That still doesn't change the fact that the cost of utilities is built into the cost of the new homes, which is what the OP stated.

Get an EdgeRouter Lite and a gig switch. I'm finding that the EdgeRouter is very powerful, very fast and being a Linux based appliance is extremely powerful. If you want you could also get one of the EdgeRouter's with more ports and skip the switch, but for me I went with a Lite and a NetGear M4100 12 port switch.

If he is going to pay somewhere around twice market rate, he is putting chains made of dollars around his employees. It is very likely that no one getting one of these big raises will be able to leave his company for other opportunities. This can also setup employees to have to endure abusive work conditions that don't violate the law but still are bad.

I'm not saying this is a bad move, but it may not be a purely good move for the employees.

You're confusing boiling point with temperature.

I'm sure there are Windows Administrators who would leave those ports open. Hopefully you have Network Administrators who know enough to block by default and require justification to open ports.

Scrutinize software updates and reduce the risk that the software will introduce additional risks. Utilize the sneaker net with some sort of portable media. Perform updates on air-gapped machines. Destroy portable media.

It is trivial to deal with a troll, detecting them is the hard part. Once you have an automated system to detect trolls, you have many options to handle their posts. Delete the post, hide the post, ban the account, and those are just the starters. Any 1st year CS student could write the code to take action against a troll.

You are the one who obviously needs remedial English Comprehension course. Let me start by quoting almost half of the summary

This clearly shows that Sad Puppies is in response to the winners of Hugo awards last year. Which is wrong on two fronts. First as you are unable to understand, this is Sad Puppies 3, as in the 3rd year it has been run. Second Sap Puppies nominees are all over the political spectrum and include women.

The summary very clearly states that the AC who wrote it thought that Sad Puppies was a response to last years winners of Hugo awards. So yes it is relevant that Sad Puppies has been around for longer than the summary stated. Sad Puppies is all about exposing an ideology.

Discounting the movies which are vary from bad to downright horrible, I do find Starship Troopers a dystopian future. In the first handful of pages you have terror weapons being used on Skinnies, something to the effect of "I'm a bomb and will explode in 30 seconds". Tactical nuclear weapons being shot off left and right. Just with the opening I don't want a future where these are valid military tactics.

One of the core concepts of the book is the franchise is only available through Federal service. So in order to vote you must be indoctrinated into the government and there is no concept of loyal opposition. I don't recall the exact name, but everyone was required to take a class along the lines of History and Moral practices. One thing that has always stood out for me in those sections is the concept of total war. Again I may have the specifics wrong, but the teachers makes a comment about "ask the leading fathers of Carthage how war never solves anything" Implying that wiping out your enemies is not only a valid tactic but is the best one.

At the end with the last drop of Rico's Roughnecks, humanity is appearing to win. But I would say it is at the cost of what makes humans in general good and noble.

A key message throughout the book is that the ends justify the means, that to me is bleak.

Let's see your sources for calling his assertions lies. All my research says what he posted is truthful. The only thing that can be argued is Scalzi gaming the system, he has definitely encouraged nominations and voting trends. He just hasn't been as open about it.

Heck you don't have to give Baen your money. For a very long time they have run their free library with quite a few books available in multiple eReader formats. For a long time Baen held out against Amazon and Barnes & Noble by only selling eBooks through their site in order to keep the cost to readers down.

As opposed to the Tor dominated Hugo's that had a blacklist of authors. The Hugo's have been political for a long time, but it was an unopposed political bias. Now the politics have been challenged.

Have you seen the numerous reviewers and authors who have stated that they will not read any Sad Puppies related work because it is was part of the slate? They have already come to the conclusion that anything Sad Puppies related is not worthy of winning a Hugo. Some have said they will read the Sad Puppies works but regardless of merit will rank them below No Award because of politics.

Your selections from Science Fiction may have been the more Utopian style that Star Trek popularized, but post-apocalyptic and dystopian Science Fiction has long been popular. Some of Heinlein's works were very bleak, have you ever read Starship Troopers? Jerry Pournelle's chronicled the downfall of human society over a long period. Authors like Larry Niven contributed to the War World novels which again take place in a dystopian universe.

I can't agree with you more. The current cliche that has held a lock on the Hugo awards is so biased and hateful. Just go read any comments from the main editors of Tor to see what illogical hatred is.