I would very much like to know the racial makeup of that list. Given it came from the police themselves, it certainly leads to questions about how such individuals end up on those lists.

Yes, this.

I will say that it's probably true that "women are taught to" tropes are truer than "men are taught to" ones.

between now and when she enters college.

Sorry, the MUST BE WHAT I WANT FOR HER panic among many groups -- including a disturbing number here -- is not going to change her preferences and aptitudes.

Maybe the handwaviest hand wave in the history of Slashdot. The author of the introductory text claims McDonald's didn't make the change in response to increasing minimum wage levels, but what is their evidence for this? Citing, for example, banks and ATMs is hardly convincing, because bank tellers are not minimum wage employees.

I can't think how that would possibly go wrong.

As others have mentioned, "creative problem solving" is not exactly a skill set that is developed in the military, but it is absolutely crucial to software development and IT generally.

"universal connection without universal consumption." Bwa. Seriously, you don't think you consume electricity at night? If so, then just go off grid. Air gap between you and the grid.

It's like saying, "prove it".

I await the first court cases showing harm caused by these fairy tales.

Externalities are a bill to which any amount may be assigned.

Pay solar at wholesale rates, or, make grid interconnect a separate fee, and charge them for that. Solar advocates, of course, can't stand the idea they should actually have to pay for the delivery of goods and services, even if it costs them a measely five bucks a month.

The newly adopted fee would translate into approximately $5 for the average homeowner with a solar power installation.

I would be willing to bet that the apportioned capital cost of power plants, maintenance, and distribution alone would amount to a third of a typical power bill.

he means "make panicked decisions retarding business formation while entrenching early adopters".

Wow, so we have quotas for Apple employees.

How about if we have quotas for awesome products?

Yawn.

Along with tax breaks and other government incentives, the lease agreements have made solar installations increasingly affordable.

The real problem is and remains subsidy. The lease is pointless without the subsidy.

No, I did read the article, AC. And this passage --

The business models that have made solar systems financially viable for millions of homeowners in California, New England and elsewhere around the country are largely illegal in Florida, Virginia, South Carolina and some other Southern states. Companies that pioneered the industry, such as SolarCity Corp. and Sunrun Inc., do not even attempt to do business there. ...

Along with tax breaks and other government incentives, the lease agreements have made solar installations increasingly affordable.

-- can very reasonably be interpreted as I did above.

Not all states offer subsidies as generous as the solar industry thinks they deserve.

This isn't news, it's politics by other means.

The real interesting technology is going to be in the batteries. The chargers will be a place where he would invite competition and exploration, so long as he doesn't get hit with patent trolls (the point of retaining the patent in the first place). The chargers aren't all that interesting.