I have my own little troll contingent following me around... Most are AC, but I do have a 4 digit UID who's part of the group! They hate facts and logic that runs counter to their world-view of bicycles and unicorns for all...
Yep! And with Internet speeds increasing by 40% per year, what's the downside? I get more than I pay for, but then - I don't use the crap my ISP provided as a router and WIFI modem. I used to get 25-40 Mbps down with the original Spectrum stuff, but when I quickly replaced it with a Netgear router and Orbi WIFI system, I'm getting solid 110-120 Mbps down - from the 100 Mbps connectivity I pay for. So if someone has an issue, is it the crap router they got "for free", or the service itself?
See, that's the problem - Ford was making money, paying dividends, and building millions of vehicles per year. The new Sillycon Valley approach is to lose billions, pay nothing, base yourself entirely on a much larger, independent 3rd party company (Panasonic, in the case of Tesla), and make less than 1% of the market - and then lead the market in market cap. Sure, you lose money on each unit, but you'll make it up in volume! The quickest way to unicorn status? A business plan that loses billions...
So what's the downside of no net neutrality? Concrete examples? I see lots of predictions - but none of them came true. If anything, things are moving as they did before NN kicked in - constantly improving for consumers...
So, what are these negative effects on the environment? Tornadoes and cyclones are down. Temperatures are moderating (average daily highs aren't increasing, but average daily lows are - meaning the temperature swing through the day is less). What's the impact? Additionally, you do realize that cold is 20 times as deadly as heat, we should encourage a bit of moderating of low temperatures to save more lives.
And that applies - how? Norway waives your registration fees, waives your 25% VAT, waives your parking fees, waives your road tolls, lets you use bus lanes, and waives your road taxes. For any vehicle, it's a big benefit. The reason EVs are taking over in Norway is the Government is spending literally tens of thousands of tax dollars for each EV, to "encourage" people to buy them. To the extent that in a few years the savings have bought you the car. This is not based on cost of operation - this is direct tax benefits literally buying the car for you.
What's the downside of no Net Neutrality? Was the Internet a wasteland prior to 2015? Is the fact that Internet speeds are up 40% over the last year a bad thing? What did the brief, regulation-by-executive-directive Net Neutrality time bring?
That was the reason Pai pushed to rescind the regulation in the first place - the FCC should NOT have the authority to unilaterally make a regulation about such things, like they did back under the Obama Administration. But given that Internet speeds are 40% faster after the repeal of Net Neutrality, perhaps we need to rethink the reasoning in the first place.
US DOD budget is quite a bit lower than $1 trillion - and that's more than just the "US Army". Additionally, we're in the Middle East not for ourselves, but to stabilize oil supplies for our allies in Europe and Asia (where most of the oil goes; the most we get from the ME is the 6% from Iraq).
The oceans are already quite base; we're SLOWLY becoming more neutral, NOT acidic. But then, that's not quite so extreme-sounding, is it? Additionally, if you look at the temp record, our temperatures are moderating. Average highs are not moving; average lows are slowing increasing. We're not having more extreme weather, we're having more moderate weather (which also explains why tornadoes and cyclones are dropping).
What are the subsidies given to the oil companies? Please list them, and explain how they are exclusive to just the oil companies and not all corporations.
It's not accelerating. And having TSLA with a larger market cap than Ford, GM, BMW, Honda, Hyundai, FiatChrysler, and many other car manufacturers - all of whom consistently turn a profit AND typically pay dividends, and who all sell more than the ~1% of US sales that Tesla handles, is clearly an over-priced stock with no support. If it doesn't do exponential, annual-share-doubling sales, it's a big fail. Realistically, TSLA should be down around $5 billion, like Mazda. And even that is generous.
I've never had a USB C cable that didn't work with my phone or Bluetooth devices. On the other hand, I've seen plenty of people buy "discount" Lightning cables and find they don't work.
I have a serious problem with forgiving student debt because "people told them to take the loans". Supposedly they are 18 and are adults. We trust them with cars, firearms (long arms), and the vote. Yet we're supposed to forgive them for the choices they make? Perhaps they're not mature enough to go to college in the first place... Perhaps they need to wise up and realize you can pay for a lot of your own college without loans (yes, work during college; grades will suffer, but you'll be much better financially).
