...and the exact same thing can be said for "the right." Society has unfortunately become a set of echo chambers, with roughly half the population in each one.
Keystone XL provides essentially no tax revenue to the US, and exports raw, unrefined crude oil. It provides a handful of maintenance jobs, but nothing significant. Canada wants to run it through the US because it is cheaper than running it to a Canadian port.
You are going to need a credible citation for that kind of statement, beyond just repeating yourself.
Voter turnout in California is 64% of eligible population, ~80% of registered voters, and approximately 51% of population. These numbers are generally consistent with other states, despite a system that is designed to encourage participation (no-cause vote by mail, long polling place hours, no-cause early voting. There are no obvious signs that there is a statistical irregularity to California's voting record compared to any other state.
Ok, the problems are different. I get that. Not rocket science.
How do you propose to BALANCE the problems of the two groups to get SOLUTIONS that are palatable for everyone?! As it stands today, the job situation outside of cities is going to get much worse, especially outside of skilled labor and professionals. There is no magic bullet to change this. Your options are basically to revert to a self-sufficient, agrarian society, or to try and share the wealth with the people who have cash.
Self sufficiency might scale acceptably in a very small community (<<10% of population), but that in no way addresses the vast majority of the population's needs. (~40% might think they can be self-sufficient, but they are only fooling themselves.)
While there are problems with it, and I hate living in a state where my vote counts less than someone in another state given two-party politics, once you do a popular vote you make the prospect of a recount an endless endeavor.
I would like to see the college broken up into proportional representation on a county basis by state; I would prefer to to eliminate the senate seats from the college, but I can live with over-representing low population states to limit how much they get marginalized.
Well... I have a few Hue bulbs, and while the IP is properly fire walled from the Internet, the issue here is zigbee, which you can't exactly firewall as an end user. The same issues were true for X10, Insteon, and every other power line and wireless system. Sure, you aren't going to be able to hack my DMX, well... unless you have physical access...
It is the difference between controlling the outcome and influencing the outcome. Advertising appeals to 10% of the voters generally considered in-play, with a limited success rate. If you have 10MM people in the state, you are advertising to 1MM, and realistically influencing 100k actual voters to flip. Doing the same across a dozen precincts (obviously depending on size) can quickly have a bigger impact. Keeping it undetectable means you need a broader impact, but not impossible...
The difference is self-direction rather than working for someone else. Rational people have some level of fear of failure in our economy today, which keeps them from pursuing their dreams: UBI (and universal healthcare) chip away at the foundation of that fear.
Not perfect, but still better than half the population starving in the streets.
All it takes is a centralized organization wanting to empower multiple parties to carry out the attack on a local scale. It might be easier to get caught with more people in play, but you aren't talking about some conspiracy of thousands-- 40-50 people might have a substantial impact.
Doesn't need to be a very large scale-- a few key precincts in each of a few key states could likely tilt the presidential election and be very hard to detect. P0wning a single county could easily skew a senate race, a couple house races, and maybe a governor.
Unfortunately with the state of politics in the US, it is so stupidly divisive and partisan that few places have a margin of more than 3-5% on a presidential election.
Availability is the biggest issue for most companies I see; the secondary issue is the wage inflation rates, especially in the context of a "cost-center" vs a profit center. If IT wages go up 5-7% per year in recruiting new talent, but an average for the company is only 1.5-2%, IT stands out as high-risk.
Most companies want to retain some level of control, but the value of the service provided doesn't always warrant the cost. There are only so many things that a business can cover as necessary evils that are paid disproportionately for the value they provide (read:lawyers). The key for longevity is providing the value to management (and being able to explain that value convincingly).
On the home ownership-- it is a forced savings program more than anything else. I would suggest anyone blooming at home ownership as a financial instrument use one of the buy-vs-rent calculators (NY Times has a really good one); there are a number of factors that influence the benefits. (Moving, changing family size, tax bracket, etc.)
From my perspective, it comes down to not being able to hire talented people at the same cost as three years ago. An entry level person might have been $45k "back then," but now everyone wants $65k, and they don't seem as good. So, I can pay someone in India to do the job for $25/hour instead. If it is a short-term need, or if I simply can't find the people it makes sense on the surface.
