You do realize that when applied appropriately, profane language can emphasize a specific point and actually make a good argument more effective. When sprinkled incoherently throughout poorly worded sentences it just makes you look like a buffoon. So there is that.
Also, i-hail does 100% of what Uber/Lyft does, but with the added "security" that a regulated taxi cab company provides.
Does this mean this option intends to group customers that are going to a similar location together, sharing the cost? Or is this still just Uber pretending they are not a taxi service?
In order to guarantee the quality of the network, we ask you to activate a BundleBooster in MijnTele2 or the Tele2 app when using more than 5GB per day . If you do not request an additional bundle booster, your data will be closed for one day and you will no longer be able to use the internet.
Granted, the "BundleBoosters" appear to be free, so you may have me there. We'll let the Slashdot gods decide if "unlimited, as long as you request a variance each day" is "unlimited in every way" =)
It's a bit of a stretch, but "roaming" data within the EU is limited to 8GB/month. I forget what it said for non-EU, it was significantly limited, but I'd expect to pay when roaming outside of my country.
I'm a bigot for seeing the irony in religion? I said right in my post, if you want to practice religion, have right at it. Believe what you want, all you want. Just don't expect me to play along and pretend it's going to solve the worlds problems.
If that's the "loving" god you worship, I'll pass.
Amen. (Sorry, couldn't help myself.) I couldn't agree more. I mean, I guess if you need a book, weekly meetings, and daily meditation to help you navigate shit that's going on in your life, have at it. But if I have to listen to one more politician beg for our "hopes and prayers" for the victims of this weeks mass shooting or natural disaster I'm going to puke. I mean, I can't help but snicker at the irony of asking an invisible man to help those he just smote.
Awesome, your family should know how to sustain a heart attack victim until a paramedic arrives. I assume, since you don't like "worthless government services", you are going to call around each hospital to find one with an ambulance available?
I have a pond with several thousand gallons of water and two trash pumps that can do about 250 gallons per minute each.
Also awesome, probably useful to help keep things in check until the professionals arrive with the proper tools. Unless you have heat resistant gear, SCBAs, ladder trucks, multiple hoses, nozzles and a bunch of friends ready jump at a minute's notice too?
Totally agree. I've never seen a piece of hardware run better/faster after a driver upgrade. The thought that software wouldn't utilize a complex electro-mechanical system 100% perfectly the first time is just ludicrous./sarcasm
I borrowed too much for college, paying an arm, a leg, and both eyes for a degree that isn't marketable
Man, I wish I could find it, but it was either Minnesota Public Radio or National Public Radio that did a piece relating to three recent college graduates that couldn't find work. The best example from the story was a young man or woman from somewhere in Middle-America (think Nebraska or Iowa) with a Masters Degree in European Economics. They were just flabbergasted as to why they couldn't find work...In Iowa. I forget the other two degreed individuals they talked to, but they were of similar nature.
I mean, I hate to poke at someone who is down, but holy shit.
First hand experience with a Millennial that wouldn't leave, because she couldn't find a "decent apartment". She ended up in a $1200 a month place with 1000 square feet, 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, swimming pool, fitness center, and garage. I guess my opinion on "decent" differs.
My requirements for my first apartment: Walls, bathroom, not in my mom's house...
Are you going to complain about people wanting walls and windows next?
It's about the level of expectations. The word you missed here (or chose to ignore) is "luxurious". Marble counter tops, open floor plans, patios, dishwashers, walk-in closets, multiple bathrooms, tiled showers, parking garages, pools, fitness centers, etc. are not necessities. That's the difference between a $700/month starter apartment and a $1200/month higher-end place. (You can adjust the scales to your locale, i just looked in the outskirts of Minneapolis area)
Yeah, because a $200 ski trip is totally unreasonable...
I'd love to know where you can take a weekend ski trip for $200.
If you can't afford doing that at least once a year, you're not living in a first-world country.
Or you have different priorities. Like not living with mom any more.
What hub are you using? I have a Wink 2 and the damn thing won't let you automate unlocking the deadbolt or opening the garage. You can automate the closing/locking, but not the unlocking/opening. Dumb.
I have a similar lock, and it always amuses me when people have wildly different results. I kept the z-wave on because I love that I can lock/unlock the door from my smart phone (via a Wink hub), I can see when my door was unlocked and by who, I have a robot/script that automatically locks the door 5 minutes after it was unlocked, and I can add/remove door codes from my phone.
As far as the battery life, I can't comment on what happens when if I disable the z-wave, but I've had the lock installed since Christmas and I've only replaced the batteries once. And according to the wink app, they are at 97% health.
