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Agree, but my point is that when the gas pumps are gone or hard to find it will make owning an ICE vehicle more inconvenient and encourage use of electrics.

Increased gas taxes would drive behavior change towards electrics. Similar to tobacco and alcohol taxes to discourage their use. I don't see diesel going away so soon though becaus…

In the US there was a "cash for clunkers" program about 10-15 years ago that tried to clear out ineficient older model cars. It was fairly successful and stimulated purchases of ne…

Gas taxes set a floor for how low prices can go. They'll probably increase as gas motor cars are phased out before the process ever sink too low. In Washington, US, they increased …

How much of the ad spend is coming from PAC's with unrestrained fundraising abilities, and dark money sources? Cut off that money supply with election reform and a lot of these ad …

Both, they have several pricing models. Also cost per like, and cost per conversion (download). Maybe more. https://www.webfx.com/social-media/how-much-does-facebook-ad... .

Agree, and will add that this should be backed by LEO's tracking online posts inciting violence to people's doors, arresting them, and letting courts decide if it's a free speech i…

> The western liberal value of free speech has never extended to incitement of violence Here is the court precedence behind this in the US. "Brandenburg v. Ohio, 395 U.S. 444 (1969…

It is common for software development expenses to be capitalized and expensed over time (depreciated). A lot of what shows up as intangibles is from M&A activity. If the acquirer p…

I meant something slightly different (and I did not write it very well at all), but to give an example I spent the first 15+ years of my career chasing success, upskilling, focusin…

> How do you end up with a network of the good ones? > I have wanted to escape the dreaded cycle of dealing with these terrible recruiters Focus on yourself. When you are in a good…

It's likely a simple case of following the money. Cost per action (CPA) ad pricing becomes a lot harder when you can't track people as easily, and that is likely a very lucrative a…

I grew up fishing for salmon and live near streams where this issue is happening. Some bright and young researchers worked very hard to identify this root cause. Yes, I felt annoye…

"The poorest way to face life is to face it with a sneer. There are many men who feel a kind of twister pride in cynicism; there are many who confine themselves to criticism of the…

Seems like very low hanging fruit compared to anti-trust. A nice perk of being government funded through in-q-tel. They will settle and write a small check while admitting no wrong…

It added another tool to manage on top of an internal wiki and a few collaborative document editing. Wiki was basically markdown and it had its own version control mechanisms built…

I once saw something similar where a co-worker on a newly formed team wanted to keep design documents in a git repo. Those types of documents can have dozens of small changes, or i…

If a company needs early-career talent H1-B might not be the right avenue. It was intended for highly skilled talent not available in-country. Experienced talent in software engine…

I didn't see the connection between the article and fascism. Maybe if mental health was a priority then individuals wouldn't be as susceptible to fascism or other control systems t…

Recommend reading this [1] and then re-thinking what violence means. [1] https://smile.amazon.com/dp/189200528X/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_... Or from the dictionary definition 1.b. [2] …

I am looking for a small non-smart TV for a workout area in my home. My last TV purchase was around 2010. The options seem very limited. I may end up using a computer monitor with …

Tldr; authenticity vs opportunism

I've never not installed software because of the version number. But this made me realize that Oracle skipped from database version 12 to 18, and eBS from 12 to fusion. I would say…

This book talks about in mental models in depth, "Deep Survival" by Lawrence Gonzales [1]. Mental models can contribute to death in survival situations because they are biased by p…