I will add this: Having worked in DoD and especially the rail industry, mission/scope creep is so common that the rail industry informally and internally adds 20-30% in time and cost to every aspect of every project's contract(s) as the actual limit before even considering any formal legal or contractual actions.

This is just my personal experience, and to a larger degree, what was passed on to me by project/program managers and directors. These large public projects like bridges and such seem to go worse. When it comes to larger projects, we have a bit of work to do in order to see another Empire State Building, Golden Gate Bridge, or any nuclear facility that is on time, on budget, and most importantly, SAFE.

I don't generally agree with a fair bit of your political leanings that I have seen. With that said, I completely agree that since about as far back as I was paying attention (post-Reagan), there's been ridiculous levels of hyperbole months before, then after elections. I will recount that I had zero faith in Obama, but his post-election speech, and others were just amazing. His actual work done? Kinda disappointing. Through all of this, I never bad- mouthed him. I respect the office, and I do believe in having hope during an elected official's term, that I will be happily wrong, or that the good things I heard about come to pass.

I vote. I'm not on a voting "team". I am just a guy that wants a good outcome for as many as possible in this country. I may discuss what I -believe- I see happening or what may happen over time, but I am more into diagnosing and fixing things. I will leave the screaming, shouting, violence etc, over politics to those that don't mind wasting their energy on directed anger about things they pretty much never get the full story/information on.

Keep putting your logical thoughts out there.

You were most likely informed. Typically the card agreement spells out the base rate, and specifies that the rate is prime plus X%.

Because there's absolutely nothing bad in this post, and it serves as a humorous reminder that hyperbole, stereotyping, villifying and attacking a someone, whether online or in person, is even less likely to be successful than punching your way through a 3/4" steel plate with your bare fist.

Why badmouth and insult, when you could at least try to debate?

I need more caffeine, so I am not going to preview this. My apologies in advance if thI ramble, use poor grammar, etc.

I'm very glad to hear this, and I hope that Audi and other brands within the group also do this. I would naturally love for all auto makers to go back to a similar setup to my 2012 Audi Q5:
HVAC
Auto mode available, but buttons for defrost, A/C, recirculate. Separate buttons around knobs to choose what mode/option you are adjusting (temp is default-no button pushh) vent to outpunt to, fan lspeed, heated seats on/off(adjust level with knobs), with separate driver and passenger setting knobs and buttons around them. The knobs adjust vent output, temp, or other vaiables for the "mode" you selected.Push in on driver's side knob to "lock" driver and passenger settings (except heated seats) or unlock if locked. The screen has small notification pop-out that shows adjustments made to temperature. These disappear after no change for about 4 seconds. There is a separate LED readout by the HVAC controls between knobs that give easy, written display of adjustment values when adjusting driver or passenger, and otherwise uses small symbols for the vent selection, HVAC mode, and large numbers for current temp setting on each side.

I am probably giving a horrible description here, but I do know I can reach temp adjustment knob without looking away and it has positive feedback via a click for every change. Near the shifter are easy to memorize buttons for medai and radio. Of course there are buttons for car operating info, and a setup button, but I don't memorize those. There is a selector knob below the shifter for easily moving through menu options, radio stations, etc, but you have to look at screen to move through them, so not a driving thing.

For radio /media volume and track/station seletion, they have steering wheel controls, and if you're selecting a station or track, the gauges panel replaces the fuel mileage, etc info temporarily with track /station info, so you can keep vision centered.

Oh - the big thing: It's not a fscking touch-screen!

Perhaps not in your area, but in Kentucky and Indiana, I have definitely seen GFCI, and AFCI with -and - without the TR part. Usually, just straightening the prongs on the plug end of the cable is enough to the tilt the plug L ro R slightly when you initially begin to insert into receptacle.

Also, if you own your place, and it has been built and serviced at an older code level, TR isn't required.

One other, very important thing to note is that you do not have an equipment ground, I would recommend labelling the outlet per NEC requirements. In cases where no equipment ground is present, the installed GFCI without ground MUST be marked “No Equipment Ground”.

This does, like any ungrounded outlet, introduce opprtunities for stray voltages (static or??) not originating from the hot side(s) of the main power feed to ride the neutrat back to the distribution box / first point of disconnect, where it usually goes to ground via the G/N bond.

If you have expensive audio/video gear or electronics in general, especially with 3 prong plugs, there should always be a proper ground wire. If not, you run the risk of shock induced audio hum, or eventual equipment damage damage.

"Wouldn't it have the same failure mode that virtually all other flash devices have, eg firmware detects when it's getting close to the write limit and switches to read only when that happens?"

