No, not really.
Juniors know how to code. They wrote plenty of small programming assignments in college.
They don't know the details of the codebase and have less experience making changes to million-line systems, but that's different from being unable to recognize a buggy function.
But I have to make an appointment with the bank.
The solar company can arrange the financing and do all the paperwork.
You might get a better deal from your bank, but you don't hafta go that route.
not be able to get a loan for fixing my car if it is needed.
If you own a home (why else would you buy solar panels?) but need to borrow money to fix your car, then your finances are severely mismanaged. Perhaps you should ride a bicycle while you build up your savings.
It won't even cost $55M.
Government budgets are bloated.
If it is moved to the private sector, they can fire the fat Americans and replace them with skinny Indians at a tenth of the price.
The problem is all banks will start charging fees
Maybe. Or maybe some banks won't because that way they get more depositors. The market will sort it out.
My bank charges fees for many things, but most fees are waived if I maintain a high enough average balance.
Other fees are waived if I have my paycheck direct-deposited and have my mortgage payment auto-deducted.
So only poor people end up paying the fees, which is yet another reason not to be poor.
just don't ask me to get a personal loan
If the interest on the loan is less than the savings on your electric bill, you come out ahead even with borrowed money.
Some solar companies provide financing and guarantee a positive return.
Northern Europe has a lot of wind turbines, and the winds are stronger in winter.
We're racing in the opposite direction thanks to our president.
America is behind mainly because of Biden's tariffs on imported PV panels, in a failed attempt to build a domestic solar industry.
Trump is hostile to anything green, but he's mostly just blathering with little real-world effect.
Tesla's market share in China is about 1/3 of what it was in 2021.
A base Tesla Model 3 sells for about $32k in China.
A BYD sells for $9k.
Tesla is way behind.
BYDs are banned in America, but are very popular in many Asian countries.
53% of new cars sold in China are EVs.
8% of new cars sold in America are EVs.
Groundwater depletion doesn't slow the Earth's rotation, it increases it. When water is pumped from high altitudes and ends up in the ocean, it speeds up the rotation. But a bigger factor is when groundwater is pumped from tropical areas (India is the biggest pumper), and then spreads out over the global ocean, speeding up the rotation even more.
Melting mountain glaciers speed up the Earth's rotation, but melting polar glaciers slow it.
Thermal expansion of the oceans slows the Earth's rotation.
But the biggest brake is tidal friction from the Moon.
Oh, yes, I can't imagine how anyone can raise a child in a city with bike lanes.
The horror!
We can't afford houses.
Home ownership rates have barely budged in the last 60 years.
Home ownership rate in 1960: 62%.
Home ownership rate in 2024: 65%.
Houses today are twice as big as houses in 1960, while the average household has gone from five people to three.
Modern Americans have three times as much "house per person" as their grandparents.
Because they can not afford children.
If that were true, then rich people would have the most kids and poor people the fewest.
That is the exact opposite of reality.
Ask not what your civilization can do for you, but what you can do for your civilization.
you cannot stop progress and information spreading.
The Taliban is doing so successfully, and Afghanistan has the highest birthrate in Asia.
One can search the brain with a microscope and not find the mind, and can search the stars with a telescope and not find God. -- J. Gustav White