Problem is that it doesn't provide any long term benefit to the company, and when there is a 30-50% reduction in productivity, it ends up costing the same amount. Ultimately, these outsourcing businesses are looking to turn a profit, have stable workloads, and grow. Same things your business likely wants to do...
If there is a partisan aspect to it, it likely enters around embarrassing the Democrat-dominated legislature. The budgets would be one ripe target. It should do more to "level the playing field" for the Republican Party and its inability to field a competitive candidate.
I voted for it, and didn't feeel like I had to hold my nose nearly as much as I did on a few other issues...
I think you are missing the point. He agrees that USB-A is needed, despite the great future prospects of USB-C.
As for the DongleDangle, and being in the very real situation of needing a dongle that is at home based on an unexpected trip over to a remote site, I get it, and I hate it. For me personally at this point, I really need a built-in Ethernet, HDMI, and USB-A ports. In a pinch I can survive without HDMI for a few hours, but when it comes to the other two it puts me pretty much dead in the water.
It will take me about 4 years to completely phase out USB-A needs. My external USB-3 SSD will be two-three years, along with my phone. I will still have charging needs for four years, as well as USB console cables. I have test instruments that should easily last another 10 years, but I can write them off after four.
Really depends on what you do. I have several for security cameras, network equipment, dev boards, and confidential records. It isn't a great design, but it is small.
SD Cards I have used a few times, but admittedly mostly just because it was there.
Ethernet I really don't get, especially with the/. crowd; using wireless especially in a work environment is all kinds of wrong for any fixed access.
The other (slightly tinfoil hat) issue is that you now have to plug in to a data port to charge. Granted the break-away USB-C cables are (supposedly) power only, but it is far to easy to compromise a system via USB/Thunderbolt that to make your charging port a vector.
But, for me, the biggest gripe is that Apple didn't make a dock that "just works." The third-party docks on the market are not reliable, so for those of us that use a laptop at a desk and need external monitor(s), ethernet, power, external hard drives, and often keyboards... we have a non-functioning solution.
Sure, it will all make sense in 3-5 years, and then it will be great. (Which is exactly what they said 8 years ago with mini displayport, and Lightning 4 years ago.) I know... technology changes. I think my issue and many other people's issue is that when technology changes, don't make life painful for them. Apple got away with it for a long time, as I look at the basket of display, ethernet, and other dongles in my desk-side basket... but it has reached the point of stupidity.
Your service lateral and main breaker are a function of peak POWER demand and not energy usage. They are only connected for off-grid solutions.
Microinverters maximize the energy production for the system by keeping minor shading of one panel from dictating system output. I can't speak to all of them, but CE listed units should not be a problem for EMI. If you do have an EMI problem though, look at placing a filter at your main combiner or disconnect.
Batteries are the most important part of the system from a grid perspective. Fixed PV arrays have two major problems: a substantial drop-off in output after sunset; and huge seasonal output variations exacerbating the first point in climates dominated by air conditioning loads. Battery solutions can limit (or eliminate) consumption in that critical period, as well as limiting generation during the peak period. This allows PV penetration on a circuit to increase from ~8-10% of demand to >25% without reducing grid stability. I suggest looking at http://CALISO.org data tomsee how the peak period has shifted.
Last point: PV, distributed renewable energy, and electric vehicles are smart choices... but they will not have a meaningful impact on climate change. That's ok. It is at least something we can do to reduce our reliance on coal, oil, and natural gas-- which have demonstrable long lasting negatives on our environment and individual health.
Maybe I am not around a representative demographic, but it sure seems like there are more and more Surface tablets around, with several major corporate roll-outs starting.
BTW, for the Big One, you are better off with 4-6 12V/200Ah lead acid and portable generator. Ideally two generators, one that you test and service every month and one that has never been used...
I am still surprised that nobody mass markets a refrigerator UPS that can provide 24 hours backup for the fridge, plus 100W for basic home electronics, with built-in inputs for utility and a portable generator.
Lead acid batteries are normally closer to $400/kWh(B), but some get lower. The factors you are missing though are: -Limited to about 300 cycles at full discharge or 1,000 at 50% discharge. -Lower cost batteries have lower round-trip efficiency -Physically much larger and heavier -Charge/discharge rate ratio is much worse
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Why; doesn't that improve security? Just take a hammer to it when the program is over. It has budget...
...and the exact same thing can be said for "the right." Society has unfortunately become a set of echo chambers, with roughly half the population in each one.
