I figure the more socially moderate Republicans split and create something that actually represents the party from 20-30 years ago. Pull in a number of independents and conservative Democrats.
The far right Republicans stay a strong force in the Southeast and maybe some of Middle America but remain a regional block. The Dems shift more left and remain popular in other places - probably the West Coast and parts of New England. I think they might have broader appeal and be more of a force.
It really just depends on whether the moderate voters actually decide to get engaged. Because both extremes seem to be the loudest voices.
Loads up slowly and zooming or moving around is sluggish. Likely because there's too much fucking data in the background. I've been mulling a replacement for some time but the integration with my phone is too clutch at the moment.
Worst part is searching around. Since Google knows my IP, they should be able to figure out where I am and if I'm looking at cities I don't live in, they should be zoomed out further by default. Phoenix comes out fine as I can see the metro area. Chicago and Atlanta are not. It's gotten better than it has historically. But when I search for specific locations in my area, it tends to give me a really close view. Odds are if I'm looking for it, I want to know how to get there - not just exactly where it is.
It's true that their prime streaming catalog sucks
I dunno. I've only looked at the free streaming stuff but I've watched a good number of movies and already working through my sixth TV series. Is it perfect? Nah. But I've enjoyed it so far and the free shipping has been nice. I think Netflix is still better overall for video for now.
You didn't say they were cargo hauls. Very different considerations! I would expect them to do much better as you don't have to haul flight attendants (additional costs that pare down the savings pretty significantly). I would imagine you also make better money per pound with cargo than passengers.
I did a lot of environmental research into the transportation side of things for range and speed reductions for aircraft. Never looked at cargo because of scope.
There are obvious limits though beyond the environmental feasibility of intermediate stops even if you redesigned the aircraft for shorter ranges. Cost (crew/maintenance/landing fees), intermediate airport noise/location/capacity, flight crew hour limits.
Being that some routes (South America to Africa or Asia) largely lack feasible airports - you would either have to design two variants, a long range and a short range, to maintain those flights OR you could do more airport hopping with other flights. But one of the problems also is that many aircraft are owned by leasing companies and if you present the option of both a short and long range variant, would likely predominantly buy the long range variant to cover all customer needs.
Additionally there are limits to any benefits in terms of aircraft design range. The 767 classes can still see benefits from intermediate stops but the 737 classes do not and those are the most flown aircraft in the fleet. Yes the larger guys use more fuel but unless you find ways to mitigate their fuel consumption, intermediate stops really don't matter when future growth is considered. So odds are that manufacturers and airlines will largely not bother with this strategy unless fuel prices become quite significant.
Although the refreshed engines on many of the existing airframes will provide benefits, I had hoped Boeing was going to cleansheet the 737 but the A320 NEO kinda sucked the wind out of those sails and the 777 is obviously getting this engine in lieu of a 777/747 refresh. My hope is alternative fuels and operations research quickly finds more savings as the 30 year lifespan of aircraft limits what you can do in terms of improvements.
Zuck's job is to maximize shareholder value and therefore it would be wise not to. It might just be Trump voters he pisses off and they might be mad enough to quit. Maybe they move on to something else at some point, which is dangerous because those people are the product Facebook sells.
And it's not going to just be about Trump once they set the precedent. Facebook could just decide who it wants to see promoted on their site and silence dissent. That should be far more concerning to you if you're an investor. And if you're a user, I doubt that trust may ever come back.
Because anyone that runs against her will see their political career end? Feinstein is so damn connected and everyone is so willing to kiss her ass that you'll get no traction in terms of established support.
And the party is to chicken to run anyone against party favorites. Funny how basically no one from the party wanted to run against Hillary. Lockstep behind a favorite horse regardless of the conditions.
Sure. But one would expect a new company would need time to ramp up operations and figure out features and the like and billed itself then as a social network for college students. It made a good bit of sense. Especially comparing web service in 2004 to those in 2011.
Google was 13 years old when Plus launched and already had a large and diverse userbase with Gmail. One might think that they should have had some knowledge in terms of preparation regarding capacity and wanting to ensure that they could serve a significant number of those folks.
Regardless of what Plus is, there were pretty high expectations from folks I knew about it and potentially being a Facebook killer. When they saw it couldn't do a variety of things, they went right back to Facebook. Shrugs.
