23251 pts ยท June 15, 2016
Who accepts they made an error in this day and age? Careful. This man is a hero.
I did my part!
True, but he seems to be (rightfully) talking down the US and it's actions, and (unfairly) uplifting the Iranian state.
Well, to be fair to him, seems like we've had some bad reactionary stuff happen due to that election.
The buck stops with whoever criticizes Trump, regardless of former praise, accomplishments or skill in executing their job. If you say bad of leader you bad.
It doesn't go down, no. This is a trick.
This. If one kid in a group of 5 says something hateful, and the other 4 are silent you don't have 1 problem. You have 5.
I don't think we shouldn't forget that people can be tricked, or simply be uneducated or genuinely scared, and that bad behaviors in those situations shouldn't be punished with the death penalty. We're all susceptible of being tricked. No one is immune to propaganda, and not everyone who's exposed to it know they are. But everyone who makes the propaganda know what they're doing, and that's why we have to differentiate.
We surely have to be able to differentiate between bad and worse. The footman goes to jail, the mastermind gets the same he designed for his victims.
Oh please. You would never last a full 10 minutes. Hehe.
It seems the strongest way forward for a modern grid is a multi source one. It looks to me like nuclear has a big roll to play, but that wind and solar have big benefits. The UK has put a lot of wind on the grid, and produced 30% of all its electricity last year through wind. Granted, they heat with gas, so the numbers aren't that impressive if you include that, but also noteworthy is they are going to more than double their windproduction in 5 years.
I think you might have nostalgia glasses on for this one. Every now and then someone makes an accessory that allows this, but inevitably it doesn't gain traction. People who try it seem to a large degree find there's a reason it hasn't made a wide comeback.However, you could obviously be in the minority who actually prefers it, in that case I wish for you to get what you want!
I disagree with that being the fundamental principle. What you're describing can be seen both in communism, capitalism AND fascism. It seems possible to be fascistic without being racist, but it also seems that people drawn to fascism also tend to be drawn to racism.
One of the disadvantages of nuclear is you're still reliant on who ever can supply the necessary ore for economical fuel production. As opposed to solar and wind, where only extreme climates are outside of its feasibility. You seemingly can't have only solar and wind large scale systems though, currently, without large scale storage as well, which is a downside.
To be fair, we don't KNOW he's fascist, just that he's racist. But I'm willing to bet he is.
True, but it's used in cars where more people could easily switch to electric than have so far wanted to do so.
In deez nuts
Correct
I agree with you on this, but it seems to me there are two separate issues: A) Is he qualified to make actual judgment calls on cases that are in doubt? No, and he also admits that through his logic if not through his words. B) Is he qualified to cancel grants in simple cases where they are clearly covered by the EO (which is a bad EO)? Yes, but that is because that level of decision making seemingly requires no qualifications other than being able to read.
Congratulations. You are also old.
What you are saying is true, and that was an admission to not being qualified to make personal judgement calls. However, he also says that he cancelled the grant due to it containing DEI-studies in opposition to the EO. The level of decision here doesn't seem to require judgement as far as I understand, it could be done by an Excel formula. "If it contains mentions of DEI and/or LGBTQ, cancel it". I disagree with that being a good thing to do, but it seems like he did what the EO said to do.
Same
What's the fuel cost?
This reminds me of better days.
Yeah in my example I meant revolution in the sense of break everything down and start something new, and evolution as in do incremental changes to the existing thing. You might have a better name for these things, that's fine, but for clarity that is what I meant.I still think that incremental changes will have an overall better outcome than a full restart with a blackout in between. If you can do a restart without a big break, then I think that would be best.
I guess that's where we fundamentally disagree. It's revolution vs evolution. It seems I think revolutions are viewed too rose tinted, and it seems you think evolution is ineffective.
I'd say that's a false dichotomy, there are other options. Like keeping a badly functioning system alive while you build a new one.
No what I'm saying is for those who want to burn everything to the ground. Ok sure, but how long are you going to need to rebuild? If the skilled laborers of a power plant don't get paid and just leave, where do you physically find them? It's not given that you have a database of their contact info. And even if you do, what money will you entice them with?But let's just take something easier: You have a month long disruption of medication imports. Some people won't make it that long.
I understand and sympathize, but there are still lots of system we just take for granted and never notice. Have you ever thought about the end-to-end system needed for pensions? Agricultural fertilizer supply? Diabetes medication production? Electrical power generation? Huge amounts of things mostly just work and most people don't have to think about them. Tearing all of it down makes it really hard to know where to start rebuilding.
Hey fun fact, did you know that while alcohol is legalized "almost everywhere", it's still regulated and controlled, partly so people don't hurt themselves using it? For instance in restrictions on potency.