And I've made mistakes, and plenty of them publicly. Rather than attempt to whitewash the past, I strive to excel in the future to provide context of who I am now, not who I was back then. If a potential client is not able to overlook the far past in light of stellar performance since them - that's their issue, not mine. No lack of empathy, rather an understanding that hiding from problems doesn't solve the problem - no correct the future path. Empathy without rational analysis is simply enabling.
Fray that cable, and the current capacity just dropped. But it was safe - because I plugged it in and it said "safe"! Use 24 AWG, and you're good for about 4A of current... How much more do you need than that?
For my charging purposes, I use my laptop (Lenovo P71) that has a USB 3.0 port that are always "live" - regardless of the laptop being plugged in or turned on. I carry a three-adapter cable in my backpack to keep not just my Note 8 and Bluetooth devices charged (USB C and micro B USB), but have bailed out friends as well (Lightning). One cable and I'm good to go at any time...
The EU gets a lot more oil from the Middle East than the US. In fact, our biggest supplier is Iraq, at around 6% of our supplies. We're in the Middle East mainly to provide stability and access to oil for our allies in the EU and Asia - not for our own use.
There are 67 countries that are larger, and 117 with more people. Norway is a mid-sized country with a small population - at best. It's close to the size of California, with about 25% the population of the Los Angeles metro area. Small and lightly populated.
For a typical EV, that's not just a $7500 savings on registration, but a 25% savings on VAT. For an e-Golf that is an $8,000 savings. Combined, that's about half the price of a gas-powered Golf. Add in no road taxes ($350 per year), no tolls (another $2000 per year), and free parking (if you drove to work 5 days a week - at $30 per day parking - that's $7500 per year in parking fees) and after 2 years the Government has basically given you the cost of the petrol-based Golf. The reason people buy EVs in Norway? Because their high taxes are used to pay them to drive EVs.
The two endpoints should authenticate against each other. A cable? OK, so it says it's "legit" and "authorized" but there is zero information about the condition of the cable. Maybe it's heavily frayed, or about to fall onto a hot soldering iron. No help at all. Other than restricting who's cable you can buy, of course...
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So - Internet speeds are increasing after NN is overturned. How is this bad for the consumer, again?
I have my own little troll contingent following me around... Most are AC, but I do have a 4 digit UID who's part of the group! They hate facts and logic that runs counter to their world-view of bicycles and unicorns for all...
Yep! And with Internet speeds increasing by 40% per year, what's the downside? I get more than I pay for, but then - I don't use the crap my ISP provided as a router and WIFI modem. I used to get 25-40 Mbps down with the original Spectrum stuff, but when I quickly replaced it with a Netgear router and Orbi WIFI system, I'm getting solid 110-120 Mbps down - from the 100 Mbps connectivity I pay for. So if someone has an issue, is it the crap router they got "for free", or the service itself?
See, that's the problem - Ford was making money, paying dividends, and building millions of vehicles per year. The new Sillycon Valley approach is to lose billions, pay nothing, base yourself entirely on a much larger, independent 3rd party company (Panasonic, in the case of Tesla), and make less than 1% of the market - and then lead the market in market cap. Sure, you lose money on each unit, but you'll make it up in volume! The quickest way to unicorn status? A business plan that loses billions...
So what's the downside of no net neutrality? Concrete examples? I see lots of predictions - but none of them came true. If anything, things are moving as they did before NN kicked in - constantly improving for consumers...
So, what are these negative effects on the environment? Tornadoes and cyclones are down. Temperatures are moderating (average daily highs aren't increasing, but average daily lows are - meaning the temperature swing through the day is less). What's the impact? Additionally, you do realize that cold is 20 times as deadly as heat, we should encourage a bit of moderating of low temperatures to save more lives.
And that applies - how? Norway waives your registration fees, waives your 25% VAT, waives your parking fees, waives your road tolls, lets you use bus lanes, and waives your road taxes. For any vehicle, it's a big benefit. The reason EVs are taking over in Norway is the Government is spending literally tens of thousands of tax dollars for each EV, to "encourage" people to buy them. To the extent that in a few years the savings have bought you the car. This is not based on cost of operation - this is direct tax benefits literally buying the car for you.
What's the downside of no Net Neutrality? Was the Internet a wasteland prior to 2015? Is the fact that Internet speeds are up 40% over the last year a bad thing? What did the brief, regulation-by-executive-directive Net Neutrality time bring?
