Firstly, this would make smartphone chargers unneccessarily big.
Why? All you would need to add is essentially a 2 inch long extension cord. How much bulk would that add? Seems like they would still fit in a pocket just fine.
They've always expected results from the educational paths which they're likely to offer an ISA for, like STEM.
Or did you really think they would offer an ISA to an applicant planning to major in feminist interpretative dance therapy? No, sorry, mommy and dady are stuck paying for that one.
My main argument for that he survived is that if he didn't, the parachute would have been left laying about in the terrain, and could easily have been seen by searchers from planes. The area where he jumped did not have any snow, so a white parachute would likely have been visible.
This assumes he successfully deployed the canopy. He could have been knocked unconscious by the force of the exit and never had the chance to pull it.
Another possibility, of course, is that he did die, someone found him and hid the body and evidence and pocketed the money.
.... and then never spent it? Sure, I guess that's possible in the same way that Russell's Teapot is possible...
Why would you subtract SG&A from the gross? It's part of the "cost of revenue" so you've already subtracted it before getting to the gross.
I mean, sure, since you're hell bent on proving that Tesla is unprofitable, I can see why you would WANT to subtract $686 million twice. You're just masturbating with numbers, though.
They aren't just laying off SolarCity mgmt, the entire business is being wound down (i.e. closed).
That's just a lie. SolarCity, as a brand name, is being retired, but "the business" is very much staying alive. The infrastruture, intellectual property, critical employees, etc. are all being retained; it's just that all future solar products will be sold under the Tesla brand.
The law does not require that children be separated from their parents, nor does it require every case be prosecuted
Congratulations, you've just described every law in existence. I suppose the next time a person with kids commits murder we should just ignore it. Because, you know, the law does not require that every case be prosecuted. And you wouldn't want to separate them from their kids!
Be honest: you're not arguing that criminals shouldn't be separated from their kids; what you're arguing for is the idea that illegal immigrants should not be prosecuted. You want law enforcement and the judicial system to ignore the law.
Most thermal power stations, such as coal, geothermal and nuclear power plants, have availability factors between 70% and 90%.
Just not quite as available as wind
You're lumping in nuclear with all the rest to mask it's actual availability factor, which is more like 98%. Far better than wind.
modern wind turbines which require very little maintenance, have very high availability factors, up to about 98%.
"Up to" is not an average.
or solar.
Photovoltaic power stations which have few or no moving parts and which can undergo planned inspections and maintenance during night have an availability factor approaching or equal to 100%.
This is just idiotic. 100% might be achievable for orbital solar plants, but if you're putting your panels anywhere on the planet then the actual availability is more like 15%.
the reason there's no Thorium and MSR research happening in the USA is because it's specifically illegal in the USA. You can thank Richard Milhous Nixon for that. Oak Ridge is researching non-nuclear aspects of molten salts but they can't fire up a reactor again.
The rest of your post is composed of overly simplistic and misleading talking points, which I intended to let slide.... but this part here just seems to be a complete lie. I can find zero reference to Nixon banning anything thorium related, nor is it illegal to research thorium in the US. Lastly, there is absolutely nothing preventing Oak Ridge from "firing up a reactor again" especially since their original MSR didn't use thorium fuel in the first place.
For anyone curious about the ACTUAL benefits and drawbacks of thorium as a fuel, rather than silly one sided talking points, check out the Wikipedia page which has a decent breakdown:
Er. Did you actually read the article that you linked to?
I'm guessing you didn't because if you had you would quickly have seen that the people writing the article disagree with your conclusion "that somebody in a position of power made an argument against teaching critical thinking".
Water. I don't see EVERY obese person drinking soda - I know quite a few who intentionally avoid it - but I do see every single obese person drinking water, or at least a beverage which contains water.
Pretty sure that means that water must make people fat. That's how logic works right?
Those the weasel words of a person who supports heinous acts but doesn't want to be held responsible for them. Cowardly and intellectually dishonest. If you think the law is a good one, own it.
What kind of a cunt thinks that its "weasel words" to tell people how to fix something they see as a problem?
I DO think the law is a good one. I'm willing to be persuaded otherwise, but so far nobody has made any serious argument for why it's not good. Hence my "if you think it's immoral, work to change it" statement. You can start by putting together a coherent argument which doesn't just boil down to "hurr durr muh feels".
He did. When asked about it he said it was his "standard response", and other journalists have confirmed that he has sent the same message to them.
