Google is an investor in Commonwealth Fusion. I expect this deal isn't about Google actually getting 500 MW in 2032, but a method to a) give CF more money and b) to demonstrate confidence in them. Probably there are some tax advantages over just giving them more money.
This is probably why Microsoft has been aggressively pushing users to upgrade to Windows 11 after the previous version of the OS loses support -- so that its users would install the latest version of Windows on their current system (or get a new PC if their system is incapable of running the latest version).
Rather, "not allowed". Sure, my Dell XPS 420, that a friend gave me, is old, but it runs Windows 10 like a champ - though I did replace the HDD with a SSD; I imagine it would run Windows 11 just as well if not for the (arbitrary) hardware "requirements" Microsoft imposed for Windows 11. Same for my other systems. Instead of buying something new(er), I'll be switching to using my Linux Mint 22 system full-time instead - which is also old, but works great (i7-3770, ASRock Z77 Extreme3, 32 GB RAM, Samsung SSD).
Storing these records on the SSD has the benefit of ensuring the data is persistent even if the operating system is reinstalled or some other drastic change in software environment occurs.
Good thing SSDs can't be replaced.
Until your phone dies and then you find that you don't have a backup, or if you did backup the authenticator app, it requires the same login, gated by the authenticator app that you just lost access to in order to recover from the backup.
Yes, if you plan things carefully, you can work around these issues, but most people don't have the knowledge and skills to do this.
I had thought about this and was why I initially used Authy as they had a Windows app I could use as my backup/alternate - "had" being the operative word. I've since switched to 2FAS where I can export the data to JSON and manually copy the TOTP seeds into KeePassXC, which runs on Windows, Linux,
Once Trump's tariffs kick in and the inflation pressure amplifies, Americans will be in the streets calling for his resignation.
Some will. His devouts will think something along these lines:
"Sure, prices are high, but that's because they are attacking the US, and killing babies, and mutilating children, and then grooming those mutilated children into going to their secret pizzeria underground dungeons where they're raped and then sacrificed to Beelzebub, all the while their invading hordes of international military cat-and-dog eating gangs roam the cities causing riots, because they hate 'Murica and must be stopped! And He's stopping them! So higher prices are a small price to pay for Saving Freedom and Democracy and the 'Murican Dream and Way of Life!!!1!11!!"
And so will adamantly oppose any call they may make for Trump to step down.
Between all the permafrost melting across Russia to methane to massive fossil fuel use, how can anybody be surprised?
I recommend this NOVA episode Arctic Sinkholes (full episode) from Feb 2022, described in the articles below.
In the Arctic, enormous releases of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, threaten the climate.
Colossal explosions shake a remote corner of the Siberian tundra, leaving behind massive sinkholes. In Alaska, a huge lake erupts with bubbles of inflammable gas. Scientists are discovering that these mystifying phenomena add up to a ticking time bomb, as long-frozen permafrost melts and releases vast amounts of methane, a potent greenhouse gas. What are the implications of these dramatic developments in the Arctic? Scientists and local communities alike are struggling to grasp the scale of the methane threat and what it means for our climate future.
- Methane craters documentary highlights rapid Arctic warming
- Nova episode explores Arctic methane explosions
why is finding the leak so difficult?
Pete Hegseth gets asked that all the time...
I don't mind a little triage at the beginning of a call to get some basic information that will be passed along, but (a) I much prefer to press buttons than "speak or say" and (b) there's a point at which all the prompting becomes annoying. What's often lacking is a clear way to end/bypass this and just get to a person. While the secret word is usually "operator", "representative", or pressing zero, etc... they often don't tell you and you have to guess or deal with "I'm sorry, I didn't understand that. Please enter your..." over and over again until some built-in limit is reached and you're passed along - or you or they hang-up.
Yes, that is Canada's position regarding the US.
Country A is very large and powerful and likes minding other people's business, in many ways.
I'm not sure what you're talking about, but it's not what I'm talking about.
So when Lindsey starts reading from her AmEx-approved script
She's not an AI, she's a script. I suppose if she's a well written script she might be a decision tree.
The argument is that some companies that are physically located in country A operate in country B but do not pay taxes there. If they were regular goods or services companies they (or their customers) probably would have to pay taxes through various mechanisms. But because they're "digital services" i.e. advertising on web pages, they don't.
If you want the US to start taxing offshore tax schemes, like Microsoft licensing their logo from an Irish company for 90% of their revenue, it's the same situation.
Or you can just look at it as a tariff on services or personal information crossing the border. A 3% tariff, in contrast to Trump's uh, whatever double digit percent they're at right now.
I think a better approach would be to just require that all Canadians' personal information be required to be stored in Canada, where it could be taxed the normal way. But Facebook et al would scream WAY louder about that.
Law and medicine are advanced degrees.
They're not really. They're professional degrees, just like engineering. It's not typical anymore in the US to go straight into medicine from high school, but lots of schools either require only a year or two of "pre-med" or have "accelerated programs" where you do a bachelor's degree and an MD at the same time. Other professional schools are often similar, requiring some post-secondary education before you can be admitted.
Medical specialization is arguably analogous to graduate studies, although it's more like an apprenticeship, focused on practical learning before professional licensure, and engineering and law often require the same, although law seems not to in the US.
MDs being styled as advanced degrees goes back to when some Scottish medical school decided that their medical graduates were "senior scholars" and should be given the title "doctor" in the 17th century. Which is silly, because "doctor" is Latin for "teacher." Some law schools have jumped on board and give out JDs, which must get confusing because there are also actual doctorates in law.
The first US transcontinental railroad in particular was funded by federal, state and private bond issuances, plus grants of federal land. It was a public-private partnership except nobody had invented the fancy name yet.
It's great to be smart 'cause then you know stuff.
