Comment Re:One essential skill that never changes (Score 1) 258
What does the other half of your job consist of?
The government screws-up everything it touches. Look at the Cash-for-Clunkers program - many dealers voluntarily decided "we're done" because they're not getting paid their ~$4000 per car allowance. And also the clunker-cars were *destroyed*. Why? Why weren't they recycled for their parts? Stupid, stupid, stupid. And not environmentally-friendly.
The clunker cars were recycled for parts. There were interviews on CNN, NPR, and surely plenty of other news organizations with the heads of automotive recyclers who suddenly became celebrities-for-a-minute when people started wondering about the crushed cars.
They can't be re-sold, but that was part of the point. The will be re-used.
y(0) = 0
y(n) = (y(n-1) * ((n - 1) / n)) + x(n) / n
So we have an unsubstantiated sentence by "Dan Kaminsky"? Who doesn't happen to be one of the researchers, so how does he know what he knows? That's usually the standard in "journalism", quote sources otherwise I can write a lot of stuff that's just talking out of my ass.
I actually worked with the researchers on this. (This is Dan.)
While I don't specifically doubt the veracity of your post, the irony of it (in context with the GP) greatly amuses me
I'm aware of all of the legalities you raise; they were glossed over very succinctly by the blog post's representation of what she has said!
Why is it so hard to conceive that a nominee for anti-trust chief would also understand this, and use her terminology appropriately?
I guess I should have chewed up my requisite teaspoon of salt
Forgive me, but I completely fail to see how Google could be considered a monopoly. They offer services that are supported by their advertising revenue.
They collect information about you, yes - we all know this may be evil.
But anti-competitive? AFAIK, their only source of revenue is their advertising business. Are they under-selling ad pricing? My gut feeling is that their services exposure is such that people would probably pay some premium to advertise with Google versus other sites.
Unless my understanding is completely off-base, it almost sounds like you can become a monopoly to this person simply by being better at what you do.
Aerodynamics is definitely one factor, but these are designed to be much closer to a break-even car than something that could be mass-produced. They cost a huge amount of money, because the companies are looking for money to get to the next level of research for the batteries. The technology currently won't allow them to make a $25k car (even at 200HP; the motors are a very small part of the cost) at any volume which would provide positive returns.
It's very much an early-adopter market right now; once these companies get the battery tech worked out to be mass-produced cost-effectively (or when someone makes a spectacular breakthrough in a related area, like capacitors), you'll see your Corollas and Camrys coming out of the woodwork.
the writer of the article is a shill for NVidia
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