"One of the great challenges in this world is knowing enough about a subject to think you're right, but not enough about the subject to know you're wrong." Neil deGrasse Tyson.

Unfortunately, I find the above a problem with so many parts of debates and politics now days, regardless of who is making the argument, what political position they hold or what they do in life. The "I saw / read this somewhere so it must be true" mindset is awful whether it is a conspiracy theorist or someone reading a scientific experiment that resulted in something that has not been tested enough to be considered scientifically validated. (that is NOT a COVID vaccine reference FYI as I am vaccinated).

As someone who uses it for medical purposes:
Without it I have a hard time functioning let alone doing my job. The caveat here is that I use only as much as I need to function. I usually take it at night a couple hours before bed. By morning the high is gone, I can drive, have good control over my medical issues and I can work during the day. Compared to regular medications I get from a pharmacy, I have many less side effects and can deal with them easily. IF USED RESPONSIBLY, I do not think it is any worse than drinking and like anything else if abused it will cause problems. Coming to work, driving, etc while high is just as unacceptable as doing the same while drunk. I agree, toking up before driving is not acceptable at all. However, I do not see the issue with it being legalized. Granted they are still doing research, my personal experience is that I can tolerate being a little high much better than I can drunk. No, that does not excuse someone coming to work high.

The government and companies are so worried about things their grandpa said about pot 50 years ago that wrapping their heads around why people use it seems foreign to them. IMO that is very unfortunate, especially for people like me who use it to function. It limits where I can live and where I can work. Sucks.

The old saying: If it is not broken, don't fix it!

I wonder how much more material is needed to support those blades? A 19% increase in size would probably require a much stronger support tower. It will be interesting to see how it does once installed.

While I understand the security behind this and that they are trying to make more profit vs what happened with win 10... Implementation would be the key here and forcing this down someone's throat isn't going to make them say "Oh, I need to have that" it is just going to turn them away. Most people I know on these subs are techy and have TPM devices on their machines, etc. I know alot of non-techy people who have personal computers with NO TPM module on the MB, no tpm in the cpu and no expansion port to add one. These people will either switch entirely to their phone / tablet or try to dump their old equipment. These people want something they understand, which will be a phone or a Windows PC... most will not even consider Linux or Apple. There has already been an uproar in some parts of the world about allowing phones to be repaired by the customer to help reduce electronic waste and now I can see this causing a similar uproar. Microsoft computers are way more common than Chromebooks and when the majority of people end up ditching their old machines the old trash that is no longer upgradable is going to to end up in someone's back yard. The state I live in has laws about disposing of electronics, but there are still tons of people who don't care and just trash or dump their parts anyway even at the risk of being fined.

I personally think that this will only sell for those who understand the importance of it or were planning to upgrade to a new machine anyway. The thought of having to buy a new machine to upgrade is going to piss alot of people off and the trash this is going to leave behind will be ridiculous. Personally, I think when a company pulls a stunt like this they should be responsible for the cleanup of the fallout of machines that no longer work... wishful thinking... At least windows 10 will be good until 2025.

I just wish they would do something.

Every year everyone is all over the Daylight Saving issue... but nothing happens. I see all kinds of explanation for it and nothing really makes sense. Personally, it would be nice to have one set time that does not change. I have 3 small children (2 with special needs) and adjusting their wake / sleep cycle because of a time change is a nightmare that I have to deal with twice every year - especially the spring forward change. Where I live you don't walk to school (even without the pandemic) so that is a no-issue here but when your kids don't sleep neither do you, most parents know that. Changing their bed/wake time does not work well when everything else has shifted.

Even if I did not have kids, having it set would mitigate issues with my sleep, etc.. humans lived for a long time without anything like DST, it just needs to go, I would rather watch the daylight shift on its own it allows my body to slowly adjust without the sudden time adjustment shock.

This method still has the majority of the countries population to back it with taxes / donations. Of course a small sample like this is going to work. True deception.
When the number of people needing basic income increases it will become harder to keep these payments going. It takes money to give money. Where does that come from? Some people really do not have any idea and will make any excuse because it is what they want.. without any idea of how it works or the trade off (economics) you will be introducing. The typical, make other people do more work so others don't have to. Despicable.

Everything & every decision like this has a trade off and economics are there, like it or not. Any method you try will have economics behind them... Your not getting rid of economics any easier than you will physics.

Again people... it is time to learn all things have a trade off. You wont find a perfect solution, at best you will find a good balance and that is what you should be looking for. But hey we teach kids how to work at school then expect them to understand something like trade offs? I am dreaming apparently. It makes no difference. It will work and everyone who wants it will be like - look look it works! Based on a not so good experiment.

