You can get little ceramic elements that screw into light sockets that will provide heat, without having a hollow glass tube and giving off light. A lot of people use them for reptile enclosures, as well as what you're talking about. I don't think any new ban will affect those.

Biggest issue going forward, is the for-profit power companies in the state (basically the entire state) have gotten together a proposal that effectively kills rooftop solar. Fixed fees, reduced payment for power generated, etc, makes the break even point on purchasing solar unattractive now, and raises electric rates significantly for most people. The cost of batteries for homes with solar makes it even worse. You'd probably never recover the cost during the life of the batteries. Expect the cost per mile to go up significantly from what you posted.

I had this at my job. Since it's a safety thing about having people on the factory floor playing on their cellphones, a flat ban of all cellphones company wide unless you're on a break. Salary employees were told they had to leave the building to use their personal phones. A number of contacts at other parts of the company have my cell since I travel to their sites on and off. So their calls aren't getting answered.

This had the unintended consequence of people getting up and leaving for 10-15 minutes to make calls, text, etc, that they could have made in under a minute. This went on for a few months before the hall monitors (middle management) stopped going around and telling people to put their phones away.

Honestly, if you email the author of the paper, they will almost always email you a copy for free. They don't make any money from their paper being on that site, and would prefer people read it. I did this a number of times when writing research papers over the years.

To me the real problem started when universities stopped having entrance exams. Google old entrance exams and see how insane some of them used to be. The whole idea was not to let the people that could barely get through some high school subjects into college. You had to have a well versed background in many subjects, and be a proficient writer. Given what I've seen of the average college student's writing these days, 90% of them should have never gotten in. Universities are business more than a teaching institution though, and if they don't let a student in, they will take their "business" elsewhere.

I doubt the spying and stealing will stop either.

They said they heard many wanted it. They didn't say they heard most wanted it. Big difference.

That would depend a great deal on where you were working during that time. If in a high dollar West Coast city, and a significant proportion of pay is going to housing and other expenses. Hell, 10% right off the top in CA for taxes. I compare to people I know working in flyover states, who make slightly less salary, but have half the cost of living. Had I chosen to not live near the beach, I could have retired by now easy. Living by the beach has it's own rewards though.

They build some wonderful hardware, but then load it down with the worst user experience. Samsung apps forced down your throat. Forced advertising built into the apps now. Notifications for Samsung shit you don't want. User agreements for all the apps you don't want. They've actually made it worse over time, even though I haven't changed phones. When I do change, it sadly won't be to a another Samsung. Obviously enough other people don't care though, and they'll continue down this path. Just waiting for microtransactions next.

Good luck. I tried to find a dumb TV the last time around, and there weren't any I could find. There are a few large monitors, like you would use for a trade show available, but they are incredibly expensive. I gave up and bought a new OLED for the picture quality. I'm happy with the interface now, but who knows in five years. I sandbox it with my pi-hole, and haven't had anything annoying pop up on it.

I used to work for a tech company, making the actual hardware that allowed people to do remote work from anywhere. We were also not allowed to work from home, even though we were all issued laptops (in addition to our desktop machines) for the sole purpose of being able to wonder around the campus, work from labs, under a tree, etc. Really stupid policy.

Maybe once this pandemic is over, management will realize that things still got done, it was possible to hold remote meetings, etc. Then at least a number of us can work from outside the metro areas, and cut down on the vehicles on the roads, high rent prices, etc. Of course, that is a pipe dream.

What a stupid fucking article.

I guess if you're a drug company. It's perfectly alright to inflate the price of a 100 year old drug several thousand percent, even if it's life saving, but don't you dare sell a pack of N95 masks for $10/each.

Sometimes it had more to do with fit. Some popular headphones, including expensive studio monitors, mash against my earlobes after 30-60 minutes, and end up being quite painful to use. I have some aftermarket pads on one pair, but they've crushed down after a while. I can say that the Bose QC35s have lasted a full flight to Japan, and not caused problems. The Sony might, but the large diaphragm Sony's I have for music work, sorry, I forget the number, are not comfortable for the long haul.

As a general rule, I have disliked Bose products for decades. When I had to start flying a lot for work, I tried a number of competing headphones; some bought at those airport stores, and returned just as fast on the return trip. I finally gave in and bought a pair of the Bose QC 35s at the Bose store at the mall. I have been flying in comfort ever since. I use them at work a lot now, since the robotics and machine shop is right next door. I would also have zero issue buying them again.