Comment Public Square (Score 1) 290
Ahh.. Public Square - the phrase to use when trying to coerce someone into doing something you want.
It's a dumb policy. Don't use Facebook. If people don't care they'll use Facebook anyway. Problem solves itself.
Ahh.. Public Square - the phrase to use when trying to coerce someone into doing something you want.
It's a dumb policy. Don't use Facebook. If people don't care they'll use Facebook anyway. Problem solves itself.
Sure, because apparently the USSR didn't have radio telescopes tracking the missions. 'Cause they weren't really interested in moon shots back then, right? Free lunar telemetry for anyone pointing their dishes in the right spot? Pfft, no thank you.
FTA:
"But the commission said Uber controls the tools driver use,"
You mean the Uber app? That's what Uber is, isn't it? If you hire contractors to staff a phone bank, the contractors don't get to bring in their own phones to use, you can make them use your own phone system.
monitors their approval ratings and terminates their access to the system if their ratings fall below 4.6 stars.
So - performance reviews are forbidden when you are a contractor?
Last I checked, if you work for Uber you can work whenever and wherever you want, which is, pretty much, a textbook contractor arrangement.
One license for transferring music data off a storage medium. One license for converting digital music data to an analog form. One license for each speaker reproducing the sound, including woofers and tweeters. One license per 10m^3 of space where the mean audio is within two deviations of the average loudness of the music.
If you are listening to said music, you need a license for that, and another if you are planning on remembering listening to the music, plus a re-performance license if you are going to hum a substantial portion of the primary melody in the shower later.
Correction: With minor hacking it's Turing complete:
Just got a brand new Polycom IP phone system at work. It's fantastic. Web page setup and administration. Crystal-clear voice quality. All-digital hookup to the switch so voice quality is outstanding. Plus, in-network calls are handled by the VPN, so calls to any of our offices in the world are free, and dialing out to any phone number that's local to any office is a local call.
Unless you're usually out of the office, I'm not sure why you'd want to sign up for insane monthly fees and bi-yearly upgrade costs for mobiles.
It's Turing complete. It's a computer.
MSI G45 MB
Core i7-4770 CPU, non-overclocked
16GB RAM
ATI R9 270 video card
512GB Crucial SSD
750GB WD Black drive
1TB WD Black drive
LG Blu-Ray Burner
Generic mid-size Antec case
Cheapo Asus 27" LED monitor
APC UPS
Microsoft Sidewinder mouse
i-Rocks buckling-spring keyboard
Works well for games and a few virtualized development environments. Need to replace the (2) WD spinning disk drives with a single 4TB or similar. They were both the primary system drives from previous machines. Now the 1TB is for VMs and the 750GB is backup/cold storage.
The more interesting box is an Intel NUC with a 1TB spinning disk, 256MB SSD, and 16GB of RAM that runs ESXi and and entire sharepoint development stack (SQL Server, Domain Controller, App Server)
That's what I was thinking. Cars with built-in garage door openers have supported paring/tumbling codes for at least 20 years.
I'm guessing there are a LOT of old garage door openers around.
Lol SOLATUBES. SOLATUBES.
Of course you're right - I meant whole-house fan. Everyone in my neck of the woods uses the terms interchangeably and confusingly.
I would completely skip on consumer-grade faucets. Chicago Faucets or T&S Brass everywhere.
Great idea. We bought a Chicago Faucets kitchen swing-arm faucet and it's held up great. Needed a new gasket a few years ago - bought one at home depot, dropped it in and it's still going.
One note on consumer grade stuff - Delta never stops making parts for their faucets. My mom's house has Delta bathroom faucets that are at least 40 years old (I think they were the first bathroom faucets Delta manufactured) You can still go to H.D. or Lowe's and buy tune-up kits for them.
Cat 6, Cat 3 and Coax to every room. Cat 6 + power to a few closets for WiFi APs.
Structured wiring to a central ethernet/phone/TV distribution hub with media server, UPS, etc...
- The above can cost thousands of dollars if done professionally. My brother-in-law did it himself (before his house was drywalled) for a few hundred dollars.
Solotubes in the bathrooms (basically mini-skylights that collect enough light at night to act as a nightlight)
Hookup for solar - the tech isn't *quite* there yet.
Hookup for garage EV charger - see above.
Multiple passthroughs for wires going outside - for future expansion (ham radio antennas, sprinkler systems, whatever)
If you're really into gardening, a hookup for an outdoor sink (with warm water) is *really* nice.
A properly wired OTA TV/FM antenna - for cord cutting.
Depending on the size of the house - multiple thermostats.
IP thermostat with integrated humidistat to control the humidifier. I like the Nest.
An attic fan with a nice controller - won't live without one of these now - we can go for most of spring without A/C by just using the fan.
Metal roof - recommended by a roofer friend who has them on his house - if properly installed they will last practically forever.
If you don't want a security system, at least run some LV 2-wire to each window and door so you can add one later if you change your mind later.
Also run wiring for connected, powered fire alarms. At the very least - one in each bedroom, one in the kitchen, one in every stairwell and one in the furnace room.
Ideas from a local builder:
2x6 framing - allows for more insulation and is more durable.
16" poured reinforced concrete foundation - recommended by structural engineers as ideal for residential construction.
Remember this - building to code is like getting a C on a report card - you're doing the bare minimum to make sure the house won't fall apart, flood or catch fire.
Big name actors like... George Clooney. And that's it. Hugh Laurie is the only other recognizable name and, while wildly talented, the last big live-action US movie he was in was Flight of the Phoenix.
I don't think they blew the budget on actors.
By open sourcing something you don't necessarily give up your copyright claim. You're giving everyone a license to use and modify your code under certain conditions, and those conditions can be whatever you want based on your license (GPL/Apache/BSD/Whatever)
If you put the code in the public domain, you give up all claims to copyright.
Lots of folks confuse bad management with destiny. -- Frank Hubbard