Security wise, I figure if someone wants into my house they are going to get in. I'm not high enough value of target for someone to spend any amount of time trying to hack my front door, and it would likely be 100x faster just to pick the old-fashioned tumbler lock that's there as a backup.
because the system used to automatically apply brakes in potentially dangerous situations had been disabled
Sensors on the fully autonomous Volvo XC-90 SUV spotted Herzberg while the car was traveling 43 miles per hour and determined that braking was needed 1.3 seconds before impact, according to the report.
A diagram in the NTSB report shows that the Uber system determined that the SUV needed to brake when it was at least 20 meters (65.6 feet) from Herzberg; it was traveling 39 mph (63 kilometers per hour) at impact. Kornhauser said that was enough distance for the SUV to stop, or slow considerably to mitigate damage from the crash.
Uber also disabled the Volvo's factory-equipped automatic emergency braking system when the vehicle is in autonomous mode, the report said.
So what was disabled? The factory auto brake, or Uber's auto brake? Surely they weren't allowing a car that wasn't able to brake itself out on the roads. Does the Uber system have a separate "emergency braking" subsystem?
Headline says the system "saw" her 6 seconds before impact, but it determined that it needed to brake just over 1s before impact? (traveling at about 59fps at impact)
burning piles of cash in a startup that has a completely unworkable business model
If your fund manager can't spot companies with a completely unworkable business model, you have bigger problems.
Also agree. Granted, I've never met, spoken to, or ever heard of any of the fund managers for the funds in my 401k. For all I know they don't exist, and it's the Wizard of Oz behind the scenes pulling on levers. All I know is that my 401 has 2-dozen or so funds I'm able to pick from that my employer (?) has pre-vetted. I have to assume that the managers of those funds aren't Joe Sixpack throwing empty beer bottles at a trailer wall full of stock symbols...
Every game has winners and losers. If "my managers" realized before October, when Helios' stock started to shit the bed, that their business model was unsustainable and bailed out, I guess I won that round. If I won, that means someone else's manager lost, and is still holding the bag-o-shit. (Costing someone a bunch of money) My point still stands.
You have a valid point. Being towards the younger end of the investor spectrum I'm nearly entirely invested in aggressive to moderate funds, I'm sure I've lost a penny or two due to Helios. In the grand scheme of things, I'd be surprised if they cost me much at all... But I stand by my point. A blanket statement that burning piles of cash in a startup that has a completely unworkable business model doesn't cost the average joe anything is ignorant.
FWIW, I read his post as "I've never made an annual loss". Even saying "Never made a quarterly loss" would be reasonable. It would be nuts to measure a business on a week by week basis.
Helios shares have fallen to decade lows of less than $1 after peaking at $32.90 in October
Do you know every stock that every one of the funds in your 401k is invested in? What are the chances that you, or someone you care about, has Helios stock in their portfolio? Maybe. Maybe not. But the chances are pretty high. I wholeheartedly disagree that the gov't should be involved in this. HOWEVER, saying that idiots in a public company burning bales of cash each month doesn't cost the average person a penny is a rather ignorant stance.
I'm glad my non-electric car has a real park setting on the transmission. One where there is a physical cable attached to the selector that engages a pawl to lock the transmission.
There is no such thing as an infallible system. Doesn't exist. Period.
I've personally had the nut holding the shift linkage arm to the shaft come loose. Felt the detents as it shifted from drive to park, just happened to miss the last one where it didn't click from R to P because of the loose nut. Luckily I was on a flat surface. I didn't even find out till I went to leave the next day and the damn thing wouldn't shift.
The inability to spell on/. seems to be higher than in my daughter's elementary school class....
The punctuation around here is horrible as well. Who uses ellipsis when not desiring to omit irrelevant portions of quoted material? And a period after ellipsis? The world we live in today, it's gone right to hell.
That's a bold statement, considering it's flat wrong.
Expensive and difficult are your counter arguments? As if smelting, forging, cutting, lofting, and welding steel are super cheap compared to the cost of... a rock?
If stone is a better building material why don't we use it any more? Yes, I'm sure you can find me a new building made of stone. I'll find you 10000 more that aren't. We don't use it because we have found better ways to build structures.
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You do realize that when applied appropriately, profane language can emphasize a specific point and actually make a good argument more effective. When sprinkled incoherently throughout poorly worded sentences it just makes you look like a buffoon. So there is that.
Also, i-hail does 100% of what Uber/Lyft does, but with the added "security" that a regulated taxi cab company provides.
rm -rf ./liberals
Wow, profane and "clever". Double threat.
