Why would anyone consider it responsible to have children when they don't have a year's expenses in savings?
So first you're too young to have children, then your age is fine but you're too poor, and when you're wealthy enough you are too old. The only responsible decision is thus not to have children at all and rely on others having them so that there will be someone to grow your food and wipe your ass once you're 85.
The Holy Grail of solar power is, of course, to turn 100% of sunlight energy (across a huge spectrum) into an energy form that can be directly used.
I have around 30 such devices in my home. They're called windows. The IR part of the spectrum heats the house in the winter, the visible part lets me see.
Nuclear tech doesn't fit in a capitalist democracy.
On the other hand, the nukes in the Soviet Union were/are incredibly safe.
What if I provide a vital service to my customers? Does that mean I should be exempt from jail?
Of course. Have you never seen a movie when a spy or some such gets freed if he agrees to save the world?
"Great news, I got your fine reduced from $1 billion to $10 million"
..." and my bill will be just 5 % of this difference."
I wonder if forcing every single human being to read George Orwell's 1984
I think we should force everybody. Of course, to be really sure they read it, they should do it in front of a camera. Moreover, the knowledge from the book has to be refreshed every now and then. Perhaps we should print some "Read your 1984 daily" flyers. Or force everybody to read at least a page every evening in bed. Of course, to be really sure they do it, we install cameras in their bedroom. I wonder what should do to those refusing to read it?
I know that CFEngine scares a lot of people off (and maybe puppet does too?), but it is an excellent way to manage a large set of hosts.
Scaring people off is an excellent way to manage a large set of hosts?
If you have a procedure with 10 parameters, you probably missed some.