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What's the upload speed in this example? Symmetric 100Mb would be more than fine for 4 people. And just fine with 100/25. However, 100/5 will be stressful.

You have to include the energy used to power the US military, among other things too. The value of the Dollar is inextricably tied to the threat of force. Bitcoin, on the other hand, offers trust through proof of work, not violence.

Even if true, I think it's worth it. It shouldn't be used for everything. But having a currency that respects how you want it to be spent is a fantastic thing.

Thanks for clearing this up for me. I was under the impression that if a union was started where I work, I could be forced to pay in if I want to remain employed there.

Amazon certainly isn't on the side of its workers. No company is. They want maximum work for minimum pay. Workers want maximum pay for minimum work. I've always found the labor market to be an entertaining fight between the two.

I think the part hanging me up most is what the dues could go to. Theoretically speaking, I'm down to pay some folks to represent me and fight in meetings with <employer>. But, I don't believe in paying dues to keep members afloat when they're not working (striking, etc.). I believe that's my responsibility to stay solvent. All my life I've forced myself to spend far less than I make in pursuit of this.

What happens to the people who didn't want to pay in, if the union does get set up? Will they be forced to have money taken from them to continue working there?

I'd probably quit if some organization suddenly started siphoning my paycheck. Sure unionize if you want, and I'll strike with you over issues, but that doesn't require my payment to accomplish.

I am very thankful to live in a right to work state where nobody can forcibly steal the fruits of my labor.

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This article goes against what I was taught all throughout school. I will keep doing what I've been taught.

Been using my wired Sennheisers for 10 years now. Still in basically new condition. Sounds amazing, very comfortable.

If I bought airpods today, they'd likely be useless within 5 years.

Schwab made GME non-marginable on 1/13. You can buy GME with your own settled cash on Schwab just fine. It has been tested.

Wow, that's crazy. I use over 1TB a day. Forever thankful for Google Fiber.

Man, I'm glad we don't have that legislation over here.

I'm down for unions, but don't want a single cent of my pay to go to one. This is why I actually enjoy 'right to work' states.

Glad to see more XMR usage in these. For every market you take down, two more shall pop up. You cannot fix a demand-side problem by restricting supply. Economically, the pricing will always rise to meet the increased risk of supplying. This war cannot be won. So please just give up.

On the upside, in the USA, if you can find that 'sweet spot' company that is paying well, good healthcare, and good time off, you can make bank without overworking. I'm sure these exist all around the world, but perhaps they could be more common in the USA when compared to the EU, given the generally lower EU net wages we're talking about.

It can't, because of this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Ratchet_Algorithm

This gives us the guarantee of forward secrecy. When you pair a Signal app, it gets to know the current keys used to advance the ratchet. But, it cannot deduce keys used to encrypt prior messages. It can only decrypt future messages.

Temperatures rising and falling over hundreds and thousands of years is indeed natural. The system is in constant flux, with or without us. Our acceleration of this process by releasing vast quantities of greenhouse gasses in a relatively short period of time, however, is not.

Limiting our interference in this natural process will necessitate vast methods and quantities of 'control'. Nevertheless, it should be done. And fortunately, this process will herald a new economic expansion providing jobs and creativity outlets for countless people worldwide.

I'm so happy I've never bought an Apple product in my entire life. With behavior like this, I shall continue to only buy things I can actually control. :)

Just throwing out another related film: The Devil We Know (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Devil_We_Know)

Not necessarily true. Some of these most certainly have been.

I'll stick to my wired Sennheisers. They sound absolutely excellent, cost less than half the price, look sexy, and will work essentially forever.

Seems to be a common thread - if you want your phone to remain secure, it must be powered off before seizure. This way, there is no encryption key in RAM. As long as the key is sufficiently strong (random passphrase, not a 4-digit PIN), you have a reasonable guarantee that they will fail to crack it.

Not so sure about that. EV's use regenerative braking, which results in some people using their physical disc brakes so little that they are barely worn down after many years of vehicle operation.

Even my 2009 Honda Civic Hybrid only needs new pads after 3-5 years. It has minimal regenerative braking, but I'm good at maximizing it without annoying other drivers. I'd estimate it reduces my need to dump energy in to the physical brakes by at least 40% when coming to stops off the freeway.

Now the tire dust, I could understand. If you look through the Tesla subreddit, you see lots of people burning through tires after 20,000 miles, when those tires are warrantied to 40,000 or more. The weight plays a part, but so do operators who do not maintain proper tire pressures (and alignment and balance), and those who floor the accelerator pedal any chance they get. (Heh, I can't blame them. Those things are like rollercoasters!)

I always noticed I could do this, but wasn't sure what it was called. Thank you!

I'm fine with voluntary unions that don't want to take my money. I just don't want to be forced to pay up to a mafia 'protector' just to work in a position.

Doesn't it depend on what you eat too though? I'm inside a lot but also consume daily lots of stuff that contains high daily value of Vitamin D.

Why is this downvoted? I've only been to London once, but I can certainly speak to identical behavior from panhandlers at many intersections in central NC, USA. They'll hold signs pleading all sorts of sad stories, typically asking for finances for food. Sometimes faking limps or missing appendices (one time I could clearly notice the guys leg tucked up inside his jeans...)

If you offer to buy them a big meal at the restaurant down the street, they'll cuss you out and harass you. Then promptly heckle the car behind you for cash.

They want cold cash for drugs, nothing more or less. Many of these folks run it like a job, panhandling for 4-8 hours a day, then hopping in their car and returning to their shared living situation to shoot/snort/smoke up. It's a racket than can easily generate more income than an honest hourly job around here.

It's really quite sad, because amongst them are some folks who seriously need help, and would be nothing less than extremely thankful for any food or clothing provided to them. Sadly, the druggie gremlins are in the majority, so I don't give anything to anyone. Lock the doors and look straight ahead. I keep my hand near my firearm too, because I've had them vigorously pull my car doors before.

Unfortunately, I've realized there are two types of vegans. Vegans, who know this and stick to well-rounded nutritional diets. And then "vegans", who I would grossly summarize as "obtains 1/3 of every day's calories from potato chips". The former group have figured it out, but I worry for the latter group.

I LOVE Home Assistant! Pretty much automated everything in my house. I walk around and the lights turn on with a time-appropriate brightness. They turn off when the room is empty again. I haven't touched a light switch in months. Garden irrigation is automated based on outside temperature and rainfall from my weather station. I get instant picture notifications when someone walks up to my patio or front door, and HA fakes inhabitance by turning on a couple lights randomly inside. My bedroom lights slowly dim up starting 15 minutes before the next alarm on my phone if I'm in bed (great for the winters). I'm notified when I can get free cooling or heating by opening the upstairs windows (calculated based on temperature differentials and HVAC status). I can set my alarm and view the status of all doors/windows/motion/etc. remotely. My thermostat loosens the desired temperature range when the home is empty, and tightens it back up when I return. Bathroom fans turn on when you've been on the toilet for more than a couple minutes, or when humidity spikes due to the shower being on.

There's at least a couple hundred other little things I've written automations for, and it's really nice to be able to do whatever YOU specifically want. (I even have an Android tablet mounted on the wall in my bedroom - great for setting things conveniently and it will bring up a camera stream when motion is detected in an area around the home.)

Sure the stuff requires some upkeep, but I actively enjoy that. I might have to replace a ZWave multisensor battery every year, or upgrade some configuration when a new version of HA comes out. But I always wanted a smart home I could tailor myself. Everything is local (well except Google Assistant, but that's ancillary). HA is just fantastic, and so is the community. :)

I love GIMP! Long live the GIMP!