...top reason riders choose shared rides...
Does this mean this option intends to group customers that are going to a similar location together, sharing the cost? Or is this still just Uber pretending they are not a taxi service?
In order to guarantee the quality of the network, we ask you to activate a BundleBooster in MijnTele2 or the Tele2 app when using more than 5GB per day . If you do not request an additional bundle booster, your data will be closed for one day and you will no longer be able to use the internet.
Granted, the "BundleBoosters" appear to be free, so you may have me there. We'll let the Slashdot gods decide if "unlimited, as long as you request a variance each day" is "unlimited in every way" =)
It's a bit of a stretch, but "roaming" data within the EU is limited to 8GB/month. I forget what it said for non-EU, it was significantly limited, but I'd expect to pay when roaming outside of my country.
I wish people would stop buying plans that say there are unlimited but really are limited.
Show me a plan that meets the "unlimited in every way" criteria. I'll wait.
I have verizon unlimited and constantly go over 22 GB and don't think I've ever been throttled.
Maybe they have a peering agreement with PornHub?
I'm a bigot for seeing the irony in religion? I said right in my post, if you want to practice religion, have right at it. Believe what you want, all you want. Just don't expect me to play along and pretend it's going to solve the worlds problems.
If that's the "loving" god you worship, I'll pass.
Amen. (Sorry, couldn't help myself.) I couldn't agree more. I mean, I guess if you need a book, weekly meetings, and daily meditation to help you navigate shit that's going on in your life, have at it. But if I have to listen to one more politician beg for our "hopes and prayers" for the victims of this weeks mass shooting or natural disaster I'm going to puke. I mean, I can't help but snicker at the irony of asking an invisible man to help those he just smote.
Found the 14 year old!
My family knows CPR
Awesome, your family should know how to sustain a heart attack victim until a paramedic arrives. I assume, since you don't like "worthless government services", you are going to call around each hospital to find one with an ambulance available?
I have a pond with several thousand gallons of water and two trash pumps that can do about 250 gallons per minute each.
Also awesome, probably useful to help keep things in check until the professionals arrive with the proper tools. Unless you have heat resistant gear, SCBAs, ladder trucks, multiple hoses, nozzles and a bunch of friends ready jump at a minute's notice too?
injected into permeable coax
FM Radio tower feeders are a good example. The cable is massive air-core that is purged/pressurized with nitrogen: Like this stuff
Totally agree. I've never seen a piece of hardware run better/faster after a driver upgrade. The thought that software wouldn't utilize a complex electro-mechanical system 100% perfectly the first time is just ludicrous. /sarcasm
I borrowed too much for college, paying an arm, a leg, and both eyes for a degree that isn't marketable
Man, I wish I could find it, but it was either Minnesota Public Radio or National Public Radio that did a piece relating to three recent college graduates that couldn't find work. The best example from the story was a young man or woman from somewhere in Middle-America (think Nebraska or Iowa) with a Masters Degree in European Economics. They were just flabbergasted as to why they couldn't find work...In Iowa. I forget the other two degreed individuals they talked to, but they were of similar nature.
I mean, I hate to poke at someone who is down, but holy shit.
First hand experience with a Millennial that wouldn't leave, because she couldn't find a "decent apartment". She ended up in a $1200 a month place with 1000 square feet, 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, swimming pool, fitness center, and garage. I guess my opinion on "decent" differs.
My requirements for my first apartment: Walls, bathroom, not in my mom's house...
Are you going to complain about people wanting walls and windows next?
It's about the level of expectations. The word you missed here (or chose to ignore) is "luxurious". Marble counter tops, open floor plans, patios, dishwashers, walk-in closets, multiple bathrooms, tiled showers, parking garages, pools, fitness centers, etc. are not necessities. That's the difference between a $700/month starter apartment and a $1200/month higher-end place. (You can adjust the scales to your locale, i just looked in the outskirts of Minneapolis area)
Yeah, because a $200 ski trip is totally unreasonable...
I'd love to know where you can take a weekend ski trip for $200.
If you can't afford doing that at least once a year, you're not living in a first-world country.
Or you have different priorities. Like not living with mom any more.
What hub are you using? I have a Wink 2 and the damn thing won't let you automate unlocking the deadbolt or opening the garage. You can automate the closing/locking, but not the unlocking/opening. Dumb.
As far as the battery life, I can't comment on what happens when if I disable the z-wave, but I've had the lock installed since Christmas and I've only replaced the batteries once. And according to the wink app, they are at 97% health.