Inertia. Everyone was already on Facebook. If everything of yours is on Facebook and most everyone you know is on Facebook, then why would you use something else? While the circles feature was awesome, how many features did Google+ not have that Facebook had for some time? It's not a compelling enough reason to leave.
It was invite only. Social networks need people. That's the whole point. Easily kills any hype momentum. Sure you don't want to bum rush a service and kill it out of the gate but Facebook was the perfect storm by flowing among colleges at first then trickling out. Google+ felt like a solution in search of a problem.
It seems like your approach is to just ditch the car after 3-5 years to dodge most of the more expensive maintenance costs that come from age. I guess if that's how you play it, sure, an electric vehicle won't be worth it currently - certainly not a Tesla (which I wouldn't say is really entirely comparable to a Fusion - I'd liken it more to a Merc/BMW as a status symbol and a car).
I guess I'm more intrigued by a life cycle cost comparison for those that want to run both into the ground (say cost of repair(s) > some % NPV of the car) and then under what conditions which system is favorable. It's something I haven't seen anywhere (though I admit I haven't looked all that hard cause I plan on running my Altima into the ground and that should take a long time unless New England winters are overly brutal).
I would also be curious how foreign policy might change if there was a sudden shift to electric vehicles. How much meddling would there be in the Middle East and how significant would the savings be?
What about the difference in maintenance costs? There's a lot of stuff in ICE cars that need some levels of regular work that electric cars don't have. I'm not saying your analysis is wrong but if we're going to do a cost comparison, you might as well include them all.
And the frustrating part is if we set up basic guaranteed income (something I am somewhat a fan of), he'd likely sit around complaining that it wasn't enough.
How long would it take to turn this Nazi nympho into a normal teen chatbot again? This could be an interesting tool for deprogramming people. Like child soldiers in Africa or the Middle East. Or sexually abused children.
If it works, potentially we could use it as an evaluation platform for existing techniques or a testbed for new methods. I think there's more potential here than meets the idea. And if we need differently trained bots, I know the internet would happily train them.
I can't think of more than a couple games that would have even justified purchasing it. If Nintendo can't attract serious 3rd party games, I can't see many people getting it as a primary console and most kids want to play with their friends. Sure, it's great for casual gaming but casual gamers don't buy lots of games - especially at $50.
Shit, I've been a long time Zelda fan and couldn't even finish Skyward. That's what pretty much sealed the deal for me. I've had far more fun on Steam sales.
I'm not sure what will happen. I can't imagine much of the first world, say Europe, would look away and let it happen only to part of the world, say the US. And I don't think moneyed interests will be successful enough to campaign for it to happen in much of Europe.
So what happens? Does money become effectively worthless? Would the US essentially become cut off like North Korea, ultimately shaking it's more threatening sabre to the world? Is there an inevitable collapse as the "undesirables" have no money to spend and much of the oligarchy is dependent on such spending?
I hated having to use my car to go everywhere in Atlanta but MARTA goes fucking nowhere and it's too damn hot in the summer to wait for buses. And it's a city that could benefit from expanded service because the connector sucks ass pretty much all the time.
Conservatives replaced the HOV lanes with variable price toll lanes that no one wanted to use because it's bullshit so they tanked the prices to try and get people using them. Even then, I bet they're still gonna take a loss on them and they can't undo them as Federal money was taken and spent but can't be repaid.
Big Dog probably could have been repurposed if Google really didn't want them to do military stuff.
I could imagine that it could be quite useful in disaster recovery to move supplies - either in places where roads are still littered with debris or regions that don't have as much road infrastructure. Any sort of surveying in rough terrain that requires hauling samples back. Maybe on construction sites to haul stuff around vs wheelbarrows?
I was unaware they lost a DARPA Robot Challenge though to research universities.
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What symptoms did you have that got you misdiagnosed as IBS?
I got an IBS diagnosis half a decade ago and also wonder what it could be as it's one of exclusion.
Massachusetts?
I figure the more socially moderate Republicans split and create something that actually represents the party from 20-30 years ago. Pull in a number of independents and conservative Democrats.
The far right Republicans stay a strong force in the Southeast and maybe some of Middle America but remain a regional block. The Dems shift more left and remain popular in other places - probably the West Coast and parts of New England. I think they might have broader appeal and be more of a force.