Typical California trying to undermine economics without thought of consequences. People it's time you learn everything like this has a trade off. California needs sued over this stuff, I am tired of people fleeing that state to live in mine, jacking my cost of living up because it is so expensive over there. Which is largely caused by a hugely off balance economy. It isn't just about people and jobs, it is a balance.You have to keep things operational AND AFFORDABLE to be functional. I bet most people on here have no idea how much it costs to run a business like that and are just runninig their mouth over things they don't understand, ruining things for people who are perfectly happy with the way things are. There is no such thing as a solution that will satisfy / work for everyone. You would be surprised. At this rate innovation will eventually stall, the left is too ignorant to realize the motivation that start some businesses and bright ideas was, as unfortunate as it is, money.

I would rather hail and uber / lyft than a dirt ass taxi any day

The state is absurdly expensive, compared to the rest of the country, driving people to find other options. They are going to other states, taking the housing in the other state and driving up costs for people who live in those states. People fleeing California has been a burden on the state I live in, over the past decade, people have been flocking to where I am trying to get away from the high costs. As a result the housing costs here have skyrocketed and people who have lived here their whole lives are being forced to leave because they cannot afford it anymore. Additionally the infrastructure is not able to be expanded fast enough. These places are imposing a burden on other places and need corrected. Just because they have a good job market does not mean people will continue living there with high housing costs. That is not a balanced economy, either. In essence they are brining their problems with them and making life suck for others who had no part of their problem. Look at how you vote.

Personally, I think anyone moving from a more expensive state to a cheaper one should be required to pay higher taxes on the initial cost of housing, the difference of the taxes going toward those who are having trouble / displaced by the floods of people escaping the more expensive state. Why shouldn't they, they didn't pay taxes in the cheaper state until they moved.. it is similar how in state and out of state tuition works.

While I can kind of "see" what some people mean by using terms denoting a race is singling them out and promoting racism, there is more to it than that. The way the term is used may be singling out a race, but depending on how it is used it can either be a matter of awareness (positive, hopefully) or discrimination / superiority (negative). In the case of Black Lives Matter, they are saying Black lives matter too... they are not trying to imply only black lives matter or no one else's lives matter, they are saying "look at what is happening to us, we matter!". In this case it is a matter of awareness, not promoting a race as better. When you look at it from this perspective and someone says "all lives matter or its not just black people" then you are essentially negating the whole purpose of what they are saying.

However, I do believe that there is a lack of understanding how some people think. Not everyone has the same background, and nothing at all will make everyone agree or be happy. Which is ALSO discriminatory. If someone goes off stating how using something like X is also racist, severe punishment and firing them will just amplify their misunderstanding and promote more hate. Maybe looking beyond the words to see what they are actually implying instead of jumping at them would have a more positive effect. I am not saying there are not racist issues out there.. there are many, many many but there are some people that either do not understand the context of what is being said, or do not have appropriate means to express their thoughts which should have the right to express their thoughts as well... just without the poor choice of words.

To an amazing engineer and television host! Your amazing feats will be remembered!

We all know there is a shortage of masks and protective supplies
We all know that there are concerns going around about Covid in the workplace
We also know there are millions of people without jobs.
There is nothing these people are doing that isn't already known.
Your employer is not your social worker... they hired you to do a job, nothing more.
Yet, I bet you still order stuff online too.

Should have been grateful you had a job. If you do not like how a company is run, start your own.

I take online classes almost exclusively for my degree as I am extremely busy between family, life and work, so it is the only way I could get classes in to my schedule. Some professors seem to do a really good job at providing learning materials, videos, even online meetings, etc... Though not always live, it does make the learning experience much better. But as mentioned, others just throw out some power point slides and a youtube video each chapter and tell you to do your work. It is those classes that have me wondering WTF I am paying for when I could have gotten the content off youtube for free myself.

Money doesnt grow on trees for businesses either. Some just barely get by, most businesses that make alot of money also require alot of money to make changes or provide solutions (which are very hard to find atm). No it isnt impossible but it isn't happening either.
"Don't bite the hand that feeds you"

If it becomes a problem the companies could just fire everyone and hire from the 30 million unemployed that need work...
On the other hand, for every person hired, they will need to spend time re-training them. I think it will be a balance between time wasted from the boycott vs training new employees.

I dont agree with the work conditions, but we are limited on supplies as well. I would be upset too if the company I was working for didnt have good virus protection but you are also doing a job that required hands on. I wouldn't be complaining, especially since I would have a job.

Maybe things will work out.
Good Luck on that and be careful pushing it too far.