in favor of Hydrogen. 200x the energy density of our best lithium battery. That's 200x less weight. Yes we lose a little carbon cracking H2O into Hydrogen, but you just can't get around the economy savings of not having to drag around an extra 2000 lbs of battery when you only need 10lbs of Hydrogen. Not counting the tanks, but those are hollow until filled and return to a hollow state as fuel is used. Not to mention there are lots of lightweight composite tanks these days.

Finally this firmly gets us out of China's and Saudi Arabia's pocket. Anywhere we can run water and electricity, we can crack H2O and compress it.

It depends on where you live. US education is heavily decentralized, in rural kentucky it was still possible until the early 1980s to have 1-12 (kindergarten would have been a pipe dream) in the nearest town. Most districts consolidated first the high schools (9/10-12) and then middle schools (6/7-8/9), but I'm 45 now, I attended a half-day K-8 in my local town. Our local population supported about 1.5 classes (~40-50 students) per grade, so we had a bunch of splits
half day Kindergarten
regular 1st
High 1st/Low 2nd graders
regular 2nd
regular 3rd
high 3rd/low 4th
regular 4th
regular 5th

at 6th grade, a close by k-5 elementary joined with our population
high 5th/low 6th
2 rooms of regular 6th
3 rooms of 7th
2 rooms of regular 8th
1 room of the highest math aptitude ones, we got pre-algebra in 8th grade instead of their general math and our reading was generally higher so we might have read 1 or 2 extra books over the year in our english class
The 4 K-8 schools went to a common 9-12 high school, so that would lead to a 9th grade math breakdown like:
2-3 sections of honors algebra 1, we would net out 1 class of 12th grade AP calculus AB from this
2-3 algebra 1 these kids would end in trigonometry and geometry in grade 12
2-3 pre-algebra these kids would end in algebra 2 and basic geometry in grade 12
2-3 general math these kids would end in algebra 1 and basic geometry in grade 12
The district I grew up in has changed since then, they've got a common 7th-8th building now and the 9th graders attend an isolated building of their own (7-12 is on the same giant physical campus in the middle of our county)

Larger urban districts like the one my kids attend now have opportunities to slot and track high math aptitude earlier, there are some 6th graders that take pre-algebra so their end target would be trig as sophomores and AP Calculus BC as seniors

Someone told me this is routine for Cisco, that they've been laying off folks this time of year since 2008. I don't want to believe them, does anyone know if there's a table showing the number of layoffs per year?

So let's say humans end up depleting oil, and the only way to get diesel is these machines connected to unlimited power supplies (say... fusion) to start sucking all the carbon out of the atmosphere. Will we get giant bugs as a result? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

Apples to oranges.

Extensive training is for the systems unique to the F-35. I can be trained to drive a car, step into any car and drive it since the interface is fairly universal.

We don't need military grade for driving. It's unlikely anyone driving will experience over 1g unless they're in an accident or trying to avoid one. They're not dropping bombs. I do think though that there will need to be some regulation on these devices when driving, a driving mode like most google phones have. I wouldn't want someone binge watching Netflix while behind the wheel for instance. I do see a lot of good potential though for enhancing safety.

https://www.digitaltrends.com/...

The F-35 helmet utilizes cameras mounted around the aircraft to create a virtual invisible jet for the pilot. The pilot can look down at the floor of the aircraft, and see the ground below. They can look behind themselves, and not see a headrest.

I think there is some room for headsets to make driving safer. Glass cockpit, virtual instruments and rear view mirrors, augmented reality for night vision and things we don't have at all, like cues to switch lanes to avoid potholes or other obstructions in the road.

I think the real reason this is happening is nobody wants more China.

No more Chinese Solar Panels
No more Chinese batteries

Especially our ally Japan. Japan REALLY doesn't want anyone supporting China anymore. To the point where Japan is hedging bets for Hydrogen. https://slashdot.org/index2.pl... .

All you need to make Hydrogen is electricity and water. Saltwater is even better.

Hydrogen also requires no change to our current production lines. Ford/GM can continue producing ICE engines, with just a simple fuel change.

All we need is an abundance of power, and Fission provides that.

> someone said that one company firing people does not make a meaningful statistic

There's a lot of young people that feel invincible and have never been through layoffs before, nor do they known the signs of a major economic downturn. I've been through several starting in 2000. Weird because 24 years ago doesn't feel like 24 years ago.

I think my generation weathered it because prior to the 90's, we did other work. Networks weren't common place in the 80's. Prior to getting into tech in 93 when I was 20, I spent the previous 2 years doing hard labor, roofing and landscaping. Prior to that, a lot of odd jobs like dishwashing/waiter/paperboy. Was thinking the other day how when I was a kid, kids had those options. These days they say, "Kids don't want to work" but my kids desperately want to work.

I'm not sure how this generation is going to weather it. Not saying they're not capable, just those jobs are GONE. People make careers out of what used to be temp/summer jobs.

Anyone else get the feeling a lot of these layoffs are holdouts still refusing to come back to the office? Most corporations cut 1-2% from the bottom every year so they can hire fresh grads, but a lot of these numbers are way higher than the norm.

You're absolutely correct, and proof of that is the 1000's of migrants that come into the country with nothing and are more than happy to get with whatever program will feed, educate, house, and get them a job.

Which means whatever money does trickle down to the homeless is being pissed away too.

Look at the homeless industrial complex and tell me there's no entitlements. BILLIONS being pissed away to "non-profits" creating a maze of paperwork the public has to sift through to do any real auditing. The C level execs of these nonprofits take home salaries that would make most tech workers blush, while people still languish on the streets. All from our tax dollars.

I'm a part of the Bidet Master Race you insensitive clod!

I always see ads for stuff like, "Was not used in a crypto rig" or "Was never overclocked" This is great, it gives consumers buying these systems second hand a way to check if the CPU was overclocked. Now if they do the same for the graphics card, that'd be a win.

An interesting take, to be sure. I don't see it, at all, but maybe others will. https://www.youtube.com/live/U...