Taco and a few others were strongly in the 2nd Amendment camp, but that particular camp has shrunk over the last ~10 years. The EFF camp has pretty much disintigrated for whatever reasons over the same timeline, and the ACLU camp is dead. Privacy is still alive and well, as is a general distrust of the government. On the whole, fairly consistently libertarian, to varying degrees. --- On-topic... you can't have pensions without Wall Street; you can't expect your money to grow at exponential rates without other people having that same ability. You also can't expect some people to not have a higher level of growth because they have connections or a higher vested interest in said portfolio.
If the choice is between civil war and UBI... I would pick UBI any day. I am at a loss though as to how it could be done without creating more problems than it solves. It is easy to see that it is a better solution, just quite opaque as to how you continue to encourage innovation and excellence with it. I spent a couple years on The Beach, and not so sure I would have come back to the Real World if I hadn't run out of money.
Assange is grasping at straws at this point. Petty gossip is about all that it really is. Wikileaks became less about exposing corruption and more about exposing Assange to more press.
That is a stretch. What would you say of Condoleezza Rice giving a speech to Goldman, or of any other form of fundraising? People pay the money in the hopes of creating an influence. Politicians do not live in a vacuum, and as much as I would hate to be a Senator or President, someone needs to do those jobs who is passionate about the position.
Shaped by action, shaped by inaction. Shaped by 401k, shaped by social security, shaped by welfare?
The system (2-party) is a mess, and congressional inaction is a huge result... which is likely the intent from the invisible hand.
Ultimately, the problem with Wall Street is that it has gotten too big. The stock market is much less attractive today than 10/15/20 years ago because of some of the games played on the Street. This makes it much harder for kids today to build wealth, which will cause major problems for the US over the next 20-50 years.
Technically they haven't been dropped on the software side yet, just hardware. The AirPort Extreme was a good little worker for me, but obsolete is a pretty good term for it. I forget if my Air is a 2010 or 2011, but it keeps on chugging, even running AutoCAD in a VM in a pinch. Unfortunately, that is the model that doesn't have after-market SSDs available which limits upgrade options.
When I compare it to the "high-end" Dell equipment we buy, we get about 40% longer useful life and substantially fewer hardware issues with Apple. There are fundamental design issues with both, but nothing that is a deal-killer.
You need 18-24" between providers, plus 3' to low voltage (240V+), and another 5' to medium voltage. 14' clear minimum to lowest line typically. 5 providers would be a minimum of a 30' pole, compared to your typical 20/24'. For purposes of making a point, I assumed you also wanted competitive electric utilities...
Big difference between wireless and wired networks. Many cities don't want utility poles running down both sides of small streets to provide enough space for all the wires. Most parties can't/won't support common infrastructure and independent service.
Much of the equipment is coming down in cost to the point where you could have a 100-user ISP with reasonable service prices; maybe that will help evolve gigabit service to the home.
And it is pretty easy to end up in a situation where the specialist you need to see is not in your network. Even for fairly common (I hate to use the word trivial) problems you can quickly be out $10k; I had an appendicitis (non ruptured) that was billed as $40k for 36h in the hospital, and was still nearly $11k out of pocket... with very good insurance!
It always amazes me when people chose plans that effectively have no out of pocket maximum, although I did have catastrophic insurance only until I was about 35 myself (well pre-ACA).
That reminds me... Tuesday I get to deal with health insurance renewals for the company...
Yes, the telcos continue to invest in their infrastructure, but in many places not nearly as fast as necessary. The FCC (or whomever) should dictate that broadband is a protected right, with escalating speed definitions. Today the bottom threshold should be something like 50/5, and it should be gigabit in 3-5 years and 10G in 10-15 years. If an incumbent provider fails to maintain a broadband system, franchise agreements become invalid or non-exclusive, and open the areas up to competing ISPs.
Microtik and Ubiquiti are both coming out with GPON equipment that makes a small gigabit ISP commercially viable.
Did some digging... the reason they likely didn't go with that approach is you need to heat the glass to soften the adhesive holding the unit together, and once opening it there is still a lot of tooling necessary to remove the battery.
Not necessarily, and pointing out this meme over and over again is really beating a dead horse: it isn't going to happen unless customers demand it and are willing to pay more for it. I am surprised they took this approach rather than have a disassembly kit at retailers or "repair centers" to minimize the hazards, but whatever.
