Comment Re:Logical Enough (Score 1) 292
That is why I think that as EVs become commonplace, all those cars will eventually become part of our grid to help store and regulate renewable power.
That is why I think that as EVs become commonplace, all those cars will eventually become part of our grid to help store and regulate renewable power.
No, the idea is that we can't produce enough 'green' energy economically enough.
People on this site keep saying that, but I have yet to see any proof. There is no reason why over the course of 20--30 years we couldn't invest in more energy storage (house batteries like Musk is offering, pumped storage in reservoirs, huge grid batteries, all the batteries in EV cars operating in a 'smart' grid, etc...) and then renewable energy would be just as steady as traditional forms.
With the right government incentives pushing the market, it wouldn't cost nearly as much as people think as far as I can tell.
It is working for now, because they have great content, and there isn't much in the way of competition online yet.
If every channel offered an online version for 15 a month, most would go out of business. Would you pay 15 a month, each, for 7-8 channels?
The problem isn't the premium 10 episode movie quality type shows like Game of Thrones. The problem is monetizing the 'daily' shows. Like "the daily show with jon stewart", reality shows like Mountain men, good tv series like AMC's halt and catch fire, breaking bad, discovery shows, history shows, etc....
Younger people don't want to pay 100 dolllars a month, but they still really want Jon Stewart, history shows, mythbusters, etc.. And a lot of those type of shows are not making it to Netflix.
Greece seems to be a country that doesn't consider capitalism in the western sense
If true, interesting seeing as how the ancient Greek philosophies are the basis for western government and much of its underlying cultural assumptions.
Lobbying doesn't immediately mean evil
I agree. But because of the revolving door in Washington, you are either in or out of the 'circle' unless you can afford to hire people 'in the circle'.
Most people, rightly so, see lobbyists as the mouthpiece of 'the rich' who seem to never have the average person's interests in mind. Every time they lobby for something and win, we get screwed.
but nonetheless we should cheer them on, because how the Uber situation falls out helps determine what you are allowed to do with your car.
That isn't the issue surrounding most of this imo. For example, the reason that PDX doesn't allow Uber is because they refuse to work under the same regulations that taxis do: among other things, they cannot discriminate, must serve all neighborhoods, etc.. Taxi services often act as the 'last mile' for areas that have no access to public transit. As I understand it, an Uber driver can refuse to take request for service for any reason.
And can't uber drivers refuse service? Poor neighborhood, ethnicity X sounding name, too far away, etc..
Taxi service for most cities is required as part of regulations to service all areas and people without discrimination. I think I recall hearing that is the reason that PDX turned down Uber.
It's the laws that are bullshit. Look at what kind of service Uber facilitates. How is it that only now anyone is introducing a reputation system to this industry? How is it that only now the barrier of entry to this industry is coming down? What exactly does a stringently controlled supply of government-licensed "taxi" drivers do for the consumer anyway?
One major thing that regulated taxi service provides a city, is they are required to service all areas of the city. Not just the profitable downtown areas. The city basically says, "if you want a private run car company in our city, you have to serve all areas, no discrimination." Taxis act as a last mile extension to some areas that do not have good public transit access points. As I understand it, Uber drivers can decline requests for service. Poor neighborhood, too far away, black person name, etc..
"The estimated average transaction price of a new car or truck sold in the U.S. in April was $33,560"
I'd be more interested in a median value. To compute the average value you would have to include all the ridiculously priced luxury cars ($100,000+), and I'm guessing that wealthy people buy more cars more often than your average family, so the average numbers may skew higher than the median.
The toyota camry is the #1 selling car in the US, starting price 22k.
http://www.toyota.com/camry/?srchid=sem|google|Camry|Model_Camry|Camry_General_E|Camry+Copy+Refresh|
There is probably some kind of creative, adaptive scheduling solution that could fix this, but their management software might not have that kind of support.
Why try to find a technical solution when a simple employee policy/memo would fix this overnight? Like, "employees must leave their laptops powered and on the network at night, if you need to bring your laptop home, you'll be scanned the next morning when you connect"
Most hobbyist don't operate unmanned aerial vehicles. They operate what is called First Person View (FPV) aircraft that have limitations due to maintaining a video signal link as well as a flight control link.
There are a lot of autonomous planes now. You can pick a path/gps route on a tablet/computer, upload the path to the drone, and it will make the journey and return without any human intervention. It stores the video locally for download later.
Well, it isn't even that complicated.
By default everyone is supposed to have equal rights under the law. But we do take away or restrict certain rights to benefit society or prevent harm. (Your right to swing your fist ends at the tip of my nose).
There is no logical case that gay marriage causes any harm. So you can't take away that right. But things like incest or polygamy have been shown to have negative effects in society historically.
People who want even more forms of marriage, like polygamy, are welcome to take their case to court and attempt to explain why their marriage type causes no harm or that it provides a benefit to society.
But it's still a valid principle of democracy that unelected folks don't get to unilaterally decide law without precedent.
Those unelected folks can decide that there is no basis in law to deny rights to people though, even if that decision happens to override laws (that because of the ruling are now illegal). They can also just flat out decide that a specific law is unconstitutional. That is kinda the entire point of having a SCOTUS....
Well, isn't it still true that, at least for java, you don't even have to 'install it' on windows. You can just set the jre/jdk binaries in place manually. Make a JAVA_HOME env variable if you want, add it to PATH, etc..
When my landlord raised my rent, it was a signal to me that I needed to buy a house. I guess there are risks either way.
I know that "personal responsibility" is frequently touted on Slashdot as the answer to a variety of problems, but please recognize that sometimes, despite 'smart choices', the world can put people in hard situations.
There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one works.