It really just depends on whether the moderate voters actually decide to get engaged. Because both extremes seem to be the loudest voices.
but would most likely get his ass kicked if he started destroying someones livelihood.
What's the goal and where do I send my money?
Loads up slowly and zooming or moving around is sluggish. Likely because there's too much fucking data in the background. I've been mulling a replacement for some time but the integration with my phone is too clutch at the moment.
Worst part is searching around. Since Google knows my IP, they should be able to figure out where I am and if I'm looking at cities I don't live in, they should be zoomed out further by default. Phoenix comes out fine as I can see the metro area. Chicago and Atlanta are not. It's gotten better than it has historically. But when I search for specific locations in my area, it tends to give me a really close view. Odds are if I'm looking for it, I want to know how to get there - not just exactly where it is.
Maybe they want the Georgia Guidestones inscription to happen? I've been. They're weird.
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It's true that their prime streaming catalog sucks
I dunno. I've only looked at the free streaming stuff but I've watched a good number of movies and already working through my sixth TV series. Is it perfect? Nah. But I've enjoyed it so far and the free shipping has been nice. I think Netflix is still better overall for video for now.
You didn't say they were cargo hauls. Very different considerations! I would expect them to do much better as you don't have to haul flight attendants (additional costs that pare down the savings pretty significantly). I would imagine you also make better money per pound with cargo than passengers.
I did a lot of environmental research into the transportation side of things for range and speed reductions for aircraft. Never looked at cargo because of scope.
There are obvious limits though beyond the environmental feasibility of intermediate stops even if you redesigned the aircraft for shorter ranges. Cost (crew/maintenance/landing fees), intermediate airport noise/location/capacity, flight crew hour limits.
Being that some routes (South America to Africa or Asia) largely lack feasible airports - you would either have to design two variants, a long range and a short range, to maintain those flights OR you could do more airport hopping with other flights. But one of the problems also is that many aircraft are owned by leasing companies and if you present the option of both a short and long range variant, would likely predominantly buy the long range variant to cover all customer needs.
Additionally there are limits to any benefits in terms of aircraft design range. The 767 classes can still see benefits from intermediate stops but the 737 classes do not and those are the most flown aircraft in the fleet. Yes the larger guys use more fuel but unless you find ways to mitigate their fuel consumption, intermediate stops really don't matter when future growth is considered. So odds are that manufacturers and airlines will largely not bother with this strategy unless fuel prices become quite significant.
Although the refreshed engines on many of the existing airframes will provide benefits, I had hoped Boeing was going to cleansheet the 737 but the A320 NEO kinda sucked the wind out of those sails and the 777 is obviously getting this engine in lieu of a 777/747 refresh. My hope is alternative fuels and operations research quickly finds more savings as the 30 year lifespan of aircraft limits what you can do in terms of improvements.
I'm doing data analytics on disappointment.
I'm pretty sure there's a section for "New to Prime" for both movies and TV. I scan it every so often and add things to my playlist.
Surely there's a "Prime Video" section for both too. I can confirm when I get home.
Zuck's job is to maximize shareholder value and therefore it would be wise not to. It might just be Trump voters he pisses off and they might be mad enough to quit. Maybe they move on to something else at some point, which is dangerous because those people are the product Facebook sells.
And it's not going to just be about Trump once they set the precedent. Facebook could just decide who it wants to see promoted on their site and silence dissent. That should be far more concerning to you if you're an investor. And if you're a user, I doubt that trust may ever come back.
Because anyone that runs against her will see their political career end? Feinstein is so damn connected and everyone is so willing to kiss her ass that you'll get no traction in terms of established support.
And the party is to chicken to run anyone against party favorites. Funny how basically no one from the party wanted to run against Hillary. Lockstep behind a favorite horse regardless of the conditions.
Sure. But one would expect a new company would need time to ramp up operations and figure out features and the like and billed itself then as a social network for college students. It made a good bit of sense. Especially comparing web service in 2004 to those in 2011.
Google was 13 years old when Plus launched and already had a large and diverse userbase with Gmail. One might think that they should have had some knowledge in terms of preparation regarding capacity and wanting to ensure that they could serve a significant number of those folks.
