Yeah, maybe $1,200 if it has a headphone jack or something...
Seriously though, I have trouble thinking of how they could provide a reasonable value proposition at $1,200. 256G of Ram is wasted on me for a phone, a rear screen gimmick is marginal value, and I don't want a bigger screen.
Ok, built in 3D scanner, megapixel thermal imager, f1.8/35mm equivalent performance on the camera, and an anemometer and I will get out my Blackcard (that I don't have).
When Zhang visited last year VPN connections were blocked around the convention center and at least parts of Wan Chai. Typically Cisco VPNs were unprotected, but that week at least even Cisco's IPSEC was blocked. I thought L2TP was often blocked in HK, but hadn't tried in years. I experienced this both on hotel wifi and cellular.
It might have had something to do with the snipers on the roof of the Hyatt that we could wave at.
There are places that getting to and from is a little more complicated than hopping on MTR. If you live on Conduit Road or the Peak, getting over to your yacht in Aberdeen can take far too long, especially when your maid is carrying all the groceries and won't ewalk any faster!
Seriously though... having a car in Hong Kong means never being hot, wet, or having to stand. What is a month's salary on a car, anyway...
You don't have to block 100% of the traffic. Just 5-10% (with logging) can be a sufficient deterrent.
About the only way around it is a peer-to-peer network on both sides of the firewall where the amount of external data transfer is limited, but they don't necessarily need to allow local VPN traffic either.
ssh can easily be blocked to the "outside." Pretty much any way you try to tunnel can be detected with traffic analysis, and it is a pain in the ass when you simply can't work. I had issues in Hong Kong a few years back when a VVIP was visiting and I was caught off guard.
The landfill sites in Manhattan Beach are former military waste as I understand it; it sounds like you are talking about the mall and golf course. I know they have contaminated soil, but I don't think there was ever a (sanitary) landfill.
(There is plenty of methane collection in LA, but that is due to the oil and not landfills.)
Look at census data; nationwide iirc it is around 35% of households in apartments, and we have less than 50% home ownership.
Different people have different desires; I live in a rental multi-family home because it lets me be close to work, close to the beach, not need a car, and provides more disposable income. (As a hedge against rent inflation, I do own a condo-- but it is just a vacation spot for now.) The buy vs rent equation for my wife and I makes buying a poor investment; this is dominated by our expectation that we will spend less than 5 more years in our current city.
To make apartments work in a community, they must cater to the community's needs. This includes internal amenities as well as parks, transportation, jobs nearby, and "affordability."
There are good apartments and bad ones; I can't stand the large complexes, but my friend strongly prefers them, as it gives him more common area amenities albeit at a higher rent.
Now, if I had three kids I would think an apartment is stupid, and generally at that point buying will also pencil out better.
Well, if you travel, generally you try to have three or more cards: one in wallet, one in sock or other hidden place, and one back at hotel. A new card can generally be at the hotel within 48 hours when you contact your issuer.
Thanks for the info; the alternative unemployment numbers are all available here. The classic non-participation rate (if I understand correctly) is U6, or 8.6% seasonally adjusted, down from 9.6% a year ago.
True-- not much different than Mira Loma, beyond being close-coupled with a wind farm. Personally, I think that is where the technology will really shine, as it increases the value of power produced from the wind farm dramatically.
As for customer rates, if the goal is to maximize renewables batteries are a necessary part of the equation. Modern wind turbines turbines are around 5x the cost of gas or diesel-- 15x when you factor in a 35% capacity factor, although you don't have the fuel cost.
Wind just has so many problems when it is at peak output that it becomes very hard for the grid to absorb. Cutting the top 10-20% of generation off the top really can change the game (depending on total grid penetration).
The patent holder had and has an active network that is used in multiple industries for wide-area coverage. While it doesn't directly compete with Google (today) for those services, there is or could be damage to their business.
I remember what Google first started doing with Loon, and it wasn't innovative, just a logistics game. Today, I think they have some real innovations of their own which could make the technology much more valuable-- dramatically increased on-station time being the dominant one.
Space Data might have had blinders on about the potential of their technology, but it still doesn't make it not theirs.
A single-cycle gas-fired plant is undoubtably cheaper, but the lead time for ~30MW is likely closer to 8 months. A dual-cycle is closer to 12 months.