That was the reason Pai pushed to rescind the regulation in the first place - the FCC should NOT have the authority to unilaterally make a regulation about such things, like they did back under the Obama Administration. But given that Internet speeds are 40% faster after the repeal of Net Neutrality, perhaps we need to rethink the reasoning in the first place.
And Internet speeds are 40% faster. The horror, the horror!
Damnit, I have to work harder to reach first place... Thanks, AC!
Damn, now THAT deserves a BSJE, stat!
US DOD budget is quite a bit lower than $1 trillion - and that's more than just the "US Army". Additionally, we're in the Middle East not for ourselves, but to stabilize oil supplies for our allies in Europe and Asia (where most of the oil goes; the most we get from the ME is the 6% from Iraq).
The oceans are already quite base; we're SLOWLY becoming more neutral, NOT acidic. But then, that's not quite so extreme-sounding, is it? Additionally, if you look at the temp record, our temperatures are moderating. Average highs are not moving; average lows are slowing increasing. We're not having more extreme weather, we're having more moderate weather (which also explains why tornadoes and cyclones are dropping).
What are the subsidies given to the oil companies? Please list them, and explain how they are exclusive to just the oil companies and not all corporations.
It's not accelerating. And having TSLA with a larger market cap than Ford, GM, BMW, Honda, Hyundai, FiatChrysler, and many other car manufacturers - all of whom consistently turn a profit AND typically pay dividends, and who all sell more than the ~1% of US sales that Tesla handles, is clearly an over-priced stock with no support. If it doesn't do exponential, annual-share-doubling sales, it's a big fail. Realistically, TSLA should be down around $5 billion, like Mazda. And even that is generous.
I've never had a USB C cable that didn't work with my phone or Bluetooth devices. On the other hand, I've seen plenty of people buy "discount" Lightning cables and find they don't work.
I have a serious problem with forgiving student debt because "people told them to take the loans". Supposedly they are 18 and are adults. We trust them with cars, firearms (long arms), and the vote. Yet we're supposed to forgive them for the choices they make? Perhaps they're not mature enough to go to college in the first place... Perhaps they need to wise up and realize you can pay for a lot of your own college without loans (yes, work during college; grades will suffer, but you'll be much better financially).
And I've made mistakes, and plenty of them publicly. Rather than attempt to whitewash the past, I strive to excel in the future to provide context of who I am now, not who I was back then. If a potential client is not able to overlook the far past in light of stellar performance since them - that's their issue, not mine. No lack of empathy, rather an understanding that hiding from problems doesn't solve the problem - no correct the future path. Empathy without rational analysis is simply enabling.
What is the average weight of a urinal cake? Is the urinal cake flammable?
Apple includes an MFI chip in authorized cables and their consumers took it willingly. I hope Android fans will stand fast against what Apple does...
Fray that cable, and the current capacity just dropped. But it was safe - because I plugged it in and it said "safe"! Use 24 AWG, and you're good for about 4A of current... How much more do you need than that?
For my charging purposes, I use my laptop (Lenovo P71) that has a USB 3.0 port that are always "live" - regardless of the laptop being plugged in or turned on. I carry a three-adapter cable in my backpack to keep not just my Note 8 and Bluetooth devices charged (USB C and micro B USB), but have bailed out friends as well (Lightning). One cable and I'm good to go at any time...
The EU gets a lot more oil from the Middle East than the US. In fact, our biggest supplier is Iraq, at around 6% of our supplies. We're in the Middle East mainly to provide stability and access to oil for our allies in the EU and Asia - not for our own use.
There are 67 countries that are larger, and 117 with more people. Norway is a mid-sized country with a small population - at best. It's close to the size of California, with about 25% the population of the Los Angeles metro area. Small and lightly populated.
For a typical EV, that's not just a $7500 savings on registration, but a 25% savings on VAT. For an e-Golf that is an $8,000 savings. Combined, that's about half the price of a gas-powered Golf. Add in no road taxes ($350 per year), no tolls (another $2000 per year), and free parking (if you drove to work 5 days a week - at $30 per day parking - that's $7500 per year in parking fees) and after 2 years the Government has basically given you the cost of the petrol-based Golf. The reason people buy EVs in Norway? Because their high taxes are used to pay them to drive EVs.
The two endpoints should authenticate against each other. A cable? OK, so it says it's "legit" and "authorized" but there is zero information about the condition of the cable. Maybe it's heavily frayed, or about to fall onto a hot soldering iron. No help at all. Other than restricting who's cable you can buy, of course...