It will be interesting to see what Samsung does next for phone branding. The Samsung Phoenix? Sit it out for a couple months until customers forget about it?
That is the only rational explanation I can come up with for your attitude.
Trump is equally beholden to the unseen hand as Hillary. The main difference is one supports a social safety net and the other doesn't. Trump is there for himself, Hillary isn't much different, but it isn't just ego and a bar bet.
Seeing as Bernie isn't really a democrat, it is pretty disengenuous to claim that the party rules are unfair or unreasonable. The system is theoretically there for stability, but either way, it is the rule of the game.
I think at a certain amount of data, it will be impractical for NSA to slurp up everything. You just need to keep a random noise generator going (so to speak) to poison the system. I would love to see a random noise TOR network for this purpose.
I would have to side with the Telco's for right now; the business case for gigabit to the home has only really been there in the past year. (Business case as in being able to recoup your investment.)
You might have been able to get 10% penetration in a market two years ago at double the price, whereas today at that rate you are likely to get closer to 25%, and it is easy to envision a future where you can get 75% penetration.
I think the real question is if we can survive with just two different ISPs in a market when bandwidth requirements increase.
Depends on where you are; some airlines are no wireless, some are none until 10,000ft. For me that is the most important time for noise cancelling and music-- relaxing into the flight despite the chaos often around you.
I am a long time iPhone user, and honestly am not sure what I will do now; I should be good with my 6 for another 4-6 months before the battery becomes an issue (although i think I am due for a free upgrade on our business plan). I use Bose QC20's (with goofy battery pack). I would need to chain the goofy little dongle with the battery pack "snop", and the abberation would be even more awful to keep in a pocket while flying.
But, do I really trust that Apple will stick with Thunderbolt for the future, rather than switching to USB-C. Not worth spending the money on headphones every cycle. I fly a lot and need good noise cancelling headphones...
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Taco and a few others were strongly in the 2nd Amendment camp, but that particular camp has shrunk over the last ~10 years. The EFF camp has pretty much disintigrated for whatever reasons over the same timeline, and the ACLU camp is dead. Privacy is still alive and well, as is a general distrust of the government. On the whole, fairly consistently libertarian, to varying degrees.
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On-topic... you can't have pensions without Wall Street; you can't expect your money to grow at exponential rates without other people having that same ability. You also can't expect some people to not have a higher level of growth because they have connections or a higher vested interest in said portfolio.
If the choice is between civil war and UBI... I would pick UBI any day. I am at a loss though as to how it could be done without creating more problems than it solves. It is easy to see that it is a better solution, just quite opaque as to how you continue to encourage innovation and excellence with it. I spent a couple years on The Beach, and not so sure I would have come back to the Real World if I hadn't run out of money.
Assange is grasping at straws at this point. Petty gossip is about all that it really is. Wikileaks became less about exposing corruption and more about exposing Assange to more press.
That is a stretch. What would you say of Condoleezza Rice giving a speech to Goldman, or of any other form of fundraising? People pay the money in the hopes of creating an influence. Politicians do not live in a vacuum, and as much as I would hate to be a Senator or President, someone needs to do those jobs who is passionate about the position.
I think Assange has over-stayed on that moniker as well.
While I used to support what he did, at this point he has lost all credibility.
No, he is trying to build his brand for when he loses. Let people live in denial and "lead" them to the future...
Shaped by action, shaped by inaction. Shaped by 401k, shaped by social security, shaped by welfare?
The system (2-party) is a mess, and congressional inaction is a huge result... which is likely the intent from the invisible hand.
Ultimately, the problem with Wall Street is that it has gotten too big. The stock market is much less attractive today than 10/15/20 years ago because of some of the games played on the Street. This makes it much harder for kids today to build wealth, which will cause major problems for the US over the next 20-50 years.
Technically they haven't been dropped on the software side yet, just hardware. The AirPort Extreme was a good little worker for me, but obsolete is a pretty good term for it. I forget if my Air is a 2010 or 2011, but it keeps on chugging, even running AutoCAD in a VM in a pinch. Unfortunately, that is the model that doesn't have after-market SSDs available which limits upgrade options.
When I compare it to the "high-end" Dell equipment we buy, we get about 40% longer useful life and substantially fewer hardware issues with Apple. There are fundamental design issues with both, but nothing that is a deal-killer.
Your identity is the one thing that you cannot replace, and that is what the fight is for now.
