Specific to California; I don't think I am licensed in Oregon currently: You cannot list your title as "engineer" in your email signature; that constitutes false advertisement. Most states I am registered in have similar policies, but details do vary somewhat and are a pain to keep up with. You cannot even have a functional title (Engineer IV) in your signature unless licensed.
If your email signature said something like "Software Engineer II" you would likely be ok, because it is unlikely to cause confusion with customers/consumers-- either way they are unlikely to chase after you unless you are doing something that generates a complaint.
Honest question-- are the back-end systems functioning in a scalable way for today, rather than just functioning for all other middleware to work around the limitations?
The first question is if the system meets the needs as it exists, and what changes are ultimately needed.
I can see many things with banking today that don't work well in batch mode, but I have no idea how the banks work around that fact. I'm sure there are other examples as well.
Government regulation is there to do things that businesses wouldn't do on their own, but are needed for a functioning society. It may be true that the needs of Rural people are different than the needs of Urban people, it doesn't justify the libertarian approach to things.
You have obviously never had to deal with UL. Hint... it's a scam.
While having energy ratings performed by UL as a standardized part of testing makes sense on the surface, the whole way the organization works suggests that it will all come down to how much money you give them, with their primary focus being on counterfeit "UL(R)" holograms.
Gasoline requires similar losses in refining and transportation as PV; much higher when you talk about distributed generation. Coal has lower "refining" losses, but higher losses for transportation (and emission controls).
The future is ultimately in distributed generation, which is where nuclear faces the most challenges. Highly centralized power systems need huge distribution networks.
The point is there is regulatory recourse if you are licensed and are found negligent. That is a consumer (and public) safety issue of accountability. It is generally overblown in importance, but something is needed.
This is common language for most states; the title "engineer" is reserved, and representing yourself as one without being registered in the state you "practice" engineering is a violation.
So, yes-- he should pay the fine, and re-submit the letter with the word "engineer" blocked out, and demand to be heard.
Sadly, the same would be true if you represented yourself as a barber, at least in the state of California.
Economic suicide. A wealth tax on assets over $100MM might make sense, but once you have that kind of wealth it is easy to place it outside the tax man's reach.
Also consider what a small business is and how it's "wealth" is created (and what its wealth is).
Yes, income is meaningless for everything but cash flow...
I'm in Los Angeles, and we are considering more remote work. Commute times are too high, office rent is too high, and home rentals too high for the value. Oh, and billing rates are too low......and there are plenty of places with good quality of life and dramatically lower costs. Something has to give.
It has been a while, but I am pretty sure Singapore citizens cannot have an abortion in their own country, although foreigners can. So, if you are forced to have and raise a child (that will have the social stigma in Singapore of being Indian/Chinese), the impact is longer term than just a percentage of the fees paid for in-vitro fertilization... hence it not being considered malpractice.
It ends up mainly not being about cost but concerns that you can't hold down a job either due to being fired or becoming bored. That creates a lot of risk for an employer, especially at higher salary levels.
Contractors are a different story, but they are often hard to get out of independent contractor roles.
Why? Are they providing more than inflation-level additional value?
In my field, billing rates have increased just under 1% annually over the past 20 years in constant dollar terms for a fixed position. Factoring in inflation of 2%, that is an effective reduction in pay... However, I now make about 6-7x as much inflation adjusted as when I started because of the value I provide (at least in theory; I mostly just read/.). That might not be the norm, but looking at a 3x increase you have the same effective issue.
Long-term (20+ years), changing jobs every 2-3 years catches up with you. Ultimately you find that you have to work harder to find a job, getting inflation-level raises is hard, and you are first in line to be cut. It works out ok if you save money in those early years, but if you don't then the NPV of job hopping isn't favorable.
Switching languages is a minor change; switching paradigms is major... and switching from physical to mental work (or the other direction) for the first time at 40+ is nearly impossible.
Any job development programs at your company to help train 50-year old immigrant taxi drivers to program?
"He fired missiles for personal gain..." Are you kidding?! That has to be the dumbest possible point you could make.
The bottom line is Trump has attacked intellectual honesty and diplomacy, which fails to create an environment where issues can be discussed openly and honestly and actions taken based on said discourse.
He has charted an ideological course on many issues (such as healthcare) that get us further from addressing the real issues. We are setting ourselves back a decade or more in controlling healthcare costs.
He has also done a few things that might not align with my beliefs, but that I recognize as likely necessary or reasonable (in context). I don't take issues with the moab or tomahawks, although I am quite curious as to what will ultimately happen in/with NK.
They seem to have a larger family of robots than Kiva, but their "Kiva" pallet bots look a little less elegant in how they move and how handling is still done via forklift.
Wouldn't an electric pickup have better towing performance than a conventional pickup? There should be plenty of pragmatic reasons to pick it over a conventional... or I am sure Tesla wouldn't build it.
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To make it useful, you would need data caching at each node so the system is tolerant of poor reliability and low bandwidth.
This ultimately limits its value as a de-centralized system.
Specific to California; I don't think I am licensed in Oregon currently: You cannot list your title as "engineer" in your email signature; that constitutes false advertisement. Most states I am registered in have similar policies, but details do vary somewhat and are a pain to keep up with. You cannot even have a functional title (Engineer IV) in your signature unless licensed.