Keystone XL provides essentially no tax revenue to the US, and exports raw, unrefined crude oil. It provides a handful of maintenance jobs, but nothing significant. Canada wants to run it through the US because it is cheaper than running it to a Canadian port.
Because it was a limited time, and presumably they were not promoting the site, just getting residual traffic.
You are going to need a credible citation for that kind of statement, beyond just repeating yourself.
Voter turnout in California is 64% of eligible population, ~80% of registered voters, and approximately 51% of population. These numbers are generally consistent with other states, despite a system that is designed to encourage participation (no-cause vote by mail, long polling place hours, no-cause early voting. There are no obvious signs that there is a statistical irregularity to California's voting record compared to any other state.
Ok, the problems are different. I get that. Not rocket science.
How do you propose to BALANCE the problems of the two groups to get SOLUTIONS that are palatable for everyone?! As it stands today, the job situation outside of cities is going to get much worse, especially outside of skilled labor and professionals. There is no magic bullet to change this. Your options are basically to revert to a self-sufficient, agrarian society, or to try and share the wealth with the people who have cash.
Self sufficiency might scale acceptably in a very small community (<<10% of population), but that in no way addresses the vast majority of the population's needs. (~40% might think they can be self-sufficient, but they are only fooling themselves.)
While there are problems with it, and I hate living in a state where my vote counts less than someone in another state given two-party politics, once you do a popular vote you make the prospect of a recount an endless endeavor.
I would like to see the college broken up into proportional representation on a county basis by state; I would prefer to to eliminate the senate seats from the college, but I can live with over-representing low population states to limit how much they get marginalized.
Well... I have a few Hue bulbs, and while the IP is properly fire walled from the Internet, the issue here is zigbee, which you can't exactly firewall as an end user. The same issues were true for X10, Insteon, and every other power line and wireless system. Sure, you aren't going to be able to hack my DMX, well... unless you have physical access...
It is the difference between controlling the outcome and influencing the outcome. Advertising appeals to 10% of the voters generally considered in-play, with a limited success rate. If you have 10MM people in the state, you are advertising to 1MM, and realistically influencing 100k actual voters to flip. Doing the same across a dozen precincts (obviously depending on size) can quickly have a bigger impact. Keeping it undetectable means you need a broader impact, but not impossible...
No, all it takes is for the government to print it. Plenty of downsides, but the impact is higher on people with accumulated wealth.
Then what happens to the people working for companies that lose money?
The difference is self-direction rather than working for someone else. Rational people have some level of fear of failure in our economy today, which keeps them from pursuing their dreams: UBI (and universal healthcare) chip away at the foundation of that fear.
Not perfect, but still better than half the population starving in the streets.
All it takes is a centralized organization wanting to empower multiple parties to carry out the attack on a local scale. It might be easier to get caught with more people in play, but you aren't talking about some conspiracy of thousands-- 40-50 people might have a substantial impact.
Doesn't need to be a very large scale-- a few key precincts in each of a few key states could likely tilt the presidential election and be very hard to detect. P0wning a single county could easily skew a senate race, a couple house races, and maybe a governor.
Unfortunately with the state of politics in the US, it is so stupidly divisive and partisan that few places have a margin of more than 3-5% on a presidential election.
Availability is the biggest issue for most companies I see; the secondary issue is the wage inflation rates, especially in the context of a "cost-center" vs a profit center. If IT wages go up 5-7% per year in recruiting new talent, but an average for the company is only 1.5-2%, IT stands out as high-risk.
Most companies want to retain some level of control, but the value of the service provided doesn't always warrant the cost. There are only so many things that a business can cover as necessary evils that are paid disproportionately for the value they provide (read:lawyers). The key for longevity is providing the value to management (and being able to explain that value convincingly).
On the home ownership-- it is a forced savings program more than anything else. I would suggest anyone blooming at home ownership as a financial instrument use one of the buy-vs-rent calculators (NY Times has a really good one); there are a number of factors that influence the benefits. (Moving, changing family size, tax bracket, etc.)
From my perspective, it comes down to not being able to hire talented people at the same cost as three years ago. An entry level person might have been $45k "back then," but now everyone wants $65k, and they don't seem as good. So, I can pay someone in India to do the job for $25/hour instead. If it is a short-term need, or if I simply can't find the people it makes sense on the surface.