Protecting it requires management out outbound data and not just preserving your information.
You need 18-24" between providers, plus 3' to low voltage (240V+), and another 5' to medium voltage. 14' clear minimum to lowest line typically. 5 providers would be a minimum of a 30' pole, compared to your typical 20/24'. For purposes of making a point, I assumed you also wanted competitive electric utilities...
There was an ambulance involved, but yes. Company plus personal contribution $700/month...
Big difference between wireless and wired networks. Many cities don't want utility poles running down both sides of small streets to provide enough space for all the wires. Most parties can't/won't support common infrastructure and independent service.
Much of the equipment is coming down in cost to the point where you could have a 100-user ISP with reasonable service prices; maybe that will help evolve gigabit service to the home.
And it is pretty easy to end up in a situation where the specialist you need to see is not in your network. Even for fairly common (I hate to use the word trivial) problems you can quickly be out $10k; I had an appendicitis (non ruptured) that was billed as $40k for 36h in the hospital, and was still nearly $11k out of pocket... with very good insurance!
It always amazes me when people chose plans that effectively have no out of pocket maximum, although I did have catastrophic insurance only until I was about 35 myself (well pre-ACA).
That reminds me... Tuesday I get to deal with health insurance renewals for the company...
Yes, the telcos continue to invest in their infrastructure, but in many places not nearly as fast as necessary. The FCC (or whomever) should dictate that broadband is a protected right, with escalating speed definitions. Today the bottom threshold should be something like 50/5, and it should be gigabit in 3-5 years and 10G in 10-15 years. If an incumbent provider fails to maintain a broadband system, franchise agreements become invalid or non-exclusive, and open the areas up to competing ISPs.
Microtik and Ubiquiti are both coming out with GPON equipment that makes a small gigabit ISP commercially viable.
Did some digging... the reason they likely didn't go with that approach is you need to heat the glass to soften the adhesive holding the unit together, and once opening it there is still a lot of tooling necessary to remove the battery.
Not necessarily, and pointing out this meme over and over again is really beating a dead horse: it isn't going to happen unless customers demand it and are willing to pay more for it. I am surprised they took this approach rather than have a disassembly kit at retailers or "repair centers" to minimize the hazards, but whatever.
It will be interesting to see what Samsung does next for phone branding. The Samsung Phoenix? Sit it out for a couple months until customers forget about it?
Let's hope so.
Not sure what the end-game really is though.
Are you insane?
That is the only rational explanation I can come up with for your attitude.
Trump is equally beholden to the unseen hand as Hillary. The main difference is one supports a social safety net and the other doesn't. Trump is there for himself, Hillary isn't much different, but it isn't just ego and a bar bet.
Seeing as Bernie isn't really a democrat, it is pretty disengenuous to claim that the party rules are unfair or unreasonable. The system is theoretically there for stability, but either way, it is the rule of the game.
Cities typically are not as under-served as rural communities. Inevitably it will be a leapfrog pattern for the time being.
I think at a certain amount of data, it will be impractical for NSA to slurp up everything. You just need to keep a random noise generator going (so to speak) to poison the system. I would love to see a random noise TOR network for this purpose.
I would have to side with the Telco's for right now; the business case for gigabit to the home has only really been there in the past year. (Business case as in being able to recoup your investment.)
You might have been able to get 10% penetration in a market two years ago at double the price, whereas today at that rate you are likely to get closer to 25%, and it is easy to envision a future where you can get 75% penetration.
I think the real question is if we can survive with just two different ISPs in a market when bandwidth requirements increase.
Having faith that the reviews are from paying customers is a reasonable bar though.
Same Same, but Different.
My iPhone 6... typically they can last me about 30 months of heavy use.
Depends on where you are; some airlines are no wireless, some are none until 10,000ft. For me that is the most important time for noise cancelling and music-- relaxing into the flight despite the chaos often around you.
I am a long time iPhone user, and honestly am not sure what I will do now; I should be good with my 6 for another 4-6 months before the battery becomes an issue (although i think I am due for a free upgrade on our business plan). I use Bose QC20's (with goofy battery pack). I would need to chain the goofy little dongle with the battery pack "snop", and the abberation would be even more awful to keep in a pocket while flying.
But, do I really trust that Apple will stick with Thunderbolt for the future, rather than switching to USB-C. Not worth spending the money on headphones every cycle. I fly a lot and need good noise cancelling headphones...