If it can jump from 6% to 22% for one day, and then presumably back down to 6% the next day, either they've got an almighty small sample size, or they're lying.

It was is all lazy lego stick together. Which I am not even sure is wrong entirely except for the lazy part.

I have looks a number of larger drone systems land, sea, and air. The state of the art is mostly off the self components, especially where it comes to scientific equipment and sensors because redesign of that stuff would blow the budget out and modification would risk function and invalidation of a tested tool.

So what you get is a drone with an Ethernet lan aboard along with the usual NAT router and some kinda of wan link, usually satellite but often mobile/cellular. Depending on the level of actual sophistication / development that router might sweep up and store the sensor data (or have partner server that does) and republish it or the router might just expose the individual components to some VPN.

When I first was asked to start looking at some of these 'platforms' I really expected more automotive-like engineering, thought I'd see CAN bus and body-module like patterns and you do but it is typically restricted to motor/servo controls, and navigational equipment that actually drive/fly/sail the things around.

They stopped recycling here for years, but I think recently they brought it back, BUT you have to pay extra for it, and I don't really see anyone in my area apparently paying for it, as that I don't see anyone recycle bins out for pickup....

This means you're likely throwing some things in the trash that shouldn't be there.

Well if they take it away, then it is OK to throw it away with them, eh?

You might be surprised how many women actually enjoy porn.

Err...as the old saying goes..."real" men don't care what women want...

;)

But seriously.....sure there are women that like it, but not nearly enough in numbers to drive content made and published at least not the general masses.

I think most would agree, porn would be a lot better for society if more "real people" were in it. Instead of a LA fitness instructor with huge breast implants, like we saw in the 80s and 90s and 00s...what if it was actual women and men who are actually in love with their partners and have imperfect bodies? What if lonely people watched healthy, positive, loving sex instead of impersonal performances?

Err...because that gets old and boring REALLY REALLY fast.

No one is watching pr0n to learn relationship lessons....people just want to get off and get back to their day....

And, everyone has a different body type they prefer, etc......there's niches for everyone....

I like in a large suburban/urban area and I have to go to the dump for certain kinds of waste (batteries, UPSes, eWaste, etc).

Yeah...we just throw all that stuff in the "regular" trash and they haul it away.

Where you live, do the garbage men actually slow down and stop their jobs to "inspect" your trash, open up bags, etc...to see what you are throwing away in there?

I'd think even where you live there is some limit to what the garbage men will take?

Not that I've found yet....garbage, old CRT monitors, pretty much any household waste chemicals / agents, oil...etc. Ive thrown out whole beds (mattress, boxsprings, frames....old bookcases....

I've heard some areas make you sort your trash...I've never lived in such a place as having "trash police" sifting through what you throw out.

recycling was halted years ago, but I think recently they started again, but you have to pay for it, but if you do that program, they do pick it up for you weekly I believe.

I would have to think "intent" would weigh heavily on on the charges and outcome of events like this tho...especially with new technology....

so we are only optimizing for economic output consumption - f*** the planet

thanks for being honest Archie.

mass incarcerations and deportations for mostly non-criminals (being in the U.S. w/o permission is a civil, not criminal, infraction), etc... Did I miss anything?

You're wrong about the illegal alien crime levels...

Generally, someone that OVERSTAYS a visa, is indeed not a federal criminal offense, but the person IS removable / deportable at that point.

But a persona that has improper or unauthorized access (crossing illegally) indeed violates Federal criminal statute (USC 1325).

Illegal REENtRY after removal: That's a bigger more serious federal crime under (8 USC 1326).

So please quit trying to make all these folks here as illegal aliens as no big deal....many/most of them are guilty of criminal offenses JUST by being here.

And ALL of them here illegally are subject to immediate deportation.

We are already stopping this. In my state when I run to the landfill I'm required to drop electronic items off at one station, chemicals at another, recylcing like wood or plastic at yet another. Only when I am down to the misc crap not worth recycling or salvaging or handling differently for safety purposes am I allowed to go dump it in the actual landfill.

Go to the dump?

Is this something you do often?

Where you live, don't the garbage trucks run through your neighborhood 1-2 times a week and just pick up what you throw out?

If not where do you life they don't do this in the US? Are you somewhere extremely rural?

I've never heard of anyone in modern times having to haul their own track to a dump.

I'm curious as to what the "pollution control" measure are that the article alludes to being the possible reason for the fires ignition....

What are these measure....should they be stopped/altered?

Half the stuff shipped in that packaging is destine to be waste in a short time horizon if it isn't before it is even delivered.

The real problem is we have to much disposable crap and the economics of that are ultimately driven by materials being cheap relative to labor to do things like invest in maintenance, upgrades, and repairs.

but tariffs are bad I am told ...

Have you ever had a dream, Neo, that you were so sure was real? What if you were unable to wake from that dream? How would you know the difference between the dream world and the real world?