there was some way to create fish populations on land...
I wonder, did the "scientists" of the day blame the steam locomotive for the precipitous decline in free-range buffalo, forcing countless millions to starve?
Right, no one sells their SNAP benefits for 50 cents on the dollar to buy things not available for SNAP benefits... It's all doctors defrauding people on Medicare./SMH
Exactly, and you've removed the incentive for them to relocate to Queens, so they'll stay outside NYC and pay VA taxes, or TN taxes, or whatever - and that's "better" for NYC?
Good. Now the land and labor is available to businesses willing to operate with subsidies.
Which businesses? Do you have any names? AFAIK it is almost impossible to lure a new business to NY State without subsidies.
NY State used to offer 10 years tax-free to lure small businesses into NYC. Cuomo and DiBlasio landed a whale, and you argue it's no big deal, they just need to attract 250 new 100 employee companies that are majority low six-figure jobs to the area to make up the slack.
Trouble is, there aren't 250 100+ employee companies that will move to Queens in the next 10 years without getting, go ahead, you can say it, "subsidies".
The "7 Day Return" is a no-questions-asked return, not a replacement for warranty/lemon laws. Warranty/lemon law returns are for cause, Tesla says it will take back a car you simply don't like/don't want to keep for no reason at all.
Instead of that insidious "heads-up" display they were going to work on, or maybe just work for a company that had some folks (not them, but someone else) working on a heads-up display for soldiers.
During the manhattan project, many were troubled by the massive weaponry they were developing, but they persisted because they knew that the enemies of civilization were working on the same thing, and they knew the only thing worse than developing the atom bomb first would be to not develop the atom at all and let their enemies have the weapon.
It is arrogance to assume that a particular engineer/scientist can stop a technology from being developed. Refusal to develop it only means we won't have it when our enemies develop it.
What is this, the UN? Everyone gets a turn being in "control" of the world? Great, I can't wait till we hand it over the the bus driver in Venezuela, and when he's done, he can hand it back to the bartender from Queens. Do the Saudi's get a turn?
Maybe the US should simply start withdrawing troops and defensive systems installed around the world to facilitate this new "everyone gets a chance" form of world domination? I'm sure Europe would be chill with that plan, since they all settled their petty grievances a half century ago after the assignation of Arch Duke Ferdinand...
"Think it through properly" - uhm, no. Your dystopian dream is based on the need of a soldier to use a "heads-up" display to fire his weapon. That is non-sensical.
No, Microsoft isn't going to let a handful of "engineers" send a half-billion dollar project down the crapper.
A handful of people may be able to drive Amazon out of Queens, but that isn't going to happen at Microsoft. Amazon walked away from a discount on taxes and will likely get a larger discount by not having to match NYC/NYS income tax matching expenses outside of New York - see most other locations would have had much lower tax bills than NYC/Queens would after the 10% discount Dem. Gov. and Dem. Mayor negotiated.
The purpose of extreme weapons is to deter potential enemies from considering an attack... It's called a "weapon of deterrence" (as popularized in the movie Dr. Strangelove), and only two things can undermine the effectiveness of such a weapon - "keeping it secret" (See Dr. Strangelove) or "promising to never use the weapon." For too long US politicians tie the hands of the military, leading to third-tier countries feeling they can attack/provoke America because America won't use it's advanced weapons.
Exactly - this is not "weapon technology" this is threat identification technology and could potentially save lives of soldiers by providing soldiers better information.
The computers on the Apollo rockets were little more than calculators - they did not advance the state of the art, they forked current technology into their very particular use case.
I've got a crazy idea: how about we have modern civilization without a Military Industrial Complex by just taxing the rich whether they like it or not?
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Too bad the oceans and streams are the only source of fish to consume, I just wish there was some way to create fish populations on land...
I wonder, did the "scientists" of the day blame the steam locomotive for the precipitous decline in free-range buffalo, forcing countless millions to starve?
The data fed into the system provides "probable cause", and any follow-up/review will be done by civil servants that never, ever make a mistake.
Right, no one sells their SNAP benefits for 50 cents on the dollar to buy things not available for SNAP benefits... It's all doctors defrauding people on Medicare. /SMH
8,000 people get letters - the horror!
Needs-based benefits deserve to be challenged periodically, and recipients should be able to defend their claims at any time.
Critics say the 20% error rate is unacceptable as around 8,000 people will receive letters wrongly accusing them of fraud.
And if you say Zero then you have to prove to me that the prior system had zero errors.
Demanding perfection in replacing a flawed system is ridiculous.