Problem is that it doesn't provide any long term benefit to the company, and when there is a 30-50% reduction in productivity, it ends up costing the same amount. Ultimately, these outsourcing businesses are looking to turn a profit, have stable workloads, and grow. Same things your business likely wants to do...
If there is a partisan aspect to it, it likely enters around embarrassing the Democrat-dominated legislature. The budgets would be one ripe target. It should do more to "level the playing field" for the Republican Party and its inability to field a competitive candidate.
I voted for it, and didn't feeel like I had to hold my nose nearly as much as I did on a few other issues...
I think you are missing the point. He agrees that USB-A is needed, despite the great future prospects of USB-C.
As for the DongleDangle, and being in the very real situation of needing a dongle that is at home based on an unexpected trip over to a remote site, I get it, and I hate it. For me personally at this point, I really need a built-in Ethernet, HDMI, and USB-A ports. In a pinch I can survive without HDMI for a few hours, but when it comes to the other two it puts me pretty much dead in the water.
It will take me about 4 years to completely phase out USB-A needs. My external USB-3 SSD will be two-three years, along with my phone. I will still have charging needs for four years, as well as USB console cables. I have test instruments that should easily last another 10 years, but I can write them off after four.
Really depends on what you do. I have several for security cameras, network equipment, dev boards, and confidential records. It isn't a great design, but it is small.
SD Cards I have used a few times, but admittedly mostly just because it was there.
/. crowd; using wireless especially in a work environment is all kinds of wrong for any fixed access.
Ethernet I really don't get, especially with the
The other (slightly tinfoil hat) issue is that you now have to plug in to a data port to charge. Granted the break-away USB-C cables are (supposedly) power only, but it is far to easy to compromise a system via USB/Thunderbolt that to make your charging port a vector.
But, for me, the biggest gripe is that Apple didn't make a dock that "just works." The third-party docks on the market are not reliable, so for those of us that use a laptop at a desk and need external monitor(s), ethernet, power, external hard drives, and often keyboards... we have a non-functioning solution.
Sure, it will all make sense in 3-5 years, and then it will be great. (Which is exactly what they said 8 years ago with mini displayport, and Lightning 4 years ago.) I know... technology changes. I think my issue and many other people's issue is that when technology changes, don't make life painful for them. Apple got away with it for a long time, as I look at the basket of display, ethernet, and other dongles in my desk-side basket... but it has reached the point of stupidity.
Your service lateral and main breaker are a function of peak POWER demand and not energy usage. They are only connected for off-grid solutions.
Microinverters maximize the energy production for the system by keeping minor shading of one panel from dictating system output. I can't speak to all of them, but CE listed units should not be a problem for EMI. If you do have an EMI problem though, look at placing a filter at your main combiner or disconnect.
Batteries are the most important part of the system from a grid perspective. Fixed PV arrays have two major problems: a substantial drop-off in output after sunset; and huge seasonal output variations exacerbating the first point in climates dominated by air conditioning loads. Battery solutions can limit (or eliminate) consumption in that critical period, as well as limiting generation during the peak period. This allows PV penetration on a circuit to increase from ~8-10% of demand to >25% without reducing grid stability. I suggest looking at http://CALISO.org data tomsee how the peak period has shifted.
Last point: PV, distributed renewable energy, and electric vehicles are smart choices... but they will not have a meaningful impact on climate change. That's ok. It is at least something we can do to reduce our reliance on coal, oil, and natural gas-- which have demonstrable long lasting negatives on our environment and individual health.
Maybe I am not around a representative demographic, but it sure seems like there are more and more Surface tablets around, with several major corporate roll-outs starting.
BTW, for the Big One, you are better off with 4-6 12V/200Ah lead acid and portable generator. Ideally two generators, one that you test and service every month and one that has never been used...
I am still surprised that nobody mass markets a refrigerator UPS that can provide 24 hours backup for the fridge, plus 100W for basic home electronics, with built-in inputs for utility and a portable generator.
Lead acid batteries are normally closer to $400/kWh(B), but some get lower. The factors you are missing though are:
-Limited to about 300 cycles at full discharge or 1,000 at 50% discharge.
-Lower cost batteries have lower round-trip efficiency
-Physically much larger and heavier
-Charge/discharge rate ratio is much worse