https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5V0vL3nnHY

The public knew in a generic sort of way that they were bad for your health. But they didn't know specifics. Or how bad.

For instance, doctors did not begin telling pregnant women that smoking was bad for the baby until much later. 70's? I forget the exact timing.

So electric companies should require a monthly 'hook up fee' separate from the 'use fee'. Times change.

And I am not sure why this (increased solar use) is so technically/economically troubling for slashdotters to figure out. There are numerous examples of countries with much higher solar/renewable use.

I wonder if younger Republican doctors, if polled about Obamacare, would have similar positive numbers like younger tech savy Republicans have concerning net neutrality?

We should move past the burger flipper analogy, because this flipper makes 250,000+ a year:) https://fb101.com/2014/03/gordon-ramsay-burgr-welcomes-new-executive-chef/

Besides that, I don't think many places actually flip burgers. I know from a summer's worth of experience at age 15 that McDonalds cooks burgers in basically a big press. Cooking on both sides for speed.

"it's why we are being paid more than burger flippers." So that would translate to: "it's why we are being paid more than burger pressers." But that doesn't have the same ring to it.

Maybe something like "it's why we are being paid more than Walmart greeters" is more accurate ;)

Or another Scifi outcome - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forever_Peace

And the node world isn't? Gulp/Grunt/Gulp/express/etc... There is a whole big ecosystem of node stuff. It can get just as messy as Java. Its ease of use comes down to how well you understand it, mainly experience, just like any big platform with tons of options and plugins/libraries.

One of the tasks that node handles well is something like an API system, or event/messaging/texting system.

I think one of the problems is that node works very well for certain types of apps, but it isn't as useful (or sensible) for other types of apps. For instance, I attended a conference where a University developer described how they created an event, messaging, and api system layer over their services using node. It seemed really well suited to that task. Lost of concurrency, etc..

So maybe the developers you associate with are doing work that doesn't benefit from the features that node offers. It is really hard to talk about how useful a new platform is without keeping the task comparison equal.

Do you have a reason for using flashcontrol over flashblock? Just curious.

Not sure why this is insightful. Has Google ever shutdown a service that is in widespread use by businesses and education? You have to remember that for the major power users of Google services, they are not getting them for free (well, edu is free, but business is not). https://www.google.com/work/apps/business/pricing.html .

And as a developer, I haven't had any trouble using even deprecated API's in over 5 years.

You need to make a link between government debt and your ability to retire earlier due to productivity gains. I don't think it exists. Government debt is not like household debt.

"That's ignoring U6.....before all the definitional changes"

If you are getting your info from Fox news / conservative radio shows, I won't bother trying to change your mind by running through the de-bunking info.

If you are not getting your news from biased sources and are open to learning, please look into this further. Because you are wrong. This "ignoring the U6" and the "definitions have changed" is just flat out wrong. The job numbers are being measured exactly like they have been since Reagan. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics is consistent.

"I don't recall seeing any developer using anything BUT Mac OS X over the last couple of years."

Not sure what type of developers you work with (web?) but I read an article about Google Devs. Most of them get macs for the nice hardware/sleek design and then load Linux on it.

http://my.teslamotors.com/models/design

Unfortunately, when you get past a certain price point, the monthly payment is just not possible for most people. Model S is 972 dollars per month for a 5 year loan at 3%.

If more people saved money and could buy it outright, it would make more sense. But that will always be the minority of people. Electric won't go mainstream until you see leases/loans on the order of a Camry (200-300 a month).