Regardless of what Plus is, there were pretty high expectations from folks I knew about it and potentially being a Facebook killer. When they saw it couldn't do a variety of things, they went right back to Facebook. Shrugs.
Sure but you need a way to pay for it. And it appears most people aren't willing to pay for such a service. There-in lies the problem.
Inertia. Everyone was already on Facebook. If everything of yours is on Facebook and most everyone you know is on Facebook, then why would you use something else? While the circles feature was awesome, how many features did Google+ not have that Facebook had for some time? It's not a compelling enough reason to leave.
It was invite only. Social networks need people. That's the whole point. Easily kills any hype momentum. Sure you don't want to bum rush a service and kill it out of the gate but Facebook was the perfect storm by flowing among colleges at first then trickling out. Google+ felt like a solution in search of a problem.
It seems like your approach is to just ditch the car after 3-5 years to dodge most of the more expensive maintenance costs that come from age. I guess if that's how you play it, sure, an electric vehicle won't be worth it currently - certainly not a Tesla (which I wouldn't say is really entirely comparable to a Fusion - I'd liken it more to a Merc/BMW as a status symbol and a car).
I guess I'm more intrigued by a life cycle cost comparison for those that want to run both into the ground (say cost of repair(s) > some % NPV of the car) and then under what conditions which system is favorable. It's something I haven't seen anywhere (though I admit I haven't looked all that hard cause I plan on running my Altima into the ground and that should take a long time unless New England winters are overly brutal).
I would also be curious how foreign policy might change if there was a sudden shift to electric vehicles. How much meddling would there be in the Middle East and how significant would the savings be?
What about the difference in maintenance costs? There's a lot of stuff in ICE cars that need some levels of regular work that electric cars don't have. I'm not saying your analysis is wrong but if we're going to do a cost comparison, you might as well include them all.
And the frustrating part is if we set up basic guaranteed income (something I am somewhat a fan of), he'd likely sit around complaining that it wasn't enough.
They didn't invest in upgrading the system and kicked the can down the road. Just like all other infrastructure projects.
How long would it take to turn this Nazi nympho into a normal teen chatbot again? This could be an interesting tool for deprogramming people. Like child soldiers in Africa or the Middle East. Or sexually abused children.
If it works, potentially we could use it as an evaluation platform for existing techniques or a testbed for new methods. I think there's more potential here than meets the idea. And if we need differently trained bots, I know the internet would happily train them.
I can't think of more than a couple games that would have even justified purchasing it. If Nintendo can't attract serious 3rd party games, I can't see many people getting it as a primary console and most kids want to play with their friends. Sure, it's great for casual gaming but casual gamers don't buy lots of games - especially at $50.
Shit, I've been a long time Zelda fan and couldn't even finish Skyward. That's what pretty much sealed the deal for me. I've had far more fun on Steam sales.
Sounds like you've read Manna.
I'm not sure what will happen. I can't imagine much of the first world, say Europe, would look away and let it happen only to part of the world, say the US. And I don't think moneyed interests will be successful enough to campaign for it to happen in much of Europe.
So what happens? Does money become effectively worthless? Would the US essentially become cut off like North Korea, ultimately shaking it's more threatening sabre to the world? Is there an inevitable collapse as the "undesirables" have no money to spend and much of the oligarchy is dependent on such spending?
I hated having to use my car to go everywhere in Atlanta but MARTA goes fucking nowhere and it's too damn hot in the summer to wait for buses. And it's a city that could benefit from expanded service because the connector sucks ass pretty much all the time.
Conservatives replaced the HOV lanes with variable price toll lanes that no one wanted to use because it's bullshit so they tanked the prices to try and get people using them. Even then, I bet they're still gonna take a loss on them and they can't undo them as Federal money was taken and spent but can't be repaid.
But that's the free market for ya.
Big Dog probably could have been repurposed if Google really didn't want them to do military stuff.
I could imagine that it could be quite useful in disaster recovery to move supplies - either in places where roads are still littered with debris or regions that don't have as much road infrastructure. Any sort of surveying in rough terrain that requires hauling samples back. Maybe on construction sites to haul stuff around vs wheelbarrows?
I was unaware they lost a DARPA Robot Challenge though to research universities.