Long term, for wind power to be viable it will require batteries. Beyond about 10% penetration you are stuck curtailing capacity in the spring and fall, as can be seen from California and Germany. My math makes it look like you need 10-20% of rated capacity for an hour for it to work well from a system level.
kWh(B) - the cycle discharge rating of the battery. The bi-directional inverter is generally rated at 20% discharge rate (5-hours).
Basically to make it work they need 20-30 commodity pad-mount transformers and a dedicated 35kV circuit (or two), and level concrete pads. S&C had a similar product for years as a UPS, but this is considerably more elegant.
Having tried (futilely) to update my router on Monday, I would say it is a Linux problem to me. Knowing something in Linux is broken, but there is no way to address it (because it is a 2013 router). The proprietary bits make upgrading to Tomato or a maintained district unreliable. With a small distribution pool, you really have to trust the small group of people (or individual) maintaining it.
Yes, but then you are paying Google for another domain to be hosted; my preference would be to have email forwarded to my account-du jour, ideally with basic spam and content filtering before the forward.
It isn't that big of a deal, but it is a little barrier compared to zero public facing services today.
My adage used to be "retire early, retire often." Implicit in that statement is that you work your ass of for 4-5 years, and then take a break and do something fun for a few months or a couple years. It worked pretty well for me until hitting 40 or so and owning my own business.
We all need ways to recharge, and it shouldn't be neglected.
But to TFA's question, the simple answer comes down to how your performance is measured. If it is a derivative of time then it is hard to succeed without putting in more hours. I have several extremely effective employees that barely put in 40 hours a week, and several ineffective ones who are always working late. There are also some people who need to put in more time to be effective, and some highly effective people that need to put in more time because of the workload they are taking on. It is only that last group that is really rewarded disproportionately based on hours. (The first group we work very hard to retain, but we are less likely to offer them an ownership stake in the business.)
Depending on your annual average and daily average, ground-source heat pumps are another option. You need good water quality or good water treatment to make swamp coolers last more than a few years.
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Yeah, maybe $1,200 if it has a headphone jack or something...
Seriously though, I have trouble thinking of how they could provide a reasonable value proposition at $1,200. 256G of Ram is wasted on me for a phone, a rear screen gimmick is marginal value, and I don't want a bigger screen.
Ok, built in 3D scanner, megapixel thermal imager, f1.8/35mm equivalent performance on the camera, and an anemometer and I will get out my Blackcard (that I don't have).
When Zhang visited last year VPN connections were blocked around the convention center and at least parts of Wan Chai. Typically Cisco VPNs were unprotected, but that week at least even Cisco's IPSEC was blocked. I thought L2TP was often blocked in HK, but hadn't tried in years. I experienced this both on hotel wifi and cellular.
It might have had something to do with the snipers on the roof of the Hyatt that we could wave at.
There are places that getting to and from is a little more complicated than hopping on MTR. If you live on Conduit Road or the Peak, getting over to your yacht in Aberdeen can take far too long, especially when your maid is carrying all the groceries and won't ewalk any faster! Seriously though... having a car in Hong Kong means never being hot, wet, or having to stand. What is a month's salary on a car, anyway...
You don't have to block 100% of the traffic. Just 5-10% (with logging) can be a sufficient deterrent. About the only way around it is a peer-to-peer network on both sides of the firewall where the amount of external data transfer is limited, but they don't necessarily need to allow local VPN traffic either.
ssh can easily be blocked to the "outside." Pretty much any way you try to tunnel can be detected with traffic analysis, and it is a pain in the ass when you simply can't work. I had issues in Hong Kong a few years back when a VVIP was visiting and I was caught off guard.
Thanks; I thought it had been Northrop facilities.
The landfill sites in Manhattan Beach are former military waste as I understand it; it sounds like you are talking about the mall and golf course. I know they have contaminated soil, but I don't think there was ever a (sanitary) landfill. (There is plenty of methane collection in LA, but that is due to the oil and not landfills.)
Look at census data; nationwide iirc it is around 35% of households in apartments, and we have less than 50% home ownership. Different people have different desires; I live in a rental multi-family home because it lets me be close to work, close to the beach, not need a car, and provides more disposable income. (As a hedge against rent inflation, I do own a condo-- but it is just a vacation spot for now.) The buy vs rent equation for my wife and I makes buying a poor investment; this is dominated by our expectation that we will spend less than 5 more years in our current city. To make apartments work in a community, they must cater to the community's needs. This includes internal amenities as well as parks, transportation, jobs nearby, and "affordability." There are good apartments and bad ones; I can't stand the large complexes, but my friend strongly prefers them, as it gives him more common area amenities albeit at a higher rent. Now, if I had three kids I would think an apartment is stupid, and generally at that point buying will also pencil out better.