If your email signature said something like "Software Engineer II" you would likely be ok, because it is unlikely to cause confusion with customers/consumers-- either way they are unlikely to chase after you unless you are doing something that generates a complaint.
Honest question-- are the back-end systems functioning in a scalable way for today, rather than just functioning for all other middleware to work around the limitations?
The first question is if the system meets the needs as it exists, and what changes are ultimately needed.
I can see many things with banking today that don't work well in batch mode, but I have no idea how the banks work around that fact. I'm sure there are other examples as well.
Everything I needed to know for owning and running my own business was there.
Being an entrepreneur is about being willing to fail, and recovering after you realize you made a mistake.
Educate yourself. http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/01/04/5-facts-about-the-minimum-wage/
Government regulation is there to do things that businesses wouldn't do on their own, but are needed for a functioning society. It may be true that the needs of Rural people are different than the needs of Urban people, it doesn't justify the libertarian approach to things.
FWIW, NFPA (publisher of NEC) now offers free online access to standards. It is stupidly crippled, but it is free.
You have obviously never had to deal with UL. Hint... it's a scam.
While having energy ratings performed by UL as a standardized part of testing makes sense on the surface, the whole way the organization works suggests that it will all come down to how much money you give them, with their primary focus being on counterfeit "UL(R)" holograms.
Yes, but there are secure systems for connecting them. GE is just half-ass about their systems.
While I am sure S&C have issues as well, they are at least conscious about security.
Gasoline requires similar losses in refining and transportation as PV; much higher when you talk about distributed generation. Coal has lower "refining" losses, but higher losses for transportation (and emission controls).
The future is ultimately in distributed generation, which is where nuclear faces the most challenges. Highly centralized power systems need huge distribution networks.
The point is there is regulatory recourse if you are licensed and are found negligent. That is a consumer (and public) safety issue of accountability. It is generally overblown in importance, but something is needed.
No, declaring yourself an engineer is a violation of the regulations in most states.
This is common language for most states; the title "engineer" is reserved, and representing yourself as one without being registered in the state you "practice" engineering is a violation.
So, yes-- he should pay the fine, and re-submit the letter with the word "engineer" blocked out, and demand to be heard.
Sadly, the same would be true if you represented yourself as a barber, at least in the state of California.
Economic suicide. A wealth tax on assets over $100MM might make sense, but once you have that kind of wealth it is easy to place it outside the tax man's reach.
Also consider what a small business is and how it's "wealth" is created (and what its wealth is).
Yes, income is meaningless for everything but cash flow...
I'm in Los Angeles, and we are considering more remote work. Commute times are too high, office rent is too high, and home rentals too high for the value. Oh, and billing rates are too low... ...and there are plenty of places with good quality of life and dramatically lower costs. Something has to give.
My point is that this approach only works for so long. Eventually it catches up with people.
It has been a while, but I am pretty sure Singapore citizens cannot have an abortion in their own country, although foreigners can. So, if you are forced to have and raise a child (that will have the social stigma in Singapore of being Indian/Chinese), the impact is longer term than just a percentage of the fees paid for in-vitro fertilization... hence it not being considered malpractice.
Solar-Thermal makes sense for some areas of Africa as well, and can provide 24-hour power if you have a grid.
It ends up mainly not being about cost but concerns that you can't hold down a job either due to being fired or becoming bored. That creates a lot of risk for an employer, especially at higher salary levels.
Contractors are a different story, but they are often hard to get out of independent contractor roles.
Why? Are they providing more than inflation-level additional value?
/.). That might not be the norm, but looking at a 3x increase you have the same effective issue.
In my field, billing rates have increased just under 1% annually over the past 20 years in constant dollar terms for a fixed position. Factoring in inflation of 2%, that is an effective reduction in pay... However, I now make about 6-7x as much inflation adjusted as when I started because of the value I provide (at least in theory; I mostly just read
Long-term (20+ years), changing jobs every 2-3 years catches up with you. Ultimately you find that you have to work harder to find a job, getting inflation-level raises is hard, and you are first in line to be cut. It works out ok if you save money in those early years, but if you don't then the NPV of job hopping isn't favorable.
Switching languages is a minor change; switching paradigms is major... and switching from physical to mental work (or the other direction) for the first time at 40+ is nearly impossible.
Any job development programs at your company to help train 50-year old immigrant taxi drivers to program?
"He fired missiles for personal gain..." Are you kidding?! That has to be the dumbest possible point you could make.
The bottom line is Trump has attacked intellectual honesty and diplomacy, which fails to create an environment where issues can be discussed openly and honestly and actions taken based on said discourse.
He has charted an ideological course on many issues (such as healthcare) that get us further from addressing the real issues. We are setting ourselves back a decade or more in controlling healthcare costs.
He has also done a few things that might not align with my beliefs, but that I recognize as likely necessary or reasonable (in context). I don't take issues with the moab or tomahawks, although I am quite curious as to what will ultimately happen in/with NK.
They seem to have a larger family of robots than Kiva, but their "Kiva" pallet bots look a little less elegant in how they move and how handling is still done via forklift.
X.509 could also explain it.
Wouldn't an electric pickup have better towing performance than a conventional pickup? There should be plenty of pragmatic reasons to pick it over a conventional... or I am sure Tesla wouldn't build it.
Furthermore local/terminal trucks are the vast majority of concentrated pollution, where EV's shine.