Yes, it's his standard response to reporters who email him asking stupid questions. No, it's not him "calling for violent assault on the press".
He's adopted Trump's attacks on the media and, as he is famous for, taken them to an extreme that gets him attention. He then hand waves them away as not serious, trying to absolve himself of any responsibility for the words he uses.
He's been "attacking the media" far longer than trump has, which is part of what's made him so entertaining. Idiots love to misquote him and accuse him of being an eeeeeevil Nazi calling for violence, but anyone who isn't a brain damaged SJW can see through that narrative fairly easily.
Clue: it's not natural fats and moderate consumption of alcohol that is bad. It's the shit you eat from boxes, bags and cans and all those bright colored drinks you swill down that makes you a sickly lard ass
Totally. Everyone knows that as soon as you take a "natural fat" and put it in a box, bag, or can, it instantly becomes an eeeevil supernatural fat which possesses your body and forces it to balloon unnaturally.
The ads are targeted at the time of the request. If my ad blocker prevents the request, the targeted ad was never generated (the ad network never had me in its sights) and I was not targeted.
That's... actually probably a fair point.
I was going to say that the code to request the ad is in the page and your browser is just ignoring it... but you're probably right, the actual "targeting" most likely isn't in that blob of code; it happens after your browser runs it. I'm not intimately familiar with how exactly advertisements are generated, but that seems like the most likely scenario.
Slashdot Mirror
Yes, tweeting something is now considered "leaking it to Blomberg".
What a wonderful mind you have ...
How much is "an awful lot"? Can you quantify that, and detail what exactly it was spent on?
He was an hero!
Firstly, this would make smartphone chargers unneccessarily big.
Why? All you would need to add is essentially a 2 inch long extension cord. How much bulk would that add? Seems like they would still fit in a pocket just fine.
They've always expected results from the educational paths which they're likely to offer an ISA for, like STEM.
Or did you really think they would offer an ISA to an applicant planning to major in feminist interpretative dance therapy? No, sorry, mommy and dady are stuck paying for that one.
My main argument for that he survived is that if he didn't, the parachute would have been left laying about in the terrain, and could easily have been seen by searchers from planes. The area where he jumped did not have any snow, so a white parachute would likely have been visible.
This assumes he successfully deployed the canopy. He could have been knocked unconscious by the force of the exit and never had the chance to pull it.
Another possibility, of course, is that he did die, someone found him and hid the body and evidence and pocketed the money.
.... and then never spent it? Sure, I guess that's possible in the same way that Russell's Teapot is possible ...
I had the opposite experience, probably because there was no way in or out of my county without long distance charges.
Never figured out that "blue box" thing, eh?
It's true; they call themselves "progressives" now and go around chanting slogans like "anti-Zionism isn't anti-Semitism!"
Crafty fuckers.
Why? It is not illegal to take money from foolish investors.
Tell that to Charles Ponzi.
Revenue: $3.4 billion
Cost of Revenue: $2.95 billion
Gross Margin: $456 million
SG&A: $686.4 million
Now, take the gross margin and subtract SG&A.
Why would you subtract SG&A from the gross? It's part of the "cost of revenue" so you've already subtracted it before getting to the gross.
I mean, sure, since you're hell bent on proving that Tesla is unprofitable, I can see why you would WANT to subtract $686 million twice. You're just masturbating with numbers, though.
See, all the shorts are doing is throwing away their money.
FTFY.
I for one am quite happy to see them do it.
They aren't just laying off SolarCity mgmt, the entire business is being wound down (i.e. closed).
That's just a lie. SolarCity, as a brand name, is being retired, but "the business" is very much staying alive. The infrastruture, intellectual property, critical employees, etc. are all being retained; it's just that all future solar products will be sold under the Tesla brand.
The law does not require that children be separated from their parents, nor does it require every case be prosecuted
Congratulations, you've just described every law in existence. I suppose the next time a person with kids commits murder we should just ignore it. Because, you know, the law does not require that every case be prosecuted. And you wouldn't want to separate them from their kids!
Be honest: you're not arguing that criminals shouldn't be separated from their kids; what you're arguing for is the idea that illegal immigrants should not be prosecuted. You want law enforcement and the judicial system to ignore the law.
If you look at deaths per terawatt generated by every energy source out there, you will see why nuclear power is so widely despised.
Because it causes the fewest deaths?