Security wise, I figure if someone wants into my house they are going to get in. I'm not high enough value of target for someone to spend any amount of time trying to hack my front door, and it would likely be 100x faster just to pick the old-fashioned tumbler lock that's there as a backup.
I can tell you my kid doesn't get 100% if she misses 2 questions on an exam
What if they are grading on a curve? Granted, It's like saying "A condom works 100% of the time, except when it doesn't."
because the system used to automatically apply brakes in potentially dangerous situations had been disabled
Sensors on the fully autonomous Volvo XC-90 SUV spotted Herzberg while the car was traveling 43 miles per hour and determined that braking was needed 1.3 seconds before impact, according to the report.
A diagram in the NTSB report shows that the Uber system determined that the SUV needed to brake when it was at least 20 meters (65.6 feet) from Herzberg; it was traveling 39 mph (63 kilometers per hour) at impact. Kornhauser said that was enough distance for the SUV to stop, or slow considerably to mitigate damage from the crash.
Uber also disabled the Volvo's factory-equipped automatic emergency braking system when the vehicle is in autonomous mode, the report said.
So what was disabled? The factory auto brake, or Uber's auto brake? Surely they weren't allowing a car that wasn't able to brake itself out on the roads. Does the Uber system have a separate "emergency braking" subsystem?
Headline says the system "saw" her 6 seconds before impact, but it determined that it needed to brake just over 1s before impact? (traveling at about 59fps at impact)
This article sucks.
burning piles of cash in a startup that has a completely unworkable business model
If your fund manager can't spot companies with a completely unworkable business model, you have bigger problems.
Also agree. Granted, I've never met, spoken to, or ever heard of any of the fund managers for the funds in my 401k. For all I know they don't exist, and it's the Wizard of Oz behind the scenes pulling on levers. All I know is that my 401 has 2-dozen or so funds I'm able to pick from that my employer (?) has pre-vetted. I have to assume that the managers of those funds aren't Joe Sixpack throwing empty beer bottles at a trailer wall full of stock symbols...
Every game has winners and losers. If "my managers" realized before October, when Helios' stock started to shit the bed, that their business model was unsustainable and bailed out, I guess I won that round. If I won, that means someone else's manager lost, and is still holding the bag-o-shit. (Costing someone a bunch of money) My point still stands.
You have a valid point. Being towards the younger end of the investor spectrum I'm nearly entirely invested in aggressive to moderate funds, I'm sure I've lost a penny or two due to Helios. In the grand scheme of things, I'd be surprised if they cost me much at all... But I stand by my point. A blanket statement that burning piles of cash in a startup that has a completely unworkable business model doesn't cost the average joe anything is ignorant.
FWIW, I read his post as "I've never made an annual loss". Even saying "Never made a quarterly loss" would be reasonable. It would be nuts to measure a business on a week by week basis.
It didn't cost you a penny
Helios shares have fallen to decade lows of less than $1 after peaking at $32.90 in October
Do you know every stock that every one of the funds in your 401k is invested in? What are the chances that you, or someone you care about, has Helios stock in their portfolio? Maybe. Maybe not. But the chances are pretty high. I wholeheartedly disagree that the gov't should be involved in this. HOWEVER, saying that idiots in a public company burning bales of cash each month doesn't cost the average person a penny is a rather ignorant stance.
I assume you also engaged the parking brake too.
Ha ha, funny guy. It was a 1976 Silverado being driven in 1998. It hadn't had a parking brake for 10 years by the time I got it.
I'm glad my non-electric car has a real park setting on the transmission. One where there is a physical cable attached to the selector that engages a pawl to lock the transmission.
Well, shit. There goes that argument.
There is no such thing as an infallible system. Doesn't exist. Period.
I've personally had the nut holding the shift linkage arm to the shaft come loose. Felt the detents as it shifted from drive to park, just happened to miss the last one where it didn't click from R to P because of the loose nut. Luckily I was on a flat surface. I didn't even find out till I went to leave the next day and the damn thing wouldn't shift.
The inability to spell on /. seems to be higher than in my daughter's elementary school class....
The punctuation around here is horrible as well. Who uses ellipsis when not desiring to omit irrelevant portions of quoted material? And a period after ellipsis? The world we live in today, it's gone right to hell.
Look, you lost the argument, give up already.
That's a bold statement, considering it's flat wrong.
Expensive and difficult are your counter arguments? As if smelting, forging, cutting, lofting, and welding steel are super cheap compared to the cost of... a rock?
If stone is a better building material why don't we use it any more? Yes, I'm sure you can find me a new building made of stone. I'll find you 10000 more that aren't. We don't use it because we have found better ways to build structures.