Good god. It is people like you who are making workplaces safe for SJWs rather than people who get shit done.

Will it be quieter than all the stupid rich people helicopters? Because that would be the only benefit here to the common man.

In my world, I realize that 10 percent of people are SJW crybabies, and I do everything I can to avoid them. Managing people to produce amazing products is HARD WORK. It often takes flamboyant, offensive, exciting, and interesting personalities from all walks of life to provide that type of management and to take the risks necessary to both attract passionate people and keep others away.

Minisplit heat pump systems are changing this, LA is a great spot to install them.

Seriously, coal fired power plants? Political nonsense? The issue is Americans driving everywhere all the time, both Ds and Rs. Tailpipe emissions are the cause of bad air in most cases. 60% of typical community greenhouse gas emissions are from transportation.

Both of these angles I think are true.

The indoctrination crap has gotten way out of hand, and I see it firsthand when I go on-site with my institutional customers (this land is on the former homeland of the bs tribe, we embrace diversity without really doing so, women are exactly the same as men). Unlikely to be appealing to the majority of men.

Even if tons of real manufacturing does not come back to the USA, who do you all think has to install and build things. It sure is not the homeowner anymore not for lack of capability...people just don't seem to want to pick up a drill or hammer to do more than install artwork on the wall. They get way more excited about hiring someone and complaining about contractors.

Qualified medical doctor doesn't mean much still - these are psychological conditions. The DSM is weak sauce. The diagnosed wave around their conditions like they mean more than those who simply realize they diverge from the norm and have to deal with the world with this in mind. Dealing with the world, however, means, doing the job one is paid to do and accepting money as compensation. I think both sides are a little right and a little wrong here.

I know there is lobbyist money involved here. But the government free tax filing program is not free - someone has to create and manage it, and they are paid to do so with tax dollars. The more interesting question is whether TurboTax Free ("37% of taxpayers qualify") is more or less cost efficient than the government doing the work, who makes more errors, and which solution causes more tax complexity bloat. TurboTax Free is technically paid for by people filing more complex taxes, which is....progressive!?

It is usually just a bunch of paralegals handling phones. They do not have time or interest to jiggle the device. This is a great idea for subverting cellebrite/encase/other exploit software.

Could someone please explain what was historic about this flight? Did it reach greater heights or conduct some sort of unusual experiment? I read TFA and it was unclear. Women are exactly the same as men so that surely isn't it.

Better to focus on solar panels first. But I self installed a 4 zone heat pump for $3k (after state and federal incentives) to handle about 1000 sqft. It works perfectly above 32F/0C, works hard above 20F/-7C, and is inefficient but still functions above 0F/-18C. The temp stays consistent and the humidity is better managed. I think it's about a 30% savings over gas, but installing solar panels that produce excess energy even in winter made it a no brainer. Once you start producing your own power the object is to use as much of it for your own needs as possible as you take a loss returning it to the grid even with net metering.

I'm not so sure about that 2nd comment. Me and many of my friends are the facilities maintenance and DIY oriented guys who can do it cheaper and correctly (as are many people on ./). Part of the reason there are less electricians is the amount of gatekeeping which goes on in the industry. Years of apprenticeship, hostile local electrical supply shops, old boys club, and municipal codes which sometimes prevent doing basic things like adding a receptacle on the other side of a wall without permits. Sure you want linemen >480V to have years of experience, but the guy installing your solar panels really just needs to know how to follow a basic line diagram and use a torque wrench. Lowering the barriers to entry for a lot of simpler tasks would both shine the light on the tasks (rather than the current don't ask don't tell policy), make discussing how to do the tasks less verboten, and open them up to tradesmen with more general experience. Youtube and online electrical supply sales are helping with this.

The narrative is not far off though. "Arrested" is more reasonable, which is a pretty scary experience, as is simply being detained when going about your day. Police escalate situations very, very fast and seem more indiscriminate about it now. I work with various government departments in my small town weekly, and it is honestly a little surprising the lack of customer service and lack of sense by officers that they paid by the taxpayer, especially if they are challenged in their thinking. No other government department's staff behave like police. Police are 100% necessary but the balance is way out of alignment. I don't know how to fix it.

Cue the comments about there not being any good public transport in America (outside CHI, NYC, WDC, SFO, MIA etc.). Guess what? Public transit will not get any better - in fact it will get WORSE - if every bill to build multimodal facilities is combined with even more infrastructure for single passenger automobiles. This is literally what DOTs are doing nationwide to continue business as usual: hereâ(TM)s a shiny new bike sidepath, but by the way, let us widen the road, add massive shoulders, redo all the drainage, redo all the bridges, and add a parking garage. Driving must be made less of a cakewalk to effect any real change or mode shift.

iOS 18 hid almost all application preferences behind a secondary menu. macOS hid AirDrop. Both are now trying to predict my writing incorrectly. Notes is turning into bloated trash and hashtags. TextEdit was ruined long ago. Passwords is this new incantation that might work in the future but currently gets in the way asking stupid questions. I am going to be cussing at equipment for weeks after this comes outâ¦at least I can locate and override some of the nonsenseâ¦but my poor customers will be cussing for years.