Comment Re:They converted it wrong (Score 1) 80
I think it was fortnight to nanoseconds.
You're explaining away issues using fancy science words. The reality is dead reckoning is incredibly bloody inaccurate at best with many working sensors and external input to help.
You are dead wrong. The correct science words you are looking for is called inertial navigation system (INS) and it is extremely accurate. How do you think submarines navigate around the world while they stay underwater for months at a time. They don't use external inputs or GPS. None of that works underwater anyway.
Nobody will take you seriously if you try to "push an agenda" while you're doing the complete opposite yourself.
Not true. If global warming is really an existential threat to all human life then any country that is increasing their carbon footprint is a threat.
If we pick a country, like China, and nuke the sh*t out of it, all other countries will see how serious we are about the agenda.
That is, only if it is an existential threat.
> but standards of living are, in general, going up for everyone Except they're not really. In terms of how many hours of work it costs us to get various "toys" - cars, computers, etc. we're all getting wealthier rapidly, but when you look at the cost of the things we *need* - homes, nutritious food, medical care - most of the population is getting poore at least in the US.
Example: 1970: Median household income was $9,870 (https://www.census.gov/library/publications/1971/demo/p60-78.html) Median cost of a new home: ~$24,000 =2.4 years income (https://www.census.gov/const/uspricemon.pdf)
2016: Median household income $58,000 (https://www.census.gov/search-results.html?q=median+income&page=1&stateGeo=none&searchtype=web&cssp=SERP&_charset_=UTF-8) Median cost of a new home: ~$220,000 = 3.8 years income
The metric you use is incorrect. The issue is not home price/income, it should be home payment/income.
1970: Mortgage rate in 1970 averaged 9%. The payment on a $24,000 home would have been $193/mo or $2,316/yr.
That is 23.5% of annual income.
2019: Mortgage rate in 2019 is currently 4%. The payment on a $220,000 home would be $1050/mo or $12,600/yr.
That is 21.7% of annual income.
We are the ones that have it easier.
If it's not Google it will be somebody else who may be even more of a jerk than Google. (Yes, such level of jerkativity is possible.)
Its name is Baidu.
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