were given to keep a strong central gov't from redistributing wealth. The wealthy landowners wanted a weak central gov't that couldn't challenge their power and authority. Say what you will about strong central gov'ts, but there isn't really an alternative that can stand up to an aristocracy. The trick is keeping it from becoming crony style fascism. But it's worth the risk. The only difference between corporate fueled aristocracy and fascism is the color of the jack boot at your neck. Might as well roll the dice with a strong central gov't and try to hang on to it. The only thing you really have to do is not let the bastards divide and conquer. All you need is worker solidarity.

corporations don't pick a venue by accident. I don't know enough about the case to say why but I'm sure the venue was chosen to put him at a disadvantage.

Your complaint about geoengineering is that it's unpredictable. The problem with global warming is that it's unpredictable. We don't know precisely what will happen, only that we probably won't like it.

We know how to emit stuff. We know how to burn stuff to stay warm. But the only way we know how to cool stuff is by generating heat.

any app simple enough to run on both mobile & desktop is probably a web app. I guess there's games, but I've played ports of mobile games and they don't work. The design choices you make with mobile are completely different, and you usually end up with something that plays poorly on both. Ground Pounders was like that. Tons of control features were missing from the desktop port because they didn't work in mobile, and the game suffered for it...

Batteries operate with direct current. Need a particular voltage / AC frequency? Get a proper inverter for your needs. Problem solved.

How else is he supposed to keep enjoying his hot tub while doing laundry and cooking a Thanksgiving feast during a blackout, you insensitive clod?!

So enter into a power purchase agreement, or a lease. Or, take advantage of one of the solar companies offering low interest loan programs.

The days of having to whack out a 5-figure payment in order to go solar were over like 6 years ago.

Yeah - I'd love to have the geothermal heat pump, but I just have a regular one that exchanges heat with outside air.

There's not a lot of heat to be pulled from the air when it's 5F outside. My electric bills were atrocious this winter from using what is effectively a giant toaster inside my air handler to heat the house. I'll be having someone coming by to "weatherproof" the house this summer in order to try to increase efficiency, but I'd love to put a nice whack of PV panels on the roof, and one of these batteries on the wall next to the electrical panel and water heater in my utility area.

And here's the companion press release from SolarCity, where they are reselling the Tesla product with their panel installs.

Yes, but the problem is that the help for the poor and the lower class is coming from the middle class, instead of from the rich, who have all the money. If you help the poor and lower class at the expense of the middle class, all you're going to do is wind up with more socioeconomic stratification — i.e., just two classes, upper and lower, with an even bigger divide between them. Like pretty much everything else today, it's selling out our future for a temporary, apparent improvement.

No, you're cowardly sorry.

Why should we believe you've got it as bad as people who are rioting?

Why should we believe anything you wrote?

As anyone knows, it's futbol fans that really love rioting.

And as noted by others in reply to your note from others, your own fucking wayback machine link states:

"Even under ideal conditions, Apple Watch may not be able to get a reliable heart rate reading every time for everybody. And for a small percentage of users, various factors may make it impossible to get any heart rate reading at all."

Clearly, having a tattoo counts as one of the "various factors"

Yeah, because a god damn watch not being able to read your heart rate is absolutely equal to products that kill people, and products that have actual component failures that already result in returns and exchanges.

Hyperbole much?

From your own god damn wayback machine link:

So they just added another point of detail. It clearly says that it won't work for some people, and apparently people with wrist tattoos are included in that set. Try again, yourself.