> That's a real issue in the developing world; in the developed world the resources exist to buffer the temporary additional low-end economic impact
That seems like a pretty sterile way to describe it.
Right now, in the (presumably) developed US, 1 in 5 children don't have enough food, 3x the amount during 2008. That's a result of years of policy choices, but one particularly policy choice caused it to spike. If there's a resource buffer, it's not buffering.
As an example, 9 million people die each year due to hunger or hunger-related issues, many of them children. 135 million face food insecurity. Due to lockdowns and recession, the World Food Program estimates the toll will double this year. And hunger is just one cause of death that a recession can lead to (suicides, substance abuse, etc).
Lockdowns might save lives, and I can't blame public health officials for protecting their community, but I personally fear more lives will be lost due to economic costs. They just might be poorer, quieter lives. And while death is, of course, final, suffering in life should count for something too.
I'm sure Ticketmaster knows this is illegal. They probably weighed their options and saw:
1) refund every ticket as required and run out of money immediately
2) do whatever they can to have some operating capital, and maybe continue existing until summer 2021-ish when live music is once again legal, then deal with a lawsuit in a time when courts are once again operating
I loathe Ticketmaster, so #1 seems fine to me, but I get their decision as a business. Honestly even #2 seems like a hail mary.
You gotta get on at midnight, order two weeks out, and get a weekly pipeline going. I used this method to get a bag of flour the other day, it was amazing.
Like everyone else, I'm indoors with just my family, ordering food/groceries, wiping everything down, wearing masks/gloves if we ever have to go out, explaining to my toddler why he can't play with friends, etc, etc. For the last month, and probably the next two or three.
What else do you want from me? Do I really have to spend every moment watching the slow train wreck from every angle? COVID is covered literally everywhere, you can't not see it.
The good is just maybe not falling into total depression, alcoholism, or worse.
I really don't want anyone to have the impression that this team tried to take shortcuts
- man who let his team take shortcuts
NASA is still thinking whether to allow Boeing to proceed with its first manned flight to prevent delays or to require the company to successfully complete an unmanned flight first.
Yeah, it's probably fine now. I mean, ugh, look at all these passing tests!
It's staggering to me that Boeing is confident enough to not want another unmanned fight. After all this, you really want to roll the dice again?
never? What does that even mean? We've only been driving cars like 100 years. Only had computers for 60, and decent portable ones for 20. Self-driving literally just became remotely possible, and you're telling me never?
This is an off-the-cuff remark turned into a clickbait headline for a fairly bland article.
Fun is pretty subjective. I'm not a car guy and don't have much experience with nice cars.
But, this isn't a nice car- I paid $6,500. I'm just comparing it to every ICE car I've driven (aside from that one time I got 20 minutes in a Lamborghini), and definitely every ICE car you can purchase used for $6,500.
But given the acceleration and smoothness, I'm just betting it's more fun to drive than nearly every car described in commercials fun to drive.
If commercials tell me anything about what car buyers value, there are so many other apsects John Q Public would appreciate!
John likes fast cars. And oh boy my Nissan Leaf is fun to drive! Mountain driving feels like floating silently into the air. Instant torque, no gear shifting.
John may also appreciate the extra leg room, as even a compact car gains a lot of room without a gas engine.
John also likes saving money and convenience. And while gas isn't super expensive, I wake up every morning with a full charge for about $1. Gas stations just aren't a part of my life. (charging away from home is still a PITA, FWIW)
John might also like skipping the majority of standard maintenance. No oil changes. No random belts. Less brake wear (I think?) from regeneration. Sure, after 100k you'll probably want a new battery, but it's a known cost that's dropping.
Maybe EVs need to drop the 'environmental' badge and focus on how awesome they are.
I wonder if it would be possible today to bring back old school navigation techniques (sun, clock, stars, inertia) with the kind of precision we're used to with gps.
From what I've been told, that's basically the plastic industry's philosophy: it was energy that took a side trip as a bottle on the way to the furnace.
But, do what you want with that anecdote (toxic, wasteful, unsustainable, etc)
Japanese is really difficult to translate. There's so much unstated context, totally different sentence structure, concepts that don't exist in English. I use Google Translate a lot with Japanese, but more to check my work. I'm not sure it could even really work with this kind of interface (sentence a in -> sentence b out).
Check out jisho.org- it will translate and call out sentence structure, and is clearer about assumptions.
I almost wish Google Translate provided a confidence measure.
That seems like a pretty sterile way to describe it.
Right now, in the (presumably) developed US, 1 in 5 children don't have enough food, 3x the amount during 2008. That's a result of years of policy choices, but one particularly policy choice caused it to spike. If there's a resource buffer, it's not buffering.
https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2020/05/06/the-covid...