I don't get it. Are you implying that it's despised because we want more people to die?
Most thermal power stations, such as coal, geothermal and nuclear power plants, have availability factors between 70% and 90%.
Just not quite as available as wind
You're lumping in nuclear with all the rest to mask it's actual availability factor, which is more like 98%. Far better than wind.
modern wind turbines which require very little maintenance, have very high availability factors, up to about 98%.
"Up to" is not an average.
or solar.
Photovoltaic power stations which have few or no moving parts and which can undergo planned inspections and maintenance during night have an availability factor approaching or equal to 100%.
This is just idiotic. 100% might be achievable for orbital solar plants, but if you're putting your panels anywhere on the planet then the actual availability is more like 15%.
the reason there's no Thorium and MSR research happening in the USA is because it's specifically illegal in the USA. You can thank Richard Milhous Nixon for that. Oak Ridge is researching non-nuclear aspects of molten salts but they can't fire up a reactor again.
The rest of your post is composed of overly simplistic and misleading talking points, which I intended to let slide .... but this part here just seems to be a complete lie. I can find zero reference to Nixon banning anything thorium related, nor is it illegal to research thorium in the US. Lastly, there is absolutely nothing preventing Oak Ridge from "firing up a reactor again" especially since their original MSR didn't use thorium fuel in the first place.
For anyone curious about the ACTUAL benefits and drawbacks of thorium as a fuel, rather than silly one sided talking points, check out the Wikipedia page which has a decent breakdown:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wik...
Specifically the "possible benefits" and "possible disadvantages" sections are quite informative.
Er. Did you actually read the article that you linked to?
I'm guessing you didn't because if you had you would quickly have seen that the people writing the article disagree with your conclusion "that somebody in a position of power made an argument against teaching critical thinking".
Or did you intentionally shoot an own-goal?
Oh you misunderstand. I didn't fail miserably at getting a copy. I failed miserably at watching it.
It truly is one of the worst shows ever created.
Water. I don't see EVERY obese person drinking soda - I know quite a few who intentionally avoid it - but I do see every single obese person drinking water, or at least a beverage which contains water.
Pretty sure that means that water must make people fat. That's how logic works right?
Spoken like a true Nazi.
Those the weasel words of a person who supports heinous acts but doesn't want to be held responsible for them. Cowardly and intellectually dishonest. If you think the law is a good one, own it.
What kind of a cunt thinks that its "weasel words" to tell people how to fix something they see as a problem?
I DO think the law is a good one. I'm willing to be persuaded otherwise, but so far nobody has made any serious argument for why it's not good. Hence my "if you think it's immoral, work to change it" statement. You can start by putting together a coherent argument which doesn't just boil down to "hurr durr muh feels".
He did. When asked about it he said it was his "standard response", and other journalists have confirmed that he has sent the same message to them.
Yes, it's his standard response to reporters who email him asking stupid questions. No, it's not him "calling for violent assault on the press".
He's adopted Trump's attacks on the media and, as he is famous for, taken them to an extreme that gets him attention. He then hand waves them away as not serious, trying to absolve himself of any responsibility for the words he uses.
He's been "attacking the media" far longer than trump has, which is part of what's made him so entertaining. Idiots love to misquote him and accuse him of being an eeeeeevil Nazi calling for violence, but anyone who isn't a brain damaged SJW can see through that narrative fairly easily.
Clue: it's not natural fats and moderate consumption of alcohol that is bad. It's the shit you eat from boxes, bags and cans and all those bright colored drinks you swill down that makes you a sickly lard ass
Totally. Everyone knows that as soon as you take a "natural fat" and put it in a box, bag, or can, it instantly becomes an eeeevil supernatural fat which possesses your body and forces it to balloon unnaturally.
Then again, I made an effort to watch the Starlost.
I did too, and failed miserably
On the other hand, Ben Bova's parody of the show in his novel "The Starcrossed" was highly entertaining.
The ads are targeted at the time of the request. If my ad blocker prevents the request, the targeted ad was never generated (the ad network never had me in its sights) and I was not targeted.
That's ... actually probably a fair point.
I was going to say that the code to request the ad is in the page and your browser is just ignoring it ... but you're probably right, the actual "targeting" most likely isn't in that blob of code; it happens after your browser runs it. I'm not intimately familiar with how exactly advertisements are generated, but that seems like the most likely scenario.
Well played. I rescind my previous objection.