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Comment Re:They're obsolete. (Score 0) 238

Automatics are ... more fuel efficient (have been for at least ten years now),

This is a straight up lie. A lie promulgated by auto manufacturers to meet fuel efficiency standards, as well as to increase their revenues.

The truth: manuals get better mileage, last longer, and are cheaper to buy or replace the transmission.

Comment Re:Change of Attitude may be Needed (Score 2) 251

Real talk though, there's no chance of SD attracting CA's workforce by changing policy. Leaving sunny CA to live in a tundra and probably be a cowboy is simply a non-starter.

The job would be doctor or nurse to the cowboys (more likely petroleum workers). Besides the climate, people look for other (nearby) employers, in case the first doesn't work out. Also, there's no guarantee of long term employment (possible boom town).

Comment Re:Even so... (Score 2) 122

It is the difference between buying shoes for children and buying shoes for adults. Children outgrow shoes, adults wear-out shoes. For desktops: the 8-bit, 16-bit, even 32-bit were the "children shoes" that we rapidly outgrew. The 64-bit processors are the "adult shoes", and won't need to be replaced until they stop working.

Comment Re:Lack of math skills? (Score 1) 110

It's roughly the same as someone who wants to learn to be an electrician vs. someone who wants to earn a degree in EE.

Electricians can be trained. EEs either know their stuff or get sent packing. Too arrogant to be (re-)trained.

But now the government needs to eliminate these lowest-bidder-sacks-of-crap EEs who rubber stamp Facility Blueprints created by overseas Techs (illegal, yet still done).

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