MadManE

There is nothing competitive about the wages in Denver when you're comparing to CA. Cost of living is lower than SV, but still one of the highest in the country.

MadManE

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This is an interesting look for me into exactly who Apple is targeting. Obviously, not you, because you want more control. But the more that I hear about what they are doing and the direction they are going, I am more likely to buy their services, because I just want something that works.

Really, I think the crux is that I trust Apple to do the right thing for a bunch of non-solid reasons, and so I am willing to give them the control over the particulars of the mechanisms as long as the input-->output is what I want/expect from them.

MadManE

9 lat temudiscuss

They don't need to, but Colorado, and Boulder in particular, is trying like hell to do it anyway.

MadManE

9 lat temudiscuss

Unless I missed it, they didn't answer their own question, and instead just listed a few emotions that get people riled up the most.

MadManE

9 lat temudiscuss

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MadManE

9 lat temudiscuss

Ok, but why?

MadManE

9 lat temudiscuss

The issue, as I understand it, is all about weight. Putting two different power systems on board takes away all of the benefits of using one or the other exclusively.

MadManE

9 lat temudiscuss

I think that "paying attention to" could just mean watching for other bad behavior to justify action. Not necessarily paying attention to take notes from.

MadManE

9 lat temudiscuss

It's not that it's a phone meeting. It's that it's a pointless meeting.

MadManE

9 lat temudiscuss

One of the first things that I got told in my materials class was that for the strength and weight, carbon steel and aluminum are essentially the same. Steel is about 3x as dense, but also 3x as strong, and does not fatigue like aluminum.

I'm assuming that NASA knows this, and chose aluminum for another reason that I'm not aware of.

MadManE

9 lat temudiscuss

I don't think those are mutually exclusive options, myself. I would classify a lot of startup founders as crooks.

MadManE

9 lat temudiscuss

That's not been my observation. People assume that if you have a lot of money, you must be good at something, not that you are inherently good.

MadManE

9 lat temudiscuss

There is a huge gap between "not frictionless" and "impossible". Sometimes, people have to make hard choices. The reality is that if you want to live in a trendy/convenient/nice part of a major city, then you will have to pay for it, because EVERYONE wants to live there.

Sometimes, you just can't have everything you want.

MadManE

10 lat temudiscuss

I don't think that the particular time is the issue here. It's that there is a specific time at all. On top of that, the thoughtless commitment to a particular amount of time being in that chair is just insulting.

I agree with the title - if you don't trust me, then you shouldn't have hired me.

MadManE

10 lat temudiscuss

But if they told the truth, they wouldn't get upvoted to the front page.

MadManE

10 lat temudiscuss

If NOx was really a priority, then the large producers would be subject to increased regulations rather than the tiny fraction that's produced by individual passenger vehicles.

MadManE

10 lat temudiscuss

I had an almost jarring occurrence of this happen when I graduated with my BSME. My first name is traditionally associated with old rednecks. I sent out a hundred or so resumes before I got any response at all - an offhand comment about duct tape engineering.

For whatever reason, that clicked with me. So, I added my middle name to my resume and had a job within a week. I've been going by my middle name professionally ever since.

MadManE

10 lat temudiscuss

My argument is that the context is irrelevant. You have to do what you can with the hand you're dealt, but ultimately, if you're not willing to work for things, you will be poorer than someone who is.

I also find it ironic that you use the term "pass the buck".

MadManE

10 lat temudiscuss

I grew up there. It's not pleasant, but it is ripe with opportunity to seriously grow your worth.

And 5-year-old hardware is hardly inaccessible to the internet. It is orders of magnitude cheaper, though.

MadManE

10 lat temudiscuss

It's hard not to have your income rise if you take care with it. And it's hard not to have your income fall if you refuse to work for it.

Acting entitled and actually being entitled are very different things.

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