I guarantee there is a appeals process after detection - people will not be thrown out of their homes instantly.
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Exactly, and you've removed the incentive for them to relocate to Queens, so they'll stay outside NYC and pay VA taxes, or TN taxes, or whatever - and that's "better" for NYC?
How?
Good. Now the land and labor is available to businesses willing to operate with subsidies.
Which businesses? Do you have any names? AFAIK it is almost impossible to lure a new business to NY State without subsidies.
NY State used to offer 10 years tax-free to lure small businesses into NYC. Cuomo and DiBlasio landed a whale, and you argue it's no big deal, they just need to attract 250 new 100 employee companies that are majority low six-figure jobs to the area to make up the slack.
Trouble is, there aren't 250 100+ employee companies that will move to Queens in the next 10 years without getting, go ahead, you can say it, "subsidies".
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The "7 Day Return" is a no-questions-asked return, not a replacement for warranty/lemon laws. Warranty/lemon law returns are for cause, Tesla says it will take back a car you simply don't like/don't want to keep for no reason at all.
Most SUVs never go off-road, people like them because they are the new station wagon - it's about cargo and passenger capacity, not ground clearance.
I agree that spending $41,000 on a car is crazy - But I suspect very few people walk into a dealership with a bank draft for $41K + sales taxes.
Right, most people pay $41K + sales tax + interest, because they can't afford $41K + sales tax.
You mean:
1) secure big gov't contract for heads-up display
2) rebrand google glass
3) cash $480BN check!
It just might work!
Instead of that insidious "heads-up" display they were going to work on, or maybe just work for a company that had some folks (not them, but someone else) working on a heads-up display for soldiers.
During the manhattan project, many were troubled by the massive weaponry they were developing, but they persisted because they knew that the enemies of civilization were working on the same thing, and they knew the only thing worse than developing the atom bomb first would be to not develop the atom at all and let their enemies have the weapon.
It is arrogance to assume that a particular engineer/scientist can stop a technology from being developed. Refusal to develop it only means we won't have it when our enemies develop it.
What is this, the UN? Everyone gets a turn being in "control" of the world? Great, I can't wait till we hand it over the the bus driver in Venezuela, and when he's done, he can hand it back to the bartender from Queens. Do the Saudi's get a turn?
Maybe the US should simply start withdrawing troops and defensive systems installed around the world to facilitate this new "everyone gets a chance" form of world domination? I'm sure Europe would be chill with that plan, since they all settled their petty grievances a half century ago after the assignation of Arch Duke Ferdinand...
The effort to reach the moon drove way more tech and for less than the military...
The Vietnam war cost $168BN, in 1975 dollars:
https://thevietnamwar.info/how...
The Apollo space program cost $170BN:
https://www.extremetech.com/ex...
Or did you mean all military spending since 1775?
The US Military is STILL a large customer for Microsoft products, they use Windows and SQL Server on current military vessels.
"Think it through properly" - uhm, no. Your dystopian dream is based on the need of a soldier to use a "heads-up" display to fire his weapon. That is non-sensical.
No, Microsoft isn't going to let a handful of "engineers" send a half-billion dollar project down the crapper.
A handful of people may be able to drive Amazon out of Queens, but that isn't going to happen at Microsoft. Amazon walked away from a discount on taxes and will likely get a larger discount by not having to match NYC/NYS income tax matching expenses outside of New York - see most other locations would have had much lower tax bills than NYC/Queens would after the 10% discount Dem. Gov. and Dem. Mayor negotiated.
Lisp machines predated ENIAC?
Citation...
The purpose of extreme weapons is to deter potential enemies from considering an attack... It's called a "weapon of deterrence" (as popularized in the movie Dr. Strangelove), and only two things can undermine the effectiveness of such a weapon - "keeping it secret" (See Dr. Strangelove) or "promising to never use the weapon." For too long US politicians tie the hands of the military, leading to third-tier countries feeling they can attack/provoke America because America won't use it's advanced weapons.
What good is this (the AC130), if we don't use it?
Oh noes! One less "Anonymous Coward" at Microsoft.
Exactly - this is not "weapon technology" this is threat identification technology and could potentially save lives of soldiers by providing soldiers better information.
The computers on the Apollo rockets were little more than calculators - they did not advance the state of the art, they forked current technology into their very particular use case.
I've got a crazy idea: how about we have modern civilization without a Military Industrial Complex by just taxing the rich whether they like it or not?
So, if we tax the rich we don't need a military?
What are you, 12 years old?