Who accepts they made an error in this day and age?
Careful. This man is a hero.
I did my part!
True, but he seems to be (rightfully) talking down the US and it's actions, and (unfairly) uplifting the Iranian state.
Well, to be fair to him, seems like we've had some bad reactionary stuff happen due to that election.
The buck stops with whoever criticizes Trump, regardless of former praise, accomplishments or skill in executing their job. If you say bad of leader you bad.
It doesn't go down, no. This is a trick.
This. If one kid in a group of 5 says something hateful, and the other 4 are silent you don't have 1 problem. You have 5.
I don't think we shouldn't forget that people can be tricked, or simply be uneducated or genuinely scared, and that bad behaviors in those situations shouldn't be punished with the death penalty. We're all susceptible of being tricked. No one is immune to propaganda, and not everyone who's exposed to it know they are. But everyone who makes the propaganda know what they're doing, and that's why we have to differentiate.
We surely have to be able to differentiate between bad and worse. The footman goes to jail, the mastermind gets the same he designed for his victims.
Oh please. You would never last a full 10 minutes. Hehe.
It seems the strongest way forward for a modern grid is a multi source one. It looks to me like nuclear has a big roll to play, but that wind and solar have big benefits. The UK has put a lot of wind on the grid, and produced 30% of all its electricity last year through wind. Granted, they heat with gas, so the numbers aren't that impressive if you include that, but also noteworthy is they are going to more than double their windproduction in 5 years.
I think you might have nostalgia glasses on for this one. Every now and then someone makes an accessory that allows this, but inevitably it doesn't gain traction. People who try it seem to a large degree find there's a reason it hasn't made a wide comeback.
However, you could obviously be in the minority who actually prefers it, in that case I wish for you to get what you want!
I disagree with that being the fundamental principle. What you're describing can be seen both in communism, capitalism AND fascism. It seems possible to be fascistic without being racist, but it also seems that people drawn to fascism also tend to be drawn to racism.
One of the disadvantages of nuclear is you're still reliant on who ever can supply the necessary ore for economical fuel production. As opposed to solar and wind, where only extreme climates are outside of its feasibility. You seemingly can't have only solar and wind large scale systems though, currently, without large scale storage as well, which is a downside.
To be fair, we don't KNOW he's fascist, just that he's racist. But I'm willing to bet he is.
True, but it's used in cars where more people could easily switch to electric than have so far wanted to do so.
In deez nuts
Correct
I agree with you on this, but it seems to me there are two separate issues: A) Is he qualified to make actual judgment calls on cases that are in doubt? No, and he also admits that through his logic if not through his words. B) Is he qualified to cancel grants in simple cases where they are clearly covered by the EO (which is a bad EO)? Yes, but that is because that level of decision making seemingly requires no qualifications other than being able to read.
Congratulations. You are also old.
What you are saying is true, and that was an admission to not being qualified to make personal judgement calls. However, he also says that he cancelled the grant due to it containing DEI-studies in opposition to the EO. The level of decision here doesn't seem to require judgement as far as I understand, it could be done by an Excel formula. "If it contains mentions of DEI and/or LGBTQ, cancel it". I disagree with that being a good thing to do, but it seems like he did what the EO said to do.
Same
What's the fuel cost?
This reminds me of better days.
Yeah in my example I meant revolution in the sense of break everything down and start something new, and evolution as in do incremental changes to the existing thing. You might have a better name for these things, that's fine, but for clarity that is what I meant.
I still think that incremental changes will have an overall better outcome than a full restart with a blackout in between. If you can do a restart without a big break, then I think that would be best.
I guess that's where we fundamentally disagree. It's revolution vs evolution. It seems I think revolutions are viewed too rose tinted, and it seems you think evolution is ineffective.
I'd say that's a false dichotomy, there are other options. Like keeping a badly functioning system alive while you build a new one.
No what I'm saying is for those who want to burn everything to the ground. Ok sure, but how long are you going to need to rebuild? If the skilled laborers of a power plant don't get paid and just leave, where do you physically find them? It's not given that you have a database of their contact info. And even if you do, what money will you entice them with?
But let's just take something easier: You have a month long disruption of medication imports. Some people won't make it that long.
I understand and sympathize, but there are still lots of system we just take for granted and never notice. Have you ever thought about the end-to-end system needed for pensions? Agricultural fertilizer supply? Diabetes medication production? Electrical power generation? Huge amounts of things mostly just work and most people don't have to think about them. Tearing all of it down makes it really hard to know where to start rebuilding.
Hey fun fact, did you know that while alcohol is legalized "almost everywhere", it's still regulated and controlled, partly so people don't hurt themselves using it? For instance in restrictions on potency.