It seems logical for the "read only when full" part to be accurate. Perhaps it could actually be when full and wear levelling room is X% exhausted....
I'm not aware of whether all current SSD drives have this capability, but my Samsung 990 Pro drives can have space defined as unusable for data other than that moved from failing blocks. This allows for minimal to significant increase in write cycles, depending upon use case and amount allocated to the feature. It is pretty much just what i'd call "enhanced wear levelling".

"That said, does QLC have the "Must be powered on regularly or loses data" issue that other flash technologies have?"

As to the "Must be powered on regularly or loses data" question (with its implied statement that requirement exists), I do not have knowledge of that, but more importantly to me, I would like to know any information available on this. I ask this, as I am trying to develop a plan for long-term storage of some data, and I have been under the impression that if I only wrote to the drive once or every few months until it was say 70% full, that it would safely and accurately store data for many years.

So - you have zero first hand knowledge, and you blanket insult every police department and officer in the U.S.?

It appears that you did not make a wise decision making a bold declaration about something you aren't well-learned in.

I'd love for you to just stop talking shit about things you don't know, and having emotionally charged opinions about things that do not directly affect you.

Well, that or go cliff diving in a quarry.
A rock quarry.
Alone; no one for miles in all directions.
During February.
In Alaska.
Naked, except the dildo strapped to your head.

He did not get anyone killed. We both know he would be in for a very long time if harm resulted.

As to the dog abuser? Fuck him. I hope he rots. Partly because those years are probably concurrent, not consecutive and/or he'll get probation or later parole.

This is among the longest, far-fetched, hyperbolic, bunch of fabrications and half-truths I have seen in a while. I don't even have a clue how you disconnect from the discourse, going off topic so often, just to go into a political diatribe. Elections have consequences, good and bad. The ones you expend all this negative energy on occur every two to four years. Instead of blind-firing baseless accusations with biased or non-existent citations most every day, maybe produce a coherent, well-reasoned argument for your position(s) some time around.... election days? At that point, a reasoned debate could at least be attempted. I don't see it going that way, because insults, name calling, and generally ugly statements are the preponderance of what I see here when it comes to politics. That's here, and just about anywhere on the internet. For at least 15 years, with steadily more of this toxic garbage getting pushing at us from all directions, and engineered to "engage" consumers with deceptive titling, sound bites, video bites, fact omission and word choice. We are at a point where otherwise sensible people can get almost 5 percent as unhinged as folks like you, after years of training to focus on what you don't like, and to see it as a key part of everything bad that happens to you and in anyone/anywhere in general. It's terrible that there are now so many people I see and have seen for years that cannot respect the office of the President, and even go so far as to denigrate and meaningfully wish terrible things upon the office holder... Focusing on ONE person, limited to 8 years max in a lifetime, who is not a ruler/dictator/emperor seems foolhardy. We have a lot of people to blame for a lot of little and big things, past and present, that have been done wrong. At federal and again state level, they are primarily in Executive and Legislative. Some amongst those groups have been in the same post for over 30 years. I am trying to say that I see and hear this type of useless ranting a lot for quite a few years. It's almost always someone with a personality issue (aggressive, know-it-all, attention-seeking, general internet troll, etc) or someone that has fallen for the trap of "picking a side/team" in all things. Brainwashed into seeing only through false dichotomy AR goggles.

Except in the U.S., and only since 1980, you mean? Current standard in U.S. is: Single Phase - 2 Hot wires, 180 degrees out of phase 1 wire= 120V +/-5% 2 wire= 240V +/-5%

That should be-
"straight to a logical assessment: referendum terms versus buying votes"

The way it was written broke my own brain trying to read that as a complete thought.

Bill-
I do not normally agree with your viewpoint(s), and often find myself with the opinion that your "take" on many situations seems tainted with political bias. This is one of several instances where (in my opinion) you drill straight to a logical assessment of referendum terms versus buying votes.

Here is the part that makes it clear that there is no vote buying:

"If the referendum is approved, everyone gets the money, regardless of how each individual voted."

This is very similar to other situations like voting to lower local state/city taxes, add a local noise ordinance, etc - things that can be put to referendum if the fall within state constitutional or local guidelines. All members of the group know and bear the cost and/or reap benefit, as applicable to them, based on the outcome of the vote.

Unfortunately, your clear and easy explanation is lost on dfg.....

Great. You've just given some "news outlet" a scary word-salad to toss....

It's almost like they are unethical white-hats. Which somehow sounds like a good thing. Now, it's also possible the summary just threw miners in there as some kind of recognizable malware for the uninformed. If so, then it's just another exploited vulnerability and a real bad one at that.