Damn global warming!
Apartments are practically divorced from price competition
They aren't a good example, because they are the most massively-regulated thing out there (in the large illiberal cities).
they get more expensive when more middle class move to an area
That's perfectly natural — the price-rise is easily explained by the rise in "opportunity cost". The rental unit's continued existence as a rental needs to compete with the possibility of selling it for a nice lump sum and investing the money elsewhere.
Who still needs to eat? The billionaire owners of Uber?
If they did not need or want to make money — commonly referred to as "needing to eat" in business vernacular — they would've retired to a sunny place long ago.
Fortunately, unlike with taxis, we don't need to decide for them — they have ample motivation to keep fighting for our wallets, hearts and minds or else the competition will come in and eat their lunch. Econ 101.
They are only concerned with their own safety, and not of the safety of the public.
Actually, I've noticed the exact opposite... Maybe, we are talking of different things — use your own account and explain, if you wish to continue the conversation.
Legally they are not bound to protect anyone.
I was not talking about legalities — ethics, mostly.
Brown called the app a 'police stalker,' and said being able to identify where officers were located could put them at personal risk.
Huh?
Police are (or supposed to be) our first line of defense against criminals and other miscreants. Having eaten our bread and taken our shilling, they should be proud of drawing the fire on themselves to protect their masters (that's the rest of the citizenry), not whine the risks...
I tend to think, the whining is done by the pigs among them. The actual officers are fine with it. Right?
I've worked in the power utility industry for years.
So, you offer a single anecdote — whatever its merits — to back up the claim that started with "In most cases
I've seen more cases of well-cleaned private parking lots next to snow-boggled public streets than that.
I wonder how lopsided the drone / antidrone equation really is.
According to this article, Western military drones cost $200K apiece (ballpark — I'm sure, the price-range is wide). Russian ones are, probably, half that. Ukrainians are making their own at $60K.
Whatever it is, the cost of a single military drone is tens of thousands.
Now, a hand-held Stinger — capable of bringing down a real aircraft with a pilot fighting for his life — is quoted on Wikipedia costing $38K (though it is unclear, which year dollars those are). That's decidedly less than a drone already.
Considering that a) the anti-drone missiles don't need to be as powerful and strong as Stingers; b) things made in Ukraine (or Russia for that matter) tend to cost a lot less, a usable missile can, probably, be produced for "only" several thousand dollars apiece.
But even if the US made them — and gave to Ukraine — it would still be good bang for the buck, achieving a valuable military objective without giving Russia too much to protest about, because this new weapon would be "non-lethal".
While they may not officially take orders from their superior, the reality is that they do.
Of course! And that's a perfectly normal — as long as the country remains at peace with itself.
Should another civil conflict unravel, however, these arsenals distributed nation-wide and under control of local authorities (each with his own agenda and loyalties) will be part of a problem for any usurper of central power, not part of his solution.
There is no dilemma.
Ah, but there is. On this very board we went from the outrage at the government's unwarranted peeking (yet another manifestation of the already much-discussed spying on citizens) to defending the practice against the crazy Libertarians like myself, who laugh and sneer at the idea, that "taxes are good".
your tenuous grasp of logic
It is not about me, dearest. Shove your ad hominems up, where they'll do more good — such for treating your hemorrhoids.
As long as we're going to reinvent the wheel again, we might as well try making it round this time. - Mike Dennison