Sorry, but debit cards are for idiots. If you are going to use plastic, get a benefit from it, and also reduce your risk!!
Lot more work with bank systems compared to Apple Pay...
Well, if you travel, generally you try to have three or more cards: one in wallet, one in sock or other hidden place, and one back at hotel. A new card can generally be at the hotel within 48 hours when you contact your issuer.
Lot of Unicorn beating today. ''Tis the season! Earnings are just around the corner!
What makes you think that what you see is real?
Thanks for the info; the alternative unemployment numbers are all available here. The classic non-participation rate (if I understand correctly) is U6, or 8.6% seasonally adjusted, down from 9.6% a year ago.
True-- not much different than Mira Loma, beyond being close-coupled with a wind farm. Personally, I think that is where the technology will really shine, as it increases the value of power produced from the wind farm dramatically.
As for customer rates, if the goal is to maximize renewables batteries are a necessary part of the equation. Modern wind turbines turbines are around 5x the cost of gas or diesel-- 15x when you factor in a 35% capacity factor, although you don't have the fuel cost.
Wind just has so many problems when it is at peak output that it becomes very hard for the grid to absorb. Cutting the top 10-20% of generation off the top really can change the game (depending on total grid penetration).
The patent holder had and has an active network that is used in multiple industries for wide-area coverage. While it doesn't directly compete with Google (today) for those services, there is or could be damage to their business.
I remember what Google first started doing with Loon, and it wasn't innovative, just a logistics game. Today, I think they have some real innovations of their own which could make the technology much more valuable-- dramatically increased on-station time being the dominant one.
Space Data might have had blinders on about the potential of their technology, but it still doesn't make it not theirs.
Whoops, it is only 10 transformers.
A single-cycle gas-fired plant is undoubtably cheaper, but the lead time for ~30MW is likely closer to 8 months. A dual-cycle is closer to 12 months.
Long term, for wind power to be viable it will require batteries. Beyond about 10% penetration you are stuck curtailing capacity in the spring and fall, as can be seen from California and Germany. My math makes it look like you need 10-20% of rated capacity for an hour for it to work well from a system level.
kWh(B) - the cycle discharge rating of the battery. The bi-directional inverter is generally rated at 20% discharge rate (5-hours).
Basically to make it work they need 20-30 commodity pad-mount transformers and a dedicated 35kV circuit (or two), and level concrete pads. S&C had a similar product for years as a UPS, but this is considerably more elegant.
Google attempted to acquire or partner with Space Data in 2008. Makes this look less like Google doing the right thing.
Having tried (futilely) to update my router on Monday, I would say it is a Linux problem to me. Knowing something in Linux is broken, but there is no way to address it (because it is a 2013 router). The proprietary bits make upgrading to Tomato or a maintained district unreliable. With a small distribution pool, you really have to trust the small group of people (or individual) maintaining it.
Yes, but then you are paying Google for another domain to be hosted; my preference would be to have email forwarded to my account-du jour, ideally with basic spam and content filtering before the forward.
It isn't that big of a deal, but it is a little barrier compared to zero public facing services today.
One of my domains seems to fly under the radar, but it has 2-4 curse words depending on how religious you are. Had it for about 20 years now...
If it wasn't for character length, I would love to shift my main email address back to my own domain names... but securing things properly is a pain.
My adage used to be "retire early, retire often." Implicit in that statement is that you work your ass of for 4-5 years, and then take a break and do something fun for a few months or a couple years. It worked pretty well for me until hitting 40 or so and owning my own business.
We all need ways to recharge, and it shouldn't be neglected.
But to TFA's question, the simple answer comes down to how your performance is measured. If it is a derivative of time then it is hard to succeed without putting in more hours. I have several extremely effective employees that barely put in 40 hours a week, and several ineffective ones who are always working late. There are also some people who need to put in more time to be effective, and some highly effective people that need to put in more time because of the workload they are taking on. It is only that last group that is really rewarded disproportionately based on hours. (The first group we work very hard to retain, but we are less likely to offer them an ownership stake in the business.)
So, focus on effectiveness and not time.
Depending on your annual average and daily average, ground-source heat pumps are another option. You need good water quality or good water treatment to make swamp coolers last more than a few years.